Steam News19 January 20265mo ago

Unity's UNET Service Shutdown and Online Play

Unity UNET Shutdown Satellite Reign's online multiplayer component was built on Unity's UNET service. In 2025, Unity shutdown this service, disabling matchmaking in all games that relied on it.

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removedUnity UNET ShutdownSatellite Reign's online multiplayer component was built on Unity's UNET service. In 2025, Unity shutdown this service, disabling matchmaking in all games that relied on it. As such, Satellite Reign's online matchmaking is no longer functional.

addedLocal MultiplayerWe know this is unfortunate news, and we do apologise. Because of Satellite Reign's age, we don't currently have plans to implement a new online matchmaking feature.

Satellite Reign changes

removedSatellite Reign's online multiplayer component was built on Unity's UNET service. In 2025, Unity shutdown this service, disabling matchmaking in all games that relied on it. As such, Satellite Reign's online matchmaking is no longer functional.

addedWe know this is unfortunate news, and we do apologise. Because of Satellite Reign's age, we don't currently have plans to implement a new online matchmaking feature.

Unity UNET Shutdown

Satellite Reign's online multiplayer component was built on Unity's UNET service. In 2025, Unity shutdown this service, disabling matchmaking in all games that relied on it. As such, Satellite Reign's online matchmaking is no longer functional.

Local Multiplayer

UNET's shutdown doesn't impact Satellite Reign's local multiplayer feature, and so players can still connect via LAN. It should still be possible to play online using LAN and a VPN shared with your teammates.

We know this is unfortunate news, and we do apologise. Because of Satellite Reign's age, we don't currently have plans to implement a new online matchmaking feature.

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Steam News / 19 January 2026

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