Early Game Balance Pass — StarFear Steam update #35267

We've been analyzing some of our analytics for first half of the playtest so far and it's clear we have a problem: No one is making it out of Act 1...

Steam App
StarFear (3700300)
Event type
patch note
Published
9 May 2026 - 23:32:20 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
We've been analyzing some of our analytics for first half of the playtest so far and it's clear we have a problem: No one is making it out of Act 1 (~Threat Levels 1-5):I like the direction of the difficulty trend line, but it's too many walls too early. Let's look at the culprits...Changes:Act 1TurretsDecrease HP from 60 -> 40 (2-shot kill with starter weapon now)Decrease rate of fire by 33% (1.5s -> 2s)Decrease projectile speed from 8 -> 7Decrease projectile damage from 35 -> 30SoldiersDecrease rate of fire by 16% (1.5s -> 1.75s)Decrease projectile speed from 9 -> 8

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