The latest stable version

Current the latest stable version is 12.0.1 (24-05-2026):

• Windows: steamsky-12.0.1-64.zip
• Linux: steamsky-12.0.1-64.tar.gz
• Source code (tarball): steamsky-12.0.1.tar.gz
• Source code (zip archive): steamsky-12.0.1.zip

This release brings only fixed bugs for the major stable release. Binaries are available for Linux and Windows (both 64-bit). Below are changes since the last stable release:

Fixed

• Typos in messages about lack of crew members on duty
• Studying an item teach all recipes
• Keyboard shortcuts in combat, ticket b0e2652a18

The latest development version

Current the latest development release is 12.5 (12-07-2026):

• Windows 64-bit: steamsky-12.5-dev-64.zip
• Linux 64-bit: steamsky-12.5-dev-64.tar.gz
• FreeBSD 64-bit: steamsky-12.5-dev-64.tar.xz
• Source code (tarball): steamsky-12.5-dev.tar.gz
• Source code (zip archive): steamsky-12.5-dev.zip

This is the fifth development release of the 13.0 series of the game. The work on the new UI for the game continues. This release brings a lot improvement to the new UI and some fixes for bugs. Also the project's documentation was updated. Binaries are available for Linux, Windows and FreeBSD (all 64-bit). Below, you can find major changes since the last development release:

Changed

• Better looking dialogs with information about installing or removing modules in shipyards, buying recipes/healing wounded crew members/repairing the ship in bases, setting boarding party or defenders in combat, hiring recruits in bases, information about crafting recipe, debug dialog, messages, questions, items' stats, giving, dropping, buying, selling items, setting shortcut keys, setting new goal, known bases, known events, accepted missions, map menu, available mission's info, accepting missions in bases, renaming the player's ship its modules and crew members, giving orders to crew members, information about crew members, crew members inventories, assigning crew members to a module, assigning an ammunition to a gun, assigning a skill to a training room, information about the player's ship's module
• Better looking general information about the player's ship
• Updated README.md
• Updated modding guide

Fixed

• Info about unique modules when installing them in shipyards
• Showing advanced options in bases' shipyards
• Showing items and modules durability on Windows
• Info about the player's ship's defenders in the combat screen
• Showing info about the map's cells
• Crash when quitting from the game in debug mode
• Counting height of dialogs with information about items
• Stopping setting keyboard shortcuts with Escape key
• Setting the player's goal for a new game
• Crash when setting the player's goal as random
• Setting the player's goal for an existing game
• Showing last messages on various screens
• Quitting the game in debug mode

The repository version

The newest version of the program (the latest changes to the code):

Source code

• ZIP Archive: steamsky-trunk.zip
• Tarball: steamsky-trunk.tar.gz
• SQLite Archive: steamsky-trunk.sqlar

You can also clone the repository by using this command:

fossil clone https://www.laeran.pl.eu.org/repositories/steamsky steamsky.fossil

Nightly versions

Here are available nightly versions of the game. They are build automatically every day, from the newest source code. You can find them in GitHub Releases Page.

• The file steamsky-development-linux.tar.gz contains the Linux 64-bit version of the game.
• The file steamsky-development-windows.zip contains the Windows 64-bit version of the game.
• The file steamsky-development-freebsd.tar.gz contains the FreeBSD 64-bit version of the game.

Changes

The list of changes since the last release you can find here