Oppidum

Released: Apr 23, 2025
Platforms
Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 00:39 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

23 Apr 2026Developer post
One Year of Oppidum — Thank You
One year ago today, Oppidum launched on Steam. ːtamaiː Looking back at this first year: 12 patches released, with fixes, balance changes and quality-of-life improvements driven by player feedback 2 awards (Best Accessible Game, Iris Games Awards; and Best Adventure Game, DeVuego
One year ago today, Oppidum launched on Steam. ːtamaiː
Looking back at this first year:
12 patches released, with fixes, balance changes and quality-of-life improvements driven by player feedback
2 awards (Best Accessible Game, Iris Games Awards; and Best Adventure Game, DeVuego Awards)
A Nintendo Switch port, with crossplay across all platforms
The Oppidum Original Soundtrack, now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Steam
Continued support across Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch
We're a small studio, and shipping a game this size was a serious undertaking. Keeping it supported for a full year afterward — while growing as a team and starting new things — has only been possible thanks to the players who stuck with us, reported bugs, left thoughtful reviews, and kept showing up.
To all of you: thank you.
Oppidum isn't the end of the road. There are things taking shape behind the scenes — early things, quiet things, things we're not ready to talk about yet. If you want to be the first to catch glimpses when the time comes, our Discord is where we share first.
👉 https://discord.gg/hp9XP23eze
Here's to year two ːtamaiː
— The EP Games team
Original post
25 Feb 2026Developer post
Little patch and a celebration!
Scouts, new polishing has been deployed to the island! ːscoutcompassː Even though this time we are not adding extra content, we believe these improvements will bring you a better feeling while playing Oppidum . Have a look at the following patch notes: Patch Notes New arcade cont
Scouts, new polishing has been deployed to the island! ːscoutcompassː
Even though this time we are not adding extra content, we believe these improvements will bring you a better feeling while playing Oppidum. Have a look at the following patch notes:
Patch Notes
New arcade control for your mount, more similar to how the character is controlled. It's activated by default and can be disabled in order to use the old control.
Small balance tweaks to adjust difficulty
Fix: Attack speed buff on gloves/gauntlets was not working properly
Time for celebration
By the way, it's also some time for celebration! Not only did Oppidum win the Best Accessibility Award last November in Iris Games Awards, but also won the Best Adventure Game award in DeVuego Awards 2025 some days ago.

Thanks a lot to everyone who voted for our game ːopalgemː
New community content
Finally, a special shout-out to our community member, dehteh, who has created an amazing tool: an interactive map of Insule! https://oppidum.fandom.com/wiki/Map:Insule
For now, it includes: major locations, Fast Travel/Respawn Totems, Trader Locations, Chest Locations, Thudulk Camps, Dora Spawn Points and Relic Locations. ːkingmarkː
Happy to read your thoughts
That would be all for today! As always, let us know what you think. We are always looking for interactions with our lovely community ːtamaiː Your feedback matters. ːtamaiː
The EP Games Team
Original post
16 Dec 2025Developer post
Huge content update for Oppidum is now ready!
Get ready, Scout! ːscoutcompassː Insule has a lot more to offer to you now. Either if you're a returning adventurer or your adventure is about to start, you'll want to know about all that's new in Oppidum : ːtamaiː ːkingmarkː New minigames! Beach Pong . You can play versus some b
Get ready, Scout! ːscoutcompassː
Insule has a lot more to offer to you now. Either if you're a returning adventurer or your adventure is about to start, you'll want to know about all that's new in Oppidum: ːtamaiː
ːkingmarkː New minigames!
Beach Pong. You can play versus some bennies or versus a friend.
Battle Arena. You can fight waves of enemies (1 to 4 players) and get rewards. You can also challenge your friend(s) (PvP!! 2-4 players).
ːopalgemː New features:
Traveller and Portal Scrolls will now be considered "Consumables" instead of "Valuables", so you can stack many of them in a single inventory slot.
You can now see the Credits from the Main Menu: can you bet how many devs made this game before watching it?
Default Resources Multiplicator has been changed from 1x to 1.4x for Default, Smooth and Relaxed game settings. This will reflect more precisely what you have told us about what you expect from the game!
New pause feature (thx @Dragonsblade!). This is a new mappeable button (which is mapped to P in keyboard, but unmapped in gamepad by default) and you can find it in "Controls" settings. This new feature also works in multiplayer (it will pause the game for everyone, and anyone can unpause after a few seconds).
You can now break any item into Tamai in the Tamai Enchantment Desk, including weapons and armors. For any item with durability, the resulting Tamai will be 50% less if the durability bar is empty, and proportional between 0 and 100%.
New "Snap to Grid" option when building. This will snap new buildings to 90º rotations and to positions, allowing to snap both to the grid and an adjacent building.
Now enemies stunned with a Perfect Parry will receive 30% bonus damage.
The attack bar over enemies doing a melee attack will turn orange in the point where you should do a parry in order to stun them.
At EP Games we've got a quite small tiny team, but we love listening to our community, being in touch, solving doubts or fixing issues, and giving support to all of our games.
Your feedback matters: get in touch, answer to our posts, join our Discord or send us an email to [email protected]. You'll hear back from us and we'd love to listen to you and to help you in any matter we can.
Share your gameplay videos on your socials and tag us @PlayOppidum or use #Oppidum!
Hope you love this update as much as we loved developing it for you, Scout ːtamaiː
The EP Games Team
Original post
09 Oct 2025Developer post
Polishing Oppidum for a better experience for you
Welcome back! Today we bring you a new patch, polishing some important aspects of the gameplay to make your experience a better one. Please, if you ever find any issue, get in touch , because we do actually commit to helping you and fix anything that arises. Your comments and fee
Welcome back!
Today we bring you a new patch, polishing some important aspects of the gameplay to make your experience a better one. Please, if you ever find any issue, get in touch, because we do actually commit to helping you and fix anything that arises. Your comments and feedback matter.
Have a look at the patch notes below:
Improvements:
Increased Soil sold per day by the Litoran Trader from 30 to 40
Polished timed crafting buildings UI with gamepad
Do not use auto-center camera with gamepad when placing a building
Improved auto-center camera with gamepad when riding a horse
Improved horse cornering you when you call it
Fixes:
Some bonus were not taken into account at the time of deciding when to do fourth attack of the combo
When a building was in a working animation and you completed an upgrade, the new upgraded building started without the working animation until it completed one item
Using "build and continue" when placing decoration made the character do an action if the mapped button was the same
Some other minor bug fixes
At EP Games we take very seriously our commitment towards our community and we love hearing back from you, so let us know what you think.
In fact, even though we didn't have time to make it for this very same patch, we're working on a Pause feature that was asked for by a member of the community, and hope to have it ready soon (only for single-player), so everyone who needs to Pause the game with just one key (without going back to the Main Menu) can do so. Accessibility has always been core to our development and we've tried and will try to keep it that way.
Also, if you need help, don't hesitate to contact us: always available through [email protected] or in our Discord server for a more immediate communication.
The EP Games Team
Original post
01 Oct 2025Developer post
New patch with a new camera feature when using a controller
Hi Scout! Welcome back! Have a look at the following patch notes and jump back into action. The world of Insule is expecting you. Improvements Now the camera will automatically rotate to face your movement when you move using a gamepad. There is a new option in Camera Settings to
Hi Scout! Welcome back!
Have a look at the following patch notes and jump back into action. The world of Insule is expecting you.
Improvements
Now the camera will automatically rotate to face your movement when you move using a gamepad. There is a new option in Camera Settings to disable this behavior.
Improved the animation when your character looks at the Sun. This feature wasn't available on PS4 and Xbox One for performance reasons in the detection of the occlusion of the Sun, but we've optimized it and now it's available in all platforms.
Fixes
Minor bug fixes
At EP Games we take very seriously our commitment towards our community and we love hearing back from you, so let us know what you think. Also, if you need help, don't hesitate to contact us: always available through [email protected] or in our Discord server for a more immediate communication.
The EP Games Team
Original post
04 Sep 2025Developer post
V.1.1.0 is here! Respawn totems, new scrolls, cosmetics and more
Summer is almost over, but at EP Games we've kept working hard to bring you new improvements and fixes to Oppidum, so your adventure is even more interesting! We are happy to work hand in hand with our community, listening to the feedback you all provide, as well as helping when
Summer is almost over, but at EP Games we've kept working hard to bring you new improvements and fixes to Oppidum, so your adventure is even more interesting!
We are happy to work hand in hand with our community, listening to the feedback you all provide, as well as helping when new issues arise. This is just our way to develop games: we are fellow gamers too and we want to do that for our communities.
This is the biggest patch so far, and will probably change the way you've been playing, so have a look at the notes bellow so you don't miss anything.
Improvements:
Cosmetics: New facial hair, earrings, piercings, glasses and facial details (all these cosmetics can be changed in the Hair Stylist in Oppidum town later in the game)
New totems: Now you will be able to activate some Totems around the world that will allow you to respawn on them instead of the initial beach when you are defeated.
Also, the Home Traveler's Scroll and the Home Portal Scroll have been replaced for the new Totem Traveler's Scroll and Totem Portal Scroll, that will allow you to choose these same Totems, including your Camp if you build a Totem there
Now the last tier of armor and weapons will change its color to reflect your player's favorite color!
Swords durability has been increased by 15%
Now the game configuration for Resources Multiplier will also increase the inventory slot capacity for resources and consumables by the same amount
Fixes:
Small bug fixes
As always, happy to read your feedback in the comments or in our Community Discord Server!
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
01 Aug 2025Developer post
Calling All Scouts - We Need Your Voice!
Hey everyone! We're excited to share that we are working on some new features for Oppidum, and we want YOU to be part of shaping it. We've always mentioned we released a complete game, with a finished story, and we are not enlarging it. However, we've always wanted to keep adding
Hey everyone!
We're excited to share that we are working on some new features for Oppidum, and we want YOU to be part of shaping it.
We've always mentioned we released a complete game, with a finished story, and we are not enlarging it. However, we've always wanted to keep adding little things here and there that would make your experience a better one. For example, we added Sleeping bags, the option to choose Unlimited usage of Teleport Scrolls, a new, more accessible, fishing minigame, plus other fixes and improvements.
Now, we are working on several exciting things, but we'd like you to know about a couple of them in specific:
Respawn points: we'll be adding something you'll be able to craft to respawn in your own camp, and there'll be more of those around the island, in certain specific pre-selected points, where you'll be able to respawn once you've discovered them. (The initial idea of respawning in the base with a 'totem' was proposed by Flayre in the Community Forum, and we really appreciate feedback like this, so we took it to heart and designed this; now we need to implement it!)
Facial customization in Character Creation: after careful thought, we've heard your feedback and we're starting to see what kinds of facial customizations we could add to your teenage scout characters. We're considering little short beards, facial "war paint", glasses and other facial paint.
Here's where you come in: We're opening up the floor for community input on this specific feature of Facial Customization. What would you like to have for your character?
Your feedback has always been valuable to us, and this is a perfect opportunity to directly influence the game's development. We'll be reading every single comment and taking your suggestions seriously.
Thanks for being such an amazing community. Let's make Oppidum even better together! 🎮
Original post
02 Jul 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 1.0.6
How is summer treating you, Scouts? ːscoutcompassː At EP Games, we continue our job of supporting Oppidum with fixes and improvements to bring you the best possible experience. The community on our Official Discord has kept growing and we are now more than 1000 members! If you ha
How is summer treating you, Scouts? ːscoutcompassː
At EP Games, we continue our job of supporting Oppidum with fixes and improvements to bring you the best possible experience.
The community on our Official Discord has kept growing and we are now more than 1000 members!
If you haven't joined us yet, we are waiting for you!
Even though we are quite a small tiny team, we are always in touch with the community, listening to your feedback and reports (if you've got any issue we are not aware of, please let us know, we want to help), and so we bring you today the last Patch Notes:

Improvements
Tasks achievement will progress for everyone in the party when one task is completed, instead of progressing only for the player who completes it
Fishing difficulty has been linked to the Health Behavior setting, so if Health Behavior is “No Damage Taken” or “Lots of HP Regen.”, it will be much easier; if it’s “Some HP regen.” (default), it will be a little bit easier; and the previous (original) difficulty will be linked to “No HP regen.”
Arcshine will not have a rain bonus to appear and the previous rain bonus will be applied always instead
Fixes
Fixed ghost item in the Bank with certain swaps (thx @HaycheGee)
Fixed horses able to be called during a Boss battle (thx @DAS_leo)
ːtamaiː Let us know what you think about this patch! We're eager to read your feedback ːtamaiː
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
04 Jun 2025Developer post
Oppidum is Steam Deck Verified!
As you may already know, we put a lot of effort into developing a specific native Linux version of Oppidum for Steam Deck, and now, it's verified! The game is running on Deck at solid 30 fps without any issues. As additional information: We set Medium quality by default on Steam
As you may already know, we put a lot of effort into developing a specific native Linux version of Oppidum for Steam Deck, and now, it's verified!
The game is running on Deck at solid 30 fps without any issues.
As additional information:

We set Medium quality by default on Steam Deck (you can change it anytime)
It's close to 60 fps in Low, but not solid 60 fps
It's close to 30 fps in Ultra, but not solid 30 fps
You can increase the fps to achieve your desired framerate by lowering the render quality (we use FSR3, so it will still look great).
A world hanging by a thread needs your help – answer the call now, wherever you are! 🍃✨
Happy gaming!
Let us know what you think, ask us any questions you might have about the game on Deck, or even join us on Discord if that's something that would suit you!
See you soon in Insule!
The EP Games Team
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2115760/Oppidum/
Original post
29 May 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 1.0.5
Hey hey, Scouts! A bit over a month has passed by since the release of Oppidum, and players feedback is being great! ːsteamhappyː Also, some community members have managed to get up and running a subreddit for the game. Ain't it cool? It's r/OppidumGame . Thank you, u/logginlogan
Hey hey, Scouts!
A bit over a month has passed by since the release of Oppidum, and players feedback is being great! ːsteamhappyː
Also, some community members have managed to get up and running a subreddit for the game. Ain't it cool? It's r/OppidumGame. Thank you, u/logginlogan, for the effort and enthusiasm <3
Meanwhile, we've been helping the community get going on our Official Discord, for example, creating some voice channels so you can match with other players and enjoy some runs together. At the moment, we are somewhat around 950 members, and it would be awesome to reach to 1000 to enter Server Discovery feature! If you haven't joined us yet, we are waiting for you!
Finally, we've been working on all known issues to get them fixed asap (if you've got any issue we are not aware of, please let us know, we want to help), and so we bring you today the last Patch Notes:
Improvements

Polished camera movement smoothness with pitch
Fixes

Fixed black trees / rocks when gathering in a certain rare circumstance
Fixed Depth of field was enabled when using the Telescope even if it was disabled in Settings
Minor bug fixes
Hope your adventures keep going on and Insule gets the help it needs!
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
17 May 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 1.0.4
Hello Scouts! Today we bring you some improvements for the Horses, as well as some minor fixes, hoping this way your rides around Insule are a bit smoother. Improvements Horse will now gallop to your position when called instead of trotting Horse will try to dodge obstacles bette
Hello Scouts!
Today we bring you some improvements for the Horses, as well as some minor fixes, hoping this way your rides around Insule are a bit smoother.
Improvements

Horse will now gallop to your position when called instead of trotting
Horse will try to dodge obstacles better
Fixes

Fixed horse falling through the woods on Dry-Dry Terraces
Minor bug fixes
As always, we are here to listen to your feedback and we'll keep working to bring you the smoothest possible experience!
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
10 May 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 1.0.3
Here we come again with interesting news! In case you don't know yet, we've kept working hard listening and helping the community with problems and doubts about our game, Oppidum. (We invite you to join our Discord if you haven't yet!) Some of the most common issues have been inv
Here we come again with interesting news!
In case you don't know yet, we've kept working hard listening and helping the community with problems and doubts about our game, Oppidum. (We invite you to join our Discord if you haven't yet!)
Some of the most common issues have been inventory space, fishing and doubts about certain items that were not clear how or where to obtain, so those are the things we tackled in this new patch.
Improvements

Increased effect of “tired fish” when fishing: after 30 seconds of fishing, the fish starts moving slower and is easier to catch, this effect is what has been increased
Added an accessible mode for Fishing, linked to the “Single-Press Controls” Setting
Added two of the unlockable inventory slots to the beginning of the adventure, making the corresponding quests to unlock now just one slot instead of two upon their completion
New dialogue lines to explain better some very FAQs about items
Fixes

Fixed a rare error related to lag that could lead to an item appearing duplicated in bank and inventory, but it wasn’t really there
We'll keep working to bring you the smoothest possible experience!
Your support is very much appreciated.
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
06 May 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 1.0.2
At EP Games we don't stop: thanks to the awesome community that you are growing, mostly on our Discord, we've detected and fixed some little issues. We've been able to help you in between patches to fix some of the problems that we could immediately fix due to being an online gam
At EP Games we don't stop: thanks to the awesome community that you are growing, mostly on our Discord, we've detected and fixed some little issues.
We've been able to help you in between patches to fix some of the problems that we could immediately fix due to being an online game, but that's also thanks to you, scouts, who have been actively helping us understand what was troubling you and letting us access your game to help you continue with the adventure without further issues.
You've been playing for long hours and enjoying the adventure Insule has for you, either solo, with friends or even both! (we know you are making good use of the three slots available!), but there was an achievement you couldn't get just yet: get ready, download the new patch and jump into action!
Improvements

Improved the video memory footprint
Added a Visual hint for Treasure Finder in compass so it does not depend exclusively on audio hint
Removing building or Moving building now allows to move / remove more buildings without need to enter the UI again until you cancel the action
Added a bit of range to allow the camera get closer to the player
Configurable zoom for gamepad (when using mouse, this can be changed anytime with the mouse wheel)
Fixes

Added 2 missing chests that were necessary for the Sharp Explorer achievement
Fixed jump attack sticking the character between two enemies
Minor bug fixes
We appreciate your support and hope you can keep enjoying Oppidum!
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
29 Apr 2025Developer post
💫 We're more than 500 members in the Oppidum Official Discord server!! 💫
Our community is growing lately and so are the tips and tricks to go around Insule. Ask, share or simply take a look at what our members are saying about Oppidum. Did you know the server is also our fastest method to help you with tech-support? @JohnHacker is our CEO and tech lea
28 Apr 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 1.0.1
First days since release, what a ride! This is being a great adventure, guys. You've been letting us know how much you love this game, but also some feedback for improvements. We've been listening to the community, helping solve some tech-issues ( mostly through our Discord ) and
First days since release, what a ride! This is being a great adventure, guys.
You've been letting us know how much you love this game, but also some feedback for improvements.
We've been listening to the community, helping solve some tech-issues (mostly through our Discord) and working hard to bring you asap the first patch with some new features and improvements.
New world settings

Unlimited usage of Teleport scrolls
Show distance in Compass
New video options

Vibrance
Brightness
Bloom (on/off)
Depth of Field (on/off)
New camera option

Camera smoothing
New features

New item: Sleeping Bag. Can be created in Workshop Level 1 and will allow you to sleep far from the Camp.
Hidden hotkey to disable UI (control + H)
Improvements

Changed how Building Friendships quest is opened so it’s more understandable
Increased max pins in the map from 100 to 200
Changed the mapped keys in Animal Farm and Crops Farm to Rotate Left and Rotate Right instead of the UI map (by default they are the same keys, so this only affects if you want to remap the controls)
Minor bug fixes
We appreciate your support and hope you can keep enjoying Oppidum even more now.
See you in Insule!
The EP Games Team
Original post
24 Apr 2025Developer post
Incoming patch with new world settings
It's been just one day after release, but at EP Games we never stop! We are committed to our communities and our players, and so: First day small patches: During the first hours, many people played the game for looooong sessions in all platforms (not only Steam, but also PlayStat
It's been just one day after release, but at EP Games we never stop! We are committed to our communities and our players, and so:
First day small patches:
During the first hours, many people played the game for looooong sessions in all platforms (not only Steam, but also PlayStation and Xbox). We received beautiful feedback, as well as specific and helpful reports of small bugs that we fixed over the night (we are based in Europe). A little group reported crashes opening the game or on the first screen, but that was solved as well.
So, what's next?
Well, we keep working on supporting our growing community, listening to players' feedback and fixing anything that arises.
Some of you got in touch with us to give feedback about how much travelling there's at the beginning, or how difficult it was for you to find some items. We developed Oppidum with a lot of options so each player could exactly enjoy it as they pleased. Because of that, in the following days we are adding:
New world settings:

Show distance in the compass markers
Unlimited use of Travelling Scrolls
These options won't be enabled by default, but you will be able to change them from World Settings so the game keeps adapting to your gameplay style.
Apart from that, we are also adding:
New video options:

Vibrance
Brightness
Bloom (on/off)
Depth of Field (on/off)
Hidden hotkey to disable UI (control + H)
Thank you for your feedback and interest in seeing Oppidum growing.
See you in Insule (or Discord)
The EP Games Team
Original post
23 Apr 2025Developer post
Oppidum has a native Linux version for Steam Deck!
In EP Games we've got a great commitment towards giving our players the best gaming experiences, so we have put a lot of effort into developing a specific version for Steam Deck. The game is running on Deck at solid 30 fps without any issues. As additional information: We set Med
In EP Games we've got a great commitment towards giving our players the best gaming experiences, so we have put a lot of effort into developing a specific version for Steam Deck.
The game is running on Deck at solid 30 fps without any issues.
As additional information:

We set Medium quality by default on Steam Deck (you can change it anytime)
It's close to 60 fps in Low, but not solid 60 fps
It's close to 30 fps in Ultra, but not solid 30 fps
You can increase the fps to achieve your desired framerate by lowering the render quality (we use FSR3, so it will still look great).
Happy gaming!
Let us know what you think, ask us any questions you might have about the game on Deck, or even join us on Discord if that's something that would suit you!
See you soon in Insule!
The EP Games Team
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2115760/Oppidum/
Original post
10 Apr 2025Developer post
Oppidum is officially releasing April 23, 2025 | Opening Cinematic Reveal
We are counting the days to see you guys playing and having fun with the game we've been developing for the last few years. We're incredibly proud of what we've done with the tiny little team we are. We put a lot of effort in this game, taking care of details that may be overseen
04 Apr 2025Developer post
Oppidum release date revealed!
Play Oppidum solo or team up with up to 3 friends Build, explore, customize your experience and survive in Oppidum! A Thriving Camp in a Magical World In Oppidum, you'll be summoned to the enchanted island of Insule, where you'll have the need of building a thriving camp, gatheri
Play Oppidum solo or team up with up to 3 friends
Build, explore, customize your experience and survive in Oppidum!
A Thriving Camp in a Magical World
In Oppidum, you'll be summoned to the enchanted island of Insule, where you'll have the need of building a thriving camp, gathering resources, crafting essential equipment, while confronting a mysterious corruption endangering the island.
Watch on YouTube
Customize Your Adventure

Game Modes: Relaxed (no death), Smooth (reduced enemy damage), As Designed, and Hardcore (increased challenges).
Character Creation: Create your character by selecting hairstyle, color, body shape, voice, favorite color or different face customizations, among other options, to best represent you.
Some extra accessibility options: - Possibility of no button-holding - Adjustable quest tracker visibility - Customizable resource and enemy damage multipliers - Adjustable durability settings for tools, weapons, and armor
Adaptive Storytelling
Oppidum’s narrative adapts to your playstyle!
Dive into rich lore and stories, or jump straight into action with clear quest markers guiding your path.
Original Soundtrack Elevates Your Journey
Immerse yourself further in the adventure with Oppidum’s original soundtrack, composed to capture Insule’s magic and mystery.
Let us know what you think about the trailer, the game or how excited you are ːsteamhappyː
Or join us on Discord https://discord.gg/b5MhStZk9N
See you soon in Insule
The EP Games Team
Original post
21 Feb 2025Developer post
Dev Update #11 - Your Camp is Your Home in Oppidum
Welcome to your future home in Insule! Today, we’re thrilled to share a detailed first look at the camp system in Oppidum, our co-op survival adventure where your camp is your strongest ally against every challenge. 🔥 Team Up with Friends Oppidum offers 1-4 player co-op, so brin