Interstellar Transport Company

Released: May 24, 2019
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 06:09 GMT

Updates & announcements

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09 Mar 2020Developer post
Massive performance gains, cargo presets and more now available in v1.2!
Thanks to some clever use of multithreading in our main simulation loops we have huge performance gains to share! The game is smoother and will run better for much longer than before. It's rare that there are performance enhancements this substantial to share, and we're so very e
09 Jan 2020Developer post
Massive Performance Gains Coming Soon!
If any of you have had the pleasure of dealing with Whiskers on the forums or Discord, he is one of the most dedicated and intelligent people I've ever come across. This game and I are blessed to have him on this team. He's come across a new Unity multithreading technique that he
04 Dec 2019Developer post
Patch notes for v1.1.2, Added configurable dilithium fuel loading amount
We're back with another small update! This adds one new feature and corrects some bugs from the 1.1 patch that released last week. Please continue to leave any bug reports or suggestions in the Steam forums or on our discord and we will do our best to correct these in a timely ma
21 Nov 2019Developer post
Generation ships, warpgates, new techs and more, v1.1 released!
After some serious delays (thank you for your patience) we have finished putting together all the new content and features for our v1.1 patch! We're very excited to bring this to everyone. While not the highlight of the patch, you'll definitely notice a host of balance changes wh
14 Sep 2019Developer post
v1.1 coming soon! Also, some modding available before end of the year
I hope everyone had a wonderful summer! We've been putting the finishing touches on the newest content patch and are playtesting it in advance of its release in a week or two. Full patch notes will be released alongside the patch, but I thought I would give everyone a taste of wh
30 Jun 2019Developer post
Progress on fixing launch issues & v1.0.4 PATCH NOTES
Hi everyone, I really want to stress how thankful we are for the reception we have gotten through full launch. We know that it hasn't been all roses though. Lots of you have very valid complaints, mostly about the user interface. We have addressed a LOT of those concerns over the
25 Jun 2019Developer post
Lots of UI and QOL improvements and 5 new techs! v1.0.3 PATCH NOTES
Thank you to everyone for our great launch! We've got a nice big patch for everyone. This includes a ton of fixes that have been requested by the community over the past month. Lots of UI and quality of life improvements, some exploit fixes and much more! After this patch, we wil
08 Jun 2019Developer post
Short term roadmap, v1.0.2 released!, New player experience improvements and more!
Today we're putting out a patch which hopefully helps the new player experience a bunch along with addressing some bugs people have run into. There's lots of good stuff in here, but our favorite (and the most noticeable change) is the resize, move and help handles on all the UI w
27 May 2019Developer post
v1.0.1 released, 6 new techs, UI & tutorial improvements and more; 15k sales!
Thank you all so much for all the support you've shown us, and thank you for your confidence as we work through some of these launch week growing pains! We have now sold over 15,000 copies of Interstellar Transport Company which is good news! We are so excited that we will be abl
24 May 2019Developer post
All systems go! ITC launches out of Early Access, v1.0 is live!
Thank you! I just got done hitting the big green button after working on Interstellar Transport Company for 3 years. It's an amazing feeling to be here and we are so incredibly grateful that we've had so much support and feedback from you all along the way. We definitely couldn't
01 May 2019Developer post
Full Launch v1.0 coming May 24th!
We're so excited to announce that Interstellar Transport Company is launching out of Early Access on May 24th 2019! After almost two years of development in early access we have come a LONG way! We couldn't be more thrilled with our progress and we couldn't be more excited to see
We're so excited to announce that Interstellar Transport Company is launching out of Early Access on May 24th 2019! After almost two years of development in early access we have come a LONG way! We couldn't be more thrilled with our progress and we couldn't be more excited to see where this goes from here.
We expect full launch to be huge for ITC based on how well the game has been received lately by new players and how much development has gone into it over the past couple of years. We've accomplished a lot since launching into EA, some of the bigger achievements are below:

Autonomous Distribution Networks really streamline the mid and late game, allowing you to focus on the big picture instead of micromanaging many hundreds of ships.
Tech tree / research system really gives you more decisions and control over how your company develops.
We've fixed the major balance and performance issues.
Multiplayer is great now, it feels just like playing singleplayer but even better with human opponents. Give it a try if you haven't already!
Added Mac & Linux support and some basic localization for ~15 different languages. It's not perfect by any means, mostly using Google translate, but it should allow these folks to enjoy the game!
New Ships and routes screens with much more functionality and information.
6 new ships since launch.
Hotkeys for game speed, pausing etc... many other quality of life changes like this.
Ship refitting & ship replacement with newer models.
List of current buildings on a planet and redesigned interface for constructing buildings.
Tons of interstellar re-balances and fixes to make this more playable.
Entire UI and individual windows are now scalable
Market prices now visible at each planet (even more easily accessible info coming soon with the new spaceports screen which is a WIP)
7 new cargoes and complete re-balance of existing cargoes. New cargo bays, buildings etc... to support these new cargoes.
New, more fair reputation system with more visibility of information.
Completely new UI graphics!
For 1.0 we are focusing mainly on polishing and balancing the game so it gives everyone the best experience possible. We will be adding a few features however. Namely a new order ship screen, a few new ships, a new song in our already great soundtrack (the longest and possibly best yet) and many other quality of life improvements.
This isn't the end of the road though! We have more content planned and will be supporting ITC for a long time to come with the same great level of customer service you have come to expect from us.
Thank you so much for everyone who has helped us get this far, we couldn't have done this without some of the awesome support we've gotten from our players and community. You guys rock!!
We can hardly contain our excitement! Be sure you wishlist our game or come back to check it out on May 24th if you've been away for a while! v1.0 here we come!!
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29 Apr 2019Developer post
It's drone time! v0.5.0 patch released
This is a BIG patch! We've been working tirelessly to get this one polished up and out to you all. There's so many improvements and the game has really took another big step up in quality overall. Mid and late game are hugely more playable with the addition of the autonomous dist
26 Mar 2019Developer post
Autonomous transportation patch coming by end of April
This patch has taken months longer than anticipated, but we are finalizing the main autonomous transportation mechanics now. Soon we will be doing intensive playtesting and polishing. We will be releasing the patch by the end of April, hopefully within the next few weeks! This wi
28 Dec 2018Developer post
Bugfix patch 0.4.1
I hope everyone is having a good time with the new tech-tree system! We have a smaller patch to fix some issues with 0.4.0. We will now be starting on the autonomous transport system which I can't wait to get into the game! I really think it will take ITC to the next level. Patch
24 Dec 2018Developer post
Merry Christmas! Research / Tech Tree patch 0.4.0 now live!
We hope everyone is having a great time with family and friends for the holidays! We would like to add to the cheer with a Christmas gift of our own. Patch 0.4.0 is now live! This patch has a lot of great additions and changes. Including our research and tech tree systems which c
25 Nov 2018Developer post
Updates on next patch
Hi all, wanted to give a quick update with the status of our next patch. We are already more than a month behind schedule and honestly it will probably be another month before the patch is ready. It will include the following things: -New tech tree system, ships, tech upgrades, i
24 Sep 2018Developer post
1yr, 10k sales! A look at how far we've come and updated roadmap.
Wow, I can't believe it's been over a year since we first released Interstellar Transport Company to early access! It honestly seems like just a few months ago. We're also extremely happy to say we've made over 10,000 sales of our game with a very good 85% review rating on Steam.
Wow, I can't believe it's been over a year since we first released Interstellar Transport Company to early access! It honestly seems like just a few months ago. We're also extremely happy to say we've made over 10,000 sales of our game with a very good 85% review rating on Steam. All of this is a magical feeling for us! Thank you so much to everyone for your support, encouragement, and appreciation of our game.
While it wasn't enough for us to quit our day jobs and focus all of our time on the game, we have been able to get a ton of content and systems added to ITC since launch. I just wanted to take a moment and go through some of what we added since August 16th, 2017.

We've fixed the major balance and performance issues found at launch.
Multiplayer is no longer a "stutterfest", it feels just like playing singleplayer but 10x better with human opponents. Give it a try if you haven't already!
You can lose the game in predefined games (BIG changes to this again coming in the next content patch, maybe a month away)
Added Mac & Linux support and some basic localization for ~15 different languages. It's not perfect by any means, mostly using Google translate, but it should allow people in those nations to play.
New Ships and routes screens with much more functionality and information.
3 new ships since launch, many more to come soon!
Hotkeys for game speed, pausing etc... many other quality of life changes like this.
Ship refitting & ship replacement with newer models.
List of current buildings on a planet and redesigned interface for constructing buildings.
Tons of interstellar re-balances and fixes to make this more playable.
Entire UI and individual windows are now scalable
Market prices now visible at each planet (even more easily accessible info coming soon with the new spaceports screen which is a WIP)
7 new cargoes and complete re-balance of existing cargoes. New cargo bays, buildings etc... to support these new cargoes.
New more fair reputation system with more visibility of information.
And most recently completely new UI graphics!
This isn't the end though, we still have quite a bit to complete from our roadmap! Here is what we plan on completing over the coming months before full launch which is very tentatively scheduled for February 2019:

We will be putting in a tech tree system along with adding many new ships to the game. This is already in production and we hope to have this patch out to you all in about a month's time.
Next we will be implementing some autonomous transportation using transport hubs. You'll see a lot of information about this after the tech tree system is in place!
We will possibly be adding more incentive for players to subsidize industries (maybe giving them some percentage of goods directly to company storage)
Interstellar obstacles
Contracts from local governments
Buildable jump gates
Additional starting scenarios for predefined games
Ranked multiplayer game mode
These next two items may possibly be pushed out until after full launch:
- We will be implementing our politics and factions system. This will introduce interstellar wars, nations and nation-wide reputations, embargoes etc.. We are considering pushing this out to gather even more information about how it will impact gameplay. During design brainstorming sessions it seems like a lot of work for very little impact on acutal gameplay. We are very open to feedback however!!
- Stock market system
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23 Aug 2018Developer post
Reworked UI visuals! 0.3.5 patch available now!
It's been a long time coming, but we finally reworked the UI visuals and boy does it look better!!! Not only has everything been reskinned we completely redid the window sizes, got rid of the borders around windows, fixed transparency issues, created new icons, made a new main to
17 Aug 2018Developer post
Lots of AI changes, better readability on tooltips, MP lobby changes and more! v0.3.4 PATCH NOTES
-AIs have a completely reworked ship selection method. -AIs now will expand routes more aggressively. -AI sends more passengers than before. -AI will reduce ships and remove / buy gates more logically than before. -AI no longer buys 2nd gate when expanding a spaceport. -Tooltips
06 Jun 2018Developer post
v0.3.3 New reputation system!
As discussed briefly in our development roadmap, the reputation system in Interstellar Transport Company needed some love. It was just too confusing, too many variables at play, not transparent enough, and the 2.5% penalty when constructing a building was frustrating to players.

Interstellar Transport Company

Updates & announcements

Massive performance gains, cargo presets and more now available in v1.2!

Massive Performance Gains Coming Soon!

Patch notes for v1.1.2, Added configurable dilithium fuel loading amount

Generation ships, warpgates, new techs and more, v1.1 released!

v1.1 coming soon! Also, some modding available before end of the year

Progress on fixing launch issues & v1.0.4 PATCH NOTES

Lots of UI and QOL improvements and 5 new techs! v1.0.3 PATCH NOTES

Short term roadmap, v1.0.2 released!, New player experience improvements and more!

v1.0.1 released, 6 new techs, UI & tutorial improvements and more; 15k sales!

All systems go! ITC launches out of Early Access, v1.0 is live!

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v1.0 Patch Notes

Full Launch v1.0 coming May 24th!

It's drone time! v0.5.0 patch released

Autonomous transportation patch coming by end of April

Bugfix patch 0.4.1

Merry Christmas! Research / Tech Tree patch 0.4.0 now live!

Updates on next patch

1yr, 10k sales! A look at how far we've come and updated roadmap.

Reworked UI visuals! 0.3.5 patch available now!

Lots of AI changes, better readability on tooltips, MP lobby changes and more! v0.3.4 PATCH NOTES

v0.3.3 New reputation system!