Community4 Sep 2026Monster of the Week #4: Parasitic BeesHey there, folks! Welcome back to Monster of the Week , the series where we take one of DDoD's mutants, look at what it is, how it behaves, and how it slowly turned from a rough idea into something you really do not want to meet in the wild. Parasitic Bees 🐝 Most monsters in DDoD are easy to describe as one creature. The Parasitic Bees are different, though. What you are looking at is a colony…
DDoD is taking part in Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest 2026! The festival runs from August 31, 10:00 AM PDT until September 7, 10:00 AM PDT . Across the festival you will find released games, upcoming titles, playable demos, and special offers from all over the PvE survival crafting genre. Our demo is in there too. 🐌 This is the best week to pull a friend into the Fog with you. Surviving is a…
Gamescom is ON, and so are we! 👀🐌 Hey there, Fog walkers! If you’re at Gamescom in Cologne this week, come find DDoD and step into the Fog yourself! You can find us here: 📍 Hall 10.2 📍 Stand F044g -- E061g At the booth you can: 🎮 Play the DDoD demo 👋 Meet and say hi to the team 🐌 Get a chance to win your own DDoD figurine! So if you’re wandering around Gamescom and looking for something…
Hey there, folks! Welcome back to Monster of the Week , the series where we take one of DDoD’s mutants, put it under the development microscope, and show how it went from an idea to something that is very clearly trying to kill you. Cow Gunner 🐄 When the Fog spread across the region, some livestock were left trapped inside abandoned farms. They kept breathing the contaminated air, and eventual…
Hey there, Folks! DDoD is taking part in Ukrainian Games Festival 2026 — and it's live on Steam right now, August 17–24. It feels like a good moment to say something out loud to everyone who has joined our community along the way: DDoD is made in Ukraine. Behind the monsters, the fog, and the abandoned places you've run into is a Ukrainian development team. Most of us are in Ukraine, some of us…
Hey there, folks! Welcome back to Monster of the Week , the series where we take one of DDoD’s mutants, put it under the development microscope, and try to explain exactly how several completely normal animals somehow became... well, this. Last time, we met the Heroncobra . This week we’re leaving the long legs and venom behind. Instead, we’d like to introduce you to something lower to the grou…
Hey there, Folks! We’re excited to share that DDoD will be participating in Gamescom 2026 , taking place from August 26 to August 30 ! Gamescom is one of the biggest gaming events of the year, and we’re incredibly happy to be part of it. We’re looking forward to meeting players, talking about DDoD, sharing more about the game, and experiencing the event together with the community. More informa…
Hey there, folks! Welcome to the first issue of Monster of the Week - a new series in which we drag one of DDoD’s mutants out of the swamp, place it in a spotlight, and explain what it is, how it hunts, and what happened behind the scenes while we were creating it. So the first subject is a creature that perfectly represents the local wildlife’s tendency to make your day worse: Meet the Heronco…
Hey there, Fog walkers! You asked, and we listened! Patch #11 has arrived for the Demo, and it's directly built around the feedback, reports, and suggestions you’ve shared with us both on Steam and Discord. There are a lot of sweet fixes, but before we dive into the full list, here are some of the biggest changes: • The demo build size has been reduced from 55 GB to 24.7 GB. No more long downlo…
We rounded up footage from players who've already entered the Purple Lands and cut it into a single broadcast. Same zone, same Fog, same adorable things trying to eat everyone, and somehow completely different playthroughs. Hit play and watch DDoD get cleansed (and, uh, un-cleansed) a whole bunch of different ways. ▶️ HOW TO WATCH The broadcast is running on our store page — just hit play, sit…
Hey folks ! Today marks the end of all the challenges we posed to you for our first Steam Next Fest! Thank you, everyone, for participating. If you want to check all the scores, head over to our dedicated Discord channels! Before we go, a few numbers (we love numbers!) · Scale of the carnage: 2,349,361 enemies killed, 22,025 player s tried the demo, spending 1,933,620 minutes together with a me…
First of all, thank you, everyone, for playing the demo, sharing the feedback, and contributing to the Community Contest . Here is where we've got so far: The second day is not finished yet, but you've cleansed out of the Purple Lands surface 279,622 mutants . That's the spirit, keep it going, we're this 👌 close to the first milestone! PATCHNOTES: Also, we've patched the game a bit. Here is wh…
Greetings Explorers! We are thrilled to announce to you that DDoD has been nominated in the “Best RPG” category at the TooManyGames 2026 Indie Showcase Awards! This amazing achievement would have never been possible without the relentless support that you are showing us, even now during our first Steam Next Fest. The winner will be revealed on June 26, and you can watch it live on YouTube or Tw…
Hey explorers! Steam Next Fest is here, and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you. This is our first Next Fest, and we've been working hard to make it count. Contest Submissions Are Now Open The Community Challenges are live and submissions are officially open! Kill mutants, hit the leaderboards, chase the Community Goals — every run counts. For full details on how to participate, pr…
Hey explorers! We are going to celebrate our first Steam Next Fest in great style with you, by running lots of events with cool prizes and unique rewards! This time, every run matters — every mutant killed by every player will push the whole community closer to unlocking more rewards. Celebrate with us by participating in the various challenges and obtaining exclusive rewards! Community Goals T…
This is the score of DDoD : the sound of the Fog, of empty industrial ruins, of underground corridors, and the long stretches between them. Eighteen tracks, written by composer Ruslan Havryliuk , that carry the whole mood of the world we're building. It's the music our small team has been living with for years of development. And now it's yours to take with you, wherever you go. What's inside 1…
Hey survivors! DDoD reached 100.000 wishlists! We could never have achieved this unbelievable goal without your support and continuous feedback, starting from our closed playtests to the current public demo available on Steam. We hope you keep enjoying the DDoD demo, and we are thrilled to show you more about it! Stay tuned because the surprises are far from over… See you in the Fog, DDoD Team 🐌
Hey everyone! It’s time to celebrate the release of the Demo with a Community Giveaway! We are hosting a Feedback Giveaway in our Discord Server , where the lucky winner will have the chance to get a DDoD Steam Key! The Giveaway rules are simple: you must enter the Discord Server, send your feedback after playing the Demo in the dedicated channel, and wait for the Giveaway Bot to pick the winne…
Hey everyone! Pack your things and get ready to dive in the dangerous Purple Lands, alone or with three other players. DDoD Public Demo is now available! Experience the introductory main quest across 4 playable areas, tailored fluent gunplay with a dozen of weapons, an optional side quest, dungeons to improve your gear further, and a roster of human and adorable enemies, trying to end your jour…
Join us on May 21st with the DDOD demo , open to everyone! Shaped by nearly 50.000 playtesters, the DDoD demo is finally releasing! No time limitations or access requests; everyone is free to join. Play solo or join a group of up to 4 players ready to make your contribution to the Cleansing of Purple Lands! WHAT’S IN THE DEMO The upcoming build is a 1-2-hour vertical slice. It includes known an…
That's a wrap on our Playtest Cycle #1, and we cannot thank you enough! Over the past months, you've ventured deep into the Purple Fog, hunted in the fog, broken things in beautiful ways, and sent us a flood of feedback, bug reports, clips, and screenshots. Every single one of them is helping us shape DDoD into the game we love playing ourselves. What happened during the Playtest: · you've play…
Give us some interesting ideas, playtesters! You’ve provided remarkable support for our game. Thanks to you, we have polished the gameplay and keep pushing the quality of the game to new heights with every round of feedback Recently, we have started working on the Achievement system and would be happy to hear your ideas. Most of you who played the game got the idea what we are up to and what’s…
Thank you for your continued feedback and support during the DDoD playtests! Patch #10 delivers major performance upgrades including DLSS integration, a new inventory and character system, smarter enemy AI, and a wave of quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Performance: The game runs smoother: · Several major CPU optimisations were added. · DLSS integrated. It can be buggy a bit - feel free…
Patch #9 adding new systems. Thank you for testing DDoD and sharing your feedback! Elemental fog gameplay Fog of war on the map and new icons Crafting system version 0.1 Please follow our page for further upcoming updates!
We’re currently working on Craft Tables - places where the resources you gather during your runs can be turned into something genuinely useful. The goal is to make scavenging more meaningful: instead of collecting items with no clear purpose, you’ll be able to bring materials back and use them to craft attachments and upgrades for your equipment. That means every trip into the world can pay off…
Thank you for testing DDoD and sharing your feedback! Patch #8 brings major gameplay improvements, QoL changes, system optimizations, and a fresh batch of fixes and localization updates along with announced updates from update #6 and #7. Gameplay : - KBM Input Scheme Change: G - grenade, 1-2-3 weapon change, qezc - comsumables - Enemies balance changes (HP/anim rates/locomotion) - Added Proximi…
Thank you for testing DDoD and sharing your feedback! Patch #5 brings major gameplay improvements, QoL changes, system optimizations, and a fresh batch of fixes and localization updates: 💠 Gameplay · Added Consumables Mechanics · Added Co-op Revive Mechanics · Implemented Room Masking - rooms behind closed doors remain hidden until opened · Added Game Pause from the menu 💠System / Graphics ·…
We’re excited to announce that DDoD is taking part in the Steam game festival “Four Is A Party” from December 8–15! And while you can survive the dangers of DDoD on your own… let’s be honest — everything is more fun with friends, right? Don't forget to DDoD to your Steam Wishlist!
We are still in shock and honestly cannot believe our eyes... Seeing this number feels unreal... At the same time we clearly feel the responsibility that now rests on us. Over the last years we have been working late nights, fixing things that no one will ever notice and polishing details that only true fans care about. Reading your comments, seeing your streams, videos and feeling your excitem…
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