Development Updates

NEWS

Updates from Astral Studios — patches, releases, and dev notes.

Latest Updates
✅ Milestone December 2025
Entered Meta Horizon Start Competition

Astral has been submitted to the Meta Horizon Start Competition. Check out the full submission on Devpost for details on the build and vision behind the VR edition.

✨ Release November 22, 2025
VR Edition Released

ASTRAL VR Edition is now live on the Meta Horizon Store. The full open world sandbox experience is now playable in virtual reality on Meta Quest.

✅ Patch September 2025
iOS Crash Fixed

The crash on iPhone that made Astral unplayable is now resolved. The game should load normally again on iOS. Thanks for your patience and support while I tracked this down — I'll keep monitoring stability moving forward.

— Daniel
⚠️ Notice September 2025
iOS Crash Notice

I would like to apologize to everyone on iPhone — the game currently crashes when loading, essentially making it unplayable on iOS. As a solo developer I can't fix this right away, but I'm working on finding the cause and hope to have a solution soon.

🚀 Release September 2025
Game Released on Steam

Astral is now available on Steam for Windows. The Steam edition brings the full open world sandbox experience to desktop.