THE AFTERCARE INDEX
POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT AUDIT · VERIFIED

Deep Rock Galactic

Ghost Ship Games · 2020 · Co-op FPS

Did the studio keep supporting this game after launch? This page is the evidence.
AFTERCARE SCORE 90 Tier A · Excellent Pattern: Steady
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LAUNCH CONDITIONGood
AFTERCARE PATTERNSteady
AUDIT STATUSVerified

Ghost Ship Games is the gold standard for listening to its miners: six and a half years in, it still patches fast, reverses course when wrong, and tells players the truth.

01Score breakdown

Patch speed18 / 20
Maintenance quality17 / 20
Communication18 / 20
Player responsiveness19 / 20
Follow-through18 / 20

Five categories, 20 points each, 100 total. Full method on the methodology page.

02The evidence

Deep Rock Galactic launched 1.0 on May 13, 2020 with a strong reception and has received continuous free seasonal support ever since, including Season 5 (June 2024) and Season 6: Relics of Hoxxes (Jan 2026, co-developed with Invisible Walls). Patch history shows hotfixes landing days after major drops (S06.01-S06.05.02 through Aug 2026), and the studio has an unusually clean record of acting on feedback, from reworking the panned Decontaminator DLC within two weeks to patching Rogue Core within 24 hours of its Early Access launch. The one knock: 2025 was a deliberately quiet year as the team focused on Rogue Core, and Season 4-era players felt DRG was being sidelined.

  • Hotfixes routinely land within days of major patches, e.g. S06.01 on Jan 30, 2026 one day after Season 6 launched.
  • The panned Decontaminator DLC was fully reworked within two weeks of player backlash, with the originals kept available too.
  • Season 6 (Jan 2026) delivered on the 2024-2025 roadmap with a new biome, mission type, and three enemy families.
  • Studio disclosed the slow 2025 cadence honestly in a roadmap FAQ rather than going quiet, and brought in Invisible Walls to keep DRG moving.

03Sources

01Deep Rock Galactic Season 6 announced with Invisible Walls supportPress reportVisit02Devs overcome cosmetic backlash and become more wholesomePress reportVisit03Rogue Core responds swiftly to community feedbackIndependent analysisVisit04Deep Rock Galactic Roadmap 2024-2025: Two New SeasonsPress reportVisit05Deep Rock Galactic History (Steam depot patch records)Archival reportingVisit

04Audit record

Launch date
May 13, 2020
Evidence coverage through
Oct 6, 2026
Methodology
v1.0
Audit confidence
Medium
Why this confidence
Strong coverage of the 2024-2026 roadmap, Season 6 launch, hotfix cadence (SteamDB patch history through Aug 2026), and the two best-known player-feedback reversals (Decontaminator DLC, Rogue Core launch) across five opened sources. No deep per-patch verification across all six years of support, so not High.
Score band
Excellent (Tier A)
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