The biggest update MEATBALLS has ever had. Everything we've been cooking since launch, served on one plate — and every bit of it is us pushing hard toward the FULL RELEASE of the game, coming soon. All free. No microtransactions. Just more game.
Ciao, polpette! 👋 Since launch the kitchen has not closed. Grab a fork — here's what's new:
🧾 40 Order Tickets — optional run goals you pin before a run ("win with only melee", "never repair", …) with rewards paid on the spot
📋 A live ticket rail on the HUD and an "ON THE RAIL" card on pause
🤝 Tickets now work in co-op too
⭐ 18 Trials — hand-built challenge runs with unique rules
📅 Weekly Challenge — one seeded run per week, worldwide leaderboard
🧪 Custom Run — build your own ruleset and share it with MB- recipe codes
👨🍳 Iron Chef — the score-attack gauntlet, with its own board
🥘 Family Dinner — the cosy co-op mode
⚔️ PvP — Free-for-all and Teams
🧑🔬 Test Kitchen — a full sandbox to experiment in
🎬 A proper campaign intro, real endings — and a secret true final boss for those who truly master the craft 🤫
♾️ Endless mode difficulty bands + milestones
🔁 Boss Rush lap 2+: Overcooked bosses
🎓 An advanced tutorial course
🛡️ Block & Parry — hold to guard, time it for a parry, riposte, even reflect projectiles (+6 new items built around it)
🔄 Active Reload — hit the sweet spot for an instant reload + fire-rate buff (toggleable)
🍴 Taste Test — dash through weakened enemies to devour them for health and gold
💨 6 Dash styles — slides, skewers, blinks, bun-shields
🥩 Boss Weak Points — flank exposed zones for forced crits, fill the meter, TENDERISE the boss into a stagger
🥄 7 Utensil actives on their own cooldown slot (C / D-pad Up)
💍 10 Boss Relic actives on Q — plus the Kitchen Prep Board to mount your trophies
🗡️ 48 weapons — and every single one now EVOLVES (47 evolutions)
💣 7 grenade types that actually behave differently
🎒 130 items, including item sets and legendary relics
✨ 36 synergies to discover
🧀 7 new unlockable meatballs (Mozzarella, Polpettina, Polpettone, Smoky, Leftover, Mystery… and Kyle) — 18 playable meatballs, plus whatever you cook up in The Kitchen
🌶️ 7 spice jars that season your build
🧠 Reflexes joins the banked-XP meta-upgrade tree (now 7 deep)
🔪 12 new kitchen-brigade enemies — waiters, sous-chefs, dishwashers and worse
👯 4 new duo mini-bosses with bespoke tag-team attacks
👑 Alternate bosses for Levels 1–5 — your run can now roll a different boss
💀 10 Elite affixes — ringed elites with real modifiers
🌪️ 6 wave events (Toxic Blob, Beans on Toast…) + 7 new mutators
🛍️ Nonna's Cart — the new between-waves shop, with renovation tiers you fund
🏠 Nonna's Bottega — a persistent meta-shop off the main menu: a ★ wallet earned by playing, a daily shelf, permanent utensils, and la tavola where you fatten up your meatballs
🍷 Spoiled goods at half price — and the Re-Cook Pot to fix them
🎩 30 earnable hats — from the Colander to the Golden Crown, each with its own unlock
🏅 Achievements: 27 → 51
📖 A full Bestiary with lore for every enemy, boss bios, and first-seen/felled cards
⚰️ The Hall of Deaths — every way you've been sent back to the pantry, tracked
📸 Photo Mode — press P, frame it, share it
🎁 Full loot & power-up parity in co-op — fair, host-arbitrated pickups
🗳️ Lobby quality-of-life: votes, kick, ready countdown
👻 Spectator camera after you go down
🎫 Co-op order tickets
🔊 Per-weapon-class sound effects + ticket chimes
♿ 8 new accessibility options
🌍 700+ new strings translated — the whole update is playable in all 8 languages
⚡ Massive swarm performance work — hundreds of enemies on screen, buttery smooth
🐛 And yes: the Necro-Chef can no longer out-heal your entire build. We measured. 😤
MEATBALLS is still in Early Access — but not for much longer. Everything above is us finishing the full, complete game we promised: more balance passes, more polish, and a few more surprises are on the stove before 1.0 lands later this year. If you've been waiting to jump in: the water's boiling. 🍲
Found a bug? Got a request? Come shout at us on the community hub or Discord — half of this update started as player suggestions.
Buon appetito! ❤️