HomeGamesUpdatesPricingMethodology
Steam News11 July 202511mo ago

Small Improvements & Balance Changes

While we’re working on new content, today’s patch brings a set of smaller improvements, performance tweaks, and balance updates based on your feedback.

Full notes

Full HELLBREAK update

Read the full published notes in a cleaner layout. The original post stays linked below.

What changed

3 fixes2 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Performance
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Fixes
addedWhile we’re working on new content, today’s patch brings a set of smaller improvements, performance tweaks, and balance updates based on your feedback.
changed⚙️ ImprovementsFurther optimization of visual effects, helping improve performance on more systems.
added⚙️ ImprovementsGamepad users: You can now adjust slider settings using the sticks, not just the D-pad.
changed⚖️ Balance ChangesShredder Upgrade – Damage increase per enemy sliced: 35% → 20%
changed⚖️ Balance ChangesShredder Upgrade – Ricochet damage bonus: 50% → 25%
changed⚖️ Balance ChangesVirulent Decay (Blessing) – Blight spread damage: 75 → 100
Shredder Upgrade – Damage increase per enemy sliced:35%20%Shredder Upgrade – Damage increase per enemy sliced: decreased, nerfShredder Upgrade – Ricochet damage bonus:50%25%Shredder Upgrade – Ricochet damage bonus: decreased, nerfVirulent Decay (Blessing) – Blight spread damage:75100Virulent Decay (Blessing) – Blight spread damage: increased, buffDoombringer’s Retribution – Headshot explosion damage:200300Doombringer’s Retribution – Headshot explosion damage: increased, buff

While we’re working on new content, today’s patch brings a set of smaller improvements, performance tweaks, and balance updates based on your feedback.

⚙️ Improvements

Further optimization of visual effects, helping improve performance on more systems.

Gamepad users: You can now adjust slider settings using the sticks, not just the D-pad.

⚖️ Balance Changes

  • Shredder Upgrade – Damage increase per enemy sliced: 35% → 20%

  • Shredder Upgrade – Ricochet damage bonus: 50% → 25%

  • Virulent Decay (Blessing) – Blight spread damage: 75 → 100

  • Doombringer’s Retribution – Headshot explosion damage: 200 → 300

🐛 Fixes

  • Fixed multiple issues that caused the total ammo count of weapons to be incorrectly reduced in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue where the movement speed upgrade of Omen would not always activate correctly

More updates are on the way as we continue improving HELLBREAK. Thanks for all your support, bug reports, and feedback. Keep them coming through Steam Discussions or Discord! 💀

Source

Steam News / 11 July 2025

Open original post

Changelog.gg summarizes and formats this update. How we read updates.