Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor News

Hello Miners,

Welcome back to our sneak peek series for the 1.0 release of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor! In this second installment, we’re turning the spotlight on the Engineer class and its class mod visuals: Maintenance Worker, Tinkerer, and Demolitionist.

These new looks aim to give each class mod a stronger visual identity, so whether you’re patching up your turrets, optimizing gadgets, or blowing things sky-high, your equipment will look the part. Like with all class mod skins in 1.0, these are automatically unlocked when you acquire the class.

We’ll continue rolling out more of these visual updates for each class, so stay tuned. Once we’ve revealed them all, we’ll shift gears and start digging into the bigger gameplay changes coming with 1.0. This is just the beginning.

It is universally agreed that the most important tool for a Maintenance Worker is not a wrench or a screwdriver - it is a hat. What it lacks in pure utility, it makes up for in covering up his bald spot. The tinted safety glasses make the dark caves of Hoxxes even dimmer, but the shoulder-mounted flashlight compensates for this, effectively cancelling each other out.



The Tinkerer has opted for a company issued welding mask that unfortunately does not cover his majestic blonde beard. We can only pray that welding sparks decide to fly around it out of respect. The coils and tubes on his shoulders are in fact epaulettes awarded for distinguished engineering service.



Finally, we have the Demolitionist. He’s all about safety first, which is why his outfit looks like he is emerging from a child car seat. The baseball batting helmet has built-in noise-cancellation which effectively blocks out noisy explosions and encouraging comments from management.



The skins are still WIP and may change a bit before launch. In the next post (coming next week or the week after) we’ll take a look at the new Gunner class mod skins. Many other features of the 1.0 update are still kept under wraps. We will reveal them in the coming months once we are ready to share a more detailed look at them.

Rock and Stone!

Hello Miners,

This steam post marks the beginning of a new series where we’ll be sharing sneak peeks at what’s coming in the 1.0 release of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Over the next few weeks, expect a steady stream of bite-sized Steam posts, each one diving into the visual upgrades we’ve been cooking up for class mods. Once we’ve showcased the new skins, we’ll shift focus to some of the bigger gameplay changes. There’s a lot to talk about, and we’re just getting started.

We’ve long wanted to give class mods more visual identity, so you can instantly tell whether you're rocking a Recon Scout or lining up headshots as a Sharpshooter Scout. With 1.0, we’re making that a reality. The skins are automatically unlocked when you acquire the class.

Here he is: The Classic Scout as you know and love him with his shoulder-mounted flashlight, double-antenna headset for primo reception, and of course, an early prototype of some Smart Glasses so he can POV record himself running away. Nothing new here - it’s a classic for a reason.


The Recon Scout spent his Employee of the Month bonus points on a leather 5-panel cap with red racing stripes to match his beard. Extra bulky shoulder pads allow him to attach two scanners for improved uh… reconnaissance. If you think they look like overpriced gaming routers, did you consider that perhaps those routers are inspired by the Recon Scout’s shoulder-mounted scanners? I bet you didn’t.


This one was a no-brainer: If you want to be a sharpshooter, you have to have the tactical goggles on. They got more zoom than a border collie, the yellow tint that you need to disassociate from reality, and an extra optical in the middle just in case.


The skins are still WIP and may change a bit before launch. Next week, we’ll take a look at the new Engineer class mod skins: Maintenance Worker, Tinkerer and Demolitionist. Stay tuned!

With the reveal of class mod skins, we are updating the roadmap to 1.0. The rest of the headline features of the update are kept tightly under wraps. We will reveal them in the coming months once we are ready to share a more detailed look at them.

Rock and Stone!

Excellent dwarven miner-shooter Deep Rock Galactic has been quiet for a while, but only because devs Ghost Ship Games having been putting the wrenches to its upcoming roguelite spinoff Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core. After last week’s teasing of some of the 'Reclaimer Tech' that Rogue Core’s bearded delvers will wield, we now have a meatier, action-heavy trailer showing how that kit can be put to use against rampaging xenobeasts.

The trailer, revealed during the Triple-I Initiative livestream, also end with the announcement of a closed alpha playtest, which aspiring battleminers can sign up for via Rogue Core’s Steam page. And that’s not the only DRG news to emerge, dusty and covered in alien bits, from the showcase, as Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor was confirmed to launch out of early access on September 17th.

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Hello Miners,

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is leaving Early Access and hitting 1.0 on September 17th, 2025.

We announced the date at the Triple-i Initiative showcase. Watch the trailer below if you haven’t already (you should watch the whole show, it’s incredible).

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The last few seconds of the trailer tease one of the major features coming in the 1.0 update: Gear.

What is it? How does it work? How do you get it? We’ll get into that soon. But here’s what you should know now: Gear is not just a minor tweak. It’s a brand-new system that will shake up the meta layer. And that’s just one piece of what’s coming.

We’ll go deeper on Gear in its own post soon.

There is a lot more to reveal. Over the next few months, we’ll dig into the rest of what 1.0 brings. New features, new systems, and a few surprises. It’s the biggest update we’ve ever made. By the time it lands, what you’re playing now will feel like… Early Access.

More soon.

The Funday Dwarves