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Dev Update: Difficulty in Fleetbreakers
How Fleetbreakers Handles Difficulty Fleetbreakers has two core ways to play, Story Mode and Free Play, and each one asks different things of our difficulty systems. Both modes share the same missions, enemies, and rewa…
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Art Spotlight: Bosses
Hello there! This week we wanted to talk about and show off some of the enemy bosses that you’ll encounter as you play through the Story and Free Play modes in the game. In a game with so many upgrades and options, Art…
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Closed Playtest Begins June 12 + New Steam Capsule Reveal
CLOSED PLAYTEST & NEW CAPSULE ART Fleetbreakers is back with a fresh new look just in time for our next Closed Playtest. 🗓️ Playtest Dates: June 12th 10AM EST → June 15th 10AM EST If you love RTS games but don’t always…
Patch notes4 changesGameplay - Fleetbreakers
May 2026 Dev Update
Hi everyone! It's been a busy month. May featured a ton of new things from upgrades, to re-vamped abilities, to ascension work. Here's a summary of all we got to in the last month: New Features Upgrade Encounters New sp…
Event26 changesFixGameplay - Fleetbreakers
Dev Blog - The Road to Synergies
Hi Fleetbreakers, The core idea for Fleetbreakers is to blend RTS and roguelite gameplay. We want each run to feel like it offers something different. We have many systems to achieve that, but we are experimenting with…
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Fleetbreakers Is Heading to PlayX4
We’re thrilled to share that Fleetbreakers will be featured at the PlayX4 Conference this year with our publishing partner Level Up Gaming. This is a huge moment for the team and one we’ve been looking forward to for a…
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From Halo Wars to Fleetbreakers…
Hey everyone, This is Dave, one of the co-founders of Last Keep. This week, I decided to take a bit of a step back in time and share some of the inspiration behind Fleetbreakers. It's been quite a journey, but one worth…
Event10 changesGameplayMaps - Fleetbreakers
Story Spotlight: The Beacon
Hey everyone, This week’s story spotlight dives into the origins of the Beacon. Long before Fleetbreakers begins, the Beacon was supposed to be the start of a whole new era. After the discovery of the first warp artifac…
Announcement3 changesGameplayMaps - Fleetbreakers
April 2026 Dev Update
New Features New Cobalt Colonies and Colony Techs More colony choices to help differentiate each run. Removed almost all of the stacks. Tier techs require 4 techs from the previous tier to be able to research (in additi…
Event27 changesFixGameplay - Fleetbreakers
March 2026 Monthly Dev Update
New Features Archive This is our “codex” where you can see all the things you’ve discovered/unlocked. There is still a missing section and a lot of UX to improve, but you can certainly get the idea. Barrier Stations (wa…
Patch notes11 changesFixGameplay - Fleetbreakers
February 2026 Monthly Dev Update
Hey everyone, February was a huge month for Fleetbreakers. A lot of long‑requested features landed, several major systems took big steps forward, and the game’s overall feel, moment-to-moment and run-to-run, got sharper…
Announcement18 changesFixWorkshop - Fleetbreakers
Dev Update: Redeploying Lost Squadrons
Hey everyone, We’ve been iterating on how much control players should have over their ship squadrons as Fleetbreakers blends roguelite tension with strategy‑game planning. Originally, losing an entire squadron meant it…
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Art Showcase: New Environments
Hey Fleetbreakers, We've got a quick, but impactful update this week. We've been hard at work bringing richer new environments to the game's biomes. Our goal was to enhance our maps to match the different biome themes a…
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Story Spotlight: Admiral Flint
Hey everyone, This week, we’re diving deeper into the characters from the Fleetbreakers’ universe. Meet Admiral Flint, an inspirational leader of the Cobalt Expedition, whose sudden and mysterious disappearance has been…
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January Dev Update
Hi everyone! Here’s a look at what we’ve been working on in January. This Month’s Progress Loads of new art. Icons (replacing our mountain of text-based backup icons). Variation among the different biomes. Two new stati…
Event9 changesGameplayPerformance - Fleetbreakers
Story Spotlight: Meet Mel the Mechanic
Hi Fleetbreakers, This week’s story spotligh is a look at one of the most important characters you will encounter during your adventures. Meet Melvin “The Mechanic” Wright, a veteran engineer and one of the last indepen…
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