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Steam News1 January 20266mo ago

🎉 Dreadzone v1.5.8.1 – New Year Hotfix Update 🎉

Hello Survivors, Happy New Year! and best wishes to everyone! We wish you greatness, happiness, and a successful, fulfilling new year ahead.

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Hello Survivors,

What changed

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  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • Server
  • Performance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
fixedHappy New Year! and best wishes to everyone! We wish you greatness, happiness, and a successful, fulfilling new year ahead. We’re starting the year strong with a small hotfix update on day one , bringing important fixes, improvements, and balance tweaks.
fixed🛠️ Patch NotesFixed client character physics replication issues
fixed🛠️ Patch NotesFixed replication issues with mutant animations
fixed🛠️ Patch NotesFixed replication buffering issues
fixed🛠️ Patch NotesFixed overall networking issues and client replication
fixed🛠️ Patch NotesFixed certain hit detection issues in multiplayer

DREADZONE changes

fixedHappy New Year! and best wishes to everyone! We wish you greatness, happiness, and a successful, fulfilling new year ahead. We’re starting the year strong with a small hotfix update on day one , bringing important fixes, improvements, and balance tweaks.
fixedFixed client character physics replication issues
fixedFixed replication issues with mutant animations
fixedFixed replication buffering issues
fixedFixed overall networking issues and client replication

Happy New Year! and best wishes to everyone! We wish you greatness, happiness, and a successful, fulfilling new year ahead. We’re starting the year strong with a small hotfix update on day one, bringing important fixes, improvements, and balance tweaks.

Thank you for playing and supporting Dreadzone — we truly appreciate you from the bottom of our hearts.

🛠️ Patch Notes

Fixes

  • Fixed client character physics replication issues

  • Fixed replication issues with mutant animations

  • Fixed replication buffering issues

  • Fixed overall networking issues and client replication

  • Fixed certain hit detection issues in multiplayer

  • Fixed rendering optimization issues

  • Fixed performance issues related to resolution quality

Improvements & Tweaks

  • Improved and tweaked client replication systems

  • Improved network and replication performance

  • Improved overall rendering performance

  • Tweaked and balanced NPC and player stats

  • Tweaked and balanced loot tables and drop rates, and more

  • Tweaked and improved the effect of certain graphic settings

Note: For anyone experiencing performance issues with DLSS, try switching to FSR and then back to DLSS, or use FSR instead to see if it works better for your system. Players on lower-end PCs can also use the Potato graphics preset and lower the Foliage graphic settings for improved performance.

Once again, thank you for your continued support and feedback. As always, stay safe, chill gaming, and we’ll see you in the zone.

The Dreadzone Team

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Steam News / 1 January 2026

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