Shatterline — 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 |
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| Shatterline Community Servers | 2025-11-21 | Community Servers Are Here: Host Your Own Shatterline PvP You’ve been asking us one thing again and again: “Can we have PvP back in some form?” Today we finally have something for you: 👉 Shatterline Dedicated Server is now available on Steam You can now host your own community servers for Shatterline. This means: Any player can download the Shatterline Dedicated Server app on SteamSet it up on their own hardware (home PC, rented server, etc.) Run custom PvP servers for friends, communities, or the public There are no official, centrally hosted PvP servers anymore – but now you can bring parts of that experience back on your own terms. How to |
| New DLC “Randy” (Sep 26) | 2025-09-26 | Randy is a new single-player DLC for Shatterline, arriving on Steam September 26, 2025. Ride with Randy—an AI-driven platform—through interconnected underground bunkers. Keep moving by scavenging batteries, and survive by deploying grenades and traps against the lab’s monsters. Your objective: find an exit.Key featuresPower management: Batteries fuel your cart; every detour is a risk/reward decision.Tactical survival: Use found traps and explosives to control space and break pursuit.Horror atmosphere: Tight sightlines, audio cues, and backrooms-style tension.Different core loop from the main campaign—built for solo.LaunchPlatform: Steam (PC)A |
| Hotfix 85.4 | 2024-07-05 | Technical backend optimization and fixes. |
| Season Hotel | 2024-06-25 | Final Early Access Season Hotel starts now! Progression is set to faster than ever. The season ends on August 1, 2024, when Shatterline is closing servers in preparations for a full launch. Check out Shatterline Retirement FAQ for more details. |
| Shatterline Retirement & Launch Preparation | 2024-06-15 | We are thrilled to share that an exciting new stage is on the horizon for Shatterline and that we are concluding Early Access and preparing for a full launch. Over the past two years, we’ve received a ton of invaluable feedback and insightful data from our dedicated community - we did our best to keep up with it, and we are eager to do so in the future. During this time, we’ve also engaged in exciting conversations with new partners and brands that we are going to be folding into the experience to expand the Shatterline universe. Our team is eager to introduce new mechanics that we believe will be incredibly exciting and rewarding for our pla |
| Shatterline Retirement FAQ | 2024-06-15 | When will the servers for Shatterline be closed? Servers close on August 1, 2024. Why is Shatterline being retired? We are concluding our Early Access and preparing for a full launch. Maintaining live operations with the amount of new features we have planned is proving challenging. We are taking a break to prepare for the launch. What happens now? Effective immediately Shatterline is deactivating all in-game purchases. Players are able to install and play Shatterline until the servers’ closure on August 1, 2024. Upon the current season's end, we are rolling out a new free battle pass, with the content from the previous seasons. What about re |
| Hotfix 85.3 | 2024-04-29 | Plant-the-Bomb has returned to the PvP playlist. Now you can enjoy PTB with both its classic and competitive flavors. The minimum number of PvP modes to choose to queue for a match increased from 1 to 2. |
| Patch 85.2 | 2024-04-24 | Fixed issue in Expedition where sometimes the stash with extracted gear didn't work. Minor localization fixes. |
| Patch 85.1 | 2024-04-16 | The game party is disabled in the Ranked Plant-the-Bomb mode. The delay between shots for the G5 Earl pistol decreased. Fixed issue in Expedition with non-working Gardener's flowers. Fixed issue in Expedition where Dr. Sullivan's lines played every two minutes after the player had defeated two sector bosses. Fixed issue in Expedition's Glasshead Bunker where fireballs passed through the crystalline gate, failing to slam into it. Fixed issue with Brisa's Tactical Cloak where the cloak failed to work if activated after the previous cloak had been interrupted because the player had performed a shot while aiming down sights. Fixed issue with a mi |
| Update R85: Season Golf and new PTB mode | 2024-04-09 | Hi there, Shatterliners! It's time for a major update! And people, there's a lot of great stuff to savor! SEASON GOLF Like the previous Season Foxtrot, the new game season is 2-month long, free, and abundant with cool rewards. PVE EPISODE A new short PvE episode: Portal. We need to look into the "teleportation" tech that the Strafers are using. Our theory is that they are creating microclusters within the Red Realm. You shall infiltrate their research facility and investigate. WEAPONS AND WEAPON PROGRESSION A new Karambit knife was introduced in PvP for all operatives as an additional melee weapon (as an option in the session shop for the PTB |
| Patch 83.5 | 2024-03-12 | Fixed issue where sometimes operatives' parts (usually heads) could fail to display on the Most-Valuable-Players screen. |
| Patch 83.4 | 2024-03-04 | Fixed issue in Expedition where the AI stagger mechanic didn’t work. Fixed issue in PvE and Expedition where health regeneration was too slow. |
| Patch 83.3 | 2024-02-22 | A crash fix. Fixed issue where Expedition perks stopped working after the player was revived. Fixed issue in Expedition where the players failed to regroup to the bunker if one of them entered a bunker and the bunker doors closed. |
| Patch 83.2 | 2024-02-12 | Various audio improvements in Expedition. Further Steam Deck stability improvements. Fixed issue where the shots from Pill's ultimate that connected with the teammates caused the affected teammates' camera to go into 3rd-person view if Pill had the resurrection perk equipped. Fixed issue where the dust visual effect of knocking down doors was looped permanently near double doors. |
| Hotfix 83.1 | 2024-02-09 | Fixed issue for Steam Deck where the game was stuck on the loading screen. |
| Update R83: Season Foxtrot | 2024-02-06 | Welcome to SEASON FOXTROT, Shatterliners! The new game season is 2-month long and free, to boot. There is a small change in the season tasks logic: now you need to complete several tasks from the current week to open the next week's tasks. As always, cool rewards are waiting for you in the new season, including 12 new weapon perks: The Transfusion perk for the Firespray submachine gun restores some health on reload based on the number of enemies killed with the bullets from the previous magazine. The Reload Boost perks for the G9 Kungen pistol, the U44 Culverina revolver, and the the TWD X-Treme sniper rifle increase reloading speed by 10%. T |
| Community Update #3 | 2024-02-05 | Hey guys, Let us start with a huge thank you. We see your concerns, and we hear you on social media. Thank you to everyone who is supporting us. It’s hard to put into words how much every kind word means to us. The war is still raging on, day 712. It is hard, no use sugarcoating it. We’ve been hoping against hope for a swift breakthrough. It is emotionally taxing and draining for everyone. But. Ukraine is not giving up, and neither are we. We are standing at a precipice, but we are not losing hope. We are looking for marketing help to bring in more players. While we are at it, we understand our most loyal friends – you – are sticking with us. |
| Technical Update R82 | 2024-01-03 | Happy New Year, everyone! The present update is a technical one, therefore it doesn't contain player-facing changes except for the bug fixes. The Ranked Games split was extended for another month. BUG FIXES Fixed freeze, which sometimes led to a crash, at the PvE mission change by the mission rotation schedule. Fixed issue in Expedition’s Horror Maze dungeon where players moved under terrain for a couple of seconds while they were being regrouped. Fixed issue in Expedition with a missing sound of the environment scanner used by Pill if he wore a non-default outfit. Fixed issue in Expedition’s Chaser Hunt dungeon where the shielded Strafers’ n |
| Christmas Content Update | 2023-12-18 | Greetings, Shatterliners! The Christmas event has started. Light up the fireworks and get cool rewards! The event will end on January 2. |
| Patch 81.1 | 2023-12-07 | Fixed issue in Expedition where sometimes players couldn't activate EMPs. Fixed localization issue where several Versus tasks descriptions failed to mention the Ranked Matches. Fixed issue with an incorrect icon for the Armored Headgear cosmetic item in Malva's shop bundle. |