Pixel Starships 2 — What's New (May Mid-month Patch 2026)
New Features
Voice Acting Characters now have voice lines! Voice-over has been added to the game with progressive rollout.
Exterior Weapon Turrets Update on how weapons appear when mounted on the outside of your ship.
New Room Size support: 5×4 A new large room size is now supported, opening up new layout possibilities for ship builders in NPC ships.
Turret Support Rooms New turret support rooms are now available for an upcoming release.
Limited edition basketball Gear Sets & Crew are now available for a short period.
Improvements
Mission Task List The mission task list has been overhauled — tasks now display consistently, invalid tasks are handled gracefully, and progress tracking is more reliable.
Loot Panel Item Details Support items now show their full info when viewed inside the loot panel.
Stamina Bar The Stamina bar has received a visual and logic update.
Ship Skin on Nearby Ships Nearby ships in the galaxy view now correctly display their equipped skins.
PVP Target Selection The logic for choosing targets in PVP battles has been refined.
Battle Scene Performance Various optimisations have been made to the battle scene to improve performance.
7Mart Prices Shop prices in the 7Mart have been updated.
Visual Effects Engine flare effects have been improved, particle rotations updated, and overall visual polish applied across several effects.
Bug Fixes
Fixed crew placement issues on touch devices
Fixed a race condition during crew placement that could incorrectly trigger "Fire Crew" events
Fixed characters not pathfinding correctly during battles
Fixed a Level 1 issue in the Pirate lobby
Fixed the ammo progress bar not displaying correctly
Fixed mining resources not showing properly
Fixed a UI panel layout issue in PVP mode
Fixed item names not displaying correctly
Fixed Starbux count display
Fixed an interior display issue in the Shipyard
Fixed a bug where deleting a character could cause errors
Fixed the gym tutorial guide highlight not appearing correctly
Fixed a corrupted asset issue and incorrect display in versus mode
Fixed ship facing direction in certain battle scenarios
Fixed various task list display bugs
Balance Changes
Due to a technical issue specifics stats cannot be posted for this update. The list of new items and crew are:
Gordon
Gary
The list of new Items:
Basketball special edition set of headgear, shirt, and shorts
The list of items with stat or visual changes:
Hatchet
Axe
Large Axe
Ice Pick
Ice Pickaxe
Ice Scythe
Power Bucket
Power Vest
Power Pants
Basic Bolter
Basic Bolter
Standard Bolter
Standard Bolter
Heavy Bolter
Heavy Bolter
Aether Bolter
Storm Axe
Aether Axe
Ice Hybrid Scythe
Ice Reaper
Scientist Probe Scanner
Scientist Multi Ray Scanner
Scientist Exo-Scanner Device
Scientist Exo-Swiss Device
Butter Knife
Small Dagger
Medium Dagger
Large Dagger
Assassins Dagger
Small Wrench
Regular Wrench
Big Wrench
Engineering Wrench
Mecha Wrench
Fitness Gloves
Boxing Gloves
Gauntlet
Power Gauntlet
Infinity Fist
Yellow Easter Egg Mine
Red Easter Egg Mine
Blue Easter Egg Mine
Green Easter Egg Mine
White Easter Egg Mine
For the june update we're working to bring the next ship level and ground battle mechanic to PSS2.