• Additional Crystals awarded to all existing accounts, to help with the Dark Nebula transition. Check your Inbox message. Long time players will be awarded more Crystals. We recommend spending the Crystals towards economy upgrades described in the upgrade guide: http://blog.hadesstar.com/2023/10/dark-nebula-upgrade-guide.html
  
• Added additional free planet upgrades for certain accounts that were created pre-Dark Nebula
  
• Reduce build price for Battleship level 4 and over
  
• Shipment drone: Maximum capacity increased
  
• Shipment relay: Hydrogen prices decreased for Relay level 6 and lower
  
• Starter pack 2 shipment bonus increased slightly
  
• Red Star level 11 Hydrogen costs decreased (scan & transport jump)
  
• Active modules are disabled after jump to White Star
  
• Cargo Repair in White Stars will no longer consume Relics that are still loading.
  
• Reduced requirements for Red Hydrogen achievement
  

This is the biggest update to the game since it first released, more than 6 years ago. Thank you to everyone in this community for supporting the game over all these years!

Changelog:
http://blog.hadesstar.com/2023/10/hades-star-dark-nebula-changelog.html


Upgrade guide:
http://blog.hadesstar.com/2023/10/dark-nebula-upgrade-guide.html

Over the past 2 years, we've been hard at work strengthening the foundation of Hades' Star, so that the game can remain popular and viable for many more years in the future. The result of this effort is called Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA, a massive update to the game that is coming soon to Steam.

There are multiple posts at blog.hadesstar.com, describing the motivations, design goals and development process that went on during these years to give the update its final shape. You can review those if you want to dig deeper. However, most players will want to see how their daily gameplay will change, and what to do to keep progressing in the game at an optimal rate. For that purpose, we've prepared the following upgrade guide:

http://blog.hadesstar.com/2023/10/dark-nebula-upgrade-guide.html



Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA on Steam Deck

The Steam Deck is a wonderful device that is perfect for games like Hades' Star. We have experimented a lot with it, and have created a completely new version of the game to suit the hardware. We found early on that the Steam Deck does not offer a great touch experience, so instead we've focused on a gamepad-exclusive interface. We can't wait to show you soon how well the game works on the device.



Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA is currently scheduled for release on October 30, as an update to the current Hades' Star game on PC and Mac. Unforeseen issues may push this date back. The custom, Linux-native Steam Deck build will launch along with this update, and we aim to have it verified as fully compatible at launch or shortly after.

Thank you for supporting Hades' Star, and hope to see you in game!

Hades' Star latest update is live! For a full list of changes, see this post: http://blog.hadesstar.com/2021/06/20211-release-notes.html

A major update has been deployed to the game. Summary of changes:

Blue Star and White Star changes, and new reworked Blue Star Leaderboards
New module: RELIC DRONE
New Flagship modules: DART TURRET and FLOATING SHIELD
Module balancing
User interface improvements

For a detailed list of changes, see the blog post: http://blog.hadesstar.com/2020/10/20203-release-notes.html

A major update has been deployed to the game. Summary of changes:

Red Star Level 11, comes with a new Cerberus enemy and support module.
Credit Asteroids permanently increase daily Credit income - find them once per day on every Red Star level 2 and higher.
Other bug fixes, improvements and module balancing.

For a detailed list of changes, see the blog post: http://blog.hadesstar.com/2020/05/20202-release-notes.html

A major update has been deployed to the game. Summary of changes:

Build and upgrade your Corporation Flagship, and strategically pick what White Star battles to take it to.
Time Machine improvements.
Ability to instantly re-link all Warp Lane hubs to their previous connections.
Transports can now be ordered to start moving only after all their Artifacts are done loading.
Bug fixes and improvements.

For a detailed list of changes, see the blog post: http://blog.hadesstar.com/2019/12/20201-release-notes.html

Private Red Stars are a great way to get fellow Corporation members to help you out and maximize your Artifact collection. Now is a great time to start looking for a good Corporation whose members work well together and play Red Stars cooperatively.

On November 25, the 5th private Red Star season event begins. During the event, all private Red Stars will award event points to your Corporation, according to the star level, number of artifacts retrieved and Cerberus ships destroyed.

The event lasts a week. At the end, the top 200 Corporations (over 5,000 players) will receive Crystal rewards.

To see the event countdown timer, and for exact rewards information, open the Leaderboards window in game, select Top Corporations, then press the Red Star button.

Having trouble finding the perfect Corporation? Join our discord server (link below). There's a dedicated channel where the best Corporations advertise - or you can describe your play style and let the best Corporation contact you instead.

Hades' Star Official Discord Server: https://discord.gg/hadesstar

We just released a major update to the game, with new content, changes to White and Red stars, module tweak and general polish.

For the detailed list of changes, see here:

http://blog.hadesstar.com/2019/05/20192-release-notes.html

Private Red Stars are a great way to get fellow Corporation members to help you out and maximize your Artifact collection. Now is a great time to start looking for a good Corporation whose members work well together and play Red Stars cooperatively.

On March 18, our 3rd private Red Star season event begins. During the event, all private Red Stars will award event points to your Corporation, according to the star level, number of artifacts retrieved and Cerberus ships destroyed.

The event lasts a week. At the end, the top 200 Corporations (up to 5,000 players) will receive Crystal rewards.

To see the event countdown timer, and for more information, open the Leaderboards window in game, select Top Corporations, then press the Red Star button.

Having trouble finding the perfect Corporation? Join our discord server (link below). There's a dedicated channel where the best Corporations advertise - or you can describe your play style and let the best Corporation contact you instead.

Hades' Star Official Discord Server: https://discord.gg/hadesstar

As a young college student, I spent countless hours playing Master of Orion. Now that I'm older, I'm finding I no longer have the continuous time required to play and enjoy it.

Hades' Star is my attempt to capture some of the promise of Master of Orion,
in a way that's compatible with my current time limitations. In Hades' Star, instead of starting a new game every time, you continue building on your previous progress - regardless if you last played 30 minutes ago or months ago. Instead of requiring hours to enjoy a session, most missions last from 5 to 20 minutes. If something happens and you have to go away from the game, your ships will carry out your orders in the meantime. Depth comes naturally over time as you progress your Empire, not by requiring you to navigate extreme complexity up front.

At the core of the game's design are our three core pillars:

• Progression and Exploration
  
• Strategic Depth
  
• Social Diplomacy