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Approximately Up Wiki
Your field manual for the junkyard space frontier: ship building, planet routes, parts and wiring, and co-op flight - all from the Steam community, all in one place.
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Your Approximately Up Journey
Getting Started
New to the game? Learn how to repair the tutorial ship, wire it up, and take your first flight.
OpenPlanets & Locations
Where every planet is and how to reach the Moon, Aundara, and Baobara.
OpenParts & Instruments
Find the Joystick Splitter, make RCS thrusters work, and mount every instrument.
OpenMultiplayer
Play with up to 4 friends and fix the most common co-op problems.
OpenRecent Updates
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Approximately Up Tutorial: How to Build Your First Ship
New to Approximately Up? The tutorial in one page: how to build a ship, enter Fly Mode with R, and fix first-ship problems (checked Aug 13, 2026).
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Approximately Up Save Guide: How to Save in Flight Mode
How to save in Approximately Up: Save Anytime in flight mode, how to label your ship with E, and blueprints download from Steam Workshop (Aug 13, 2026).
multiplayer
Approximately Up Multiplayer Guide: How to Play With Friends
Approximately Up multiplayer: how to play with friends in 4-player co-op, host and join, and fix multiplayer not working issues (checked Aug 13, 2026).
parts
Approximately Up Wiring Guide: How to Wire & Auto Hover
Approximately Up wiring guide: why cables snap, the 5-8 tile rule, how to wire ports and logic components, and auto hover circuits (checked Aug 13, 2026).
parts
Approximately Up Parts Guide: Joystick Splitter & Altimeter
Parts & components in Approximately Up: find the Joystick Splitter, mount the altimeter, wire the gyro line, and read RCS thruster LEDs (Aug 13, 2026).
planets
Approximately Up: All Planets & How to Land on the Moon
All planets in Approximately Up: how to land on the Moon, where the water planet Pandora is, and where to go after the Moon (checked Aug 13, 2026).
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Everything you need, organized by category. Pick a topic and dive in.
Planets & Locations
Every planet, moon and station - with routes and landing tips.
Moon
How to land there (and why it looks so dark)
Aundara
The planet everyone asks about
Baobara
What's inside the rings?
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Parts & Instruments
Ship parts, instruments and wiring, from thrusters to logic blocks.
Joystick Splitter
Where to find it
RCS Thrusters
Why they don't work - and the fix
Circuits & Logic
Memory, delay blocks and wires
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Getting Started
Your first ship, your first mission, your first crash.
- 1
Repair the tutorial ship
- 2
Power it and anchor every cable
- 3
Hold R and fly
- 4
Land on a Planet Station
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Updates
Every patch and hotfix, tracked since launch.
1.0.010
Latest hotfix (Aug 12, 2026)
1.0.005
Customizable hotbar keys
Launch
Full release on Aug 6, 2026
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