Hey, Funguys! Funguys Swarm leaves Early Access and reaches 1.0 now!
The 1.0 update introduces the Forest Strength System, the Hellscape final arena, four characters, Twitch Integration, new skills and passives, and more.
Funguys Swarm 1.0 launches August 25th, 9:00 AM PT.
Price: $9.99 on all platforms up from the $6.99 Early Access price. A 20% launch discount will run from August 25th through September 8th.
Your save files carry over. Everything you've unlocked in Early Access comes with you into 1.0.
Cross-platform saves: Saves are platform-specific - there is no cross-platform save transfer.
Funguys Swarm is now officially Steam Deck Verified.
[Deck Verified. Sleep schedule unverified]
[From sapling to slapping]
Every Arena you complete now makes you permanently stronger.
The new Forest Strength System rewards you with a unique upgrade whenever you conquer an Arena. These upgrades carry over into future runs, giving you more ways to shape your builds as you progress through the game.
For example, Forest Strength 4 unlocks the ability to disable certain cards, so they no longer appear during a run. Combined with the upgrades earned from other Arenas, this gives you much more control over your build in the late game.
[He's not staying in the Sanctuary. Neither should you.]
The Fire King has escaped the Sanctuary, and he's brought the heat with him.
Our new final Arena, Hellscape, is the climax of everything you've fought through. Survive it, face the Fire King, and find out if all that Forest Strength was enough.
No pressure.
Enemy 1: Burnt Coal
[Coal Me Maybe]
Enemy 2: Burnt Shroom
[This Shroom Is Toast]
[Meet the crew, and their Ube]
Say hello to Dr. Botanika, Mr. Midnight, and Steve — three new characters who fight unlike anyone else on the roster. They don't carry their own weapon, instead, each one commands Ube, a loyal sentry that carries the weapon and does the shooting for them. You steer the character; Ube brings the firepower.
Dr. Botanika
Ube inflicts Shock on a nearby enemy every 3 seconds. Cooldown Reduction affects this. Reduce the cooldown of your Skill Cards for each Sky Card you have.
Mr. Midnight
Ube has a small magnet that picks up Pickupables. Picking up XP Beans and Loot grants a temporary stack that increases damage by +1%. This bonus increases by an additional +1% for each Night Card you have.
Steve
Steve automatically chooses cards and upgrades, preferring Water cards. Increase your Luck and Chance by +5% for each Water Card you have.
See them in action:
[They don't hold the weapon. That's what the sentry is for]
And they don't come empty-handed — these three unlock skills you won't find on anyone else. Two standouts:
Skill 1: Blue Flower
[Pew pew, bloom bloom]
Skill 2: Void Brain
[Thinking is now on cooldown]
There's also a secret character hidden in 1.0. How do you unlock it?
Complete the game. That's the only hint you're getting.
Good luck.
[Chat has never once made a good decision. Try it anyway]
Streamers, this one's for you. With the new Twitch Integration live on Steam at launch, your chat gets to decide your fate mid-run.
[a, b, or c? Chat chooses]
Let the mob choose your upgrades, your curses, and your doom. What could possibly go wrong?
[Purrs. Deals damage. No notes.]
Meet Starcat, our new pet. It's cute, it's cosmic, and it's on your side. And you can pet it, of course.
Skills 1: Gather XP
[Collecting XP at the speed of meow]
Skills 2: Dealing Damage when Touched
We didn't hold back for 1.0. Alongside everything above, we're adding:
9 New Skills
11 New Passives
22 New Treelings
12 New Relics
63 New Starpaths to unlock
Balancing Pass
More builds, more synergies, more reasons to run it back one more time.
[A cleaner look at exactly how doomed you are]
The Fire Curse screen has been redesigned for 1.0, making its effects cleaner, clearer, and easier to read at a glance.
We've also stocked the Shroom Shop with new items, so there's plenty of new stuff to spend your hard-earned resources on.
[Carrot-ulations]
You asked, we delivered: 112 achievements to chase in 1.0, from first-arena freebies to challenge runs we're genuinely sorry about.
The achievements can be unlocked on Steam, Sony PlayStation 5, and Xbox.
Funguys doesn't swarm alone. To celebrate 1.0, we've teamed up with three fantastic games for launch bundles on Steam:
Get 10% off when you complete the bundle, even if you already own one. If your library's missing any of these, now's the perfect excuse.
Okay, one serious moment before we go.
When we started this, we had no idea it would grow into what it is today. Every piece of feedback, every bug report, every wild build you shared, every hour you spent in the arena, it all shaped this game.
Funguys Swarm reaching 1.0 and landing on five platforms isn't something we did alone. You did this with us, and we mean that. Thank you for swarming with us.
Right. That's enough feelings. Go fight the Fire King.
Funguys Swarm 1.0 launches August 25th, 9:00 AM PT on all platform.
Tell your friends. Tell your chat. Tell that one person who still hasn't wishlisted.
Thank you,
Stairway Games