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.
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 and add new dimensions of fun to the game, and judging from your enthusiasm it seems we must have done something right!
Since the launch of Megatech last week, we’ve had over 100,000 new players (And that’s on Steam alone) jumping into ASTRONEER for the first time! We’re incredibly grateful for your ongoing support of our quirky little space game and hope you continue to look forward to what we bring in the future; we still have plenty more plans for ASTRONEER.
That said, there’s still more work to be done for Megatech. We have more bugs to squash and other kinks to iron out, not to mention a few ideas that got set aside on the cutting room floor that we might want to revisit.
We plan to continue to hotfix in the short term, and we have an update scheduled for early 2026 to balance and respond to feedback from Megatech launch just like we did last year with the Glitchwalkers Unlocked update. Keep an eye on our social channels and join the Discord if you haven’t already.
It’s time for a new roundup of community content to shine the spotlight on. We're mixing it up a bit again by also including the emote reactions by the community on Discord, in addition to those from the SES team shared on our internal Slack.
Butterfly_Banana’s artwork made quite an impression over at the Discord server, and rightly so! I love the message, and the design hits me right in the Astroneer pudding, but it also makes me think a lot of Starseeker, I don’t know why. Maybe those cute carrotlings know why. Find more of her work here.
For a second there I was wondering why coolkid (very apropos name) decided to share a picture of the moon landing as an ASTRONEER screenshot, until I noticed the voxel terrain and top hat. Good use of filters to recreate a historic milestone in space exploration!
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Keromas not only seemed to have had a great time with ASTRONEER but also endeavored to get all the achievements, sharing this screenshot along with an encouraging message in order to celebrate. We look forward to seeing you take on Megatech next!
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The crew of the Starseeker gathers lots of precious resources, scientific samples, and all manner of findings when they return from their expeditions, so these snazzy stash boxes come in handy for storing and sorting it all out.
Thank you once again for tagging along with us. Now, those Megastructures aren’t going to build themselves! (The Mega-Printer Drone will do that, but someone needs to feed it the copious amounts of resources it needs!)
- Honourael.