Astroneer studio System Era Softworks lays off over 30 devs after Starseeker’s early access underperforms

Massively Overpowered · Oct 25, 2026

While layoffs across game dev certainly arrived to some of the biggest names in the industry, the little guys have had to suffer as well. That regrettably includes System Era Softworks, the studio behind multiplayer titles Astroneer and Starseeker: Astroneer Chronicles, which had to let go over 30 of its developers earlier this week. “We’ve always believed that […]