# Rimworld-inspired colony sim Stardeus gets a huge update representing a year’s worth of expansion and revision, with new tools for evil AI overlords

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rimworld-inspired-colony-sim-stardeus-gets-a-huge-update-representing-a-years-worth-of-expansion-and-revision-with-new-tools-for-evil-ai-overlords/
- Published: 2026-11-04T17:03:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T06:58:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Paper Shotgun
- Original article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rimworld-inspired-colony-sim-stardeus-gets-a-huge-update-representing-a-years-worth-of-expansion-and-revision-with-new-tools-for-evil-ai-overlords
- Topics: AI, Celebrity, Entertainment, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Stardeus has received a year-in-the-making update.
- More than 1,500 changes reshape its systems.
- Version 1.0 is expected around Q1 2027.

## Summary

Stardeus, an early access colony simulation in which players manage a damaged spaceship as an AI, has received a major update after a year of development. It adds new systems and options, including the ability to control the crew with beta waves as an evil AI, and points towards a planned 1.0 release.

The update brings more than 1,500 changes, including quests, a tutorial, alliances with other factions, a trust system affecting mutiny risk and revised colonist skills. It also reworks ground combat around cover and suppression, and space battles around Flux generated by weapons fire and shield damage; failed surgery can now leave colonists with lifelong injuries. The developer says few game systems escaped rebuilding or expansion, with version 1.0 expected around the first quarter of 2027.

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