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Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Regular Update now available
A new Distant Worlds 2 is now live, bringing a range of gameplay improvements, new options, balance changes and stability fixes. Key Update Highlights : • Independent Colonies can now become full empires earlier, with a new setting to enable or disable this feature.
Dev Diary #1 - An introduction to the upcoming DLC
What is a Pirate? What is a Pirate? In Distant Worlds 2, the term Pirate refers to a variety of space-based survivors of the cataclysm that ended the last Great War against the Shakturi, who are willing to do whatever it takes to survive.