- Help us shape a new video game genre! - 4 December 2025
Welcome, Survivor!Let's shape a new video game genre! There's a real problem with this genre: it has no name and no official Steam tag. Let's change it! For years, many bullet heaven devs have watched their games disappear under mismatched tags. Overshadowed by action roguelikes and drowning in bullet hell categories. Together with many other developers of the games in the same genre, we're launching a survey campaign, in which we ask you - our players - what would you like for these kind of games to be named. 👉 https://forms.gle/8SNkDWi9GrJ37ARdAPlease help us shape the history of video games by filling out this survey. In the near future, we will be presenting the results of this poll to Valve, to help Steam recognize the genre by its new name! Here's a short video by Diana describing the campaign: Join the 10-second anonymous poll here: https://forms.gle/8SNkDWi9GrJ37ARdA ... pass i…
- Star Survivor Has Reached Full Release! - 20 September 2024
🛠️Commander's attention, please! I'm happy to bring you the official content update! New Features Added 2 new ships: RX91 and PMT34, featuring active skills that can be used by accumulating energy. Added 4 new basic weapon cards and 2 new weapon combo cards. Added ship skins: Christmas skin from the mobile version (although it's three months early, Merry Christmas!). Added complete German localization. Other Notable Changes In Campaign mode, if there are Asteroids-related tasks, the refresh rate of Asteroids will increase, and the first appearance time of meteor showers is modified to 3 minutes, followed by every 3 minutes. Fixed the lag issue with controller operations and added a number of features originally missing from controllers (selection, switching, inability to exit, etc.). Fixed various language text display abnormalities (such as text exceeding the frame). Bug Fixes Fixed a…
- Star Survivor will be full released on September 20 PST - 19 September 2024
Greetings, Commanders! We have some exciting news to share with you! Star Survivors is about to end its Early Access status on September 20th, 00:00 PST, and will transition to full release. The game's price will not increase, and we will be launching a new historical low discount of -30% off for 14 days. The reason for ending the EA is that the game's content and gameplay have reached the scale we originally planned, which is also Ken's wish. But we are well aware that there are still bugs with the game. Going fully released does not mean that our work is done; we will continue to focus on fixing bugs and optimizing the gaming experience. The official release of the game will include 2 new ships and 6 new weapon cards from the developer branch, as well as some fixes for existing issues, so please stay tuned for the update announcement. At the same time, Star Survivor is on Raid Survivo…
- Testers Wanted | Star Survivor New Ship Preview - 3 September 2024
Hello, Captains! We've got some exciting news to share! Star Survivor will be part of the upcoming Steam Space Exploration Fest on September 2nd at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, bringing with it a fresh content update! Since Erabit officially took over the development of Star Survivor two weeks ago, we've already released the first bug fix of the year. Now, we're thrilled to showcase our recent work—two brand-new ships! While many of us are fans of classic "Star Trek" space odysseys, we know that giant robots like "Gundam" hold a special place in the hearts of our players too. So, we're excited to introduce our latest mecha ships: RX91 PMT43 If you're as excited about these new ships as we are, we invite you to join our closed playtest! You'll get an exclusive sneak peek at the new content and help us track down any remaining bugs. In the test branch, you'll have access to: Please note that th…
- Bug fixes 2024/8/10 - 10 August 2024
🛠️ Hello commanders! As we promised two days ago, the first wave of bug fixes is here! Erabit will be carrying on Producer Ken's philosophy and roadmap of providing stable issue fixes and producing brand new content. Fixing existing issues We fixed these issues in this new version: Memory leak: the mobile porting team has fixed this issue, and now we're porting it back to the PC version, so everyone will soon be able to say goodbye to the annoying reboot every 30 minutes. Fixed a bug that caused beam weapons to fail to hit any enemy while the ship was rotating. Fixed the bug where AI enemies were stuck and had a small probability of not moving Adjusted the values of earned achievements so that they can be regained Fixed the problem of crazy lag and frame drops after playing with the gamepad for a while Black Hole Generator upgrade card - +1/+2 Black Hole Lifespan in-game pre-alert erro…
- Erabit takes over content updates and bug fixes - 8 August 2024
👋Hello everyone! This is Liya from Erabit. We assist the solo developer Ken with publishing Star Survivor. It's been a while since our last official announcement in December 2023. First, I apologize for the long silence. Here's an update on what we've been working on over the past six months. Erabit is now taking over the maintenance and updates for Star Survivor Due to Ken's busy schedule and personal challenges, he has found it difficult to maintain the game. After discussing it, Ken entrusted Star Survivor to Erabit. Following his design ideas and roadmap, we will continue to fix the game's issues and add new content. Actually, we already have a substantial content update planned. Fixing existing issues We have reviewed your feedback and comments, identified the most critical bugs, and have already begun fixing them. You can see these fixes in the latest game update: Memory leak: Th…
- Deckbuiler Fest Discount + Mobile Sale event - 25 March 2024
-21% for Deckbuilder Fest on Steam * I turned off the controller support for now. The plugin was commissioned and the code caused the lag for some players. 33% OFF for the mobile version 📅 March 31st -> April 7th 💵 $2.99 -> $1.99 AppStore + Google Play ~Best Liya
- Spring Sale Notice - 15 March 2024
Star Survivor is 21% OFF! Ken is still alive. He has just returned from the prolonged trip overseas and will do gamedev after the irl things are settled. Erabit mini self promo -Liya
- The Holiday Season is HERE! Discounts & Specials! - 20 December 2023
DISCOUNTS!!! ⏰Dec 21 - Jan 5 Steam 💻-20% --->>> $3.99 Mobile 📱 -33% --->>> $1.99 (Both Google Play & AppStore) Psst! The mobile version might be having some extra surprises!
- Announcement for China players! - 15 December 2023
Because some of you cannot play the mobile version OR participate in Giveaway We got you special Giveaway events!!! More info: 1) https://www.taptap.cn/moment/483579001080644767 2)https://xiaoheihe.cn/community/54539/list/113526140
- Star Survivor on mobile MOW! Giveaways info 👀‼️ - 8 December 2023
Star Survivor is available on Mobile devices! ▶️ Google Play Store & 🍎 AppStore Upcoming Giveaways - Mobile only 📅 Time: Dec 12th - 26th 🎁 Results: Dec 29 Prizes: Post video of Star Survivor: Premium (mobile version) 🌌on Youtube / TikTok / Twitter 20 Winners will get a $5 Erabit Voucher to spend on Erabit mobile games. 10 Winners who get 5k views/post & record it in Google Form will get a $25 Amazon gift card 5 top videos based on views and engagement will get a $25 - $100 Amazon gift card Event Rules: Post a video on Youtube / TikTok / Twitter Register your video on Google Form Join Erabit to be updated on the latest news!
- Small Update 12/5/23 - 5 December 2023
- added shield display wrapping to show more icons - increased end screen stats space for larger number displays - elites and bosses HP scale changed from +25% per hate to +15%. - fixed issue with mind control enemies not showing hit fx when colliding with other enemies - added extra check for tractor beam to avoid picking up hidden objects
- Get that Game Awards Badge - 23 November 2023
Hello, captains! Participate in the Steam Awards - you get free badges! Nominate Star Survivor Open & close it Leave/update a review I do hope you leave a positive review. But what matters more is that you get a Steam Badge! 》Make it till Nov 28th《 And, yeah, there is a sale. Obviously. Yours, Liya
- Particle Performance + Minor Fixes - 20 November 2023
- fixed damage number settings not turning on/off - fixed exp curve not tapering off as you level up - moved stationary particles to a singleton spawner for batch rendering performance
- Bundle w/ Ocelot Sunrise - 11 November 2023
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36457/Star_Sunrise/ Ocelot Sunrise is a comic-style survivors-like game set on alien planets in distant galaxies. As always, owners of Star Survivor will get an extra 10% off via the bundle. This is the final collab bundle to celebrate the Bullet Heave Fest. Stay safe!
- 3 months of game polishing - Update for the main branch - 7 November 2023
A little backstory... The Unity pro developer dived into my source code and said the general structure of the game was illogical and it would take months to fix the whole thing. Good news, I know what are the next steps to polish the game ASAP. The next stop - fixing the Object Pool and Particles. Meanwhile, there is a major Steam event for the games like Star Survivor. Visit Bullet Heaven Fest for more discounts, demos, and new games announcements. The full list of the last 3 months' fixes migrating to the main branch: The latest thingies - New game icons published - Increased chicken highlight - Fixed combo notice for already comboed weapons - Reduced charging enemies charge speed by 25% - Forced cooldown on elite enemies' special attacks so they cannot perform the attack as they spawn - Increased projectile pool limit from 200 to 500 Pew-pews - fixed shield, tagging and tesla coil up…
- Happy Mid-Autmn Festival! - 27 September 2023
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to our players from Asia! Psst. As it happens, the game participates in SHMUP event & is 20% off till October 2nd. Check the SHMUP page for more games like Star Survivor ːsteamhappyː Thank you everyone for supporting us all the way till today! Hope your mooncakes always taste amazing! Liya
- Backstory of the recent developments - 26 September 2023
Hello! It is Liya from Erabit, the publishing support for solo dev Ken on "Star Survivor" I am sorry for the recent lack of communication and want to explain what is happening now. Memory leak issue First, it happened after the update of the enemy models, but it got really bad after the combo upgrade. We hired a professional team of QA with the specific purpose of finding the source of the issue, and while there was an improvement in performance, their suggestions did not fix the issue entirely. Ken is an indie dev who worked on this game solo. Meaning, that his full-time job is not in the gaming industry, and he has no teammates to ask for advice from. And it happened so that fixing the issue could be beyond his skill set at the moment. Our next step is to give the source code to the mobile porting team. It is a couple of people who have done game dev on Unity full-time for the last 10…
- Star Survivor is coming to mobile! - 15 September 2023
Pre-register for Star Survivor on Mobile! In about 3 months, the Star Survivor will come be ported to the mobile. Click on pre-register to be notified of the exact timing. Meanwhile, the porting team and the dev are working separately, so it will no affect the PC version's updates and polishing. Pre-register on AppStore Pre-register at Google Play
- Progress: what is done and what is being developed #5 - 28 August 2023
Possible memory leak found 🥳 QA found a few possible reasons that could affect performance and will dive into fixing them soon. Not to speak the TOTAL tech jibberish: Damage numbers are popping up too much. Too many physical bodies that could be substituted by 2D for the collision. Game constantly recording and reporting data. Enemy model processed separately and not in batches. Background stars were way too detailed. Yes, there are stars you could not even see Background asteroids were actually ... 3D models. Another funny finding was that Chinese players could not input any text in the game 😰 Because the possible options were not shown 💀 And that the game was triggering China's biggest antivirus as a "network threat". DevReview Patch Notes New Features: 🆕 pickup: Damage buff (orange orb)Doubles all weapon damage for 10 seconds increased with general upgrade) QoL improvements: Dyna…
