Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
| App ID | 2097570 |
|---|---|
| App type | Game |
| Developer | Pengonauts |
| Publisher | Joystick Ventures, Beep Japan |
| Homepage | https://pengonauts.com/ |
| Release date | 2025-04-30 15:34 UTC |
| Release state | released |
| Controller support | full |
| DLC list (appinfo) | 3632550 |
| Localized names | schinese 星之侵略者 |
| Store page | store.steampowered.com/app/2097570 |
| Last store refresh | 1 hour ago |
| # | Executable | Arguments | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | StarVaders.exe | windows | ||
| 1 | StarVaders.exe | linux | ||
| 2 | StarVaders.app | macos |
| Playing now | 42 (17 minutes ago) |
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| 24-hour peak | 51 |
| All-time peak (tracked) | 51 2026-09-11 21:10 UTC |
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| 2026-09-11 21:13 UTC | $24.99 | $24.99 |
| DLC | AppID | Release | Price |
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| Branch | Build ID | Description | Updated | Password |
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| public | 22588692 | 2026-03-31 17:13 UTC |
| Depot | Name | OS | Size | Download | Public manifest | Notes |
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| 2097571 | windows | 848.42 MB | 568.80 MB | 6700866053707351676 | ||
| 2097572 | macos | 943.36 MB | 592.69 MB | 3997936078100020008 |
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You may find the invaders have a sense of humor on April Fools day tomorrow!2.0.5 ChangelogAdded a small April Fools cosmetic gagAdded V-SYNC toggleFixed a couple task-engine crashes related to trigger orderFixed controller menu input issues in the deck scene and bud's factoryAttempted performance improvements / memory usage improvementFixed a few localization / text mistakes
~ StarVaders News ~We've just crossed over 1.5 MILLION hours played! That's insane, that's like 171 years, I wasn't even born that many years ago, it's older than me!!A lot of big discussions happening behind the scenes at Pengonauts, we're working on some big things!Also... Console Ports & Mobile News......... soon??fanart by Longcx ~ Happy Chinese New Year!!The DiceVaders Demo is now live! The demo contains a great sneak peak at the gameplay in the full game. Your progress will be transferable as well! Try the first three Commanders on the first 3 difficulties, as well as a special Daily Cha
Heya everyone! Hope you're doing well in this new year!We're happy to announce that the playtest for DiceVaders is live now! DiceVaders is a roguelike dice-game in the score-attack genre in the same universe as StarVaders. Roll dice, build synergies, get big numbers, and try to reach the increasingly challenging targets!In DiceVaders, you will play as Commanders - powerful alien invaders that are attacking the Earth! Just like in StarVaders, each character will have their own unique abilities and unique artifacts that only they can find during the run. You'll be able to unlock over 10 commande
Changelog:Added a new system to load custom localizations files into the game! You'll need to add a .json file to the save folder, feel free to contact us for more information about this.Fixing an issue where the entire cutscene for Min & Max is not playingFixing the timing for Sol Siphon (it didn't work for cards drawn start of turn)Fixed a few missing tags for new content in 2.0Fixed issue where you could double-upgrade a card.Fixed random items spawning into pickups (like the max autobomb going into the pickups in the ultimate ending fight)
NOMINATE STARVADERS FOR A STEAM AWARD YOU TWERPS!!- MIN, THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
Quick note, we are having a DAILY DEAL starting on the 22nd, the game will be 25% off! We are also happy to tease our NEW GAME in the StarVaders universe... DICEVADERS! The roles have been reversed! Take control of the invaders to defeat the Earth in our new dice roguelike. Sign up for the playtest and wishlist on the Steam page! 2.0 - Min & Max's Cosmic MisadventuresHey all! Thank you so much for joining us on our journey, it's been a long development time and we are finally ready to put the final bow on the game (for content at least). The 2.0 update is out now!\ Added Min & Max!There are tw
Hey everyone, happy 6 month anniversary for StarVaders! We released exactly half a year ago, and things have been looking great! The highlight of the next update will surely be the two new pilots, so let's tease them a bit:Introducing... Min!Min is a new Gunner pilot, with a mechanic based on Quarks:Whenever a Quark enters your hand, immediately purge it, draw 1 card, and randomly launch an Auto-Bomb near invaders.Min's starter artifact is the Omega Gate, which gives you a Quark whenever you burn a card!Being a chaotic little gremlin, Min loves card draw and generating Quarks to decimate the g
FYI we are gonna be in the Autumn Sale with a discount starting on the 29th. We're also in 2 new bundles with some of our favorite games: Slay the Spire and Wildfrost! With the "complete the set" option, you can get any game for cheaper if you own the other one!Get Slay the Spire x StarVaders BundleGet Wildfrost x StarVaders BundleWithout further ado, check out what's new in the 1.2 changelog:1.2.0 - Night of the Invaders: \ 6 New InvadersWith 2 new invaders for each act, that brings the total to 10 invaders per act ~ increasing the variety for the whole game! These invaders create scary new c
The Steam cloud saves finally work on MacOS! It should also be working cross-platform as well. The backup-save system we made is still in place as well, in case there are more trouble ahead. This is a smaller patch, in preparation for 1.2, adding a few more suggestions and fixing some bugs. 1.1.1 Changelog: Steam cloud saves should now work on all platforms! Chess pieces now avoid moving behind the Grandmaster Added a toggle to use a 2D Planet, for any players having graphical issues with the 3d planet model. Tweaked some of the encounter generation to avoid bad encounters. Combo now resets at
FYI we are gonna be in the Summer Sale with a 10% discount starting on the 26th.It's finally Summer (in the northern hemisphere) and the pilots are enjoying a well-earned break after fighting invaders in countless timelines. Check out what's new in the 1.1 update below!We've also finally reached over 2000 overwhelmingly positive reviews at 98%! It's honestly so insane to me, I never would have thought so many people would enjoy our very wacky, very specific design philosophy. I've thanked you all so many times already but you really don't know how helpful it is to us indie devs.If you missed i
Just wanted to update y'all that the 1.1 update is planned to release on June 24th! We are releasing around that time to align with the Steam Summer Sale, during which we will have a discount - keep an eye out for it if you haven't gotten the game yet!Our Beta branch has been live for the last 2 weeks and the update is almost ready - we're finalizing localization and a few art assets as well as fixing a few remaining bugs.Some More Teasers!Min Squish Animation Play Volley Ball!EggIf you'd like to play the update early, feel free to join the Beta branch! Access information can be found in our d
Hey pilots! Hope you are all doing well! It's been exactly 1 month since our full release and we've been so happy to see the response from you all! A lot of gratitude for all the feedback and reviews you have left us, they've helped tremendously. Following that, we're excited to announce that the game is doing well enough for us to continue improving it and adding more content with free updates, starting with the 1.1 update coming in two a few weeks! Update 1.1: Coming Soon! We've been pretty busy during release month fixing a lot of the major bugs and crashes that have been reported, but now
StarVaders from developer Pengonauts is a colourful and action-packed mix of a deck-builder with fast grid-based tactical combat and it's a thoroughly great time. I've never seen another game so smoothly blend these two together. I'm hooked on it. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/starvaders-is-deck-building-meets-grid-based-tactics-and-its-basically-perfect/
UPDATE - I'm rolling back this update for today, there's a critical bug for new bootups. Will update when we figure out what's going on. Sorry about that! UPDATE - Update is live again! More bug fixes! And we've reworked some of the Hemophage as well. Hemophage 2.0 Based on feedback we're smoothening out some of the awkward parts of the Hemophage, and allowing more options to deal with it so it's not a pain to fight. No longer becomes Immune while splitting (you can keep hitting it with repeated cards to deal more damage, but it will split into more Hemocytes) In the "Final phase", no longer r
More bug fixes and a new backup system for save files - in preparation for enabling Cloud Save for Mac. We're almost done with all the major reported bugs! There's a few things we're struggling with (looking at you performance issues), but we're making progress. Save File Backup System: We implemented a backup system that will backup your progress (unlocks, achievements, etc), so that if you lose your main save file, the game will automatically grab from the backup file and restore your progress. This is in anticipation of enabling Steam Cloud saves for Mac, because Steam WILL delete your save
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