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Steam News18 December 20256mo ago

Tech Update - Out Now!

Survivors, the Tech Update is finally here! Alongside the start of the Steam Winter Sale, this update introduces a wide range of new technology, gameplay improvements, and new locations to explore.

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What changed

5 fixes31 additions14 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Workshop
  • Balance
  • Performance
  • Fixes
addedthe Tech Update is finally here! Alongside the start of the Steam Winter Sale, this update introduces a wide range of new technology, gameplay improvements, and new locations to explore. It’s been exciting to bring these additions to life, and I can’t wait to see how you’ll use them in your adventures.
addedAdded new language: Brazilian Portuguese
addedAdded new island group
addedAdded new wrecks around the world
addedAdded one new accessible wreck site
addedAdded wind turbine (generates electricity)

Under A New Sun changes

addedthe Tech Update is finally here! Alongside the start of the Steam Winter Sale, this update introduces a wide range of new technology, gameplay improvements, and new locations to explore. It’s been exciting to bring these additions to life, and I can’t wait to see how you’ll use them in your adventures.
addedAdded new language: Brazilian Portuguese
addedAdded new island group
addedAdded new wrecks around the world
addedAdded one new accessible wreck site

Survivors,

the Tech Update is finally here! Alongside the start of the Steam Winter Sale, this update introduces a wide range of new technology, gameplay improvements, and new locations to explore. It’s been exciting to bring these additions to life, and I can’t wait to see how you’ll use them in your adventures.

Below you’ll find the full list of changes and additions included in this update.

Update to v0.9.0:

  • Added new language: Brazilian Portuguese

  • Added new island group

  • Added new wrecks around the world

  • Added one new accessible wreck site

  • Added wind turbine (generates electricity)

  • Added scanner building (will scan tech items to reproduce)

  • Added fabricator building (fabricates tech items out of resources)

  • Added tube light building (artificial light source with different choosable colors)

  • Added broken air tank connector item

  • Added air tank connector item

  • Added double air tank item

  • Added broken speaker item

  • Added speaker item

  • Added space boom 9000 (stereo system)

  • Added 4 new songs to the radio

  • Added display item

  • Added scanner bar item

  • Added quartz item

  • Added quartz deposits around the world (underwater)

  • Added plank table building

  • Added novillium arrowhead item

  • Added novillium arrow item

  • Added novillium hammer head item

  • Added novillium hammer item

  • Novillium hammers now have a 95% recovery chance per item when dismantling something

  • The wood of all novillium tools is now slightly darker than other tools

  • Added ability to build connectors on walls and ceilings

  • Added ability to build switches on walls and ceilings

  • Added ability to switch the ship's electric motor in reverse

  • Lightning strikes now light up the surrounding clouds

  • Sound is now slightly damped when inside a player built building

  • Improved graphical appearance of rocks and boulders

  • Bows will now automatically reload when equipped and an arrow gets picked up or is built (if there was previously none available in the inventory)

  • Adjusted all stick building collisions

  • Adjusted multiple item origin locations

  • Adjusted FSR settings (for improved performance)

  • Moved the torch building into the furniture category (previous under stick walls)

  • Slightly raised the mast of the raft

  • Adjusted the mesh of the wreck where the power bypass unit must be placed (to be more visible)

  • Adjusted the description of the power bypass unit to be clearer

  • Adjusted the rocks on the side of the start wreck so that the upper floor is accessible without the need to build something

  • Iron ore deposits will now slowly respawn over time

  • Quartz deposits will now slowly respawn over time

  • Fixed wire snapping locations on slanted connectors

  • Fixed wire snapping locations on slanted switches

  • Added translation of the player's watch interface

  • Fixed multiple translations

  • Fixed multiple spelling mistakes

  • Adjusted some tutorial steps to be more clear

  • Fixed a problem where the co-op start screen was sometimes not interactable

  • Saving a game will now also create a backup of the previous save before overwriting

Enjoy the adventure! New Horizon Games

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Steam News / 18 December 2025

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