Developer posts and news about this game.
The day has finally arrived and Ghost Villa is now available to play in Steam Early Access! I hope that you enjoy this version of the game and cannot wait to hear the feedback and ideas that players have. If you encounter any bugs or issues you can report them here on the subforu
Hello! It's hard to believe Arctico is close to reaching version 3.0 since its 2022 launch, my plan is to release this major update before the end of this year and I hope to add and improve lots of stuff to the game. In the meantime I would be super grateful if you could leave a
-Player 2,3,4 can now manually save their progress from the pause menu, and when the host exits the session their game will also be saved. -Increased ammount of fish players can extract while in survival co-op mode.
Hello everyone I just wanted to share the new game I’ve been working on with you. Having two projects to work on has been both challenging and fun, and I’m very happy that I finally have a playable demo of my new game Ghost Villa, and also very excited for the new things to come
We have added the first batch of achievements to the game and will have more to add in the next update!
Edit: We have added the first batch of achievements to the game! -Improved contrast in inventory UI. -Improved inventory tablet rendering material. -Improved screen shader on inventory tablet. -Improved transition animations in kayak fishing states. -Improved map screen clarity a
New "Survival" game mode available when starting a new game, I will keep releasing new updates for this new game mode throughout 2026. This new game mode will be more demanding for the player, the weather and time of day will greatly affect your calories consumption and energy le
-added dedicated map button for keyboard (“M”) and controller/steamdeck. -added new inventory navigation buttons for the keyboard (similar to the ones available on the controller). -increased map zoom speed. -increased fish selling price. -lowered the cost of building an advanced
rctico is sort of like Subnautica without all the underwater dread. Walk into a body of water in Arctico and you'll suddenly be in a kayak, cruising over the calm blue surface toward a fishing spot. It may be a game about expanding a research base in a lonely, hostile environment
The game now has full controller and Steamdeck support: -The Sled’s and other vehicles input system was adjusted to better support joystick input. -Added controller support to every interactable system in the game. -Adjusted every UI system so that it supports controller input. -
-Added PT-BR language to the game. -Fixed small translation bugs on some menus. -Fixed ice lakes collision issues. -Fixed small light collider interfering with elevator buttons. -Fixed water reflection bug on the sled. -Fixed different colors on the other players drills. -Adjuste
-Improved hand drill visuals and animations. -Improved and optimized pc simulations object design. -Improved and optimized elevator design. -Improved and optimized wind turbine object design. -Improved auto hardware welder visual design and animations. -Improved and optimized cof
-Improved main hardware welder station. -Improved auto drill design. -Adjusted auto drill energy cost. -Adjusted auto drill price. -Improved telescope facility upgrade visuals. -Improved dark matter detector upgrade visuals. -Improved dark matter detector blueprint location. -Fix
-Improved and optimized time sync system in co-op mode. -Fixed host sometimes not being able to create a new co-op session after closing the previous one. -Fixed soft-lock bugs when 2 players were using the same upgrade terminal or misc. fabricator. -Highlighted utility/farming o
-Added and improved multiple sfx to the game. -Improved cooking animations. -Improved drill shader. -Improved lab vfx. -Added more details and interactive systems to 3 major locations. -Added date and clock to the main base. -Improved main base lods. -Improved parachute gliding m
-Co-op mode now supports 4 players. -You can now feed your friends’ dogs while in co-op mode. -If one of the players (except the host) leaves the game the co-op session can now continue. -Improved kayak animations in co-op mode. -Improved energy collection system in co-op mode. -
-Improved dark matter detector room design. -Improved dark matter detector interactive screen. -Adjusted dark matter detector data output. -Improved telescope room design. -Adjusted telescope data output. -Added waterline shader fx to the kayak. -Improved watering can particles.
-Added auto save system to both single player and co-op mode. -You can now fast travel to your base from the pause menu. -improved time sync system in co-op mode.
Apologies if you could not play online, the game was featured on the Steam front page and it was too much for our servers, the issue should be resolved by now.
The game is now playable in simplified Chinese! fixed: sled garage fast travel issues