Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor’s Knockout expansion releases on November 17, 2026, the game’s team announced on Steam, and a free update will launch alongside it. The paid DLC adds a new class that fights with power fists, the Brawler, and ends in a showdown with a new boss, the Dreadnought Empress.
The Details
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is the single-player auto-shooter spin-off of Deep Rock Galactic, published by Ghost Ship Publishing. When the expansion was revealed at The Big Break showcase in September, its trailer promised a new class, biome, mission type and weapons without naming them. The announcement and the Knockout store page now fill that in:
- New class: the Brawler. A dwarf with “a magnificent beard and a bad temper” who swaps the pickaxe for fists of steel. He brings 11 new close-range weapons, and the store page says the other classes can also use the new arsenal through the tag system.
- New biome: Sandblasted Corridors. A dry, resource-rich biome where the plants attack you and twisters reshape the landscape. The store page says it adds more biome choices to missions without raising progression requirements.
- New mission: Brood Harvest. Collect Kytoplasm samples from Broodlings, a new glyphid lifeform, and the more you extract, the more support you get during the dive. Players who reach the last stage face the Dreadnought Empress and her brood.
The team says it will reveal “everything coming in the Knockout expansion and the free update” over the coming weeks.
What This Means for Players
Every dwarf gets something. The Brawler’s weapons crossing over to the other classes through tags means owners of the expansion get new builds for every dwarf, not just the new one.
Price is the open question. The store page has no price yet, so wishlisting is the safest move until Funday Games or Ghost Ship posts one. We covered the expansion’s first reveal alongside the PS5 and Switch launch of Survivor, and the main game has its own plans, with two more seasons and a first paid expansion. The same showcase also brought Satisfactory’s Core Values expansion.
When and Where
The Knockout expansion releases on November 17, 2026, on Steam, where it needs the $12.99 base game. The announcement does not mention console versions, and the price has not been announced.
Source: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor on Steam, October 26, 2026.