Captain and officers, we've put some work into bug hunting and chasing player reports of issues for this late April update. There are all pretty detailed little fixes but each one responds directly to a bug report or suggestion put in by one of you - the captains that fly the void - so we're excited to bring this patch to the light. If you're out there helping us keep the flame alive in hope to…
Captains and crew, happy holidays and we hope you are making the most of the Winter Sale with the best prices of the year (50% off Star Traders: Frontiers and 34% off Cyber Knights; Flashpoint). To celebrate, we've got a new wintery update for you - Update #376! This update adds a new planet backgrounds for wilderness zones in ice worlds and wilderness zones in garden worlds. Also, we've added…
Captain and officers, another update and some fancy new outfits are touching down at the starport. One of the new outfits is the matchy-match for the update released in #373, we've improved the Contact weighting tables to ensure all the new Contacts we have been adding show up fairly, we've buffed engine stats for Level 8 craft and tuned the maintenance cost for craft level 6-8 to make sure the…
"Captain! Hark, it is another update from the team behind Star Traders: Frontiers." "What, are they crazy? "Yes! Eight years and 374 times certified!" We're excited to keep working through the backlog of art, balance improvements, bug fixes and minor improvements with Star Traders: Frontiers. Another update has arrived - this one with a new background for molten worlds, improvements by communit…
Captain and officers, a new update is touching down in the starport and the rumors are running out across the zone. With 2 new outfits, more ways to reach the Black Market, tuning for Void Engine Behemoth repair costs, fixes to the Pit Fighting storyline and adjustments to availability of late-game ship components, its a nice boost. If you are enjoying Star Traders: Frontiers and our on-going s…
Captains, come gather round the spice plate for Update #372. With this update we've added another Zendu Contact and made a whole slew of changes to Fuel prices when they are affected by Rumors, Pox disasters and when certain types of stats align on zones. In addition, we've tweaked the price decay rules and supply delays for better balance in different sized maps. Thanks to everyone playing Sta…
Captains, we are calling you back to the spice hall for another Update! This notch is another on the long time to legendary Update #400 - so let's see what this has in store for us. With Update #371, we've added new contact features in the simulation to promote more behaviors with other friendly contacts, added 3 new contact types, and buffs the Trobaritz contact type to have the same option bu…
Captains, we're thrilled to share that our latest game, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, is now fully launched on Steam! This is big news for Star Traders as well, as every bit of success we get from Cyber Knights helps our studio continue to grow, keeping Star Traders: Frontiers alive with updates and a strong possibility that our next game will be a new title in either the Star Traders or shared-un…
Captains, a new update is sailing out into the void tonight. Update #370 includes a whole package of new things under the Raptor theme - releasing a new ship hull, new Hull Plating ship component and new heavy pistol gear. Plus, we've fixed reported bugs as usual, so a huge thanks to everyone playing, posting and leaving reviews! Our new game is ending Early Access! Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, o…
Captains! A new kind of captain has come to the Spice Hall - come on, you'll want to meet this one, maybe you'll want to try out these spurs yourself! Update #389 delivers the new Doctor Profession, 2 new officer annex medical component options, and 2 new stealth-focused boarding assault components for your ship. We're excited to keep expanding the already insane replayability of Star Traders:…
Captains! Come down to the spice hall, where we've got it all. Pass the plate, listen to the music and perhaps shop for a new set of spacer clothes. You might like this new bold space armor? Well, Update #368 has your new digs - 2 new outfits, adjustments to the maximum repair cost for high-cost components, fixes to some weapon sets that had extremely high repair times and some tweaks and fixes…
Star Traders - captains of the void - here we are again, kicking off another run of updates for Star Traders: Frontiers. Update #367 includes a new Contact type, new salvage gear, new rare Relic weapon, 2 new Explorer cards and a rebalance of how Trait mutation works out of Salvage and Explorer cards. We're excited to be welcoming new captains to the void and to Star Traders: Frontiers with a 5…
Captains, welcome to the spice hall! Come, sit a while and let me tell you about the latest Star Traders: Frontiers update. This update features new salvage items and a heaping pile of ship components for boarders, pirates and raiders - 4 new Boarding Assault Systems and 3 new Reinforced Boarding Assault Systems. Thanks for your ongoing support, reviews and sending in suggestions and feedback o…
Star Traders and captains, another update has sailed into port. We've continued with the addition of new Contact types, increasing the variety of gear in Salvage and added a new high level defensive ship component. We've also been working to keep with report bugs and fix typos. Thanks for your support and thanks to those choosing to show your appreciation by "badging up" with the Supporter's Ba…
Welcome to the New Year, captains. The year of Star Traders (again)! Pull up a chair in the spice tent and let's sit down over another update for your favorite space captain simulator. We hope you had a good holiday break and found some fun new games during the Steam Winter sale. As for Star Traders: Frontiers, updates are resuming for 2025! With Update #364, we've added a new contact type, 5 n…
Original Event post can be found below: Happy Feburary, Captains! I'm here to wrap up our New Year, New Meme Community Event. It's been a fun month, particularly over on our Discord , seeing what memes you all come up with. I wanted to share a few highlights: First a throwback to another game from gonzako . They captioned this with "when you destroy a xeno ship..." Then from Meldvin about their…
Happy holidays and winter sale to you, Star Traders! It is cold out there, so step into the spice hall and warm yourself by the fire of another update and the burning hot discount of 60% off on your favorite star captain RPG simulator. With Update #363, we've added a new type of combat-focused Prow, the Dagger Prow, added a new ultra-heavy Relic Armor, increased Relic drop rates in Salvage, rel…
Star Traders! We are back once again with yet another fantastic update for everyone's favorite space trading game that is called Star Traders. With Update #362, we've added some new art, finished up the arc of work on Cloaking components and chased down bugs and QoL issues reported by the community. Thanks to every captain for playing and sharing the game with a review! Want to help shape our n…
Star Traders! Many welcomes to our esteemed Captains, old and new. Whether you are an experienced Star Trader or new to plying the Void we at Trese Brothers appreciate you playing our game. This week's update is a mix of good and bad news. First, the good news: we've added new exciting components for Cloaking builds and ... we've finished testing the latest Terrox Xeno ship. Let's dig in as we…
Star Traders! First let's send out a welcome to all the new captains who have joined during this 50% off sale and second let's celebrate with an awesome update. Here we are, hitting Update #360 on your favorite space trading and political simulation game, Star Traders: Frontiers. This update focuses on some big changes to the Cloaking system which allows you to reduce ship encounters, upgrades…
End of Month Challenge Wrap up (original challenge description below) It has been a fun month of exploring a very large map in our Community Challenge. We've enjoyed seeing all the different ways folks have approach the big map, the challenges it posed (some of those starts were brutal at the far end of the galaxy with only one jump available to you!), and how you overcame those challenges. We…
Star Traders! What you say? Another update? No, impossible. Not from these lazy bones. We'll its true - your favorite 2D space trading RPG has done it again - Update #359 has arrived with new fun things for Captains of any vintage, old and new, to explore. Update #359 includes a new Mass 9000 ship, a new Armored Cargo Hold 3, boosts to some Explorer cards appearance rates, and a sweeping set of…
Star Traders, captains and travelers of the void - we are back again with another Star Traders: Frontiers update. This one took a while to finish -- more complicated than it sounds fixing some of the weirder bugs that were reported this week. Ahhh, STF, the gift (that you paid for) that keeps on giving (us more and more bugs.) We're excited to keep this update train rolling and wanted to extend…
Star Traders - welcome all new captains to the void! We've been pushing new art updates in thanks for all the captains who jumped on the Supporter's Badge DLC recently. Unfortunately, one of the types of new artwork - Contact faces - is one we haven't done in a long time and we botched it just a little bit. In a small fraction of games, you could end up with a hung Contact list. We decided the…
Welcome all new Turn-based RPG Fest captains! The void, the spice hall, and great adventure waits. Also the xeno are waiting. So let's get updating before they catch up to us. Update #56 includes new artwork, new Battle Prow ship components, improvements to Hangar Bays and an important fix for xeno ship encounters as well as balance changes to the Terrox Deathspear. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is…
The Summer of Star Traders is coming to a close but fear not - this begins the long, cold, dark of winter. Expect the worst -- freezing blasts of content, new ships flying like icy daggers, a veritable blizzard of new stuff for Star Traders. So, take the captains' chair, buckle up, get a warm space suit and let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Whatever Autumn, move over for the Winter of Star…
Captains, welcome back from the void. Come sit a while in the spice hall and listen to the stories we have today - of Exo-Scouts and explorers, salvagers and supporters of the grand factions. With Update #354, we've added the all new Exo-Scout profession to the game. And after 6 years, we're releasing our first ever DLC - a totally-optional, no-content-gated $5 Supporter's Badge . Supporter's B…
The Summer of Star Traders isn't over yet! This is our 9th update since we opened the doors for the Summer event and we're excited to say - it's been so much fun, we're going to keep on rolling into the Autumn of Star Traders. While Update #353 is a Bomber-focused rebalance and bug fix, we've got some exciting things coming up so stay tuned. Our new game is more than halfway through Early Acces…
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