MONTREAL, Quebec – Oct. 7, 2024 – The invasion has begun! Earth’s survival now rests in your hands as you pilot powerful mechs in StarVaders, the ultimate fusion of card games and tactics from developer Pengonauts (formerly StarVaders Studio) and publisher Joystick Ventures. Defend humanity on an alien battlefront in a new limited-time demo on PC via Steam out today ahead of Steam Next Fest, which runs from Monday, Oct. 14 to Monday, Oct. 21.
Strategically defeat waves of invaders on a grid-based battlefield in the skies by drawing cards to reposition your mech and attack. Unleash chaos with the Gunner Mech’s Nova Bomb, with pilots Roxy, Noel, and Zeke offering unique abilities to impact each run. Or pilot the Stinger Mech with Shun, exclusive to this Steam Next Fest demo. Build your deck from over 300 cards, artifacts, and upgrades to dominate the battlefield.
Avoid certain doom by Overheating mechs to play an extra card, but rendering it unplayable for the rest of the fight and immediately giving the aliens a turn. Reverse mistakes by rewinding time with Chrono Tokens, and wisely plot out a superior strategy. Today’s demo drop also debuts the brand-new soundtrack from PlasterBrain.
Train up to participate in the Raffle Challenge during October’s Steam Next Fest to win one of 100 game keys, and join the community for daily seeded speedrun competitions with prizes up for grabs! Win a raffle ticket by finishing the demo with all pilots, finishing on the new Challenger difficulty, and sharing your screenshots, clips, and thoughts on social media while tagging StarVaders.
Check out top deck-builder streamers already battling in the StarVaders skies above here, here, here and here to see why they’re excited about the game, and learn the ropes to prepare for the demo’s new Challenger mode difficulty.
StarVaders sets thrusters to full power to engage invading aliens today on PC via Steam ahead of October’s Steam Next Fest, available from Monday, Oct. 14 to Monday, Oct. 21. To learn more about piloting mechs in StarVaders, check out Pengonauts’s official website, and follow @starvaders_game and publisher @JoystickVenture on social media.
Assets
Streaming Trailer
Press Kit (Key Art, Logos, Screenshots)
About Pengonauts
Pengonauts (formerly StarVaders Studio) is a Montreal-based three-person team delivering unique, fun, and memorable titles to share with the gaming community. StarVaders is their first commercial title and passion project.
About Joystick Ventures
Joystick Ventures is a California-based investing and publishing company whose main goal is to encourage indie developers to stay honest and promote experimentation to push the limits of game design across all genres, styles, and geographies. They are most known for their 2022 release, Lost in Play, which has sold more than 200,000 copies.
Media Contacts
Zachery Bennett / Ian Boudreau / Carter Dotson
Stride PR for Joystick Ventures
zachery.bennett@stridepr.com / ian@stridepr.com / carter@stridepr.com
Andrea Alvarez
PM for StarVaders
andrea@joystickventures.com