Outbound News

Hi everyone! ✨

Fantastic news! Outbound is nominated for the DevGAMM Awards!

DevGAMM Awards is a prestigious competition for indie developers and small studios with a prize pool of $100,000. Your vote counts toward Outbound winning the Community Award!

The awards culminate in a grand ceremony at DevGAMM Conference in Lisbon on November 7, 2025.

How to vote for Outbound:

1. Follow the voting link.
   
2. Fill in your email address.
   
3. Search for "Outbound" and submit your vote!
   
4. ???
   
5. Profit!
   

Thank you very much for your help! ❤️

Hey, travellers!

Some of you might have already spotted the news on Twitter, but it’s worth saying loud and clear: Outbound will include Ukrainian language support when it launches! 💛💙

You asked, we listened - and it’s about time. Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback and kept the requests coming. We can’t wait to hit the road together 🥰 Are there more languages that we need to add to the game? Please let us know!

And just so you don’t miss a thing: we’ll now be posting monthly updates here on Steam to keep you in the loop as we roll toward launch. 🚐

Want to hang out with us? Come join our Discord server!


Want quick updates, behind-the-scenes looks, and sneak previews?
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Thanks for being part of the ride!
- The Outbound Team 🚐💨

At Gamescom we met our new friends from Toukana Interactive and kurzgesagt - in a nutshell, the teams behind the recently released cozy asteroid resource manager Star Birds! We've teamed up with them to bring something really cool to you!

Freshly flown in for the Star Birds release, there’s now a special item for all indie lovers - drum roll, please! 🥁 - you can now unlock a minifigure of the iconic campervan from Outbound for the main menu in Star Birds.

To get it, simply click on the button with the gift icon 🎁 in the top right corner of the Star Birds main menu, then enter the code "outbound" in and hit the checkmark button.

Do you want us to add a free Star Birds cosmetic item in Outbound, too? Let us know in the comments what we should add as a thank you!

[h2]Get Star Birds on Steam[/h2]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/Star_Birds/?utm_source=outbound&utm_campaign=crossnews

[p]Hey Travelers![/p][p]We’re excited to share the very first entry in our Dev Diary series! Today, we’re diving into crafting and resourcing: the foundation of how you will begin your journey. [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]From your very first steps, you’ll be foraging, gathering resources, and slowly building up the essentials that make your van more than just a ride. We like to think of the van not only as your mode of transportation, but also as your loyal companion: there with you from the very beginning, growing and evolving alongside your adventure.[/p][p][/p][p]Making the van your space, through crafting, customization, and a bit of elbow grease, is a huge part of what makes Outbound feel alive. We can’t wait to see how you’ll shape and personalize your own journey.[/p][p]

✨ This is just the start. We’ve got more dev diaries, sneak peeks, and VERY exciting news on the horizon, so stay tuned!

Want to hang out with us? Come join our Discord server!
[/p][p][/p][p]Want quick updates, behind-the-scenes looks, and sneak previews?
👉 Follow us on Twitter/X

Thanks for being part of the ride!
- The Outbound Team 🚐💨

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[p][/p][p][/p][p]You can apply now to playtest our Gamescom Demo![/p][p]https://discord.com/invite/HwBgTMr4WU[/p][p][/p][h2]Tiny Demo Playtest - Apply now![/h2][p]We want to run another Playtest for a tiiiiiiiny demo (only 25 minutes of gameplay) and we are looking for participants! Before heading to Gamescom in end of August, we are looking for some players to play our demo next week (and maybe the week after).[/p][p][/p][p]Please note that the demo that you will play is custom made for Gamescom and is very limited it its features. We did this, because we want as many players as possible to enjoy the demo at Gamescom and the limited available space. This means that this build will have:[/p]

• [p]No multiplayer[/p]
• [p]No building[/p]
• [p]No save games[/p]
• [p]Limited items[/p]
• [p]Intentional faster progression[/p]
• [p]Less than 30 minutes of content[/p]
• [p]Shuts down after 25 minutes[/p]

[p][/p][p]Join our Discord to apply![/p][p]https://discord.com/invite/HwBgTMr4WU[/p]