Major update2 Sep 2026UPDATE 1.2.0 – VoidbreakWe’ve been teasing big changes coming to STARSEEKER , and the Voidbreak Update is the first major step toward these changes! In addition to opening new Landing Sites in the Fungal Depths Region and starting a new Region Rally today, we’ve also introduced our first two Voidbreak Offensives, activities in a new cooperative game mode! Keep reading to learn about the new antagonistic forces of the…
After a few days of having some fun in the sun exploring the Sinking Reef, Astroneers should be feeling nice and recharged. So, isn't it great timing for Ensign Carl to suddenly make it back to the station with a bundle of rowdy Carrotlings!? Get the lowdown on this new Community Challenge so you can come in nice and prepared for some Carrotling mayhem. Ensign Carl could use some help Hiya! Mr.…
Thanks to the intrepid exploration of all Astroneers, new Landing Sites have been made available in the Sinking Reef Region! New Missions are already being issued by Crew Members itching to hear about what discoveries lay within this unfamiliar corner of the planet. Suit up for your next Expeditions and be ready to get wet! THE SINKING REEF This Region opens up Expeditions to a heavily eroded o…
We’ve got a new STARSEEKER content update for you all! This update is packed with new content: A new Region, new unlockable Gear Blueprints, Crew Member Missions, and lots more. In addition to the aforementioned content, this update marks the start of the "Life’s A Beach" Region Rally , with new splashy cosmetic rewards to unlock. Keep reading to learn more about it. To help break down this upd…
Hey all! Joe here with a developer update! It has been only two weeks since our last game update, but enough has happened behind the scenes that we wanted to bring you all up to speed on the things that are coming to the game. ICYMI – STATE OF THE GAME As Adam mentioned in ‘State of the Game’ a few weeks ago, (watch above) we took your feedback to heart and immediately got to work on making big…
We're a few days into the State of Flux Community Challenge and Astroneers are doing a great job at supplying the ESS Starseeker with precious Astral Flux fuel! That said, a couple of issues have come to light since this release, so have a look below at how we're addressing them. Get Fluxed Palette Reward Normally, players should be earning the Get Fluxed Palette for completing all of Blandrew'…
Our first content update for STARSEEKER is now available! In addition to various improvements and bug fixes, we’ve started the new State of Flux Community Challenge with some cool cosmetic rewards to unlock, as well as the new limited time Field Ops: Drilling event to help you all make progress together. Before digging in (pun intended), we have some updates to share on the STARSEEKER Early Acc…
We’re fast approaching our first content update for STARSEEKER next week! This is bringing some fun content and good improvements, partly based on player feedback and bug reports. Some content is shifting around compared to what was shown in our first Roadmap , and we’ll have more news to share on that soon. In the meantime, the ESS Starseeker has a new visitor for you to meet. Some of you may…
Greetings, Astroneers! We have another patch out today to get some more bug fixes and improvements added. In addition to this, we’re granting a missing reward some players have been reporting. MISSING BACKPACK V3 We’ve seen players reporting not getting their Backpack V3 reward by completing the “Dig Deep” Mission from Captain Jupiter, and we have a fix for that going out today alongside this p…
Great job, Astroneers! You’ve all worked together toward a common goal for the good of the whole crew and unlocked new Landing Sites on Tephra, directly in the Tangle! Crew Members are already eager for us to report as much as we can about what surprises this new corner of the planet might reveal, so it’s a great time to go on an Expedition! THE TANGLE This Region opens up Expeditions to a dens…
Hello, Astroneers! We hope you’ve been having fun with STARSEEKER over the weekend. We’ve got a new Patch with some performance and stability fixes we wanted to get quickly into the game, and also some answers to share for some recent community questions. Over the weekend, Creative Director Adam also shared another update on behalf of the team that’s worth a read, if you haven’t seen it yet. CR…
STARSEEKER has been in your hands for a couple of days now, and we have spent a lot of that time reading and hearing from so many of you. The reviews, the threads, the videos, the comments under the videos, Discord, everything. A launch is the moment you find out which parts of what you built landed the way you meant them to and which parts didn’t. Some of what we have heard is hard, and some o…
STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions is out now and it’s been exhilarating to see so many Astroneers jumping into their own Expeditions! As can happen with new game launches releasing simultaneously across multiple platforms, we experienced some extended server downtime on launch day, but we’ve had servers back up and seem to addressed those initial troubles. We apologize for the inconvenience and…
STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions is now available on Steam , the Xbox for PC App, Xbox Series X|S , PlayStation 5 , and Nintendo Switch 2 in Early Access! We’re both incredibly excited and terrified... Terrixcited! No, that doesn't work, but you get the point. If you’re jumping into the game for the first time, then make sure to check out our New Cadet Primer so you start off on the right foot…
Greetings, cadet! If you’re reading this, then it means you must be a new recruit of the ESS Starseeker. This vessel is a state-of-the-art space station with advanced space travel capabilities created by EXO Dynamics and entrusted to the heroic Action Science team of the Fronteer Force. Your job is to serve as the boots on the ground for the station’s planetary Expeditions, forwarding the goals…
We’ve got plenty of surprises and fun goodies for you to seek out this week! But let’s start by sharing the exact release time we’re targeting, so you can mark it on your calendars. STARSEEKER RELEASE TIME STARSEEKER is releasing June 11th at 10 AM, Pacific Time. You can use a time zone converter to translate to your local time zone or refer to the map we’ve provided above. We can’t include eve…
STARSEEKER is only a couple of weeks away from launching in Early Access , so in order to help us test the game’s servers we’re doing one final playtest! Starting Friday, June 5th, at 8:00 AM PT , the STARSEEKER Network Test will be open to all players looking to try it out for free! If you like what you see, don't forget to wishlist the game! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ Wishlist STARSEEKER on:…
The System Era team has been hard at work making the ESS Starseeker a special place at the heart of the STARSEEKER experience. The team covers inspirations, challenges, and lots of details about what it took to build Astroneer's home in the stars. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wishlist STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions ⠀⠀⠀
That’s right! We’re less than a month away from opening up STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions to the world! To share the hype, we whipped up this fun new trailer. We’re incredibly excited (and wonderfully terrified) to let the world get its hands on STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions! We can now announce that the game is releasing June 11th on Steam, the Xbox for PC App, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStat…
STARSEEKER’s first open playtest is coming up! Starting Thursday, April 30th, at 8:00 AM PT , folks who have already signed up via First Look will get to participate in the Beta playtest. In case we hit a player limit and you don’t want to miss out; make sure you sign up in advance to guarantee a spot! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sign Up for the Open Beta! This will offer an opportunity for every…
Developed by System Era Softworks and published by Devolver Digital, STARSEEKER is an all- new game set in the Astroneer universe - and you can experience its multiplayer planetary expeditions for yourself in the game’s next open beta coming soon. Sign up now for the open beta, available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation 5, at starseekergame.com In STARSEEKER, players can team up online, tool up…
Set your Megastructure projects aside for a few minutes to join us in looking back at the big week we’ve had since the launch of the Megatech update. YOU Made it Mega! Ever since we announced the Megatech update, we’ve been both humbled and excited by the overwhelming reaction we got from you, our community. Our goal was to make something that the ASTRONEER community could sink its teeth into a…
The end of 2025 is fast approaching already, but we still have some exciting updates coming down the road. Let’s start by getting you caught up. In Recent News It’s been a busy few weeks! Following the STARSEEKER Direct , we’ve continued to be hard at work on putting the finishing touches for the upcoming ASTRONEER: Megatech DLC and its accompanying free update. In fact, last week we shared a t…
Today we finally broke our vow of silence (blame it on sound not traveling through space), we hosted our STARSEEKER Direct livestream to deep dive into what kind of game STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions will be and even had a “one more thing” moment to share more details about ASTRONEER’s Megatech DLC. There’s still much work left to be done, but we’ve just been too anxious to share it with yo…
It took us a bit to switch gears back into normalcy after our showing at PAX West, but we were just warming up! In Recent News Since our previous Community Update , we had an exciting announcement for ASTRONEER with our upcoming Megatech DLC , the second major expansion for the game! This will also be accompanied by a FREE Major Update, both of which will add new large-scale tech that puts the…
Gather ‘round, Astroneers! We know we’ve been a bit quiet as of late, but it’s because we’ve been hard at work on both STARSEEKER and new updates for ASTRONEER. We’re excited to share more on both games real soon, but we also have a plan to keep you better up to date on the happenings here at System Era. So, let’s start with the most exciting news! Earlier this week we shared this teaser on our…
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