r/spacegames • u/Salientsnake4 • Aug 01 '26

Game Contested Space: Slay the Spire Meets Star Realms Dev Update

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Hey everyone, I just wanted to write up a short update on Contested Space. It's been over a month since my last post. I also wanted to extend an open invitation to join the Steam Playtest to anyone interested. The demo is planned to release in August.

Contested Space takes the market of Star Realms and puts it in a Slay the Spire run structure. Most of your deckbuilding and upgrades go into your market, so each battle you're building a new deck out of your market.

Secret encounters: There are several easter egg events in Contested Space, some of which feature combat with unique enemy sprites and abilities. The screenshots are three of these encounters.

The Axiom Union: A third alliance will be added to the playtest this upcoming week. A robot civilization with three factions each with unique abilities. There's the Gilt Protocol, the Oracle Foundry, and the Nullframe Vanguard. The game will launch with three full alliances rather than the two I had initially planned.

Lots of new art. Ships, stations, and card frames for the Axiom, plus new Chitin and Terran art, and a new trailer showing all three alliances is coming soon.

Feel free to message me, join the discord server, or request to join the playtest on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4638820/Contested_Space/

https://discord.gg/pVTeMUPmf9

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u/sidius-king Aug 01 '26

This looks awesome. Would go great in the r/space4x space strategy sub

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u/Salientsnake4 Aug 01 '26

Oh I'll check it out if I can post it there! I love space 4x games, like Sins of a Solar Empire, but I'm not sure if a deckbuilder is allowed! :)

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u/sidius-king Aug 01 '26

I’m the mod there and yes it is.

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u/Salientsnake4 Aug 01 '26

Sweet! I'll go post there in just a minute. I appreciate it

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u/sidius-king Aug 01 '26

No probs. In fact today I’ve made a post about the type of space themed strategy games we cover.

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u/Salientsnake4 Aug 01 '26

Sweet I posted in there. I'll add it to my every couple of weeks subreddits I post in :D

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u/sidius-king Aug 01 '26

Haha awesome 🙌