Boomerang X

DANG! · Devolver Digital

Released: Jul 8, 2021
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Last updated: 17 Sep 2026, 17:46 GMT

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09 Oct 2023PC Gamer
Indie dev behind beloved boomerang shooter shuts down because 'we are out of money'
The New York-based indie studio Dang is closing after releasing only one game, but what a game. The hyper-fast and movement-focused Boomerang X released in 2021 and was notable among other things for supporting an experimental type of gyro controller, the Flick Stick, as well as
29 Nov 2022Developer post
New Demo!
We've just updated our demo! It now includes the first four arenas (about a third of the whole game!). Once you've completed the demo, your progress will be available in the full game, so you can seamlessly continue your journey into the mysterious depths of the deserted island..
18 Oct 2022Developer post
GeForce Driver 522.25 Fix
This is a quick patch to fix some graphical issues caused by the latest graphics driver for Nvidia cards. Thanks to everyone who reported this bug!
24 Jun 2022Developer post
BOOMERANG X ART CONTEST!
HELLO! It's nearly been one year of Boomerang X, and we're going host an anniversary party on July 8th! We're challenging people to design a new enemy for Boomerang X in a fan art competition (just for fun -- we're not planning on adding any new enemies to the game)! Bust out som
21 Oct 2021Developer post
Boomerang X Endless Update is Available Now!
Hey, Boomerangers! We have some spicy, spicy news for you - as you already know, we've been hard at work putting together a new map with an endless wave mode. The work is done, and you can hurl yourself around and battle a never-ending onslaught of old faces and enhanced enemies
12 Oct 2021PC Gamer
Boomerang X brings gamepad control closer to mouse-aim more than ever
Boomerang X is an arena shooter that shouldn’t work on a gamepad. You’re able to toss a mystical bladed boomerang like its an extension of your body, dragging its wide arc through multiple enemies, recalling it whenever you like, and even magnetising yourself to its current locat
04 Sep 2021Developer post
ENDLESS WAVE MODE COMING SOON!
Check out this work in progress shot of the Endless Wave mode that will be coming to you all in an upcoming free update! Want to learn more? We'll be doing a dev stream/AMA on our Twitch channel on Wednesday (September 8th) at 2pm Eastern. Follow to be reminded when we're live ;)
03 Sep 2021Developer post
Boomerang X Patch 1.03
Hello again! Welcome to our third patch. This one is extremely small, but comes with some good news. We fixed the Flight Simulator Achievement! Hope to see some more of y'all 100% the game! In other news, we have a big announcement about future content coming tomorrow. We'll be p
26 Aug 2021Developer post
Boomerang X Steam Trading Cards are Live
Hi everyone! Per popular demand, and honestly, because we wanted to do it since day one, we've updated Boomerang X to support Steam Community Assets. From now on, all Boomerang X players are eligible to receive and collect a set of 8 Steam trading cards and unlock five different
16 Aug 2021Developer post
Boomerang X Patch 1.02
Hello all! This is our second update. This one is mostly focused on adding some quality-of-life features that folks have been asking for. Added an option to the Gameplay menu that skips the cutscene at the beginning of the game Added an option to the speedrun timer to display bot
Hello all! This is our second update. This one is mostly focused on adding some quality-of-life features that folks have been asking for.

Added an option to the Gameplay menu that skips the cutscene at the beginning of the game
Added an option to the speedrun timer to display both the “continuous” and “single arena” timers at the same time

This is a new entry option for “Both”
Added new keybindings to allow Scattershot & Thread to be activated on separate buttons
Added an accessibility option to continue from the last reached wave after dying
Added a button to delete New Game Plus progress

Cheers everyone! Thanks for playing.
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20 Jul 2021Developer post
Boomerang X Patch 1.01
Thanks to everybody who played Boomerang X in our first week! Thanks as well to everyone who provided feedback and bug reports. This is our first Boomerang X patch. It is a quick one, and we have more coming soon that will take a little longer to be finalized. In this update, we
Thanks to everybody who played Boomerang X in our first week! Thanks as well to everyone who provided feedback and bug reports. This is our first Boomerang X patch. It is a quick one, and we have more coming soon that will take a little longer to be finalized. In this update, we focused on three major categories: bugs, quality of life improvements, and a tiny bit of balance.
Bugs

Fixed a stuttering issue that was mostly visible on high refresh rate monitors

Special thanks for Jinglebuns and hologram_sam for their footage and help
Fixed issue that sometimes prevented the door after the Composers Garden from opening
Made portals consistently face you towards the next area when exiting, even if you jump in backwards
Fixed floating lumberer spawn points in Resonance Engine
Reset abilities upon death in tutorial arenas (Cartography Room, Composer’s Garden)
Quality of Life

Pausing the game no longer pauses the speedrun timer
Added a dot to the speedrun timer that changes color depending on the current difficulty setting
Made some accessibility options change the color of the speedrun timer
Breaking the level start crystal now heals all shields

Entering the arena already did this, but sometimes people would take environmental damage before starting the level.
Made the exit at top of the stairs in the Resonance Engine more visible
Support for dualsense gyroscope (PS5 Controller)
Balance

Made the gem on the frog’s belly easier to hit
The giant moth’s babies that protect it are now slightly faster

This will actually make it easier, because they will be closer to it instead of getting so spread out.
The giant moths now wait slightly longer before dropping their first bomb
Made eagles turn more slowly when hovering
Made eagles breathe fire in a more consistently forward direction when hovering
Lowered fly spawn points in tutorial arenas (Cartography Room, Composer’s Garden)
Goo floors now activate Blaze without damaging you
Moved gems in Needle tutorial to make it harder to complete without using Needle
We saw too many people walk through without doing the tutorial.
Retimed recall tutorial slightly
Made it a little more strict, and require you to actually recall the boomerang to get through this tutorial

Enjoy!
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08 Jul 2021Developer post
Boomerang X is Live!
It's out. We made it. This is the spot which the X marks. For two years, we have been stuffing so much attention, effort, and weird trash into this game that it's a little disorienting to be out of trash to give. Boomerang X is the first commercial game coming out of our studio,
17 Jun 2021Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Boomerang X tosses one out this July, catches it
There are a lot of retro first-person shooters around at the moment, but relatively straight recreations of Quake don't interest me. Boomerang X gets at the spirit of those games with a design that's its own. It's also coming out on July 8th, and there's a new trailer below. Read
17 Apr 2021Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Boomerang X's demo offers Devil Daggers-style delights with a sense of progress
RPS fell hard for Devil Daggers , naming it our game of the year back when, but one of the most common criticisms from the "not for me" crowd was that it lacks a sense of progress. Try Boomberang X, then. It's a first-person arena shooter with escalating waves of greebly enemies
06 Feb 2021Developer post
Boomerang X Live Stream and interview with the developers! (rebroadcast)
Join the one and only, JM Specht , for a new playthrough of Boomerang X (including rooms not in the demo!) and an exquisite interview with the Dang! team. Play the Demo Now and Wishlist Boomerang X to stay up to date on release info, pricing, and more!