Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello Everyone! Yesterday in this year's Monster Taming Direct I released a new video announcing Astra Bestiary's release date. Full Release date trailer: View game page MTD 2026: View game page Development is almost wrapped up and now I'm moving to QA and translations. So unless
Hello everyone! Astra Bestiary joins Steam Next Fest with a major demo update, shaped by player feedback and beta testing and focused on making the early game smoother, clearer, and more engaging from the start. Link: View game page For anybody that tried the game early on, the d
📢 BIG NEWS The Astra Bestiary demo is coming back for Steam Next Fest! I've taken the Demo down momentarily to polish and improve the experience, and it’s returning with major quality-of-life updates. Played it last year? It’s worth another look. Remember to set a reminder for N
The game is fully playable on Steam Deck and currently includes the following support: Runs at the appropriate Steam Deck resolution. Keyboard inputs are handled through a custom button display system (with some special character limitations). Controller glyphs currently use Xbox
New Patch 0.4.2 Live Now! Hey everyone! I'm thrilled to roll out this latest update to the demo, packed with gameplay enhancements, new languages, visual polish, and critical fixes. Your feedback has been invaluable in shaping these changes, thank you for playing and sharing your
Astra Bestiary has been successfully funded on Kickstarter and I want to thank every single person who supported, shared, or followed the project. This milestone means a lot and will help shape the game in a meaningful way. With the campaign complete, I can confirm a few big addi
Hello everyone! The game is live on kickstarter, there are some early bird rewards for anybody interested (about 25% gone so I think there's time but don't sleep on them), check it out here: The demo has also been updated with new content and improvements. If you only played the
Version 0.3.9.9 patch notes: New Features: Food: Can now recover food supplies in the town by pressing C / Y button. Stances: Enemies now play a different idle animation according to the attack they are preparing (Ferocity, Tenacity, Cunning and Agility). Allies also play differe
Hey Everyone, finally revealed the kickstarter launch day! I'm locked in for October 7th, will tease lot of stuff this next 30 days through social media so stay tuned! By the way, the demo is back on steam! I wanted to thank everyone for the feedback once more. Demo Patch notes:
Hi everyone, Recently some core issues have been brought up by a few players that were previously unheard of but seem to be there from the start. I set up a survey a month ago to gather feedback from players. However players that don't stick with the game for long never picked up
Version 0.3.9 released thanks for the mountain of feedback! Changelog v0.3.9: General Changes: Camp Food Overhaul: Reduced the chance to get injured if you stay too long in the camp. Camp now requires food per day to carry out actions. Food gets consumed when a day passes. If the
I wanted to thank everyone who took the time to write feedback in the forums, discord or complete the survey, this is extremely helpful to me. I'm sending another patch with fixes. Changelog v0.3.8.3: Improvements: 1. Added UI visuals for the type of environment 2. Added a way to
Version 0.3.8 has been posted with several improvements. Please if you can and are willing to give some feedback to improve the game take a few minutes to complete the following survey: ... Changelog v0.3.8: General Changes: Battles now give stat increases regardless of the evolu
Changelog v0.3.7: New features: Idle Mode: whenever you're in the camp scene and you are afk or doing other stuff, the Beasts will now rest, play or train on their own, stats, health or trust increased depends on the time spent on idle mode. Improvements: The intro and guidance d
Hello everyone, I'm excited to announce that Astra Bestiary will soon launch a Kickstarter campaign! I want to make something very clear from the start: Astra Bestiary is happening — no matter what and I'm fully committed to finishing it. The upcoming Kickstarter campaign isn't a
Changelog v0.3.6.3 Improvements: Improved the UI in Party Change, Backpack and Bestiary menus. Remade the Orb use Cutscene. Fixes: Fixed more map tiles and object clipping in some areas. Fixed an issue with map name not updating in Trial Area. The Previous music track will now co
Changelog v0.3.6.2 Fixes: Fixed map tiles and object clipping in some areas Fixed obelisk animations Fixed horde battles UI Other minor polish
Changelog v0.3.6.1 UI: 1. Can now select the Beasts' Field/Agility Skills by holding the action key (Q,E,R or LB, LT, RB) with a visual feedback bar Other: 1. Can now choose to skip the tutorials during the intro. Fixes: 1. Fixed an error with hatching egg scene sometimes blockin
Changelog v0.3.6: New features: Map: The Map Scene is accessible through the Bestiary or by pressing M in the keyboard or d-pad Up in the gamepad. May need to retrace your steps to unlock a map you already visited. Sever Bond: Lets you release Beasts with less than 30% trust. May
Hi everyone, Posting the patch notes for the current version with some fixes and other QoL changes: General: Pages turning animations are quicker now. Bestiary Guides section and tutorials optimized. Battle: Assigned action type appears as a tooltip on top of the Beast when the a