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Kindred Fates

Also known as Kindred Fates, kf, kindred fates

Kindred Fates is an action combat, open world, monster battling RPG with permadeath. Forge your path through a shadowy winding story, and form lifelong bonds with powerful monsters in this unforgiving world.

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23 May 2026

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Patch notesPublished 25 Apr 2026

Community Newsletter: April 2026

Progress We’ve come a long way on Nyazen’s model and animations this month! The majority of the rigging is done, except for the smaller details of the fur on their ears and sides of their face. We want to be sure that a…

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20 updates

February 2026
Community Newsletter: February 2026Six years ago today, our Kickstarter campaign came to a close, and with it, something incredible happened. Over 11,000 of you believed in the vision of Kindred Fates enough to back it, and that moment changed everything…Event9 changesFixGameplay28 Feb 2026
January 2026
Happy new year! From now on we’ll be posting newsletters on the final Friday of every month instead of the first Friday, that way they can encompass the entire month. Apologies that we didn’t mention that in the previou…6 changesFixGameplayStore31 Jan 2026
December 2025
Progress We’ve been making great progress on the Training Dummy bond activity! At the moment, the exercise for increasing a Kinfolk’s Speed stat is the most complete. While there are still plenty of details to perfect,…5 changesMapsCompatibilityStore06 Dec 2025
November 2025
We’ve had some very exciting developments recently behind the scenes. While we're not allowed to share details publicly yet, what we can say is that our studio now has a much more stable and reliable foundation for the…4 changesGameplayMapsPatch notes08 Nov 2025
October 2025
This past month looked a little different for Skymill Studios. A big deadline at our second jobs meant less time than usual for Kindred Fates, but this isn’t what you should expect to see month to month and won’t be a f…7 changesStoreCompatibilitySecurity04 Oct 2025
July 2025
Progress Our main focus over the past month has been improving polish and fixing bugs for the Beta Combat Arena, and we’re beginning to shift some of our focus to development for the Early Access single player. Our next…16 changesFixCompatibilityStore05 Jul 2025
June 2025
Progress Our main focus over the past month has been improving quality of life and major bug fixes for the Beta Combat Arena. We found and fixed the cause of corrupted save files, one of our highest priorities. Shrines…24 changesFixCompatibilityStore07 Jun 2025
April 2025
The time has come! We're happy to finally announce that the Combat Arena Beta is available to download! We know it's been a long time, and as always, thank you so much for your patience as we've navigated unexpected del…15 changesCompatibilityGameplayStore28 Apr 2025
Progress We’re in the final stretch of preparing for the Beta release (which comes out on April 26!), so we’ve been working on scrubbing the floors, polishing the candlesticks, and dusting the shelves for your arrival!…12 changesCompatibilityStoreSecurity05 Apr 2025
March 2025
Progress This month, we focused on fine-tuning the game in preparation for the upcoming Beta release. This will be a fairly short newsletter, but we recently posted a very detailed overview of our development progress f…11 changesCompatibilityGameplayStore12 Mar 2025
February 2025
Progress This sprint we focused on some big networking improvements and bug fixes for the Beta, as well as quality of life improvements. We’re currently on track to release the Beta near the end of Q1 this year! General…8 changesFixCompatibilityStore08 Feb 2025

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