Highland Roguelite Database & Compendium

Latest News & Patch Notes

Stay updated with official Paper Cult announcements, balance updates, community events, and developmental roadmaps.

v0.14.58630 Β· Patch Notes
2026-08-14
Paper Cult Dev Team

Multiplayer Desync and Campaign-Map Patch

Elite and Boss multiplayer state now stays aligned more reliably, campaign-map mismatches are fixed, and the release includes a temporary crossplay branch boundary.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Elite and Boss state now stays aligned more reliably in co-op.
  • ●Campaign-map mismatches between hosts and clients fixed.
  • ●Temporary crossplay branch boundary added while platforms update.
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v0.12.58540 Β· Patch Notes
2026-08-13
Paper Cult Dev Team

Networking, Revive Rules, and Aodh Companion Patch

Networking and Steam Deck stability improved, Aodh the Vigil was added to campaign companion recruitment, and multiplayer revives now use health instead of coins.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Networking and Steam Deck stability improved.
  • ●Aodh the Vigil added to campaign companion recruitment.
  • ●Multiplayer revives now consume health instead of coins.
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v0.11.57874.1 Β· Patch Notes
2026-08-09
Paper Cult Dev Team

Mouse-Stutter Hotfix

Epic Online Services overlay initialization was disabled as a tentative fix for sudden mouse stutters.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Epic Online Services overlay initialization disabled to fix sudden mouse stutters.
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v0.11.57863 Β· Patch Notes
2026-08-01
Paper Cult Dev Team

Balance, Economy, and Emblem Variety Patch

Meta-progression and campaign economy changes, Act 2 balance work, Charm rebalancing, performance improvements, and campaign Emblem selections that favor families not yet shown.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Meta-progression and campaign economy rebalanced.
  • ●Act 2 balance and encounter tuning.
  • ●Charms rebalanced for more build variety.
  • ●Campaign Emblem offers now favor clan families not yet shown.
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v0.10.57598 Β· Patch Notes
2026-07-31
Paper Cult Dev Team

Performance, Controls, and Army-State Hotfix

Act 1 and Act 2 performance work, a Drift Correction control-lock fix, army and commander state fixes, corrected Castle Records Charm display, and current crossplay branch guidance.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Act 1 and Act 2 performance improvements.
  • ●Fixed a control lock triggered by the Drift Correction option.
  • ●Army and commander state fixes.
  • ●Castle Records Charm display corrected.
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v0.9.57408 Β· Patch Notes
2026-07-28
Paper Cult Dev Team

Unlock Tracking and Save-Recovery Patch

Clearer locked and unobtainable-item labels, corrected unlock tracking, save recovery, targeted gameplay fixes, and temporary crossplay-version separation.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Locked and unobtainable items now show clearer labels.
  • ●Unlock tracking corrected for heroes, weapons, and emblems.
  • ●Save recovery added for interrupted campaigns.
  • ●Temporary crossplay-version separation while storefronts update.
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v0.8.57278 Β· Patch Notes
2026-07-24
Paper Cult Dev Team

Launch Balance and Progression Patch

Hero unlock progression, Wallace weapon costs, boss parries, Charm balance, and a broad set of gameplay, UI, multiplayer, and localization fixes.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Hero unlock progression reworked for clearer early-game goals.
  • ●Wallace weapon upgrade costs rebalanced.
  • ●Boss parry windows and counter timing tuned.
  • ●Charm economy and power rebalanced across the campaign.
  • ●Broad gameplay, UI, multiplayer, and localization fixes.
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hotfix-crossplay Β· Patch Notes
2026-07-22
Paper Cult Dev Team

Crossplay and Lobby Hotfix

Restored crossplay between supported PC storefronts and fixed lobby visibility after a campaign had started.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Crossplay restored between supported PC storefronts.
  • ●Campaign lobbies now appear in the friends list after a run has started.
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v0.8.0 Β· Community Events
2026-07-22
Paper Cult Studio

Tears of Metal Launches in Steam Early Access & PC Game Pass!

After 3 years of development, we are thrilled to bring our medieval hack-and-slash roguelike to players worldwide with full 4-player co-op support.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●3 Launch Commanders: William Wallace, Ruadh Stonecrusher, Brienne Ironleg
  • ●Full 4-player seamless drop-in/drop-out online multiplayer
  • ●Over 60 weapon evolutions and 15 Camp settlement upgrade tiers
Developer Logs
2026-07-05
Chief Technical Lead

Devlog #14: The Making of 500-Unit Scottish Phalanxes

An inside look at our custom animation-culling tech and sound design capturing Highland bagpipes roaring over the clash of thousands of steel blades.

Key Highlights & Changes

  • ●Bespoke multi-threaded flocking AI for battalion cohesion
  • ●High-dynamic Scottish highland soundtrack recorded with live folk instruments