Not The Best Year For Astragon Development

Originally announced by the online game magazine Games Wirtschaft, the oldest game studio in Germany is closing down.

The studio will close by the end of November 2026. As some already know, this is the same studio that released Seafarer on 24th September this year and also released it as an Early Access title in October 2025.

According to the game magazine, the studio’s business operations will be gradually scaled back. About 30 people will lose their jobs. Just the game Seafarer alone was subsidised by more than 1.8 million euros from the German federal government.
That said, it’s nothing new these days for game developers to receive subsidies, in case you didn’t read what I wrote earlier about ridiculous turmoil involving a Norwegian Steam game developer.

How this will affect the game’s future is not yet known. Still, to this day, the game feels more like a beta version, and not anything close to a ‘Euro Truck Simulator at sea’.