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The Anomaly Department

Also known as The Anomaly Department, ad, anomaly department

Observe. Patrol. Report. Spot anomalies with your team in tense, bite-sized rounds. Wrong votes trigger chaotic punishments and unexpected consequences.

Last update

4 Aug 2026

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Latest update

Patch notesPublished 26 Jun 2026

Huge performance upgrades and tweaks!

TL;DR Major performance enhancements. Adjusted lighting quite a bit. Added a quick, one screen tutorial pop up on first play through. When you have a penalty/punishment you will now receive a more clear notice through t…

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12 updates

July 2026
Mini Contracts Now Available!Steam post imageI'm excited to announce the first round of mini contracts are live. These are smaller, non-progressive levels in new environments. For the initial batch we have released one easy, one medium and one high…Announcement1 changeGameplay27d ago
A few minor fixes/tweaksFixed a desync issue with bread in the bakery Fixed a race condition where the trophy cases in the lobby would not display properly for everyone Fixed a potential issue where landmines could go off when you were visuall…4 changesFixUI/audio23 Jul 2026
Custom Key binds, new interaction display and small bug fixesAdded custom key bindings in settings Added new interaction display text. Instead of being text on the bottom of your screen the interactions will show up near the whatever you are trying to use. Fixed an issue where th…7 changesFixGameplay19 Jul 2026
Backalley fixesFixed a bug where on the last level of Back Alleys your teammates could spawn outside of the spawn room Enhanced the anomaly camera. This affected the Back Alley the level most but it should make it much better on the G…2 changesFixGameplay17 Jul 2026
Added graphics quality setting and a few fixesAdded Graphics Quality setting. This should help quite a few people. Fixed an issue where trophies wouldn't always show up for all players Fixed an issue where the Slippery punishment wouldn't always be removed Fixed a…5 changesFixGameplay16 Jul 2026
Added FPS option and fixed a bug*Added an FPS and V-Sync option in settings *Fixed a corrupt file that caused some clients to crash1 changePerformance15 Jul 2026
Landmines will blow you up as expected nowLandmine visuals will be consistent across all palyers Fixed an annoying bug where the landmines would block you when they weren't actually visible. If you were running into the occasional step up or even blocked path f…1 changeFix15 Jul 2026
The Anomaly Department is LIVE!The Anomaly Department is officially available now on Steam. Thank you to everyone who played the demo, joined us during Steam Next Fest, reported bugs, shared feedback, or added the game to their wishlist. Your support…Announcement1 changeGameplay14 Jul 2026
June 2026
New Release Date and Updates!We hope everyone had as much fun with NextFest as we did! So many great demos. We 30x'd our wishlist over the event which is insane. Thank you so much. Today we are announcing that we have decided to move the release da…Announcement1 changePerformance23 Jun 2026
A few updates!Thanks everyone for playing the demo. We hope NextFest is going great for you guys! We made a minor update. Added option to invert look. This is because the streamer Cheesepopps wouldn't stop whining about it. Fixed an…2 changesFixGameplay19 Jun 2026
We updated our demo to improve first-person comfort. Disabled motion blur Reduced or disabled various post-processing effects Minor FPS stability patches Minor performance improvements Also... that security door acts a…6 changesGameplayPerformance16 Jun 2026

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Huge performance upgrades and tweaks!

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