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Steam News10 February 20264mo ago

Patch 1.21

GAMEPLAY Nerfed Chapter One Quick Time Event in both Normal Mode and Hard Mode. Buffed Gun damage in Normal Mode. Added a Wave Counter in Chapter Four.

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What changed

2 fixes1 addition7 changes1 removal
  • Events
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
changedGAMEPLAYNerfed Chapter One Quick Time Event in both Normal Mode and Hard Mode.
changedGAMEPLAYBuffed Gun damage in Normal Mode.
addedGAMEPLAYAdded a Wave Counter in Chapter Four.
fixedGAMEPLAYFixed a case where skipping the car cutscene in Chapter Four resulted in locked camera movement at the car chase.
removedOPTIMIZATIONRemoved a lag spike in Chapter One.
changedUIAdjusted some text size.

GAMEPLAY

  • Nerfed Chapter One Quick Time Event in both Normal Mode and Hard Mode.

  • Buffed Gun damage in Normal Mode.

  • Added a Wave Counter in Chapter Four.

  • Fixed a case where skipping the car cutscene in Chapter Four resulted in locked camera movement at the car chase.

OPTIMIZATION

  • Removed a lag spike in Chapter One.

UI

  • Adjusted some text size.

  • Resized crosshair so it's visible on lower resolutions.

CUTSCENES

  • Improved some cutscenes.

MAIN MENU

  • Improved Chapter 1,4 and 5 Background Screens.

LOCALIZATION

  • Updated Italian translation.

RESOLUTION

  • Fixed a case where the game would switch back to the default resolution (1920x1080) after loading into a new section, the same goes for the windowed mode setting going back to fullscreen mode.

OTHER

  • Some bug fixes.

Source

Steam News / 10 February 2026

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