Bethesda open-world RPGs tend to have long and vibrant shelf lives as players explore, experiment, and dive into new new DLC expansions. But compared to the likes of Skyrim and even Fallout 4, the post-launch life of Starfield has felt relatively muted, with no big new DLC yet in sight for the game in 2025. Now according to MP1st, Bethesda might not release a new expansion for Starfield at all until 2026 when the game arrives on PS5.
MP1st reports that Microsoft is currently “leaning toward” releasing the previously rumored Starfield PS5 version in spring of next year. That’s reportedly also when the RPG will receive its second expansion and a raft of new quality-of-life improvements. Moving to Sony’s platform might be the game’s last shot for a critical re-appraisal and renewed interest from fans after a mixed response at launch on Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Last year’s Shattered Space expansion was particularly disappointing. The roughly 8-hour campaign took players to a new planet but effectively siloed them from everything that makes Starfield special. Instead of jumping into hyperspace, fighting pirates, and exploring distant star bases, players spent Shattered Space running around the surface of a single planet shooting at interstellar ghosts. There were some neat story beats and interesting ideas, but I found the majority of it pretty boring and by-the-numbers. Steam reviews seem to agree. Almost a year later, it still sits at a positive rating of just 51 percent.
“Content wise, we’re looking at what we did with Far Harbor on Fallout 4,” director Todd Howard said in an interview last year about Starfield‘s post-launch roadmap. “This is a scope that works for our development in doing this annual story expansion type of thing.” He added prior to Shattered Space‘s release, “We’re planning for the one after this, so there will be another one.”
It’s a year later, however, and there’s been no word on the second expansion, and remaining fans have been getting impatient. Those who weren’t hooked by the original game, meanwhile, are still looking for Bethesda to add something to Starfield that will force them to give it their attention. It sounds like whatever that is, we’re not getting it in 2025.
