Darkwood — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Save 80% on Darkwood | 2026-04-12 | Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse April Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse April Sale |
| Save 80% on Darkwood | 2026-03-20 | Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse Spring Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse Spring Sale |
| New game from the co-creator of Darkwood - HOARDER | 2026-03-19 | Hey! Acid Wizard Studio is on hiatus, but for the past year, one of it's members has been working with a new team on a brand new game called HOARDER. It's a weird, genre-blending adventure that is sure to appeal to Darkwood fans. Check it out! |
| Save 80% on Darkwood | 2026-02-28 | Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale |
| Save 80% on Darkwood | 2026-01-09 | Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale |
| It is happening again | 2025-12-23 | After years of waiting, it’s official - Darkwood 2 is coming.Crafting the world of Darkwood was a very challenging and long journey for us. After Darkwood, the studio grew. We tried making new games, but ultimately decided that we can’t go on working together. We decided to go on a hiatus, maintaining Darkwood, but not actively developing anything new.In the meantime, Darkwood has garnered a loyal fanbase. Years after release, there aren’t any games quite like Darkwood. With many of you anxious for a sequel, we’ve decided to do the unthinkable - hand over our baby to another studio. After a long time of searching, we think we’ve found the per |
| Update 1.4 | 2023-12-28 | It took us WAY longer than we anticipated, but the 1.4 update is finally here. It consists of a huge number of bug fixes, plus many QoL improvements. This update is compatible with your existing save games, but if you want the best experience, we advise to start a new game (some bugs will still persist on save games from 1.3). Some macOS players have been experiencing save file issues after the update.Here's a step by step guide on how to fix them. Changes and improvements - Updated Unity version from 5.5.3 to 2021.3.30. This means less software and hardware conflicts, better performance and less crashes. - Fixed the vast majority of known bu |
| Ask us anything on Reddit! | 2023-06-29 | We are live with a Ask Us Anything session or Reddit! Over the next 24 hours (or more, if need be), the whole dev will be answering your questions. LET'S GO! |
| The story of Acid Wizard Studio from the past few years | 2023-06-28 | We've kept you in the dark these past few years about what we've been working on. So, we compiled a long post about the major events at Acid Wizard Studio. Go check it out and if you have any questions, visit our AMA session on Reddit tomorrow (29/06/2023) at 12:00 CEST. |
| New game from the creators of Darkwood - Soccer Kids! | 2023-06-27 | Surprise! We've just released a free early version of our next game - Soccer Kids! Play it now for free and let us know what you think. We're looking for your feedback! This game is way different from what we've done before and I'm sure you will have many questions. We'll be doing a Ask Us Anything session on Reddit later this week to answer them so stay tuned! |
| New update coming soon, biggest discount ever! | 2021-10-31 | During the Halloween sale, Darkwood is -70% off for the first time! Furthermore, we're finishing work on the 1.4 update. If you want to get a sneak peak of it or help test it out (as it contains many under the hood changes), you can do so really easily switching to the publictesting branch on the Steam client. Here's how to do it!. There is no known release date for the update yet. |
| Darkwood 1.3 - new languages! | 2019-08-07 | 嗨! Ciao! Szia! Merhaba! This update brings four new languages to Darkwood: Simplified Chinese, Italian, Turkish and Hungarian. There are also improvements to the German localization. Fixes - Fixed Musician not appearing in Chapter 2. Sorry about that! This fix will not be available if you've already started Chapter 2. - Fixed "white screen" issue for Portuguese players. - Fixed rare save game corruption in regards to interacting with the crazy Doctor in Chapter 2. - Fixed incorrect outcome for Musician in the Epilogue when he was killed by the player. - Fixed max stackable items exploit from traders. - Fixed Dog and Mutated Dog being unlootab |
| Darkwood is available on consoles! | 2019-05-14 | Darkwood releases on all consoles this week! Check out our launch trailer produced in-house by the same people that made Darkwood look and sound as you love it! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5940033/7e306e19986000b4b50c1a3eff9d6621da178034.jpg In other news, we have been working on a update for the Steam version that you might expect in the nearest future. xoxo, The Acid Wizard |
| Happy birthday Darkwood! | 2018-08-19 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5940033/fe4af7982cf20676209e0a4927a0cf305c0a2dab.jpg Exactly one year ago Darkwood was released! This feeling melts our acid hearts! To celebrate, you can grab Darkwood for -40% off right now! We hope to have some cool announcements to share with you this year so stay with us! The Acid Wizards |
| Darkwood 1.2 - localization update, -30% off! | 2018-01-22 | ¡Hola! Hallo! Olá! This update brings three new languages to Darkwood: Spanish, German and Brazilian Portugese. Fixes - Fixed issue with the gamma slider. - Fixed many typos. This update was made possible thanks to the hard work of the awesome localization teams: Spanish translation Miguel Ávila Spanish proofreaders Miguel Ávila Joaquín Soro Castelló Adrián Martínez Esteve Spanish testers Miguel Ávila Daniel "Juez" Lastra Mefiston German translation Dominik Raab Brazilian Portugese translation Diego Tatsuo de Oliveira Onishi Franklin Magno Bruno de A. L. Magalhães Lui Laskowski Yuri Nikolai Fonts & sprites Ivan Babich More languages are comin |
| Darkwood 1.2 - localization update, -30% off! | 2018-01-22 | ¡Hola! Hallo! Olá! This update brings three new languages to Darkwood: Spanish, German and Brazilian Portugese. Fixes - Fixed issue with the gamma slider. - Fixed many typos. This update was made possible thanks to the hard work of the awesome localization teams: Spanish translation Miguel Ávila Spanish proofreaders Miguel Ávila Joaquín Soro Castelló Adrián Martínez Esteve Spanish testers Miguel Ávila Daniel "Juez" Lastra Mefiston German translation Dominik Raab Brazilian Portugese translation Diego Tatsuo de Oliveira Onishi Franklin Magno Bruno de A. L. Magalhães Lui Laskowski Yuri Nikolai Fonts & sprites Ivan Babich More languages are comin |
| Darkwood reaction video | 2017-10-30 | Many people can't believe a 2d/top down game can be truly scary. This gave us the idea for this video. Enjoy! Warning: this video contains strong language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uED0pOPrr1U |
| Darkwood reaction video | 2017-10-30 | Many people can't believe a 2d/top down game can be truly scary. This gave us the idea for this video. Enjoy! Warning: this video contains strong language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uED0pOPrr1U |
| Darkwood 1.1 hotfix 5 | 2017-09-26 | Hi! This hotfix focuses on gamepad / keyboard issues some of you have been experiencing. Fixes - Rewritten the input remapping menu, hopefully fixing all bugs associated with it, like not being able to remap some inputs or the remap not being saved properly for gamepads. - Fixed issues when using multiple gamepads connected at simultaneously. - Fixed issues with recognizing gamepads for some users. - Fixed issues with some keyboard inputs not being useable for some users. - Fixed incorrect icons in some menus when in gamepad mode. - Fixed rare case of a bad fadeout when exiting the cooking menu. - Fixed messages floating in mid air when dropp |
| Darkwood 1.1 hotfix 5 | 2017-09-26 | Hi! This hotfix focuses on gamepad / keyboard issues some of you have been experiencing. Fixes - Rewritten the input remapping menu, hopefully fixing all bugs associated with it, like not being able to remap some inputs or the remap not being saved properly for gamepads. - Fixed issues when using multiple gamepads connected at simultaneously. - Fixed issues with recognizing gamepads for some users. - Fixed issues with some keyboard inputs not being useable for some users. - Fixed incorrect icons in some menus when in gamepad mode. - Fixed rare case of a bad fadeout when exiting the cooking menu. - Fixed messages floating in mid air when dropp |