Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

Released: Jul 27, 2021
Platforms: WindowsmacOS
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 20:21 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

08 Jul 2026Developer post
The Night Mode Update is live!
We’re excited to mix it up this summer with new levels, new skins, and new tools. The Night Mode update is all about adding more variety to multiplayer. Launch back into the Clone Drone lobby with a brand new skin to take on new Team Battle levels. These updates are available NOW
We’re excited to mix it up this summer with new levels, new skins, and new tools. The Night Mode update is all about adding more variety to multiplayer. Launch back into the Clone Drone lobby with a brand new skin to take on new Team Battle levels.
These updates are available NOW on Steam and will come to Xbox, Switch, PlayStation and Epic Stores very soon.
Free Commentator Skins
Commentatron: I have an urgent announcement. The humans have been given free skins.
Analysis-Bot: That is not an “urgent” announcement. We give humans free things all the time, like hammers and brain surgeries.
Commentatron: All the humans have been given free skins that look like us.
Analysis-Bot: They are allowing rotted flesh piles to inhabit a body that looks like ME??
Analysis-Bot: I hate to ask, but did they give my skin… legs?
Commentatron: Does this answer your question?
Analysis-Bot: Hurry! Throw me into the trash compactor!!
New Team Battle Levels
When we launched Team Battles last year, we heard y’all when you said you wanted more levels. So we got to work on three levels with a very different feel from the standard arena, where you’ll travel to a completely different settings. It’s like summer vacation, only without the sunscreen, since your skin is a thick metal.
Desert - Your team must ascend a tall industrial structure surrounded by ancient pyramids to reach the Hill.
Lava Islands - The floor is literally lava. To claim the Hill, your team will have to clear molten hot rivers.
Deep Space - You and your teammates got launched into space. Use jump pads to leap through lunar rings, then conquer the Hill.
Night Mode, Fast Lane and Horse Power Supporter Packs
Supporter Packs are optional cosmetics that don’t affect gameplay, but do help us keep the Danger Zone up-and-running. (Robot combat arenas are futuristic, but their server bills need to be paid today.)
As our fearless leader Erik discussed last blog, we’re no longer selling Clonebux. We’re transitioning to Supporter Packs for skins. That said, your Clonebux still work in-game, now and forever. Players with Clonebux can use them to buy Supporter Packs or individual skins.
We bundled all the premium skins we released last year into two new Supporter Packs. Horse Power is a battalion of stallions featuring Horse Bot and Cowboy Bot. Fast Lane includes such rough riders as Fighter Pilot Bot and Mech Pilot Bot. Both packs contain a wide selection of weapons to equip for arena combat.
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New Level Editor Tools
In the process of making these new trailers for the Supporter Packs, we needed to be able to show off the skins! That’s why we added new tools to the Level Editor that you can use, too:
Skin Override - Swap any enemy to wear any skin in the game, including their weapon.
Weapon Model Object - For when you just want to decorate or display a sword.
Sword Hit Particles - Extra little sparks VFX at a small scale for animating weapon clashes.
Next Update
The very first version of Clone Drone in the Danger Zone was released on Itch.io in 2016. We did some highly sophisticated math on our fingers and figured out that Clone Drone is turning 10 years old this year!
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re creating a new anniversary challenge that’ll be a blast to the past, a Supporter Pack featuring warriors from across the galaxy, and if all goes according to plan, incredible new mech. It’s our birthday, but you get the presents? Unfair!
Change Log
Clonebux purchasing has been disabled. You will retain any purchased Clonebux and skins.
Achievements: "Analyse This!" and "Team Commentatron" have been added to unlock the Commentatron Bot and Analysis-Bot Bot skins.
Achievements: "Upgrade with Friends", "Hill Killer", "Get Outta Here" and "Care to Dance exe?" have been added and will unlock new emotes.
DLC: Night Mode, Fast Lane and Horse Power Supporter Packs are available!
New dialog added for getting a new clone
Level Editor: Character Skin Override
Level Editor: Weapon Model Object
Level Editor: Sword Hit Particles
Rebalanced the Rip Rider speed, it's a little slower now
You are now immune to damage 3s after you spawn in multiplayer
Bug fix: Player list doesn't change to dead colours for Team Battles
Bug fix: Torso would sometimes not fall off
Bug fix: Fixed enemies and players being able to survive in lava if they're armored
Bug fix: Removed hair from dev stream notifications
Bug fix: Weapons shouldn't fall through the floor anymore
Bug fix: Mounting rideable items shouldn't freeze your game anymore
Bug fix: Fixed many of our most common crashes
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04 Jul 2026Developer post
What's in the Night Mode supporter pack?
Hello Humans! On the 8th July , the Night Mode Update will arrive with Supporter Packs and free content! What will be added to the game? Well the short list is: New Team Battle Maps Free Commentator Skins Night Mode, Fast Lane and Horse Power DLC Supporter Packs This post is focu
Hello Humans!
On the 8th July, the Night Mode Update will arrive with Supporter Packs and free content! What will be added to the game? Well the short list is:
New Team Battle Maps
Free Commentator Skins
Night Mode, Fast Lane and Horse Power DLC Supporter Packs
This post is focusing on the Night Mode Supporter Pack. Soon we'll show you more pictures of the Maps and free content too!
The Night Mode Bots rule the arena after dark
These dangerous bots have more glowy bits than the Emperor.
Who rules the arena after dark? The Night Mode robots! These deadly neon cyberpunks terrorize dark alleys and vacant server rooms.
Join the robot gang by picking up the new Night Mode Supporter Pack. You get 5 new skins to remix for your human and an array of brightly colored swords, spears, hammers, and bows to choose from. You’ll shine in Team Battle and Last Bot Standing with skins and weapons that light up the arena!
Supporter Packs are optional cosmetics that don’t affect gameplay, but do help us keep the Danger Zone up-and-running. (Robot combat arenas are futuristic, but their server bills need to be paid today.)
As our fearless leader Erik discussed last blog, we’re no longer selling Clonebux. We’re transitioning to Supporter Packs for skins. That said, your Clonebux still work in-game, now and forever. Players with Clonebux can use them to buy Supporter Packs or individual skins.
Horse Power and Fast Lane Supporter Packs
We bundled all the premium skins we released last year into two new Supporter Packs. Horse Power is a battalion of stallions featuring Horse Bot and Cowboy Bot. Fast Lane includes such rough riders as Fighter Pilot Bot and Mech Pilot Bot. Both packs contain a wide selection of weapons to equip for arena combat.
There's more that will be added to the game so next you'll see new maps, Level Editor tools and Commentator Skins.
Team Doborog
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22 Jun 2026Developer post
Devlog: Big Changes and Announcements for Clone Drone
Hello humans! This is Erik, the creative director of Doborog. I come bearing news! Our next update comes out in the first half of July . Here’s what’s happening! Clonebux → Supporter Packs! With the next update to Danger Zone, we will be ending the sale of Clonebux , the in-game
Hello humans!
This is Erik, the creative director of Doborog. I come bearing news!
Our next update comes out in the first half of July. Here’s what’s happening!
Clonebux → Supporter Packs!
With the next update to Danger Zone, we will be ending the sale of Clonebux, the in-game currency for purchasing premium skins and weapon models.
Instead, in-game cosmetics will be sold as Supporter Packs: simple DLC bundles listed in the store.
Why? Because you told us to! 🙂
After launching the update that introduced Clonebux, a lot of people came out strongly against these types of microtransactions in an otherwise premium game. After discussing your comments with the dev team, it quickly became clear to us there was no form or implementation of in-game currency that would not create a bad vibe for people exhausted by them in other games.
With Supporter Packs, we’re hoping to provide a simple, classy way for people to support our small indie studio, while unlocking awesome looking skins at a reasonable price.
What if you’ve already bought Clonebux? Good news! Any Clonebux you already bought will stay in your account, and you can use them to unlock any individual skins from current or future Supporter Packs we release. Since the price-per-skin with Supporter Packs will be cheaper than before, we’ll be giving anyone who purchased Clonebux a one time bonus amount to ensure the total purchasing power of the money you’ve spent stays the same!
The existing premium cosmetics will be put into two Supporter Packs. A third pack, introducing a shiny new set of robots and weapons, will debut in the coming update!
With this change, we’ll finally roll out our premium cosmetics to Xbox, Playstations, Switch and Epic!
Team Battles: Love and Achievements!
Last update, we introduced Team Battles. This update, we’re giving team battles some love.
Expect more levels, lots of bugs and exploits fixed, and new achievements to unlock free emotes and skins!
If you’ve ever wanted to look like your favorite robot commentator while bashing in a Sword Bot’s face, this update is for you!
The Future
So that’s what’s happening next update, but what about after that?
For Danger Zone, we’re coming up on the 10 year anniversary of the game being live. To celebrate, we are planning an Anniversary Update towards the end of the year. Expect a fun Challenge with fresh new content! 🥳🥳🥳
We’re also looking at improving our server infrastructure, expanding our options for how matchmaking works, and exploring connection issues to make sure multiplayer is as good as it can be.
In parallel to Danger Zone updates, we’re also working on two new projects:
Clone Drone on your Mobile Phone! Have you ever wanted to kill robots on a tiny screen in your bathroom??? This dream will finally become a reality. One of the main challenges with porting a game like Clone Drone in the Danger Zone to mobile has been figuring out how to make the control scheme not terrible. Over the years we’ve experimented with many versions, and I’m happy to announce that we’ve finally hit on something I think you’re going to enjoy. More info soon! 🙂
Project Orca! Work has started on what we’re hoping will be the Next Major Game from Doborog. We’re in pre-production, which means we’re still figuring out what the shape of the game is, but if you enjoy space combat, voxel destruction, and turn-based tactical experiences, you’re gonna love this one. Right now, our focus is on pushing our voxel engine even further, into a place where spaceships and aliens can blow up spectacularly with great performance. Expect to see more Twitch streams about this, and hopefully a launch into Early Access next year sometime!
What about Clone Drone in the Hyperdome? Unfortunately, we have to leave it un-updated for the immediate future. The VR market is grim, especially for premium games with no monkeys in them, so we can’t afford to give Hyperdome much time at the moment. It remains a game we are immensely proud of, and we do have fun ideas for updates to it we might circle back to. For now, we see Danger Zone and future projects as the best vehicles to deliver as much joy as we can to the largest number of players we can reach!
Sharing the last 10 years with you all has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. We’re still here, doing our best to make awesome games, and I hope we can continue to do so for a long time to come!
As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments. We enjoy reading them. 🙂
Cheers,
Erik
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26 Mar 2026Developer post
Play the new Team Battle Update!
Hello Humans! The Team Battle Update is out! After spending almost 10 years in a booth together, Commentatron and Analysis Bot have finally gotten on each other's nerves. But they're too "smart" to fight themselves, they have humans to do that! It's time to grab your friends and
Hello Humans!
The Team Battle Update is out!
After spending almost 10 years in a booth together, Commentatron and Analysis Bot have finally gotten on each other's nerves. But they're too "smart" to fight themselves, they have humans to do that!
It's time to grab your friends and pick a team to sort out their feud!
The new King of the Hill maps are the start of our plan to provide more ways to play together in Team Battle mode! Capture and hold the central objective or explore the maps to upgrade your advantage over the other team. Stick together and multiple players can get the same upgrade which is really helpful for overwhelming your enemy!
But that's not all, we've included Steam Workshop support in the level editor so you can create Team Battle levels for your besties!
Which team will you pick?
Play with the devs!
At 5pm GMT / 1pm EDT Team Doborog will stream on Steam, Twitch and YouTube playing Team Battle mode together! Play with them or join chat and ask questions about the new mode!
Change Log:
Added Team Battle mode; starting with King of the Hill
Pick red Team Commentatron or green Team Analysis-Bot
Capture and Hold the Hill for 90 seconds to win!
4 King of the Hill mode maps; The Pit, Spire of DOOM, Broken Tubes and Ultimate Battle
Multiple people on the same team can receive upgrades from the same drop
Laser and Giant Size will not be kept after respawning
Select a win emote to play in the victory sequence from the settings or emote customisation menu
Custom King of the Hill levels can be made in the level editor and submitted to the Steam Workshop
An improved multiplayer game mode selection menu
Good luck in the Arena,
Team Doborog
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20 Mar 2026Developer post
The Team Battle Update - Trailer and Release Date
Hello Humans! For a little while now our team has talked about the work they're doing in dev logs. Making giant Commentator heads, writing new lines for them and improving the multiplayer connection experience! Now a lot of that work is done, we're in the polishing phase and we c
09 Mar 2026Developer post
Giant commentator heads! - Dev log
Hello Humans! Today we're talking to our artist Isaac about how the Commentators have been adapted to work with the new King of the Hill team battle mode! What are you working on right now? Recently I’ve been working on the King of the Hill update. I’m focusing on some holograms
02 Mar 2026Developer post
How should connecting to multiplayer feel? - Dev Log
Hello Humans! As we've been building the new King of the Hill team battle mode, our new Server Engineer has been making sure everything about multiplayer works smoothly. Scarlett has only been with the team a few months but it's likely you've already felt the effects of her work!
21 Feb 2026Developer post
Commentators and Map Design - King of the Hill Dev Log
Hello Humans! Today we have TWO of our team talking about their work on the new King of the Hill mode. The Commentators are busy and have a brand new job! Meanwhile, we're thinking about how to make the maps as fun as possible. Geoffrey, Narrative Design What is the premise of th
17 Feb 2026Developer post
The winners of the Ride or Die Art Competition!
Hello Humans! The Doborog Team and Community Judges have taken their time looking over every single drawing, screenshot, video and voxel! A massive thank you to Niek, Myeh and TVCat for looking through all the art and helping us decide the winners! It was HARD to pick our favouri
13 Feb 2026Developer post
Experimenting with new modes and maps - Multiplayer Dev Log
Hello Humans! We’re starting a brand new series of dev logs to give you a look into what we’re making and how game development works! This is our first official announcement that new multiplayer modes will be coming to Clone Drone! Erik the Creative Director answered some questio
09 Feb 2026Developer post
Vote for the winners of the Community Pick Award!
Hello Humans! The Ride or Die competition is officially over! Visit this page to vote for the winners of the Community Pick Award! The Doborog Team and our Community Judges will take the next week to decide on the winners. There have been over 100 entries so we’re carefully takin
28 Jan 2026Developer post
Hotfix 1.8.0.23
Hello Humans! We're hard at work on fixing both the game and servers. Here's the list of bug fixes: Game: Invisible enemies - fixed numerous bugs that caused these and added logic to auto-kill them Fixed placement of fire on fishing pole and picnic hammer No longer plays an emote
Hello Humans!

We're hard at work on fixing both the game and servers. Here's the list of bug fixes:
Game:
Invisible enemies - fixed numerous bugs that caused these and added logic to auto-kill them
Fixed placement of fire on fishing pole and picnic hammer
No longer plays an emote when customising weapons
Localised weapon text
Fixed "This is not co-op" achievement
Fixed mounts not getting cleaned up when you lose and between levels
Settings menu "Get more" [workshop endless levels] button opens in steam overlay instead of web browser
Tracked mounts so they persist if you reload your save
Servers:
Dynamic server capacity - servers will now start up and wind down based on demand
Fixed server crash related to player disconnecting while riding something
Thank you for your patience! If you "see" any more invisible enemies, let us know on Discord or via email!
Team Doborog
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21 Jan 2026Developer post
Multiplayer Connectivity Issues and how we're fixing them!
Hello Humans! Apologies for the server connection problems lately , and thank you immensely for your patience as we work to get things resolved. The servers have had stability issues because right now we're trying to upgrade how they work . Toward the end of last year, we hired a
Hello Humans!
Apologies for the server connection problems lately, and thank you immensely for your patience as we work to get things resolved.
The servers have had stability issues because right now we're trying to upgrade how they work.
Toward the end of last year, we hired a new server engineer who’s working hard to get everything back on track. (You may have already met them; say hi to ButterOverflow in our official discord!)
We’ve got a mix of work we’ve done, work that’s almost done, and plans to improve things in the long term.
What we’ve already done:
Clearing finished matches: Fixed an issue where we weren’t properly cleaning up “old” games from our list of games to connect to. This would cause you to try to connect to a game which was no longer running, which was a major cause of failing to connect to public matches in late December/early January
Prepared for futured updates: Internally, we’ve cleaned up a bunch of issues that have been making it hard to release new updates to the game as fast as we want. Hopefully, this should make it faster and easier for us to release hotfixes to address bugs in-between our feature releases.
Coming soon (next hotfix, hopefully in the next week or two):
Dynamic server capacity: We’ve upgraded our game server hosting to use a new system that will auto-scale our capacity. Some of our connection issues have been due to our servers being “full”; moving forward, it will automatically spin up a new game server host as needed.
Fixing Invisible Enemies: We’ve got a tentative fix for the annoying “invisible enemies” bug that is happening due to game clients getting out of sync with the game server. Alongside that fix, we’ve also added additional logging and metrics to our backend so we can track down if/when it’s still happening and have more info about what’s broken and how to fix it.
Planned future work:
Rebuilding our “Matchmaker”: This is the program running on our servers that helps your game client find a game server to connect to whenever you play online. It’s missing a lot of features that could make it more robust and better at handling errors. And as we want to build out more features for CDDZ, we want a more solid foundation to build upon!
Better Error Messages: Right now, whenever you have connection issues, the error messages we present aren’t very helpful. They’ll often give some generic troubleshooting advice like “make sure you’re on the latest game version!” even if you already are. We’re planning to make them more specific, and also to include more information on the error screens so that, when you send us a screenshot asking for help, we have more info to work with so that we can provide much better help and troubleshooting.
Better Server Metrics: (Don’t worry, we don’t mean your personal data! We’re just talking about on our servers.) We’re planning to add more logging and metrics around when server connection issues happen. That way, we can more proactively find issues that are occurring and squash those bugs. Also, this ties back into our previous point about better error messages: on our error screens, we’re hoping to include things like a “request ID” that we can use as part of our customer support to be able to look at our logs and figure out exactly what happened for you, specifically, as our player, when you run into issues. And if we notice things like a big increase in connection failures, we can jump on it right away without having to rely on players reaching out to us before we find the issues.
Upgrading Unity versions: this isn’t multiplayer-specific, but it will probably help with stability and performance in general. Right now we’re still on a rather old version (2019) and we’re looking to make the upgrade to the latest version soon.
If you do see multiplayer connection issues, you can still let us know by emailing [email protected] or posting on our official discord.
Thank you!
The Doborog Team
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07 Jan 2026Developer post
The Ride or Die Art Competition!
Hello Humans! To celebrate the release of the Ride or Die update we’re running an art competition! Do your friends ride and die for each other in Co-op and battle it out in Last Bot Standing? Do you try to look fashionable on top of a Rip Rider? We’re giving away skins to the win
[Entries for this competition are closed, thank you!]
Hello Humans!
To celebrate the release of the Ride or Die update we’re running an art competition! Do your friends ride and die for each other in Co-op and battle it out in Last Bot Standing? Do you try to look fashionable on top of a Rip Rider? We’re giving away skins to the winners of 4 categories of artists! If you have screenshots or art of Clone Drones then enter them into the Ride or Die competition!
Rules
The competition starts now! (January 7th)
Submit your art through this form or email [email protected]
All except Best Dressed accept any form of art.
Best Dressed will only accept screenshots from the game.
Examples of accepted art: Pencil drawings, Clone Drone screenshots, 3D renders, photos of Lego, animations and many more!
New art only, if it was submitted to previous competitions, it isn’t allowed.
Art can be disqualified for any reason.
Examples are: being offensive or being made with AI.
You can work together in groups, if a group project wins, all participants will have the option of a prize.
You can submit as many entries as you would like, you are only eligible for one prize.
The competition will end 1 month from now on February 7th at midnight UK time!
Categories
Best Dressed - A screenshot only category. Send us a picture of your favourite bot part combination!
Your Ride or Dies - A group screenshot or drawing of you and your friends as clone drones!
Need for Speed - Clone Drones riding stuff, Riprider, Raptor, The Emperor, a hot air balloon, anything!
Community Pick - All shortlisted art will be entered for this prize and the community will vote for their favourites. The top 3 with the most votes will be winners.
Judging
The winners will be picked by Community Judges and the Doborog Team. Entries will be judged on creativity and originality!
The judeges will take 1 week to look at all the entries and decide on winners! At the same time, the community will vote on the winners of the Community Pick category!
Prizes
All entrants will get the “Everyone Wins” Emote.
There will be 3 Winners in each category who will get a choice of one bot skin and one weapon skin.
The "Good Luck, Have fun" Emote.
All Winners will have their work featured on Doborog social media!
If more than one person worked on a submission, they will also get the same prizes!
When you're ready, submit your art here!
If you have any questions or want to look for friends to work with, join us on discord:
discord.gg/doborg
Good luck!
The Doborog Team
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18 Dec 2025Developer post
Long Live the Danger Zone!
This is a mega-blog full of exciting announcements, bug fixes, and our thinking about premium skins. But first, a message straight from our cold, robot hearts: We’ve never been more excited about the future of Danger Zone! Thank you for supporting the Ride or Die update. New upda
This is a mega-blog full of exciting announcements, bug fixes, and our thinking about premium skins. But first, a message straight from our cold, robot hearts:
We’ve never been more excited about the future of Danger Zone! Thank you for supporting the Ride or Die update. New updates are in development for next year, including new multiplayer modes, a 10th Anniversary celebration, and community competitions! You’ve shown up for us, again and again over the past nine years, and we’re so grateful.
Free Weapons and Quick Fixes
The Ride or Die update launched Danger Zone into the future, but there were some bumps in the road. Here’s what's in the latest update:
12 Free New Weapon Skins! A dozen new ways to obliterate your opponents! Many people pointed out that there were no weapon models you could equip without Clonebux. A bad vibe, now corrected with 12 glorious weapons. Free for all players!
Removed the 6000 Clonebux purchase option. Many people saw it and felt the large amount was a dubious ask. We agreed and removed it!
Bug Fixes
Added a picture of the full skin when you’re buying it, to clarify you’re getting the whole skin. (Not just the head, body or legs.)
No longer possible to kick or jetpack and then get on a Rip Rider, keeping you in a kicking stance!
Fixed a variety of crashes.
Fixed customization UI having text overlapping where it shouldn’t and incorrect icons.
We’re still working on hunting down the rest of the stragglers. Let us know if you see any more!
How Do You Get the Premium Skins?
There have been some questions about how to get the new premium skins.
The way you get the new skins is with Clonebux, our currency you purchase in-game. After buying Clonebux in a pack, you can spend them to style your Human with Bot and Weapon skins! You cannot earn Clonebux in game, but keep a look out for community competitions where you can win them.
Why We Added Premium Skins
For a while now, we have faced a difficult choice. The LBS lobbies have been sparsely populated. Sales aren’t what they used to be. Do we leave Danger Zone as finished and move on to other games? Or do we find a way to continue breathing life into it?
With the Ride or Die update, we chose the latter!
Thanks to your support, we’re committing to future free updates for Danger Zone! If things continue going the way they have been this week, we should be able to keep Danger Zone alive and kick-botting for a long time. The Ride or Die update was just the start of the free content we’re now planning to make.
Our goal with premium cosmetics is to create an optional way for our biggest fans to support the game, fueling ongoing updates, and widening the ways in which people can express themselves (by looking like delightful mecha-horses).
Understandably, not everybody loved this change. We have all played microtransaction fueled games that SUCK. Our vision was to add this in a way that does NOT SUCK, and in fact, is quite fun and awesome.
Our Rules for Premium Cosmetics:
Clonebux will always be optional and only for cosmetics. No pay to win! We hate that, too!
Core updates to Danger Zone will always be free.
No irritating upsell patterns: BUY THIS STARTER PACK!!!!! LIMITED TIME ONLY. No.
Skins will be fairly priced without the need to buy more than what you want.
Clonebux will be used to support continued development of Danger Zone and more Doborog games.
The Future of Danger Zone (More UPDATES!!!)
Thanks to the success of this update, we can now look ahead to 2026. Here’s what we’re building for next year…
New Multiplayer Game Modes! We’ll be developing new ways to play Clone Drone with your friends… and meet new friends to destroy! Join us live on Twitch as we build them next year.
10th Anniversary Update! To celebrate a decade of human versus robot combat, we’re planning a big new update! Will we finally see the long anticipated release of this sawblade dog?
Endless Mode Expansion! There are enemies that only exist in challenges and not in Endless Mode. We’re planning a refresh of Endless Mode with new levels and enemies like Zombie-Bots and Rip Riders.
New Community Competitions! Part of what we love about this community is how creative you all are! Level editors, artists and memesters will all have their time to shine with prizes for winners.
More Free Cosmetics! Along with premium skins, we’ll also release more free ones next year.
We’re excited for the future of Danger Zone. We hope you’ll join us in the many updates to come!
Have fun in the Danger Zone,
The Doborog Team
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15 Dec 2025Developer post
The Ride or Die Update is out now!
Hello Humans! Today we ride into battle for our huge new update. Our biggest content update in far too long. The Ride or Die Update adds a sawblade unicycle called the Rip Rider and an extensive system for customizing your Human! Here’s a closer look at what we’re wheeling out. G
Hello Humans!

Today we ride into battle for our huge new update. Our biggest content update in far too long.
The Ride or Die Update adds a sawblade unicycle called the Rip Rider and an extensive system for customizing your Human! Here’s a closer look at what we’re wheeling out.
Watch on YouTube
Got a need for speed? The Rip Rider is the fastest you’ve ever been able to move in Clone Drone. You’ll be across the arena before your enemies realise you’ve cut them in half!
Practice the art of wheeled warfare on the Rip Rider in the new Challenge, both single player and co-op. Then take on your Ride or Dies in Last Bot Standing, where you’ll slice robots apart like a knife through glazed ham.
Tip: You can jump on the Rip Rider! Leap and land on your opponents to slice them in two.
Beginning with this update, your Human body is now more customizable than ever before!
Previously, you could only pick from full robot skins you had unlocked through achievements and Challenges. Now, in the new customization screen, you can select the Head, Body and Legs independently!
Check out the wild new rider robot skins that have galloped, flown, and blasted into the arena! Not only do you have access to the many skins already in the game, but we’ve created 10 new premium skins to mix-and-match with, including Knight Bot, Mech Pilot Bot, and Horse Bot.
You can purchase them with Clonebux, our new currency that you can buy and it is completely optional! New Challenges or gameplay will always be free and buying Clonebux supports our studio as we make more free updates to the game! You'll look awesome too!
As for accessories, you can customize even further with premium weapon skins! Give your sword, bow, hammer, and spear a new look, so you can kill in style. Give your new Cowboy Bot a Cactus Sword or equip your Biker Bot with a Stop Sign Hammer.
And you can change the color on every single part: heads, bodies, legs, and weapons! So that’s 37 total robot skins, made up of 111 individual parts, with 23 new weapon skins and 18 colors for each. That’s THOUSANDS of possible combinations for the ultimate Clone Drone fashion! Who among you is good enough at math to figure out the exact number of possible Humans?
We love hearing what you think! Thank you for all of your feedback, which has made this update the best it can be! We’re dedicated to keeping Clone Drone in the Danger Zone updated in the future. (At least until we’re abducted and our brains are uploaded into gladiator robot shells.)
Currently, premium skins can only be purchased on Steam. Consoles will get this option in the near future. The new customization tools for existing skins are available on all platforms!
Steam Xbox and PlayStation are the first platforms to see this new update! Nintendo Switch will get it soon.
Keep up to date with Clone Drone news on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Discord!
Have fun in the Danger Zone.
The Doborog Team
The Full Ride or Die Update Additions:
The Ride or Die Challenge in single player and co-op. - Complete them to unlock the Rip Rider in Endless mode and the Jetpack 1 Skin!
The Rip Rider and Flame Raptor available as an Upgrade in most single player modes.
The Rip Rider as a drop in Last Bot Standing.
Customise your Human! Each part can be changed independently:
Head
Body
Legs
Sword
Hammer
Spear
Bow
Customize each body part’s color!
Collecting the Max Bow Upgrade in Last Bot Standing now gives you a second Energy if you don't already have it. Previously it gave you 3 total energy.
A new in-game purchasable currency! Spend Clonebux to unlock optional premium skins for your human.
10 New premium bot skins and 23 weapon skins you can purchase with Clonebux premium currency!
New Rider Skins:
Cowboy Bot
Knight Bot
Biker Bot
Fighter Pilot Bot
Mech Pilot Bot
Jockey Bot
Crash Test Bot
Steamboat Operator Bot
Steamboat Operator’s Lawyer Bot
Horse Bot
New Sword Skins:
Katana
Rapier
Traffic Cone
Swordfish
Cactus
Lightning Sword
New Hammer Skins:
Horse Hammer
Garbage Bot Hammer
Stop Sign
Traffic Light
Raptor Hammer
New Spear Skins:
Biker Lance
Pike Pike
Viking Spear
Raptor Spear
Fountain Pen
Medieval Lance
Cattle Prod
New Bow Skins:
Tactical Bow
Elven Bow
Glowy Bow
Holiday Bow
Fancy Bow
Original post
24 Nov 2025Developer post
Steam Awards 2025: Clone Drone in the Danger Zone!
Hello Humans! We've been working on updates to Clone Drone, ever since its Early Access release and WE'RE STILL GOING! We're excited to be working on the next update for Clone Drone in the Danger Zone. It will include new things to ride, and new ways to customise your Human! For
20 Nov 2025Developer post
Russian Multiplayer Connection Problems
Hello Humans, We’re sorry to tell you some bad news. As lots of you have pointed out to us, most players from Russia can’t connect to our multiplayer modes. Unfortunately this is because Roskomnadzor has decided to restrict access to specific services and our online game servers
Hello Humans,
We’re sorry to tell you some bad news. As lots of you have pointed out to us, most players from Russia can’t connect to our multiplayer modes. Unfortunately this is because Roskomnadzor has decided to restrict access to specific services and our online game servers are included.
All public and private multiplayer modes can’t be connected to, including:
Endless Co-Op
Last Bot Standing
All Co-Op Challenges
Private Duels
Right now we can’t fix this problem because it’s not the game that has broken, it’s an issue with general Russian internet service. We have heard that some community members have been able to connect to multiplayer through VPN services but with severely high ping. If you know of any work arounds that let you play multiplayer, let us and the rest of the Russian community know!

We hope this changes in the future so you can enjoy the game but we don’t know when the restrictions will be lifted.
Thanks for reading!
The Doborog Team
Original post
20 Oct 2025Developer post
Hotfix! Twitch Mode login + Unity Patch!
Hello humans! We just released a tiny hotfix that fixes two issues: Twitch Mode login - A while back the little link to log in to twitch mode broke. The new flow does not go via any dodgy links, and should be much easier to use. Let us know if you experience any issues with it! U
Hello humans!
We just released a tiny hotfix that fixes two issues:
Twitch Mode login - A while back the little link to log in to twitch mode broke. The new flow does not go via any dodgy links, and should be much easier to use. Let us know if you experience any issues with it!
Unity vulnerability - Unity released an update for a security vulnerability that affected every game ever built in it, including this one! We have now updated to the latest version, and the only security vulnerability left in the game should be that the garbage room forcefield sometimes lets humans get through it.
Please enjoy this more secure experience!
Oh, but while you're here, did you know that we are working on a new big update???
Look forward to an overhaul of Character Customization and the ability to ride around on a sawblade unicycle! Incredible!
ok that's it. Have a good day!
Cheers,
Erik
Original post
11 Dec 2024Developer post
The Voices of the Looprunners - Building the Hyperdome Part 2
Hello Humans! We interviewed the actors that are voicing our looprunner characters to see behind the scenes of making Clone Drone in the Hyperdome! Don't forget that the game will be out tomorrow! Team Doborog

Updates & announcements

Free Commentator Skins

New Team Battle Levels

Night Mode, Fast Lane and Horse Power Supporter Packs

New Level Editor Tools

Next Update

Change Log

The Night Mode Bots rule the arena after dark

Horse Power and Fast Lane Supporter Packs

Clonebux → Supporter Packs!

Team Battles: Love and Achievements!

The Future

The Team Battle Update is out!

Play with the devs!

Change Log:

What are you working on right now?

What new visual effects have you added?

The Hologram heads are really important to the new game mode. How did you make them?

Do you have a favourite between the two commentators?

Anything else you’d like to say to the players?

What have you been up to?

How are you improving the multiplayer experience?

What do we want matchmaking and connecting to games to feel like?

Even though some of the things you’re working on won’t be visible to players, how will they experience the effects of your work?

Geoffrey, Narrative Design

What is the premise of the new King in the Hill mode?

Where did that idea come from?

If the commentators are fighting, what do they have to say to each other?

Who is your favourite?

Dylan, Level Design

What sort of game experience are you excited to explore with this update?

How is a team based mode map different?

What is special about clone drone’s weapons and abilities that you have to keep in mind while designing this update?

What other multiplayer game maps inspired your work?

Community Pick

N_Artist

FunnyBassist

Squiddy

Best Dressed

Noah

Pytherr_

Dvachevsky

Your Ride or Die

John Weathers

OrangeBee

Nook

Need for Speed

SonicGleb

Звездокрыл

NeonPod Animations

This is our first official announcement that new multiplayer modes will be coming to Clone Drone!

What we’ve already done:

Coming soon (next hotfix, hopefully in the next week or two):

Planned future work:

Rules

Categories

Judging

Prizes

Free Weapons and Quick Fixes

How Do You Get the Premium Skins?

Why We Added Premium Skins

The Future of Danger Zone (More UPDATES!!!)

The Full Ride or Die Update Additions: