2026-09-08 15:54 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Greetings Captains! Sublight just passed 10,000 wishlists!I'm a solo developer working on a game about spaceships and I don't quite know how to convey my wild flailing into words. So we'll go with a simple Thank you! If you haven't joined the fleet yet, now is a great time. Over the course of the Demo players have destroyed over 42 million enemies and clocked up an incredible 17,764 runs. We're launching into early access shortly and with some fun content soon to follow, so on that topic. lets talk about what's after release:Content Roadmap2026 Q4: New enemy faction, new ships and weapons, mor
2026-08-20 08:58 UTC · GamingOnLinux
With a demo I really liked and played a lot of, the space bullet heaven roguelike Sublight is set to warp into Early Access on September 15th. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/space-bullet-heaven-roguelike-sublight-arrives-september-15/
2026-07-15 12:23 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes Sublight Demo 0.18.0: The Post Nextfest Demo Patch. Gameplay changes After 30 minutes, a powerful enemy flagship will spawn to hunt the player, slowly increasing in menace scaling its damage and speed to end runs. Use a mix of defensive and mobility options to outlast it for higher scores. Weapon changes Chainguns now pierce up to their weapon attack range, allowing them to shred multiple targets in a line.Autocannons have been moved to explosive damage.Barrage weapons now lead their shots and are more accurate.Ship unique weapons have been changed to class-locked hardpoints, provi
2026-06-20 08:47 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.17.6 - Next Fest Hotfixes Welcome aboard Captains. There's been a incredible amount of interest and feedback, more so than I can actually attempt to address individually. (Sorry there's just one of me) General response:Thank you so much for playing and just breaking my lil' space ship game. Whats next? I'll be looking at doing a Quality of life and Bugfix pass next week, in addition the first Major balance pass of weapons, Upgrades and ships will start taking place. To do this effectively I'll be looking at making some new in game tools, such as a DPS meter to let
2026-06-19 10:10 UTC · GamingOnLinux
With a demo available in Steam Next Fest that's incredibly promising, space combat bullet heaven roguelike Sublight hooked me right in. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/pilot-a-powerful-warship-in-the-space-bullet-heaven-roguelike-sublight/
2026-06-15 22:05 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Welcome to Sublight a large spaceship bullet heaven roguelike where arcade survival meets space sim depth. Place your turrets, manage firing arcs, build your loadout, and survive escalating waves of enemies. The demo is available now on Steam Next Fest
2026-05-29 12:42 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.17.5FeaturesShip changes.The Sabre railgun now has tiers 2 & 3. and can be upgraded mid run.(This is the first of the inbuilt weapon upgrades. this will continue in future patches)Weapon changesFighters have had some minor damage changesFrigates have been given additional tuning and some extra turrets to give them more versatility as a weapons platform. Balance changesAdded a new loot drop to upgrade weapons.Slowed down player scaling. Some buffs we're overtuned in the last patchAdded new tools to easily tweak these values. Expect hot-fixes in the next day or two
2026-05-27 08:26 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.17.4 (don't ask where 0.17.3 went)FeaturesLocalizationWe now support User Interface in 8 Languages. English, Español, Português Brasileiro, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, Pусский, & Deutsch (This is the first stage of a long process, please bear with me and report any issues if you can)Weapon categoriesEvery weapon type now has a higher category, and there's new captain and upgrade tracks that directly buff these for some early synergies.Upgrade changesSome upgrades have been altered to include weapon category synergies.Weapon changesAudio changes to plasma weaponsChanged Tier 3
2026-05-06 11:07 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.17.2FeaturesNew boss reward weapon added.K-EX Vortex Weapon creates a strong gravitational pull where it hits, dragging light enemies towards it. This is the first of a new set of tools, expect more uses of this weapon system in the coming weeks. FixesFixed incorrect boss timing on the 2nd and 3rd levels, leading to a double boss spawn. Rebel forces were never late nor early, and arrived precisely when they intended too. But have been given new timekeeping devices.
2026-05-05 15:29 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.17.1FeaturesCaches have received a few changesNow have a label denoting specific rewards & minimum rarity. "Uncommon Weapons" - Drops only weapons uncommon or higherAdded uncommon and rare caches that give higher reward minimum qualities at a higher cost.Internal logic for the loot pool has changed to fix a couple edge case bugs.New Ship Name customization option.Swapped the main Linux Graphics API to Vulkan.This should fix a few rendering bugs, make the game run a little better on Steam deckAdditional Controller support has been added. ChangesCalliope Projectile
2026-05-03 15:59 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.17.0 Major Update 1 – Meta Progression & Systems Overhaul This patch should be available shortly (if not already), a game restart and steam update will be required.Leaderboards will be reset as a result of this major update.Major Update: Meta Progression & OverhaulNew Armoury System – Unlock weapons, tools, and permanent upgrades using meta currency earned in runs. Some early content is now progression-gated to ease onboarding.New level – A ending act for the rebel faction has been added.More Bosses – From feedback, 1 additional boss encounter will be required to
2026-04-16 12:15 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.16.7 ChangesSector 7 Visual UpdateBalanced how many of a particular enemy can spawn at once, this should help with performance and balance.Damage Numbers have been made clearer to stand out better on environments like the snow biome. Audio tweaks so weapons are less likely to deafen with high attack speeds.Weapon Slots now have a dropdown to set target priority. Here's some details on the more interesting options. (Keyboard and controller support for this feature coming soon)Nearest Targets the enemy physically closest to the slot. ( For fighters this targets the
2026-04-10 15:54 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.16.6 UI Improvements & Difficulty Rebalance 1.This patch should be available shortly (if not already), a game restart and steam update will be required. Leaderboards have been reset due to the difficulty tweaks ChangesUser Interface improvements: Changes to the display of almost all panels to try keep them more consistent and clear.Some passives have information popups to tell you what they do in greater detail. This will be rolled out to most passives over the next few patches.This area is still far from finished, next I'll be working on weapon detail information
2026-04-03 12:27 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.16.5 The Frigates and Fighters reworkThis patch should be available shortly (if not already), a game restart and steam update will be required. ChangesFighters: The Default tier 1 fighter has had its model updated and renamed to the "SF/I Talon" Added 2 new Fighter Tiers as direct upgrades. Each providing more firepower and speed. SF/A Raptor SSF ShrikeFrigates: Moved to a new separate weapon system called Escorts. Frigates now flank the player acting as close range support. The Default tier 1 Frigate has been moved to Rare and renamed to the "Stalwart Frigate" A
2026-03-31 21:31 UTC · Community Announcements · CODEBREW SOFTWARE
Patch Notes – Sublight Demo 0.16.4This patch should be available shortly (if not already), a game restart and steam update will be required. ChangesNew Chain gun epic upgrade, The Phalanx. Sitting as a direct upgrade to the Rotary Autocannon, The Phalanx gives you more pew for your turret slot. Keen players have spotted some controller support layouts in the game. This isn't finished yet, but feedback is welcome if you want to give it a go! (Full steamdeck support is the goal)FixesFixed crashes on the ground level when spawning Animated walkers. Dots Animation systems are hard, who knew.Perfor
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