POOLS
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30 announcements · from POOLS’s Steam news feed
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Last seen
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328May 2024
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Game update | Update notes (4th June 2025) Full changelog: · Chapter 0: Fixed hotel doors sometimes opening to wrong directions · Added "deletePlayerPref" command to the developer console - Example: "deletePlayerPref vr-tracking-origin-mode" command restores the VR tracking mode back to seated mode · (VR) Improved standing / roomscale VR tracking mode - reduces the chances of camera getting stuck on the floor when enabling the setting ·… | 18725145 | |
| Major update | PC VR is here PC VR mode is out now as a free update! Full changelog · Windows: Add PC VR support · Add view distance setting · Chapter 2: restored "Look At" event functionality to the statue surrounded by plastic chairs · Chapter 2: possibly make Anatidaephobia easier to trigger · Linux: Fix crash at the end of chapter 6 which caused ch0 to not unlock Note: For Linux and Mac users; the VR is not officially… | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix (26th Apr 2025) Full changelog: · Chapter 0: improved audio stability and performance - should fix most audio crackling issues · Chapter 0: fixed missing audio clip variant for "Laminate" surface type footstep Patch is now out on Windows and Linux. Mac version will be updated as soon as we can. | 18248443 | |
| Game update | Update notes (25th Apr 2025) Full changelog: · Chapter 0: Prevent getting stuck on concrete thing on water · Chapter 0: Add clock to one certain room · Chapter 0: Fixed missing ceilings · Chapter 0: improved audio stability and performance · Remove small imperfections from shallow water footsteps such as metallic noise and hard wind noises · Add subtle underwater ladder sounds · Add more barefoot sounds · Chapter 2: Added… | — | |
| Major update | Chapter 0 is Here – A Free New Level Hello everyone, The waters of POOLS just got deeper. Chapter 0 - a brand-new free level, is now available! This free content update is our way of saying “thank you” to all of you here. Over the past year, POOLS has grown beyond our wildest dreams, with over 4,000 Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews. Thanks to you, our small team has been able to work on POOLS as a real job. We are a fully-fle… | 18180034 | |
| Steam news | Chapter 0 Beta update The Chapter 0 Beta version is now updated! Latest update includes new hidden areas and small changes to some old ones. The chapter is now also playable with the 'minimal' lighting setting. Feel free to give feedback and report all the remaining bugs as the beta testing will be extended until the official release on 21st of April! 🙏 How to access the Chapter 0 beta: (Currently available for own… | — | |
| Announcement | Release dates for Chapter 0 and PC VR locked in! Chapter 0 21st April 2025 15:00 CEST / 13:00 UTC PC VR 30th May 2025 15:00 CEST / 13:00 UTC Countdowns at poolsthegame.com Both will be released as free updates to the main game. Final phase of beta-testing will start next week and last all the way until the release. Thank you everyone for your continuing support! | — | |
| Steam news | POOLS Chapter 0 Beta test is now LIVE! POOLS Chapter 0 will be released soon, we want to fix all critical issues and re-work/introduce couple of areas. Currently for owners of the game here on Steam - Window or Linux - no VR support yet. How to access the Chapter 0 beta 1. Right click the game in Steam and open the Properties window 2. Open Betas-tab 3. Type "chapter0beta" without the quotes into the text field and click the button… | — | |
| In-game event | Update notes (16th Dec 2024) - Fixes, settings and holidays Hello everyone, With Christmas just around the corner, it seems that someone inside POOLS has been feeling the holiday spirit. Apart from decorations, it seems that the certain someone has also left a few gift boxes scattered around the levels. What’s inside? That we do not know (or maybe we don’t want to tell). You’ll need to go down and see what’s been left behind. Enjoy the festive season in… | — | |
| Steam news | VR Beta update - all chapters now available for owners of the game We're pleased to report that owners of the game now have access to every chapter in VR Beta! The full release of PC VR mode is scheduled for early 2025. If you want to jump in early, you can do so through our special VR testing branch on Steam. Thanks to everyone who has already tried the VR Beta and left us immensely valuable feedback. How to access the VR beta in Steam · Right click the game… | — | |
| Community | Vote for POOLS in the Steam Awards Hello everyone! Thank you some much for all the incredible support. To see that our game has over 3,000 reviews, with a 94% positive rating is mind-blowing. If you enjoyed POOLS, it would be a blast if you could nominate it for a Steam Award in the Outstanding Visual Style category . Once again, thank you for all the support. Until next time, Your Tensori team | — | |
| In-game event | Update notes (14th Nov 2024) - Fixes, tweaks and Steam Community Items Full changelog: · Fix issue with the lighting, where lighting looked bad especially from the distance · Fix falling / ground hit sound constantly playing on stairs with high movement speed · Add missing electric/buzzing sounds to some lights · Added Steam Community Items (collect trading cards by playing, combine cards for profile images etc) | — | |
| Steam news | PC VR Beta testing has begun The beta version includes Chapter #1 of the game and is available in the Windows version for all owners of the full game on Steam. The beta testing will also be available for the Demo version of the game later today or tomorrow so everyone interested has an opportunity to dive in. We’ll post an update and edit this post when the Open Beta can be accessed through the Demo version. How to access… | — | |
| In-game event | Update notes (23rd Oct 2024) - Going underwater Apart from new settings and features, this update includes a lot of internal changes for VR, such as improving on how the game looks on lowest graphics settings and adding underwater effects for every pool. There's now crouching (control key) so feel free to dive underwater where ever you see fit! VR-beta will begin later this week (hopefully) on our Discord server. Full changelog: · Ensure cur… | — | |
| Community | POOLS is coming to PC VR Hello everyone, Yes, you’ve read the heading right - POOLS is coming to your PC VR headset. This has been something that a lot of you have requested from us, ever since we released our demo. Being able to bring this to you is a blast and an honour. So, let’s make it official. Watch our POOLS VR trailer below: Our work on this mode is all possible thanks to your support. We never dreamt that our… | — | |
| Sale | Jump in and grab a deal. POOLS is now 20% off! Hello there, The POOLS Weeklong Steam Sale has just kicked off! Dive in and grab the game at a 20% discount . The sale ends on July 29th. See you next time and don’t get lost Your Tensori Team | — | |
| In-game event | Update notes (14th Jun 2024) - the Steam Deck update Another batch of bug fixes and improvements is here! We recently got our hands on a Steam Deck and we have been testing and improving the play experience on the device. Collaboration with UNIKAT Added UNIKAT label as co-publisher to Steam page. UNIKAT is a collection of independent, unique, and minimal games. It's brand new venture from Michal Napora who has helped us in marketing. No changes t… | — | |
| Release | The POOLS Soundtrack is now available to buy You can now sink into the sounds and ambience of POOLS no matter where you are, where you go, and what you’re doing. These soundscapes were created by four amazing artists: Erik Nyholm, Mikko Tarmia, Sjellos & tohmei, Jackson Derby. Without their work, POOLS would not be the experience that it is today. You can buy the soundtrack right here: And as always, thank you for your support. Your Tenso… | — | |
| In-game event | Update notes (21st May 2024) New additions · Rebuilt the settings menu with categories, reset to default functionality and more · Added a volume slider for player character's breathing sounds · Added a slider for player movement acceleration / smoothing · Added an experimental setting for barefoot footstep sounds - feedback is appreciated :) · Added toilet flush sound as a rare event Bug fixes and improvements · Adjusted l… | 14442520 | |
| Community | Thank you First week after launch is now behind us, and what can we say - the launch was successful, beyond all our expectations. The amount of positive reviews and feedback we've received so far is absolutely overwhelming. We are really grateful to all contributors, Beta testers, Patreon supporters, content creators, journalists, reviewers, everyone in our discord and everyone who have bought the game.… | — | |
| Game update | Update notes (29th Apr 2024) Added dynamic ambient water surface movement / wave sounds · Updated the activation conditions of some achievements making them less annoying to unlock · Slight adjustments to audio mixing for some environmental sounds in chapter 2 and chapter 6 · Fixed a bug where saved screen resolution setting would not load correctly when starting the game application · Fixed a bug where screen resolution w… | 14211629 | |
| Game update | Update notes (28th Apr 2024) Fixed a bug where "Invert y-axis" setting would be ignored when starting a new chapter · Fixed a bug where frame rate limit selection would not be saved when modifying the setting from main menu screen · Fixed a bug in chapter 2 where players could walk up inside a yellow slide and get stuck · Enabled V-sync by default for new players · Default lighting quality setting updated from "High" to "M… | 14199490 | |
| Game update | Update notes (27th Apr 2024) Adjusted German translation · Fixed a bug where player could climb along the edge of the double spiral slide and get stuck in Chapter 2 · Fixed a situation where player would teleport back to a ladder after camera rewind sequence ends in Chapter 4 · Fixed a possible way to go out of bounds and get stuck in Chapter 5 · Fixed a bug where "Error In Production" achievement was practically impossibl… | 14194107 | |
| Game update | Hotfix for Steam language selection fixed an issue where English language selection would be ignored and the game would default to system language | 14187770 | |
| Game update | Update notes (26th Apr 2024) removed one potential cause for false positives in malware detections - removed all Application.OpenURL calls from game code · fixed two locations in chapter 2 where the player could get stuck | 14187430 | |
| Steam news | POOLS is now available to play! Hello there, Today, our little team has released our very first game. POOLS is now available to play on Steam. To be able to say those words is an absolute blast. To all of you who have supported us throughout this time, our friends, family and you, beautiful online people, thank you so much for your words of encouragement, comments, and feedback. Without you all, this would’ve been a very lone… | — | |
| Esports | POOLS Release Stream of Chapter 1 & 2! As POOLS is releasing very soon, we want to stream the first 2 chapters for you to see what our game is all about. Come and experience it together with us. Tensori | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.