Steam News25 June 20262mo ago

Regular Update 0.23 is now live

Today, we are releasing update 0.23, an intermediate patch like the ones we plan to publish between major roadmap milestones throughout Early Access.

In this update3

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Security
Fixes
Balance

addedAddedBounty sharing: Players can now share their bounty with teammates at the end of a mission, even if they are not game over. (Useful for groups of friends who always play together and want to pool credits toward shuttle upgrades.)

addedChangedDifficulty levels renamed into “Danger” levels to avoid new players skipping the “Easy” difficulty

addedFixedAdded new security to avoid more than 4 players in a lobby

addedFixedAdded new security for lab canisters spawning in inaccessible spots

fixedFixedFixed the "Proximity chat mode" setting resetting to OPEN on every game launch instead of saving the player's choice.

changedFixedImproved session code generation to minimize identical codes.

Species: Unknown changes

addedBounty sharing: Players can now share their bounty with teammates at the end of a mission, even if they are not game over. (Useful for groups of friends who always play together and want to pool credits toward shuttle upgrades.)

addedDifficulty levels renamed into “Danger” levels to avoid new players skipping the “Easy” difficulty

addedAdded new security to avoid more than 4 players in a lobby

addedAdded new security for lab canisters spawning in inaccessible spots

fixedFixed the "Proximity chat mode" setting resetting to OPEN on every game launch instead of saving the player's choice.

Today, we are releasing update 0.23, an intermediate patch like the ones we plan to publish between major roadmap milestones throughout Early Access.

Thank you to everyone who continues to share feedback on Discord and the Steam Hub.

Added

Bounty sharing: Players can now share their bounty with teammates at the end of a mission, even if they are not game over. (Useful for groups of friends who always play together and want to pool credits toward shuttle upgrades.)

Changed

Difficulty levels renamed into “Danger” levels to avoid new players skipping the “Easy” difficulty

Fixed

Added new security to avoid more than 4 players in a lobby
Added new security for lab canisters spawning in inaccessible spots
Fixed the "Proximity chat mode" setting resetting to OPEN on every game launch instead of saving the player's choice.
Improved session code generation to minimize identical codes.
Fixed a texture issue on the male character's lower back when wearing armor.

See you aboard the HSS Hawking.

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Steam News / 25 June 2026

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