Cruelty Squad

Released: Jun 15, 2021
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Last updated: 17 Sep 2026, 00:48 GMT

Updates & announcements

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22 Feb 2025Developer post
Cruelty Squad 70% off
In preparation for our new game Psycho Patrol R releasing on March 31st 2025, Cruelty Squad is now 70% off as part of a daily deal. The discount itself will last for two weeks. If you have already played Cruelty Squad and liked it, remember to wishlist Psycho Patrol R! You can wa
06 Feb 2025Developer post
Psycho Patrol R Early Access release date and trailer
Our new game Psycho Patrol R is coming out as an Early Access game on March 31st 2025. Here's the trailer on youtube. That's all!
01 Jul 2024Developer post
Psycho Patrol R
Hey everyone, as you may have noticed Cruelty Squad hasn't released many updates anymore, that's because it's done, and also because we're actively working on a new game, Psycho Patrol R . It is a mech combat and tactical fps hybrid, you should check the steam page and our twitte
03 Feb 2024Developer post
Another batch of achievements
I added some more achievements for everyone complaining about lack of challenge. Enjoy.
01 Feb 2024Developer post
Achievements
Hey everyone, I added achievements for completing each of the levels. I know I said I wouldn't but I honestly just couldn't be bothered figuring out how they work. More will come later but I don't have the time right now.
08 Jul 2023Developer post
Minor fix
Fixed Funkgrunters not showing up. Save handling should be less fragile now, and shouldn't crash the game if the save file is corrupt. Small mystery change that you won't figure out for a couple of weeks.
Fixed Funkgrunters not showing up.
Save handling should be less fragile now, and shouldn't crash the game if the save file is corrupt.
Small mystery change that you won't figure out for a couple of weeks.
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03 Jul 2023Developer post
Fix of fix of fix
Had to pull the earlier update because Godot 3.5.2 handles pathfinding differently than the earlier versions, but it's now updated to use the new system and should work properly. There may still be smaller bugs related to the version change and I'll fix them if they come up. Also
Had to pull the earlier update because Godot 3.5.2 handles pathfinding differently than the earlier versions, but it's now updated to use the new system and should work properly. There may still be smaller bugs related to the version change and I'll fix them if they come up.
Also a few fixes I forgot to mention in the earlier update:

Brains are now visible
Appendix has a unique model (It was already made, just forgot to use it)
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03 Jul 2023Developer post
Issue with pathfinding
Due to the newer version of Godot handling pathfinding differently enemies can't really find their way anymore so I'm making the latest version a beta branch until I can fix this properly. Sorry about this mess.
03 Jul 2023Developer post
Ohohoho ohnoooo
Fixed Ballsfish crashing the game
03 Jul 2023Developer post
Ballsfish and more
Hey everyone, here's a small update. Added "Ballsfish" Updated the game engine to Godot 3.5.2, might have some improvements in performance. Added missing descriptions for companies on the stock market. New dialogue in Miner's Miracle Speed booster damage penalty no longer applies
Hey everyone, here's a small update.

Added "Ballsfish"
Updated the game engine to Godot 3.5.2, might have some improvements in performance.
Added missing descriptions for companies on the stock market.
New dialogue in Miner's Miracle
Speed booster damage penalty no longer applies to toxic damage.
That's all for now.
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27 Mar 2023Developer post
Armor fix
Armor and speed booster damage penalties should now actually work. If you've been using armor it has probably been pointless until now.
14 Nov 2021Developer post
Small patch
Fixed the infinite jump glitch. ???
Fixed the infinite jump glitch.
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04 Oct 2021Developer post
Minor update
Added a new hidden implant somewhere. Nothing huge just felt like adding something.
29 Jun 2021Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Cruelty Squad review: this game is too cool for me, probably
Cruelty Squad didn't click with me, not because of its grinning antagonism or brain grating lofi, but because I didn’t find it all that interesting. I’m sort of rooting for it, still, thumbing its leprous nose-cavity at inexplicable Steam bestsellers that won’t be out for six mon
19 Jun 2021Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Cruelty Squad is an FPS "set in a sewage infused garbage world"
Cruelty Squad has the aesthetic of early to mid '90s first-person shooters. No, not Doom and Quake. I'm talking about the trash you don't remember. The hyper-violence, the purple lighting, the repeating textures, the art assets rendered at wildly variable resolutions, the faintly
18 Jun 2021Developer post
Minor Patch
Crush detection was somewhat broken and would sometimes kill you for no reason, it's now disabled until I can figure out a way to do it reliably.
16 Jun 2021Developer post
Cruelty Squad 1.0 released!
Cruelty Squad is now finally out of early access! Changes since the last EA build: New level. New ending. New weapon. New unlockable game mode. Extended organ markets. Two new implants. New dialogue for some targets. Pain. Changes during the early access period: Lots of optimizat
Cruelty Squad is now finally out of early access!
Changes since the last EA build:

New level.
New ending.
New weapon.
New unlockable game mode.
Extended organ markets.
Two new implants.
New dialogue for some targets.
Pain.
Changes during the early access period:

Lots of optimization and bug fixing, compared to the initial release it's possible to run the game on much lower end computers.
Controls are smoother, now possible to go up stairs without getting stuck on everything.
6 new levels. (Technically 5 completely new ones, but one was turned into a fully playable level.)
2 new endings.
8 new weapons.
17 new implants.
Hidden new game+ type of thing.
New enemy types.
Stock market simulation.
Organ harvesting integrated with the stock market.
Fishing integrated with the stock market. (70+ different fish to find!)
And lots of other minor things that I can't remember right now.
Big thanks to everyone in the community, and also my friends who have supported me during this development process. This isn't the end, I will continue fixing bugs (I'm sure there's still some I've missed or forgotten to fix) and adding stuff, but the pace will be slower and there will be absolutely no promises of any specific features. Enjoy!
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04 Jun 2021Developer post
Cruelty Squad 1.0 Release Announcement
The full game is releasing on June 16th . I will be posting a full change log once the game is released, but for now you can watch a new gameplay trailer on youtube. Show it to your friends and help spread the word. Thanks a lot to everyone who has played the game and participate
21 May 2021Developer post
Beta Build
Hey everyone. I just released a new beta build of the game. You'll have manually to enable it in the game's settings on Steam. I'm not recommending this version unless you absolutely want to see all the latest content before everyone else, or you actually want to help get the gam
Hey everyone. I just released a new beta build of the game. You'll have manually to enable it in the game's settings on Steam. I'm not recommending this version unless you absolutely want to see all the latest content before everyone else, or you actually want to help get the game ready for full release. Consider everything to be work in progress. If you're on the fence I would recommend waiting for the release build to experience the new content.
Differences to the regular build, for now:

New level, unlocked by beating all the other levels.
New ending.
Stuff I want to add before the game is ready for release:

At least one new weapon.
More fish for the new levels that don't have any yet, including the final one.
More organs for different enemies.
Better representation of in-game companies on the stock market.
Some nice unlockable for beating the game.
From now on until release the focus will shift 100% to this beta build, and there will be no changes to the regular one until then. I want the release version to be as bug-free as I can make it, and don't have time to manage multiple builds.
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20 May 2021Developer post
Minor patch
Changed the automatic save backups a bit, that's it. All the bigger changes before the full release will happen on an opt-in beta build. I'll hopefully have more news about that next week. Keep consuming. CEO, Consumer Softproducts