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Latest Updates from Our Project:
ZeroSpace Update: Development Roadmap, New Content, Playtests, and More!
12 months ago
– Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 08:26:45 AM
We’ve got a lot to share this update! First, dive into new game content and get a sneak peek at our upcoming faction, the Xol. Next, check out the latest technical updates from our lead developer and CEO, Marv Gouw - he’ll also be hosting a Reddit AMA soon to answer your ZeroSpace questions! Finally, get ready for upcoming playtests and future content. Have fun scrolling, Commanders!
New Cinematic Models
Endari Devourer
Sherman (Left) and Tanner (Right)
In-game Models
Mission Retreat Co-op Objectives: Grell Nest and Grell Lair
In-game Civilians for added immersiveness during missionsOur civilians have swappable heads, bodies, and clothes allowing for many combinations!
Team Colors
We’ve updated our team colors to better align our units with the look and feel of the world around them.
Competitive players don’t worry - we’ll have a high contrast option for increased visibility!
Maps
Campaign Mission: Prometheus Colony
Co-op Mission: RetreatEvacuate Grell eggs before the planet is destroyed!
Updated Base Building
We are in the process of re-designing Operating towers, to go along with our new Hexite Pits!
Why: We received feedback that it wasn't always obvious for new players where to place their expansions. Hexite pits will remove any ambiguity in placement, so that you can snap right in and start mining some hexite!
From an immersion perspective, we also thought that Hexite pits can be made to feel more natural than four evenly spaced hexite nods. Furthermore, we are taking the opportunity to re-design and improve on our new OT's - to allow some interaction with the pit, rather than completely covering it, as our previous models would have. "Extractors" are also being re-designed to help our bases feel more active and lively.
From a game design perspective, Hexite pits and our new OTs offer us avenues into more economic granularity and avenues into asymmetric designs such as different numbers of extractors - and allows us the freedom to explore avenues into more or less granularity as we continue to evaluate the system in the future.
Protectorate Operating Tower
Grell Operating Tower
Xol
Behold the Xyther! This is the basic Xol ground unit. It is a melee unit with medium armor who gains a shield that blocks the first instance of damage.
His hands shift into giant knives when he attacks!
Localization
We’re adding language translation to ZeroSpace! For the next demo, we plan to have initial implementation for Spanish (Latin America & Spain), Korean, German, Italian, Russian, French, Japanese, & Brazilian Portuguese!
For release we plan to have more languages, so let us know any language you’d like to see that’s not listed here.
Reddit AMA
Have questions about ZeroSpace? Our lead developer and CEO, Marv Gouw, will be hosting a Reddit AMA! Join the event in /r/realtimestrategy on October 24th at 1PM PST. Hope to see you there!
Playtests
We currently have 3 playtests planned!
Backer Only Playtest - December 2025
In addition to the content that was available in our Tacticon Showcase, we’ll be testing out the alpha version of our dedicated 2v2 mode and showing off 2 new Co-op missions in this test.
Steam PvP Fest - February 9th - 16th 2026
This playtest will have a focus on our versus mode, featuring a tournament and prizes!
We’ll release specifics as we get closer to the event
Steam Nextfest - February 23rd - March 2nd 2026
We’ll have a slew of new things to show off here! A few of them:
New Merc Faction: Endari
New Co-op mission
Co-op and Campaign Meta Progression Â
Development Update/Roadmap
We know people are eager for an update on release, there are still a few moving pieces and we are having some promising conversations. So while we can't yet give a precise date for release, we do have concrete developmental goals. We made this snapshot to offer some clarity about our near term projected timelines as well as longer-term plans.
We are still weighing the options of a potential Early Access after Next Fest, or holding off for a full release. We will continue to update you as we inch closer into certainty.
We’re happy to say that a majority of the technical systems of the game are mostly done, so at this point it’s mainly content creation we are focused on.
Here’s a snapshot of where we’re at and our projected timeline Â
The future of ZeroSpace is bright! Please share this roadmap with your friends so they’ll know what content is coming up.
Next Update
We will have another exciting update in a few weeks about our groundbreaking technical improvements on pathing and animations which allow us to have more than 1,000 units on the screen while staying above 60 FPS! For now, check out this teaser!
THANK YOU
A huge thanks to everyone who’s been supporting us and sending love to the dev team. Your comments and messages are a constant morale boost, and we hope you enjoyed the update!
Our Free Demo and Ladder Warrior Event starts NOW! Grab a friend and try Versus, Skirmish, and Survival
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 02:05:26 PM
and join ZeroSpace's Ladder Warriors event now until July 21st for a chance to win a cash prize! No sign-ups necessary - just the top 20 finishers on our Versus leaderboard!
Then, join the Galactic War, and take a peek at our Campaign from July 17 -21st during Tacticon!
Join the ZeroSpace Tacticon Demo, July 11th! Lots of new updates inside.
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 11:19:48 AM
Development Update and ZeroSpace Tacticon Demo
Spread the word about our upcoming Free Demo during Tacticon, July 17 - 21! Download the Playtest on our Steam page during the Demo, and try our updated Campaign, Galactic War, and Versus modes!
We’ll also be hosting the RTS Legends Showmatch Series during Tacticon! Many of your favorite RTS players and streamers will be participating in some hot one vs one action! Don't miss it on Scarlett’s Twitch channel from Friday/Thursday July 18th, at 8AM ET/14:00 CEST. See you there! https://www.twitch.tv/scarlettm
Can’t wait to join the fun? We’ll be opening up Versus games early, from July 11 - 16 leading into Tacticon!Â
Join our Ladder Warriors event from July 11 - 21 for a chance to win a cash prize! The top 20 ladder finishers will receive: 1st Place: $500 Â |Â 2nd Place: $300Â |Â 3rd Place: $200Â |Â 4th-8th: $100Â | 9th-20th: $50
We’ve been cooking quite a bit for you guys. Here are the latest updates:
New Lighting, VFX and Material Overhaul
We’ve done a huge amount of polish on lighting, VFX, materials and the overall feel of our visuals while keeping similar performance. We think the difference is clear. Let us know your thoughts below!
OLD Lighting, Materials and Effects:
Galactic War
Two brand-new co-op missions just dropped, bringing the current total to 6— and there’s more on the way! Also, Galactic War super structures, our MMO layer for Co-op, will start being playable and provide a powerful obstacle to contend with in your battles across the sector.
Coop Map: Siege Trap
Galactic War Super Structures
Trade Federation Super Structure
Solar Collector Super Structure
Ship Layer Unlocked for Campaign
Take your ship, the Aegis Oath, on a spin as you play through our revamped Prologue, offering new cutscenes, new missions and new dialog choices. This is a first look preview of the ship layer and prologue. Explore your ship - meet your crewmates, unlock upgrades, embark on quests, and more. Extra bonus: Your ship will also be available in Galactic War for you to use!
Versus Mode Additions
Over the last few playtests we’ve been really honing our Versus mode. It’s at a point that we’re quite proud of. Even more is coming, including new base mining designs that we’ll showcase very soon. The goal of our versus mode has always been to support a huge diversity of units and playstyles alongside an engaging action RTS core.
New Grell Unit: Brood Guard
This new unit spawns spiderlings as it takes damage. It’s tanky, terrifying, and hard to ignore..
Protectorate New Ability: Protective Shield
Instant veterancy + regen shield outside of combat. Synergizes great with mercs & allies.
Reinforce is now a talent if you still want to use it!
We’ll be dropping some new cutscenes next week before the Tacticon Demo. Join us on Discord and tell us what you think of all the upcoming changes! You can also find our patch notes there.
Keep an eye out for the Grell, we’ve spotted some of their buildings nearby…
Make sure to grab a friend, and join us for our Open Demo on July 11 - 21st! Sharing content is allowed!
Please drop any feedback into our Discord, so we can build a better ZeroSpace, and make sure to Wishlist ZeroSpace on Steam if you haven’t already. Every wishlist counts!Â
The ZeroSpace Team
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ZeroSpace is joining Steam’s Wargames Festival! Play the Demo this Saturday!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 12:28:11 PM
Hello, Commanders! We have an upcoming playtest and some development updates for you!
ZeroSpace is joining Steam’s Wargames Festival!
Our public demo will be available for over a week, starting this Saturday April 26th and running through May 5th! We’d love for you to join in and share your gameplay footage during the event!
Join the dev team and fellow RTS fans in our Discord to share feedback, report bugs, or just hang out while the festival is live.
Map Updates
We’ve made tons of map updates—including improved lighting, refreshed colors, new foliage, and enhanced terrain painting!
IronShield - New Co-op Map
Echis Point - 2v2
Ascension - 1v1
Fractured Oasis - 2v2
Canyon - 1v1
FROGS
Tenebris now has cute, leaping critters!
Protectorate Dropship - New Campaign Unit
The Protectorate has gained a new air unit! Use this Dropship to bring units in and out of battles.
Legion Buildings
The Legion have been working on some new constructions! Looks like their Bestiary and Citadel have had some visual updates.
Endari - Coop & Campaign Enemy
When Arandi creatures become corrupted, they turn into monstrous creatures called the Endari... Here’s a look at one of their most recent transformations:Â
Multiplayer
We’ve made a few updates to improve the feel of multiplayer matches. The Legion now has a new top bar ability, some unit matchups have been adjusted to create clearer strengths and weaknesses, and we’ve added more variation in move speeds to help units feel more distinct!
Campaign
While our campaign won’t be available during Wargames Fest, we’ve been hard at work building out new missions & cinematics, refining the story, and creating new cinematic models!
Thank You!
A huge thanks to everyone who’s been following along, playtesting, sharing feedback, or just spreading the word. You’ve all played a big part in helping shape ZeroSpace into what it is today. We’re really excited about where things are headed and can’t wait to show you more soon!
Don’t have early access yet? Consider supporting us on Backerkit! A pledge level of Solar Monarch or higher gets you access to playtests, and the full game on release: https://bit.ly/ZeroSpaceBackerKit
While you wait, don’t forget to visit zerospace.gg, an amazing community-built resource with info on unit stats, maps, gameplay basics, and more!
