Death Trash

Released: Aug 5, 2021
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 19:29 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

11 Jun 2026Developer post
Update 0.14.6
0.14.6 - add in-between tiles for two tilesets connected via door - minor level design changes throughout the game to accommodate for the new tiles and improve door situations - updated some art assets: adding details and fixing some angles - minor level design fixes throughout t
26 Nov 2025Developer post
Update 0.14.5
Update Notes 0.14.5 - fixed spawned Fleshworms being passive instead of aggressive - fixed not being able to finish quest "Lessen the Pain" (regression) - fixed issue with additional inventory space acquired from city merchant - fixed some pathfinding issues - updated FMOD audio
27 Oct 2025Developer post
Update 0.14.4
Update Notes 0.14.4 - fixed some explosions not making any damage - fixed certain NPC in city having quest item he should not have - fixed NPC in Tower talking about key challenge despite player having key already - fixed regular scene actions be usable through walls while standi
24 Jul 2025Developer post
Update 0.14.3
- added further quest and character handling for later stages of Perished City - fixed a few issues with quest progress in the Perished City - added and updated some dialogue - added a few pre-existing crafting recipes to the market in Perished City - various other minor improvem
26 Jun 2025Developer post
The Perished City
Welcome to the Perished City! In a city marred by time a searching woman found a place, infested. Her ailing body took root and healed, and soon she began providing. The people, accepting her offerings, built a temple in her honor. She became what was heralded, a beacon of care,
13 Mar 2025Developer post
Beta Release: The Perished City
Hey. We put the content update “The Perished City” on the beta branch and would appreciate some feedback. Our design goals for this and the further content updates are to improve the writing, especially the variety in how NPCs talk, add more depth to the narrative elements, add m
10 Feb 2025Developer post
Update 0.13 - Mapped and Packed
If you're looking for the content update: This isn't it. See "Current state of things" -> "1. Content update" down below. Patch notes New Features - map overview has multiple tabs now if level hub has multiple sub areas, including walk commands between areas (mouse only) - inv
23 Dec 2024Developer post
Roadmap Update - End of 2024
I am sorry. We made progress this year, but not as much as I had hoped. The projected dates for the next updates did not work out as planned. We are focusing on the content of the game at the moment. That is slow work, as we are still somewhat inexperienced in this. (And it seems
21 Jun 2024GamingOnLinux
Cosmic horror post-apocalyptic RPG Death Trash has a teaser for a new update
Death Trash features a world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. Influenced by post-apocalyptic, horror, and cyberpunk classics. Death Trash is certainly promising, and it's finally gearing up for a content update. Read the full article here:
20 Jun 2024Developer post
Teaser: The Perished City
A small peek at our upcoming content update, which covers the Perished City, located at the center of the game's world map. We expect this to be on the beta branch in the next months. For more info and tentative dates about our future updates, take a look at our roadmap: - Stepha
28 Mar 2024Developer post
Roadmap
Welcome. This is the roadmap for the final phase of the Death Trash Early Access. We have avoided communicating concrete dates in the past. Working as a small team on a complicated game has been notoriously difficult, especially in regards to timely estimations. The Early Access
21 Dec 2023Developer post
Update 0.12 - Staggering Blows
Patch notes Combat improvements - added some of the new melee weapons (see last update) to game locations - updated handling of player hitting enemy with melee: will always lead to mini hit stun and interruption now (formerly first hit lead to hit stun, but then NPC resisted furt
20 Nov 2023Developer post
Update 0.11 - Tools of the Trade
Patch notes Additions - added new melee weapon variants (for now only via Shift+F10 -> Playtest -> Combat) Improvements and changes - improved some dialogue - experimental: added experience points progress bar above health when in inventory etc. - improved pathfinding throu
Patch notes
Additions
- added new melee weapon variants (for now only via Shift+F10 -> Playtest -> Combat)
Improvements and changes
- improved some dialogue
- experimental: added experience points progress bar above health when in inventory etc.
- improved pathfinding through multiple rooms and fixed some other pathfinding issues
- autosave when closing merchant screen and having bought or sold something
- tutorial area: make combat puppets destructable
- a few other minor level design improvements
- lots of underlying framework changes and additions
Bug fixes
- fixed rare issue of character visuals flickering while standing still
- fixed some pathfinding issues
- fixed rare issues with point and click commands on loot container
- fixed not being able to loot item partially at least on almost full inventory
- fixed being able to replace locked equipped item via drag and drop
- fixed missing text in quest descriptions
- fixed Titans missing from map overview tracking
- tower location: fixed potential multiple master keys
- additional bug fixes and improvements
Current state of things
1. Development
Work continues behind the scenes on the remaining parts of the game as well as improving the existing parts, the underlying framework of the game and the tools we are using.
It's only in hindsight that I realize what a huge amount of work any kind of game really is, and the RPG genre in particular, and (I'm biased here) this game especially.
This amount of work is a bit of a downer sometimes. What's encouraging though is that our knowledge, our workflows and tools are improving, month by month.
Some random development bits from this month:

We improved the pixelart animation import into the game engine. When working on the animations (in a separate app) I can press 'Save' over there now and the animations in the currently running game get updated automatically. Much easier to iterate when I can see the immediate results on a second screen in a live game environment.
We are currently trying to find ways to increase the visual variety of indoor scenes, especially for the upcoming city levels. I am in general very happy with the visuals of the game, but the gridlike pattern we use for many indoor scenes could use a few breaks or alternatives here and there.
We have had a testbot implemented for a while now for continously and automatically testing the game so we get immediately aware when we accidentally break stuff. We improved and expanded this bot now so it covers most of the current Early Access content.
With this update we fixed some longstanding pathfinding issues. This wasn't really a priority per se, but for once it also feels good to improve a part of the game so far that it probably won't require any more work in the future and is ready for 1.0 and beyond.
Equally encouraging is the continuous feedback we are getting from you, the current or (hopefully) future players. Thank you for every F1 feedback report, for every shared thought via Forum, Discord, email, for every Steam review. You are helping us make this a much better game, and you are also heartening us by letting us know that there are people interested in Death Trash and that there are people out there who care about the work we do.
2. Beta branch
We have a beta branch where we update the game more frequently.
You'll find more info about the beta branch and about testing in general over here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/941460/discussions/0/3427823001996731965/
3. Sale
Death Trash will be part of the Steam autumn sale from November 21th to 28th.
4. Next Update
The next update (0.12) will be ready in December in advance of the Steam winter sale.
Conclusion
We are currently working on new content (continuing the main story through the city) as well as adding more depth (narrative and gameplay) to the existing game, but I am not sure yet how much of that will surface in the December update already.
Thank you for your continued support. I appreciate your interest in Death Trash as well as your patience.
- Stephan
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24 Oct 2023Developer post
Update 0.10 - Specimen
Patch notes Additions - added test level with new combat enemies (Shift+F10 -> Playtest -> NewEnemies) Improvements and changes - increased default speed on world map - map overview: added some NPCs to the map after having spoken to them - made equipping weapon and armor sl
20 Sep 2023Developer post
Update 0.9 - Serenity
Patch notes Improvements and changes - improved quest handling and dialogue of priest quests around New Delphi - updated mutant runner behavior: two charges instead of three, added cooldown, prevent multiple charging runners - set shotgun and automatic weapon bullet speeds to the
14 Jul 2023Developer post
Update 0.8.7.10
Improvements and changes - make player get XP for enemies that are guided through mines - infection: introduced max time until throwing up gets triggered to prevent potentially never getting triggered - added max target count to Legion of Flesh - UI: updated a few notifications l
05 May 2023Developer post
Update 0.8.7.9
Improvements - improved character pathfinding: walk directly towards target nodes now instead of zig-zagging - fixed a few other pathfinding issues - slightly reduced movement impact of walking backwards while targeting - added option to disable random player character comments (
21 Feb 2023Developer post
Update 0.8.7.8
- give experience points for unlocking doors (skill or key) similar to other skill actions; adjusted xp for these skill actions - player movement: slower movement speed when walking backwards while targeting (experimental) - fixed minor delay in ranged enemy red pointer warning -
11 Jan 2023Developer post
Update 0.8.7.7
- dialogue stat checks: show text for multiple choice even if not being able to select that option due to stats - removed Animalism skill for now (under consideration / redesign; catching Fleshworms is still possible) - fixed pull ability not pulling - fixed slowdown from spider
06 Dec 2022Developer post
Update 0.8.7.6
- updated Buzzer weapon: less damage, reduced range, charge up triggers automatically after some time, increased energy ball speed, diminished punching through additional targets - updated Shock ability: removed target stun, use pushback, added slow movement debuff, slightly incr

Updates & announcements

Update Notes 0.14.5

Small Development Update

Update Notes 0.14.4

Small Development Update

Welcome to the Perished City!

What's next?

Full Update Notes 0.14 - The Perished City

New Content

Gameplay and content changes

Usability

Bug fixes

Performance and Framework changes

Hotfix 0.14.1

Hotfix 0.14.2

Patch notes

New Features

Gameplay and content changes

Usability

Bug fixes

Performance and Framework changes

0.13.1 Bugfix Update

Current state of things

1. Content update

2. Beta branch

3. Devlog

Conclusion

Situation

Next steps

Removing the dates from the roadmap.

Regular update with improvements

City content on beta branch

Development Insight

Conclusion

Milestones

Steam Input implementation

The Perished City

Improving item economy

Northern Wasteland

Improving existing locations and gameplay

The Machine and the Watcher

Full release

Post release

Console versions

Localization

Level Editor

Extended mind item gameplay

Thank you

Patch notes

Combat improvements

Other gameplay improvements

Bug fixes

Technical changes and improvements

Hotfix 0.12.1

Current state of things

1. Combat feedback

2. Beta branch

3. Sale

4. Next Update and beyond

Conclusion

Patch notes

Additions

Improvements and changes

Bug fixes

Current state of things

1. Development

2. Beta branch

3. Sale

4. Next Update

Conclusion

Patch notes

Additions

Improvements and changes

Bug fixes

Hotfix 0.10.1

Current state of things

1. Feedback wanted on new combat enemies

2. Version numbers

3. Beta branch

4. Sale