
Early Access
Yes, last updated 6 days ago, with about 8 updates per month.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
The newest build is on the experimental branch, more than 36 hours after the public branch. Steam's own Early Access notice looks at the public branch and can miss that beta activity.
Oct 16, 2026 · Patch note
[EXPERIMENTAL] 26w42c: Conveyor Tube adapter (opens in new tab)
This build adds conveyor tube adapters. Fixes Mining research is now Tier 2 pipe adapter can be researched Thanks for playing!
Oct 16, 2026 · Build
experimental branch build 25976615
Latest build time Steam reports for the experimental branch.
Oct 15, 2026 · Patch note
[EXPERIMENTAL] 26w42b: More Hotfixes (opens in new tab)
Some more research/crusher hotfixes and improvements, plus an old requested: pipe adaptors! Added expanding and reducing pipe adaptors for connecting different pipe sizes. Mining drills can now harvest trees, crystals and other mineable world objects. Mining drill size is limited to 4m. Community Suggestion: #8064 Drill bits last 2.5x longer inside the crus…
Oct 12, 2026 · Patch note
[EXPERIMENTAL] 26w42a: Research Hotfixes (opens in new tab)
Some fixes following the research update. Community Suggestion: #8043 Research stations can automatically pull damaged bricks from connected storage units. #8052 Docked and landed ships no longer appear as separate HUD targets. Sound effect is much quieter! Brick Analyzing time is twice faster. Bugfixes: #8039 Research station breaking when analyzing damage…
Oct 9, 2026 · Patch note
[EXPERIMENTAL] 26w41a: Research Station, Crusher and drill (opens in new tab)
This build a few important additions to the early game with Research, alongside the drill and crusher block. Common feedback after the survival release was players wanting to be rewarded for mining and discovering wrecks, and deeper early game progression and mechanisms. This update addresses this in several way! Ore-flecked stone + Crusher Ore will now yie…
Starship EVO last posted a patch note 6 days ago (Oct 16, 2026: [EXPERIMENTAL] 26w42c: Conveyor Tube adapter (opens in new tab)).
It got about 8 updates per month over the last year and is very consistent (94/100). 11 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Gaps between updates are fairly even.
No. It shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days and updates steadily.
Starship EVO: 94 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 4 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 | 2 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 13 |
| April 2026 | 29 |
| May 2026 | 16 |
| June 2026 | 14 |
| July 2026 | 9 |
| August 2026 | 3 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 4 |