- Starless Abyss is out now on Switch! - 18 February 2026
Hi everyone!The day is here - Starless Abyss is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch!Just to sweeten the deal, you can grab the game for 30% OFF on the Nintendo eShop, and grab the game for 45% OFF on Steam too! We can't wait for you to finally get playing! Let us know how you get on - if you run into any issues, be sure to let us know! You can also post in our Discord here!Thank you all again for making Starless Abyss great - we'll see you out there, Proxima!
- Starless Abyss is heading to Nintendo Switch! - 10 February 2026
Hi everyone!We have some great news - Starless Abyss is heading to Nintendo Switch!That's right, now you can fight the counter horror wherever you go! You can pre-order the game on the Nintendo store right now - and we'll be launching on 18th February!We've also got a nice launch discount going which will only be available for a limited time, so be sure to grab it before it runs out!Thanks again for your support & all the love you've given Starless Abyss! We'll see you February 18th!
- Updates - 7 October 2025
Hey folks, We are patching the game to address the Unity issue that was recently discovered which involved re-compiling the game with the latest Unity Editor. For more info you can check the unity report https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01 -- Konafa
- A MONSTER update! - 3 September 2025
Welcome back to the Abyss, travellers! The team has been hard at work on a MONSTER update, which is so massive it’s almost out of this world. It covers a whole host of new artifacts, cards, boss rewards, and rituals, as well as some balance changes and bug fixes. ALSO, we're running our deepest discount yet at 30% off! If you haven't yet made the jump into the vast reaches of space, now is a GREAT time! We’ve got a lot to get through, so let’s start at the exciting bit:New offerings to the Abyss:Ten new Counter Horror artifacts: Cloned Attack: Once per turn, double the next attackBlood Draw: Once per turn, when this ship kills an enemy, draw a cardHeat Mutator: Whenever you draw a card, lose 2 heatRecycled Energy: Whenever you draw a card, lose 2 heatConcealer: Once per turn, when this ship kills an enemy, enter StealthStray Missile: When this ship takes damage, launch a missile at a ra…
- 🎶 Starless Abyss Soundtrack Now Available – Descend into the Cosmic Unknown! 🚀 - 18 July 2025
🎶 Starless Abyss Soundtrack Now Available – Descend into the Cosmic Unknown! 🚀🧠Brave explorers of the Void and Proximae of all forms,We’re thrilled to announce that the Official Soundtrack for Starless Abyss is now available!(Love)Crafted by the incredible Artem Shelkovnikov and Pavel Shelingovskiy, this haunting and atmospheric collection of tracks captures deep-space isolation, ancient horrors, and strategic tension that define the Starless Abyss experience.Whether you're building your deck in the dim light of a dying star or facing unspeakable entities from beyond the veil of reality, these tracks will take you right back into the abyss.Plug in for:19 original tracks blending ambient space melodies with dark, Lovecraftian undertonesHigh-quality MP3 and WAV formatsHorros beyond comprehension🌌 Let the music guide you… or unmake you. 🌌Thank you for joining us on this journey into t…
- Updates for 1.1.2 patch - 10 June 2025
We are back with some balance changes and bug fixes in the 1.1.2 patch! Balance: - Lucid buff: Many of you have said that Lucid feels very under powered compared to the others and we agree. This tends to happen with starter characters but now Lucid has an extra ability of removing heat if a defense card is played on a ship. - The boss Astra (giant starfish) AOE attack damage is now reduced from 6 to 4. Fixes: - Modifiers that were offering free repairs are now removed from the reward pool since all repairs are free now by default. - Artifact names were not showing sometimes in the shop. - Evade stacks on Payload weren’t getting removed - Energy Spike text updated - Temporal Overload costing energy when the condition is met. - Overflow now removes heat at the end of the attack, not before. - Silo can now salvage ship upgrades as well. - Clean Build triggers correctly when a ship is upgra…
- Lovecraft inspired tactical roguelike Starless Abyss is now even more rewarding - 11 May 2025
I'm not sure what makes the unknowable so irresistibly compelling, but there's no questioning the allure of Lovecraft style eldritch horror. Arriving in April, new roguelike strategy game Starless Abyss forces scientists and worshippers of the occult to work together in the face of powerful, invading Outer Gods. It's already earned itself a very positive response from players, with 85% of Steam reviews recommending it, but now developer Konafa Games is ensuring you'll have more options at your disposal than ever. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Cozy, Slavic folklore sandbox game Reka lets you speak to animals in new update Fantastic city builder Timberborn adds new transportation and terraforming tools Sublime pixel-art deckbuilder Die in the Dungeon adds transformative new potions
- Spoils of the Abyss Update - 8 May 2025
Hi all! We're back, and we're bringing you the biggest update we've dropped so far - the Spoils of the Abyss Update! This update is our first major content update, and we've changed the way rewards work! We're bringing you a bunch of brand new stuff, lots of FREE things, and more opportunities to earn even more rewards! Now, you'll be able to play through Starless Abyss with even more tools in your arsenal, with even more options than ever before! And of course, we've got a bunch more bug fixes, with some balance & quality of life changes! Here's what you can expect: All rewards can now be re-rolled! You can use DICE to change the rewards for both ships and artifacts All rewards can now be salvaged! Cards & Rituals will give you DICE, ships will give you HP repair, and Artifacts will give you credits In the Shipyard, you can select which ship to upgrade and you can upgrade more than one…
- Starless Abyss is a seriously cool Eldritch-themed space strategy deckbuilder out now - 6 May 2025
My new favourite deck-builder? Could well be. Starless Abyss released late in April from Konafa Games and No More Robots blending together the worlds of Eldritch horror and deck-builders in a space strategy theme. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/starless-abyss-is-a-seriously-cool-eldritch-themed-space-strategy-deckbuilder-out-now/
- Updates - 1 May 2025
Build 1.011: - Rewired Defense respects threshold (really this time) - Flanker gets double damage buff for only one turn - Mine Synthesizer is using the Strategy label now - Star Eater's tail won't show as channeling - Slime will not travel to Turrets via Sonic if it's possessing a ship - Fixed Astra multi hit attack not dealing damage in stealth - Fixed Missiles sometimes getting stuck if target dies while they are traveling - Fixed Star Eater softlock when there is no valid path - Fixed Corruptor softlock when the target dies while it's being pulled - Fixed reinforcement waves not spawning sometimes in rifts causing a softlock - Fixed Korean text sometimes showing variables instead of translated text - Fixed win condition triggering when both player and boss die at the same moment resulting in a corrupted run continuing without ships. - Fixed bug when achievement for proxima unlock wo…
- Starless Abyss - Balance Update 1.09 - 29 April 2025
Hi all! We're back again, and we've got even MORE changes & fixes headed your way, including a bunch of balance changes! We want to thank you again to everyone who's been leaving us a review and sharing your feedback, it has been extremely helpful to us! Our duo dev team have been working super quickly to address all the feedback and reports we've had coming in, so we're super pleased we're able to bring you fast updates! The team have already put through loads of changes in such a short time, and there's no stopping any time soon! Here's what you can expect in this one: You can now only have up to 4 factions in your deck. As you make more card selections, the faction pool will be reduced. You will need to start a new run for this to take effect Poisoned shield energy cost reduced to 1 Energized laser upgrade damaged increased from 6 > 8 to 6 > 9, with charges increased from 3 to 4 Ther…
- Balancing & Fixes - 29 April 2025
Build 1.09: Balance: Factions: - You can only have up to 4 factions in the deck. As you make more card selections, the faction pool will be reduced. You will need to start a new run for this to take effect. Cards: - Poisoned shield energy cost reduced to 1 - Energized laser upgrade changed from (6dmg -> 8dmg) to (6dmg -> 8dmg, 3 charge -> 4 charge) - Thermal Purge Base cost is also reduced to 1 energy. It now has reserve keyword. Upgrade changed from -1 energy to Initiative keyword. - Ricochet card now works on plasma and cannon shots - Adjust stealth missile upgrade Mines: - Mines base damage buffed from 2 to 3 - Mine Synthesizer is a now a strategy card that gives two proximity mines every turn. - We will continue to balance more of the mine cards so this is just the start! Ships & Artifacts: - Ship upgrade price is reduced from 60 to 25. - Recon --> adds 2 instead of 1 Lock On. - Fla…
- Thank you for a great launch weekend! - 28 April 2025
Hi all! First of all, we want to say a huge thank you for such a great launch weekend for Starless Abyss! We've had thousands of you smashing through the Abyss, and it's been amazing seeing how much you've all been enjoying it! We've been keeping an eye out on all the discussion too, so we're on top of anything that might need looking at! If you haven't already, leaving a Steam review would be truly helpful for us! Reviews help out tiny teams like us a lot, so if you have been enjoying Starless Abyss, we'd love to hear about it! You can also still grab it with the launch discount if you haven't already! We've been keeping a close eye on your feedback over the weekend, and we're happy to report some patch notes from over the weekend, which all include bug fixes & quality of life changes: You can now disable flash animations in settings Ships in stores now cost a lot less! Card Rewards re…
- Monday Update - 28 April 2025
Build 1.08: Changes: - Added possibility to disable flash animation in settings - Ships in stores now cost a lot less! - Card Rewards re-roll now requires less DICE values (less expensive) - Ritual Cleansing buffed from 8 -> 20 shield - Ritual Eldritch Blast buffed from 8 -> 10 damage. - Ritual Deathless Curse buffed from 2 --> 3 turns. - Depth achievements will also unlock on act 3. Fixed Bugs: - Faction unlocks shows in the correct language - Fixed line of sight not being respected for some cards like Drawing Fire and Quick Shots - Occult magnetism will not target enemies that are immune. - Fixed re-rolling boss rewards sometimes causing a freeze. - Star Eater doesn't ignore stealth for single target attacks - Dweller doesn't maintain charge if it can't perform charge attack -- konafa
- Sunny Sunday Patch - 27 April 2025
Build 1.07: Changes: - Achievements for wins will now trigger on clearing act 3 even if the player has the 3 keys to enter Act 4. You will gain the achievement on clearing act 3 immediately, if you clear act 4 then you will get the full win achievement there. - Win Stats will increment on clearing act 3 even if the player has the 3 keys to enter Act 4. Fixed Bugs: - Sacrifice drawing cards outside of player turn - Negator (aka shrink bug) will skip turn if intended target to teleport to has no empty cells around it. - Achievements Enraged and Who is the horror now will no longer ignore Payload taking Damage. - Occult Magnetism will no longer target enemies that are not possible to damage (Abyss Respite for example) - Updated Evasion text to clarify it's effect - Updated Severed ability text to clarify madness effect.
- More fixes! - 26 April 2025
Build 1.06: Bugs: - Bound unlocks at correct credits threshold now! - Fixed Softlock on jump attack by the Corruptor Boss (the creepy toad with human arms) - Fixed potential softlock with Star Eater where food would have no where to spawn - Made Dash always knock you back to a predictable hex - Fixed bug when Plan B would try discard a ritual card causing it to not be playable anymore - Missile Swarm can only be played if at least one ship can afford the heat cost to avoid playing it when it is not possible. - Fixed booster Engine applying engine lock to actor ships on self inflicting damage - Fixed Fuel Siphon replenishing movement if any ship kills an enemy.
- Update 26 April - 26 April 2025
Build 1.05: Fixed Bugs: - Multi hit attacks like probe causing Radioactive Boom to stack twice when they die - Fortress and Shields up giving Payload double shield. - Reckless Strategy giving one card instead of 2 on upgrade. - Volatile Laser consuming a charge on self damage - Stealth Assault not applying increased damage when playing with Silo. - Slime not being targetable after infested ship teleports away - Missiles not applying damage modifiers from actor ships. - Strategy cards showing incorrect counter numbers - Act screen getting stuck sometimes with drifting controllers
- Update 25 April - 25 April 2025
Build 1.04: Changes: - Added V-Sync - Update encounter text that was displaying wrong info Bugs: - Fixed blocking issue when you have monoflame relic and can't proceed past the shop
- After demo success, space roguelike Starless Abyss is out now and even better - 25 April 2025
How do you take down beings so unknowable and powerful that their mere presence drives you to despair? That's the task presented to you by Starless Abyss . This new space roguelike brings together Slay the Spire's deckbuilding, FTL's space adventure, Into the Breach's positional combat, and Darkest Dungeon's Lovecraftian horror, and was built by Egyptian developer Konafa Games with consultation from Nuclear Throne and Luftrausers co-creator, Rami Ismail. Following near-universal praise for its demo, the full game is bigger, better, and out now on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Raiders of Blackveil is a roguelite loot chaser with LoL-style champions Terraria 1.4.5 update finally tackles summoner woes with a suite of new upgrades New space sandbox game Outworld Station is basically Factorio among the stars
- STARLESS ABYSS IS OUT NOW! - 25 April 2025
🌌Starless Abyss is out now on Steam!!🌌 We’ve been absolutely overwhelmed by your support and excitement over the past few months, and we can’t thank our amazing Starless community enough! The time you’ve put into the demo, the playtests, and the incredible feedback you’ve shared has meant the (perilous and Eldritch infested) world to us. We wouldn’t be where we are without you. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/Starless_Abyss/ We learned a ton from the demo and used that feedback to level things up. Here are just a few of the awesome additions you’ll find in the full game: Undo: We all make mistakes, and loads of you asked for the ability to undo when you move your ships to the wrong hex. Well, now you can, as long as you do it before taking any actions! Codex: You can now view all cards, artifacts, ships, and rituals in an informative codex! We’ll be adding even more to it p…
