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Berserk or Die hotfix 1.0.1 now live

Berserk or Die · published 13 Jun 2025, 09:39 UTC

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Hi everyone,

We are gathered here today to remember and celebrate the ~~lives of our neon gaming keyboards~~ launch of Nao Games' Berserk or Die!

It's been great to see such positive reception, watch people play even more unconventionally than expected, and read all the 3wapo3pfwjofwoj comments and reviews.

We're also amazed to say we sold 10,000 copies of the game in the first 24 hours, so thank you so much for all your support since we launched last week!

Huge thanks also directly from Shibata-san of Nao Games, who's very keen on listening to your feedback too:
"This time, we focused mainly on fixing bugs.

We were only able to respond to requests to open a lot of loot, but next time we will respond to as many requests as possible."

Hotfix now live

We've been listening to your feedback across Steam and poncle's social channels and have been working on new features, especially about alternative control schemes, but in the meantime we're also releasing some quick fixes with patch 1.0.1:

Fixed enemies getting stuck in Samurai Residence
Fixed some bosses disappearing when left alone for too long
Fixes for characters occasionally getting stuck below the terrain
Fixed boss defeat checkmarks
Added an Open All button in the Armory screen
Improved visibility in Forest stage
Revised wording for unlock conditions on the character selection screen
Exiting a run will send you to the results screen now
Other minor fixes

Original soundtrack out now

You can now listen to all 16 tracks from Berserk or Die whenever you like, each composed by Filippo Vicarelli, a name you may recognise from poncle's own Vampire Survivors. There are 7 full BGM tracks from Berserk or Die, plus 9 Short tracks such as jingles, titles, and shop themes. We're also in the process of uploading the full soundtrack on Youtube:

Community items now available

Steam trading cards and community items are now available, we got the usual package of:

4x profile backgrounds
6x badges
5x trading cards
11x emoticons

You can learn more about Trading Cards here

Coming in the next patch

From the next update you'll be able to switch control scheme easily, get a tutorial for these new schemes, and play with:

Default (Mouse + Keyboard)
Keyboard Only
Mouse Only
Gamepad

Thank you all again and please stay tuned for more Berserk or Die updates very soon!

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