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Steam News14 February 20251y ago

Update #21: Love Hurts

The 21st update for Swarmcade is now live! Highlights include a new bonus character to unlock, a new bonus weapon, a new boss, and the addition of Run History.

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  • UI and audio
addedThe 21st update for Swarmcade is now live! Highlights include a new bonus character to unlock, a new bonus weapon, a new boss, and the addition of Run History. This update also brings a new achievement, various quality-of-life improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes
addedNew Hero: MatchmakerCelebrating Valentine's, the Matchmaker hero is ready to remind you that love hurts! Armed with his enchanted bow, HeartSploder, he fires explosive heart-shaped projectiles that detonate on impact, dealing area damage to foes while mending his own wounds with every successful strike. Unlock him by defeating the new boss.
addedNew Feature: Run HistoryThis update adds a Run History, a new addition selectable from the main menu that records key details from your last 10 runs. Now, every attempt will be logged, showing which hero you played, the stage and difficulty you tackled, and whether you won or lost. You'll also be able to review your weapon and item loadout, along with the highest wave you reached, giving you valuable insight into what worked and what didn’t! Keep in mind, this is not retroactive, so only runs after this update will be recorded.
addedV1.0.5 Patch notes:NEW Bonus hero added - Matchmaker, gains life on attack
addedV1.0.5 Patch notes:NEW bonus weapon added (exclusive to Matchmaker) - Heartsploder
addedV1.0.5 Patch notes:NEW Secret boss added to all stages

Swarmcade changes

addedThe 21st update for Swarmcade is now live! Highlights include a new bonus character to unlock, a new bonus weapon, a new boss, and the addition of Run History. This update also brings a new achievement, various quality-of-life improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes
addedCelebrating Valentine's, the Matchmaker hero is ready to remind you that love hurts! Armed with his enchanted bow, HeartSploder, he fires explosive heart-shaped projectiles that detonate on impact, dealing area damage to foes while mending his own wounds with every successful strike. Unlock him by defeating the new boss.
addedThis update adds a Run History, a new addition selectable from the main menu that records key details from your last 10 runs. Now, every attempt will be logged, showing which hero you played, the stage and difficulty you tackled, and whether you won or lost. You'll also be able to review your weapon and item loadout, along with the highest wave you reached, giving you valuable insight into what worked and what didn’t! Keep in mind, this is not retroactive, so only runs after this update will be recorded.
addedNEW Bonus hero added - Matchmaker, gains life on attack
addedNEW bonus weapon added (exclusive to Matchmaker) - Heartsploder

The 21st update for Swarmcade is now live! Highlights include a new bonus character to unlock, a new bonus weapon, a new boss, and the addition of Run History. This update also brings a new achievement, various quality-of-life improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes

New Hero: Matchmaker

Celebrating Valentine's, the Matchmaker hero is ready to remind you that love hurts! Armed with his enchanted bow, HeartSploder, he fires explosive heart-shaped projectiles that detonate on impact, dealing area damage to foes while mending his own wounds with every successful strike. Unlock him by defeating the new boss.

New Feature: Run History

This update adds a Run History, a new addition selectable from the main menu that records key details from your last 10 runs. Now, every attempt will be logged, showing which hero you played, the stage and difficulty you tackled, and whether you won or lost. You'll also be able to review your weapon and item loadout, along with the highest wave you reached, giving you valuable insight into what worked and what didn’t! Keep in mind, this is not retroactive, so only runs after this update will be recorded.

V1.0.5 Patch notes:

  • NEW Bonus hero added - Matchmaker, gains life on attack

  • NEW bonus weapon added (exclusive to Matchmaker) - Heartsploder

  • NEW Secret boss added to all stages

  • NEW Run History added to menu

  • Balance - Patchkeeper's Pumpkins damage buffed

  • Balance - Bronto's Bubble damage buffed

  • Balance - Meteor and Ultimate Meteor's descent angle tweaked to increase chance to hit foes

  • Balance - Ultimate Space Pals slowed move to give longer for their projectiles to hit, buffed damage and cooldown!

  • Balance - Buffed Lightsword damage

  • QoL - HUD changed to show weapon/item boxes. Also added hero, stage and difficulty.

  • QoL - Added more audio variation to SFX

  • QoL - Increased opacity on Maelstrom

  • QoL - Build screen on pause now shows in 2 columns for better viewability (also shows infinite stats)

  • QoL - Full music added to Game Over screen

  • Bug fix - Missing coin icon on tutorial screen

  • Achievement removed - Reach LV75

  • Achievement added - Defeat the Hearteater boss with the Matchmaker (available on all stages)

Source

Steam News / 14 February 2025

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