
Early Access
Yes, but updates are hit or miss. Last updated 9 days ago, with about 1 update per month.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Oct 12, 2026 · Patch note
StarMade v0.305.11 - Catalog Tags and PSA (opens in new tab)
This update adds tagging and better searching for blueprints and templates, overhauls how shipyards report problems, and brings a large round of performance and memory improvements, balance tweaks, and bug fixes. Blueprint & Template Tags Blueprints and templates can now be tagged, color-coded and searched by tag, making large catalogs much easier to find y…
Jun 25, 2026 · Patch note
StarMade v0.304.4 - Misc. AI Improvements (opens in new tab)
This is a smaller, focused update that overhauls how you command your ships' AI and fleets, adds creative-mode server options, and fixes a number of outstanding bugs. It builds directly on the previous "Up to Speed" release. AI & Targeting Overhaul The ship/turret AI configuration menu has been reworked, and AI targeting is now far more configurable. Aim-At…
Jun 24, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 23896204
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Jun 13, 2026 · Patch note
StarMade v0.303.38 - Up to Speed (opens in new tab)
This update introduces significant performance improvements in most areas of the game, as well as bumps the game from Java 7 all the way up to Java 21. Java 21 Migration The game now builds and runs using Java 21. This means that the old v1, v2, and v3 launchers will no longer function. You must use the new v4 Launcher available here . For Server Owners / P…
Jun 3, 2026 · Patch note
StarMade Launcher v4 Beta (opens in new tab)
StarMade Launcher v4 Beta Greetings Citizens, In preparation for the next release update coming in the following days, we are putting out a beta for the new StarMade Launcher v4. This new launcher is a multi-platform electron-based application designed to be as robust as possible. We are asking people to help test it by selecting the launcherbeta option in…
StarMade last posted a patch note 9 days ago (Oct 12, 2026: StarMade v0.305.11 - Catalog Tags and PSA (opens in new tab)).
It got about 1 update per month over the last year and is sporadic (24/100). 4 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Gaps between updates are uneven.
No. It shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days, though updates are hit or miss.
StarMade: 6 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 68 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 1 |