Future Update Plans

It has been about 9 months since the game was released, and I feel that I haven’t been able to properly share development news or future plans during that time. I’ve also received feedback about this, so I thought I should organize everything and share it, which is why I’m writing this post.

From here on, Risk the Dark will continue to be developed in the following direction.

Near-Term Updates (Target: April 2026)

• Improvements to some combat effects

• Partial skill reworks

• Improvements to the usability/feel of the elemental system

Later Updates

• Addition of Stage 4 (new areas and combat content)

• Overall story improvements

• Additional NPC interaction content

• More variety in the farming system

Long-Term Goals

• Addition of a companion system

• Continued improvements to the combat system and overall game structure

• Addition of new playable characters

• Addition of Stage 5

• New consumables and weapons

• Game structure improvements (QoL)

If we divide it into big categories, this is how it looks.

Among these, the elemental system improvements may be pushed to later updates depending on development. I expect there will be a lot of trial and error.

Depending on my situation, things may change, but the near-term update is currently planned for release in April. Thank you very much for reading. If you have any questions or feel there’s something I missed, please feel free to let me know.

I will also try to regularly share updates such as patch content and development logs. And I will continue developing the game so that it can become a good game.