Developer posts and news about this game.
Astral Arena Closed Beta Sign-Ups Are Open! I’m looking for players to help test the next version of Astral Arena before it goes public The Closed Beta will focus on testing combat, progression, balance, bugs, and the overall experience. Feedback from testers will directly help s
Astral Arena is appearing in Gym Leader Ed's Monster Taming Direct again this year! We'll be sharing some fresh footage during the showcase, and making a little announcement ! When? - Saturday - 12 September - 1PM EDT Where? - Gym Leader Ed's YouTube channel You can watch the eve
Dev Update It’s been a little while since the last update. I had to step away for personal family reasons, but development has been continuing slowly in the background, and i will be getting back to full speed in the coming months. Thank you all for your patience and support. A S
February 2026 February was focused on finishing off the new skill trait content & giving it all VFX TL;DR 80 skill traits done + VFX 1M+ possible skill combos UI is placeholder (missing icons) until full UI rework NEW Skills currently auto-named; custom naming coming soon NEW
Hello, it’s been a while! Since the last update I’ve had my head down working on a lot of different things. I now plan on doing a monthly Newsletter (you’re reading the first one now 😯) to try and balance the actual game work with keeping you all informed about development. Quic
This update has been a long time in the works, art takes a long time, but we finally present big updates to the Visual Effect and Sound Effects in combat, AND all Astrals are now fully animated! No more placeholder Astrals! This marks a major milestone in visual and audio polish—
An unlikely combination of Sloth & Spider
The grumpy cloud Astral is one of our 3 non-animal Astrals
This one has a special place in my heart as its the spiritual successor to a fakemon i designed as a child ❤️ Which 2 animals is it a combination of?
🤔 Which 2 creatures were combined to create it?
This Air Astral comes in 3 varieties: Plant (as seen here), Voltage & Light types! Papirai will be available in the next update!
⚡HIVOLT joins the Astral Arena!⚡ This Voltage Astral comes in 3 varieties: Sound (as seen here), Acid & Fungus types!
This update brings big changes to skills and combat: gone are the premade skills of old, in their place an exciting new SKILL CUSTOMISATION system allows you to add modules to skills, making them adaptive and varied! We've also added Engage & Disengage to how Astrals move in
Our Third Public Astral Arena Alpha Update is Here! This update brings big changes to deepen progression, refine gameplay, and add new strategic options. With 3 new types, expanded Astrals, and a fresh unlock system, there’s plenty to explore. We’ve also added NPCs like the Skill
Our second public Astral Arena Alpha update is now live! Thanks to everyone who played the previous builds! Your feedback is what drives our development! We've mostly been working on improving the game progression systems so that the game has a better sense of advancement and to
Hello! We took some time off after making the initial demo, but we've been busy beez for the last month or so working to improve the demo on the back end as well as bringing new features and Quality of Life ! You can download the update over on Itch Change Log Visuals 🐶New anima