The devs at Creepy Jar just locked in the release date for StarRupture’s first big Early Access update. Update 1 hits Steam on April 9, 2026.
What’s coming in Update 1
This isn’t a small patch. The team packed in a lot. Here’s the full list of new stuff:
- Increased Map Size with new unlockable zones and points of interest
- 2 New Resources to find and manage
- New Feature: Zipline — a faster way to get around
- New Feature: Development Station — seems like a crafting or research hub
- 6 New Higher Tier Buildings and 9 New Buildings total
- New Feature: Wildlife — creatures to interact with or avoid
- New corporation levels and rewards
- Over 40+ new items and recipes — completely fresh production pipelines
The announcement also mentions a bunch of fixes and improvements based on player feedback from the official support page, Steam forum, Reddit, and Discord.
A heads-up for test branch players
If you’ve been playing on the Public Test Branch, be careful. The test branch will shut down when Update 1 goes live. And those saves? They won’t carry over to the standard build.
The team didn’t give a precise launch time yet, just the date. April 9, 2026. No surprises there — it’s a Wednesday, which is the usual patch day on Steam.
