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Steam News26 September 20259mo ago

✨ Starium - Early Access Patch 1 Notes

Hey Starium explorers! We’ve just released our first patch in early access, bringing new features, balance tweaks, and bug fixes to improve your gameplay experience.

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  • Gameplay
  • Compatibility
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
addedHey Starium explorers!We’ve just released our first patch in early access, bringing new features, balance tweaks, and bug fixes to improve your gameplay experience. Here’s what’s new:
addedHey Starium explorers!Local Co-op : You can now play with up to 4 players !
changedHey Starium explorers!Controller support : Seamless switching between keyboard and controller in single-player. Menus and gameplay now feel smoother with a controller.
addedHey Starium explorers!Weapons Lawless Rifle : New dash-forward bayonet attack when standing still. Long Shot : Shoots rapidly while moving. Fires bouncing bullets when standing still. Shadow SMG : Grants 3 levels of Swiftness and Darkness passives (up from 2). Equipping two now lets you stack up to 6 levels . Added Masterwork/Shiny versions of the Long Shot Rifle, GMancer Rifle, and Shadow SMG .
changedHey Starium explorers!Armor Outlaw Pants : Increased poison stacks on stealth attacks (scales with character level). Secret effect: raises target’s max poison stack cap from 200 → amount equal to your applied stacks. Projectile silence increased to 75% (up from 50%).
removedHey Starium explorers!Merge System Improvements Bouncing merge bullets : No longer stack insane damage/range. Uses the highest value of the two projectiles. Homing merge bullets : Homing range no longer stacks, only the highest range applies.
Damage per projectile reduced:115100Damage per projectile reduced: decreased, nerfCold stacks reduced:308Cold stacks reduced: decreased, nerf

Hey Starium explorers!

We’ve just released our first patch in early access, bringing new features, balance tweaks, and bug fixes to improve your gameplay experience. Here’s what’s new:

  • Local Co-op: You can now play with up to 4 players!

  • Controller support: Seamless switching between keyboard and controller in single-player. Menus and gameplay now feel smoother with a controller.

  • Weapons

    • Lawless RifleNew dash-forward bayonet attack when standing still.

    • Long Shot:

      • Shoots rapidly while moving.

      • Fires bouncing bullets when standing still.

    • Shadow SMG: Grants 3 levels of Swiftness and Darkness passives (up from 2). Equipping two now lets you stack up to 6 levels.

    • Added Masterwork/Shiny versions of the Long Shot Rifle, GMancer Rifle, and Shadow SMG.

  • Armor

    • Outlaw Pants:

      • Increased poison stacks on stealth attacks (scales with character level).

      • Secret effect: raises target’s max poison stack cap from 200 → amount equal to your applied stacks.

      • Projectile silence increased to 75% (up from 50%).

  • Merge System Improvements

    • Bouncing merge bullets: No longer stack insane damage/range. Uses the highest value of the two projectiles.

    • Homing merge bullets: Homing range no longer stacks, only the highest range applies.

  • Meat quest renamed to Infinite Growth.

  • Added “Add Players” and “Remove Players” buttons in character creation.

    • Player 1 can now add/remove players anytime during the game.

Shatter Projectile:

  • Damage per projectile reduced: 115 → 100.

  • Cold stacks reduced: 30 → 8.

  • New XP sound effect.

  • New music added to the Yumgrow Meat Factory.

  • Demon Shot now deals the intended stealth damage.

  • Fixed excessive screenshake in co-op.

  • Fixed co-op teleporting players to the wrong location.

  • Fixed Sorcery Work Experience not allowing special dashes.

This patch is all about polishing the Starium experience and preparing for more exciting content ahead. Thank you for all your feedback, it helps us improve every update!

Stay tuned for more updates, and as always, keep exploring the stars! 🌠

Source

Steam News / 26 September 2025

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