Hero image: WARSTEAD. Image: Night Haven Interactive
WARSTEAD has left Early Access on Steam, and its developer says that was a mistake made with a single click.
Night Haven Interactive explained it in a Steam post titled “A Small Early Access Mistake”, published at 8:18pm AEDT on Saturday by our conversion and signed by Michael.
The game combines settlement building, resource management and real-time combat, according to its Steam page. It sells for A$29.95 on the Australian store, which now lists its release date as 14 November 2026.
The developer’s account of what happened is short:
“Unfortunately, I made a rather silly mistake this morning. Still half asleep, I accidentally clicked the green button in Steamworks to release version 1.0. Since WARSTEAD is my first game on Steam, I didn’t realize at that moment that clicking this button would officially end the Early Access phase.”
The post says the action cannot simply be undone, and that the developer has contacted Steam Support in the hope there is still a way to resolve it.
On the game itself, the developer’s position is set out in bold in the post: “Nothing changes about the planned development of WARSTEAD!”
The post says previously announced improvements, expansions and new content will still be developed and released as planned, and that community feedback and polls remain part of the process.
It closes with an apology for the confusion and the line “Sometimes, unfortunately, all it takes is one wrong click early in the morning.”
The Steam page’s own description still reads that the game “is still in development and is not yet finished.”
The post came the day after a major update, which Night Haven posted on Steam under the title “Manual Roads, House Upgrades & Massive Performance”.
The post does not say whether Steam Support has replied.
Source: Night Haven Interactive – A Small Early Access Mistake (Steam), Steam – Warstead