Solar Survivors

Released: Apr 16, 2024
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 04:06 GMT

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30 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch Notes v1.0.1
New Equipment Fiber Optic Cable: Adds a 4th option when picking upgrades. If you've already completed the requirements to unlock this equipment, it will become available after your next run (including abandoned runs). General You can now reinstall weapons destroyed by Specializer
New Equipment

Fiber Optic Cable: Adds a 4th option when picking upgrades. If you've already completed the requirements to unlock this equipment, it will become available after your next run (including abandoned runs).
General

You can now reinstall weapons destroyed by Specializer. After gaining additional weapon slots, your original weapons will appear in the upgrade rotation at their previous level.
The Completionist legendary now uses the phrase "EXP orb" to be consistent with other text in the game
Added extra text to clarify that "on heal" abilities trigger even when healing at full HP
The final Spread Invert upgrade now says "+2 bullets to all abilities" in order to better reflect what it actually does. Previously, it stated it only applied to weapons.
Updated gold bonus on stage reward screen to say "challenge reward" in order to better reflect that the gold is coming from completed challenges
Balance

Assassin Protocol: No longer adds 1s cooldown
Weapon Mount: Now gives +10% EXP
Rubber Plating: No longer reduces the player’s outgoing crash damage
Attribute Wall: Increased cooldown/fire rate bonus per shield from 1% to 1.5%
Chakram: Increased starting size
Bug fixes

Fixed an issue where Chakram would lag behind the player when playing at less than 120 FPS
Fixed a similar issue where some Stage 2 enemies would form a tighter circle than intended depending on framerate
The Max FPS setting now properly takes affect when restarting the game
Certain Stage 3 enemies can no longer be knocked off the screen
Killing an enemy offscreen will no longer trigger Completionist damage due to the EXP spawning offscreen
EXP from equipment and miniboss loot is no longer destroyed by leaving the screen
Fixed an issue where fashion items dropped more frequently than intended
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16 Apr 2024Developer post
Available Now
Greetings star pilots! It's been a long journey, but we're finally here. Release Highlights Asteroid Launcher This new weapon fires a massive, physical projectile that deals crash damage. Master this weapon to unlock a legendary capable of adding crash damage to any weapon (and y
Greetings star pilots! It's been a long journey, but we're finally here.
Release Highlights
Asteroid Launcher
This new weapon fires a massive, physical projectile that deals crash damage. Master this weapon to unlock a legendary capable of adding crash damage to any weapon (and yes, bullets trigger Explosive Armor).
Virus Damage
A new virus damage type enables high-risk, high-reward builds. Virus weapons and passives drain your own health in exchange for massive buffs. Don't go too deep into virus upgrades until your healing can keep up.
Shields
Shields completely block damage, and grant bonuses while you remain untouched. Push your bullet hell skills to the limit, as careful dodging is the way to maintain your shields and maximize this build.
Domain of the Revenant
New enemies and bosses are waiting on the research planet of Cobalt Syntharia. The rebel army now possess advanced revenant rebirth drives. Watch out for invincible rebel ships, raised from the dead by a Spectromancer. Kill the source, and they all die.
Fashion
Deck out your ship in ultra-rare fashion equipment, as well many new ship bodies and engine trails. Fashion equipment is only available to players who complete the toughest challenges.
Challenges
Master the game by completing a new series of challenges, on both stages and loadouts. The harder ones are linked directly to Steam achievements. Can you beat the Stage 1 boss in 7 seconds? Probably not.
Patch Notes v1.0.0
General

Steam achievements are in
New content everywhere
Additional challenges have been added to the loadouts included in the demo
The game will pause when the player's gamepad disconnects
You can know have more than 9999 gold
Leveling up after maxing out all upgrades will now have crypto gold as the first option
The end-of-stage battle report will now show the total gold earned from boss loot
Balance

Stage 1 has a few more moments where you feel like you're totally going to die
Codex now also grants +1 weapon slot
Unstable Encyclopedia: Decreased the heal rate from 5% to 3%
Titanium Plating: Increased cooldown bonus from 1% to 2%
Explosive Armor: Reduced the fully upgraded damage multiplier from 125% to 54%
Explosive Armor: Reduced the bullet upgrades from 2 to 1
Spread Needle/Spread Invert: Reduce the fully upgraded cooldown multiplier from 21% to 10%
Dark Matter Field: Increased pierce from 3 to 5
Heatseeker Prime: Decreased the fully upgraded damage multiplier from 96% to 68%
Bug fixes

Fixed an issue where the level up window would show incorrect text
Switching tabs on the shop screen will now properly scroll to the top of the new tab's item list
EXP orbs will no longer have trails that stretch across the screen
Leveling up and collecting boss loot in the same frame will no longer cancel each other out
The EXP bar on the UI now properly resets after leveling up
Fixed an issue where a single level up would trigger the upgrade window two or three times
Spawning enemies will no longer suffer from uncontrollable twitching shortly after they appear
Background buildings are no longer floating above the ground on low graphics settings
Fixed an issue where the cursor on the equipment menu wouldn't loop properly
What's next?
First up will be bug fixes and balance. Share your OP builds and keep the bug reports coming.
Next will be taking a look at a highly requested feature: local co-op. No promises yet, as I need to make sure multiplayer works well in a game like this.
If you like the game, and want to see more updates, please leave a review. It helps bring more visibility and let other players know this is a game worth playing. Thanks everyone and enjoy the game!
Original post
03 Apr 2024Developer post
Solar Survivors launches on April 16
Greetings star pilots. The High Priests of Eden have decreed that Solar Survivors shall launch on April 16th. Become the ultimate faithkeeper you were meant to be, and destroy the rebel army with overwhelming firepower and OP builds. I'm excited to finally share the 1.0 release w
07 Feb 2024Developer post
Patch Notes v0.5.4
General Leveling up after maxing out your upgrades will now give a choice between HP and cryptogold Performance improvements Balance Titanium Plating now also improves all cooldowns by 1% of max HP Bug fixes Fixed a soft lock that could happen when picking the Chaos Drive legenda
General

Leveling up after maxing out your upgrades will now give a choice between HP and cryptogold
Performance improvements
Balance

Titanium Plating now also improves all cooldowns by 1% of max HP
Bug fixes

Fixed a soft lock that could happen when picking the Chaos Drive legendary
Fixed a crash that could happen when picking the Microtracers legendary
Fixed an issue where explosion debris wasn't rendering on high graphic settings
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05 Feb 2024Developer post
Steam Next Fest Live Stream
Bullet hell meets bullet heaven. Build the ultimate space fighter as you uncover clever strategies and hidden synergies. Solar Survivors distills the deep strategy and progression of an RPG into quick, arcade-like sessions.
05 Feb 2024Developer post
Steam Next Fest Live Stream
Bullet hell meets bullet heaven. Build the ultimate space fighter as you uncover clever strategies and hidden synergies. Solar Survivors distills the deep strategy and progression of an RPG into quick, arcade-like sessions.
01 Feb 2024Developer post
Patch Notes v0.5.3
This patch focuses on better support for ultra wide screen and other aspect ratios. General Player and enemy size now remains constant, regardless of aspect ratio. Ultra wide screen should no longer feel "zoomed in". New title screen background, plus the title screen uses the pro
This patch focuses on better support for ultra wide screen and other aspect ratios.
General

Player and enemy size now remains constant, regardless of aspect ratio. Ultra wide screen should no longer feel "zoomed in".
New title screen background, plus the title screen uses the proper layout on all aspect ratios
Stage backgrounds look better when using tall aspect ratios (4:3, etc)
Misc visual polish
Bug fixes

The Viper miniboss is no longer halfway off the screen when using ultra wide resolutions
Fixed an issue where the stage complete progress bar didn't fill up all the way when using ultra wide resolutions
The boss warning no longer blocks the level up window
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01 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch Notes v0.5.2
Closing out 2023 with one last patch. General New music Visual polish Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that can occur when applying the Specializer upgrade to one of the Spread weapons Fixed an issue where the player couldn't crash into the Stage 1 boss on the left side, and another issu
Closing out 2023 with one last patch.
General

New music
Visual polish
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that can occur when applying the Specializer upgrade to one of the Spread weapons
Fixed an issue where the player couldn't crash into the Stage 1 boss on the left side, and another issue where the player wouldn't bounce out after crashing into the boss
Collecting two boss loots back-to-back will no longer cause the player to miss out on EXP
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04 Dec 2023Developer post
Patch Notes v0.5.1
Balance Stage 1: Laser mini-bosses will now follow the player (same as in the beta). Having them stay still just wasn't as interesting. Stage 1: Added 2 more mini-bosses. The goal is to give new players more chances at legendary loot. Newer players tended to avoid the bosses and
Balance

Stage 1: Laser mini-bosses will now follow the player (same as in the beta). Having them stay still just wasn't as interesting.
Stage 1: Added 2 more mini-bosses. The goal is to give new players more chances at legendary loot. Newer players tended to avoid the bosses and let them time out, and were missing out on a core game mechanic by not getting the boss drops.
Stage 1: Added a few more moments where you feel like you're totally going to die
Stage 1: The stage boss has a new strategy: wiggle up and down slightly. This masterful counters the player's preferred strategy of standing perfectly still in the tiny gap between lasers.
Codex: Increased EXP gain from 40% to 50%
Unstable Encyclopedia: Reduced EXP by half, size from 500% to 400%, and damage from 250 to 200
General

Updated the DPS calculation. For the statisticians reading this and wondering how DPS can be calculated multiple ways, consider this example: a bullet with 10 damage hits an enemy with 1 hp. Previous system would count this as 10 damage, but the new system counts this as 1.
Additional visual polish
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where increasing legendary drop rate actually decreased drop rate
EXP can no longer spawn partially off-screen
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17 Nov 2023Developer post
Return to Kedoshim
Stage 1 is back! Return to the sands of Kedoshim, not seen since ancient times (the beta a few months ago). Travel to this desert planet, known for its anti-matter mines, in order to purify the rebel army. Patch Notes v0.5 New content Stage 1 is back with improved level and boss
Stage 1 is back! Return to the sands of Kedoshim, not seen since ancient times (the beta a few months ago). Travel to this desert planet, known for its anti-matter mines, in order to purify the rebel army.
Patch Notes v0.5
New content

Stage 1 is back with improved level and boss design.
The Codex loadout has been added. It focuses on EXP manipulation and triggering powerful effects on level up. Unlock a new passive, a legendary, and equipment.
Add more equipment to your star fighter's motherboard with an additional, unlockable PCIe slot.
General

Stage 2 has been reduced from 16 to 15 minutes to match Stage 1.
Stage 2 now needs to be unlocked, either by clearing Stage 1 or earning enough Stage EXP to reach bonus level 5.
Minibosses will now get bored and slowly walk away. The intent is to make the game easier for defensive builds and playstyles. Previously, if you don't burst down a miniboss, they'll stick on the screen for the rest of time and become overwhelming. Now, they'll eventually leave the screen but won't drop any loot.
Items in the shop you can't afford are now sorted below items you can afford.
Balance

Reduced the overall DPS of the Spread weapons, but improved the final upgrade of Spread Invert.
Doubled the base damage of Heatseeker Omega. This is one of my favorite items - setting up combos to proc the effect as often as possible feels great, but is actually trash DPS. This should fix that.
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22 Oct 2023Developer post
Big update! New items and mechanics
New mechanics Rerolls have been added. When used, you'll get a new set of upgrades to choose from. Rerolls are added by equipping certain ship parts in the hangar. One additional equipment slot can now be unlocked and purchased. New abilities and equipment Flux Capacitor. Gain +2
New mechanics

Rerolls have been added. When used, you'll get a new set of upgrades to choose from. Rerolls are added by equipping certain ship parts in the hangar.
One additional equipment slot can now be unlocked and purchased.
New abilities and equipment

Flux Capacitor. Gain +2 rerolls. Unlocked by earning 800 stage bonus EXP across all runs. If you've already earned that much in the demo, the item will unlock the next time you start a run.
Regen Gear Adv. Heal 1% HP every 5 seconds. Unlocked by equipping a Hull and still failing a stage.
Heavy Matter Compactor has been replaced by Big Bullet. +100% damage, +100% size. Reduce bullets by 25%.
General

Second miniboss is slightly easier.
Changed some icons.
Bug Fixes

The reward window will no longer be off the screen when you've unlocked a large amount of achievements in a single run.
Fixed an issue where some SFX weren't properly rate limited.
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24 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes v0.3.3
General A settings window has been added to the pause menu, allowing for volume to be changed during gameplay. Most graphical options still need to be changed from the main menu. Added visual and audio polish for settings window and intro screens Balance updates for Stage 2 Bug F
General

A settings window has been added to the pause menu, allowing for volume to be changed during gameplay. Most graphical options still need to be changed from the main menu.
Added visual and audio polish for settings window and intro screens
Balance updates for Stage 2
Bug Fixes

You can no longer clip into the boss to avoid all damage (pro strat)
Fixed an issue that occurred when using the Specializer legendary to remove Dark Matter Bomb in the time between a bomb was fired and the bomb explodes
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17 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes v0.3.2
This patch focuses on reducing grind and making some parts of the game slightly easier. Failed runs award more Crypto Gold. Increased stage bonus EXP by 20%. Reduced how much damage the player can take in a short timespan, making it harder to suddenly die from an enemy swarm or a
This patch focuses on reducing grind and making some parts of the game slightly easier.

Failed runs award more Crypto Gold.
Increased stage bonus EXP by 20%.
Reduced how much damage the player can take in a short timespan, making it harder to suddenly die from an enemy swarm or a row of bullets.
Increased Dark Matter Field's starting pierce stat from 2 to 3.
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16 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes v0.3.1
Balance Heavy Matter Compactor now also gives +1 pierce. This legendary was nerfed too much after the beta, so giving it a boost. Bug fixes Fixed an occasional crash that occurred once all fashion items were unlocked The text for fashion rewards is now properly centered in the re
Balance

Heavy Matter Compactor now also gives +1 pierce. This legendary was nerfed too much after the beta, so giving it a boost.
Bug fixes

Fixed an occasional crash that occurred once all fashion items were unlocked
The text for fashion rewards is now properly centered in the reward window
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08 Sep 2023Developer post
Demo Release
Greetings pilots. Today we enter a new stage of the game's development - demo time. Unlike the previous beta events, the demo will be available to play at any time. How to participate? Visit the store page and click the download button. Done. If you played the beta, the demo will
09 Aug 2023Developer post
Beta Event #2
A beta event emerges from a nearby nebula, and it’s packed with features. This beta focuses on long-term progression systems, improved stage design, and an ability overhaul. How to participate? Click the Request Access button on the store page and you're good. If you request acce
15 Apr 2023Developer post
Beta Event
The week-long Beta Event is here. Try a variety of weapon combos and get strong enough to beat the boss. What's your best build? How to participate? Click the Request Access button on the store page and you're good. If you request access before the official start date, Steam will

Solar Survivors

Updates & announcements

Patch Notes v1.0.1

Available Now

Release Highlights

Patch Notes v1.0.0

What's next?

Solar Survivors launches on April 16

Patch Notes v0.5.4

Steam Next Fest Live Stream

Steam Next Fest Live Stream

Patch Notes v0.5.3

Patch Notes v0.5.2

Patch Notes v0.5.1

Return to Kedoshim

Patch Notes v0.5

Big update! New items and mechanics

Patch Notes v0.3.3

Patch Notes v0.3.2

Patch Notes v0.3.1

Demo Release

How to participate?

What's new?

How to give feedback?

Beta Event #2

How to participate?

What's new?

How to give feedback?

When can I play?

Beta Event

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What will I find?

What's included in the beta?

Loadouts

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