Kick Bastards

Released: Jan 5, 2024
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 13:20 GMT

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11 Sep 2025Developer post
The Beach - A Brand New Stage (V2.3.0)
Hey everyone, This is a bit of a big one, today we’ve launched the first new stage since release, The Beach. It features 8 new levels, a new enemy and a load of different obstacles and hazards. Structurally and narratively the new stage comes after the final level (and credits) i
Hey everyone,
This is a bit of a big one, today we’ve launched the first new stage since release, The Beach. It features 8 new levels, a new enemy and a load of different obstacles and hazards. Structurally and narratively the new stage comes after the final level (and credits) in the main game. In this new stage The Last Kick Bastard and the remaining minions of Hell decide to head to the beach for some well earned rest and a bit of beach based fun.
Additional Changes:
Tweaked some of the visual effects like the screen shake and camera tilt to make the game feel more fluid.
Made some small tweaks to the ‘feel’ of the character controller to improve the overall experience of jumping and moving around on the ground.
Adjusted some of the climb-up/ vault logic to allow you to move the camera a lot earlier after initiating the move such that it is easier to follow it with a wall kick or another move (and it also generally just feels more responsive now as a result).
Adjusted some of the climb-up/ vault checks to make them more robust which means they better catch edge cases.
Tweaked some of the detection logic on the kick (when kicking off walls) to improve the overall consistency and align the result better with the expected behaviour.
Fixed a bug where you would sometimes start wall running just after you had initiated a climb-up/ vault.
Fixed an issue on the Apocalypse double generator level that resulted in only one of the generators needing to be destroyed in order to progress after you had restarted the level.
Fixed an issue that let you rebind the mouse look to another button but then you would not be able to rebind it back to the mouse axis. Now you simply click the input box and then move the cursor outside of the input box to have it bind to the mouse axis.
Added a small text note to the level select to inform everyone about the gameplay options that exist.
Now go check out the new stage and levels. Have fun kicking!
~ Ian
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06 Jun 2025Developer post
V2.2.0 - HUD Overhaul and Movement Upgrades!
Hey everyone, I’ve got a new update for you! The highlights are: a new and improved HUD that looks way nicer and gives you a load more useful info, and some changes to the movement that will shake up the game and will probably enable you to beat all the current leaderboard times
Hey everyone, I’ve got a new update for you! The highlights are: a new and improved HUD that looks way nicer and gives you a load more useful info, and some changes to the movement that will shake up the game and will probably enable you to beat all the current leaderboard times in the game. Below is a full list of the changes to the game:
General:
Improved performance for Location Unknown levels so they are now pretty inline with the other stages in the game.
Added in level ‘death markers’ that show the positions of some of your latest deaths in the level.
Reduced the number of medals you need to progress past the locks in the campaign.
Created a new player death animation and updated the death effects.
UI:
Repositioned HUD elements.
Created a speedometer so you know how speedy you are.
Improved the look of the enemy takedown HUD element.
Created a medal tick-down HUD element that shows you how long left to get the next possible medal.
Added a new HUD message system that highlights important stuff and some less important stuff too.
Added some level stats to the level complete screen.
Added a note of how many shoeboxes you need to unlock the next virtual level in the level complete screen.
Swapped the continue and main menu buttons around on the level complete screen.
The credits now take you to the level select screen now instead of the main menu.
Improved controller navigation for the level select screen and fixed some associated issues.
When using controller navigation in menus you can now hold down the buttons to quickly move through the menus.
Options:
Added options to disable some of the new UI features (under the accessibility tab).
Added an option to disable the level locks in the level select screen.
Added an option to hide the tutorial components in the game.
Player movement changes:
The goal of these changes is to improve the consistency of some of the moves at higher speeds and to improve the viability of different moves when performed at higher speeds. Ideally this will mean that fast lines now don’t end up being a game of trying to maximise the number of slide hops you do.
Added the speed boost visual effect created in the last patch to: the climb up, dash kick, wall kick, super kick, jump out of the wall run, the start of a wall run and the jump out of a grapple swing.
The climb up now gives you a small 1.075x boost as you exit the move.
Adjusted the conditions for starting a wall run so you will retain more of your speed at higher speeds and steep angles.
Starting a wall run now gives you a small speed boost of 1.05x.
Adjusted the wall kick in 3 ways to improve consistency and power across different speeds: 1. At higher speeds the kick will move you slightly more in the direction you are currently travelling vs the direction the wall is facing. 2. Increased the distance you can kick at a little bit when you are at higher speeds. 3. Made the kick boost you an even 1.135x regardless of the speed you are currently travelling at (this should feel the same as before at lower speeds but much much better at higher speeds).
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug where the grapple exit animation wouldn’t properly transition, meaning the hands would try running in the air.
Stopped the lava flashing while playing on an intel graphics card.
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the levels in Hell P2 to show a flat yellow surface instead of the lava.
Fixed an issue that reverted the simplified lava setting back to the default when moving to a new level or changing the quality setting.
Fixed some bugs with the level lock system in the level select screen.
Various UI fixes.
Fixed some lighting issues on some of the levels.
Fixed buses de-spawning too soon on Hell 13.
Fixed issue that let you restart last second on the takedown levels to get a super low time.
I hope you all have a great time with the new changes and please do let me know if you have any thoughts or opinions on anything that’s changed!
~ Ian
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13 Feb 2025Developer post
V2.1.1 - 2.1 Hotfix
There were a few issues in the last update with the new mode and level select screen. This update fixes all of those so if you were having issues playing after the update it should work great for you again!
11 Feb 2025Developer post
V2.1.0 - Super Kick Mode, UI Upgrade and More!
Hey everyone, been a while but I’m back with a reasonably chunky update. I’ll jump right into the details but first if you have a chance we have put together a survey to get a sense of what kind of updates you all might like in the future. Check it out here: Now for the update de
Hey everyone, been a while but I’m back with a reasonably chunky update. I’ll jump right into the details but first if you have a chance we have put together a survey to get a sense of what kind of updates you all might like in the future. Check it out here: https://forms.gle/idmcLTwUzDgmHLwS7
Now for the update details!
Super Kick Mode
We've added a new mode called Super Kick that you will unlock at the same time as the Spider-Person mode (it will be automatically given to you if you have already got the Spider-Person mode). What it does is give you infinite wall kicks while you are in the air and updates the floor kick to work similar to the wall kick. However there is a cost to this new power, when walking you will move at a very slow pace so make sure to stay in the air and slide whenever you land on the ground. As with Spider-Person mode you will need to play through all the levels in order to unlock them and each level has a new leaderboard for the new mode.
UI Update
The main update you will notice here is that the ‘Play’ menu no longer exists (and the multi save system has been dropped in favour of this system) and it is replaced by a new and greatly improved level select screen. This should make the process of playing through the game a lot more enjoyable and it will make it a lot easier to quickly get to specific levels you want to play. It also features a new level lock system to help encourage some more people to get involved in the leaderboards and hopefully get the most out of the game (it’s at its best when you're trying to improve your times and challenging yourself). My goal for this is to keep the requirements fairly low and just generally have a light touch with the locks so if they are really annoying or hard to beat please let me know!
Full list of UI changes:

Added an option to select the font size.
Improved the look and feel of the menus & UI across the whole game.
Added some additional options to the first time load option menu.
Changed the in-game name of the shoeboxes to shoeboxes instead of collectables.
Tutorial Improvements
For long term players this won’t make a huge difference to your experience of the game but for new players the initial experience of the game will be greatly improved. There is a new tutorial ‘line’ which helps to give context to the tutorial prompts and in many cases has meant that I have been able to reduce the word count on them. There is a new smaller tutorial prompt for these reduced tutorials too.
I have also reordered a few of the early levels to help the learning flow. Level 3 is now level 6 and level 5 is now level 7.
Movement Changes
There are a few small movement / control changes.

Added quick turns to the game, by default they are on Q & E, these are designed to help with skills like the backwards wall kick for players who want them.
Adjusted the default keys for the front and back flips for m&k to Z & F to make room for the quick turns.
Improved visual effects for the slide hop and made a custom jump sound for it.
Slightly adjusted the jump sound to make it a little clearer and nicer sounding.
Adjust the roll in two ways: speed up the roll animation a tiny bit (and alt animation too), this doesn’t affect the functionality but does make it feel a lot better and allow you to see again faster after the roll. Secondly I adjusted the timing of the roll button press requirements to allow the roll to be activated later. Now if you press the button up 0.1s after you land it will still activate, changed from the moment you land.
Misc Changes & Bug fixes
Made the wizards more accurate at longer ranges so they feel more consistent to play against.
Bug Fixes:

Fixed the bug where the 100% Steam achievement would not unlock.
Fixed the bug where the virtual completionist would not unlock.
Fixed a bug where bugged near 0 times would sometimes be added to the leaderboards when you restarted a level at a very specific time.
Fixed an issue that let you kick while the stage titles were playing.
Fixed the time display bug on the level end screen.
Fixed an issue where the level end screen did not scale to fill the screen when the leaderboards weren't present.
Added collisions to some boxes missing them in BTH-07.
Fixed an issue where the grapple would attach to two points if you tried to grapple again quickly after having let go at a distance far from the previous attach point.
Fixed an issue with the downwards wall jump that meant you would sometimes reattach to the corner of the wall.
Back to Hell 06 was accidentally removed in the last build so added it back into the game. (Sorta counts newish content if you really think about it lol)
Hope you enjoy the update and please do check out our survey if you can!!
~ Ian (Come chat with me on the Discord about the update if you wanna :) )
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18 Apr 2024Developer post
V2.0.3 - Performance Improvements and Fixes
Hey everyone I've got a small update for you today. I've made some changes that should hopefully make a decent difference to your fps. On my machine it's up 20-30 fps on epic so that's not bad. Other than that I've done a quick fix to stop the bug where times of ~0 being were bei
06 Mar 2024Developer post
Kick Bastards 2.0 - MASSIVE UPDATE
Hey everyone, We've got a massive update for you!! Welcome to Kick Bastards 2.0! We've made loads of changes to the game and added a bunch more content. Here are the highlights: we've added 15 new levels to the game, added a brand new mode, 'Spider-person mode', which lets you pl
Hey everyone,
We've got a massive update for you!! Welcome to Kick Bastards 2.0! We've made loads of changes to the game and added a bunch more content. Here are the highlights: we've added 15 new levels to the game, added a brand new mode, 'Spider-person mode', which lets you play through all the levels using a grappling hook that you can attach anywhere (replay LU-2 and LU-3 first for the best experience) and we've also made improvements to (almost) all the existing levels in the game (from small changes to full overhauls).
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Here is the full list of changes:
Movement:

Made some small tweaks to how the player feels to move around.
Updated the grapple functionality so that holding the grapple key will now pull you in towards the grapple point. Pressing the jump key is now the only way to release the grapple. (Also updated associated tutorials on LU-2 and on new LU-3)
Added a grapple icon so it's clearer when you can use the grapple.
Made the conditions for starting a wallrun more lenient so it will work when you expect it to more often.
Removed the minimum time on the wall before you can jump out of a wall run.
Added a climb up buffer so that the climb up will feel considerably more consistent.
Levels:

Added 8 excellent new Apocalypse levels, 5 new Hell P2 levels and 2 Location Unknown levels.
Updated (almost) all the levels with visual improvements, clarity improvements and gameplay improvements. In some cases we did large overhauls to dramatically improve the levels.
Added a brand new mode, 'Spider-person mode', which lets you play through all the levels using a grappling hook that you can attach anywhere. (I'd strongly recommend replaying LU-2 and LU-3 before jumping into this!)
General:

Added a new platinum medal and shuffled the times so that bronze is the default when you aren't fast enough for the other medals.
Created new medal icons.
Updated the results screen to make it easier to navigate and to be more fun!
Improved the level restarting system to make it a quicker and generally smoother experience.
Fully rewritten the dialogue. It's much better now.
Updated the tutorial prompts to be less verbose.
Updated the save system to support multiple game saves.
Added an outline to all stuff that is kick-able to make it clearer that you can kick that stuff.
Added some additional secrets to some of the levels.
Updated the level select screen to be easier to navigate and to display the next virtual level to be unlocked with a lock on it.
Bug fixes and performance improvements:

Fixed mouse cursor disappearing when using the scroll bar in the level select screen.
Fixed a bug where the wizard wouldn't always look at you when shooting fireballs.
Did some additional performance improvements to the buses.
Fixed a bug where the tutorial wouldn't appear at the start of a level when using the don't play dialogue option.
Fixed bug where sliding up a slope and spamming jump would cause you to gain excessive speed.
Fixed a bug that made it so you needed to click an extra time on the Devil cut-out dialogues.
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23 Jan 2024Developer post
Performance improvements & bug fixes - V1.0.8 Now Live!
Hey everyone we have a small patch with some bug fixes and some performance improvements. We also we improved the look of low and medium settings so they are more in line with the intended look of the game without any performance costs. Here is the full list of changes: Performan
Hey everyone we have a small patch with some bug fixes and some performance improvements. We also we improved the look of low and medium settings so they are more in line with the intended look of the game without any performance costs.
Here is the full list of changes:
Performance:

General performance improvements (should be a big help for some people).
Adjusted the particle counts on the drifting bus to improve it's performance.
Bug Fixes:

Fixed virtual 3 and 12 not loading and instead returning to the main menu.
Fixed 100% complete bug not unlocking when achieving it.
Fixed the leaderboard loading symbol appearing over medals in the level select screen.
Camera Smoothing would sometimes be on even when it said it was off. This is now fixed.
Other:

Updated the medal times for Hell part 1 and Location Unknown Part 1 so that they take into account what you have learned so far. Also added some more leniency to the later levels in these parts to account for the fact that people need time to master the tech.
Turned off motion blur by default.
Moved the game quality option up to the top of the video settings.
Updated low and medium settings so that they look a lot better with a new high performance fog.
Updated the lighting on the virtual levels so they are a bit less dark (particularly on medium settings) and addressed the darkness on some specific levels.
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16 Jan 2024Developer post
Improved performance and new tutorials - Patch Notes v1.0.7
Hey everyone! We’ve got quite a big update for you today, mainly featuring bug fixes and stuff but also some changes to address some issues that some of you may have had. The key takeaways are we upgrade the project engine version to improve performance, we’ve improved the tutori
09 Jan 2024PCGamesN
Mirror's Edge meets Dark Messiah in this brilliant new Steam game
Imagine getting a Mirror's Edge game in Hell where all you want to do is kick the Devil in his stupid face. Well, that's Steam's newest indie game Kick Bastards , and it's a real pleasant surprise to start 2024. On top of that, it's also got a nifty little sale for the launch wee
07 Jan 2024Developer post
V1.0.6 Movement Updates and Leaderboard improvements
Hey everyone! Here is our first patch that isn't ahhhhh oh no bad bug oh no oh no oh no oh no. So here is a full list of what has changed: Made the dialogue text scroll in for some extra juicyness. Updated the auto step up height to be a bit more generous. Updated the max walkabl
Hey everyone! Here is our first patch that isn't ahhhhh oh no bad bug oh no oh no oh no oh no. So here is a full list of what has changed:

Made the dialogue text scroll in for some extra juicyness.
Updated the auto step up height to be a bit more generous.
Updated the max walkable angle to be more generous (should make those pesky rounded corners not horrible to touch, like in V-01).
Made the basic kick a little snappier (has a slightly quicker intro and doesn't get held out as long).
Slightly sped up the end animation for the double kick.
Slightly sped up grapple launch animation.
Fixed a small issue with the slide where uncrouching in the air would check if you had something above your head (not sure if this was causing any issue tbh tho) And slighty reduced the radius of this check from 24 to 20.
Slightly reduced the max mantle distance form 190 to 170 and slightly reduced the max mantle height from 120 to 80.
Made the air wall kick push you away slightly more (1.5f to 2f).
Made the collectable in 1-03 a little easier to get to (and maybe a bit clearer too).
Updated 03-05 and 03-08 so they are a little easier for first time playthroughs and maybe a bit more interesting for replaying too.
Adjusted the collectable position in 03-02 to be easier to collect.
Fixed issue where times were being uploaded to the wrong level leaderboards.
Hope you all enjoy the new changes and there is going to plenty more fun content stuff to come!
As part of this we are doing a full wipe of the leaderboards as they were greatly affected by the leaderboard bug.
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07 Jan 2024Developer post
V1.0.5 Fixed the damn sparkles
- 100% definitely fixed that fucking sparkle bug, turns out it was a bug that epic introduced on the specific version of Unreal Engine we were using so that's a bit annoying but I found a workaround so we good now. (to any devs out there don't use 5.1 just update to 5.2 or 5.3 or
06 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch 1.0.4
Re-added level names into the level end screens and fixed the banners to display correctly
06 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch 1.0.3
Anther attempt at fixing this sparkle bug, if it's still occurring try going into the options and turn off the post processing effects for now.
06 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch 002 - Bug fixes and small fix for final level
- Hopefully fixed the glittery lights bug - Adjusted the lighting settings for low and med settings so it doesn't look as dark - Made some small clarity changes to the final level
06 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch 001 - Bug fixes and small quality of life features
Quality of life features: Level end screens now show the name of the level Leaderboards will only show two banners if they are different and will now only show one otherwise Bug fixes: Crashes should be fixed or at least reduced in frequency Leaderboard banners will now correctly
Quality of life features:

Level end screens now show the name of the level
Leaderboards will only show two banners if they are different and will now only show one otherwise
Bug fixes:

Crashes should be fixed or at least reduced in frequency
Leaderboard banners will now correctly show the next rank and not just 1st place
If getting a time exactly the same as a medal it will now always unlock that medal
Level select will not visually glitch when exactly three levels are unlocked in a stage
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05 Jan 2024Developer post
Kick Bastards has RELEASED!
The time is finally here. After over 2 years of development Kick Bastards has finally released!! Here is a little of what you can expect to find when you play the game: Fast paced parkout kicking gameplay 48 levels across 4 different stages Full controller support Collectibles to
The time is finally here. After over 2 years of development
Kick Bastards has finally released!!
Here is a little of what you can expect to find when you play the game:

Fast paced parkout kicking gameplay
48 levels across 4 different stages
Full controller support
Collectibles to find in the levels
A leaderboard system featuring player ranks and medals to unlock
The best narrative of 2024 so far
Much more that we hope you will enjoy!
We really hope you enjoy the game. Make sure to leave a positive review too :)
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15 Dec 2023Developer post
Kick Bastards kicking its way on to Steam on 5th January 2024
Hey everyone! We are excited to announce Kick Bastards will be launching on January 5th 2024 in just 3 weeks time! We are really looking forward to sharing the finished game with you all!
28 Sep 2023Developer post
Big Demo Update
Hey everyone, we have just done a big update to the demo. Here's what you can expect: Trial 1 has had a big update to make it prettier and just better overall. Trial 2 had some little secrets added. We have added a 3rd trial and an additional tutorial level So jump back in and tr
Hey everyone, we have just done a big update to the demo. Here's what you can expect:

Trial 1 has had a big update to make it prettier and just better overall.
Trial 2 had some little secrets added.
We have added a 3rd trial and an additional tutorial level
So jump back in and try out the new stuff or if you haven't had a chance yet then give the demo a go because damn you be missing out on some big fun good times enjoyable gameplay
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19 Aug 2022Developer post
New DEMO and Kick Bastards Kickstarter
New Demo and Kickstarter We have just launched a Kickstarter to get our game to completition! We would love for as many people as possible to check it out! The demo will be available for the whole time the Kickstarter is live so if you missed your chance to play it in the Steam D
23 Feb 2022Developer post
Experience fast paced parkour and kicking with the developers of Kick Bastards!
Kick Bastards is skill based parkour game where you overcome every problem with a kick. Kick bad guys, kick down doors, kick everything you can. The game is fast paced and dynamic, you'll need to dance through danger by avoiding obstacles and mastering the levels. Race through di

Updates & announcements

Additional Changes:

General:

UI:

Options:

Player movement changes:

Bug Fixes:

Super Kick Mode

UI Update

Full list of UI changes:

Movement Changes

Misc Changes & Bug fixes

Bug Fixes:

The time is finally here. After over 2 years of development

Kick Bastards has finally released!!

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