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Hey, how's life going? Today I'm bringing you a brand new update to Side Effect. It's about challenges! There are 3 challenges so far which you can try to beat: Long Shot is about scoring garbage to recycler's yellow ri…
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Side Effect
Also known as Side Effect, se, side effect
Let this first person exploration game take you to a waste covered island to fight pollution one garbage at a time. Team up with wild animals, discover hidden stories and defeat monster called pollution once and for all.
Last update
20 May 2026
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Browse past updates and patch notes for this game.
- June 2021
- Smol but still an updateYo, it's me again guess what I have for you... a new update! It's 0.2.1 and for this update I was wondering why the "Report an Issue" form was empty for the entire month. Not sure if my programming skills are so on poin…
- May 2021
- Hello, how was your week? Hope it's been awesome just like mine because I bring you something special... a new demo update! I know it took some time but I wanted to make sure everything is perfect just for you. Curious…Store
- 🦊 Tobi's update 0.1.3 is out!Yo guys, many players have experienced Tobi getting stuck during the gameplay. This is very unpleasant situation since Tobi is essential for the story to continue and with him being stuck in one place forever the player…
- ⬆⬆ First demo update 0.1.2 is here!Hey guys, since the release of the first demo version (0.1.0) and a few youtube video gameplays of Side Effect I decided to change / fix some features which might have been a bit annoying for you players as well as me o…
- BIG NEWS Today on 3rd of May 2021, after more than 3 months of everyday hard work after my main job, I've released free demo of my upcoming game Side Effect on STEAM. You can play it on Windows as well as on macOS. It's…Patch notes
- March 2021
- Communication by symbols Symbols, pictograms or emojis? Many games communicate ideas to you by words. English, German, Italian or Slovak, doesn't matter they are still words which need to be translated if the game wants…Patch notes
- Many people have asked me how I achieved this style of graphics and after giving them a brief 2-3 lines of overly simplified explanation, I finally decided to write detailed article on how Side Effect rendering actually…Patch notes
- 🌩 Weather update 🌩Nature is so damaged that each time pollution reaches critical levels a huge and powerful storm forms, leaving nothing but a destruction behind. I've improved storm visuals as well as added violent sounds to intensify t…
- There was a long time question of how you as a player will be able to get rid of all that garbage laying around to make progress in the game. This core mechanics now gives you ability to pick any garbage object from the…Patch notes
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