Hello everyone,
Since the Steam Next Fest, we’ve been hearing the same question again and again across different platforms: “When will the game finally launch?” As a small indie team, we’re truly grateful for all the love and attention you’ve shown Stario: Haven Tower!
Over the past months we’ve been fully focused on wrapping up development—working day and night on the final stretch of testing and polishing. And now, the moment has finally come to share some exciting news: Stario: Haven Tower will be featured on September 18 at the Convergence Showcase, which will also be streamed on IGN. During the Convergence Showcase, we’ll premiere a brand-new Early Access trailer and announce details on the EA release date and pricing. We’ll save the rest of the surprises for the event itself, so please stay tuned!
In the meantime, from Sept 15 to Sept 29, Stario: Haven Tower will also be featured in the Steam Publisher Sale by XD. If you haven’t tried our demo yet, this is a great chance to download it and give it a spin before launch:
Why Early Access?
We know that in recent years, the tag “Early Access” hasn’t always carried the most positive impression. Honestly, we also had doubts at first about whether choosing Early Access might affect how people see our game.
But after much discussion, we decided to stick with this path. Not only because we believe the game has room to grow, but also because we want to shape it together with you, our community. With your feedback and support, we hope to refine and expand the tower into something closer to everyone’s ideal vision.
That said, “Early Access” doesn’t mean cutting corners. The EA release already includes the full main storyline, three difficulty modes, and dozens of hours of content. You’ll be able to unlock the complete tech tree and tower progression, and climb all the way to the very top.
For us, Early Access represents both our vision and our honesty: Stario: Haven Tower still has a long way to go before it becomes the “perfect version” we imagine (if such a thing even exists for any developer). There are still many possibilities waiting ahead—and we’d love to explore them together with you.
Will Demo Saves Carry Over?
Unfortunately, save data from the demo will not be compatible with the EA version. This was a tough call—we really wanted to keep everyone’s progress, but the game has gone through major changes based on both our internal testing and feedback from the community.
Sometimes we added new features; other times, we realized that a system simply wasn’t working and had to rebuild it from scratch. Since Next Fest, we’ve also made extensive changes to balance: recipe formulas, resource ratios in each area, buff types and values for different tower sections, and more. As a resource-management and city-building game, these numbers are central to the overall experience. Adjusting them is key to making the game more diverse and giving players more freedom in how they approach the climb.
Because of all this, we had to let go of save compatibility—but we hope you’ll find that starting fresh in the EA version makes for an even richer and more rewarding experience.
What’s Next?
We’ll be sharing more details on what the EA version includes, along with the new features we’ve been working on, in our September 18 update post.
If you run into any issues while playing the demo, or if you’d like to chat with other players, feel free to join our official Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/sfXVUFRzP7
We also share dev logs and behind-the-scenes updates on our socials—follow along if you’d like to see more ⬇️⬇️⬇️