14 Jun 2025Developer post

MDM Surprise Release!

New Restock Keyword Since the release of Mayor Lindr ⚡️a few months ago, two particular effects (Human Shield and Mayor Lindr) have occupied our imaginations. Both of these cards add new ones to the shop, similarly to other tokens generators, but there is a hidden flaw of unlimit

New Restock Keyword

Since the release of Mayor Lindr⚡️a few months ago, two particular effects (Human Shield and Mayor Lindr) have occupied our imaginations. Both of these cards add new ones to the shop, similarly to other tokens generators, but there is a hidden flaw of unlimited copy creation.

The act of adding the same card over and over (Rally, Conversion, Dr. Daisy) requires heavy commitment from the beginning of the match, which is risky and boring at the same time. Peak game design...❤️

Packaging this multiplication functionality in a new Restock keyword has opened an enormous number of possibilities. We no longer have to rely on Double and Triple effects, that while fun are a bit clunky, because the total price of cards has to be doubled or tripled.

With this solution we can divide the large upfront cost⚡️⚡️⚡️ into a few smaller chunks ⚡️+⚡️+⚡️making the deckbuilding experience friendlier and deck creation quicker. The best part is the extra flexibility! Too many copies of the same card can make the deck dull and uninspiring. Players will now be able to choose exactly how many cards they want!

Metal Duke Mox Release Guide

SUR5☢️ 30th Survivor - MDM can be unlocked just for 2160🟨 credits or 525 💎 crystals! Cards provided by this advanced-tier, defense character create a strong foundation for all Barrier based archetypes. It's also a second character that pushes the design philosophy of Hybrid card type.

"Decades of hoarding all things into one hand-shaped megastructure was considered insanity. Total Collapse has changed people's minds. They began to admire this act of unintentional resourcefulness and praised its creator as Metal Duke Mox. With the influx of attention, MDM had a sobering moment and left, but was no longer a slave to materialism."

Metal Duke Mox has the simplest destroy effect of all available Survivors in the game. This unending hatred towards all consumer goods comes at the cost of his own health 🔥🔥🔥 To protect from self-harm and enemy invade cards, use Fortify and manipulate metal waste around.

He is not the only one in this fight and devoted Acolytes are glad to do everything their reverend prophet says. Vandalize and Reserves are both great ways to use barriers when there is no life loss 💔 threats present.

Balls of Steel and a good timed Booby Trap is everything you need to completely stomp an opponent. These two (as well as other hybrid cards) don't do much damage 💀, but they can totally clog enemy decks! 💩💩💩

Suggested Companions

Braindead (synergizes in all aspects)
Vex (Fixes energy issues and matches waste types)
Phoebe (Combos with barrier generating cards)
General Nur ad-Din (can block self-damage with armor)
Sister Senn (life gain offsets life loss, more Hybrid cards in deck)

Survivor Changes

Drowned

Submarine now Recreates Twice and has new "On Draw" effect: Lose 2💔

Vex

Totem has been renamed to Balance Totem.

Braindead

Reinforce now adds 5 Barrier instead of 7.

Mayor Lindr

Mayor Lindr text now uses Restock keyword.
Human Shield text now uses Restock keyword.

Lt. Yesna

S.F.T. now loses 3 💔 instead of 2

Thanks to everyone reading this article and supporting SUR5☢️ We hope that you will enjoy this months release. Next Survivor (~~Codename TOD~~) will be a gamechanger that explores Trash and Restock mechanics in a way that was not seen before❤️🌱🌱🌱

~SUR5 Company

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26 Apr 2025Developer post

Hybrid Cards + Sister Senn Release!

Hybrid cards were in our plans since the very beginning of the game, awaiting their movement alongside Sister Senn . We are very happy to finally awaken them from deep slumber. While at first glance the new card type might seem underpowered, it absolutely makes up for it with the

Hybrid cards were in our plans since the very beginning of the game, awaiting their movement alongside Sister Senn. We are very happy to finally awaken them from deep slumber. While at first glance the new card type might seem underpowered, it absolutely makes up for it with their extra versatility, DOUBLING the possibilites!!! 🖤❤️💜💙

How do they work!? It's very simple and elegant design! Players can purchase Hybrid cards by dragging them to either top side of the screen (as Invade card for enemy) or to the bottom side (as Basic card for their own deck) This truly innovative change will be a permanent feature that allows us to pack more SUR5☢️ into SUR5☢️

Sister Senn Release Guide

Sister Senn can be unlocked for 4320 🟨 credits or 825 💎 crystals. Cards she brings to the bood stained table works very well on their own, but are most efficient when paired with other Life Gain ❤️ Survivors. Her tanky kit and 4 Hybrid cards can extend game time to the new lengths!

"Metal fangs drilled into Sister Senn's skull itch every time she spills blood. However, time for the pleasures will come later. First she needs to harvest and freeze organs of the donor. Lamashtu pays a fortune for body parts that closely match the necessary genetic profile..."

Access to a vast DNA🧬 database of potential targets comes at a huge cost. All bloodlink agents must replace their teeth with metal implants that cause immense discomfort when their cravings are not satisfied. This modification ensures that pseudo-vampires are loyal and always happy to serve a bad cause 🩸🩸🩸

Hunger 💀💀 Direct Damage effects can be triggered with Sister Senn or using traditional Tweak effects! Be extremely cautious when gifting this to opponent as it can be easily turned against you 💔 💔

Transfusion can be a powerhouse or menace, depending if the deck has enough Life Gain❤️effects. It's usually a good idea to wait a little before the purchase. Note the card description reads "since last turn" meaning that effect includes life received from Blood Agent💉

Deep Rest has by far the most powerful healing effect in the game, comparable to dealing 3 points of direct damage. It can put a Hunger at the bottom of the deck, to be later drawn with Stitched - triggering a draw bonus 🔥🔥🔥

Survivor Changes

In our pursuit of creating the very best deckbuilding game ever™ we also decided to change some of the older cards to make the Hybrid type feel more common. Similarly to the Spark update we will be consequently adding them from this point forward. We are super excited to see how players can use these newfound powers!

Father Redwood

Torment is now Hybrid type instead of Invade type.

General Nur ad-Din

Phosphorus Bomb is now a Hybrid type instead of Basic type.

Phoebe

Crimelord is now Hybrid type instead of Invade type. Right now this change is more about lore flavour than actual utility, letting poor Phoebe continue her addiction with a help of nasty drug lord

Dr Daisy

Overgrow is now Hybrid type instead of Invade type.

Mrs. B

Royalties are now Hybrid type instead of Invade type.

Braindead

Preparations combo now correctly uses requried waste from the combo.

QoL and Bug Fixes

Tied Arm, Tied Leg and Lifesteal from Mission 4-5 has been changed to Hybrid type for educational purposes.
Fixed bugs where some cards were not displaying illustrations and showed not_supported titles after destruction.
Fixed bug where Blowup was improperly displaying Traitor illustration.
Cards in the deck preview now have their names colored based on their type.

We are very thankful for everyone reading the message ❤️ As you can see Hybrid cards add even more complexity to the game in an ingenious, natural, gluten-free, non-gmo, blessed fashion. We still have many crazy ideas coming to improve all aspects of the SUR5☢️
~SUR5 Company

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29 Mar 2025Developer post

Braindead Release!

Third month - third release! Braindead is waiting for you to be unlocked! This Expert Tier character (4320 🟨 credits) with Economy-Unity traits breathe fresh garbage air to the game, unlocking potential of many waste combos that were previously not possible🔥🔥🔥 Substituting mi

Third month - third release! Braindead is waiting for you to be unlocked! This Expert Tier character (4320 🟨 credits) with Economy-Unity traits breathe fresh garbage air to the game, unlocking potential of many waste combos that were previously not possible🔥🔥🔥

Substituting missing brain tissue with social-media based hardware was partially successful. Braindead was alive, but his mind could be easily influenced by populist viewpoints. The battle against Lindr tyranny not only left him physically scarred, but also replaced his virtues with loose morals.

Braindead🧠 speciality is generating and utilizing high amounts of waste. His ability may not look like much, but when timed correctly it can provide exactly what you need for the combo. All trash is welcome thanks to the mid to late game effect of Segregation♻️

When facing Scavenger its removal should be absolutely prioritized. While both copies deal no damage (when played), they can single handedly enable any combo in the opponent's hand. No scavanged trash is wasted with Toxic Fire🔥 that can hit for up to 6 damage 💀!

Single trigger of Scavenger ability can also combine with SUR5☢️ first two triple-waste combo cards: Preparations and Blow Up. These powerful new additions should be used very cautiously as they can easily make or break the game 💥

Survivor Changes

With this patch we want to make the experience of facing Heavy Invade cards feel less hopeless. We have removed the Recreate Always keyword from many cards and added lighter version: Recreate Thrice.

Destroying a card 2-3 times is functionally almost the same, but with a clear "way out" this should feel more forgiving and fair. Some cards like B.F.T. were not changed to continue crushing peoples dreams.

Mrs. B

Headquarters now recreate twice instead of always.

Forge Master

Blacksmith now recreates thrice instead of always.

Father Redwood

Torment now recreates twice instead of always.

Drowned

Submarine now recreates twice instead of always.

The Businessman

Vadim now recreates thrice instead of always.

TRX

TRX now recreates twice instead of always.

Phoebe

Attack Helicopter parakopter now recreates twice instead of always.

G.U.I.D.E.

Holoform now recreates twice instead of always.

Werwent

Regeneration now has a limit of restoring maximum 4 Life ❤️

Quick Start Bundle

This month we launched a new special item called Quick Start Bundle, dedicated to both new and advanced players who would like to speed up their SUR5☢️ progression; immediately unlocking thousands of exciting Survivor combinations and synergies to explore! If you have never heard about this product we describe what's inside in the event below:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2159120/view/579380755053937562

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3475740/SUR5_Quick_Start_Bundle/

Thank you so much for reading and hope you will enjoy playing Braindead!
~SUR5 Company

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14 Mar 2025Developer post

Quick Start Bundle

Dear Rebeliants❤️ We have just released a new special item called Quick Start Bundle , dedicated to both new and advanced players who would like to speed up their SUR5 ☢️ progression; immediately unlocking thousands of exciting Survivor combinations and synergies to explore! Inst

14 Feb 2025Developer post

Phoebe Release + New Defence Type

Barrier The small things are often overlooked, but sometimes they are the most important. Barrier mechanic is much simpler than many of you expected! It was designed to resolve the hidden issue with the basic Armor🛡️, but what's the problem? Armor can stop both Direct Damage 💀

Barrier

The small things are often overlooked, but sometimes they are the most important. Barrier mechanic is much simpler than many of you expected! It was designed to resolve the hidden issue with the basic Armor🛡️, but what's the problem?

Armor can stop both Direct Damage💀 and Life Loss💔 from invade strategies. We artificially limited this effect to a handful of cards because it can resolve both of the threats leading to unfun "turtling" gameplay. With this new experimental effect we can stop invaders without relying on destroy cards, opening completely new deck archetypes.

Armor stops direct Damage
Damage ignores Barrier
Barrier soaks Chemical Damage
Chemical Damage outwaits Armor

Phoebe Release

We hope you enjoyed your time with the TRX release last month, because we already have the next Survivor for you! For 4320 🟨 credits you can unlock a very versatile character Phoebe, who bridges the waste gaps between certain combos🔥🔥🔥

Phoebe's high intellect couldn't protect her from hazy years of crystal abuse. Rotten arms would be amputated without the merciful intervention of Mayor Lindr. After losing empathy to the rest of society, this victim of Stockholm syndrome has pledged her life to a new

Forcefield is the first card with mentioned earlier Barrier. It can stop a lot of mid-range invade cards like Flat Earther, while also providing their dual waste that normally would be "wasted" when destroyed!

Phoebe's general strategy is to cumulatate massive amounts of energy or deal huge damage in one turn (Traits: Attack-Foresight). We recommend waiting a few turns before purchasing her card, because it's not as effective in early phases as in late game.

Watchdog is another experiment combining text triggers with symbols. In this case the doggie needs to be played as the very first card in a round - the energy must be obtained from the previous turn using Deploy or other store effects.

This Survivor shares her card Frame with 2 others. Together they create a "faction" called NWG - New World Government, where Mayor Lindr makes the laws and distributes mind-controlling drugs to the public. Phoebe commands police forces and Mrs B terrorizes the private sector. A truly disgusting and corrupt combination! 🤮 🤮 🤮

Momentum Changes

This interaction was not planned at all when we designed the Double and Momentum mechanic, but if its fun then why not embrace it? Thanks to folks who suggested this change! This type of "secret" knowledge can create super cool situations and we are happy to explore this concept in future ❤️

Quick Start Bundle

We are currently working on a big purchasable item that will grant new players access to 20 Survivors and all Wildcards (Level 1). We believe that it's important to help people get to the game faster without having to grind all the items. Inside this pack there will be a hilarious Casual Mrs B Skin available only there (except next Brawl)! 😆

Art update of Mrs.B character design. She has now black hair strand, belt full of ammo clips and golden knuckle-duster.

Hurricane Brawl

We encourage everyone to try all these changes and new Survivors during the Hurricane Brawl event that will take place next weeked (22-23 February 2025) starting at 10 CET. There will be an active modifier that you might recognize from long time ago ❤️

Thank you so much for reading and hope to see you in game,
Team SUR5

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03 Feb 2025Developer post

Check out what else the SCP universe has to offer!

If you've already unlocked the SCP-524 skin, that's great news! But did you know there's a game that takes you straight into the heart of the SCP universe? Meet SCP Operations – a tactical strategy game from our friends at LUXO Interactive. SCP Operations Strategic gameplay in th

01 Feb 2025Developer post

February Tier Update

Since the release of the game from Early Access we are focusing on increasing the production speed of new Survivors. We believe that a greater number of combos will reduce repetitiveness therefore improving players' experience. These characters were waiting for a veeery long time

Since the release of the game from Early Access we are focusing on increasing the production speed of new Survivors. We believe that a greater number of combos will reduce repetitiveness therefore improving players' experience. These characters were waiting for a veeery long time. In the case of TRX it was more than 2 years!

Phoebe Spoilers

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SUR5 :radioactive: next Survivor is Mayor Lindr right hand - Phoebe that can be recognized from Story Missions. Her subordinates nicknamed her "blackhand" because of rotten arms she hides under white gloves. This character is bringing a very important game mechanic for long term health of the game: Barrier. Can you guess how it works before the release?

Difficulty System

Thanks ShadowFTL for suggesting implementation of the tier system! It's important to acknowledge that all Survivors are equal in power level and it often may be tempting to compare mechanically simple Vex with long-term gameplay of Mayor Lindr. From now on we will be referring to the characters difficulty instead of their price or misleading term "Tier".

Training Bot

Many players have asked our team to improve Training Bot game mode to support Invade card testing. Bot now has a special modifier that will estimate life loss based on the number of bad cards in deck. While this solution isn't perfect for now it has to be enough as we are focusing on other tasks.

Survivor Changes

Vigilante

Bear Trap cost increased from 2 to 3 energy This change was made to slow down spam strategy of inexpensive invade cards caused by TRX. This nerf can be also considered a buff, because it can trigger Headshot damage more reliably.

Leeki Wiks

Rumors generate 1 energy instead of 2 when purchased.

Gog & Magog

Firestarter cost have been reduced from 6 to 5, but deals 1 damage per trigger.

Kasese

Kasese now generates additional 1 Energy outside of purchase condition.

Mrs. B

Bank adds 1 debt forthe enemy as additional effect.
Collector damage is now limited to maximum 3.

QoL and Bug Fixes

- Added difficulty information to Survivors page.
- List of Survivors is now sorted by their difficulty instead of release date.
- Added new functionality to drop items from inventory.
- Added new tutorial videos for better introduction of new players.
- Training Bot now takes invade cards seriously.
- Added new music tracks that can be heard during the battle.
- Updated Spanish language translation.

Thank you very much for reading and supporting SUR5 :radioactive: project. We can't wait to show you all the crazy exciting Survivor designs we were cooking.
~Team SUR5

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18 Jan 2025Developer post

FREE Survivor TRX

SUR5☢️ fist Invade Survivor - TRX (pronounced Tee-R,Ex) worth 8640 🟨 credits can be unlocked absolutely for FREE using promotional code: SCP524 . In addition you will receive special SCP themed skin to make him look extra cute!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Hundreds feets underground, in a secret wa

SUR5☢️ fist Invade Survivor - TRX (pronounced Tee-R,Ex) worth 8640 🟨 credits can be unlocked absolutely for FREE using promotional code: SCP524. In addition you will receive special SCP themed skin to make him look extra cute!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Hundreds feets underground, in a secret waste management facility genetic experiments take place. Attempts to create the omnivorous organism that would convert trash into energy had a breakthrough. Instead of pooping, TRX emits electricity through its ears. The results surpassed all expectations, creating an insatiable animal.

*Promotional code SCP524 valid untill the end of February! After the promotional code expires the SCP skin will be available for purchase in store page.

TRX Quick Start

TRX can give a strong advantage early on because it can clog the enemy deck. Comeback effect unfavourably stacks cards while triggering small chunks of damage💔. The smaller the deck the more often it happens (opponent can counteract by making larger decks). Combo effect can bring back TRX to top where it can be tweaked to bite once again.

One of the design ideas of this Survivor was to counter the enemy decks from mindlessly drawing and playing cards. While it is very fun to do, it can become tiring and not exactly rewarding as we would like to. 4 copies of Rabies will punish any deck without destruction and Chew Through can exceptionally well mess up with opponent plans.

The drawbacks of this cute animal are: total lack of🔥destroy effect, powerful, but hard to control trash effect (Pointy Teeth), mediocre ⚡energy generation (Fluorescent Vaccine). Be sure to complement the team composition with cards that balance these issues.

Suggested companions:
- Mr.s B (enemy tweaking, invade cards)
- General Nur ad-Din (reveal + energy + plastic waste)
- Murad (destruction + energy)
- Boney (energy + plastic waste)
- Pepper (destruction)
- Vigilante (to utilize Headshot)

We are listening!

Leveling system was created many months ago as one of the first game features and certainly hasn't been updated in awhile. We have doubled the 🟨 credit rewards on all levels and moved Tomes to the earlier levels to make new players' experience more welcoming.

In this update we have added descriptions for all blueprints that can be found in the recently launched Weekly Quest system to ease the learning curve. The usage for some of the blueprints can be confusing, because planned items still need to be implemented in the upcoming releases.

Don't worry! All sent and received items in SUR5☢️ are stored in the server database. With this patch there will be only visible items on the list that were not collected, so hopefully it will clear up players' suspicions.

While we believe there are quite a few tooltips in the game, we have indeed omitted hovering tooltips for basic things like Waste, Energy, Armor. In the next updates we will be taking a look at all symbols to clarify all game mechanics.

As always comments in the bug-report channel on Discord section are greatly appreciated, without your all help we wouldn't be able to find errors or identify our shortcomings. Every release we are continuing to make the very best PvP deckbuilding game ever.

Changes and improvements

- Increased Epic Journey rewards and moved Tomes to earlier levels.
- Increased Credit rewards in weekly quests.
- Added descriptions to all blueprints in the game.
- Added additional battlefield resources tooltips when hovering.
- Added additional music tracks to the game.
- Added ability to edit provided email in the game settings.
- Added ingame introduction in the Tutorial Section.
- Added ingame help video clips during tutorial missions.
- Added on-hover descriptions to Epic Journey and Weekly Quest rewards.

Bugfixes

- Fixed issue where you could hover cards during reporting opponent player.
- Fixed issue where you could hover cards during match warmup window display.
- Fixed incorrect information about how Credit Microchip works.
- Fixed graphic issue when displaying Neon Crypt Portrait
- Fixed multiple wide-screen scalling issues.
- Fixed minor visual artifact while displaying Victory/Loss animation.

Thank you for reading! As you can see we are constantly improving on all fronts. This is a very big project for our small team, but we believe we are offering something truly special and unique. You can help us grow our community by inviting friends, recording videos or asking favourite influencers to cover SUR5.
~team SUR5☢️

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05 Jan 2025Developer post

SUR5 Release

6 years ago our journey with SUR5 ☢️ started. Today we would like to share our 6 reasons why it began in the first place... 6 Reasons Gambling Epidemic Every year more and more games or even other products include lottery elements , loot boxes or boosters. Even when you buy pasta

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6 years ago our journey with SUR5 ☢️ started. Today we would like to share our 6 reasons why it began in the first place...

6 Reasons

Gambling Epidemic

Every year more and more games or even other products include lottery elements, loot boxes or boosters. Even when you buy pasta in a store there is a chance to win a luxury cooker. This is not how we remember the world. It became a new norm that prays on the compulsive behaviours of the weakest. This false sense of control creates society that "hopes" something will change their lives instead of taking action.

Economic Crisis

"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer". A story as old as the world, but taken to the extreme in 2025. By no means we are not opposed to accumulating wealth, but extracting every penny in order to satisfy insatiable investors has gone too far. Our small game made by just 2 people is an inexpensive refuge for individuals who want to take a break from predatory monetization and don't have to spend a dime while having fun.

Shattered Home

We are aware that there are tons of incredible deck building games out there. We love those titles, but predominantly they are single player experiences that make us disconnected from society. People keep jumping from one title to another repeating the same mechanics. SUR5 improves on a well established classic formula and together we can go even further. Creating a community where we share truly innovative mechanics.

Freedom of Speech

The idea behind "Freeworld" (original title) was to create a post-apocalyptic world where no governments and companies can censor our thoughts. A new beginning, big reset unlike what we have in real life... Apparently we can't handle the truth and need to be fed constant lies and misinformation. Disabling communication leads to creation of echochambers, separating people into groups and escalating real life conflicts.

Degenerating IQ

The constant reliance on technology for every task prevents the formation of new neurons and memories. This leads to the creation of a less intelligent and easily controlled society. SUR5 won't hold your hand. We believe in people's ability to understand complex ideas, learn and use their imagination. Hopefully these skills will help in building better reality for us all.

Reason #6

Sixth reason? Hmm... I forgot what that was. Oh I know! Remember to have fun. Not everything has to be serious or competitive. Those old days where we could waste all day playing games, making silly jokes and talking to friends. Without building a thick skin and the ability to accept other people's viewpoints (instead of trying to change them) the world will become more depressing each day.

Development

SUR5 might be one of the most ambitious indie games ever with over 160 000 lines of code and 800 hand painted illustrations made by just 2 people. Let's These highly advanced and specific mechanics be an inspiration for your own projects

The best way to create your own game is to start with pen and paper allowing your own thoughts to guide you in decisions of what is fun and what isn't.

Greyboxing is the first step of building a functional prototype. The goal is to polish very solid foundation before heading towards working on details.

SUR5 as an online game needed specialized network code that requires understanding of how the internet actually works.

Using art templates during the development can help to decide what the player will feel.

Over the years a lot of features were crafted and separated into modules/subsystems.

In our Discord Server there is channel called #promo-codes where you can find special present for joining.

Please help us share our message everywhere you can. I hope you will support our efforts in creating a strong and happy world. Have a wonderful time in 2025 and we welcome you in our small rebellious community.
~Team SUR5

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30 Dec 2024Developer post

New Year Update

Weekly Quests Today we are releasing the long awaited Weekly Quests system with a goal of improving Rebelliants experience! Some of them are very easy and will be completed almost automatically. Some will require a hefty amount of grind! There are huge number of new customizable

Weekly Quests

Today we are releasing the long awaited Weekly Quests system with a goal of improving Rebelliants experience! Some of them are very easy and will be completed almost automatically. Some will require a hefty amount of grind!

There are huge number of new customizable options, way too many to be listed that can be found randomly. The system rotates every week (as expected) and hopefully will make your adventure a bit more pleasurable. We can't wait to hear your opinions!

QoL and Bug Fixes

Added new texts for Tome of Brilliance, Tome of Justice and Tome of Warfare.
Added 6 new descriptions to all Waste Rewerses.
Fixed error where the Trample card was showing 2 energy instead of 3.
Added tons of new items for the Weekly Quests experience.
Fixed announcer volume adjustments error.
Fixed bug where information about "time running out" was displayed at the end screen.
Improved scaling of turn summary at the end of the game.
Improved scaling when acquiring rewards.
Updated consistency of zooming buttons in UI.
Improved account creating experience.
Improved popup information visualisation.
Fixed bug where exchanging items did not update numbers in the inventory.
fixed bug where blur effect in menu was showing contours of
UI background is more blurry to make texts more readable.

2024 Wrap Up

First full year of Early Access is behind us as we get closer and closer to the final release of SUR5 :radioactive: The huge number of improvements and updates over the last 12 months may be just a tiny blip in people's lives. For us it was many hours of tireless work that hopefully brightened your day! Here are some of our favourite highlights!

Released General Nur ad-Din, Werwent, Aru-3 and G.U.I.D.E
Increased level cap from 30 to 50 and added 4 Wildcards.
Added a new really cool Spark Card type.
Concluded chapter 1 with 5 story missions.
Launched over 50 achievements.
Added purchase suggestions system for new players.
Launched Brawls and 3 new events (Battle Rage, Scavenge Market, Rapid Growth).
Created Total Player Power system and scoreboards.
Included angelic-voice Announcer.
Added a new Chemical Damage type.
Included dozens of new utility items, portraits, badges, skins and more.
Carefully kept gameplay tidy and fair with multitude of balance changes.

Thank you for sticking with us during the Early Access process. We hope that you all enjoyed the long journey and together we can continue creating the very best deckbuilder game out there!
~Team SUR5

PS: Please use the code: NewYear2025 to get items that will help you with crafting Weekly Quests blueprints.

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14 Dec 2024Developer post

Level Cap Increased to 50!

Nathan Williams - Current Master of SUR5 We would like once again to congratulate to🏆 Nathan Williams 🏆 for defeating all the competitors during last weekend Classic Brawl (7-8.12.2024). We really appreciate everyone who attended and their hard work put into creating this amazi

Nathan Williams - Current Master of SUR5

We would like once again to congratulate to🏆Nathan Williams 🏆 for defeating all the competitors during last weekend Classic Brawl (7-8.12.2024). We really appreciate everyone who attended and their hard work put into creating this amazing community. Hope we can grow much larger, but it will happen faster with your support! Share the news, follow and like SUR5☢️profiles so we can create a big home for everyone! ❤️

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Announcer Update

Many players have already heard SUR5☢️newest "angelic voice" narrator 🤣🤣🤣 With this change we wanted to make the game experience more rewarding, because we often take for granted how difficult understanding and executing all the high-end combo is.

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Safeguard Wildcard

Accumulating a lot of debt makes you think about selling your organs and permanently ruining your health... We absolutely do not recommend this form of payment, but with Safeguard you can never go fully bankrupt

This wildcard was designed as an escape from the unpleasant reality of having 5+ debt in the game... Every mechanic is best enjoyed in moderation and we feel that the debt playstyle is almost balanced. In case it isn't there's the Safeguard 💔💔💔

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Embramble Wildcard

Being stuck without any cards to trash in the shop feels bad, but can be foreseen. Using Embramble early on can grow the entire thicket of Brambles by the end of the battle. With these you can change trashing effects into powerful chemical damage!

Embramble🌿will probably become more and more powerful with each Survivor release. It technically can be a win-condition, but it's mostly a tool to encourage searching and digging for a specific cards without being worried that the shop will run out.

Survivor Changes

Pepper

Back from Ashes combo effect cost has been decreased from 2 to 1 energy,

Boney

Boney cost increased from 1 to 2 energy. This Survivor was often picked as a "free" concrete waste, without consideration of their ability to recreate cards. We could remove drawing a card effect to keep the cost lower, but because this character is unlocked in early missions we didn't want new players being stuck with useless card that often generate only waste.

Gog & Magog

Firestarter cost increased from 5 to 6 energy,

Father Redwood

Unholy Strength cost increased from 4 to 5 energy,

Drowned

Water Bomb cost increased from 3 to 4 energy,

Dr. Daisy

Overgrow waste changed from Plastic, Metal to Glass, Concrete.
Stranglevine waste changed from Glass, Concrete to Plastic, Metal. This swap of Dr.Daisy invade waste was made as a preparation for upcoming Survivors. These combo-invade combinations are being monitored and our goal is to make them as diverse as possible.

Darius the Moderator

Edge of the World cost decreased from 3 to 2 energy,

Werwernt

Trample cost decreased from 4 to 2 energy, but combo requires 1 additional energy, Trashing a card in a shop utility is completely ignored due to the high purchase cost. Now the card can be used for both effects and combo can be still executed with just one Fire Barrel.

Kasese

Kasese cost decreased from 3 to 2 energy, but generates 1 energy per purchase trigger (max 3)

Aru-3

Downtime cost decreased from 4 to 3 energy.

General Nur ad-Din

Exploding Pager no longer trashes random cards and combo penetrates 4 enemy armor. This card was difficult to understand and rarely used due to its too specific use-case scenario. We simplified the design, but we will for sure experiment more with random trashing in the future Survivors.

QoL and Bug Fixes

Fixed bug where announcer incorrectly stated First Blood.
"user_not_found" message has been properly described.
Translated General Nur ad-Din cards to Polish language.
Fixed bug where Electrocute was not highlighting.
Reward at level 20 was changed from 300 to 150 crystals.
Rewards at levels 31, 34, 37, 40 have been increased from 50 to 100 credits.
Switched Tome of Growth with Tome of Destruction unlocking levels.

Thank you once again for reading the article and playing SUR5☢️! Next time we will be talking about upcoming Weekly Quests and dozens of new items which will make the experience more enjoyable ❤️
Happy Holidays!

~team SUR5

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26 Nov 2024Developer post

SUR5 Classic Brawl Tournament!

We would like to invite you to play in the upcoming SUR5 Classic Brawl Tournament . If you are new to this game mode and have not participated before don't worry! Winning games is actually not the most important thing, because Credits and valuable Atomic Coins can be obtained jus

16 Nov 2024Developer post

General Nur ad-Din Release

From time to time we get some interesting comments and our posts are often deleted. We welcome all constructive criticism and reasonable opinions. It's important to remind ourselves where unnecessary censorship can lead: biased worldview, lack of empathy towards other perspective

From time to time we get some interesting comments and our posts are often deleted. We welcome all constructive criticism and reasonable opinions. It's important to remind ourselves where unnecessary censorship can lead: biased worldview, lack of empathy towards other perspectives and ultimately hatred...

While SUR5 is far from the perfect game to discuss difficult topics other companies often avoid them under the pressure of monetary gains. Freedom of speech is a core value and without it there will never be justice. Now let's have some fun with our most controversial Survivor (yet) General Nur ad-Din!!!

General Nur ad-Din Guide

Assassination attempt obliterated half of General Nur ad-Din's body, but didn’t break his will to survive. Encased in a bulletproof glass coffin his undead remains still continue to give orders to the army. Promising to his people total extermination of all pests that threaten his land.

Our new exciting survivor is all about long-term planning and careful observation of the battlefield. It's also one of the most difficult to master, and only veteran SUR5 players will know how to take advantage of his powerful card effects.

General Nur ad-Din destruction effect can quickly demolish starter cards from the deck while Crude Oil establishes an economical presence in the region. Beware though as uncontrollable removal of Garbage, can leave deck vulnerable to being stuck with unwanted cards in the shop.

Surveilling enemy tactics with Night Vision will help you to decide when to use Reactive Armor to stop an opponent's damage and turn around tides of battle. Patience and maintaining control is a key to victory and reckless usage of protection will have consequences.

Excess armor (while tricky) can be transformed into the most powerful invade tank Depopulator that can win the game by itself. Another use of plating is to mitigate self inflicted chemical damage fallout from Phosphorus Bomb.

PS: We are fully aware that the extermination combo is incredibly difficult to execute. With time it will become much easier as we will be adding more chemical damage effects to the game.

Roadmap Update

These are our plans for the upcoming months with special emphasis on weekly events that will keep players entertained while we work on other features. These few sentences mean a lot of work for us, but together we can build the very best deckbuilding game and community ever!

Survivor Changes

Darius the Moderator

Chemitrail now deals Chemical Damage instead of Normal Damage.

QoL and Bug Fixes

Fixed end turn timer graphics.
Added new descriptions for survivor skins.
Fixed bug where Bot cards in Casual mode were not displayed properly.
Improved game resolution scalling.
Improvements to the matchmaking algorithm.

Once again we cannot stress how important to us is your support and love. Thank you for reading and hope you will enjoy General Nur ad-Din!
~Team SUR5

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18 Oct 2024Developer post

World War III Update

Another barrage of Mini-Nukes launched by superpowers has just begun… Air begins to fill with mind-numbing crystal dust from constant bombardment making it seem like a fever dream. Even the deadening sound of explosions can’t end this nightmare. The winner can be only one… 18-20

Another barrage of Mini-Nukes launched by superpowers has just begun… Air begins to fill with mind-numbing crystal dust from constant bombardment making it seem like a fever dream. Even the deadening sound of explosions can’t end this nightmare. The winner can be only one…

18-20 October 2024 we are launching a SUR5 new event called Battle Rage! After the game's release it will be repeated once every two months so there will be plenty of chances to gather all the rewards. This is a main source of Ashes of Destruction that can be crafted into Rods of Destruction.

New type of item called "Molds" has been added in this update. Functionally they work almost the same as Blueprints, but these slabs can be used an unlimited amount of times. This change was made to improve players' experience by removing repeated farming of the same plans (you still need to get crafting materials!) Blueprints will continue to be used as rewards for more limited schemes.

General Nur ad-Din Spoilers

General Nur ad-Din feels no remorse for using chemical warfare against opposing forces hiding amongst civilians. With the release of this brutal leader we are introducing Chemical Damage, SUR5 unique twist on beloved (or behated?) mechanic. It's going to be a bit different than what you may expect and we are super excited!

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We have many plans for this new way of interaction as we believe it's a direct improvement over normal damage. It will allow players to "respond" to threat, therefore enchancing gameplay experience.

Halloween

If you have not been up to date with with the latest news, there is a new promo code "halloween2024". Use it inside the game to receive a spicy threat 🎃 🎃 🎃 Valid till the end of this month!

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QoL and Bug Fixes

Blueprint for Globe of Tomorrow in Wild Growth Event has been changed to mold and its price has been increased to 30 Seeds of Tomorrow.
Blueprint for Airstrike Taunt in mission #9 has been changed to mold.
Portrait descriptions have been added to the game.

Thank you for all your support. It truly means the world to us and gives us motivation to create the very best deck builder game in the universe! Let's hope the conflict's around the globe will soon end and anti-war games will no longer be needed.

~Team SUR5☢️

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31 Aug 2024Developer post

Purchase Suggestions

Purchase Suggestions Will this remove all decision making skill from SUR5 changing it into hopelessly brain dead gameplay for the mass audience? No, the system doesn't use cutting-edge, multi-layered neural network artificial intelligence to guide your life choices. Instead it us

Purchase Suggestions

Will this remove all decision making skill from SUR5 changing it into hopelessly brain dead gameplay for the mass audience? No, the system doesn't use cutting-edge, multi-layered neural network artificial intelligence to guide your life choices. Instead it uses a weighted algorithm that will help new players with their first deck building experience. We are well aware that knowing all SUR5 cards from the beginning is a challenging task and this functionality should help in learning them all!

The suggestions change over time, prioritizing economy in early stages and damaging in late game. Cards are are now grouped under five tooltips:

Damage - this tag suggests purchasing cards that can deal damage (normally or through combo).
Defense - describes cards that can help with managing direct damage or invade damage.
Economy - prioritizes energy and destroys effects. Trash is great, but often may confuse new players as they don't know what they are searching for.
Synergy - checks cards inside the player deck and waste they generate. Suggestions are based on possible combos and other trigger related events.
Threat - usually seen on non-damage Invade cards, but might be found used to describe deck manipulating effects or debt.

We would like to encourage you to follow the suggested cards even if you are a veteran player to share your feedback with us. The goal is to guide newcomers in building simple, usable (not perfect) decks that will be fun to play.

Wildcard Pricing

As announced in previous updates we decided to change the prices of all Wildcards upgrades. We hope that you understand that it was a necessary adjustment for longevity of SUR5. This shouldn't spoil the player experience too much as our game is still one of the most generous on the market. Now players will spend more time playing with the second level and perhaps unlocking the final upgrade will be appreciated even more.

Price for the second level of Wildcards was increased from 1440 to 2160 credits.
Price for the third level of Wildcards was increased from 2880 to 4320 credits.
All Waste Reverse price was increased from 2160 to 3600 credits.
Golden Reverse price was increased from 4320 to 7200 credits.

QoL and Bug Fixes

Price to upgrade cards has been adjusted.
Price of all Waste Reverses and Golden Reverse has been increased.
Fixed bug where Hurl would deal damage without satisfying combo requirements.
New Western themed Sticker pack is available in the shop
Descriptions have been added for the following sticker packs: Nuclear, Laboratory, Crypto Bro, Farmland, Party, Ocean, Cataclysm, Death, Holiday

In the next update we will be taking a closer look at the upcoming Battle Rage event! Thanks for reading and see you in the game.
~Team SUR5

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25 Aug 2024Developer post

Werwent Release

Werwent Local stories say that deep in the forest shadows lives a treelike cryptid nicknamed Werwent . They claim that the beast escaped from a nearby botanical laboratory. No one knows the truth, but one is for sure: whatever haunts people during the night does it for its own tw

Werwent

Local stories say that deep in the forest shadows lives a treelike cryptid nicknamed Werwent. They claim that the beast escaped from a nearby botanical laboratory. No one knows the truth, but one is for sure: whatever haunts people during the night does it for its own twisted pleasure…

Waste combos are the bread and butter of SUR5 game design. This integral part is definitely not going anywhere and the number of possible combinations is still increasing at exponential rate. While we want to promote creativity as much as we can, we would like to provide some counter measures to stop the most broken playstyles that can deal 7+ damage every turn!

This is how Werewent was born with its hallmark card - Regenerate. It's definitely not the easiest to use, but it can counter crazy combos two times per game. We believe that this universal Survivor with expensive late game cards can provide a lot of value to any build.

Roadmap Update

In the next few weeks we will be launching a Battle Rage event that is similar in functionality to Wild Growth, but with different rewards. This core event will occur once a month (after game release) and it's the main source of Ashes of Destruction. Together with Seeds of Tomorrow, Atomic coins, Scraps and Sprockets we have necessary materials to introduce more advanced blueprints.

In our research we found that the biggest challenge for new players is inability to correctly connect the overwhelming number of cards (especially when it's one of their first games, when they simply had no chance to learn them all). While some players enjoy finding ad-hoc solutions based on incomplete information, many may be lost. Nonoptimal, slow or failed decks Is one of the main causes of premature exit.

To solve this unpleasant experience we are introducing an Automatic Guiding System. This exciting feature will help new players by highlighting what they should purchase and why. If you worry that this function will replace skill, we'd like to ensure that the results are intentionally sub-optimal and they still need common sense to apply! Veterans can toggle-off this option in settings at any time.

After implementation of AGS, we will proceed with updating the Tutorial: integrating the highlight system, removing unnecessary story elements, focusing on the clarity. We are standing in front of the bold task of teaching a complex game to a broader card game audience who might never engaged with deck builders. We appreciate all feedback and support <3

To spice up the waiting time for the final release we also decided to introduce our new damage type: Chemical Damage. This exciting mechanic was in the works for many months and will be integrated to already released cards, as we believe it greatly increases the interactivity.

We added a skin preview function to the game store! We greatly appreciate all your purchases that keep the SUR5 serwers rolling! There is entire Thank you!

QoL and Bug Fixes

Items in inventory now will automatically rearrange, to fill empty spaces.
Steampunk Lt. Yesna Skin Icon and Holiday Stickers Icon are now displayed properly.
Added the surrender button to the game.
Fixed truncated descriptions in certain items.
Fixed incorrect icon for Cpt. Tadalesh skin.
Updated friends and exit icons.

Next update we will be increasing the price for all Wildcards, so be sure to get them now while they are at a discounted price! Thanks for reading and see you in game.
~Team SUR5

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04 Aug 2024Developer post

Major Update

Story Missions In this big update we have released 5 new story missions we were working on hard during last months. They feature new characters (some of them may become playable!), conclusion to the story arc, difficult challenges, multitude of new cards, unique rewards and more!

Story Missions

In this big update we have released 5 new story missions we were working on hard during last months. They feature new characters (some of them may become playable!), conclusion to the story arc, difficult challenges, multitude of new cards, unique rewards and more!

We hope that you will enjoy our world-building efforts! Please let us know how you liked the experience on social media or Discord. We have a lot of things prepared for you so stay tuned!

Werwent Spoilers

Human-tree hybrid Werwent is lurking deep in the forest shadows, watching unsuspecting victims every step. Witness testimonies who survived the attack state that no weapon was able to harm the beast... 🕵️ 🐾 🌙

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Upon further investigation it seems that this malicious beast haunts nearby areas and torments locals for no other reason than its own cruel entertainment. ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

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Werwent is our next playable survivor! Cards included in this universal beast cost a lot of energy, but have very powerful effects. This monstrosity was created to partially counter combo-decks (previously there were not many options) and should also fill a few waste-gaps making other character combos more playable. Survivor card itself is also first SPARK type! We can't wait to share more details.

Support

We can't express enough how grateful we are for all your support towards the SUR5☢️project 💛 We have a very special present for you, this amazingly comfy Steampunk Lt. Yesna skin can be unlocked for absolutely for free at Level 30! ❄️

With this release we also uploaded new Lt. Yesna border, a small change, that's important to us to represent quality we aim for. Previously it was just a recolored Yamakamzamazashi border. As you might guessed some borders indeed repeat, but that's on purpose to indicate the fact that survivors come from the same background and together we call them "Factions".

QoL and Bug Fixes

Added new textbox inside deck preview, to let players see the Total Number of cards (Draw + Hand + Discard) during the game.
5 NEW story missions have been added to the game.
Scraps, Scrap Brick, Scavenger Bot, Sprocket, Preset Memory, Crypto Crystal, Power Node, Ascendancy, Welcome Letter ,Power Player Pack, Extra Inventory Page, Waste Reverse Bundle, Seeds of Tomorrow, Globe of Tomorrow,Ashes of Destruction, Destruction Rod, Atomic Coin, Atomic Reactor, Chromatic Orb all now have new item description
Changed border for Lt. Yesna.
Addes new Steampunk Lt. Yesna Skin.

Thank you once again for all your support in our mission of creating the very best deck builder game in the world! Upcoming update will feature Werwent!

~Team SUR5☢️

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14 Jul 2024Developer post

Leaderboards Update

Dear rebeliants! We have just released a new update that contains an important feature - Leaderboards . It's a list that summarizes players' progress as they reach higher levels of enlightenment, but it's also a foundation for other systems planned ahead. Our long-term goal is to

08 Jun 2024Developer post

Scavenge Market

Symbol Renaming Hello players! As you might have seen in the announcements all over our social media we decided to rename Symbols to a more appropriate keyword: Waste . In the upcoming updates we will be slowly replacing all references to the new name. We feel that it's much more

Symbol Renaming

Hello players! As you might have seen in the announcements all over our social media we decided to rename Symbols to a more appropriate keyword: Waste. In the upcoming updates we will be slowly replacing all references to the new name. We feel that it's much more appropriate to the SUR5 overall brand and helps to explain why cards leave things behind them.

Unit💛 Plastic used for packaging of food
Action💚 Glass of shattered windows at the time of riots
Event🤍 Wood destroyed during forest clearing
Structure💙 Concrete rubble of demolished buildings
Vehicle💜 Rubber from used car tires.
Item🧡 Metal scraps of manufactured tools

Scavenge Market

Next weekend (15-16 June 2024) we are launching an event called Scavenge Market for the first time. It was created to help players exchange surplus items for something more useful. This event is intended to be recurring once every 3 months and as the game grows we also plan to add more options to the market.

Story Missions

New Missions are coming closer each week! We'd like to present to you Braindead. This brave leader after losing part of his brain had an unprecedented surgery that brought him back to life, but made him mentally unstable. He is also a leader of Moggatro (trash city where the hand-shaped megastructure stands).

Sister Senn (Goth Vampire below) will replace Blood Agent that you already know from the Mission number 5. This change was made to improve the consistency of a story and make it slightly less confusing.

Survivor Changes

Mrs. B

Bank cost have been reduced from 5 to 4 energy.

Kasese

Death Squad cost has been increased from 3 to 4 energy.

JJ

Caltrops now immediately destroy armor after beign drawn (instead of next turn).

Boney

Summon Flame symbol has been changed to Action.
Scry symbol has been changed to Vehicle.

ARU-3

Spam now will generate energy instantly when revealed (instead of next turn).

Wildcard Changes

Judgement minimum enemy card count has been increased from 7,8,9 to 8,9,10 cards,

QoL and Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Spark cards combos did not trigger Bzzzt! effect.
Survivor description now properly scales in the menu screen.
Styles in store have been correctly repriced.
Added Instagram and Tiktok icons to the main menu.

Last week we added this beautiful Galactic Tadalesh skin to the SUR5 game store and It can be unlocked for 1500 crystals. We truly appreciate all of your purchases that keeps the servers running!

Thanks for reading and see you in the game!
Team SUR5

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15 May 2024Developer post

Double Modificator Brawl

Double Brawl 25-26 May 2024 17:00 CET we are launching our first Double Brawl . Yes, two modificators at once! This is only a fraction of power that the SUR5 engine possesses. During this event you will not lose any ELO ranking and will play with fan-favourite cataclysm: Tremors

Updates & announcements

New Restock Keyword

Metal Duke Mox Release Guide

Suggested Companions

Survivor Changes

Sister Senn Release Guide

Survivor Changes

QoL and Bug Fixes

Survivor Changes

Quick Start Bundle

Survivors

Wildcards

Casual Mrs B Skin

Barrier

Armor stops direct Damage

Damage ignores Barrier

Barrier soaks Chemical Damage

Chemical Damage outwaits Armor

Phoebe Release

Momentum Changes

Quick Start Bundle

Hurricane Brawl

If you've already unlocked the SCP-524 skin, that's great news! But did you know there's a game that takes you straight into the heart of the SCP universe? Meet SCP Operations – a tactical strategy game from our friends at LUXO Interactive.

SCP Operations

Strategic gameplay in the world of the Foundation

Take on the role of an elite MTF commander, battle against Chaos, explore secret facilities, and uncover the dark anomalies of the SCP universe. If you enjoy turn-based strategies like XCOM and are drawn to the SCP atmosphere – this game is for you.

Level up your agents, equip them with the right gear, and take on thrilling missions in a world full of dangers.

If you haven't heard of SCP Operations yet, now is the perfect time to catch up. Check it out on Steam and get ready to face the most dangerous anomalies.

Phoebe Spoilers

Difficulty System

Training Bot

Survivor Changes

QoL and Bug Fixes

TRX Quick Start

We are listening!

Changes and improvements

Bugfixes

6 years ago our journey with SUR5 ☢️ started. Today we would like to share our 6 reasons why it began in the first place...

6 Reasons

Gambling Epidemic

Economic Crisis

Shattered Home

Freedom of Speech

Degenerating IQ

Reason #6

Development

SUR5 might be one of the most ambitious indie games ever with over 160 000 lines of code and 800 hand painted illustrations made by just 2 people. Let's These highly advanced and specific mechanics be an inspiration for your own projects

Weekly Quests

QoL and Bug Fixes

2024 Wrap Up

Nathan Williams - Current Master of SUR5

Announcer Update

Safeguard Wildcard

Embramble Wildcard

Survivor Changes

QoL and Bug Fixes

First Place Rewards

General Nur ad-Din Guide

Roadmap Update

Survivor Changes

QoL and Bug Fixes

General Nur ad-Din Spoilers

Halloween

QoL and Bug Fixes

Purchase Suggestions

Wildcard Pricing

QoL and Bug Fixes

Werwent

Roadmap Update

QoL and Bug Fixes

Story Missions

Werwent Spoilers

Support

QoL and Bug Fixes

Total Player Power

Exploration

Rivalry Power

Collecting Power

QoL and Bug Fixes

Symbol Renaming