Osiris: New Dawn

Osiris: New Dawn was developed by Fenix Fire Entertainment, a two-man team. Development started five years before it was first shown at the 2016 PAX West convention, where a single-player demo was presented.[7] Fenix Fire's lead developer, Brian McRae, mentioned in an interview that instead of setting out with the desire to make a survival game, he started by addressing the setting. He took inspiration from many science fiction movies, including Prometheus (2012), Gravity (2013), and The Martian (2015). McRae said he hates survival games.[8] The team's first priority was to make the player feel immersed in the game's environment. McRae said he wanted the player to feel "pushed and inspired by the [survival] systems", and referenced The Martian when he said players will have to "Matt Damon yourself out of it".[8] When Osiris: New Dawn was compared to No Man's Sky, one of the developers said that unlike No Man's Sky, which was criticized by many for not living up to promises,[9] they "want people to know what they’re getting".[10]

The game was published by Reverb Triple XP, an initiative of Reverb Communications, until December 15, 2020 when it was announced Fenix Fire Entertainment had purchased the publishing rights.[2] The developers said Reverb helped with the crafting elements of the game.[7] The developers mentioned they were from a "Nintendo background", and said they liked the ease of use in Nintendo games and how people were able to "just jump right in and everything is intuitive".[7] McRae said it was an amazing feeling being able to share the game with people who shared their "fascination with near-future space exploration".[11]

On September 16, 2016, it was announced that Osiris: New Dawn was going to be released onto the Steam Early Access program.[12] It was released on September 28, 2016,[11] and the developers had plans to release the full version sometime in 2017, along with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.[13][14][15]

The game was released onto Steam's early access program on September 28, 2016, accompanied by a new trailer.[16] When it was released, the developers were still working on refining and broadening the gameplay.[17] In a press release, Brian McRae said the game's release was the "very beginning of this epic journey",[5] and noted their plans to continue to update and expand the game based on player's feedback.[5] Since the initial Early Access release, many features have been added to the game, including craftable spaceships.[18] One of the biggest additions to the game during early access so far was the "Prometheus II Unearthed" update, which was released on April 27, 2017. The update added a large amount of new content, including more explorable areas, more weapons, and more enemies.[19] In March, McRae told PC Gamer that around 85% of the content suggested by the community had not yet been added to the game.[18] He mentioned plans to add the ability to build "complex space stations" and possibly being able to build biospheres on a space station allowing players to grow food.