Stardust Exile

Released: Nov 8, 2024
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 17:25 GMT

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14 Aug 2026Developer post
Version 1.3.2 Changelog
v1.3.2 Repair Vessels now repairs allied ships too Paginate logs to allow viewing more results in the past Add player alliance info to Civilization dialog Avoid shortening research techs costs when the value has decimal places Improve dialogs repositioning during game resize Disa
18 May 2026Developer post
Version 1.3.1 Changelog
v1.3.1 Show time to enter the next system in the movement trajectory Show start and end system coordinates in long movement trajectories Improve performance on displays with aspect ratios different from 16:9 Improve detection of repeated player names On touch screens show the mov
19 Feb 2026Developer post
Version 1.3.0 Changelog
v1.3.0 Add Capture Pods weapon type and Corsair ship preset Experimental web client with Steam login support at: stardustexile.com Rebalanced weapons damage to make ships with missiles or projectiles more effective against gauss Make default screen resolution independent of the s
v1.3.0
Add Capture Pods weapon type and Corsair ship preset
Experimental web client with Steam login support at: stardustexile.com
Rebalanced weapons damage to make ships with missiles or projectiles more effective against gauss
Make default screen resolution independent of the scaling configured in the OS
Allow to revert to the detected screen resolution
Show ships currently in combat or moving on the home screen
Improve tutorial with info about how to select multiple ships at once and check travel times before starting the ship movement
Improve server performance
Fix control borders player names flickering when the camera is moved
Remove Precursors related techs from the skirmish tech tree
Fix market orders to buy precursor drones not working
Fix the start button being enabled in the precursors dialog, without having the required techs, when there was an item already partially built
Allow to exit the game from the initial screen if it failed to connect to the Steam client
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05 Nov 2025Developer post
Version 1.2.2 Changelog
v1.2.2 Display control borders in systems without stars too Allow to define keyboard keys to focus, move and stop ships Reduce network messages size Improve performance of combat involving a large number of ships Add translation corrections submitted by the community. Special tha
v1.2.2
Display control borders in systems without stars too
Allow to define keyboard keys to focus, move and stop ships
Reduce network messages size
Improve performance of combat involving a large number of ships
Add translation corrections submitted by the community. Special thanks to 某路过的苦力怕
Do not remove all Precursor Drones after aggro drops to 0
Fix camera moving too fast when using the keyboard keys in the closest zoom
Fix incorrect movement speed of ships when targeted by multiple Precursor Drones
Fix ships dialog closing when rotating the ship view and releasing the mouse button outside of it
Fix previous research in progress not removed after a new game is started
Fix missiles trails sometimes not visible
Fix Windows 11 requesting permissions not needed the first time it is launched
Fix the mouse button getting stuck when the cursor leaves the 3D view while rotating it. Happened in the Ships, Planet and Create Ship Class dialogs
Fix in-game menu sometimes not visible at the start of a skirmish game
Fix game getting stuck in the initial screen if the Steam client isn't running
Fix game not closing all processes running in background if it is closed before successfully connecting to the Steam client, causing it to fail to launch until the processes are manually closed
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05 Aug 2025Developer post
Version 1.2.1 Changelog
v1.2.1 Allow to filter the ships distribution throughout the galaxy by the player own ships Show estimated travel time at the ship current position for long distances too. Keep the time inside the camera view if possible Show the repair rate of the Repair Vessel in the ship stats
v1.2.1
Allow to filter the ships distribution throughout the galaxy by the player own ships
Show estimated travel time at the ship current position for long distances too. Keep the time inside the camera view if possible
Show the repair rate of the Repair Vessel in the ship stats
Improve the contrast of the tutorial indicator with the background
Precursor items build progress no longer resets when the Research Vessel undocks or is destroyed
For short distances, ships travel times are no longer visible if it is not possible to calculate the time with precision. That happens when not all systems in the travel path are loaded on the client side, which does not allow to account for all the disruptors that might affect the time. For long distances an approximated time will still be visible with a ≥ prefix
To prevent accidental self-destruction of ships, the button is now only visible if the ships were explicitly selected with a selection box or by clicking on them directly
Fix ships receiving damage after entering warp, if they were directly set as a target by the opponent, and an allied ship remains inside the system
Fix ships being difficult to select when the camera is in the 2 far away zoom levels
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08 Jun 2025Developer post
Ancient Civilization Ruins (v1.2.0)
This update adds ruins from an ancient civilization spread out throughout the galaxy. They can be activated to produce artefacts, ship parts, and process batches. The artefacts and processed batches can be sold in the market, and the ship parts can be used to build a new type of
This update adds ruins from an ancient civilization spread out throughout the galaxy. They can be activated to produce artefacts, ship parts, and process batches. The artefacts and processed batches can be sold in the market, and the ship parts can be used to build a new type of ship. This is the first update more focused on PvE combat, and it is geared more towards advanced players than new players. You can toggle the locations of the ruins with the new ui at the top left corner of the galaxy map.
v1.2.0 Changelog:
Ancient civilization ruins
New ship type: Precursor Drone
New research techs and market items: Tradable Artifacts, Batch Processing and Precursor Drone
Allow to hide and show all icons in the galaxy map
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09 Feb 2025Developer post
Version 1.1.3 Changelog
v1.1.3 Allow to fulfill buy orders that are not in range of the currently selected terminal but are in range of other terminals Allow to define the fire mode of ships leaving shipyards and market terminals Cycle over ships in the same position by clicking multiple times Increase
v1.1.3

Allow to fulfill buy orders that are not in range of the currently selected terminal but are in range of other terminals
Allow to define the fire mode of ships leaving shipyards and market terminals
Cycle over ships in the same position by clicking multiple times
Increase radius of places where new pirates packs can form
Increase market orders radius for orders generated by systems, and further increase their value closer to the solar system
Fix ships showing as duplicated in some situations when the network connection temporarily slows down
Fix ships leaving the market terminal showing as duplicated
Fix ships stopping on positions already occupied by another ship when they receive instructions to stop
Fix camera movement between zoom levels moving too fast when running at a frame rate above 60
Fix repair vessel sometimes not moving to the closest ship when there is none in range to repair
Fix repair vessel repairing ships that are still in warp
Fix ships becoming unselectable if a planet or star is below them
Fix dyson swarm selection indicator not remaining over the ship as it orbits a star
Fix system summary text getting truncated when there are a lot of players in the same system
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20 Jan 2025Developer post
Version 1.1.2 Changelog
v1.1.2 Allow to filter Logs by other players. Accessible from their Civilization dialog Ship stats now show values with units Allow to select and copy (ctrl+c) chat messages, player name and production values on civilization dialog, planets and stars names on their dialog Improve
v1.1.2

Allow to filter Logs by other players. Accessible from their Civilization dialog
Ship stats now show values with units
Allow to select and copy (ctrl+c) chat messages, player name and production values on civilization dialog, planets and stars names on their dialog
Improve tutorial text
Increase the initial system minimum distance to the solar system and only start where there are empty adjacent systems to expand to
Fix dialogs title bar being hidden if the game window is resized below their width and height
Fix planet sometimes not visible in the planet dialog the first time it is open
Fix dropdowns list not opening with the correct item highlighted
Fix game window default size after changing to Windowed mode for being too small to fully show some dialogs
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14 Jan 2025Developer post
Stardust Exile Demo Release Announcement
In preparation for Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest, the demo of Stardust Exile has been released. Get it here: Feel free to share it with friends that are into the RTS genre. And reach out via Discord, Steam Discussions or social media channels.
13 Jan 2025Developer post
Version 1.1.1 Changelog
v1.1.1 Allow to automate outpost location search More tutorial improvements Add support for demo client Once a disruptor enters warp, it no longer has any effect on other ships Base materials production increased by 50% for planets. Collectors in orbit now on average harvest 52%
v1.1.1

Allow to automate outpost location search
More tutorial improvements
Add support for demo client
Once a disruptor enters warp, it no longer has any effect on other ships
Base materials production increased by 50% for planets. Collectors in orbit now on average harvest 52% of available materials, outpost established 24% and upgrades 24%
Increase storage ships base capacities. Materials storage increases to 21M, Gas Tanker to 9.5M and Energy Accumulator to 27M. Increase Shipyard storage base capacities to 4.2M materials, 1.9M gas and 5.4M energy
Change the initial shipyard to have extra-solar capabilities by default. Increase initial resources to 4.2M materials, 1.9M gas and 5.4M energy
Fix allowing to attack ships still in warp when 2 players in the same alliance share the same system
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12 Dec 2024Developer post
Version 1.1.0 Changelog
Update 1.1.0 released today adds the ability to repair ships, tutorial improvements and several bug fixes. v1.1.0 Changelog: Add Repair Vessel More tutorial improvements and allow to restart it Change trajectory color if ship can harvest from planet, star or asteroid belt Always
Update 1.1.0 released today adds the ability to repair ships, tutorial improvements and several bug fixes.
v1.1.0 Changelog:

Add Repair Vessel
More tutorial improvements and allow to restart it
Change trajectory color if ship can harvest from planet, star or asteroid belt
Always open objectives dialog if some of the tutorial objectives have not been completed yet
Increase Research Vessel speed and reduce construction time
Reduce Disruptor and storage ships construction time
Fix connection drops not detected in some situations
Fix projectiles weapons sound that sometimes keeps playing after the battle has ended
Fix coordinates buttons and ship focus button not working when in the galaxy view
Fix camera not moving to initial system when starting a new game if the camera is in the galaxy view
Fix ships trails positioned outside of the ship when they have a horizontal or vertical design
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08 Nov 2024Developer post
Stardust Exile 1.0 has been released!
After 21 months in Early Access, Stardust Exile version 1.0 is now live, marking the end of its Early Access phase. List of major features currently implemented in the game: MMORTS persistent, single-shard Single-Player skirmish Procedural spaceship generator Markets, sell and bu
After 21 months in Early Access, Stardust Exile version 1.0 is now live, marking the end of its Early Access phase.
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List of major features currently implemented in the game:

MMORTS persistent, single-shard
Single-Player skirmish
Procedural spaceship generator
Markets, sell and buy spaceships and resources
Research/Tech tree
Pirate NPCs
Alliances between players
Bounties placed on pirates or other players
Planetary outposts
Rename stars and planets you control outside of the Solar System
Leaderboards
Logs of recent activity
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25 Oct 2024Developer post
Stardust Exile will leave Early Access on November 8th
With 21 months in Early Access, Stardust Exile is now ready to have its 1.0 release on November 8th . Major features added since the start of Early Access: Single-Player skirmish Markets, sell and buy spaceships and resources Research/Tech tree Pirate NPCs Alliances between playe
With 21 months in Early Access, Stardust Exile is now ready to have its 1.0 release on November 8th.
Major features added since the start of Early Access:

Single-Player skirmish
Markets, sell and buy spaceships and resources
Research/Tech tree
Pirate NPCs
Alliances between players
Bounties placed on pirates or other players
Massive black hole at the center of the galaxy
Gas, Research Advancements and Credits as new resource types
Planetary outposts
Chat rooms for each language and private chat rooms
Logs of recent activity
After that, development will resume. The next set of features to be implemented can be checked out on the Discord roadmap channel or inside the game.
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25 Oct 2024Developer post
Version 0.10.2 Changelog
Update 0.10.2 released today rebalances weapons damage to make ships with missiles or projectiles more effective against gauss. You can now configure keyboard keys on the settings dialog. And the skirmish game speed is now controllable with keyboard keys. The tutorial was also im
24 Aug 2024Developer post
Version 0.10.1 Changelog
v0.10.1 - Improve responsiveness when running skirmish at 100x - Improve performance rendering many ships and trajectories with camera zoomed out - Improve systems creation time when moving the camera - Limit total amount of resources in pending market sell orders to 1B - Fix shi
23 Jul 2024Developer post
Skirmish (v0.10.0)
This update introduces the single-player skirmish mode. Now you can generate other galaxies with different sizes, densities, star systems and opponents. Research/Tech Tree, Planetary Outposts and Pirates can be enabled or disabled as desired. Pre-defined modes include: End Exile:
This update introduces the single-player skirmish mode. Now you can generate other galaxies with different sizes, densities, star systems and opponents. Research/Tech Tree, Planetary Outposts and Pirates can be enabled or disabled as desired.
Pre-defined modes include:

End Exile: Make your way to the Solar System and end your exile.
Quick Match: A small game of conquest with 4 factions and a small limit of ships.
Galactic War: A proper war. Wins the empire with the most stored resources after the time limit reached.
Simulation: Watch empires rise and fall. No playable faction.
Or create your own scenario with any of the victory conditions or none.
v0.10.0 Changelog:
- Add Skirmish mode
- Enable data compression for large messages from the server
- Improve main menu
- Increase ships limit to 500. Change steps from 128|256|384 to 100|200|300|400|500
- Logs default From/To is now All
- Fix ships trajectories sometimes remaining visible after the ship stopped
- Fix energy production rates higher than the value displayed
- Small fixes to translations
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24 Apr 2024Developer post
Version 0.9.0 Changelog
v0.9.0 - Allow to configure rally point of Shipyards and Market Terminals - Add black hole at the center of the galaxy - Improve system creation time for systems with many ships - Improve precision of galaxy map mouse clicks, camera icon position and ships distribution cells - Im
16 Feb 2024Developer post
Version 0.8.0 Changelog
New update adds NPC Pirates with corresponding bounties for each pirate faction. -------- On the galaxy view it is now possible to see the distribution of ships throughout the galaxy. -------- Systems under player control now display a border delimiting their territory with an in
15 Dec 2023Developer post
Planetary Outposts (v0.7.0)
New update adds planetary outposts. They increase the production of materials and can be expanded at additional cost to increase the production further. Their construction is optional, but allow to reduce the number of collector needed and systems occupied. Each collector creates
03 Oct 2023Developer post
Alliances + Bounties (v0.6.0)
New update adds Alliances and Bounties to Stardust Exile. Alliances allow ships to not open fire on other alliance members. Systems can now be safely shared between multiple players. It also disables the disruptors effect between alliance members to allow faster travel. Bounties

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