Dawn Apart

Dawn Apart launched into Steam Early Access on July 14, 2025 as an explicitly unfinished game working toward a 1.0 release. The developer has been consistently active and communicative throughout. On November 3, 2025, the studio published a "Road Ahead" post outlining four planned major updates before the game reaches 1.0. Progress on that plan has been steady: the first major update (Trade Boom) shipped on December 17, 2025, delivering a new trade hub, dynamic missions, C4 terraforming, and a Recycler. The second major update (Violent Frontier) shipped on June 17, 2026, adding combat with raiding enemies, a colonist loyalty system, seasonal weather, and structural integrity mechanics — described by the developer as the "biggest update yet." The developer is still actively shipping content. Since the Violent Frontier update, the team has continued posting fixes (June 23 and July 10 and July 15, 2026), with the most recent patch note dated July 15, 2026. The November 2025 roadmap explicitly stated that future updates would expand colony life, food and power production, building and worker customization, and a fully finished combat system — none of which have been marked as complete. Two of the four planned major updates have shipped; at least two more remain on the road to 1.0.