Esports23 Feb 2026Find Matt's Cats launches on March 16thHey everyone! It's been in development for 3 years, but "Find Matt's Cats" finally launches on March 16th! A few people have tested the full version of the game, and it's going to take around 50 hours to 100% complete everything, while a more casual play-through may take around half of that. You may have noticed that the name of the game has changed . It turns out that "Hidden Cats" was recentl…
Hey guys - I'm still working on my new game Matt's Hidden Cats , and hope to finish it some time this year. I've also been working on YouTube videos to promote the game and expand the lore of the Epic Battle Fantasy characters. The EBF characters all feature in Matt's Hidden Cats, and I'm writing a new story that should appeal both to new players and existing fans of EBF. You can watch the vide…
Hey guys, since Twitter and Facebook suck, I'm trying to scam people into following me on Newgrounds instead. I will be giving away Steam keys for Epic Battle Fantasy 5, one of the best RPGs of all time, to a random 10% of people who start following me on Newgrounds. So if 1,000 people follow me, I'll give out 100 keys, and so on. Please share this news with your friends! If you already own the…
Hey guys, my new game Hidden Cats & Dogs is coming along nicely - it's even got a Steam store page already, and it would be super cool if you guys added it to your wishlists, as this helps boost it in the Steam store. The game is around a year away from release, so there's a lot of work left to do, but I'll try to have a demo out in the next few months. As it's Autumn, I've been working on spoo…
Hey guys. It’s been nearly a year since EBF Collection launched on Steam , and we're celebrating with a fanart contest! To participate in the contest, you can create new fanart of my old games, specifically any of the eight featured in the EBF Collection. These are: Mecha Dress Up Game, Brawl Royale, The Kitten Game, Epic Battle Fantasy 1 and 2, Bullet Heaven, Adventure Story, and Cat Cafe. Mak…
Hey guys, I recently created some new item icons for modders to use in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. If you want to learn more about mods and try some out, check out the EBF Discord . EBF5 can be modded using decompiling tools, and a patcher can be used to modify your EBF5 installation. Currently the largest mod being worked on is called Tough Love , and it has new status effects, equips, player skill…
Hey guys, I've got two pieces of news for ya'll. First of all, I'm working on a new game - it's a hidden-object game codenamed "Hidden Cats". It's still early in development, but I'm having a lot of fun working on it. And I think you'll enjoy it if you're into relaxing games with cute art. It's loosely tied into the Epic Battle Fantasy universe too. The second news is that I’ve been thinking of…
Hey guys, the Epic Battle Fantasy Collection will launch at the end of this month - on Monday, May 30th! Please wishlist the game to get a notification, and boost it in the Steam algorithm! The EBF Collection will cost $8 and include EBF1, EBF2, Bullet Heaven, Adventure Story, Brawl Royale, Mecha Dress Up, The Kitten Game, Cat Cafe, and a bunch of prototype games and artwork, and 150 Steam achi…
Hey guys, the Steam store page for the Epic Battle Fantasy Collection is up – you should wishlist the game so you’ll be notified when it launches! I still need to make a trailer, fix some minor bugs, and set up the soundtrack DLC (which will be free). There’s not very much work left to do, but it’s very boring stuff, so I’m taking my time with it. The EBF Collection will cost $8 and include EBF…
Hey guys, as is the tradition, I’m giving out 20 Steam Keys for Epic Battle Fantasy 5 this Christmas . I assume that many people following this news already own the game, but it could also make a good present for a friend of yours. For a chance to win, leave a comment on my website about what you’ll be doing this Christmas , and make sure to fill in the email field , which will only be used for…
Hey guys. About a year ago I made an announcement about an EBF5 mod , and since then people have been asking me if it's finished yet. Well, the mod isn't finished, but it has grown in scope since then, so there's a lot more content than originally planned. The mod is being made by EBF fan Feit-Neo (also known as LightningLaser), with some new icons being made by me. It features many new status…
Hey guys, Epic Battle Fantasy fan LightningLaser is working on a game mod that makes EBF5 more challenging. So far he's improved enemy AI and given them more varied attacks, added some new status effects, made some of the enemy skills usable by the players, and is adding weapons from previous EBF games to EBF5. Here's a video showing off some of the changes . (it's a bit out of date now) I've b…
Hey guys, I've created a new beta branch of EBF5 - this is mostly to fix some very small bugs and typos. The only substantial changes are that NoLegs can now use Art Attack, and bosses have some resistance to HP debuffs from Scorch. This version will soon be live for everyone. You can opt-in early by going to Steam client -> EBF5 properties -> betas tab -> v2.1, the main menu should say "versio…
EBF5 V2 is now live for everyone on Steam, and the base price of the game will go up whenever Valve approves it. So it’s your last chance to buy it for $15! The game should update automatically whenever you restart Steam, and once that's done it should say v2.1.1 on the main menu. Here’s a spoiler-free summary of what’s new: • 52 “new” foes, with a large portion of them being bosses or mini bos…
Hey guys, the big EBF5 version 2 update is going to go live for everyone on Steam on Saturday the 15th. I’m announcing this early because the price of EBF5 is going to go from $15 to $20, so consider this your last chance to buy it at the old price! The current opt-in version, which I just updated, is pretty much finished (v2.0.0, no BETA label on the main menu), but I might still make some min…
If you're opted into the beta, this should be an automatic update the next time you start Steam. If you want to check out the beta, you can opt in by going to Steam Client -> Epic Battle Fanasty 5 -> Properties -> Betas -> Version 2.0 Russian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese languages are almost finished now , but the other languages are still a work in progress. If you haven't heard about the…
Hi Folks, The EBF5v2.0 Steam Beta is now live! For a spoiler free summary of all the new content and features you can check out this earlier announcement . You are more than welcome to stream and make videos of the v2.0 content, but please do not spoil anything in the titles, thumbnails or video descriptions until the beta is over! Here's how to take part in the beta: From your Steam library, r…
Hey guys, a big update to EBF5 is coming at the end of this month! You'll have the option to opt-into the beta of EBF5 "version 2". The beta should be quite stable (but maybe a bit unbalanced), and it will be English-only, with other languages coming later. If you want to wait for the 100% finished version, that'll probably be ready in January. Here's a spoiler-free summary of what's new: • 52…
Hey guys, the big "Version 2" update for Epic Battle Fantasy 5 is about 50% done! That sounds like it's taking a long time, but I've not been working on it full-time until recently, so it should progress quite quickly from now on. Here's a progress report of what's already confirmed for the update... • 52 "new" foes, with 24 of them being bosses or mini-bosses. I say "new" because about half of…
Hey guys. Me and Tom Fulp from Newgrounds.com have teamed up to do a fanart and music remix competition! As you should know, NG is where the EBF series started, a very long time ago. Here’s Tom’s post about the competition: — May 1st is the 10 Year Anniversary of Epic Battle Fantasy on Newgrounds and Epic Battle Fantasy 5 recently released on Steam. To celebrate the occasion, we’re hosting a fa…
Hey guys. I'm working on new dungeons and content for Epic Battle Fantasy 5 , which is what I promised to do if the game's launch was successful. It's a big update, so it's not going to be finished any time soon. Until then, you can follow updates on my website . There's already a few new enemies shown there. I haven't planned everything out yet, but it's likely the update will include 3 new du…
Hey guys, version 1.5 is available now. To opt-in, go to Steam Client > EBF5 > right-click > Properties > Betas > Select the other version. I’ll set this live for everyone in a few days if no problems are found. Here’s a list of changes: • Added the Chinese New Year holiday quest, which includes 2 new equips and a new skill. (available 18th of Jan) • Nerfed the Cosmic Gigalith. It no longer doe…
EBF5 has been updated to version 1.4! At the moment you have to opt-in to get it - I'll set it live for everyone in a couple of days. This update is mostly minor bug fixes and behind-the-scenes stuff: • A change I made in v1.2 made the game run slightly slower, so that should be fixed now. • The saving system no longer uses Flash files now, so people should no longer see the Flash player pop-up…
EBF5 has been updated to version 1.2! This update is mostly bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Changes include: • Added a new "windowed" fullscreen mode, called “Best Fit”. It stretches the game to your current resolution. Performance will be terrible if your resolution is very high, but it should work well on different aspect ratios. • The “NPC maker” tool is now included in the insta…
Hey guys, the Epic Battle Fantasy 5 launch has been an overwhelming success. And I mean it’s been really overwhelming. I’m stuck at the computer non-stop doing tech support and trying to make sure almost everyone can run the game correctly. There’s a lot of problems with my hacky implementation of Fullscreen, for example. Hopefully this will start calming down soon, and I’ll have more time to w…
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