Crow Country — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Our next game is in the Steam Next Fest! | 2026-02-25 | Hi everyone! Adam and I have a new game coming this summer, "The Mermaid Mask"! There's a demo in the Steam Next Fest right now, so check it out, and give it a wishlist - while it's not a full on horror game, I think you'd enjoy it if you liked Crow Country's story and worldbuilding. Adam wrote both games after all!Plus helping this game do well helps fund us to make our next game...Alright, thanks for taking a look!Tom- |
| Physical Soundtrack on Vinyl and CD - Out Now! | 2026-01-14 | Hello everyone!We're excited to finally announce the physical release of the Crow Country Soundtrack, on both vinyl and CD, available now from Fangamer!Featuring the tense, evocative music composed for the game by Ockeroid, and beautiful cover art by Nina Matsumoto, both vinyl and CD versions are shipping worldwide now:Crow Country Vinyl Soundtrack (US & Worldwide)Crow Country CD Soundtrack (US & Worldwide)Crow Country Vinyl Soundtrack (Europe)Crow Country CD Soundtrack (Europe)Interested in even more physical Crow Country? The PS5 and Nintendo Switch physical editions of Crow Country are also out now, in both Standard and Deluxe versions! Al |
| Patch Notes June 12th | 2025-06-12 | Fixed quick turn control display Fixed control display override |
| Patch Notes June 3rd | 2025-06-03 | Fixes flamethrower on keyboard when shoot/reload have been switched |
| Path Notes June 1st | 2025-06-01 | Fixed issue with wired gamepads sometimes doubling up as keyboard input and confusing the game |
| Patch Notes May 13th | 2025-05-13 | Fixed issue where run would stop working for a moment in new keyboard controls |
| Patch Notes May 10th | 2025-05-10 | Fixed accidental shoot/reload swap for gamepad |
| Crow Country turns One Year Old! Improved Keyboard Controls! | 2025-05-09 | Hello everyone! One year ago today, my brother Adam and I launched Crow Country here on Steam, and we were blown away by the response! We've been a 2-person company for nearly 13 years now, and have been making games together for over 20 years, but this has been our most successful year by far. So many people playing, sharing, streaming, recommending and reviewing the game, all around the world, has given us a huge boost of energy to take into our next games, so: thank you. OK, on to the good stuff! One of the pieces of feedback we've received, here on Steam and elsewhere, is that the keyboard controls for Crow Country aren't as good as they |
| Fangamer Crow Plush out now, with magnetic accessories! | 2025-03-19 | Hello everyone! The exceptionally talented designers over at Fangamer have just released an official Crow Country plush, complete with a set of accessories to theme him for Fairytale Town, Haunted Hilltop or Ocean Kingdom: https://www.fangamer.com/collections/crow-country/products/crow-country-crane-game-plush This little guy is based on the in-game plush found in the arcade and gift shop Fangamer has more items in their Crow Country collection too, and we hope to have news on the physical editions soon! Tom & Adam |
| Patch Notes December 9th | 2024-12-09 | Small localisation fixes Fixed final boss continue bug Other small bugfixes |
| Crow Country official merch out now! | 2024-10-29 | Hello everyone! Today over at Fangamer, the first official merchandise collection for Crow Country has launched! Shipping is available internationally, though folks in Europe can get shipping from closer to home through Fangamer's European site: US/World: https://www.fangamer.com/collections/crow-country Europe: https://www.fangamer.eu/collections/crow-country Fangamer have also opened up signups to be the first to find out about the physical editions, coming in 2025! Sign up here: https://www.fangamer.com/pages/crow-country-physical-edition Hope everyone has a great spooky season! Tom & Adam |
| New update adds Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, plus optimisation! | 2024-10-16 | Hello everyone! We've just released an update to the game that adds the promised new languages: Italian Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese We've also spent the last few months working hard on optimising the game, both for faster loading times and better performance. That means it'll run better on lower end machines, and even use less battery on the Steam Deck. We've had good reason to go after optimisation this strongly: we've also just launched Crow Country on Nintendo Switch! Plus, in just 6 days time, we'll be releasing on PS4. Like I said, Adam and I have been busy. And finally, a little teaser of some more exciting ne |
| New languages and optimisation coming October 16th! | 2024-10-02 | Hello everyone! Ever since launch in May, after we finished adding the Murder Of Crows hard mode to the game and ironing out bugs, Adam and I have been working on a big new update that adds new languages, and brings a whole heap of performance improvements! We're now finally ready to announce that the update will release on October 16th! That same day, we'll also be launching on Nintendo Switch and PS4, so it'll be a busy one for us! The new languages are: -Italian -Japanese -Korean -Simplified Chinese -Traditional Chinese As for performance, lower end computers and laptops should see framerate improvements across the whole game, and all comp |
| Patch notes June 19th | 2024-06-19 | Added ability to slide down the big ladder from second playthrough onwards Kinder random hazard spawns on arcade machines Reordered mode select on title screen Balanced enemy movement |
| Crow Country Original Soundtrack now available as Steam DLC! | 2024-06-13 | Hello everyone! A few weeks ago, Crow Country's composer Ockeroid released the game's soundtrack on Bandcamp! A lot of folks asked if we could release it here on Steam too as DLC, so today we're very happy to announce that we've done exactly that! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3045190 There's both high-quality MP3 and lossless FLAC versions included, for all you audiophiles out there. If you pick up a copy, we'd love to hear: what's your favourite track? Tom & Adam |
| Crow Country Steam Trading Cards Out Now! | 2024-06-06 | Hi everyone! We're excited to announce that we've just added Steam Trading Cards to Crow Country! There are 8 to collect, featuring characters from the game, as well as badges, backgrounds and emotes to collect alongside them. We tried to get that 90s trading card feel, make them something that Mara might want to collect. Hopefully you will too! Be sure to check out the full-sized versions in your inventory once you have them, we really like how they came out. Tom & Adam |
| Patch notes 6th June | 2024-06-06 | A small update for you: Fixed enemy movement to prevent them getting stuck/clipping through scenery Some small optimisations Some small bugfixes |
| Patch notes 25th May | 2024-05-25 | Just one change in this patch! Fixed ending flow for S rank on Murder of Crows mode - the wrong reward picture was shown, now it's not |
| Hard Mode Out Now! | 2024-05-24 | Hello everyone! Since launch, the most requested feature for Crow Country has been a new hard mode. Today we're very pleased to announce that the new 'MURDER OF CROWS' mode is out! Resources are more limited Enemies are more aggressive You can't run while seriously hurt New rank requirements Bonus unlockable for completing hard mode The new mode is available right away, for first time players and seasoned Crow Pros alike! We've also included some additional changes to this build: Better full-screen handling Small bugfixes Small typo fixes We hope you'll enjoy 'MURDER OF CROWS' mode Tom & Adam |
| Crow Country Soundtrack out now on Bandcamp! | 2024-05-24 | Hi everyone! After many, MANY requests, Crow Country's composer Ockeroid has released the soundtrack as an album on Bandcamp! Stream and buy it here: Crow Country (Original Soundtrack) on Bandcamp |