The game was followed in 2004 by Darxide EMP, an expanded version released for Pocket PCs and Nokia mobile phones.

[1] The game's plot involves an alien race which wants the mining operations for themselves, and have hidden forces inside some hollowed-out asteroids.

[1] Elements of the game were influenced by designer David Braben, who had previously worked on Frontier: Elite II.

The development team expressed the desire to include a voiced computer in-game, similar to those in science fiction movies.

[5] By contrast, German magazine Mega Fun praised the sound and quality of the graphics, but criticized the gameplay for being monotonous and lacking variety.

Retro Gamer's Mike Bevan commented that Darxide looks impressive given the hardware, though it was made more difficult by the lack of a crosshair on screen.