Developer posts and news about this game.
To safeguard our community from unfair play, starting today, new purchases of POPULATION: ONE on Steam and Meta PCVR will be paused. Existing PCVR players remain unaffected and can keep playing, uninstalling, and reinstalling as always. Meta Quest users will see no store changes
July 2, 2025 Change List General Gameplay Summer Time Event: Water Warfare Live 7/03-7/10 Get out your water guns and get ready for some wild rewards in our Summer time event. Experience an old mode with a new twist in 18 Player Metro Phoenix Remix Metropolis Royale now has redep
General Gameplay Temporary Game Mode Schedule (March only) starting March 4 @ 11am PST: * 18 Player Phoenix Squads as the first slot and default * 24 Player Evolving Squads available Monday to Friday at 11AM PT in the second slot * 24 Player LTM's replace Evolving Squads, availab
General Gameplay Evolving Map has been switched back to the Standard Variant with Ironworks integrated into the UGC/Sandbox location. Sandbox/UGC Gameplay Updated Featured Playlist with new maps. Strongholds are now available without bots. New feature that allows for users to cha
General Gameplay Evolving Map has been switched to the Winter Variant with Winter Wonderland by morecowbell520 integrated into the UGC/Sandbox location Haptics Intensity Slider Custom Room Gameplay Allow score HUD in BR games Launch towers in Non BR games New spawn point option t
November 4th, 2024, Change List ------------------ General Update Meta Haptics Studio Integration All haptics are now played through the new Meta Haptics Studio Integration for a better experience and performance. See for more information General Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where us
Hey POP1 Community, Today we are launching a small backend update for improvements to real-time messaging and friending. You may notice an update required to launch POP1. See you in-game!
August 27th, 2024 Change List ------------------ General Gameplay Phoenix: Final shifting zones are now ~20% smaller Sprint: Lowered sprint speed 8.2m/s -> 7.75m/s Sprint: Increased sprint duration and faster stamina recharge speed Controller: Improved thumbstick input to be s
July 30th, 2024, Change List ------------------ General Gameplay Battlezone progressive damage timer now only counts up while the player is alive. Sandbox Fixed large saved groups not being able to spawn. Added an option to trigger to not activate for downed players. Increased ma
July 15th, 2024, Change List ------------------ Phoenix Royale Redeploy time can now be reduced by Teammate's actions: kills, squad eliminations, revives (via defibs or redeploy), and opening crates. Redeployment timer now increases based on the number of times you've been redepl
June 24th, 2024, Change List ------------------ General Update Implemented essential improvements for better backend stability Note: On Wednesday, Jun 26, 2024, around 8am Pacific, we’ll conduct scheduled maintenance that will cause you to lose connection if playing and will be s
May 28th, 2024, Change List ------------------ Phoenix Royale - Going Live June 6 POP1’s largest Battle Royale update yet! Preview Weekend March 31 - June 3 Phoenix Royale Gameplay - Going Live with Phoenix Royale Phoenix Redeploy While active, players automatically redeploy as l
Gameplay Gun Balance Changes Tec9: Min Damage increased 10->12 DT11: Base Damage decreased 13->12 MP9: Base Damage decreased 23->21 Uzis: Damage Falloff Distance increased 20->28 M60: Min Damage decreased 18->16 Sandbox - King of the Hill King of the Hill game mode
December Monthly Match Rewards (Ends Dec. 31st) Play an active game mode (Squads, Deathmatch, and Co-Op Bot Battle, etc.) to make progress towards the monthly rewards! Monthly Matches Tiers: * Powder Burn (1911 skin) - 2 Matches * Style Points (Spray) - 5 Matches * Powder Burn (A
September Monthly Match (Ends September 30th) Play an active game mode (Squads, Team Deathmatch, and Co-Op Bot Battle, etc.) to make progress towards the monthly rewards! Monthly Matches Tiers: * Pink Anarchy (PX4 skin) - 2 Matches * Anarchy (Spray) - 5 Matches * Pink Anarchy (M1
July Monthly Rewards * Ends July 31st @ 4pm PT *Play an active game mode (Squads, Team Deathmatch, and Co-Op Bot Battle, etc.) to make progress towards the monthly rewards! * Monthly Matches Tiers: Hieroglyphic (DT11 skin) - 2 Matches Dark Side of the Meme (Spray) - 5 Matches - 5
May 30th, 2023, Change List Quick Re-Queue System * Ability to re-queue and matchmake into the next game from the in-game stats screen after Victory/Defeat! “PLAY AGAIN”: gives players that queued alone the ability to quickly jump to the next match and be placed on a new team. “P
March 9th, 2023, Change List FREE TO PLAY POPULATION: ONE is Free to build! Free to climb! Free to fly! Free to design your own maps! And now: Free to Play! The game will be free on Meta Quest 2 / Pro Oculus Rift and Steam will now be priced at $19.99 . Players who purchase the g
January 30th, 2023, Change List Level 65 Climb your way to the top to earn Millie Gold. Last Chance To Grab January Monthly Match Rewards * Play an active game mode (Squads, Sandbox, Co-Op Bot Battle, etc.) to make progress towards the monthly rewards! * Monthly Matches Tiers: Ph
December 14th, 2022, Change List POPULATION: ONE SANDBOX EARLY ACCESS Overview A Game Creator limited only by your imagination. Explore, create, and play an endless variety of games with friends. Game Explorer Play the “Featured” or “Adventurous” playlists. Search Bar: Find Sandb