In-game event18 Jun 2026v1.0.5 updateHey everyone, Thank you so much for your patience while I put out fixes and updates for the game! If you've played the game, you might've encountered a bug that causes deployed drones to not load in while continuing an existing save file. I've been trying to fix it for a while now and have found another potential fix, which I've pushed to the latest version v1.0.5 of the game. Here's some quick…
Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a relaxing time playing the game this weekend! While I take a bit of a breather, I've gone ahead and pushed update v1.0.3 with the following changes: · \ wrong icon for certain expansions showing after you prestige - fixed · \ wrong icon showing in tooltip for an upgrade on Cybele - fixed · \ exiting to main menu from prestige screen allows player to keep pr…
Hey everyone! For those of you who were experiencing the issue with windowed mode where it auto-centers after the last update, this should now hopefully be fixed with the latest v1.0.2 update. Thank you for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience! Please let me know under this post whether you're still encountering the issue after updating to v1.0.2. Please keep the feedback coming! :) Se…
Hey everyone! It's been a wild release day, and I'm super overwhelmed by your support and response! I'm aware of the issues that players with ultra-wide displays are having. To that effect, I've just put out a hotfix with v1.0.1 that should hopefully make the game playable on ultra-wide displays. Please update the game and try again, and please let me know if you're still having those issues in…
Hey everyone! 🚀I’m super excited to announce that my game Starvester is Out Now!! 💫 I can’t wait to hear what you all think and see just how giant you can build your megastructures ✨ A reminder of what to expect before flying in: ⭐ Deploy swarms of drones ⭐ Mine resources ⭐ Unlock upgrades ⭐ Harvest the power of the stars! Join the fun in our discord here and see what’s going on over on Insta…
Hey everyone! We’re one week from Starvester’s launch, and I’m really excited to get the game into your hands and hear your thoughts! 🚀 Here’s everything you might wanna know before launch: - Price: $6.99, £6.29, 7,19€. Check your local currency for pricing on launch! - Launch date/time: 29 May 2026 @ 15:00 BST / 07:00 PDT (you can check your local time zone here ) . - Launch platforms: Window…
Hey everyone, I’m super excited to announce that Starvester will be out on the 29th of May! Here’s all you have to know before diving in: ⭐ Deploy swarms of drones, ⭐ Mine resources, ⭐ Unlock upgrades, ⭐ Harvest the power of the stars! I can’t wait for you to see what I’ve been working on and to hear all of your thoughts! Feel free to join my discord here to stay up to date and follow Instagram…
Hey everyone! Today, I'm super excited to share that I've partnered with Future Friends Games for Starvester, who will help make sure the game is the best it can be and fully ready for launch! For those of you who don't know, Future Friends are the publishers of amazing indie games like Cloverpit and Slots & Daggers, and have helped market some juggernauts like Vampire Survivors and Content War…
Hey everyone! Steam Next Fest is here, and that means an updated Starvester demo build! Here's what's changed in Demo v0.6.0: - \ Number of SFX from indicators is now capped to avoid audio issues - \ Brittlerock UI now updates correctly with prestige upgrades - \ A rogue click sprite shows up in a certain area of the play space - \ Unlocalized text "are you sure text" for prestige UI has been f…
Hey everyone, I wanted to push a quick update before I travel over this weekend, so Demo v0.5.1 is out now! Korean translations have now been implemented in the demo! There are also some changes/tweaks in the translations of the other languages (notably French) based on the feedback :) If there are any critical bugs/issues, I'll fix them ASAP next week. Otherwise I'll push the slightly chunkier…
Hey everyone! The Starvester demo is OUT NOW on Steam! You can play it here: (go on the store page and press the green "download" button for the demo!) This demo (v0.5.0) is the playtest demo with all the fixes, optimizations, QOL implementations and balancing changes that were added during the playtest. Other than those changes, I've also added translated text into the following languages: Sim…
Hey everyone! The Starvester demo will release on Steam on Feb 9, 2026! Please make sure you've wishlisted the game so you'll be informed when it goes live :) This demo will have all the fixes, optimizations, QOL implementations and balancing changes that were added during the playtest, as well as a couple of extra things including QOL improvements and localized text! I'll release the full buil…
Hey everyone, A balancing hotfix for the playtest is out now (v0.4.6) Here is the changelog: - \ Ceryx cost scaling has been increased from +0% -> +0.1% - \ Prestige fuel requirement scaling 8x -> 7.5x - \ Expansion 6: 10b fuel -> 2b - \ Expansion 7: 100b fuel -> 50b - \ Expansion 8: 10T fuel -> 1T - \ Hephaestus, Ceryx and Star upgrades cost and cost scaling reduced This update should roughly…
Hey everyone! Playtest build v0.4.5 is live now! Here is the changelog: - \ Exiting to main menu before first expansion no longer breaks the quick travel and Vesta UI - \ Research station UI text has been fixed - \ Prestige requirements no longer reset upon exiting the game (prestige points are now hard-capped at 11 for the demo) - \ Solar panels and dyson swarm are not rendered above the Star…
Hey everyone! Playtest build v0.4.4 is live now! Here is the changelog: - \ Sometimes the research upgrades for Vesta didn't appear for some players. This has now been fixed by making them visible from the first expansion. Please let me know if they don't show up for you! (Sorry Orbital Potato!) - \ The auto-indicators-disable feature is removed, since it's unreliable in its current state - \ P…
Hey everyone! Playtest build v0.4.3 is live now! Again, thank you for all the feedback you've been leaving on the playtest build, it's super helpful for me to make the game better! Here is the changelog for v0.4.3: - \ An alpha version of the Save system has been implemented. Currently, only game settings and prestige upgrades will be saved upon exiting the game (no mid-run progress is saved).…
Hey everyone! So I was not expecting over 4200 people to opt into the playtest and leave tons of feedback (thanks to Idle Cub for putting eyes on the game at such an early stage!), it's been really amazing and also overwhelming! I was able to get a ton of data and have already fixed most of the bugs/issues some people were having a implement some quick QOL and balancing changes that will make t…
Hey everyone! I'm super humbled and excited about the response that the announcement for Starvester has gotten, and it's made me really motivated to get the game into your hands and make it as good as possible! To that end, an early playtest build of the demo is NOW LIVE on the store page for you to try out and leave any feedback you might have! Try it out here (press the green "Join the Playte…
Hey everyone! Today, I'm really excited to announce Starvester: A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. 1. Deploy drones to automate mining 2. Gather various resources and unlock upgrades 3. Expand your factory and build megastructures. 4. Harvest the power of stars and other celestial bodies! Features in the full game: - Activ…
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