Take on Convoy missions, where you protect up to 3 ships on their journey. The more ships that survive, the bigger your reward! Think of it like an escort mission, but with higher stakes.

Stay sharp with up to 3 arrow indicators, now showing target type and distance. Navigate the stars with better situational awareness!

• Reduced difficulty for late-game missions to keep the challenge fun and fair.

• Boosted player ship health for more survivability.

• Increased HP and shield HP for stations and escort ships, making them tougher allies.

• Fixed the "floating" hyperdrive travel animation for smoother visuals.

• Resolved an issue where background space tiles failed to load properly.

This update allows the game to run at a higher screen size. Aberration Analyst now supports 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Note: It does not actually increase the resolution of the game, it just stretches the game window to a larger size.

Also, it does not work with "full screen" mode yet, but in window mode you can press F11 a few times to get up to 1920 x 1080.

Changing the screen size now only works when you have the options panel open. This is because it only saves the game's settings when you click "okay" in the options panel, so I wanted to make sure any changes you make are preserved between playthroughs.

• Queen Bee in Bee Catcher mode now attacks more slowly, giving you more time to escape.

• Regional Sessions: You’ll now match with players in your region for lower ping. If you prefer global chaos, the Global region is still available.
  
• Matchmaking now prioritizes rooms that are more full, for faster and livelier games.
  
• Quickplay no longer throws you into the same sessions repeatedly—a cooldown has been added.
  
• If the host leaves the game, you’ll now see a proper popup: "Host left the game."
  
• Login flow has been improved—less waiting time overall.

• New costumes, banners, and profile icons have been added.

• The Ready button now scales up and down to clearly show that it needs to be toggled.

• The Epic Online Services issue (not caused by us) is still ongoing and may affect overall gameplay. We’re working on ways to mitigate it.
  
• Lag spikes are under investigation—networking improvements are in progress.
  
• Missing localization is a known problem—we’ll be handling it in the next update.

From day one The Last Dig has been playable with controllers, but hiccuped when you tried to navigate menus. But hiccup no longer! You can fully explore the depths from the comfort of your controller.

XBox One Icons are shown where generic glyphs wouldn't be clear. PlayStation controllers are also supported, only without their own icons.

I hope this gives you another great reason to Wishlist The Last Dig.

See you in the abyss,

- Mr. Chuckle

Demo Patch Notes 06.13 – Patch 1.1.75 * New Stuff

• Improved Voice Chat stability and audio transmission through walls and floors,

• If Voice Chat fails to connect, players can still continue the game without it,

• Cultists now react to Windows’ default microphone input instead of Voice Chat data,

• Refined Whack-A-Monster puzzle responsiveness and improved its sound effects,

• Added a pop-up in the lobby when creating a room to highlight the importance on who should be creating the room

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed the end-game screen's inconsistent characters and XP UI errors when someone left or had a poor connection,

• Corrected Cryptex puzzle ring-rotation interaction issues,

• Fixed several incorrect puzzle spawn locations,

• Ensured Hot’n’Cold puzzle now appears in all intended lavatories, not just one

• PT: 4:00 PM, June 13

• ET: 7:00 PM, June 13

• CEST: 1:00 AM, June 14

• ICT: 6:00 AM, June 14

• KST: 8:00 AM, June 14

Agents,

We are bringing Ver. 1.0.10 hotfix patch to implement some adjustments and bug fixes. If you find anything fishy in the game, please do not hesitate to report it to us via Steam discussion boards or our Discord server so that we can continue creating the best Section 13 experience we can! For the list of changes in this patch, please see below.

• Improved the BlastWing Prototype behavior

  • It no longer attacks Marionette enemies that are inactive

  • It now attacks the mirages of Lady Okuni

• Made improvements around the dialogue event that triggers when you recruit all agent characters

• Fixed the issue where you could fall indefinitely in the Restricted Area on the Supermax Lab level

• Fixed the issue where you could get stuck in a specific location on the Isolation Chamber level

• Fixed the issue where certain locations on the Supermax Lab level did not allow you to walk across (you could still move through those areas by rolling)

• Fixed the issue where the Portable Ripper would sometimes target players

• Fixed the issue where clicking the mouse did not always advance dialogue

Please note that if you are playing at this time, your game will not be interrupted. You will be prompted to download the patch the next time you open Section 13. For the best gameplay experience, we recommend installing the update as soon as possible.


- ODS TeamDISCORD | X/TWITTER | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE | TWITCH

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• Our next Fireside Chat is tomorrow, June 14, 2025, at 9am Pacific/ noon Eastern. Come hear more about our new update entitled Wild Wormholes!

  • Read more about our Wild Wormholes update here:

https://starsreach.com/wild-wormholes-update/

• Play with the Devs…and Win a Kickstarter Reward!

  • Join us Thursday, June 19th at 9 AM Pacific, for a special Play with the Devs event during our public playtest! From 9:30-10:30 AM Pacific, most of the Playable Worlds team will be hopping into the galaxy alongside you, building, exploring, and causing just a bit of chaos. Devs will be tagged in-game so you can spot them.

• Want in?

• We’re opening up limited-time playtest access for new players. If you haven’t joined a test yet, this is your chance to dive into Stars Reach for the first time.

https://stars-reach.firstlook.gg/signup/event

• And while you’re there…We’re giving away a Kickstarter Reacher Tier live on stream!

• Tune in to [dynamiclink href="https://twitch.tv/playstarsreach"][/dynamiclink] on Thursday morning for a chance to win. We’re giving away the Reacher Tier, which includes access to all testing phases including Early Access, an exclusive in-game title+discord role to be delivered at launch, your name in the credits, and more. You must be present to win. If you win and want to upgrade your tier, we’ve got you covered! To be eligible for this giveaway, you must not already own a Kickstarter tier. This includes both new players and current testers who have not backed yet.

• Controlled Chaos interviewed Playable Worlds technical designer Light Bates:

• We interviewed Playable Worlds client engineer Nathaniel Doldersum:

• MassivelyOP writes about our Wild Wormholes update:

https://massivelyop.com/2025/06/11/stars-reach-opens-wild-wormholes-to-randomly-generated-planets-in-latest-playtest-build/

• Backer Invites + Discord Backer Badge.  Almost all of the backers have submitted their survey, but if you haven’t then search your email box. If you submitted your Backer Surveys before June 10th:

  • New testers got an invite from FirstLook with a playtest schedule and instructions. (Check your spam folder if you don’t see it!)

  • Existing testers will not get a new invite, your Discord role should now show a Backer badge. Not yet? Log into FirstLook.gg and synch.

  • Can’t find it? Email

https://support@playableworlds.com

• Kickstarter late pledges are still available but this may wind down soon:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reach

• Check out our Web Store!

  

https://starsreach.com/store/

• We also have late pledges available on payment plans at our store.

📣 Want to join the massive tournament? Visit our official Telegram channel for more info: https://t.me/ackinackinews


🏆 INDIVIDUAL / TEAM

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD –  FLY ALONE

🏆 1st place – $27,000

🥈 2nd – $8,400

🥉 3rd – $5,400

🏅 4th – $3,600

🏅 5th & 6th – $2,100 each

🏅 7th & 8th – $1,500 each

🏅 9th – 12th – $1,200 each

🏅 13th – 16th – $900 each

TEAM LEADERBOARD — STRENGTHEN THE BONDS

🏆 1st place – $18,000

🥈 2nd – $5,600

🥉 3rd – $3,600

🏅 4th – $2,400

🏅 5th & 6th – $1,400 each

🏅 7th & 8th – $1,000 each

🏅 9th – 12th – $800 each

🏅 13th – 16th – $600 each


Thank you for being with us and creating a history together!

With love,
GOSH team