Posthuman: Sanctuary

Released: Jul 27, 2018
Platforms: WindowsmacOS
Last updated: 06 Sep 2026, 13:32 GMT

Updates & announcements

11 posts

30 Nov 2020Developer post
Progress update
Hi all, It's time to give a project update while the world is still going through its apocalypse lite. We're testing new characters and we've been adding some functionality to them. We were not entirely happy with how they looked and we're putting in some more work on them before
22 Jul 2020Developer post
Discord channel + giveaway
Hi all, As we announced recently, we're trying to focus more on our communication, so that you can keep following us through whichever medium you prefer. Since Discord is a favourite venue for most gamers, we've opened a channel for Posthuman: Sanctuary where you can reach out to
04 Jul 2020Developer post
Don't go out or you'll meet new people!!
How goes the apocalypse? Starting from today there's more of it! A long-due update is finally here, and there's a lot to it, so let's cut to the chase and start listing: Content, content, content - we've added loads of new encounters for you to explore. There's plenty to make you
How goes the apocalypse? Starting from today there's more of it!
A long-due update is finally here, and there's a lot to it, so let's cut to the chase and start listing:

Content, content, content - we've added loads of new encounters for you to explore. There's plenty to make your survival more challenging, but also more rewarding. We're already working on the next batch of encounters too, so get digging into these cause there's going to be more coming.
Game balancing - many of you suggested that the game is very difficult, as did our testers. Well, the wasteland is a tough place, but we've now made it more endurable. A lot of changes went into this, but here are the most notable:

We tweaked the preset characters and their starting equipment to make each of them feel more distinct in terms of play style.
The combat difficulty progression has been eased out somewhat, enabling a longer stretch of survival in each play.
We took the message from our community that having a follower seemed like a burden rather than having a helping hand, especially when it comes to maintaining their loyalty. It involved a lot of head scratching and hair pulling but finally followers should now FEEL like followers not burdens.
Some inventory items have also been tweaked to make them more useful.
Let us know what you think about this - feedback is very important to us especially about these.
Efficiency - this is mostly transparent to you, but we've restructured many of the game system so that they are more efficient and use less resources on your machine.
Bug squashing - as we progress and add more to the game, we inevitably find more unwanted critters lurking in the dark recesses of code. We've crushed many of these, and at this point we're quite confident that the major ones have been exterminated. We're still working on some minor/cosmetic ones, so we're still not completely free of the pests, but we're getting there.
There's plenty more coming soon, too. We're adding the final touches to the new characters, adding more encounters, and working on the story mode. All of this needs more testing so we'll be gradually releasing as we test.
We've also heeded the calls for more presence with our community. Going forward we're going to keep a much more frequent contact with all of you through all channels. Make sure to follow us on our social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram ) to get the latest news and upcoming competitions. More about these next time.
In the meantime, good luck and make the most out of that can of beans.
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26 Jun 2020Developer post
Development Update
We hope you've been enjoying Posthuman: Sanctuary during these dire times. It's starting to feel like that's the world we're living in but nonetheless we cannot thank you enough for your support. We really do appreciate it! We also want to bring you up to speed on what has been h
01 Nov 2019Developer post
Time to hunt those mutants down...
A much awaited update is here! There's so much work we've put in since the last update that it's difficult to list everything, but here are the salient points: We've added a large amount of content to the game in this one - there are a LOT of new encounters for you to explore, to
A much awaited update is here! There's so much work we've put in since the last update that it's difficult to list everything, but here are the salient points:

We've added a large amount of content to the game in this one - there are a LOT of new encounters for you to explore, tons of difficult choices to make.
We've also made major overhauls to some of the buggiest parts of the game, like the inventory management. You should find the game runs much more smoothly with fewer oddities and bugs occurring.
The starting characters have been revised, generally made stronger, so the game is easier at the beginning. We're not sure how the majority of you will feel about this change, but please do let us know.
Apart from adding more non-combat encounters, we have reviewed and cleaned up the 'old' ones. Those which yielded items, or trade have been tested thoroughly and fixed where broken.
In combat we now allow multiple dice to be re-rolled when a character has a high enough mind stat. Each die may still only be re-rolled once, and the complement of 'mind' re-rolls can be used over one entire turn (i.e. including in your opponent's action, if you still have any remaining from your action).
Combat now yields more experience points.
After the good news, a little bit of bad news is inevitable, but it's not like it's the (post-) apocalypse, or anything:

We have updated the version of the game engine that we are using, which makes the game run better. However, in this version we noticed that on Windows, if you do not have the Windows Media Feature Pack installed (i.e. if you do not have Media Player, usually when you have the 'N' variant of the OS, like Windows 10 N), the game crashes when starting a new game as soon as it tries to play the intro. We're working on a fix, but in the meantime, you can install the Media Feature Pack from the Microsoft website pertinent to your OS version. Sorry about this, but this wasn't happening in our previous version of the game engine (the video simply used to remain blank, with the "Skip" button visible and functional at the bottom right of the screen) - the crash is new and we only realised it was happening a few days before releasing this update.
Due to some of the changes we made, there is a change that the game might crash at some points when you use an 'old' save game form a previous version. It may not happen at all for most of you, and in fact this was the reason we didn't outright reject older saved games. Starting a new game will prevent any of these crashes from happening.
And that's all regarding this update. In other news, we welcome to our studio Andrea, who has already been hard at work to make this update possible.
Now what are you waiting for? Venture forth into the apocalypse...
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29 Aug 2019Developer post
What's happening
Hi all, It has been a long time since we gave you an update on what we are up to and it's also been a while since we updated the game. Several have been wondering whether we've abandoned the game, but rest assured that the game is still under development. We did have a setback in
09 Oct 2018Developer post
Next update
Hi all, The next update is finally here! It's been a while since we've last updated but we hope it's been worth the wait. This one was a chunky one - here's what the update brings: 1) We've updated the game engine version - we had been putting this off since a major update to the
21 Aug 2018Developer post
Status update
Hi all, I just wanted to drop a couple of lines to let everybody know what we're working on. First of all, I hope that those of you who who were on holiday have/are still enjoying them :) We've been quiet for a while but we've been busy. Many of you should have noticed significan
17 Aug 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Unknown Pleasures: Witness the best five new indie games on Steam
Forgive me, readers, for I have let us all down. This week I had someone over to sign a legal document as a witness, and we watched Fury Road, and I didn’t say “Witness me!” . There’s nothing I can do to redeem myself, but before you destroy me with sticks, why not enjoy another
01 Aug 2018Developer post
Second update
We've uploaded a second update with fixes, mostly related to combat and crashes when leaving it. Thanks for helping out to identify these issues.
29 Jul 2018Developer post
First update
Hi all, We're working on the issues you highlighted and have already started to fix them in the first update we've just uploaded. Below are the changes in this update: - Introduced a resolution dialog box before the game starts. - Fixed crashes on leveling up characters. - Fixed