Elemental Survivors

Released: Aug 25, 2023
Platforms
Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 03:21 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

14 Mar 2024Developer post
v0.3.13 - another hotfix (this time for a character unlock)
Dex and his attack will now stay unlocked.
14 Mar 2024Developer post
v0.3.12 - another hot fix for summon crystals
Another hot fix for summon crystals spawning
14 Mar 2024Developer post
v0.3.11 hotfix
Fixed issue with summon crystals being spawned when summoning not yet unlocked.
14 Mar 2024Developer post
Elemental Summons are here!!!
Hello survivors! It's been awhile! But your intrepid devs have been hard at work for this big big update! Hope you're ready for this!!! The biggest thing that we've added is.... ELEMENTAL SUMMONS !!!! Yes!!! You will be able to summon huge elemental beings that will wipe out ever
Hello survivors!
It's been awhile! But your intrepid devs have been hard at work for this big big update! Hope you're ready for this!!!
The biggest thing that we've added is.... ELEMENTAL SUMMONS!!!! Yes!!! You will be able to summon huge elemental beings that will wipe out every enemy on the screen! Here's how it works:
Step 1: Unlock the NEW Faerie Caps area.
Step 2: Defeat the final boss in the Faerie Caps area.
Step 3: Defeat 10,000 enemies in one of the first four areas to spawn a mysterious crystal!
Step 4: Find and shatter the crystal with attacks to summon a great Elemental Beast and its guardians!
Step 5: Slay the Elemental Beast! Now all characters with the same elemental affinity will have that Elemental Summon unlocked!
Step 6: Go to any area with a character of matching elemental affinity and defeat enemies to fill your Soul Bar.
Step 7: Trigger that summon and witness the devastation!!!
This update includes the first four summons: Eikthyrnir (nature), Zomok (wind), Kulshedra (witchcraft), and Phoenix (fire). We'll be releasing more summons in future updates!
As well, please peruse this enormous list of changes. We've lowered the cost of many permanent upgrades! Be sure to refund your upgrades and repurchase for the reduced price.
Bug fixes and tweaks:

Reduced the price of many permanent upgrades. Be sure to refund and repurchase!
"First options only" achievement fixed.
Fixed bug when closing the music or accessibility menu with escape.
Fixed bug with double rerolls.
Fixed bug with multiple menus opening.
Fixed bug with crashes navigating the music select menu on Steam Deck.
Slowdown improved.
Tweaked hitbox for Magic Missile Swarm and Arrow Strike.
Arrow Strike size now affected by projectile size.
Holy Nail now targets two enemies at once.
Magic Cards and Poison Riceball evos fixed.
Fireball, Backslash, Axe Volley, and Summon Pet evos tweaked.
Fixed menus and sounds layering when levelling up multiple times. This may affect how fast you level and may also affect balance.
Fixed maxed evo zoom while in Journey mode.
Turned off menu input while travelling to area selected.
Fixed shop spawning in Journey mode.
Added:

Added the Faerie Caps area.
Achievement to unlock Elemental Summon Crystal spawns.
Added Elemental Beast Crystal spawns to first four areas.
Achievements to unlock the Elemental Summons for the first four areas.
Added Elemental Summons for nature, wind, witchcraft, and fire.
Added Elemental Summon Bar Speed achievement and upgrades.
Added the Cherub character.
Added the Soul Sweep attack.
Added the Glitter Bee character.
Added the Glitter Heal "attack".
Lots of new/updated sound effects.
We truly hope you'll enjoy these changes and additions, and welcome your feedback. If we didn't get to your bug or suggestion yet, the next update won't be too far away!
As always, you can join our Discord to chat with other survivors and give us feedback and ideas.
Have fun out there y'all!
<3 The Samobee Team
Original post
28 Nov 2023Developer post
Hot fix v0.2.35
Fixed issue with not unlocking the Item Pull upgrade when it tracks how long you haven't moved.
25 Nov 2023Developer post
v0.2.34 - Hotfix for unlocking evolutions without restarting the game
Hello survivors! Just a quick update to fix the issue with unlocking the evolutions for attacks without needing to restart the game. We also have in there: Added achievements check to titlescreen and additional call in endgame to fix glitch not unlocking attack evolutions. Added
Hello survivors!
Just a quick update to fix the issue with unlocking the evolutions for attacks without needing to restart the game. We also have in there:

Added achievements check to titlescreen and additional call in endgame to fix glitch not unlocking attack evolutions.
Added distance information to notifications.
Added keyboard arrow key aim type in Settings.
Added Summon Pet to both MAG and SPI favour.
Changed depth sorting for Bomb evolution.
Fixed menu navigation in character select and perm upgrades getting stuck on empty grid selection.
The next update we're working on is a big one! Stay tuned for some sneak peeks!
<3 The Samobee Team
Original post
21 Nov 2023Developer post
v0.2.33 - New area, characters, attacks, and a fix for the Lost Sands area boss
Hello Survivors! We hope you enjoyed the Bullet Heaven Fest and were able to try a bunch of the games and demos available! Did you have any favourites? We love the genre so much and the devs involved did a fantastic job! And now for the good stuff... an update with lots of conten
Hello Survivors!
We hope you enjoyed the Bullet Heaven Fest and were able to try a bunch of the games and demos available! Did you have any favourites? We love the genre so much and the devs involved did a fantastic job!
And now for the good stuff... an update with lots of content and fixes!

Fixed the Lost Sands area boss.
Added the Craggsward area.
Added Alishia the Archer character.
Added the Arrow Strike attack.
Added Samantha the Beaumont character.
Added the Rosary Whip attack.
Added Steam achievement check when unlocking the new equipment.
Fixed Bomb evo damage upgrade.
Added code to area features to help slowdown.
Turned off sidequests in Journey Mode.
Fixed Bomb evo scale not resetting after a run.
Fixed Quick Retry not resetting load out.
The next update will be even bigger, which means there will be a longer delay before it gets released. But trust us... the wait will be worth it!
We hope you enjoy the new content and welcome all feedback, as always! The best place to do that is in our Discord, but feel free to use the Steam discussions as I try to remain active in there as time permits.
Have a lovely week everyone and keep on surviving!
<3 The Samobee Team
Original post
06 Nov 2023Developer post
v0.2.30 - New Journey Mode!
Hello Survivors! We have an exciting update to celebrate the Bullet-Heaven Fest today! Be sure to check out all the awesome bullet-heaven games involved in this festival... there are so many to try! This update includes a new gameplay mode: Journey Mode ! Once you've completed th
Hello Survivors!
We have an exciting update to celebrate the Bullet-Heaven Fest today! Be sure to check out all the awesome bullet-heaven games involved in this festival... there are so many to try!
This update includes a new gameplay mode: Journey Mode! Once you've completed the first area, this mode will unlock. It's a constantly escalating roguelike mode to challenge more experienced players! You can access it from the Area Selection screen by pressing J on the keyboard or Y on your controller. You'll be airship dropped into increasingly difficult random areas for 1-minute each. We've also added leaderboards! You'll be able to compare how long you lasted overall, and by character! See how high you can rank!

Added Journey Mode.
Added possible fix to not unlocking the Favour Steam achievement when the secret is unlocked.
Increased magnet/gold magnet chances for all areas.
Added overload percent information in the HUD.
Increased max speed cap.
Magic Lance and Poison Riceball evolutions keep the base attack active in addition to the new attack.
Increased difficulty of the first area.
Added art to the Cleric in character select to indicate she is easier to start (choose her if you are new to the genre or want to just chill).
Removed XP bonus from Expert difficulty.
Holy Ring attack tweaked: reduced damage, increased cooldown, and decreased Paladin's damage boost.
Added spawns into areas that can appear longer after the final boss appears.
We'd love your feedback on these updates! The difficulty boost in the 1st area should make it more of a challenge for new players. Try refunding your upgrades to test it out, if you dare!
The updates to Magic Lance and Poison Riceball are in response to feedback that players felt evolving these attacks changed the gameplay too much. So now... you get both! If there are other attacks that you feel change too much after being evolved, let us know and we can look into adding those to this new system. Note that the cooldowns for the base version of these attacks will run in the background and won't appear on the HUD anymore.
We added a graphic to indicate that Crystal the Cleric is a good character to start with if you're new to the genre or want a more chill session. We have tweaked the Holy Ring a bit to make it not so blazingly enemy-blending, so let us know how it feels. We're aiming for "fun challenge without making you question your life choices".
Have fun trying out all the awesome games in the Bullet-Heaven Fest! And feel free to hop into our Discord as we'll probably be discussing our favourites in there (we already are)!
Keep on surviving!
<3 The Samobee Team
Original post
05 Nov 2023Developer post
Elemental Survivors: Bullet-Heaven Fest Playthrough!
Watch as Charlene, the artist/game designer, plays through Elemental Survivors!
23 Oct 2023Developer post
v0.2.28 - Magic attack tweaks!
Hello again Survivors! We've got another big update for you! We mainly have some big tweaks to the MAG based attacks , increasing their damage and decreasing their cooldowns, but also some tweaks on how they work. We've done a lot of testing to rebalance them, but we welcome your
Hello again Survivors!
We've got another big update for you! We mainly have some big tweaks to the MAG based attacks, increasing their damage and decreasing their cooldowns, but also some tweaks on how they work. We've done a lot of testing to rebalance them, but we welcome your feedback!

Longer input alarm in menus for reroll. Let me know if it's still triggering twice.
Added enemy elemental damage and player elemental defense, plus icons to indicate their elemental affinity.
Added player damage numbers.
Added enemy attacks: slash, stab, punch, and bite.
Fixed issue with banish menu navigation on 2nd page.
Fixed bug levelling summoner when full MAG or full SPI based attacks.
Added max evo level details to secrets menu.
Added access to secrets menu from settings menu in game.
Fixed volume slider/settings bug.
Tweaked damage for bomb evo increases.
Tweaked sound effect for magic cards evo.
Tweaked puppy zoomies sound effect to play less frequently.
Fixed player directional arrow sprite not being updated when selected while in game.
Boosted speed, damage, and count for Summon Pet and Shelly.
Added Quirky EDM2 minidisc and secret.
Added Cyberpunk2 minidisc and secret.
Added page navigation in music select menu.
Changed Fireball attack to target nearest list.
Increased Tornado enemy pick up count.
Added explosion count and area of effect to Shelly evo.
Shelly and Summon Pet size affected by projectile size upgrade.
Shelly now does collision damage rather than specific target only.
Magic Lance is now time based instead of pierce count based.
Increased damage/elemental damage and reduced cooldown for all MAG attacks.
As always, we welcome your feedback! You can also join our Discord to ask questions or chat with other players and us!
Keep on surviving those elements!
<3 The Samobee Team
Original post
06 Oct 2023Developer post
v0.2.25 - Cocoa the Birdee and Shelly!
Hello again survivors! I hope you're ready for some new content and secrets to unlock! Added Cocoa the Birdee and Shelly attack and secrets. Added Accessibility menu with: player hp bar size, player attack transparency, party attack transparency, party transparency, HUD damage fx
Hello again survivors!
I hope you're ready for some new content and secrets to unlock!

Added Cocoa the Birdee and Shelly attack and secrets.
Added Accessibility menu with: player hp bar size, player attack transparency, party attack transparency, party transparency, HUD damage fx toggle, camera zoom out toggle, damage numbers toggle (turn this off if you get too much slowdown), camera buffer, player direction arrow sprite, mouse cursor sprite and size.
Added Favour secret and functionality. Unlock Favour to be able to select which damage type you prefer to affect what attacks, characters, and equipment you'll be offered.
Added Quick Retry from the settings menu while in game.
Add hover info to Banish menu.
Tweaked magnet chance inside torches.
Fixed glitch where coins were merging as xp gems off screen.
Added limits to number of enemy death pops and damage numbers on screen. Let me know how that looks and if it improves slowdown issues.
Increased summon speeds and damage.
Fixed sidequest eyeball enemy art.
Fixed art when switching song backwards.
Thanks, as always, for playing! And you're welcome to join our Discord to discuss the game and other ideas you may have!
<3 - The Samobee Team
Original post
26 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.21 - Hotfix!
Includes: Bug fix for crash when rerolling in equipment shop. Added transparency to evolved tornado. Tweaked frequency of magnet and gold magnet drops. Added protip about projectile destruction.
Includes:

Bug fix for crash when rerolling in equipment shop.
Added transparency to evolved tornado.
Tweaked frequency of magnet and gold magnet drops.
Added protip about projectile destruction.
Original post
25 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.20 - Introducing Gary Lou!
Hello Survivors! We've got another big update to celebrate the start of the SHMUP Fest, including Gary Lou the Wolfguy! Added Gary Lou the Wolfguy character. Added Arrow Blast attack and evolution. Added Gold Magnet secret and drops. Added code in levelup_script_holyring to preve
Hello Survivors!
We've got another big update to celebrate the start of the SHMUP Fest, including Gary Lou the Wolfguy!

Added Gary Lou the Wolfguy character.
Added Arrow Blast attack and evolution.
Added Gold Magnet secret and drops.
Added code in levelup_script_holyring to prevent crash. Let me know if you ever notice the Holy Ring goes away after levelling it up, please! Screenshots and description of what was going on at the time help a lot!
Removed obstacle pillars in the Underpass.
Updated Broadstrike evo.
Updated code for adding elemental fx for enemies.
New equipment to unlock including 4 new Offhand items, 3 new Rings, and 2 new Hats!
Added Shop Reroll achievement.
Added more Banishes to purchase in Perm Upgrades.
Added code to prevent banishing all items in a category.
Added code for equipment to boost animation/projectile speed.
Fixed ground elemental fx "root" to affect speed.
Defeating final boss will automatically add zil.
Fixed bug where some enemies were doing too little damage.
Added levelbar art when selecting an area.
Added area boss HP bar at the top of the screen.
Added player hit fx and increased the volume of the hit sound.
Players can now back out of Evolution Select menus to bypass evolving attacks.
Fixed accessing Quirky EDM minidisc in the Music Select.
Removed Luck from the max stat check to determine summon type for Summon Pet.
Raised number of max evolved attacks to zoom out to 4.
Fixed bug with luck negatively affecting pickups.
Reduced Luck increases to every 20th level.
Rebalanced exp/zil drops.
Added descriptions to notifications.
Y'all are welcome to join us in our friendly Discord to chat about the game!
Enjoy the SHMUP Fest!
<3 - The Samobee Team
Original post
25 Sep 2023Developer post
Elemental Survivors Dev Playthrough
Welcome to the SHMUP Fest! Charlene, the artist and game designer for Elemental Survivors, will be playing through the game, showing off the mechanics and some different builds, characters, attacks, and areas. <3 - The Samobee Team
12 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.16 Hotfix - Fixed some unlocks
Fixed a bug that prevented players from unlocking banish, levelup rerolls, and party rerolls secrets on subsequent playthroughs.
11 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.15 - New area! New character! New attack!
Hello survivors! We're so thrilled to release our first bigger content update! The new content in this build is: New area: The Underpass! This has a very dungeon-y feel and is super difficult! New character: Luna the Summoner! She's a wizardry school student and loves summoning p
Hello survivors!
We're so thrilled to release our first bigger content update!
The new content in this build is:

New area: The Underpass! This has a very dungeon-y feel and is super difficult!
New character: Luna the Summoner! She's a wizardry school student and loves summoning pets to help her.
New attack: Summon Pet! You can summon pets who wander the battlefield targeting enemies for you! The summon type will depend on the attack level and your highest stat.
+1 Level Up Reroll! You can unlock it by surviving 20 minutes in the Lost Sands area and never rerolling once.
+1 Party Reroll! You can unlock it by having a full party of 5 and Reroll at each town.
Meet Luna, the Summoner!
Some fixes/tweaks:

Gloom should now be unlocked for all Early Access players (even if you didn't play the demo) as long as you complete all the quests in Grasslands. If this isn't happening, please let me know!
Multiple tweaks that should fix Banish not unlocking for some folks. If it's still not happening, let me know!
Fixed bug that banished equipment from levelling even though the item wasn't banished in the menu.
Fixed crash with levelup_script_holyring.
Fixed code that was setting the blocked tile grid for spawning structures.
Fixed an issue with equipment being offered to level even after reaching max level.
For future updates, we hope to be able to get you new stuff every week or two. But if it's a bigger chunk of work, it may take a little longer.
We love reading everyone's ideas so keep them coming!
Thanks again for the support!
<3 The Samobee Team
Original post
03 Sep 2023Developer post
Hotfix for v0.2.14
- Fixed crash while navigating perm upgrades if you only have one page of them.
03 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.14 - More balance tweaks plus a thank you gift!
First off, we want to thank everyone for your patience as we work on balance issues. We've been tweaking and testing non-stop since the big update yesterday, and we feel we're finally at a point where it's still easy, but challenging, plus you won't be spammed non-stop with level
First off, we want to thank everyone for your patience as we work on balance issues. We've been tweaking and testing non-stop since the big update yesterday, and we feel we're finally at a point where it's still easy, but challenging, plus you won't be spammed non-stop with levelup menus.
So as a token of our deep appreciation for everyone, we're giving you 50k zil. All you have to do is boot up the new version, and the zil will be added to your wallet. (Note this is for Early Access players only.) <3 <3
As well, we've made the following fixes/tweaks:

XP drop values tweaked based on game timer.
XP requirements tweaked down again. We'd love your feedback!
Added menu navigation for the perm upgrades menu.
Fixed bug with unlocking Banish.
Fixed Steam Cloud load if no local file.
Added extra check to see if Gloom should be unlocked in Early Access. Let us know if this isn't working please!
Added alpha value to Bolt Storm.
So yeah, we're feeling pretty overwhelmed by your support and patience, so thank you all. We <3 you!
Keep those ideas and feedback coming! <3
<3 <3 The Samobee Team
Original post
02 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.13 - Balance tweaks and fixes!
Fixed a bug with enemy health that happened after the 5 minute mark. We also tweaked down the xp needed to level. Fixed a bug with the endgame unlock popups causing a crash.
02 Sep 2023Developer post
v0.2.12
Fixed issue with loading up Steam Cloud save file.