ESA SHIELD Steam news

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• Review score77% positive
• Total reviews35
• Release dateAug 19, 2025
• DeveloperHochschule Darmstadt Games Lab
• PublisherHochschule Darmstadt Games Lab

Genres: Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Hochschule Darmstadt Games LabPublisher: Hochschule Darmstadt Games Lab

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ESA SHIELD Steam news

ESA SHIELD news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Early Access Patch 0.2.33 - 10 December 2025

  Hello Space Safety Commander,We have a new, small update for you this time, as well as some news. First, the news.We have achieved our original goal of developing a game about space safety and releasing it on mobile phones and computers, which also marks the end of the official project period. Yay!But we also know that we are still in Early Access and that there are still improvements and features that you wish for and that we want to work on. Now, however, we also have to see how we can continue working on it by taking on other projects at the same time. In this context, the already small team has shrunk substantially. We will continue to work on ESA SHIELD, but unfortunately, at a much slower pace than before.Thank you very much for all your feedback and the time you have spent playing our game! We will continue to try to update the game.Here is an overview of the latest changes:🔧 Im…

• Early Access Patch 0.2.28 - 16 October 2025

  ESA SHIELD Mission UpdateHello Space Safety Commander!We have a new update for you. New content, new improvements, new bug fixes (unfortunately, we also introduced some new bugs...). As we are a small team with very tight deadlines, we cannot always approach development in the best possible way. So be aware that new unexpected behavior or bugs might still occur.That's why your feedback is all the more important. We take everything into account and have implemented some of the issues raised, as well as others. Here is an overview:New Features 🚀Game Over through Space Debris. (Don't keep your old spacecrafts too long in orbit)Open End. You can choose to keep playing after finishing the outro.Achievements.2 New Payloads. Earth Observation and Research ExperimentPort to Mobile Version. Available on Android App Store.New MissionsImprovements 🔧Made earth rotatable from anywhere (no need to…

• Early Access Patch 0.2.7 - 9 September 2025

  ESA SHIELD Mission UpdateHello Space Safety Commander!The last weeks have been crazy. From our early access release, to Gamescom, to the week when you're just happen to be sick. Thanks to each and all of you who visited our booth, gave us some great feedback in person, as a review, on Discord or discussion, and in generally just played the game.Now that we have recharged our batteries and are feeling fit again, we have a little Patch for you. Mainly minor bug fixes and quality of life improvements, here we have a small list of our additions:Improvements 🔧Grid Hardening protection lines are now visible from further away.Grid Hardening protection range is now visualized.Grid Hardening protection on entities suffering from a system failure will first repair the failure before providing protection.Added keybinds 1, 2, 3, 4 to open the relevant windows.Increased auto-rotate speed when movin…

• Early Access Release - v.0.2.0 - 19 August 2025

  Welcome Space Commander!To accompany the start of the Gamescom with the Opening Night Live and the Steam Event, we are happy to release ESA Shield to Early Access.Your mission is crucial! Protect Earth and infrastructure from real cosmic hazards and threats such as asteroids, solar storms, and space debris. The game is a science-based Planetary Simulator that combines elements of tower defense, rogue-lite, and classic strategy games.What to expect:- Research and implement real-world technologies to monitor space hazards and threats to protect infrastructure on Earth and in space against these dangers. - Build, improve, and customize satellites and ground-based monitoring systems - Make strategic and take risk-based decisions under pressure, to respond to dynamic space events – like solar storms, satellite collision events, and asteroid threats ESA SHIELD is developed as an outreach init…

• Demo Patch 0.1.17. Notes - 24 July 2025

  SHIELD Mission UpdateHey Earth Defenders!Thank you for your feedback, which we collected on Discord, here on Steam, and at our game exhibition at GDD (German Dev Days).Based on your feedback, we have added a few new features, fixed bugs and generally improved the game. We are still in the prototype stage, so expect a few new bugs or unfinished content. That's why we still need more of your feedback!Here is a brief overview of what's new, what we have improved, and what we have fixed.New Features 🚀New UI designSpace surveillance (visualisation of monitored areas through telescopes, satellites, etc.)Quest systemSpacecraft Creator minigame (assemble satellites, feedback for satellite construction, launch the rocket, etc.)Improvements 🔧Clicking on an interactive object now centres it.Prices for objects have been adjusted.End of service satellites no longer crash directly into Earth.Rotati…

• Demo Patch 0.1.7. Notes - 23 June 2025

  SHIELD Mission UpdateHey Earth Defenders!Thank you for playing and testing the demo. Based on your feedback, we have made initial bug fixes and minor improvements. We have incorporated the more significant feedback into our development process and are working on the features.Here's what we've updated so far:Improvements 🔧Made texts on image buttons more visibleStopped earth auto rotation on menu openDecreased lab info text size to prevent overlappingDisabled haptic feedback when primary input is not a gamepadIncreased vertical earth rotation pitch from 30° to 60° Inverted deflection input to match marker movement to orbit rotationMade windowed screen default to 16:9 aspect ratioMade windowed screen resizable Updated the localization filesBug Fixes 🐞Fixed bug where launching multiple objects all targeted the same orbitFixed orbits not disappearing when empty Fixed money not resetting a…

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