Steam News24 June 20251y ago

Post Steam Next Fest (mostly) Visual Update

Hey everyone! Steam Next Fest is now over, and we just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to all of you who played the demo, wishlisted Hive Blight, or left a review, it means the world to us!

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Full Hive Blight update

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What changed

3 fixes5 additions1 change0 removals

Compatibility
Gameplay
Balance
Store
UI and audio
Fixes

addedHey everyone!Steam Next Fest is now over, and we just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to all of you who played the demo, wishlisted Hive Blight, or left a review, it means the world to us! Your support gives us the energy to keep pushing forward. Steam post image Good news: the demo will stay live all the way until release, so if you haven’t tried it yet (or want to play more), it’s not going anywhere. Now, onto the actual update , both the demo and Beta have just been updated to match the current playtest version (if you don't know what I mean, go read the part "Want to try new stuff early?" at the bottom) ! But more fresh stuff is coming very soon... Here’s what’s new in this version: Quality of Life Enemies now reposition better during fights, reducing big enemy clusters and improving readability. Balancing

addedHey everyone!Fight Club can now be bought twice

addedHey everyone!Mycelium Herald (Boss) Old → “Invincible while elites are alive. Bloom: +1 Spike from Chubristle, +15 Chitin Grimhusk, and +3 Damage from Pale Apostle.” New → “While elites are alive: Gains Invincible and Bloom : +1 Spike, +15 Chitin, and +3 Damage” Attack speed: 1 → 0.7

addedHey everyone!New shop animation when buying items

addedHey everyone!FX Overhaul- New FX for:

fixedHey everyone!Fixed some UI buttons not showing correctly

Hive Blight changes

addedSteam Next Fest is now over, and we just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to all of you who played the demo, wishlisted Hive Blight, or left a review, it means the world to us! Your support gives us the energy to keep pushing forward. Steam post image Good news: the demo will stay live all the way until release, so if you haven’t tried it yet (or want to play more), it’s not going anywhere. Now, onto the actual update , both the demo and Beta have just been updated to match the current playtest version (if you don't know what I mean, go read the part "Want to try new stuff early?" at the bottom) ! But more fresh stuff is coming very soon... Here’s what’s new in this version: Quality of Life Enemies now reposition better during fights, reducing big enemy clusters and improving readability. Balancing

addedFight Club can now be bought twice

addedMycelium Herald (Boss) Old → “Invincible while elites are alive. Bloom: +1 Spike from Chubristle, +15 Chitin Grimhusk, and +3 Damage from Pale Apostle.” New → “While elites are alive: Gains Invincible and Bloom : +1 Spike, +15 Chitin, and +3 Damage” Attack speed: 1 → 0.7

addedNew shop animation when buying items

addedFX Overhaul- New FX for:

Hey everyone!

Steam Next Fest is now over, and we just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to all of you who played the demo, wishlisted Hive Blight, or left a review, it means the world to us! Your support gives us the energy to keep pushing forward.

Steam post image Good news

the demo will stay live all the way until release, so if you haven’t tried it yet (or want to play more), it’s not going anywhere. Now, onto the actual update , both the demo and Beta have just been updated to match the current playtest version (if you don't know what I mean, go read the part "Want to try new stuff early?" at the bottom) ! But more fresh stuff is coming very soon...

Here’s what’s new in this version

Quality of Life Enemies now reposition better during fights, reducing big enemy clusters and improving readability. Balancing

Fight Club can now be bought twice
Mycelium Herald (Boss) Old → “Invincible while elites are alive. Bloom+1 Spike from Chubristle, +15 Chitin Grimhusk, and +3 Damage from Pale Apostle.” New → “While elites are alive: Gains Invincible and Bloom : +1 Spike, +15 Chitin, and +3 Damage” Attack speed: 1 → 0.7
Big mushrooms should now appear a bit less often

Visuals

New shop animation when buying items

FX Overhaul- New FX for:

Enemy deaths
Berserk activation
Tempo triggers
Poison-spreading trinkets
Morgana’s area effect
Heartbreaker effect
Vignette when you're close to losing a fight
Fight intro for elites and bosses (to help highlight their effects)

Steam post image Bug Fixes

Fixed some UI buttons not showing correctly
Fixed Blight Levels unlocking when they shouldn’t, or not unlocking when they should
Fixed exploit with Rockamouflage and Ricin Infusion triggering during the setup phase

Testing Further Beyond

Press ⬆️ during a run to unlock a very, very early version of Chapter 3. Curious? Go for it.

A few days ago (as some of you on Discord already know), we decided to slow down a bit when pushing new content to the main version. Just like we did for Bounty of One, we’ll now use a playtest branch to test features ahead of time, for both the demo and the main game! That way, we can make sure not to break our game when bringing new features to it! Want to try new stuff early?

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/optizonion-games-915538608969101372
Grab the “Entomologist” role in the #role-here channel
In your Steam library, right-click Hive Blight or Hive Blight Demo, go to Properties > Betas, and select WIP-Playtest from the dropdown
Steam will update to the playtest version

Enjoy, and thanks again for all the love!\

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Steam News / 24 June 2025

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