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End of Development
Unfortunately, due to personal and financial reasons, we have made the difficult decision to cease development of Anew: The Distant Light and close our studio. Should this situation change in the future, and development…
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Anew: The Distant Light
Also known as Anew: The Distant Light, adl, anew distant light
Discover a mysterious, interconnected alien world in this sci-fi action-exploration game. Earn game-changing equipment through skillful combat and solving puzzles. Customize your gear, pilot insane vehicles, and repair your powerful home ship for the ultimate advantage.
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26 Jun 2026
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Browse past updates and patch notes for this game.
- October 2021
- Update 2 Change List and Dev NotesHuge thanks to the Beta testers and Early Access players! Your feedback and bug reports are crucial for driving improvements to the game. We are a tiny team, with 1 to 3 people working on the game any given week. We hav…
- August 2021
- Update 1Fixed bug with shield pickup not persisting Fixed bug with sun damage VFX playing while disabled
- December 2020
- End-of-Year Dev UpdateHappy New Year! We hope you are having a nice break and finding opportunity to spend time with friends and family. It's been a long and hard road, but we are pleased to announce that we are confident in a 2021 delivery…
- October 2020
- Hi folks! There was a bit of a technical hiccup in Steam's system during our original livestream yesterday, and our stream wasn't promoted at all in the Autumn Festival. So, we're going to give it another go on Tuesday,…Store
- September 2020
- PAX Online 2020!We are honored and excited to announce that Anew has been selected for the PAX Online 2020 Indie Showcase! Several hundred games on Steam were considered for the event, and a short list of 20 games were selected by the…
- July 2020
- We are very happy to announce that our free playable demo, which is available to download on our Steam store page, has been updated with a long list of improvements and fixes. Steve Copeland, our wizard-like game direct…Store
- June 2020
- Stop by our Developer Q&A Next Week!Hi folks! We've got one more announcement related to the Steam Summer Game Festival, which runs next week from June 16 - 22. In addition to the free downloadable demo and the developer livestream event we've got schedul…
- We are excited to announce that Anew: The Distant Light will be taking part in the Steam Summer Game Festival from June 16th - 22nd! During the festival, you will be able to play our alpha demo, which was previously ava…Store
- April 2020
- World Map Reveal!We are thrilled to reveal the game world map for Anew: The Distant Light! Click here for full res version of image! Each of the ten zones in the game are hand-crafted and feature unique enemies, challenges, puzzles, and…
- Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by to keep an eye on our game. We've been working super hard on Anew since our last update. Our new round of enemies is coming along really well and we are also improving the original enemi…Store
- February 2020
- We're going to DreamHack in LA!We're pleased to announce that Anew: The Distant Light was selected for showcasing at DreamHack! We'll be at the Anaheim Convention Center in CA on February 21-23 in the Indie Playground section. Stop by to play the gam…
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