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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/MedicalNote on 2025-06-29 16:55:37+00:00.
Hey r/Games,
We released StarVaders about 2 months ago, and I'm still flabberghasted by the response. We just reached over 2000 Overwhelmingly Positive reviews! That's crazy, I thought we would be lucky if we reached 1000 reviews in its lifetime.
Wanted to thank the community and our playtesters for all your feedback and suggestions that made the game what it is today. (If I had one tip for other gamedevs, make sure you build the game WITH a community, and not by yourself)
- What is StarVaders -
- A focus on the spatial intuitiveness of grid-based tactics games and the deep synergies of deckbuilding games
- 3 Mech classes with distinct mechanics and 10 pilots with unique playstyles
- 11 Card Packs randomly added to the card pool so runs feel fresh
- Story Campaign & True Ending
- Ascending Difficulties that introduce new gameplay mechanics
- Challenge Modes and Daily Runs
We just launched our 1.1 Beach Episode update, which includes a new beach themed Card Pack, many new artifacts, and "Sandbox Settings".
- Sandbox Settings is a new menu that lets you customize the gameplay to your liking.
- For example, we had a few players who wished there were more granular ascension difficulties in the game, so I decided to add an optional toggle to increase the number of ascensions to make them more granular.
- There are other toggles like that for players to play the game the way they want to, and there are also new options to ban certain packs or bosses from appearing during a run, which would help achievement hunting, or if you just dislike a certain mechanic.
- If you have more suggestions for gameplay, feel free to let me know and I will see if I can implement it as an optional toggle!
- Check out the full update notes here.
By the way, we are also on discount for 10% off for the Steam Summer Sale! You can also grab the game in a bundle for an additional 10% cheaper with some of the following games:
- Cobalt Core
- Monster Train 1 and Monster Train 2
- As We Descend
- Chrono Ark
- Nova Drift
Future Plans??
- I'm also excited to announce that we are selling well enough to be able to continue working on the game, with a planned update 1.2 and 1.3 coming later in the year! These will be big and exciting content updates I can't wait to reveal, they will make 1.1 look like nothing.
It really means the world to us that people out there are enjoying the game so much - makes all the time and passion we've put into it feel worth it. Thanks again for all the support and much love from the team,
-Axolotl of the Pengonauts