Every update, patch and developer post we have logged for Empyrion – Galactic Survival, newest first: the date, the headline, a one-line summary and a link to the original source. We file Empyrion – Galactic Survival under Sci-Fi & Space Survival.
| Date | Title | Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | v1.20 EXPERIMENTAL II | Phase 2 of Empyrion's v1.20 experimental testing adds inventory preservation in creative instances, base portals, and a baked structure lighting system. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-10-02 | v1.20 Creative Mode Instances! | Empyrion's 1.20 experimental build adds Creative Mode instances inside survival servers, letting factions build blueprints together with inventory isolation. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-24 | v1.19.x HOTFIX | Hotfix v1.19.6 build 5188 fixes official servers not always displaying in yellow in the multiplayer browser. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-23 | v1.19.5 Update | v1.19.5 adds over a hundred Arkenian Republic POIs, a themed Trading Lines economy, and new star system bodies, all testable in the Testing Grounds scenario. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-09-16 | v1.19.5 EXPERIMENTAL | Experimental build 1.19.5 adds over 100 Arkenian Republic POIs, themed traders along fixed trade routes, and a reworked home star system. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-11 | v1.19.2 Patch | Hotfix v1.19.2 (Build 5150) extends the Anniversary achievement deadline by one month and adds debug activation for all five starter planet missions via the… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-06 | v1.19.1 Patch | Hotfix v1.19.1 Build 5148 extends the Anniversary achievement date check through Tuesday, August 11, 2026, and fixes a missing brace in BlocksConfig.ecf. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-08-04 | v1.19 – 11th Anniversary | v1.19 adds a Pirate Treasure hunt found via detector beacons, new tiered achievements and posters, plus a limited-time 11th anniversary achievement on August 5. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-16 | v1.18.2 Update | v1.18.2 fixes a duplicate achievement unlock; v1.18.1 added Steam/Epic achievements, new status-effect icons, and moved epic items to POI loot. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-09 | Welcome to Empyrion – Galactic Survival Free Weekend! | Empyrion – Galactic Survival is holding a free weekend with full access to the sandbox, plus links to Workshop blueprints, official forums, Discord, and… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-08 | v1.18 Update | Update 1.18 reworks harmful status effects to cut stacking, caps body temperature at 10-45C, and moves NPC pathfinding to a multi-threaded system. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-08 | v1.18 Experimental II | Empyrion 1.18 experimental reworks harmful status effects to cut stacking, raises the loot container cap to 9999, and multi-threads NPC pathfinding. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-07-01 | v1.18 Experimental I | Empyrion's 1.18 experimental phase reworks harmful status effects to cut stacking, moves NPC pathfinding to multi-threaded architecture, and revises the Akua… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-19 | v1.17 Update | Update 1.17 enters experimental with a Warp Route Planner for multi-jump routes up to 500 LY, effect hardening, and a block limit raised to 8192. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-13 | v1.17 Experimental II | Experimental 1.17 raises max block IDs from 4096 to 8192, shifting API item IDs by 8192 and requiring code mods to offset them before the public release. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-05-05 | v1.17 Experimental | Update 1.17 enters experimental with a Warp Route Planner for multi-jump routes up to 500 LY, plus galaxy, POI, and scenario changes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-27 | Creative Sandbox Bundle! | Empyrion – Galactic Survival is featured in a Steam Creative Sandbox Bundle alongside Foundry, From the Depths, TerraTech, TerraTech Worlds, and The Universim. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-26 | v1.16.1 HOTFIX | Hotfix 1.16.1 addresses a single issue where some NPCs would not attack the player until the player was far above them. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-25 | v1.16 Update | Update 1.16 adds Charged Combat Steel blocks with +50 shield HP, a Testing Grounds scenario, new Progenitor POIs, vessels and enemies, plus savegame fixes. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-20 | RC: v1.16 Experimental | Experimental builds 5001 and 5002 add Progenitor lever and switch consoles plus new SFX and LOD, fix an instance player-count error, and revert a space… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-03-12 | v1.16 Experimental | Experimental build 1.16 adds Charged Combat Steel with bonus shield HP, new Progenitor POIs, vessels and enemies, plus a savegame workaround. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-27 | RC: v1.15 Experimental II | Experimental phase 2 of v1.15 gives Short Range Warp a 25-second cooldown, allows micro jumps to planets in the same playfield, and adds a treasure hunt plus… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-14 | v1.15 Experimental I | Empyrion 1.15 experimental adds short range warp, jumpgates, galaxy/playfield refactoring, colorable asteroid fog, and a Personal Communication Console. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2026-01-14 | v1.14.2 Hotfix | Hotfix v1.14.2 addresses an AI turret targeting delay introduced in v1.14.1, a crash at SpaceAsteroidFieldLegacyV2, and an unspecified exploit. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-25 | Happy Holidays | Eleon's holiday message says version 1.15 development is progressing with a focus on technical improvements, new features and content, with details promised… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-12-24 | v1.14.2 Experimental branch | Experimental build v1.14.2 fixes the AI turret targeting delay introduced in v1.14.1, a CoQ at SpaceAsteroidFieldLegacyV2, and one exploit. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-25 | v1.14.1 Hotfix | Hotfix v1.14.1 (B4910) fixes a Portable Constructor pickup issue, a multiplayer login bug when logging out on a hoverbike, and an often-empty multiplayer… | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-11-04 | v1.14 Experimental II | v1.14 experimental builds add Legacy OPVs to asteroid fields, halve trader buy prices, and adjust Terminal Nexus missions ahead of a planned public release. | store.steampowered.com |
| 2025-10-23 | v1.14 Experimental I | Empyrion's 1.14 experimental build keeps passengers in their seats through logouts via lockable seat codes, and adds space base defense units and Zirax house… | store.steampowered.com |