Starbound Is Finally Officially Releasing Later This Month

by Blake Hester on Jul 08, 2016 at 09:23 AM

After being in Early Access for two and a half years, Starbound has a release date. It will be coming to PC on July 22.

The news was announced by developer Chucklefish Games artist Rosie Ball via Twitter (shown below). The procedurally-generated adventure game originally entered Steam Early Access on December 4, 2013.

Yay @StarboundGame finally has a release date... and it's super soon! :D pic.twitter.com/fPSZ1hC29n
— Rosie Ball (@rosiedeux) July 8, 2016

Make sure to check out our preview of the game for more information. Chucklefish's recent release, Stardew Valley, which you can read our review of right here.

[Source: Rosie Ball on Twitter]

Our Take
Though this game's die hard fans have already experienced a lot of what Starbound has to offer through Early Access, it's great to see it finally get an official release date.