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Steam News 24 February 20262mo ago

Updated Demo on Steam Next Fest

Hello, mighty Bogatyrs! As you know, our demo has been available since February 11, and we want to thank everyone who left a review on the Steam page. There are already more than 170 reviews, which is incredible. Thank…

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Full Bylina update

The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.

Repeated intro

Hello, mighty Bogatyrs!

Extracted changes

2 fixes4 additions8 changes3 removals
  • Fixes
  • Performance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Events
fixedBefore we go into what we changed, improved, and fixed, we want to say thank you again, and also, please keep sharing your thoughts, criticisms, and discussions. It really does motivate us to keep making Bylina better!
changedPerformance & StabilityWe’ve improved overall performance and stability.
changedPerformance & StabilityWe reworked the animation controller, streaming system, and material loading, and reviewed locations to identify potential polycount issues.
removedPerformance & StabilityWe also optimized shader and VFX loading, removed unnecessary animation sequencer ticks, and revised animations across the board.
changedPerformance & StabilityPerformance should now be at a solid, playable level.
removedVisualsWe removed extra visual effects that made the image look “blurry/soft,” so the game should now look sharper and clearer.

As you know, our demo has been available since February 11, and we want to thank everyone who left a review on the Steam page. There are already more than 170 reviews, which is incredible. Thank you as well to everyone who shared feedback here and through the surveys we asked you to fill out; it really helped us see the demo from a different angle.

Before we go into what we changed, improved, and fixed, we want to say thank you again, and also, please keep sharing your thoughts, criticisms, and discussions. It really does motivate us to keep making Bylina better!

We’ve also prepared a special trailer for Steam Next Fest, and we hope you enjoy it.

Alright, here’s the list of demo changes coming to you today!

Performance & Stability

  • We’ve improved overall performance and stability.

  • We reworked the animation controller, streaming system, and material loading, and reviewed locations to identify potential polycount issues.

  • We also optimized shader and VFX loading, removed unnecessary animation sequencer ticks, and revised animations across the board.

  • Performance should now be at a solid, playable level.

Visuals

  • We removed extra visual effects that made the image look “blurry/soft,” so the game should now look sharper and clearer.

UI

  • We adjusted UI sizing, fonts, and scaling across different monitors and resolutions, this should improve readability a lot.

Controls (Keyboard & Mouse)

  • Keyboard and mouse controls have been fully reworked.

  • We introduced a new default layout and added more precise mouse control.

Audio Settings

  • You can now adjust sound classes (especially useful for streamers), which gives you individual control volumes for footsteps, voices, and other audio categories.

Key Rebinding

  • Key rebinding is now available. If the default bindings don’t work for you, you can customize them.

Difficulty Levels

  • We’ve added multiple difficulty options.

Resource Balance

  • We added more resources and health potions.

Annoyance Fixes

  • We fixed the winter challenge,

  • We removed blood chunks,

  • We improved bow aiming on both controller and keyboard/mouse.

Other Changes

We’ve made roughly 200 additional small tweaks and fixes in this build.

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Source

Steam News / 24 February 2026

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