Cosmic Carnage
Steam News 21 February 20262mo ago

Cosmic Carnage Update 1 - New Heat Bars, Difficulty Modes

Update 1 NEW: Added heat bars for the following weapons: Shredder Wave Laser Singularity Grenade Cyber Blade Electric Laser Bullet Defense All 4 tiers of Bullet Hell Added popup for toggling auto aim & auto fire on/off…

Update log

Full Cosmic Carnage update

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Extracted changes

2 fixes3 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • Store
addedNEW:Added heat bars for the following weapons: Shredder Wave Laser Singularity Grenade Cyber Blade Electric Laser Bullet Defense All 4 tiers of Bullet Hell
addedNEW:Added popup for toggling auto aim & auto fire on/off
addedNEW:Difficulty selection added Easy = less enemies spawn, enemies have reduced HP Regular = current game as is Hard = more enemies spawn, enemy health scales up per round New leaderboards added for each difficulty
changedAdjustments:Increased level up pushback by 50%
changedAdjustments:Sniper boss bullet colour changed to purple (to not clash with blaster (red) enemy explosions)
changedAdjustments:Electric Laser buffed base range increased base number of targets increased tier 4 can split

Update 1

NEW:

  • Added heat bars for the following weapons:

    • Shredder

    • Wave

    • Laser

    • Singularity

    • Grenade

    • Cyber Blade

    • Electric Laser

    • Bullet Defense

    • All 4 tiers of Bullet Hell

  • Added popup for toggling auto aim & auto fire on/off

  • Difficulty selection added

    • Easy = less enemies spawn, enemies have reduced HP

    • Regular = current game as is

    • Hard = more enemies spawn, enemy health scales up per round

    • New leaderboards added for each difficulty

Adjustments:

  • Increased level up pushback by 50%

  • Sniper boss bullet colour changed to purple (to not clash with blaster (red) enemy explosions)

  • Electric Laser buffed

    • base range increased

    • base number of targets increased

    • tier 4 can split

  • EXP orbs merging changes

    • merging reduced to happen less often

    • merging will generally be closer to the player

Bug Fixes:

  • Cannot use RS without first using LS (controller)

  • Movement with keyboard arrow keys fixed

  • Bullet Defense shooting then pausing behaviour fixed

  • 5+ small bug fixes

You can provide feedback in the pinned thread within the steam discussions. Or you can join the discord.

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Steam News / 21 February 2026

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