Dead Estate

Milkbar Lads · 2 Left Thumbs

Released: Oct 19, 2021
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Last updated: 10 Sep 2026, 10:45 GMT

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10 Jul 2026Developer post
Dead Estate is out now on consoles!
Check out the trailer animated by Speedoru here! (couldn't get this to embed for some reason) Hey everyone, just a quick post to announce that Dead Estate has finally released on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2)!!!! Get it on Switch here (US): Get it on PlayStatio
11 Jun 2026Developer post
Dead Estate releases on consoles on July 10th!
You read that announcement right! Dead Estate will release on Nintendo Switch (also playable on Nintendo Switch 2, of course) as well as PlayStation 5 on July 10th ! That's just under a month away! You'll be able to play it from the comfort of your couch, loveseat, bed, toilet, o
08 Jun 2026Developer post
Steam Bullet Fest
Dead Estate is 66% OFF for the Steam Bullet Fest View game page MORE FROM 2 LEFT THUMBS Contract Rush DX Also as a part of the Bullet Fest, Contract Rush DX has released its NewGame+ Update and is currently on sale! Dead Estate owners will get an extra discount! View game page An
Dead Estate is 66% OFF for the Steam Bullet Fest
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Contract Rush DX
Also as a part of the Bullet Fest, Contract Rush DX has released its NewGame+ Update and is currently on sale! Dead Estate owners will get an extra discount!
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An enhanced NewGame+ Mode
70 Fumbler figures have been dropped all over the world. Collect them while out on Contracts, or leave it to chance on the Fumbler machine!
5 New challenge levels, each designed specifically for the 5 playable characters
5 New character-specific drinks, each heavily changing the way you play that character!
New dialogue added for when characters meet themselves in NG+
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26 Mar 2026Developer post
Console ports!
Those of you who follow us on Twitter or kept up with some of our Steam posts may recall that we confirmed console ports for Dead Estate shortly after the release of the Goodnight update. While I can't announce a solid release date for those ports right now, I wanted to write pro
Those of you who follow us on Twitter or kept up with some of our Steam posts may recall that we confirmed console ports for Dead Estate shortly after the release of the Goodnight update. While I can't announce a solid release date for those ports right now, I wanted to write provide some updates on them because we very recently hit a milestone in their development: we've pretty much wrapped up working on the Nintendo Switch port!
I anticipate some questions regarding this post, so I'll do my best to answer the big ones:
What platforms will Dead Estate be ported to?
In addition to the aforementioned Nintendo Switch port, we've also nearly finished working on a PlayStation 5 port and plan on releasing both versions simultaneously. We're in the process of getting an eventual Xbox port going as well, but I can't say for certain if it'll release at the same time as the other two ports or at a later date.
When will the ports release?
I'm not able to confirm a release date at this point, but I'd really like to get them out before the game's anniversary. The main purpose of this post is to reassure everybody that we haven't stopped working on the ports and to provide a small update about where exactly we're at with them. That said, as far as I can tell, the Switch and PS5 versions are both just about ready for release! There's still a little bit of work left to do beyond actually developing the ports, but I do think that if everything goes according to plan from here on out I'll be able to announce a firm release date in maybe a month or two! No promises, but here's hoping.
Why'd the ports take so long?
Too many reasons to explain all of 'em, but the biggest ones were these:
We didn't want to start working on ports until after all of the big content updates were complete and launched. It just would've been too time-consuming to test the game on all platforms as the updates released. This alone pushed most of our development work on the ports back from 2021 to late 2024 at the earliest.
We developed them in-house! Many indie game ports are outsourced to third parties who specifically handle this kind of thing, and while that's generally not a bad idea I'm a very hands-on type of person and I like to be involved in every aspect of development. I also happen to be the only programmer on the team, so I had my work cut out for me.
Working and communicating with some of these console manufacturers can be a long and arduous task in its own right. I won't get into detail here and I deeply appreciate the effort of everyone who was able to lend us a hand during the development of these ports, but boy was there a lot of frustration and waiting.
Development of the ports coincided with us entering production on a new project! I mentioned this briefly in our fourth anniversary Steam post, but we've been hard at work on our second "big" game since last year. No, it's not Dead Estate 2, but I think it'll still be of interest to fans who are interested in the world of Dead Estate. More on that eventually!
That's about all the information I can provide right about now. We're nearly there; the vast, vast majority of the work on these things is finally out of the way. Again, I hope I'll be able to make a more solid announcement in the next few months, but rest assured knowing that we're dead set on getting these ports out the door.
-Jack (Milkbar Lads)
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07 Feb 2026Developer post
2026 Publisher Sale
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale ! Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! Dead Estate is 66% off ! Be sure to check the Bundle List for any additional discounts that may be available to you View game page NEW
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale!
Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more!
Dead Estate is 66% off!
Be sure to check the Bundle List for any additional discounts that may be available to you
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NEW RELEASE
Yesterday saw the release of Underboard, a new team-based tactical roguelike autobattler!
(The lead artist of which did the awesome custom art for this sale!)
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COMING SOON
4 more games have received official release dates! Each of which offers a public demo.

Dice A Million - Dice-rolling Deckbuilder Roguelike - February 25th
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Crawling Angels - Physics-based Puzzle Horror - March 13th
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Wasteland Bites - Survival Horror Food Truck Manager - April 3rd
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Besmirch - Survival Horror Farming Sim - May 11th
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WHAT ELSE?
There were too many announcements this year to include in store page post.
Check out this news post with EVERYTHING related to this year's 2 Left Thumbs sale!
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19 Oct 2025Developer post
4th Anniversary Daily Deal
Dead Estate is 66% off ALL WEEK!! This is an all-time-low discount. Don't miss out! It's hard to believe it's already been four whole years since the full release of Dead Estate, and that we're already coming up on a year since the final update ! Every one of us at Milkbar Lads i
26 May 2025Developer post
Steam Zombies vs Vampires Fest 2025
For the next week, 100s of ghoulish games are on sale around Steam! Dead Estate is 50% off for this time. Or it's 50% on, depending on your perspective . Buy the game in a bundle with its OST for additional savings! Or maybe you're in the mood for more general action roguelike ex
07 Mar 2025Developer post
Schism v1.0 🔹 OUT NOW ♦️
After 16 months in Early Access, Schism is now in v1.0! You can read this post from the developer if you want a fall breakdown of everything added during that time. KEY FEATURES Switch Frequencies to dodge through a red/blue bullet hell 230+ Relics to power up with 60+ Weapons wi
After 16 months in Early Access, Schism is now in v1.0!
You can read this post from the developer if you want a fall breakdown of everything added during that time.
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KEY FEATURES
Switch Frequencies to dodge through a red/blue bullet hell
230+ Relics to power up with
60+ Weapons with 40+ Mods and "Meta-Mods"
26 gods to worship, which serve in place of Classes
8 Main Stats to customize as you level up
Too many secondary stats to count
A pool of 12 Floors, mixed together for each new run
17 bosses each offering unique challenges
MANY more layers to discover as you play!
30% OFF ALL WEEK
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51187/Schism__OST/
Thank you for ALL the support. We wouldn't have been able to do this without you, and we hope you have an absolute blast exploring all these new additions and pushing the game to its absolute limits!
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07 Feb 2025Developer post
2025 Publisher Sale
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale ! Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! How about a FREE game?! Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre launched TODAY, and is available 100% for free ! This free title in
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale!
Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more!
How about a FREE game?!
Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre launched TODAY, and is available 100% for free!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997920/Croak_Crusader_Spawn_of_the_Spore_Spectre/
This free title introduces the general gameplay, protagonist and antagonists of the upcoming (paid) release, Croak Crusader: the Champion of Canada. Be sure to add that to your Wishlist!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3152060/Croak_Crusader_the_Champion_of_Canada/
COMING SOON
Very VERY soon! Novus Orbis is a combo-based roguelike deckbuilder, set to release into Early Access on February 10th. There's already dozens of hours of content, and the game will only be getting deeper and more varied from here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437330/Novus_Orbis/
NEW UPDATES
A collection of games have all timed free updates and big announcements for this event!
WizardChess
WizardChess is a chess-like tactical roguelike with a near infinitely replayable amount of variety and depth. And today takes us a step closer to FULLY infinite replayability, with the addition of Daily Runs!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274210/WizardChess/
Starground
At the end of 2024 Starground revealed a planned development roadmap. Today sees the Brewconomic Cropdate, adding animals, fishing, potion brewing, and an improved Space Hub.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2793380/Starground/
Magenta Horizon
In addition to making the awesome art for this sale, solo-dev Maddison Baek has crafted new community items for Magenta Horizon! Play the game to earn Trading Cards, and unlock awesome profile backgrounds and other Steam goodies.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2109060/Magenta_Horizon__Neverending_Harvest/
Schism
Schism has a new update dropping Feb 10th that adds some end-game content, and enhanced controller support. Keep your eyes peeled for that! But the BIG news here, is that Schism is leaving Early Access MARCH 10th!! There is no discount now, so as not to conflict with that launch discount.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/
Tower of Kalemonvo
While this classic-style hack n slash ARPG isn't out yet, it did just receive yet another demo update. The name of the game right now is polish, preparing for our newly set released date of MARCH 28th!!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2351860/Tower_of_Kalemonvo/
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LOGO UPDATE
I'm burying the lead a little here. But as a part of this event, I'm also debuting a redesigned 2 Left Thumbs Publishing logo - made by Fiend Folio artist RedRachis!
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29 Nov 2024Developer post
The 2024 Steam Awards are here 🎉
It has been 1 month since ' Goodnight ' the final content update for Dead Estate launched. This came 3 years after our Steam launch, and 4 years since the original browser game was first released on Newgrounds. While Dead Estate has been a Labor of Love , we could never have supp
13 Nov 2024Developer post
Full OST Now Available!
THE COMPLETE OST Our apologies for the delay while final mastering was completed on all lossless (WAV) tracks. But the full OST is now available! If you already own it on Steam, it should update automatically. This includes all the new tracks added as a part of the Good Night Upd
10 Nov 2024Developer post
Patch 1.7.5 change log
- Fixed a crash caused by starting the game as certain characters (such as BOSS) with all curses enabled. - Fixed a crash which would sometimes occur while using the Boomerang or Record weapons. - Renamed "Camera-mouse focus" (in the game settings menu) to "Camera-crosshair focus
09 Nov 2024Developer post
Patch 1.7.4 change log
- (Hopefully) fixed a crash which would occur upon reaching the main menu for some players. This is another crash I had trouble recreating myself, so it could take multiple patches to get this one fully ironed out. - Added an option under audio settings that lets you disable weap
02 Nov 2024Developer post
Hotfix 1.7.3a change log
Last patch caused a new crash to emerge which would happen whenever you'd retry a run after dying. This hotfix SHOULD amend that issue. I wasn't really able to replicate the crash myself, but I removed the line of code that was causing it to happen. That should've done the trick!
02 Nov 2024Developer post
Patch 1.7.3 change log
- In the "No More Running" challenge, you can now move whenever enemies are not on screen. - Added an option to disable certain effects used by the new floors under Video settings > Effects settings. Disabling these may help improve performance on some hardware. - Decreased Ok
31 Oct 2024Developer post
Patch 1.7.2 change log
- Added the new music video as a playable video from the movie gallery (unlocked by clearing the dream route with every character). - Optimized shader effects used on the new floors, this should hopefully boost performance a bit for people with lower-end hardware. - Hidden achiev
30 Oct 2024Developer post
Patch 1.7.1 change log
- Increased Pierrot Deux's HP a slight amount. - Fixed the "Erase save data" and "Rebuild save file" options being invisible. - (Probably) fixed a crash which would sometimes occur during level transitions. I wasn't able to replicate this one, but I corrected a block of code that
28 Oct 2024Developer post
GOOD NIGHT!: Dead Estate's final update is here!
Artwork by Hibachi! (@HibachiX1) Artwork by Pkettles! (@PitooKettles) THE FINAL UPDATE IS HERE! I had a LOT more written here originally, but for brevity’s sake I think all I really have to say here is thank you all for sticking with this project and seeing it through to its end
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Artwork by Hibachi! (@HibachiX1)
Artwork by Pkettles! (@PitooKettles)
THE FINAL UPDATE IS HERE!
I had a LOT more written here originally, but for brevity’s sake I think all I really have to say here is thank you all for sticking with this project and seeing it through to its end with us. I’m sure that if you’re reading this you wanna know what’s in the update, so here it is!
NEW STUFF, CHANGES, AND FIXES

New ending route with 3 full floors!
Includes three full-fledged new floors: the Dream, Mindscape, and Nightmare; including unique enemies, bosses, and environments along with a new final boss and ending cutscene.
New optional floor: “The Shrine”!
An additional full-sized floor completely separate from the new route!
70 new items!
Brings the game’s final item count to 300 (from 150 on initial Steam release or 69 on original Newgrounds release). - Sleeping Pills - Stoic Bust - Bullet Time - Jar Brain - Severed Toe - Brittle Spine - Anointing Oil - Rocket Boots - Mosquito - Deadly Spores - Divine Armor - Game Breaker - Hellfire - Fish Tank - Blindfold - Photo of a Boy - Hand Mirror - Chicken Hat - Nail - Cold Heart - Balloon - Basement Key - Hot Sauce - Magic Map - Li’l Piggy - Green Mold - Bag of Wind - Haunted Bracelet - Living Bullet - Detonator - Soul Slots - Cardboard Box - Wrist Watch - Valentines Chocolates - Pop Can - Spent Casing - White Pearl - Broken Stool - Glowing Bone - Sulfur - Pricey Necklace - Horseshoe - Quartz Chunk - Someone’s Nose - Toy Helicopter - Sponge Cake - Ice Box - Spray Bottle - Essence of Greed - Essence of Gluttony - Morton’s Fork - Loplop - Aporia - Useless Hand - Useless Ear - Useless Eye - Two-Leaf Clover - Toy Chest #1 - Toy Chest #2 - Jules’s Choker - Jeff’s Beard - Cordelia’s Hat - Digby’s Cap - Mumba’s Skeleton - Lydia’s Tie - Luis’s Mustache - Fuji’s Mask - BOSS’s Eyepatch - Axel’s Sunglasses - The End
31 new weapons!
Brings the game’s final weapon count to 150 (from 67 on initial Steam release or 26 on original Newgrounds release). - Knife - Nail Bat - Bubble Wand - Magnetic Mine - Magnet Gun - Rail Gun - Multi-Rail Gun - Flame Rail Gun - Explosive Rail Gun - Charge Shotgun - Flame Charge Shotgun - Distraction Bomb - Hunting Rifle - Jetpack - Candy Cane - Poison Crossbow - Poison Staff - Hot Iron - Boom Cannon - Cursed Shovel - Flare Gun - Power Hammer - Charge Handgun - Crossbow Gun - Volcano - Whisky Bottle - Breath Mint - Punt Gun - Gumball Gun - Rad Charge Shotgun - Blow Gun
10 new challenges!
A whole new set of challenges, mostly related to the new floors. One for each character with a nice reward at the end of each one! - No More Running (Jules) - Mental Power (Jeff) - Triple Digits (Cordelia) - Time Attack (Digby) - Death from Above (Mumba) - Year of the High Roller (Lydia) - Uselessness (Luis) - Bulking Up (Fuji) - Weak Throw (BOSS) - Ununundead (Axel)
D-costumes!
A brand new set of entirely beach-themed costumes unlocked by clearing the new challenges! No spoilers here, beat the challenges and find out!
56 new medals!
200 medals total! - “Acolyte” - “Deep Sleeper” - “Soul Seeker” - “Survivor” - “The Lifeguard” - “The Fisherman” - “The Sunbather” - “The Sailor Boy” - “The Captain” - “The Swimmer” - “The Beach Bum” - “The Pirate Queen” - “The Model” - “Costume Party 3!” - “Darkness on the Edge of Town” - “Man of Constant Sorrow” - “Let’s Find Each Other Tonight” - “Time Passages” - “Waiting Around to Die” - “Blood on the Dance Floor” - “Falling off the Face of the Earth” - “One Hour Ahead of the Posse” - “It’s Gonna Be a Long Night” - “Don’t You Worry About a Thing” - “In Ruins” - “Happily Ever After” - “Future Legend” - “Commencement” - “Road Warrior” - “Family Reunion” - “Freshman Orientation” - “Lady’s Man” - “Pay Day” - “Big Promotion” - “Fit as a Fiddle” - “The Bad Sleep Well” - “Big Kahuna” - “Fully Actualized” - “Every Nook and Cranny” - “Dirty Dawg” - “Glutton for Punishment” - “Uh-Oh…” - “Unbound” - “Nice Doggy” - “Keen Observation” - “Cracked” - “Bone Meal” - “Swift Execution” - “Power Nap” - “Globetrotter” - “Dreamer” - “Deathly Premonition” - “Awakening” - “Milkbar Lads #0.1 Fan!” - “Goodnight”
Chunks mutations
Upon looping or when playing on painful mode, Chunks can now mutate into several different possible forms upon death which are much fiercer than usual: Dog Chunks and Tentacle Chunks.
Small additions, balance changes, and adjustments
- Filia, the Curse shopkeeper, now sells powerful weapons in exchange for Chunks Medallions. - Added an inventory screen to the pause menu which displays all of your items in one neat place. - Added an additional menu under “Extras” for some new cutscenes. - Added new artwork and music to the gallery and music sections. - Settings
- Added "Remove corpses" under game settings, which when enabled causes enemy corpses to fade away and vanish after a few seconds. - Added “Show items” under video settings, which allows you to toggle the item display at the bottom of the UI. - Added functionality to support binding multiple inputs to one action. - You can now bind actions to mouse buttons 4 and 5. - Moved all options related to gamepads to a submenu under control settings. - Moved "Input accessibility" from game settings to control settings. - Renamed "gamepad auto-aim" to "gamepad aim assist." - Renamed "joystick deadzone" to "thumbstick deadzones."
- Characters
- Updated all of Cordelia’s in-world sprites to be consistent with her canon skin tone. - Digby no longer loses combo time while waiting in challenge rooms. - Changed the unlock requirement for Digby. - Changed the unlock requirement for Cordelia’s B costume. - Re-recorded and updated voice lines for Lydia, Roselia, Diavola, and Cybil at the request of the voice actress.
- Items
- Lowered the price of the Map item. - Lowered the chance for Gold Ring to activate. - The Vault is now a chance-based item. - Reworked the Needle: there's now only a 20% chance to take double damage if your HP is over 2 and it deals way more damage to enemies.
- Enemies
- Lengthened the vulnerability window for Gold Mask. - Looping now increases enemy and boss HP by a greater amount. - Increased Diavola’s HP (both phases). - Gold Worms now vanish after a few seconds. - Chest and Weapon Box Mimics no longer despawn upon exiting the room. - Toned down the effects of flooded floors on all enemies. - Significantly lowered the chance for Mimic Chests to spawn on loops.
- Difficulty
- You can now view the differences between difficulties from the character select screen. - Raised coin drop rates on Painful, Nightmare, and X Must Die difficulties. - Raised red pot spawn rates on Painful and X Must Die difficulties. - Lowered the chance for buffed enemies to spawn on Painful, Nightmare, and X Must Die difficulties. - Chunks no longer instantly chases you on X Must Die difficulty and he no longer "locks in" on the player.
- Challenges
- Massive Attack: Longleg, Wormy, Worm Egg, and Mutant Blue are no longer affected by resizing.
- Curses
- Nerfed BOSS's "Curse of the Maniac" so it further decreases your fire rate.
- Gamepad/controller support
- Gamepads now use vibration/rumble effects. - Gamepads now have unique input icons in tutorials, etc,. - Gamepads now allow variable jump height.
- Misc.
- The game now remembers what costumes you have equipped. - Treasure and weapon rooms no longer appear as secret rooms on loops. - Overhauled map generation to be significantly faster and smoother. - Cleaned up some code related to medals to make some screens (including the main menu) load much faster. - Heavily optimized the loading sequence at the start of the game; the loading screen has been entirely removed since it's no longer necessary. - The map no longer becomes invisible after multiple loops (both this and the above change were originally a result of the game’s difficulty increasing by 1 every time you looped. Now, map visibility and treasure/weapon room visibility are based on your starting difficulty rather than looped difficulty). - You now receive more Chunks Medallions based on how many times you looped on a normal run (previously you only received bonus Chunks Medallions per loop on true ending runs). - Added some more tips to the level transition screen. - Swapped the "level loading" text with a proper icon during level transitions. - Added cute little crows to the Balcony and Dark Mood Woods floors. - Also added tiny spiders on the ground to a handful of floors. - Added some new easter eggs, be on the lookout! - Updated the requirement for unlocking the "Dead Estate" medal; it is now unlockable by clearing the game on any difficulty, not just normal. - Toned down fire particle effects on the "Ultra Hot Pepper" item. - Toned down fire particle effects on all burning projectiles. - Lowered the opacity on all fire particle effects. - Changed the game's window icon to a zombie's face. - Added some new posters and portraits to the mansion.
- Fixes
- Fixed a crash which would sometimes occur while holding the flamethrower weapon. - Fixed a crash related to minimizing the game when a cutscene begins. - Fixed a bug which required the player to unlock “Some Time to Reflect” and “Disarmed” in order to unlock “Milkbar Lads #1 Fan!” - Capped the amount of screen shake caused by increasing Digby’s combo. - Fixed a bug where some text would display incorrectly after leaving and re-entering certain rooms. - Fixed an error which caused BOSS to use some of Jules’s sprites for her damage animations. - Fixed a bug which allowed players to start challenges with curses activated. - Fixed a bug where the "Super Glue" item would not work correctly after quitting and continuing a run. - Fixed a bug where "Chrysus Medallion" would effectively allow the player to live forever even at 0 HP. - Fixed a crash caused by switching your weapon several times after continuing a run. - Fixed tips occasionally appearing off-screen during floor transitions. - Fixed the game momentarily freezing when opening certain menus in Assignment Anya. - (Potentially) finally fixed the white room softlock in Assignment Anya (this one has been really hard to replicate so bear with me). - Fixed potions being infinitely reusable if your inventory is completely full in Assignment Anya. - Fixed Axel high-jumping when performing charged axe throws while using a gamepad. - Fixed "The Abomination" medal being unlockable on normal difficulty. - Corrected a typo with the Chunks medallions popup. - Removed one little stray pixel from Cordelia's shop art on the Upper Story. - Fixed some tooltips for Curses in Filia's shop menu being way too tall. - Fixed one of Axel's B-costume walking animations being shirtless. - Fixed the can't buy/leave voice lines in shop menus overlapping by spamming. - Fixed Chunks Medallions being visible from the character select menu after clearing the normal ending rather than after clearing the true ending. - Updated some of the normal ending polaroids to correct their line art color. - True ending credits now correctly list Katarina C. as Cybil's voice actress. - Fixed all of Dr. Cordelia's voice lines being too quiet. - Fixed rain sound effects getting spammed while entering the Balcony or Dark Mood Woods. - Flame particles and light particles no longer spawn while the game is paused on burning and dark floors respectively.
- Finished developing the game!
WHAT’S NEXT?
Nothing!....
…not in terms of new content for Dead Estate, anyways. It pains me a little to say it, but this update really is the end of the line for this game. We’ve done pretty much everything we wanted to do with Dead Estate; it’s all out there now. There are some things we still have left to do with this project, but just don’t expect any new additions. We’re sailing on uncharted waters now, but this update should hopefully demonstrate that we have a firm idea of where we plan on going.
Our work on this game officially started in August of 2020. Over the course of the following four years, we released the game on Newgrounds in a much smaller form, then we launched it on Steam with close to triple the content of the original, and then we launched six free content updates for the game. I don't think any of us expected us to stick with Dead Estate for as long as we did, but I can happily say that none of us regret the time we devoted to making it happen. Thanks again for joining us throughout all of Dead Estate’s development, we hope you’ll join us again for our next game!
- Milkbar Lads
MORE FROM 2 LEFT THUMBS
THE NEXT BIG ROGUELIKE?
This collection of 3 games will keep you entertained for 100s of hours! This is a "Complete the set" bundle, meaning you'll still get the discount without needing to re-purchase any games you might already own.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/44737/Ultimate_Action_Roguelike_Variety/
Picayune Dreams, a bullet heaven + bullet hell surrealist action fantasy
Schism, an incredibly deep gun-modding bullet hell RPG that takes inspirations from both traditional and action roguelikes.
CROAK CRUSADER
The Milkbar Lads and myself first connected over Newgrounds. A site I've always considered my home on the internet. So it should come as no surprise that I've continued to work from Newgrounds-borne talent!
Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre is a grapple-based action platformer, and will be released entirely for free! Coming from Tunaware, you can play the demo on Steam today! Be sure to add it to your Wishlist so you don't miss out on the full release.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997920/Croak_Crusader_Spawn_of_the_Spore_Spectre/
And on a more personal note. Thank you all so much!!
Dead Estate was the first game published by 2 Left Thumbs. That joint risk between the Milkbar Lads and myself paved the way for this entire publishing enterprise. Being able to pay that forward, supporting more and more indie devs, has been an absolute dream!
My heart goes out to this team who have poured everything into Dead Estate, Newgrounds where it all started, and to all the fans who have allowed us to support this game for all these years. We hope you have an absolute blast playing, and that our story inspires a new generation of devs.
-Graeme
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28 Oct 2024PC Gamer
Dead Estate wraps up 3 years of free expansions with a fond Good Night
Big guns, big pixels and… one particularly buxom witch—the calling cards of action roguelike Dead Estate . If you've missed out on it so far, now's a great time to check it out, because it just received its sixth and final update, freeing developers Milkbar Lads to finally explor
29 Sep 2024PC Gamer
Roguelike horror shooter Dead Estate will get its final update in October
Dead Estate is set to get one last update before development finishes, with the Goodnight Update set to release at the end of October. The Halloween release is fitting for the "gory, fast-paced, challenging rogue-like shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.".. Read more.