Hardspace: Shipbreaker — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Branding update for Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Patch 1.3.0.1263554 | 2026-03-11 | Hello Shipbreakers,Last year we announced that we had re-acquired full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker IP and would be taking over publishing responsibilities from its previous publisher, Focus Entertainment.Today, we have published a very small update (patch 1.3.0.1263554) that contains purely cosmetic changes to reflect this change in publishing and IP ownership.Here is a brief summary of what has changed in patch 1.3.0.1263554Removed and/or modified branding, logos, and legal small print on splash screens when the game first starts.Adjusted data collection notices.Updated developer and publisher credits.Patched the Unity engine ver |
| EVERSPACE 2 x Shipbreaker Steam Bundle, Winter Discounts, and more! | 2025-12-18 | To our esteemed Shipbreakers,You have spent countless shifts in the salvage yard, slicing and dicing ships in relentless pursuit of profitability. But, today, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to make wrecks instead of salvaging them! We’ve partnered with our friends at ROCKFISH Games to create the Scrap & Shoot Bundle, featuring Hardspace: Shipbreaker and the incredible, open-world spaceship RPG EVERSPACE 2!The Shoot & Scrap Bundle offers both games at an additional 10% discount. And if you already own one game, its price is automatically deducted from the total. So, for our existing Shipbreakers, consider this an additional 10% off on |
| Blackbird Interactive Acquires Full Ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker! | 2025-08-14 | To our valued Shipbreakers,We have an important announcement to share with you:LYNX Salvage and Hardspace is now under new management: Blackbird Interactive!That's right! Today, we're revealing that Blackbird Interactive reached an agreement with Focus Entertainment, our publishing partner, to reacquire full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker intellectual property.This is an exciting moment for us as a studio and the Hardspace community. Since Early Access in 2020, you've helped Hardspace: Shipbreaker grow from a scrappy salvage sim into an award-winning game that has resonated with millions of players around the world.And now we're emba |
| Discover the Zero Gravity bundle with the amazing game Void Crew! | 2024-10-23 | 📣 Attention, space adventurers! We're thrilled to announce an exciting new game bundle that brings together Hardspace: Shipbreaker with the amazing game Void Crew! Why settle for one adventure when you can have two? https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46122/Zero_Gravity_Bundle___Hardspace_Shipbreaker__Void_Crew/ What's Void Crew? 🚀 Void Crew is a chaotic, co-op roguelite game for 1 to 4 players. Rally your crew, power your spaceship, and get ready for epic space battles, facing dangers you and your crew never trained for! Teamwork is key to survival... From asteroid storms and solar flares to your crew’s hilarious screw-ups, things are bo |
| Double vinyls edition is available again! | 2024-08-13 | Hello everyone! For those who haven't had the time to get their hands on it, the 🌟 double vinyl edition 🌟 of the game's OST is back on the Focus Entertainment store! What's included in the vinyl: exclusive art from the creative folks at Blackbird Interactive 2 black and yellow vinyls with antistatic inner sleeves, ensuring an optimal protection Hardspace: Shipbreaker's tracks by composers Jono Grant, Traz Damji and Philip J. Bennett, with synth remixes by the game's audio director Ben McCullough Of course, you can also listen to it on YouTube! |
| The Hardspace: Shipbreaker double vinyls are back! 🎉 | 2023-10-25 | Soooo... we know a LOT of you are fond of Hardspace Shipbreaker’s laid-back Americana music… well same. And we have good news for you! The ✨double vinyl edition✨ of the game's OST is back on the Focus Entertainment store! What's included in the vinyl: exclusive art from the creative folks at Blackbird Interactive 2 black and yellow vinyls with antistatic inner sleeves, ensuring an optimal protection Hardspace: Shipbreaker's tracks by composers Jono Grant, Traz Damji and Philip J. Bennett, with synth remixes by the game's audio director Ben McCullough Of course, you can also listen to it on YouTube 👀 https://youtu.be/JxTyMVPaOXY And if you wa |
| Hardspace: Shipbreaker's one year anniversary video | 2023-05-24 | Meet the team behind Hardspace: Shipbreaker for a celebration of the game's one year anniversary! Thanks to our amazing community for supporting us from Day 1 and making this adventure in space possible! It means the galaxy to us! ☄️ |
| Hardspace: Shipbreaker – Most Innovative Gameplay nomination | 2022-11-22 | Hardspace: Shipbreaker is an immersive zero-g, spaceship-salvaging workplace simulator, playable through a gripping, story-driven campaign, or while relaxing to the sound of laid-back Americana and synths in free play mode. The Steam Awards are an annual event which celebrates the most appreciated games published on Steam during the year. Players can nominate their favourite game in each category during the Autumn Sale. Hardspace: Shipbreaker blends a one-of-a-kind gameplay with an outstanding zero-g simulation, making it a stellar entry for the Most Innovative Gameplay award! The choice is yours! Nominate Hardspace: Shipbreaker for Most Inno |
| Patch Notes 1.3.0 | 2022-11-17 | In-Game Update We at Lynx are happy to announce the latest iteration of our Everwork Program firmware. This firmware patch makes new spares 0.12% more resistant to excessive caffeine intake, which in our calculations will reduce caffeine related workspace incidents by at least 0.0009%*. Additionally new accessibility options have been included on all Lynx proprietary helmet visors, which will lead to an estimated 0.092% increase in worker efficiency. *To offset the incurred cost of the new firmware upgrade, Lynx is increasing the fee for Caffeine Capsules by a mere 256%, any additional company income relating to this price increase will be in |
| Patch notes 1.2.1 | 2022-09-20 | Patch Notes Changes & Updates Added 17 new Achievements/Trophies which can now be unlocked across all platforms Optimization Optimized several object meshes to improve overall game performance Optimized shaders to improve overall game performance Optimized entity archetype usage for improved memory performance UI Optimized several menus and screens to improve their legibility at high resolutions Bug Fixes Typo in death/cloning screen 'Retreiving' Spare Replacement Notice's “Hold A” prompt overlaps text in different languages In the tutorial, the furnace turns on even though it's "broken" for Weaver Repeatedly trimming a large panel at both en |
| 1.1.0 - In-Game Update | 2022-06-14 | Lynx Corporation takes the health and safety of our workforce seriously, and to that end we are proud to announce a new Firmware patch for our EverWork Program. We are offering a 0.0025% bonus to any worker who successfully makes it through an entire solar cycle without requiring a single regeneration to celebrate the successful deployment of the aforementioned Firmware Patch. The bonus will be paid out at the successful completion of your contract, although a 0.0032% processing fee may be incurred, entirely at our discretion. Additionally, Lynx is pleased to reveal that the work productivity research team has cleared the release of additiona |
| Hardspace: Shipbreaker - 2 x LP Deluxe Double vinyl are coming! 🎉 | 2022-05-25 | Soooo... we heard a LOT of you are fond of Hardspace Shipbreaker’s laid-back Americana music… well same. And we have good news for you! To celebrate the game's PC release, you can now preorder a ✨double vinyl edition✨ of the OST on the Focus Entertainment store! What's included in the vinyl: exclusive art from the creative folks at Blackbird Interactive 2 black and yellow vinyls with antistatic inner sleeves, ensuring an optimal protection Hardspace: Shipbreaker's tracks by composers Jono Grant, Traz Damji and Philip J. Bennett, with synth remixes by the game's audio director Ben McCullough Of course, you can also listen to it on YouTube 👀 h |
| 1.0 Full Release | 2022-05-24 | Today marks a major milestone in the six-year saga of Hardspace: Shipbreaker: the day the game hits version 1.0 and leaves Early Access. The project that started as a humble little five-day “game jam” here at Blackbird Interactive is finally ready to launch. And this isn’t even its final form, as the next step on the journey is a release on console. https://youtu.be/3uEybPy-ajE Here’s a quick summary of the 1.0 Update (for the full details check out the Patch Notes below): Campaign Act 3 - The conclusion to the game’s storyline. Ship Saving - Save your in-progress salvage for later! Progression Revamp - Completely rebalanced based on the late |
| Release Date Reveal | 2022-04-14 | Greeting Shipbreakers, Dust off your mag-gloves and charge your split-saw, we’ve got some great news! The date for Hardspace: Shipbreaker’s 1.0 Update, and its full release from Early Access, is set. Your first shift in the full version will begin on May 24, 2022. https://youtu.be/BMwA5txM9Nc Your chance to play the complete Hardspace: Shipbreaker experience is right around the corner! We’ve talked before about what to expect from the 1.0 Update, but here’s a quick recap: Final Campaign Act Added - A powerful and satisfying conclusion to the events set in motion over the course of Act’s One and Two. Save & Load Ships - Save your in-progress s |
| Next Update and Full Release | 2022-01-12 | Important update from Game Director Elliot Hudson Happy New Year, Shipbreakers! We hope all of you had a great, good, or at least tolerable December (and if not, that’s okay too). I have some big news for you! The next stage in the journey we’ve shared with you is on the way; the next major update for Hardspace: Shipbreaker will include the Final Act of the Campaign, as well as the long-awaited Ship Save feature, and it will be the game’s official launch on PC, bringing the game out of Early Access. That’s right, version 1.0 is coming up next! I’ll talk about the update and what to expect after, but first I want to discuss the adventure we’ve |
| The Atlas Tugged update is LIVE! | 2021-12-20 | Greetings Shipbreakers, The Atlas Tugged Update (0.7.0) is LIVE! While the star of the show is certainly the new Atlas-class of starship to salvage, there are a huge variety of other improvements and changes to get excited about, such as an overhaul of the Ship Catalog screen, and improvements to the elemental systems found in ships. https://youtu.be/Fx18jdFQtVo Atlas-Class A true workhorse line of ships, the Atlas-Class is purpose-built for a variety of industrial roles, and has been in service across the colonies for decades. We’ve designed this class to bridge the difficulty and complexity gap between Mackerels and Javelins. The Atlas grea |
| Get ready for The Atlas Tugged update! (0.7.0) | 2021-12-15 | Greetings Shipbreakers, The Atlas Tugged Update (0.7.0) comes on Dec 20! While the star of the show is certainly the new Atlas-class of starship to salvage, there are a huge variety of other improvements and changes to get excited about, such as an overhaul of the Ship Catalog screen, and improvements to the elemental systems found in ships. Atlas-Class A true workhorse line of ships, the Atlas-Class is purpose-built for a variety of industrial roles, and has been in service across the colonies for decades. We’ve designed this class to bridge the difficulty and complexity gap between Mackerels and Javelins. The Atlas greatly improves the vari |
| The Admin Oversight update is live! | 2021-09-08 | Hello Shipbreakers! The Admin Oversight update (0.6.0) is finally here! And the game is 33% off! This update is truly massive, and some of the features in it have been in the works for many, many months. We’re extremely happy and excited that it’s finally making its way to you! 💛 LYNX Administrator Hal Rhodes arrives, kicking off Act 2 of the Campaign! A middle-manager who rose from the LYNX rank-and-file, Hal is on a mission. Find out how far he’ll go to prove himself to the Company. Between shifts, kick-back with a bowl of concentrated food-like matter in your 3D HAB Check on career progression, maintain your tools, read messages, or take |
| 0.5.0 Hotfix - HAB UI Screen Effects Toggle | 2021-06-25 | Hello Shipbreakers! As always, a massive thank you to everyone who jumped in to play the 0.5.0 update! In particular, thank you to the Players who took the time to provide us with detailed and constructive feedback on the update. We always take some time to watch how our updates go. Members of our team hang out in streams, on our Discord, or lurk in the Steam forums to make sure we are hearing / seeing your initial reactions to the latest update. We love that the overwhelming response is that folks are enjoying the new challenge that Radiation brings, the cool “holo” stickers, and the visual overhaul of the HAB interface! However, there’s two |
| 0.5.0 Update - The Pretty Rad Update | 2021-06-23 | Hello Cutters! Our 0.5.0 update is now live! Here’s everything you can expect from this Pretty Rad Update. New Element: Radiation HAB Screen Updates Weekly Race Updates Sticker Collection V2 Javelin Updates New Element: Radiation This update introduces a new element into the mix of hazards players can encounter in the salvage yard: Radiation. We’ve planned on including radiation for a long time now, as an appropriate staple of any good space game. Players can encounter Radiation Filters in ships with Hazard Level 6 and above, starting at Certification Rank 9. Radiation Filters appear in wall-sized Containment Units, and can be extracted from |