- 8 New Languages to Test: 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Русский and More - 30 September 2026
Code: Terraform can now be played in eight more languages. They are on the experimental branch today, and before they come to the main version for everyone, I would love native speakers to try them and tell me how they read. The new languages 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) 日本語 (Japanese) 한국어 (Korean) Русский (Russian) Deutsch (German) Français (French) Español de España (Spanish, Spain) Português do Brasil (Portuguese, Brazil) Everything you read in the game is translated: menus, machines, research, transmissions, achievements, DOCS and the Code Lab lessons. Your code stays the same in every language. Python keywords, function names and the game's API don't change, so a script you write or share works for everyone. To switch, open Settings > Language and pick one. The game doesn't follow your Steam language on its own. The change takes effect straight away: on the main menu the game reloads…
- Update 0.1.28: Titanium Sooner, 49 New Code Lab Lessons and a Faster Game - 24 September 2026
This update brings titanium within reach much earlier, a whole new set of Code Lab lessons, and a faster, smoother game throughout. Titanium now arrives much sooner. The Wide Sonar that finds it and the Industrial Drill that mines it both unlock far earlier, right in your early steam progression. I have been listening to all the forum and Discord and feedback posts that you have made about it and hopefully this is going to feel like a more refined and smooth progression. The Code Lab gains a Concepts half: 49 short lessons that explain the language step by step and how it works inside the game, from how get_component hands you a machine to scripts that run for as long as your colony does. Every lesson comes with examples you can run on the spot, and the first eight practice lessons now start you off with the shape of the solution, so you fill in the key detail. Big colonies autosave smo…
- Retail v0.1.23 - 15 September 2026
v0.1.23 Fixed every save failing once a breakpoint was set from an external editor. Fixed saves that took minutes to finish, and stopped the game rescanning your scripts folder after its own writes. Fixed a black screen on startup caused by recovery files the game was not allowed to write. A save that cannot be read is now listed and explained instead of quietly vanishing from the list(e.x. the very rare situation that the OS temporarily blocks it (like AV scanning). The save list now appears immediately instead of looking frozen on a folder of long playthroughs. Hardened the pause menu so it can never write an incomplete save over a good one. Fixed Bluetooth audio on Linux going silent or stopping after a few seconds. Restored the game's desktop icon and name on Linux under Wayland. VS Code setup now explains what went wrong when it cannot finish, and Settings carries the manual steps.…
- 10,000+ Units Sold ! 68,000 Wishlists ! First PATCH LIVE - 13 September 2026
Hello everybody, the game has now surpassed 10.000 units being sold! Thank you so much, I have no words. There are also 68,000 wishlists as well, absolutely crazy. Thank you so much for the amazing interest you have shown in the game. I'm gonna do my best to make it better and better. I read each and every feedback and bug report. I have just released the first update to the game which fixes a lot of issues, including audio issues that some people had on Linux, graphics issues with FPS, and other issues of that sort. If you have any issues of any kind or any feedback to give me, please do. I take everything very seriously and act on it. I have spent pretty much the whole weekend making a ton of fixes and additions to the game, so here is the list of the new things that you will see right now when you update the game: ==== Added Feed Maker Mk II and faster depot-handling upgrades. Reduce…
- Updated Retail Build 0.1.22 - 13 September 2026
Added Feed Maker Mk II and faster depot-handling upgrades. Reduced several late-game order requirements and the Loaded Up achievement target. Fixed Biology machines getting stuck with full outputs and improved their input/output displays. Fixed Harvester collection and deliveries to completed Plant Terraformers. Fixed outpost biomes, vehicle servicing and Waste Processor readouts. Sonar now explains blocked discoveries, and surveyed inert contacts appear in the Journal. Expanded scripting support for component types, build versions and upcoming orders, and fixed marker arguments. Fixed large script operations, generator handling and shared-data updates. Made console errors clearer and fixed script filtering and boot-script output. Improved editor performance, type analysis, autocomplete and docstring formatting. Improved detached editors, variants, library deployment and Vim controls. A…
- 40,000 Wishlists ! 🚀 Code: Terraform launches Tomorrow ! - 8 September 2026
Code: Terraform launches in Early Access on September 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM Pacific. The game will be available on Windows and Linux for $14.99 USD, with a 10% launch discount for the first seven days. More than 40,000 of you wishlisted this game before it was even out. I didn't expect anything close to that when I started, and I'm genuinely grateful. Thank you. If you play the game, an honest Steam review helps a lot in the first days. I'll be around on Discord to help with any questions you may have, come join us! If you hit a bug, get stuck somewhere, or your script does something you can't explain, come and tell me. I read everything, and I'll be fixing things fast. See you tomorrow.
- 🚀 Code: Terraform launches in Early Access on September 9! - 29 August 2026
The date is set! Code: Terraform launches in Early Access on September 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM Pacific The administrative transition I mentioned previously is complete. The Steam store page and game build have both been reviewed and approved, and everything is now in place for release. Code: Terraform will launch on Windows and Linux for $14.99 USD, with a 10% launch discount for the first seven days. The additional time has been put to good use. Private playtesting is underway (our playtesters have been doing amazing work), and I’ll continue fixing bugs, refining balance, and polishing the game right up to release. One day after launch, Code: Terraform will also participate in Steam Programming Fest, running September 10-14. Thank you again for the patience, and for more than 22,000 wishlists. I’m excited to finally share the game with you. Wishlist Code: Terraform to receive a notificatio…
- Release Date Update - 25 July 2026
Due to some logistics related issues with my setup I will unfortunately have to delay the release of the game. There is some administrative work on my side that needs to be finished before the game can go live, so I have set the release date to Coming Soon rather than hold on to a date I cannot promise. I will post the new date once everything is confirmed, and that one will be final. Nothing is wrong with the game and nothing is being cut. It is paperwork, not development. What this does buy is time, and I am going to use it. Two things: More testing. The extra runway goes into play testing and balance, especially the later systems where a rough edge costs the most. The final game is very complex and includes vehicles, drones, factory lines with fabricators and smelters, weather, events, fulfilling Earth orders, and a lot more. The extra testing will go a long way to make sure that thi…
- 10,000 wishlists - Release in 2 weeks ! - 13 July 2026
Hey everyone, 20 days ago I posted about Code: Terraform passing 5,000 wishlists. Today, the game passed 10,000 wishlists and the game is getting more daily wishlists than ever. 🎉 Saying thank you is obviously not enough, but I am really glad that more and more people are interested in the game. What I can promise is that I have done my best to make something worth your time. For anyone landing here for the first time: 🪐 Code: Terraform is a programming game. The planet is dead, you have a code editor, and nothing moves until you make it move. Drills, power, pipes, atmosphere, biology, all of it runs on scripts you write in a friendly Python-like language. There is no button that says "do the thing." You decide what the thing is and you write the code for it. The game releases in two weeks. If any of that sounds like your idea of fun: ⭐ Wishlist it, it's the single biggest thing that…
- 5,000 wishlists - A MASSIVE Thank You All ! - 25 June 2026
Hey everyone, Code: Terraform just passed 5,000 wishlists. 🎉 I'm a little stunned, honestly. When I started building this, I wasn't even sure that this concept would resonate with people.I did hope that people would agree with my vision of making an automation/programming game where all systems can be fully programmed by players, allowing for a ton of different interactions that even I, who develop the game, cannot fathom. So sincerely, thank you. I can only promise that if you have already played the demo, the full game is not going to disappoint you. It's packed with carefully curated content, and a ton of systems that are going to keep you busy for some time while you terraform Nocturna. New here, or one of the 5,000? Code: Terraform is a programming game. You land on a barren planet and revive it by automating everything. Mining, logistics, power, atmosphere, biology, in a friendly…
- We're in Steam Next Fest — welcome, and what's coming next 👋 - 17 June 2026
Hey everyone ! Code: Terraform is part of Steam Next Fest right now, and the free demo is live too. A bunch of you just discovered the game this week, welcome aboard. Hope you are having fun ! The response to Steam Fest this week has genuinely blown me away, thank you! Seeing this many of you dive in, and send real feedback is exactly why I'm making this game. New here? The 20-second pitch: Code: Terraform is an automation game where you don't click to do things, you write code to do them. Real Python-like scripts, a full in-game editor, console, and docs. Script a rover to survey and mine. Write the policy that runs your power grid. Your scripts keep running while you plan the next one. The more you automate, the more the planet, and the story, responds. Worth trying in the demo: Get your first solar tracker following the sun in a few lines of code. Send a rover out to scan the map, th…
- Hotfix for latest Demo Build - 25 May 2026
I read ALL your feedback and act on it asap ! Here are hotfixes based on the feedback I got in the demo that I uploaded earlier today.Demo Hotfix out v.0.1.12BioLab automation works on a fresh save (Manage/Run no longer fails silently)Steam Linux launches on NVIDIA + Wayland setupsWeb demo saves no longer get wiped under storage pressureConsole CLEAR actually clears errors tooInactive editor tabs are readable across themes Polish Sensor cards show phase progression as a segmented stripe; hover the phase badge for the ladderCheaper early BioLab reagents (Alkaline Buffer 1cr, Cryo-Solvent 2cr)Outpost map icons easier to clickDebugger shows shallow previews of containers and objectsNew clock.real_seconds_per_hour() for planet-aware sleeps; sleep docs clarified Old saves load cleanly through the new format. No player data is touched.
- New Windows Demo Build + Linux Build ! - 24 May 2026
New demo build v.0.1.9 is out Demo Patch Changelog (v0.1.9) New features: Added Biology Lab: collect creature fragments across the planet, identify them at the Lab, extract reagents, and ship them to Earth contractors. Full Frozen-biome subsystem with 16 species and 10 authored Bio Orders.Added Field Dossier — discovered species reference card with biome notes, fragment locations, and recipe hints.Added Bio Orders board for the new Earth biology contracts, with a master-detail layout.Added light-mode theme support and a wider theme catalog so the editor and dashboards can match your room.Added 6 new music tracks to the in-game shuffle.Added debugger upgrades: a click-to-expand value tree for locals, a call stack panel, watch expressions, hover-to-evaluate in source, and a REPL while paused.Added save load history fallback — if a save file is corrupt, the game now recovers from the most…
- Code: Terraform — free demo out now - 10 May 2026
The free demo is live. Try the first slice of Code: Terraform now. You've been sent to a frozen alien world. Your ship is silent, sensors offline. The only way to bring this place to life is to write code — real code, in a Python-flavored language with a full editor, console, and documentation built into the game. The demo covers the early arc: Boot your systems and calibrate sensors Write scripts that run autonomously Deploy a rover and harvest minerals Terraform the planet, give it life with oxygen, pressure, and heat Watch the atmosphere react to your engineering A few hours of content, and a clear sense of how deep the full game goes. ▶ Download the demo or wishlist the full launch at https://store.steampowered.com/app/868160/ I'd love to hear what you think — drop your feedback in the comments below or on Discord.
