Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello, Scientists, Update 0.2.5 is a focused stability update for the Prologue, Continue flow, and laboratory assistants. It improves how assistants recover after loading a save, move between laboratory work areas, and handle interrupted tasks. Improvements Prologue and Continue
Hello, Scientists, This focused update brings general performance improvements and additional optimizations for the Prologue experience. Improvements Performance Optimizations Optimized the visibility behavior of dynamic objects and reduced unnecessary background processing in bu
Hello, Scientists, This update introduces a new prologue experience, a community-requested DNA Printer access feature, broad performance improvements, and several fixes across building, combat, tutorials, and laboratory gameplay. New Features New Prologue Experience A completely
Hello, Scientists, To celebrate our new 20% discount , which will run until June 15 , we are releasing a new update focused on infection balance, clearer experiment feedback, and new tutorial support for Assistant and Experiment Logs systems. Improvements Slower Infection Growth
Hello, Scientists, This update focuses on making the infection and vaccine flow easier to understand while softening the Supply Market economy balance. New Features New Infection Tutorial A new infection tutorial has been added. The tutorial appears when the player reaches 50% to
Hello, Scientists, This update focuses on improving overall stability, Steam service handling, shadow performance, and several laboratory scene systems. Improvements Engine and Rendering Updates Several engine and rendering pipeline components have been updated. These changes hel
Hello, Scientists, This update focuses on improving capsule test feedback, experiment logs, craftable Stun/Kill Stim flow, infection news behavior, and several Call Assistant interaction fixes. New Features Experiment Logs You can now review recent capsule test results from the w
Hello, Scientists, This update focuses on improving virus classification, DNA sequence management, assistant control, laboratory stability, and general performance. Improvements New Call Assistant Feature You can now call an assistant directly to your current location by pressing
Hello, Scientists, This update focuses on smoother movement, better world map controls, improved crafting and building reliability, and several gameplay fixes based on player feedback. Improvements Player Movement and Carrying Fixes Player sprint behavior has been improved. Sprin
Hello, Scientists! This update delivers a solid round of polish focused on performance, stability, and making key gameplay systems easier to understand. Performance & Memory Improvements Improved mipmap streaming behavior for more efficient texture loading. Reduced VRAM usage
⏰ The countdown is almost over. Only 1 hour left until the game becomes available. We’re incredibly close now. Thank you for all the support, wishlist adds, feedback, and excitement leading up to this moment. 💚 Very soon, you’ll be able to jump in and experience everything we’ve
The Cargo Room you have been asking for is finally here. This update is all about faster pacing, cleaner gameplay flow, and smoother performance. What’s new and improved New Cargo Room: No more standing around while the assistant does the hauling. You can carry boxes at the same
We’ve shipped a small hotfix focused on improving overall gameplay pacing, reducing frustration, and tightening up a few edge cases. What’s improved Level updates + stuck fix: We made level design adjustments and addressed a character “getting stuck” issue to reduce blockages and
Fixes Fixed an issue that could let the character see behind walls in certain situations. Main Menu: the Continue button now only appears when a valid save is present. If an empty/invalid save entry is detected, the game automatically clears the affected saved-run keys to prevent
We’ve shipped a hotfix for the assistant packaging flow. Previously, if you crafted vaccines/viruses while the assistant was en route, newly crafted syringes could disappear from the DNA printer area and, in some cases, be consumed incorrectly during pickup. With this update: The
Hello Survivors! We are excited to announce that the public demo for Dead 4 Now: Bio-Weapon Simulator will be available on December 26, 2025 . This demo is designed as an early slice of the experience, introducing the core gameplay loop and setting the tone for the world before e