Starsiege: Deadzone
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Starsiege: Deadzone

Starsiege: Deadzone is a corridor extraction shooter set in the far reaches of space. Delve into derelict space stations overrun by hostile Cybrids in search of valuable resources. Group up with 2 squadmates to search for valuable resources and escape alive.

DEV: Prophecy GamesPUB: Prophecy GamesAppID 2170420

Is Starsiege: Deadzone still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

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Developer activity at a glance

Catch up on Starsiege: Deadzone with the developer’s own announcements. Start with the newest recorded post, then explore the details before you return.

Newest identified developer post

Server Discontinuance

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  1. Newest in this record ·

    Server Discontinuance

    From the recorded announcement

    Hey all, Due to declining server population and the resulting negative user experience, we unfortunately need to discontinue servers for Starsiege: Deadzone for the time being. As always, our goal as a studio is to create a fun and impactful experience for players and support it for as long as we can. Sadly, the game…

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    Hey all, Due to declining server population and the resulting negative user experience, we unfortunately need to discontinue servers for Starsiege: Deadzone for the time being. As always, our goal as a studio is to create a fun and impactful experience for players and support it for as long as we can. Sadly, the game in its current state is no longer able to contribute towards that goal. We hope to have the opportunity to revisit it in the future. Please know this decision was not made lightly, and thank you to everyone for all your support throughout the development cycle. ~ Prophecy Games

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  2. Earlier announcement ·

    Starsiege: Deadzone - Store Page Update

    From the recorded announcement

    Hey all! We wanted to update everyone and let you know that we will be temporarily retiring the store page for Starsiege: Deadzone. With that being said, we plan to maintain servers for the foreseeable future. Thank you so much for your support!

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  3. Earlier announcement ·

    9/28/23 Patch Notes

    From the recorded announcement

    Progression and Loadout Progression has been wiped. Reduced overall level count to 65. Perk selection updated. Shop Weapon, Armor and Salvage Pricing updated. Cosmetics Weapon cosmetics ordering updated. Weapons Mythic weapons can no longer be put in secure slots. Energy SMG kick has been reduced. Hush Puppy damage…

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    Progression and Loadout Progression has been wiped. Reduced overall level count to 65. Perk selection updated. Shop Weapon, Armor and Salvage Pricing updated. Cosmetics Weapon cosmetics ordering updated. Weapons Mythic weapons can no longer be put in secure slots. Energy SMG kick has been reduced. Hush Puppy damage has been lowered. Slow Burn damage has been increased. Double Barrel Shotgun damage has been lowered, and falloff damage increased. Abilities Overshield Balance. General updates Players can no longer ping while in the starting hanger. Map Legend Updated to hide med bays and added extraction pod icon. Player XP and Level is now shown above their character in the lobby. Revive timer now shows on the player's health bar HUD. Fixes Fixed an issue where items could be duplicated using vendors. Fixed an issue where the Weak Point perk would not be properly granted to players. Fixed an issue where a crafted item would not show until the player relaunches or returns from a match. Fixed an issue where the contract and shop timers would not display correctly. Fixed an issue with the ordering of weapons in the cosmetics screen. Fixed an issue where the second secure slot would not unlock properly. Fixed an issue where the Energy DMR and Energy SMG would not show on the cosmetic screen. Fixed an issue with the description on the EMP Blast Pulse perk Fixed an issue where sell tooltips would not show in the salvage vendor. Fixed an issue where some weapons still had class restrictions. Fixed an issue where extraction pods would not spawn in specific rooms. Fixed an issue…

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Elixir Rating

53.9% of 2,525 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 52. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone dormant — subtracting 6.0.

reception 52·support −6.0·Weak

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Last successful news check: Nov 7, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.

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News & source history

27 recorded posts · includes developer announcements and press coverage

Community AnnouncementsApr 18, 2024
Server Discontinuance

Hey all, Due to declining server population and the resulting negative user experience, we unfortunately need to discontinue servers for Starsiege: Deadzone for the time being. As always, our goal as a studio is to create a fun and impactfu…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 14, 2024
Starsiege: Deadzone - Store Page Update

Hey all! We wanted to update everyone and let you know that we will be temporarily retiring the store page for Starsiege: Deadzone. With that being said, we plan to maintain servers for the foreseeable future. Thank you so much for your sup…

Community AnnouncementsSep 29, 2023
9/28/23 Patch Notes

Progression and Loadout Progression has been wiped. Reduced overall level count to 65. Perk selection updated. Shop Weapon, Armor and Salvage Pricing updated. Cosmetics Weapon cosmetics ordering updated. Weapons Mythic weapons can no longer…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 25, 2023
9/25/23 Server Maintenance

Hey Raiders, An issue that is preventing some players from logging in has come to our attention. We are going to have a small amount of downtime soon to address this and hopefully fix it. Here are the details Servers will go into limited at…

Community AnnouncementsSep 22, 2023
Patch Notes - September 22

Patch Notes 9/22/2023 Inventory No classes or loadout restrictions. Players will have all abilities available and unlock perks through progression. Adding back in the stash and stash tabs which unlock as you level. Backpack slots reintroduc…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 21, 2023
Server Downtime

Raiders, Based off of your feedback, we will be shutting servers down at 10 am EST and working toward a version of the game much closer to season 1. We will give you more info when we can. Thank you for playing this iteration and giving us …

Community AnnouncementsSep 20, 2023
9/20/23 Major Patch

Standard for other BR’s, players will be able to queue into Squads (Parties of 3 or they can turn Fill Teammates off to queue by themselves) or Solo mode (no teams). Map sizes will be different between the two game modes, but will be random…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 18, 2023
Starsiege: Deadzone - State of the Game 2023

Starsiege: Deadzone - State of the Game 2023 Raiders, we hear your response to the latest changes over the past month & have an announcement to make regarding some changes. As most of you can tell from our testing, we have found it very dif…

Community AnnouncementsSep 16, 2023
Patch Notes - September 15

9/15/2023 Patch Notes Progression has been reset! Perks, perk slots, stash tabs and secure slots must be unlocked through progression for this test. Those who owned the season booster and/or founders pack will be unaffected by this change. …

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Community AnnouncementsSep 13, 2023
Server Downtime

After careful consideration, we decided to end our test a little earlier than originally intended. We hear your feedback and feel like we've gotten more than enough to dive back into development and make some meaningful changes. With that b…

Community AnnouncementsSep 8, 2023
Patch Notes - September 8th

September 8th, 2023 Patch Notes Thank you to everyone who has played the newest version of the game and given feedback! We hear you and are doing our best to address it. Beyond the changes mentioned in these notes, we would like to let you …

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Community AnnouncementsSep 7, 2023
Patch Notes - September 7

Player Progression has been reset! Keybindings have been reset for this patch! Players will have all Stash Tabs & Safe Slots unlocked for the test period. Will return to normal at the start of Season 2. Only the team queue is active current…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 22, 2023
August 21st Update

Raiders, ‍ In our pursuit to improve the game, we will need to lay the groundwork for some really exciting technical upgrades. With that being said, we will be patching tonight at 8PM EST (12AM GMT) and putting our servers into limited. Thi…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 8, 2023
Patch Notes - Aug 8

August 8th, 2023 Hotfix Patch Notes Queues Queue descriptions are now shown on the queue selection screen. The Queue button now remembers the last selected queue. Squads renamed to Trios in the queue selection screen. Weapons Adjusted weapo…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 2, 2023
Season 1

August 1st, 2023 Season 1 Patch Notes Progression has been wiped and Loadouts have been reset! *Purchased Cosmetics and Founders Packs are still owned* Queues Ranked added as the final Security Level - Ultra Max: Ranked Ranked features Repu…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 31, 2023
Season 1 Survival Guide

Hello Raiders - We are excited to bring Season One of Deadzone online! First and foremost, here's what to expect from the next 24 hours (all times EDT) 6-10 pm EDT, 7/31 - We will be pushing one final update to Season 0 that gets us ready f…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 31, 2023
End of Season Zero Update - Season One Starts 8.1.2023

Hello Raiders - We have been hard at work the last week preparing Starsiege: Deadzone for the upcoming Season One launch. Update on two hotfixes that went live in the last week - Update 7.27.2023 Fixed a variety of loopholes that were leadi…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2023
Hotfix - July 24

July 24th, 2023 Hotfix Notes Matchmaking: Adjusted matchmaking rules so that players are restricted to matches in their level range. This will ensure that high level players with high level weapons and armor will not fight against much lowe…

Community AnnouncementsJul 21, 2023
Steam Broadcast

The following broadcast footage is from ShadesOfNate. Check him out on Twitch & TikTok. https://www.twitch.tv/shadesofnate https://www.tiktok.com/@shadesofnate

Community AnnouncementsJul 20, 2023
Patch Notes - July 20

Shop and Vendors Further optimization to Vendor transactions to reduce buy/sell issues.‍ Matchmaking: Adjusted matchmaking logic to favor high security missions. ‍ ‍Improvements were made so higher level players would enter the higher level…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 18, 2023
Season 0

Early Access Season 0 Begins: Starsiege: Deadzone prepares for Early Access launch tomorrow at 1 PM EST. This will mark the beginning of "Season 0”. Season 0 will begin on July 18th and end on August 1st. We are starting with a short Season…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2023
Patch Notes - July 13

July 13, 2023 Patch Notes Player progression has been reset! Queues: ● Solo and Squad queues will be available for this test. ● Removed player selection of mission difficulty. ● Added system that determines mission difficulty based on playe…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 29, 2023
Patch Notes - June 29

June 29th, 2023 Patch Notes Loadouts have been reset! The tutorial is no longer required. Reputation Added:Go through the ranks by gaining Reputation. Reputation is deducted when entering a match. Reputation can be gained from killing playe…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 27, 2023
Early Access

Thank you all for supporting Starsiege: Deadzone over the last few months! We hope you're as excited as we are for the upcoming release of the game. Over the past few weeks, our team has been hard at work to ensure that the game you've been…

Community AnnouncementsJun 22, 2023
Patch Notes - June 22

June 22nd, 2023 Patch Notes Crafting: Removed all unused crafting components.Overhauled crafting system.Lowered the overall diversity of crafting components at lower rarities.Separated Weapon Components from Armor Components.Modified all re…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 19, 2023
Steam Next Fest - Broadcast Feature

We are live with Steam Next Fest! Play Starsiege: Deadzone by clicking the demo product on the store page. We will be broadcasting and featuring a few creators from our community. Today we're featuring Poteido. Check out their Twitch Channe…

Community AnnouncementsJun 9, 2023
June Roadmap & Steam Next Fest

We are excited to announce our plans for the next few weeks with some big moments for Deadzone. We broke all of our player, match and concurrency records for Deadzone last weekend which is super encouraging to us as a development team, so, …