Rodina

Rodina is a long-running Early Access project made by a single developer (Brendan at Elliptic Games) who has been steadily building the game since its July 2014 launch. Major updates have shipped at a slow but consistent pace over the years: version 1.3 (November 14, 2017), 1.4 (December 6, 2018), 1.4.2 (July 18, 2019), 1.5 (July 5, 2020), 1.6 (December 18, 2021), and 1.6.4 (February 14, 2023). The store description explicitly frames the game as an ongoing journey toward a "Daggerfall in Space" vision, with the developer committing to "keep working on Rodina for as long as I'm able to." Active development of version 1.7 is clearly underway. On March 15, 2025, the developer shared a preview build showcasing planetary rocks — a feature that has been in progress since at least April 2023 — while acknowledging it was too unstable for a full release. On April 16, 2025, the developer posted again confirming active work on a clustered lighting system and new rock art types for different planets, with these features earmarked for the next full release. The last developer communication was on April 16, 2025. Given this developer's historical update cadence of roughly one to two major releases per year, and the fact that version 1.7 was explicitly described as in-progress but not yet ready, the silence since April 2025 is within the range of this developer's established pattern. There is no indication that development has stopped; the game remains in Early Access with version 1.7 still forthcoming.