Derelict Star Steam news

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• Review score96% positive
• Total reviews149
• Release dateApr 2, 2026
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• PublisherLuminous Tree Games

Genres: Action, Adventure

Company pages: Developer: gatePublisher: Luminous Tree Games

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Derelict Star Steam news

Derelict Star news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Update v1.0.10 - 8 July 2026

  New accessibility option to fully light a screen (might be useful for making screenshot maps, e.g.)Remove a potential red herring from a tricky qbitFix orientation of a couple spikes for visual consistency in a particular zoneFix 3 typos in various hint menus

• Derelict Star review - 8 June 2026

  I have spent the last two weeks in a blissful kind of agony. When I'm not playing Derelict Star, a very humble-looking 2D exploration platformer that looks like it could run on a Commodore 64, I'm thinking about it. At least a half-dozen times I decided I'd had enough. Faced with an impossible-seeming obstacle, against which I'd beaten my head for hours, I figured it's my duty as a time-conscious adult person to move on. I've seen what Derelict Star is doing and can appreciate it: isn't that enough? Nope... Read more.

• Update v1.0.9 - 28 May 2026

  Added more values for the "game speed" assist option. Now goes from 25%-200% instead of 50%-100%Added new "checkpoint behavior" assist optionIf set to "custom", allows you to place your own checkpoints on solid groundIf set to "custom + progress", it will also remember any batteries or qbits you were holding when you made the custom checkpointCustom checkpoints are for your current game session ONLY. They will not persist when reloading your save file. When loading your save, you will spawn at the last real checkpoint you usedFixed bug where broken terminal was erroneously showing up on radar

• 'I do think Blow misunderstood what the game is about': Derelict Star made Jonathan Blow rage quit, but it's the most fascinating indie platformer I've played for years - 26 May 2026

  couple of weeks ago on X, someone reposted Braid and The Witness creator Jonathan Blow into my feed. He was sounding off about a new indie action-platformer called Derelict Star that I hadn't heard of, but which has quietly gained an audience among movement platformer enthusiasts since its release in early April... Read more.

• Update v1.0.8.0 - 29 April 2026

  Added two new shortcuts to toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode: F11 and Alt+EnterSome users reported the game started up on the incorrect monitor, which was a pain to deal with when the game was fullscreen. This should make the process easier to deal with by toggling fullscreen with the hotkey, moving the window, and toggling again. By default the game will always start on the screen that currently contains your mouse pointer.Fixed bug where the "always run" assist option would continually trigger the reset sound when passing through a reset tileFixed some broken cross reference links on some help pagesAdded some missing details/interactions to a few help pagesUpdate the entrance to a specific green room again so you're less likely to accidentally lose progressUpdate the font used in the game to a bitmap font rather than a true type fontHad a user report that the game was failin…

• Update v1.0.7.0 - 21 April 2026

  Add new "prevent knockout" assist optionAllow player to use the assist menu hotkey when knocked outEnsure "install power cell" is always the top option in the ship terminal when availableFix bug introduced by 1.0.6.0 (old hardware graphics support patch) that erroneously caused player to change palette when jetpack palette was changed

• Update v1.0.6.1 - 16 April 2026

  I had some reports of players with lower spec hardware having the following visual bugs:The light circle around the player was only visible in dark roomsAll areas were blue and were not correctly palette swapping to the area-specific colorsI root caused this issue and it turns out this was due to their hardware not having enough of what Godot calls "global shader buffer" size. I've reworked these shaders to not use this buffer at all, so now these visual effects should work the same on older and newer hardware.For folks who were not experiencing these visual issues, this patch should change nothing. If you notice something in the visuals that worked for you in the previous patch and does not this patch, please let me know in the Steam Discussion Forum or in the Derelict Star Discord.Additionally, the following bug has been fixed: Now loads remapping settings for gamepads correctly (prev…

• Hotfix Update v1.0.5.1 - 15 April 2026

  This is a very small hotfix patch to prevent a situation with a new feature which might have caused the player to lose progress.Prevent player from using the "fold" option in the ship when carrying a cell or qbits

• Update v1.0.5 - 15 April 2026

  Another small patch based on feedback I've gotten in the past few days.Added new information query option in derelict terminals to see your current collected qbit statusAdded new menu option to your ship's terminal once you've completed the storyDon't restart a song in a particular area on respawn if it's already playingMake a particular reset tile in green area visible in screen transition margin so that players don't accidentally walk into itOnly show message on manual respawn in tan/white area on first press, or if player presses the button multiple times in a rowFixed typo in night janitor logFixed bug with moving platforms where landing on the very edge of the platform would sometimes cause the player to fall right through it after landing on it

• Update v1.0.4 - 9 April 2026

  Thanks so much for all the positive feedback folks! If you're enjoying yourself and haven't yet left me a review, please do! It helps out soooo much with the Steam algorithm.And now for another round of cheese prevention and quality of life updates:Can now trigger respawn manually WHILE knocked out. Impatient gamers rejoice!Reveals all qbits on radar after rolling credits. Previously this was only triggered when you collected enough qbits, but now it can be triggered either way.Fixed cheese strategy in tan/white area.Fixed another cheese strategy in green area.Add easier way to backtrack in specific green area section.Fix broken link on horizontal momentum help page.

• Update v1.0.3 - 7 April 2026

  This is a small patch to fix some minor things and smooth out a couple rough edges some folks ran into.Make "interact" (e.g. the prompt with the down arrow, like when using a checkpoint) input harder to accidentally trigger on analog stick. Now only triggers when it passes the outer deadzone rather than the inner deadzoneFix bug where dying on a bumper could still push you after respawnFixed cheesy strategy in green areaMade it more obvious optional box area is optionalAdded slightly more environmental guidance in a few places people were getting stuckFixed minor formatting issues on some help pagesI also added a Discord server to the game page. I want Derelict Star to challenge, but not to overwhelm. The assist options and the help/hint menu are a stopgap but can only do so much, so if you feel stuck or want advice please pop into the Discord!Thanks!-gate

• Derelict Star is out now! - 2 April 2026

  Derelict Star is out now!I'm very proud of how it turned out. I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it :)-❤️gate

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