Project Winter — 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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| Other Ocean Announces "4 Penny Coffins", New Horror Social Investigation Game! | 2026-03-25 | Other Ocean is proud to announce our newest game, 4 Penny Coffins. In 4 Penny Coffins, up to 8 players hunt a hidden murderer through lies, shifting alibis, and hard evidence in our online multiplayer mode. This social investigation game also includes a solo mode for those brave enough to face the fog alone.About 4 Penny CoffinsA Killer Among You The streets are dangerous. Fear spreads with every body found. In 4 Penny Coffins, one player takes on the role of the Ripper - a demonic murderer with the urge to kill - while others work to uncover the truth before the next murder.Social Deception Meets InvestigationA new take on the typical social |
| Other Ocean Announces Scrap Daddies | 2025-12-05 | A New Adventure Begins - Introducing Scrap Daddies! Hey there Survivors! We’re incredibly excited to share some big news from the team here at Other Ocean, the studio behind Project Winter! We have officially announced our newest title: Scrap Daddies, a chaotic deep-sea looter-shooter set in a flooded future where brave Scrappers explore abandoned underwater bases in search of Power Cells, treasure, and glory.Scrap Daddies is something completely new for us - fast-paced, co-op focused, and packed with the kind of wild, over-the-top energy we love to build into our games. While it’s a very different experience from Project Winter, it carries f |
| Nominate Project Winter for Labor of Love Award! | 2025-11-24 | This year has been one of the biggest in Project Winter’s history. From major improvements and quality-of-life changes to new cosmetics, events, and systemic upgrades, 2025 has been packed with updates driven by your feedback and support. The highlight, of course, was the launch of Cabin Fever (Project Winter 2.0) in September - a huge step forward for the game that introduced a new game mode for a more streamlined experience!Whether you’ve been with us since the early days or you joined us for the first time this year, we’ve felt the excitement from the community. Seeing returning players jump back in, new players discovering the chaos for t |
| Housekeeping Update | 2025-11-04 | Hey Survivors! A Housekeeping Update is now live! NEW FEATURES No new features were introduced in this update. BALANCING / IMPROVEMENTS No balancing changes were made in this update. BUG FIXES We fixed an issue where the link to Support directed players to a dead page. Players will now be directed to our contact page. Players reported an issue where if they did not select the “Rematch” option on the After Match Summary screen before the timer runs out, they’d be stuck on that screen. We fixed that for you! We realized that Traitor Credits were no longer working in Custom games, so we went ahead and fixed that, too! We also fixed a tricky bug |
| Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is Live! | 2025-09-18 | You have patiently been waiting, and now, Other Ocean is proud to announce...Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is live! Cabin Fever delivers the same chaotic multiplayer mayhem players can find in the existing Project Winter Classic game mode - now with new features and with a more streamlined and intense experience. It’s an incredible opportunity to try Cabin Fever for the first time, or to pop back in and experience the best version of Project Winter yet! |
| Into the Bunker Update | 2025-09-10 | NEW FEATURES Traitor Abilities: We added the ability for the crafting table and chest in the Cabin to be poisoned. New Item: Disintegrator! Traitors can now craft a new item called the Disintegrator with traitor credits and either use it on the objective or attach it to another player. When a player uses a disintegrator on the objective or a player who has a disintegrator attached to them interacts with the objective, a random amount (within a small range) of resources in the objective are destroyed. BALANCING / IMPROVEMENTS We adjusted the Traitor Crate loot tables and increased the cost of opening bunkers. To address some player concerns re |
| Relax Or Die Update | 2025-08-12 | Hey Survivors!The Relax Or Die Update is now live!NEW FEATURESNEW MAP! We have a new map called “Beaver Dam” which features beavers who will slap their tails and dive in the water when you get too close! This map will be playable in both Normal Mode and Customs! BALANCING / IMPROVEMENTSA lobby will now be highlighted in the lobby list if there is a player in that lobby that you have blocked or been blocked by. The Recently Met list will now include all players you’ve come in contact with while in a lobby, even if you didn’t play a game with that player. We made changes to the throwing mechanic so that throwing items feel more intuitive and pl |
| The Battle Of The Bands Update | 2025-07-17 | Hey, Survivors!The Battle Of The Bands Update is now live!NEW FEATURES GONDOLA IS BACK! We re-added the Gondola map into the regular rotation on Normal game mode. HOST MAP SELECTION! Lobby hosts can now select which map they would like to play. ROLE SCREEN While loading into a lobby, you will now see text that tells you your role prior to spawning in the cabin. BUG FIXES Fixed an issue where Fox and Wolf skin capes were slipping on larger model players Fixed a few issues with navigating on various supported controllers. Fixed some translation issues that were present in Greek. COSMETICS & PROGRESSION TREES This patch includes changes to suppo |
| Magic Season Update! | 2025-05-26 | Hello there, Survivors! The Magic Season Update is now live! NEW FEATURES New Map: Sakura This update includes a new map called “Sakura”. Sakura is a standard map featuring Sakura grasslands. It is playable in both Normal and Custom game modes. BALANCING / IMPROVEMENTS Removed Ally role from normal game modes; this is now only playable in Customs. Removed Wild Spirit from normal game modes; this can now only be enabled in Customs. We added a weight system to our map rotations, so you’re temporarily more likely to see the new map, Sakura, over older maps. COSMETICS This patch includes changes to support new cosmetics, releasing on June 1. |
| 2025 Roadmap Update | 2025-03-13 | Hey there, Project Winter Community! Sam here, Sr. Producer for Project Winter 👋 As most of you know, we released a community survey back in January. We received over 1000 responses in both English and Chinese. From the bottom of my heart, I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time to answer our questions and provide us with your thoughts. We have taken the last ~2 months to aggregate, translate, and sort through all the responses, and have made some decisions regarding the future of Project Winter, specifically our plans for 2025. We would like to make sure that all new and existing players know - and truly feel - that we, as Developers |
| Community Feedback Survey (Translated) | 2025-01-15 | Below is the translated version of the previous survey post and a link to the survey in Chinese. 这几个月来，我们看到了大家对《Project Winter》的建议和意见，我们愿意给大家发出更大的声音。我们想要求我们的玩家社区 - 包括那些仍在积极玩游戏的人和那些可能已经停止或从未玩过游戏的人 - 完成社区调查。 该调查是匿名的，包含有关游戏玩法、更新和社区参与的问题。我们认识到调查中存在很多问题，但是，我们希望真正为您提供一个详细、安全的空间，以便能够与我们分享您的想法，因为您的反馈将帮助我们制定《Project Winter》的实施方式 继续前进。 我们感谢您花时间完成这项调查，也感谢您帮助我们进行这项研究！ 社区调查可以在这里找到: https://wj.qq.com/s2/17649636/2756/ |
| Community Feedback Survey | 2025-01-10 | Hey Survivors! Over the past few months, we’ve been listening to your suggestions and feedback, and now we want to give you an even louder voice. We’re inviting everyone—current players, past players, and even those who’ve never tried the game—to take part in our community survey. This anonymous survey (via Google Forms) asks about gameplay, updates, and community engagement. It’s a bit long, but we want to provide a space for you to share your honest thoughts. Your feedback is crucial in shaping the future of Project Winter. Thank you for taking the time to help us with this research! 🧡 Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/kwvUQPXCr1DYme |
| Ritual Night and Project Winter Announce Bundle | 2024-11-04 | Step into worlds where friends may be foes and secrets are everywhere. In these social deduction games, trust no one and question everything. Uncover hidden motives, form alliances, and be ready for betrayal at any turn. Will you outsmart your rivals or be the one deceived? Nothing is as it seems. Ritual Night Summon Cthulhu in this social deduction game with no early eliminations! 4-8 Players: monsters work together to complete the ritual, while stealthy humans secretly sabotage and cause chaos. Project Winter The perfect game to back-stab your friends. Project Winter is an 8-person multiplayer game focusing on social deception and survival. |
| Wilderness Wardrobe Update | 2024-09-03 | The Wilderness Wardrobe Update Is Now Live! We’re excited to announce that our latest update is now live! This release focuses on refining your gameplay experience with a range of quality-of-life changes, bug fixes, and some key balancing adjustments. Welcome New Players! A warm welcome to all our new players who’ve recently joined the community! We’re thrilled to have you on board. Demo mode is now back online, so if you’re looking to explore the game with friends, it’s a great (and free) way to get a feel for everything we have to offer. Balancing & Improvements Abandoned Ranger The Abandoned Ranger objective has now been added to Normal ga |
| Beware Lamps Update! | 2024-07-09 | Hey Survivors! They Beware Lamps update is now live! This update focuses primarily on quality-of-life changes, balancing and bug fixes as we continue work on reworking custom games. Balance Changes Abandoned Ranger Based on feedback from the community, we reviewed and rebalanced the animal waves for the Abandoned Ranger objective. There is now updated logic for how many and what type of animal will spawn based on the state (sabotaged vs not sabotaged) and how many survivors are still alive. Some notable bug fixes Fixed an issue where animal waves would not begin after a signal tower was sabotaged. Now, animal waves will spawn for one minute i |
| Time For Cake Update | 2024-05-17 | Hey Survivors! The Time For Cake update is now live! This update focuses on some quality of life, balancing improvements and bug fixes. New Features: Lobby Codes To streamline matchmaking, we have added a lobby code function, which will replace lobby passwords. Now, when a player wants to join a lobby, they will need to ask for the lobby code (visible to the lobby host) and enter that code to join the lobby. Store Improvements We added a feature where the cosmetic name will appear below the player mannequin / preview in the Store page. New Hair Colors We added new default hair colors: light ash blonde, ash blonde, light red, brown, java brown |
| The Egg Hunt Update | 2024-04-02 | The Egg Hunt Update is now live! This update focuses on an overhaul of our Artifact store, as well as significant changes to the Ally and Wild Spirit features from the previous update. Additionally, we’ve added a new objective available in custom games called “Abandoned Ranger”. Artifact Store: The store page of the main menu has received a face lift! Additional support for new cosmetic categories, allowing us to do “Daily”, “Weekly” or other faster rotations of store items. Improved the visibility of cosmetic items on display in the store by increasing their image size. Added the ability to sell cosmetics for Survivor Points Cosmetic Name wi |
| Free Pass Maintenance Concluded | 2024-03-14 | Hey Survivors! The maintenance for Project Winter's Free Pass has concluded. Users may now resume use of the Free Pass version of Project Winter. Thank you for your patience. |
| Free Pass Maintenance | 2024-03-11 | Hey survivors! We're temporarily disabling the Free Pass version of Project Winter while it undergoes some maintenance. We're sorry for the inconvenience, |
| Cupid's Chaos Update | 2024-02-12 | The Cupid's Chaos Update is now live! This is the second update for those who were betrayed or found our winter world too tough. Here's what's coming to make things better in the afterlife: Wild Spirit - As a ghost, players can take revenge on their killer by transforming into the wild spirit of a bear! Wild Spirit ghost ability lasts for a short time. Wild Spirit has less health and damage than a normal bear. Wild Spirit costs 75 Ghost Power But wait, more notable changes include: Added a new role called “Ally” that grants health regen to that player if their ally is nearby At the start of a match, the Ally receives the name of another playe |