Dear Community,
We've got the news you've been waiting for, and we wanted you to hear it here first. GRAIN ROT launches on Steam on 7th August 2026!
Whether you've been with us since the first reveal or just discovered GRAIN ROT through the demo, we're incredibly grateful that you've decided to stick around, share your feedback, report bugs, create content, and simply spend your time playing our game. Seeing so many of you enjoy the demo has been an incredible experience for our small team.
Thanks to your support, we had over 350,000 demo downloads, making us one of the top 15 most-played games of Steam Next Fest! And we’re about to hit 200,000 wishlists!
Since the demo, we've been heads down making changes based on everything you've shared with us, bug reports, feedback, the lot. Our goal isn't just to release more content, it's to make the best version of GRAIN ROT that we possibly can. We've been taking your feedback seriously, polishing every corner, and expanding the game in ways we believe will make every session more exciting, rewarding, and memorable.
Here's a taste of what's coming in the full release:
New Enemies
Boss Encounter
Elite Encounters
Legendary Gachas
Many New Items
New Elevator Modifiers
New Outpost NPCs
Complete 1.0 Quest Flow
2 New Biomes (and sweet ambience music)
Spark Abilities
Many New Hats
Player Leveling
Enchantment & Repair Machine
Second Floor of the Outpost
More Constructs
Extract with Treasures, Items & Vessels in the Elevator
Difficulty Balancing
Gamepad Support
Expanded Game, Audio & Video Settings
Performance Optimizations
Many other tweaks and additions
This is the majority of content we're focused on delivering for launch, and we're super excited to finally let everyone experience the complete GRAIN ROT journey.
As for what comes after August 7th... don't worry, we have plenty of ideas. We'll share our post-launch plans when the time is right, but for now, our full focus is making this launch as strong as it can possibly be.
Thank you again for your support. We truly can't wait to get the full game into your hands.
Miche & Nikko
One more thing before you go.
Members in the Discord will get first dibs on fun updates. We'll share details soon on how to receive keys for the game and other exclusive incentives for Discord members only!
See you on the 7th of August for the next huge step. Two hundred thousand of you got us here. Wishlist now if you haven't already, and tell a friend, the wasteland is no place to go it alone.
See you down below, Scrappies.