The Medium — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| The Medium is 70% off during the Spring Sale! | 2026-03-19 | Uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth! Step into The Medium at a reduced price during the Spring Sale on Steam. Purchase bundles to get even steeper discounts. 🕯️The Medium is 70% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ 🕯️Get Cronos: The New Dawn bundled with The Medium: Wield psychic powers and discover haunting secrets as you explore two realities at once in The Medium. Face your fears and adapt to the desolate world of Cronos: The New Dawn. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/58598/Medium__Cronos/ JOIN OUR DISCORD |
| The Medium — 70% Off in Steam Winter Sale | 2025-12-18 | Experience two intertwining worlds as nightmares follow you across both realities. Explore a story where the material and spirit worlds exist simultaneously, revealing different layers of horror and hidden truths. 🕯️The Medium is 70% off during the Steam Winter Sale, available until January 5. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ 🕯️Get Cronos: The New Dawn bundled with The Medium: Wield psychic powers and discover haunting secrets as you explore two realities at once in The Medium. Face your fears and adapt to the desolate world of Cronos: The New Dawn. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/58598/Medium__Cronos/ 🎮 Play th |
| Get The Medium – 60% OFF during Steam Scream Fest! | 2025-10-27 | The shadows grow deeper, and whispers echo louder in the haunted corners of the Niwa Resort this spooky season. 🎃 🕯️ Get The Medium with a 60% discount during Steam Scream Fest! If you love horror classics such Silent Hill 2, you’ll be drawn to the tale of The Medium – an atmospheric horror with cinematic camera work and a set of balanced, rewarding puzzles. The soundtrack features two masters working in tandem: Arkadiusz Reikowski and Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ 🪦“Not every spirit belongs in the afterlife”💀 Imagine seeing what others cannot. Hearing voices from places that don’t exis |
| The Medium is 60% off during the Steam Autumn Sale! | 2025-09-29 | As the leaves fall, so does the veil between worlds… The Medium is now 60% off during the Autumn Sale on Steam! 🍂 Grab it here before October 6: 🍂 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ 🕯️Get Cronos: The New Dawn bundled with The Medium: Wield psychic powers and discover haunting secrets as you explore two realities at once in The Medium. Face your fears and adapt to the desolate world of Cronos: The New Dawn. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/58598/Medium__Cronos/ JOIN OUR DISCORD |
| Cronos: The New Dawn merges with The Medium in the New Bundle! | 2025-09-09 | Horror fans! Cronos: The New Dawn just launched on Steam and consoles, receiving amazing scores from media, influencers, and players! You can play the game now on Steam and dive into the first survival horror adventure by Bloober Team! That’s not all! Fans of The Medium have a special occasion to dive into both worlds (as always with Bloober Team) and grab the special Steam bundle with Cronos. One more important thing – Traveler, the main character of Cronos, is voiced by none other than Kelly Burke, our Marianne! 🔥 Get the bundle here: 🕯️ Wield psychic powers and discover haunting secrets as you explore two realities at once in The Medium. |
| Cronos: The New Dawn – New Insights from Future Games Show! | 2025-03-21 | Dear horror fans! Cronos: The New Dawn, an upcoming survival horror game created by Bloober Team, makers of The Medium, was just featured on the Future Games Show! The devs shared their very first Dev Diary video alongside community Q&A and never-before-seen gameplay snippets! 🔥 ADD CRONOS TO WISHLIST! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn/ 🔥 DEV DIARY & NEW GAMEPLAY 🔥 JOIN OUR DISCORD! |
| The Medium is 60% off during Steam Spring Sale! | 2025-03-14 | Even during springtime, ghastly whispers can still be heard in the shadows of Niwa Resort… Grab The Medium 60% off during the Spring Sale on Steam before March 20! Get it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/?curator_clanid=35624221 📅 News from Bloober - Cronos: The New Dawn is coming fo FGS 2025! Tune into the Future Games Show Spring Showcase next week for exclusive insights about Cronos: The New Dawn, the upcoming survival horror by Bloober Team!! Then watch FGS Live From GDC to learn even more! More info: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2101960/view/529841158837240492 |
| It tears the soul apart piece by piece | 2024-12-19 | In the dark universe of The Medium, The Maw stands out as a terrifying entity born from human trauma and suffering. It is an adversary whose presence haunts the player like a shadow. As a metaphor for destructive pain, it tears the soul apart piece by piece. The Maw’s appearance evokes nightmarish visions. Its humanoid silhouette, with grotesquely elongated limbs and a disfigured face, triggers a primal fear. The creature’s voice, masterfully brought to life by Troy Baker, is equally unsettling—full of strange whispers and promises of destruction. The Maw speaks, revealing its twisted desire to consume its victims in an attempt to drown out i |
| Between Suffering and Redemption | 2024-11-27 | Marianne is a medium, capable of communicating with spirits and moving between the material and spiritual worlds. This extraordinary ability makes her both the driving force of the story and a tragic figure, struggling with her own traumas as she discovers dark truths about herself. Marianne’s appearance in the Spirit World differs from her real-world self. With her white hair and the bright light of her powers, she resembles a candle in the darkness, guiding lost souls through the void. The inspiration for Marianne’s role as a guide came from the mysterious lanterns of the dead, widely known as lanternes des morts. Between the 12th and 14th |
| Cronos: The New Dawn – A New IP by the developers of The Medium is coming! | 2024-10-17 | You already know about the world of the spirits lurking in the dark corners of Kraków. Now it seems like yet more nightmares are haunting this fabled Polish city. Today we are thrilled to share the announcement of a brand-new IP by Bloober Team: Cronos: The New Dawn - a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game with a gripping and twisted time travel story! The game is coming to PC (Steam) and consoles in 2025! Watch the Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer: WISHLIST NOW! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn/ JOIN OUR DISCORD COMMUNITY |
| SILENT HILL 2 out now! Play the new title by Bloober Team and Konami! | 2024-10-08 | When we released The Medium few years ago (which was heavily inspired by the SILENT HILL series) we couldn’t imagine that this day would ever arrive. And yet, here we are! Developed in close collaboration with our friends from Konami, today we are releasing the remake of SILENT HILL 2! We would like to invite you all to enter the legendary fog-shrouded town and immerse yourself in an intense psychological horror experience! PLAY SILENT HILL 2 NOW! Driven by a mysterious letter from his late wife, James returns to Silent Hill, the place where their most cherished memories were made. What he finds instead is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing |
| Polish themes in The Medium | 2024-08-17 | Hey The Medium community! This week The Medium takes part in the special Poland-themed Steam event together with other games by our talented friends from our country. To celebrate this, we’ve prepared a discount for our game so be sure to check it if you still wish to experience the mysterious story of Marianne. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ Meanwhile, for this occasion, we also have a number of facts about the game that are related to the country where it was developed. Check out the the list of Polish themes in The Medium! Story Setting The story of The Medium is set in Kraków, Poland, and the locations featured in |
| Unveiling the Real World Inspiration For Our Game | 2024-06-27 | A Haunting Homage: Did you know the abandoned Niwa holiday resort in the game is based on a real location in Krakow? You can even visit it yourself! But Niwa isn't the only slice of reality depicted in The Medium. Marianne's tenement house and the square outside are also meticulously recreated. Stepping into the Real Niwa: The mosaic adorning the resort's hall is a faithful replica, as is the entire hall itself. While the in-game hotel rooms capture the essence of the real Niwa, they are by necessity condensed for gameplay purposes. A Tribute to Beksiński: The Spirit World wouldn't exist without the profound influence of the brilliant Zdzisła |
| The latest chapter in Layers of Fear awaits | 2023-10-27 | The latest chapter in Layers of Fear awaits. What is the Final Prologue? Is it a stand-alone story, or another piece of the puzzle that makes up the complete story of Layers of Fear? The answer lies in the game itself, but does its name reveal part of the secret? Take a peek behind the scenes of the latest chapter of our game and watch the interview with Dawid Kocurek, creative director of Anshar Studios (co-developers of Layers of Fear), to find out more. The Final Prologue is now available for free, playable as a separate chapter in Layers of Fear. Step into the Director’s seat as you seek to unravel the mysteries at the heart of a troubled |
| The Medium is now available on every Mac with Apple Silicon! | 2023-08-31 | Step into two realities where nothing is what it seems to be, and everything has another side. The Medium is now available on every Mac with Apple Silicon! Optimized to take full advantage of Apple Silicon and Metal 3 features like MetalFX Upscaling. Check on the App Store or Steam and don't miss a chance for a special launch discount. A dark mystery awaits! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ |
| New Layers of Fear is out now | 2023-06-15 | New Layers of Fear is out now. It's series crowning work, the reimagined story that made Bloober Team a well-known creator of psychological horror. One of the first games and first psychological horror to utilize the power of Unreal Engine 5 and advanced technological tools: The Lumen, Ray Tracing, and Niagara effects. Discover the reimagined world of Layers of Fear, the complete story of the people whose dreams, ambitions, and desires drove them to the bottom of madness. Delve deep into their personal dramas and witness the intertwining of reality, obsession, and delusion. Reveal the path of a malevolent, hidden between layers of fear, a ter |
| The demo Layers of Fear is now available! | 2023-05-15 | Dear players! The demo is now available! Take a dive into the eerie world of Layers of Fear. Testing will run all week until Monday, May 22 at 3:00 PM PT It's time to face the mystery! Today we also reveal the release date! If you need support or assistance, please contact us at support@blooberteam.com. You will also find us in the community/discussion section. Have fun! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1946700/Layers_of_Fear/ Don't miss our livestream with Layers of Fear devs! Can't tune in? The recording will be available for public viewing. |
| We slash The Medium’s price by up to 44% | 2022-10-25 | The scariest day of the year is around the corner and Bloober Team is not going to miss the opportunity to pamper you with a treat. It's the day when we celebrate the spooky, the scary, and the downright horrifying. And what better way to do that than with a brand-new horror game? Dive into the depths of one's mind in the dark cyberpunk narrative of Observer: System Redux, experience the innovative reality-switching world of The Medium, or face the evil lurking in the Blair Witch game's eerie forest. From the supernatural to the twisted psychological horrors, you name it, we got it! This year's Halloween will be different than any other in hi |
| Layers of Fears - A new game reveal! | 2022-06-09 | Dear Players! We're proud to announce Layers of Fears! A first-person psychedelic horror chronicle focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling - a new game built upon the foundations of Layers of Fear, Layers of Fear: Inheritance, and Layers of Fear 2 with a surprising new story and gameplay direction. Created with the cutting-edge Unreal Engine 5 technology, the game will support Ray Tracing, HDR effect, 4K resolution, and make use of the Lumen system to offer the most immersive and visceral horror experience. Layers of Fears will be the complete, definitive and at the same time unpredictable way to discover the stories of artist |
| Vote us in the SXSW Awards 2022! | 2022-02-02 | Support us with your vote in the SXSW Awards 2022 in categories Indie Game of the Year and Excellence in Original Score. If you feel The Medium deserves that recognition, simply cast your vote. Thank you! ːsteamthumbsupː Vote Us! ːsteamthumbsupː https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/ |