- Unity's UNET Service Shutdown and Online Play - 19 January 2026
Unity UNET ShutdownSatellite Reign's online multiplayer component was built on Unity's UNET service. In 2025, Unity shutdown this service, disabling matchmaking in all games that relied on it. As such, Satellite Reign's online matchmaking is no longer functional. Local MultiplayerUNET's shutdown doesn't impact Satellite Reign's local multiplayer feature, and so players can still connect via LAN. It should still be possible to play online using LAN and a VPN shared with your teammates.We know this is unfortunate news, and we do apologise. Because of Satellite Reign's age, we don't currently have plans to implement a new online matchmaking feature.
- Flex your noodle with Eador: MoTBW & Satellite Reign free - 19 April 2018
Free stuff is always cool, and when that free stuff just happens to be two polished and relatively well-received strategy games, all the better. For the next 48 hours or so, you can snag Syndicate revival Satellite Reign via the Humble Store and the Heroes of Might & Magic-ish Eador: Masters of the Broken World via its Steam page here completely free to keep forever, no strings attached. (more…)
- Daily Deal - Satellite Reign, 85% Off - 22 May 2017
Today's Deal: Save 85% on Satellite Reign !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Wednesday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Have You Played Satellite Reign? - 6 March 2017
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. I never completed Satellite Reign , because fellow journo and one-time board game co-conspirator Matt Lees told me something that completely demolished my enjoyment of it. I won t tell you that thing unless you come with me below the line, because I want you to know that this game is pretty good and you shouldn t listen to me. It s an isometric neon haze of cool cyberpunk freedom fighters who will get in and out of scrapes in supreme style, in a vast city that looks just as cool as anything Deus Ex has thought up. I recommend it. That s all. You can go now. …
- Unity Awards and Mod Support! - 17 October 2016
Hi everyone! Unity Awards Finalist Satellite Reign is a finalist in the 2016 Unity Awards, in the Best Desktop/Console Game category! We were blown away by this, it caught us completely off-guard! Voting is now open, so go ahead and vote for your favourites in each category at the official site: https://unity3d.com/awards/2016 (the page seems to be under heavy load at the time of writing, so try again later if it doesn’t work for you) Mod Support We’re also please to report that Satellite Reign now has some basic modding support. Please bear in mind that we haven’t actually created modding tools—rather we’ve opened up the ability for tinkerers out there to write their own code to interact and modify the game in any way they please. Mods are packaged into .DLL files which the game will execute on load. We’ve made a basic example mod you can grab from GitHub here. We look forward to seein…
- Unity Awards and Mod Support! - 17 October 2016
Hi everyone! Unity Awards Finalist Satellite Reign is a finalist in the 2016 Unity Awards, in the Best Desktop/Console Game category! We were blown away by this, it caught us completely off-guard! Voting is now open, so go ahead and vote for your favourites in each category at the official site: https://unity3d.com/awards/2016 (the page seems to be under heavy load at the time of writing, so try again later if it doesn’t work for you) Mod Support We’re also please to report that Satellite Reign now has some basic modding support. Please bear in mind that we haven’t actually created modding tools—rather we’ve opened up the ability for tinkerers out there to write their own code to interact and modify the game in any way they please. Mods are packaged into .DLL files which the game will execute on load. We’ve made a basic example mod you can grab from GitHub here. We look forward to seein…
- Updated to V1.13.06 - 11 August 2016
Hi everyone, We've just released an update for Satellite Reign. This build contains some significant changes to the networking backend. Basically, it allows players to connect to one another directly, rather than via the Unity relay servers (though the relay servers are still there as a fallback). This not only allows for significantly lower latency, but it should also get around some player's inability to play together from different regions. Having said that, while this should allow friends in different regions to connect, they still won't show up in the default server list. However, if you change your filter to "Friends" you should see any games being hosted by people on your friends list, regardless of their region. When you're connected, you'll see one of the following in the menu, next to the version number: - Direct connection. Exactly as it sounds, you're communicating with the…
- Updated to V1.13.06 - 11 August 2016
Hi everyone, We've just released an update for Satellite Reign. This build contains some significant changes to the networking backend. Basically, it allows players to connect to one another directly, rather than via the Unity relay servers (though the relay servers are still there as a fallback). This not only allows for significantly lower latency, but it should also get around some player's inability to play together from different regions. Having said that, while this should allow friends in different regions to connect, they still won't show up in the default server list. However, if you change your filter to "Friends" you should see any games being hosted by people on your friends list, regardless of their region. When you're connected, you'll see one of the following in the menu, next to the version number: - Direct connection. Exactly as it sounds, you're communicating with the…
- New build on the coop_beta channel - 29 July 2016
Hi everyone. We've been working on improving the network performance for Satellite Reign, as well as trying to help people in different regions play together. We've updated the beta channel we used before the Co-op release with a build which allows players to connect directly instead of via the Unity relay servers. In our small-scale testing, it has been a massive improvement, but we'd like to test it on a larger player pool before setting it live for everyone. To try it out, right-click on Satellite Reign in Steam, select Properties, and go to the BETAS tab. From there, click the drop-down box and choose coop_beta from the list. You will then update to the latest build. Just note, while this should allow friends in different regions to connect, they still won't show up in the default server list. However, if you change your filter to "Friends" you should see any games being hosted by p…
- New build on the coop_beta channel - 29 July 2016
Hi everyone. We've been working on improving the network performance for Satellite Reign, as well as trying to help people in different regions play together. We've updated the beta channel we used before the Co-op release with a build which allows players to connect directly instead of via the Unity relay servers. In our small-scale testing, it has been a massive improvement, but we'd like to test it on a larger player pool before setting it live for everyone. To try it out, right-click on Satellite Reign in Steam, select Properties, and go to the BETAS tab. From there, click the drop-down box and choose coop_beta from the list. You will then update to the latest build. Just note, while this should allow friends in different regions to connect, they still won't show up in the default server list. However, if you change your filter to "Friends" you should see any games being hosted by p…
- Co-op Now in Open Beta! - 13 July 2016
Hi everyone! We've updated the main branch with the co-op build of Satellite Reign, so now everyone will have access be default! We're not "officially" launching until the end of the week, but we wanted to get a few days of it being tested by everyone, now that we've addressed the most critical issues. First thing you'll notice, is you'll be greeted with a choice between Singleplayer and Multiplayer. To play co-op, simply select Multiplayer, and either load up your own existing save as a host, or join someone else as a client We were having issues for some time with random disconnections, as well as an issue where clients would suddenly see everything stop (e.g. agents not responding, enemies and civs standing still), but everything is fine for the host. We're fairly confident we've solved this issue, but if anyone experiences this, please let us know! It haunted our dreams for so long,…
- Co-op Now in Open Beta! - 13 July 2016
Hi everyone! We've updated the main branch with the co-op build of Satellite Reign, so now everyone will have access be default! We're not "officially" launching until the end of the week, but we wanted to get a few days of it being tested by everyone, now that we've addressed the most critical issues. First thing you'll notice, is you'll be greeted with a choice between Singleplayer and Multiplayer. To play co-op, simply select Multiplayer, and either load up your own existing save as a host, or join someone else as a client We were having issues for some time with random disconnections, as well as an issue where clients would suddenly see everything stop (e.g. agents not responding, enemies and civs standing still), but everything is fine for the host. We're fairly confident we've solved this issue, but if anyone experiences this, please let us know! It haunted our dreams for so long,…
- Co-op Beta Channel Updated to V1.12.01 - 28 June 2016
Just a minor update to the co-op beta today. New main menu, to clearly choose between single-player and multiplayer modes. Fixed an issue with the server browser only allowing a total 3 people per game. Enjoy! 5 Lives Team.
- Co-op Beta Channel Updated to V1.12.01 - 28 June 2016
Just a minor update to the co-op beta today. New main menu, to clearly choose between single-player and multiplayer modes. Fixed an issue with the server browser only allowing a total 3 people per game. Enjoy! 5 Lives Team.
- Co-op Beta Channel Updated to V1.12 - 23 June 2016
Hi everyone! Another update to the co-op beta today. Change list is below! Multiplayer UI changes. add some null checks to Hijack, because of a null that happened when exiting to menu, where Energy was null (had persumably been deleted) Manager.Destroy, destroys aientities if they are passed in. Stop agents taking turns turning valves if equipped with atlas arms fix a null in cctvCamera and add some debugging to try and catch what is going wrong Added transition from T_Run_Idle to Panic_Run01 fixed missing ammo box description fixed agent ability buttons toggling with space or enter Add icon for AmmoPack. Weapons are now referenced by weapon slot index, as per how they are arranged within the items component which can sometimes get out of sync with weapons. melee and cloak kills wasnt updating the right stat (steam had a conflict where a stat and an achievement had the same name) fix pr…
- Co-op Beta Channel Updated to V1.12 - 23 June 2016
Hi everyone! Another update to the co-op beta today. Change list is below! Multiplayer UI changes. add some null checks to Hijack, because of a null that happened when exiting to menu, where Energy was null (had persumably been deleted) Manager.Destroy, destroys aientities if they are passed in. Stop agents taking turns turning valves if equipped with atlas arms fix a null in cctvCamera and add some debugging to try and catch what is going wrong Added transition from T_Run_Idle to Panic_Run01 fixed missing ammo box description fixed agent ability buttons toggling with space or enter Add icon for AmmoPack. Weapons are now referenced by weapon slot index, as per how they are arranged within the items component which can sometimes get out of sync with weapons. melee and cloak kills wasnt updating the right stat (steam had a conflict where a stat and an achievement had the same name) fix pr…
- Multiplayer beta updated to v1.11.0 - 17 June 2016
Hi everone, We've updated the co-op beta branch with some more fixes. A full list of the changes can be found below. We're still trying to track down the cause of a major connection issue, where players will stop recieving data from the host (everyone in the world seems to just stand still), but everything still appears fine on the host's end. Please let us know if you see this occur. There's also a minor issue where full servers will not show up in the server browser, regardless of your filter settings. 5 Lives Team Don't open door on call to UpdateHardwired while resetting. Civilian updates MoveSpeed from states as well as network, because they have a specil branch in mech anim that can cause them to go out of sync (no walk to sprint) if they start walking then try to sprint. Caused by sync vars arriving 0.3 secs after the rpc is called emergency fallback if a compound doesnt have a g…
- Multiplayer beta updated to v1.11.0 - 17 June 2016
Hi everone, We've updated the co-op beta branch with some more fixes. A full list of the changes can be found below. We're still trying to track down the cause of a major connection issue, where players will stop recieving data from the host (everyone in the world seems to just stand still), but everything still appears fine on the host's end. Please let us know if you see this occur. There's also a minor issue where full servers will not show up in the server browser, regardless of your filter settings. 5 Lives Team Don't open door on call to UpdateHardwired while resetting. Civilian updates MoveSpeed from states as well as network, because they have a specil branch in mech anim that can cause them to go out of sync (no walk to sprint) if they start walking then try to sprint. Caused by sync vars arriving 0.3 secs after the rpc is called emergency fallback if a compound doesnt have a g…
- Satellite Reign Uplink Co-Op Beta is Live! - 3 June 2016
http://i.imgur.com/aB8ThaL.jpg It’s finally here! As of RIGHT NOW, you can jump in and play the co-op beta for Satellite Reign Uplink. We’ll cut right to the chase—here’s how you can get it on Steam: Go to your Steam Library and right-mouse-click on Satellite Reign in your games list. Select “Properties” Go to the “Betas” tab From the “Select the beta you would like to opt into” pull down select “coop_beta” (you may need to close and re-open steam for this option to appear) Click “Close” Wait for the Satellite Reign to download and update. Profit We’ll also be providing the beta on Humble, so any backers who’d prefer not to play via Steam will be able to download the beta build there. It will be available in the next few hours. Satellite Reign Uplink is also cross-platform, so you can play with Mac, Windows and Linux users. Please keep in mind, this is very much a beta. All multiplayer…
- Satellite Reign Uplink Co-Op Beta is Live! - 3 June 2016
http://i.imgur.com/aB8ThaL.jpg It’s finally here! As of RIGHT NOW, you can jump in and play the co-op beta for Satellite Reign Uplink. We’ll cut right to the chase—here’s how you can get it on Steam: Go to your Steam Library and right-mouse-click on Satellite Reign in your games list. Select “Properties” Go to the “Betas” tab From the “Select the beta you would like to opt into” pull down select “coop_beta” (you may need to close and re-open steam for this option to appear) Click “Close” Wait for the Satellite Reign to download and update. Profit We’ll also be providing the beta on Humble, so any backers who’d prefer not to play via Steam will be able to download the beta build there. It will be available in the next few hours. Satellite Reign Uplink is also cross-platform, so you can play with Mac, Windows and Linux users. Please keep in mind, this is very much a beta. All multiplayer…
