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No Clean Start

Also known as No Clean Start, ncs, no clean start

This is not a clean start. Explore a hostile world that reacts to your actions and remembers your mistakes. Learn through observation, failure, and persistence. Each new run is not a reset — it’s a transformation.

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2 Aug 2026

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Patch notesPublished 19 Jun 2026

No Clean Start – Dev Update #6

Hi all. Over the past few weeks we've been focusing less on introducing entirely new systems and more on expanding the ones that are already in place. A large part of development has been dedicated to increasing gamepla…

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13 updates

August 2026
A Small Glimpse Over the past few months we've been sharing the systems behind NO CLEAN START through our development diaries. Today we'd simply like to show a small glimpse of the game in motion. View store page This s…3 changesPerformanceGameplay18d ago
July 2026
Approaching the First PlaytestHi all, Over the past few months we've shared many of the systems that make up NO CLEAN START: encounters, enemy behaviors, player classes, weapons and progression. Most of those systems are now in place. Our focus has…Announcement4 changesGameplayUI/audio11 Jul 2026
May 2026
When Not Everything Comes Close So far, most of the threats we’ve shown have been based on proximity. Shamblers, by design, create pressure by forcing the player into close-range decisions — when to approach, when to di…4 changesGameplay04 May 2026
April 2026
Rebirth / No Clean Start – Dev Update #4Classes Are Not Just Loadouts Up to this point, we’ve talked about space, encounters, and the systems that shape them. This week, we’re introducing something that directly affects how players approach all of those syste…Event12 changesBalanceGameplay24 Apr 2026
Hi everyone, in this update we want to share a new enemy type we’ve been working on over the past days, and how it fits into the broader light/dark gameplay systems. As with most of our recent work, the focus is not jus…12 changesGameplayUI/audio11 Apr 2026
Hi everyone, welcome back to our weekly update. Over the past week, we focused on expanding interaction systems related to enemy behavior, particularly around distraction tools and throwable devices. At the same time, w…10 changesFixGameplay04 Apr 2026
March 2026
Rebirth / No Clean Start – Dev Update #1Hi everyone, with this first dev update we want to start sharing a more concrete look at the current state of Rebirth / No Clean Start, as we approach the first build we’re preparing for the coming weeks. This build wil…Event13 changesGameplayMaps30 Mar 2026
February 2026
In previous updates we talked about space, encounters and the systems that shape them. This week we want to focus on the main inhabitant of those spaces: the Shambler. At first glance, it may look like a single enemy ty…5 changesFixGameplay21 Feb 2026
Encounters Are Not RandomSo far we’ve talked about space, doors and movement — the foundations of how the player experiences the world. But a world without encounters is just architecture. Over the past weeks, a large part of development has sh…Event8 changesGameplayMaps07 Feb 2026
January 2026
Steam post imageIn No Clean Start, the building itself doesn’t change between runs. The layout is always the same: corridors, offices, courtyards, maintenance areas. What changes is how the player can move through that…7 changesFixGameplay30 Jan 2026
Foundations: Why Space Comes Before Everything ElseBefore systems, mechanics, or enemies, we started with space. In NO CLEAN START, space is not just a container for gameplay. It’s the first system the player interacts with. Long before any explicit rule is introduced,…Announcement4 changesGameplayUI/audio26 Jan 2026

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