- ISG Dev Diary 27: News on Expansion III (ETA: 2026) - 7 July 2026
Hello everyone, As we pass the midpoint of the year, I wanted to share an update on the progress of Expansion III and its expected release window. Expansion III slated to release later in 2026 Following several months of development since our last dev diary, we are currently on track for a 2026 release, likely toward the end of the year. While the majority of the work is complete, we are now in the final stretch of integrating, refining, and testing the new content to ensure a smooth launch. Our formal marketing campaign and major reveals will begin as we get closer to the release date. For a glimpse at what to expect from Expansion III and the accompanying free update, please check out our previous dev diary. Sneak peek Here's a small sneak peek to give you a taste of what’s coming. Thank you for your patience and continued support ❤️ Thank you for your continued patience and support.…
- ISG Dev Diary 26: Expansion III in 2026 - 29 December 2025
Hello everyone, Today we want to share an important update about the future of ISG, and more specifically about the long-awaited third expansion. Expansion III is coming in 2026 After many months of dedicated work developing and refining this massive new chapter of ISG, we’re excited to announce that Expansion III is planned for release in 2026. Development is progressing steadily, and this expansion is shaping up to be exactly what we envisioned it to be. We're also building upon everything we’ve learned from both your feedback and our own evolving design goals. While we’re not ready to announce a specific release date yet, we can say with confidence that the expansion will be out in 2026, unless something very unexpected prevents it. That said, our priority remains quality, depth, and long-term impact — and that means taking the time needed to do it right! A truly galactic expansion E…
- Update 1.6.4 Released - 29 September 2025
Hello everyone! It's been a few months since we released the free 1.6.3 update. We hope you are enjoying that update with its new features and improvements.In the meantime, we've been listening to your feedback, so here's a smaller patch that adds some improvements and a few bug fixes.Compatibility and finishing an ongoing gameSaves from version 1.6.3 should be 100% compatible with this new version, so you can proceed with your games normally.However, if you want or need to finish your current game with the previous version (1.6.3), please go to the Steam client -> Games -> View Games Library -> Right-Click on Interstellar Space: Genesis -> Choose Betas tab -> Select the "old_version" branch. If you require an older version (1.6.2) choose the "old_version_2" branch. If you require an even older version (1.5.3) you can choose the "old_version_3" branch.For the best experience, it is advi…
- Interstellar Space: Genesis - Free 1.6.3 Update Released! - 22 May 2025
Hello everyone! I'm thrilled to announce that the new and free 1.6.3 update for Interstellar Space: Genesis is now officially available to all players! This update has been on the unstable branch for beta testing to make sure there were no major issues, for the smoothest official release possible. I'm happy to report that testing went very well, so we should be in very good shape. Thanks to everyone who played the unstable build and provided feedback! 1.6.3 Update - Features and Improvements New Special Systems This was a popular feature request by the community, and something we really wanted to add more of at some point. So, we added 2 new special systems in for 1.6.3! Inertial Destabilizer Want to see your rival ships spin out of control and see their hull shredded to pieces? Wait no further! 1.6.3 adds the Inertial Destabilizer special system, available in the 'Propulsion' tech bran…
- ISG Dev Diary 25: Update 1.6.3 Beta on unstable branch - 19 May 2025
Hello everyone! I'm happy to announce that the new and free 1.6.3 Beta update is now available and ready for public testing on Steam's unstable Beta branch! Here are the changes of 1.6.3 Beta. But first, here's how you can try it for yourself before it goes public. I Want To Try It and Provide Feedback! Excellent! I'm looking forward to it! As of posting of this dev diary, the 1.6.3 Beta update will be live on Steam. Please note that the 1.6.3 Beta is an optional beta update. You have to manually opt in to access it. In your Steam library, right click on Interstellar Space: Genesis -> Properties -> Betas tab -> select the "unstable - Unstable Beta Branch for Testing" branch. The game will update and you'll be able to start playing with the new additions and improvements. Later on, when the official 1.6.3 is out to the public, don't forget to opt out from the "unstable" branch. Version…
- ISG Dev Diary 24: Game status - Next free update and Expansion 3 - 12 May 2025
Hello everyone. It's been a while since we last reached out and I thought this would be a good time to provide an update on the ongoing activities and on what you can expect for Interstellar Space: Genesis going forward. First, I'd like to thank everyone who has bought the game, and the expansions, so far. That is key so that we can continue providing support and producing new content for ISG. Secondly, I'd like to share that development activities were delayed this past year due to family business issues that needed my utmost attention. Progress was made on new art procurement for expansion 3, but the new features' development (coding) stalled to a halt for a few months and was reduced for the rest of the year. That said, I'm happy to report that my family issues are now resolved and I'm back to full speed on all fronts of the game development going forward, namely on the next free upd…
- Interstellar Space: Genesis - Terrains Pack is Available Now! - 30 January 2024
Interstellar Space: Genesis - Terrains Pack is available now! Hello everyone! We're thrilled to present to you today a new piece of content called Interstellar Space: Genesis - Terrains Pack! One thing we've been hearing in player feedback for a while now is that the game could have more terrains, so colonies would look different when you build a few in the same biome. The Terrains Pack adds more variety in colony backgrounds with a selection of new 3D terrains, for a more immersive and complete experience! The Terrains Pack includes 2 new hand-crafted terrains for each of the 7 different biomes (Terran, Desert, Lava, Acid, Ice, Swamp, and Barren), for a total of 14 completely new and unique 3D terrains! The new terrains are the ones you can see in the trailer above, and in the screenshots in the store page. Get the Terrains Pack today!
- ISG Dev Diary 23: Update 1.6.2 and Terrains Pack - 30 January 2024
Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying your time playing ISG with the latest version (1.6) released this past November. In the meantime, we've been working on the next update, the third expansion pack, and a new piece of content that was still unannounced, called Terrains Pack, to be released later today. Free Update 1.6.2 One thing we've been hearing in player feedback for a while now is that the game could have more terrains, so colonies would look different when you build a few of them in the same biome type. Adding new 3D terrains is not trivial and can be quite time-consuming. However, we thought it was time to add something extra in the next update. Therefore, included in the 1.6.2 update, there's a new colony terrain for each of the 7 biome types (Terran, Desert, Lava, Acid, Ice, Swamp, and Barren), for a total of 7 completely new and unique 3D terrains available for everyone! Here…
- Update 1.6.1 Released - 21 November 2023
Hello everyone! It's been about a week since we released the free 1.6 update. We hope you are enjoying this major new update with all its new features and improvements! In the meantime, we've been listening to your feedback, so here's a patch that fixes some issues. Saves from version 1.6 are 100% compatible with this new version. So, you can proceed with your games normally. If you're playing a game started with an older version (1.5.3), those saves should be compatible as well, but it's advisable to start new games. If you wish, you can revert to the 1.5.3 version to finish your ongoing game with that version. See here how (look for the "Compatibility and finishing an ongoing game" section). Thanks a lot to everyone who has bought the game, and the expansions, and has been providing feedback! If you haven't bought the Natural Law expansion yet, please consider buying as it adds 2 very…
- Interstellar Space: Genesis - Free 1.6 Update Released! - 14 November 2023
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce that the new major and free! 1.6 update for Interstellar Space: Genesis is now available to all players! This update has been on the unstable branch for beta testing to make sure there were no major unforeseen issues for the smoothest official release possible. We're happy to report that testing went very well, so we believe we're in very good shape. Thanks to everyone who played the unstable build and provided feedback! 1.6 Update - Features and Improvements New Victory Conditions This was a highly popular feature request by the community, and something we really wanted to offer at some point, and it finally makes it in for 1.6! In addition to the existing Election and Alliance victory conditions, and the traditional winner conquers all way to win (now called Conquest Victory), you now have the following new ways to win: Wonder, Domination, Sc…
- Small update to 1.6 Beta released - 13 November 2023
An update to the 1.6 Beta, currently under public testing on the unstable branch, is now up. These are the changes. Version 1.6 Beta 2 Added a sound to the weapon slot re-order feature in the ship design screen. Tribute requests now show how much money is requested directly in the main diplomacy dialog message, and not only in the diplomatic message tooltip. Fixed a bug in the new Galactic Council frequency option, where sometimes the value used was not the correct one. Now, the frequency of the galactic council will always be according to the option defined by the player. Fixed an issue that was causing closed wormhole lines to not change brightness upon player request. Now all wormhole lines change brightness via the new feature introduced by 1.6 Beta. Fixed an issue that was causing an unknown empire to be revealed by inspecting an outpost or colony built in the system view without f…
- ISG Dev Diary #22: Update 1.6 Beta on unstable branch - 11 November 2023
Hello everyone! We're thrilled to announce that the new and free! 1.6 major update is now available and ready for public testing on Steam's unstable Beta branch! Let's explore some of the major changes of 1.6 Beta, and later on you can check out the details of the update and on how you can try it for your self and offer your feedback to the Devs! New Victory Conditions This was a highly popular feature request by the community, and something we really wanted to offer at some point, and it finally makes it in for 1.6! In addition to the existing Election and Alliance victory conditions, and the traditional winner conquers all way to win (now called Conquest Victory), you now have the following new ways to win: Wonder, Domination, Science, and Score victory conditions! Here's a brief breakdown. To win a Wonder victory, you need to control a certain number of Galactic Wonders, which are su…
- ISG Dev Diary #21: Towards Expansion 3 and Free Update 1.6 - 5 October 2023
Hello everyone! It's been a while since we last reached out and we thought it'd be a good time to provide an update on the ongoing activities and on what you can expect next for Interstellar Space: Genesis. I'm pleased to report that development activities are unfolding as we announced in our previous update. Expansion 3 Work on our third expansion is underway. We know you're probably curious about what expansion 3 entails. While it's a bit too soon to get into all the details, what we can share is this expansion will present a variety of new content and gameplay features that aim to add more excitement, challenge, and also reveal more of the ISG universe and lore, providing for an experience of epic proportions. It's exciting stuff, and we can't wait to start sharing more info about it with you in the near future. We promise it's going to be worth the wait! Free Update 1.6 The free maj…
- ISG Dev Diary #20: What we’re working on and what's next - 16 March 2023
Hello everyone! The release of the free 1.5 major update (now 1.5.3) was a success! This update added new Galaxy Shapes, Steam Cloud Saves, AI improvements, and much more. We want to thank everyone who has bought the game and the expansion packs so far, as well as the testers from our community who helped make this a very smooth free update! We really appreciate all the feedback we've received and we're proud to say the game is now very solid and offers a more fuller and engaging experience, and we couldn't have done it without your support. Enhancing the game is something we are passionate about, and you can expect us to continue to deliver more content and a high level of support. So, with a few months past since the last major update release, we thought this would be a good time to write a bit about what we're currently working on and what you can expect next. Work continues at full…
- Update 1.5.3 Released - 21 December 2022
Hello everyone! I'm happy to announce the release of the 1.5.3 update. Please find the changelog below. This update contains improvements and bug fixes. Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback. Saves from previous versions 1.5.x should be 100% compatible with this new update. So, you can proceed with your games normally. We hope you enjoy the new update. Please let us know if you find any issues. Thanks everyone for buying the game and for the support! If you have a few minutes to spare, and have been enjoying what we do, please leave us a review on Steam! ❤️ And, don't forget to level up your Galactic Empire with Evolving Empires today! Have fun! Praxis Games VERSION 1.5.3 (changelog) UI & GRAPHICS It's now possible to skip the 'Zoom and Shoot' space combat animation by pressing the 'spacebar' or 'Escape' keys, or by pressing any mouse button when the animation starts (I remind th…
- Update 1.5.2 Released - 30 November 2022
Hello everyone! I'm happy to announce the release of the 1.5.2 update. Please find the changelog below. This update contains improvements and bug fixes, mostly in response to the great feedback we've received since the release of the major 1.5 free update. Saves from previous versions 1.5.x should be 100% compatible with this new update. So, you can proceed with your games normally. We hope you enjoy the new update. Please let us know if you find any issues. Thanks everyone for buying the game and for the support! If you have a few minutes to spare, and have been enjoying what we do, please leave us a review on Steam! ❤️ Level up your Galactic Empire with Evolving Empires today! Have fun! Praxis Games VERSION 1.5.2 (changelog) BALANCE Evolving Empires Allies will now consider not destroying Minor Civilizations that belong to their allies (i.e. are inside their allies' territory). GAMEPL…
- Update 1.5.1 Released - 18 November 2022
Hello everyone! It's been a few days since we released the free 1.5 update. We hope you are enjoying this major new update with all its new features and improvements. In the meantime, we've been listening to your feedback, so here's a patch that fixes some issues. Saves from version 1.5 are 100% compatible with this new version. So, you can proceed with your games normally. Thanks a lot to everyone who has bought the game, and the expansions, and has been providing feedback! If you haven't bought the Evolving Empires expansion yet, please consider buying as it adds 2 great new gameplay features, more leaders and music tracks. If you have a few minutes to spare, and have been enjoying what we do, please leave us a review on Steam! ❤️ Have fun! Praxis Games VERSION 1.5.1 (changelog) BUG FIXES Fixed an issue on the 'Ship Idle Alerts' feature which would show an idle notification when civil…
- Interstellar Space: Genesis - Free 1.5 Update Released! - 15 November 2022
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce that the new major and free! 1.5 update for Interstellar Space: Genesis is now available to all players! This update has been on the unstable branch for beta testing to make sure there were no major unforeseen issues for the smoothest official release possible. We're happy to report that testing went very well, so we believe we're in very good shape. Thanks to everyone who played the unstable build and provided feedback! 1.5 Update - Features and Improvements New Galaxy Shapes This was a highly popular request by the community and is one of the major new features of the 1.5 update. On top of the squarish shape the game offered, we now also have Elliptical, Ring and Spiral-shaped galaxies! The maps certainly look much better with the new galaxy shapes! However, no less important are the new gameplay dynamics that should emerge from the much more…
- Another small update to 1.5 Beta released - 13 November 2022
Another small update to the 1.5 Beta is now on the unstable branch. Saves from previous 1.5 Beta versions are fully compatible. These were the changes: Version 1.5 Beta 3 The ship construction notification now displays a small icon representing the type of ship that has been constructed. This makes it easier to grasp what type of ships have been built on a given turn, especially when there's a lot of ships built. Added social links to the main menu: official website icon links to the game's official website; the newsletter icon allows you to register the game's newsletter; and a survey icon allows you to answer the survey 'Interstellar Space: Genesis - What's Next'. Fixed a glitch that allowed the supply range borders from the previous logistics' tech to remain visible after researching Expert Logistics, which allows for unlimited supply range. No supply range borders should be visible…
- Small update to 1.5 Beta released - 9 November 2022
An update to the 1.5 Beta on the unstable branch is now up. These are the changes. Version 1.5 Beta 2 Fixed a bug on the 'Infrastructure auto-assign' feature that would be placing automated infrastructure improvements incorrectly into the leftmost column given a non-dash priority. This is now resolved. Fixed a glitch that would cause not all ships to be displayed in the fleet panel when very large numbers of ships were involved (>100). Fixed a sound glitch that could produce two sound clicks in rapid succession when clicking on a system object for planetary assault (either colonies or outposts invasion). The population assimilation ratios per turn are now displayed in the POP tooltip in the colony view (when inspecting the little POPs) when POPs are yet to be assimilated (either 'Pacified' or 'Revolting'). Also, a note was added to that tooltip to describe what actions may be necessary…
