UNBEATABLE — patch notes and updates
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| PATCH v1.9.0: UNBEATABLE X OneShot, PLUS CHART EDITOR! | 2026-04-29 | Hey, we didn't miss April! Presenting to you PATCH v1.9.0 (out now), adding the long awaited Chart Editor support, plus revealing our special game collaboration in today's update.It's...UNBEATABLE X OneShot?!?Bring the sun to a knife fight in the second half of our April song additions: a BRAND NEW UNBEATABLE TRACK from the D-CELL Sound Team based on the indie classic OneShot and the track "IT'S TIME TO FIGHT CRIME." But you're doing .. .. the crimes. In this game. So the name is different. This is our promised collaboration for April - a labor of love among the D-CELL SOUND TEAM and the first brand new track from the team since our launch in |
| Jamie Paige Update! | 2026-04-01 | The community has been incredibly excited for it since the announcement, so I'm sure a lot of you are waiting on bated breath for news about the upcoming Jamie Paige DLC! One song has been mentioned a lot, and we've taken notice. Here's some news about something I bet none of you actually saw coming... the song DO NO HARM by JAMIE PAIGE, MARCY NABORS, and PENNY PARKER: more like...waiting on baited breath...because...april fool sOkay! So no, actually, today we are not telling you any songs that are going to drop in the Jamie Paige DLC. We're telling you one that won't. Sorry! DO NO HARM is not going to be a part of the paid DLC.That's because |
| PATCH 1.8.2D is LIVE! | 2026-03-26 | Hi! We've gotten some reports about stutters and performance issues after our upgrade to Unity 6 - we're still investigating, but various improvements have already been made. Huge thanks to everyone who reported these issues and were willing to help test out these fixes.GENERAL CHANGESFixed instances of performance degradation resulting from issues with memory allocation and garbage collection. These improvements span the whole game, but primarily affect sequences in Episode 4 onwards.Improved performance in certain scenes during the game's final episode.Made optimizations to the Episode 4 Alleyway concert.ARCADE MODE CHANGESMade optimization |
| UNBEATABLE is 20% off + PATCH 1.8.1 is LIVE! | 2026-03-19 | Hi everyone! We hope you're enjoying the latest patch from yesterday. We've applied a hotfix, PATCH 1.8.1, to address some things we caught with the release of the new patch.GENERAL CHANGESFixed places where certain sprites and shaders didn't load correctly.Applied a potential fix to finally address the birthday challenge not unlocking.Made a slight reduction to game file size by removing unused files (more optimizations for this are on the way in the future!)ARCADE MODE CHANGESFixed the new stages not properly enabling health regen (this was actually applied in a hotfix earlier but shhh)For full notes on PATCH 1.8.0 you can see here:Also, UN |
| PATCH 1.8.0 - NEW STAGES* and NEW STAGES** | 2026-03-18 | March's monthly patch is OUT! You now get to look at more than exactly one thing in the background when playing most songs in arcade mode. Plus: more thingsGENERAL CHANGES The game has been moved over to Unity 6 from a much older version to help future-proof the game and make it a little more extendable and updatable; we avoided doing this for a long time because I don't know if you know this but any time you move to a new version of the game engine you're using Everything Breaks. Which is why we tested it a lot before doing this, and from our testing nothing should be broken, but please tell us if this actually isn't trueThe move to Unity 6 |
| PATCH 1.7.3 is LIVE! | 2026-02-24 | Hi all! We're back with another round of fixes - this should be our last hotfix before PATCH 1.8.0 unless something goes terribly wrong. It's an extension of the continued fixes we're making to both ARCADE MODE's challenge board and achievements. All achievements should work as intended now! Happy platinuming!PATCH NOTESGENERAL CHANGESFixed the "ALL CAPS OR NO CAPS" achievement from falsely checking for incorrect achievement IDs. If you have all other achievements, it should unlock automatically upon bootup!ARCADE MODE CHANGESFixed the following Arcade Mode challenges: f5_06 (big and loud), f10_05 (RICH).Fixed the challenge f09_00 from spitti |
| PATCH 1.7.2 is LIVE! | 2026-02-20 | Hey everyone! We made a quick patch today to fix Arcade Mode specific issues for UNBEATABLE, notably ones that have been reported in the wake of our most recent patch from last week. For console players, these fixes will be rolled onto the PS5/Xbox releases in the upcoming 1.8.0 update, releasing next month.PATCH NOTESARCADE MODE CHANGESfixed the following ARCADE MODE challenges: final folio 01, 03, 04, 05, and 06fixed the ONE VERY FULL COMBO achievement not unlocking properlyfixed rating board not re-calculating when difficulty numbers are changed between updatesfixed patterns in RE-TUNED's "rewired" STAR Chartfixed patterns in WORN OUT TAPE |
| PATCH 1.7.1 is LIVE! | 2026-02-12 | UNBEATABLE's first patch in 2026 arrives right now. We've brought new songs and plenty of fixes to this release. Read more to see what's changed:PATCH 1.7.1 CHANGESGENERAL CHANGES:Various issues with corrupted saves causing black screens on boot and freezes on game load have been resolved. Corrupted save slots should auto-repair themselves (within reason)Returning to previous chapters should now properly maintain certain prior dialogue choices.With the release of this patch, console versions are now caught up to PC and features all the new changes and fixes in the previous patch, PATCH 1.6, as well as exclusive fixes to bugs only present on c |
| the 2026 unbeatable setlist | 2026-02-06 | we've been away for a month and unbeatable's been out for two (!?). Time to roll right back into it:That's a lot to go over, but we'll be talking a lot more about this in the coming weeks. tl;dr: SOONThe next patch will put consoles at full parity with PC, something we've been trying to get settled for a while now. New songs and fixes for all versions of the game.MARCHAnother robust patch, featuring...features! More Arcade Mode Stages and QOL improvements!APRIL...and more features here! But also this is when we're releasing our beatmap editor. LATEROur first paid DLC goes up right after that. Some people can probably guess what it's going to |
| PLUSHIE QUAVER IS REAL AND IS LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW | 2025-12-24 | I don't have a lot of time, I'm technically on break now and Christmas is here and it's hunting me down so I'm going to have to jump intoDID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A QUAVER PLUSHIE?She's real and looks like this. This is the link. You only have two weeks left to get her, so please think about the choices you make in life.Look at her. Again, this is the link: https://youtooz.com/products/quaver-plush-9-inchplease click on the link. i'm telling you this because it's my job but Look at her.ok that's all. again: https://youtooz.com/products/quaver-plush-9-inch WE HAVE A COLLECTION AT THE YETEE! It's available here! https://theyetee.com/collections/un |
| PATCH 1.6.0 is LIVE! | 2025-12-23 | Hi! D-CELL is officially on holiday break until early January (we are tired,) but we've got one last tiny little present for you before end of year. So, first off on these patch notes:EPISODE SELECT IS LIVE. GENERAL IMPROVEMENTSThat! As part of the change to the save system we made to help facilitate this, we also added multiple save slots. You get three of them! That felt like the right number, to me. Also, importantly, episode select is universal, so you can start a new file from Episode 2 if you want. That's everyone's favorite episode, anywayReplaying episode one takes you back to the intro sequence, which a lot of people requested. You n |
| PATCH 1.5.7 IS LIVE! | 2025-12-13 | Hi! We (think) we fixed some more things already! GENERAL FIXESAn option for "Higher Compatibility Videos" has been added to the options menu. If things still break with FMVs in any regard, please flip this on. If this still doesn't work, talk to us gently and we will go back into the mines on your behalfPausing during the slowdown on the final hit of a song should no longer break everythingPausing after that hit should no longer require an input to move forwardEPISODE THREEYou should no longer be softlocked during the performance in the lighthouse if you try to restart over and over or quit at the end, thus saving you from even more embarras |
| PATCH 1.5.6 LIVE | 2025-12-12 | Thanks to everyone who played on launch day! I would say a lot more because I am overwhelmed with the response to this but I don't want to bury the lede on this, so I'll just get started:The first post-launch patch has arrived! It addresses the following: BUGS FIXED:GENERALMany small performance improvements and many general softlocks fixedVideo playback on Proton/Linux should be working now. If it doesn't, please yell at meEPISODE ONESometimes during the intro of the game you were unable to get into the main corridor to get on stage. You will no longer hold up the concert of a lifetime.EPISODE TWOBeat occasionally stared so hard at a lightbu |
| WAITING NO MORE | 2025-12-09 | IT'S HERE.UNBEATABLE IS OUT ON STEAM AND PLAYSTATION 5. I don't know what's about to happen. By the time I save this and make it go live, we're still living in the world where the game isn't out yet. I don't know what people think of it, or what reviews look like, or...anything. I've played the game infinity times, myself, but the thing about writing and directing a video game that's been in your head this long is you can't ever experience the game yourself the same way. I already have the feeling inside me that I want the game to give you. I can only hope it works. You, though, reading this, are in another world. The game is out now. You mig |
| Important Announcement regarding UNBEATABLE | 2025-11-05 | Hi! UNBEATABLE was supposed to come out tomorrow! That’s a scary sentence. Here’s a worse one: UNBEATABLE will now release on December 9. I hate that I have to say this. There’s no way to apologize for it that feels like enough. I’m personally sorry about this and I wish it was different.WHY WOULD YOU ONLY TELL ME NOW? Because the decision was only made a few hours ago. (No, really, I’m writing this right after the meeting where the decision was made). We are telling you this as soon as we possibly can. BUT WHY? THE GAME’S DONE, RIGHT? There’s a very boring and frustrating reason; QA hit a low-repro progression blocker last night that’s serio |
| 7 Days until UNBEATABLE | 2025-10-30 | We’re just one week away from the end of seven years.Seven years ago, UNBEATABLE was barely an idea a couple of people talked about on the internet together. That became a game thanks to the work of a 30-odd group of programmers, musicians, sound designers, game designers, animators, 3D artists, concept artists, and producers holding it all together, and it comes out in 7 days. We've got a lot to share today as we start to prepare for that moment, so let's get right to it.HOW MUCH DOES UNBEATABLE COST?okay so please be patient and don’t just scroll to the bottom to find out because there’s a lot more here than thatA GENTLE REMINDER FOR THOSE |
| UNBEATABLE releases on Nov 6 | 2025-08-19 | Hi! Watch this.As of seconds ago, that premiered on stage at Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom’s Opening Night Live Twenty Twenty Five. I know at least a full third of you are immediately going back and frame-by-framing through that, but before you leave, I will kindly ask you let me reiterate: UNBEATABLE releases on November 6th, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X (and S).* That’s only one year and eleven months after the release timing we put on our kickstarter four and a half years ago! That’s only, like, what, two and a half baby’s worth? (And let me tell you: this game is not half a baby.**)Let me tell you some things about this game. |
| Participate in UNBEATABLE: ARCADE FINALS II, a new competitive score contest! | 2025-06-12 | Are you ready to show what you've got? We're running UNBEATABLE: ARCADE FINALS II, the return of our competitive scoring event for this week only as a part of the Steam Next Fest - from now until Wednesday, June 18, 2025 11:59 PM ET, submit your scores of both WORN OUT TAPES and WORN OUT TAPES \ to see who's the best at our newly rotated in tracks! We recommend everyone to participate, as we'll award a cool swag Discord role for those participating (like we've done in the past!). You also can submit with a lower difficulty, although your score will receive a boost for playing on the highest UNBEATABLE difficulty! See below for the links to su |
| UNBEATABLE is live on Steam Next Fest! | 2025-06-09 | We’ve just pushed a new update featuring two rotating songs:The new version of "WORN OUT TAPES"The original "WORN OUT TAPES" (\)Here are the full patch notes as shown in our previous announcement during Day of the Devs:V1.6.3-DOTDSleeping In and Future People are replaced with WORN OUT TAPES and WORN OUT TAPES \\\ in UNBEATABLE \You are now sent back to the \ menu rather than the main menu upon quitting a song in UNBEATABLE \A fix was made to the skybox shader in the rhythm game scenes - the sky is no longer gray in them!You can now skip pre-rendered videos (which should allow people who are softlocked by this on certain devices to progress). |
| SOUNDTRACK PRE-ORDERS LIVE (and more!) | 2025-06-07 | You can pre-order the full soundtracks for UNBEATABLE beginning RIGHT NOW. Check our bandcamp where you’ll be able to pre-order both ALBUM (by UNBEATABLE), and UNBEATABLE \. The former contains all of the vocal songs (WAITING! FAMILIAR! The songs from the trailers!), while the latter will contain the full score; all BGM, cop fight, and minigame tracks. If you already backed a tier in our Kickstarter / Slacker Backer campaign with the game’s soundtrack included, you will receive both releases, in full, on Day 1 - no additional purchase needed.To coincide with this announcement, we’ve got three major announcements as well: LISTEN TO OUR PERFORM |