Game update24 Jun 2026Patch 1.2.4 - Use your own textures for custom maps!Hey everyone! This update adds custom texture support for custom maps. This feature has been in beta for a few weeks and already people have done some awesome stuff - here are some cool screenshots from stuff people have posted in the discord: Map by Ruin: Map by Spawnshade: Map by Ruin: You can learn about custom maps (including how to use your own textures) here: Also if you have any question…
Improved controller support: Now triggers can be remapped · Made it so long User Map names don't break the level select · Added the ability to add Map tags from the map settings pause screen (See the Bloodthief Workshop for featured tags, including the one for the ongoing map jam, Speed Jam: Gherisa Swamplands) · Fixed custom checkpoint spawn positions in custom maps · Fixed global leaderboards…
Hey Everyone! Bloodthief's Steam Workshop is now live and you can now play custom user maps with the click of a button! How to Play Custom Maps · Go to Bloodthief's Workshop page in the Community Hub ( here's the direct link ). · Select any map in the items tab and subscribe to it. · Open the game, hit play, and go to the "Workshop Maps" tab - you should see subscribed maps there and can play t…
Hey Everyone! New patch coming your way, here's what is new: New Features · Arachnophobia mode - can enable in settings · Change the color of blood to whatever color you want! - can enable in settings. Bug Fixes and Tweaks · Slightly Increased air control for Dawnblade, Stone Sword, Sire's Blade, Godslayer, Godsteel, Maila's Kiss, Sliver of Darkness, Combobulator, Glurm's Club · Increased the C…
Hello! Today's patch is small but I think it will improve the experience substantially in 2-5 and 3-9. · Added a tutorial book in Buried Keep that teaches you that air dash takes longer to charge when targeting big enemies · Map 2-5 Tweaks · Added some launchpads that can save you in a pinch. · Made it so enemy waves progress faster if you take out the prior wave · fixed spot where you could cl…
Hey everyone! This patch contains a bunch of bug fixes and a new "Overall Rank" leaderboard that combines your ranks from each level and gives you an overall rank. Just a heads up, this leaderboard only updates once per day. Here are the patch notes! New Stuff · Added "Overall Rank" leaderboard (accessible from main menu). It takes the average of all your ranks on all levels (Note: Only updates…
Hey everyone! New patch coming your way. I'm still focusing on bug fixes right now, but will soon get to balance issues then after that will get to features. Thank you for being patient! · Fix crash that could occur in in 3-9 when using DirectX launch option · (Hopefully) fix steam cloud sync error that could pop up sometimes · Fix Rage Mushroom description giving the wrong hint · Fix a few min…
Another small patch coming your way - More to come throughout the week! · Major optimization: Fixed a bug that was putting a ton of load on the CPU. If you were experiencing consistent lag before, it may be much improved now · Fixed a bunch of bad geometry that lead to being able to see through walls in some levels · Fixed random walls that hurt you in some places · Fixed random lavas that didn…
Hello! First patch of a few coming your way. This one is just a few fixes. Here is what is fixed: · Added a little message that will pop up if you have the bad AMD driver and need to update your driver · Fix some bad geometry in level 3-5 · Block the way behind you in 3-8 · Fix lava bug with the Stone Sword · Reduce stuttering in 3-4 · Add the perk description to the "new weapon unlocked" modal…
Hey everyone, Bloodthief is out!!! Thank you all for the support over the last 2.5 years! What's Next? I'll be supporting the game and looking to the community to see what kind of features folks want added. Right now that looks like mapping / modding support. But let me know what you think in the Discord Server or in the Community forum!
Hey folks! Bloodthief launches in about 24 hours (Monday, Sept 22 at 10 AM PST), just wanted to do a post and give you all some key details PRICE Price will be: $19.99 USD with regional adjusted pricing + a 10% launch discount MOST IMPORTANT: UPDATE YOUR GPU DRIVERS AMD 25.8.1 Driver had a number of issues with many games, Bloodthief included. If you currently have this driver installed, Bloodt…
Hi everyone, Just pushed patch 0.5.2, which just has a few fixes: · Hopefully fixes the issue where the game gets stuck on the loading screen forever. Please let me know in the comments if this is fixed for you or if you're still running into the issue. · NOTE: if the above wasn't work, many users have reported that they could get things to work by closing the other programs running on their co…
Hey Everyone! Bloodthief is participating in Steam Next Fest on June 9, and to celebrate I'll be adding a new level and a new sword to the demo. The new level is going to be a secret level that will require some secret hunting to find and unlock so you might want to spend some time in the next few weeks brushing up on some of the secret spots in the game 🙂 Besides the new content, there will a…
Hey Everyone! The official Demo for Bloodthief is released! Go play it! Details are below. How to play Just go to the Bloodthief store page on steam and hit the green download button. It's free! Demo Trailer Newest Devlog Where to follow the development of Bloodthief · My YouTube Channel : I post ~monthly devlogs here where I talk about the status of the game and give a behind the scenes look!…
This patch is just fixing a few bugs that were caused by yesterday's patch. Thank you to everyone who reported bugs! Here are the notes: - fixed bug where if you restarted from the menu your player would freeze - fixed bug where respawn didn't work in the practice map - fixed camera not resetting to forward position upon resetting - adjusted main menu not being centered properly - fixed bug whe…
Hey all, new update to the playtest coming your way! This one does not have any new content, but is quite large nonetheless. I reworked a few pretty expansive pieces of infrastructure, so I anticipate all these changes will cause at least *some* new bugs. So please let me know if you spot anything and as always I appreciate your feedback! Here are the updates: Gameplay changes - Tweaked the 6 w…
Greetings Bloodfolk! FPS Fest is halfway over and I'm realizing that all game updates has thus far lived over in the Bloodthief Playtest Community , so folks coming here from the demo may be a little confused! In any case, I'll start posting here now as well and will take this as an opportunity to post some details about the game, the community, and how you can get involved: · The bulk of the B…
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