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Steam News8 April 20262mo ago

Devs diary #5

Combat System Hello, Hikers! Meeting a monster face to face has become inevitable. While before your chances of survival were slim, now you can at least try to fight back with the new weapons in your arsenal.

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  • Balance
  • Gameplay
addedCombat SystemHello, Hikers! Meeting a monster face to face has become inevitable. While before your chances of survival were slim, now you can at least try to fight back with the new weapons in your arsenal. Though it remains a dangerous choice that will most likely cost you valuable resources.
addedCombat SystemPistol - New weapon with high damage, but ammo is extremely rare.
changedCombat SystemKnife - Completely reworked. Now features a Heavy Strike (hold LMB) and the ability to Block part of the damage (RMB).
changedCombat SystemEmpty Bottles - Improved animations and now they can stun monsters for a few seconds on impact.

Combat System

Hello, Hikers! Meeting a monster face to face has become inevitable. While before your chances of survival were slim, now you can at least try to fight back with the new weapons in your arsenal. Though it remains a dangerous choice that will most likely cost you valuable resources.

  • Pistol - New weapon with high damage, but ammo is extremely rare.

  • Knife - Completely reworked. Now features a Heavy Strike (hold LMB) and the ability to Block part of the damage (RMB).

  • Empty Bottles - Improved animations and now they can stun monsters for a few seconds on impact.

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Steam News / 8 April 2026

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