- Playtest our new game now! - 8 June 2026
Pipes.exe is a first person horror game based on the worlds favorite screensavers. Climb your way through testing environments as a low level QA employee and survive a series of simulated assignments and brutal corporate life. Play solo or 1-4 players co-op. Thank you so much for your interest, and hope to see you in the Playtest!
- Entropy Survivors, the Shoulders of Giants Prequel, is Out Now! - 4 December 2024
The latest addition to the SOG universe is set before the events of the main game and features totally new gameplay with the seamless co-op and wacky flair you’re already used to. Grab it today (with a launch discount!) for the price of a couple energy drinks: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2602030/Entropy_Survivors/ Entropy Survivors is the co-op bullet heaven where you roll all the bad guys up into a big ball and explode them customize and enhance a massive arsenal of creative sci-fi weapons turn every world into giant game of pinball experience it all solo or with best-in-class online support for up to 4 players! Thank you so much for your support. We’d love to hear what you think! -Kyle
- Patch 1.9.6 is Released - 22 August 2024
- Drop-in camera now stops moving when you pause the game - Fixed bug where magnifying glass could hit robot in best friend mode - Fixed bug where the Spear air attack could get stuck inside enemies with solid collisions - Reworked the skill tree UI to be less prone to scaling issues/wiggles/jiggles - Fixed a case where players could lose a BFM match if the frog spawned too soon before the robot - The dummy/target health in the hub world scales with HEAT in the late game - Possible workaround for engine ability system crash - Balance update: Shield knights now deflect a more forgiving angle of melee attacks.
- Update 1.9.5 is Live - 16 August 2024
- Fixed a networking issue that could cause butterfly shot to not work for client players - Updated some English ability descriptions for clarity - Deployed turrets now consistently orient properly for client players - Best Friend Mode: sticky frog projectiles should no longer *ever* attach to your robot best friend (as opposed to merely *usually* not attaching) - You can now rebind the left and right arrow keys (fixed in 1.9.4) - Added more instrumentation to crash logs (btw please press "Send" if the game crashes on you!). All reported game crashes have been internal GPU crashes or deep in Unreal's engine code, making them much harder to track down. This extra info will help.
- Patch 1.9.3 is live - 13 August 2024
Another small set of fixes and improvements. Fixed a bug where input rebindings would not get saved (big goof on our part here--this worked in development builds but not in the real installed game🙃) Adjusted some sound effects for storm missions to be less distracting Fixed a bug where the plasma projectiles would sometimes teleport to the center of the map for multiplayer clients Butterfly crystals should now be visible on goo enemies Localization Updates Note for crossplay players: this update is still in the process of releasing everywhere else. Have a great day! -Kyle
- 1.9.2 HOTFIX - 12 August 2024
1.9.2 Hotfix is deployed This minor update addresses a few small issues: We've added a setting to adjust the Field of View change when sprinting. The text is still being localized but we know some folks needed this, so its in right now! Fixed an AI issue where the Bone Swarm boss would not chase you sometimes Fixed a very rare (afaik this hasn't hit anyone outside of our team) crash bug relating to the Darkness core Plasma projectiles no long live forever if you shoot them into the sky The cracks created by the Geyser ability disappear much sooner Increased button double-press protection for gamepad players in the level select menu Have fun! -Kyle
- Steam Deck Support - 12 August 2024
Hello my fellow Deck-heads, With the release of Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate, we want portable players to have a seamless experience equivalent to those on PC. We have regularly been testing the game on a Steam Deck OLED and believe we’ve got all the bases covered: Gameplay was designed from the start to be controller-friendly, and the menu system is navigable via the controller buttons, including text entry for lobby codes! Playing on Steam Deck will set well-performing graphical settings by default. You’ll see the correct controller icons. Text is easily visible in the UI. If you encounter any Steam Deck specific issues, please contact us here or via our Discord. Thank you and have fun!! -Kyle Small note to previewers: if you played a pre-release version of the game on Steam Deck you may have encountered an Unreal Engine 5.4 bug that causes the game to constantly prompt you to instal…
- What’s so “Ultimate” about Shoulders of Giants? - 11 August 2024
Time for a lore dump! Shoulders of Giants originally released as an exclusive game on multiple non-Steam platforms. We love those platforms because without the exclusivity opportunities this game literally would not exist. For the first half-year following release, we put out several major updates addressing the game’s weakest aspects and serving up an overflowing ice cream sundae of new content for our fans, including dozens of new abilities, completely overhauled mission objectives, leaderboards, hardcore mode, planet anomalies... After taking a break to focus on Entropy Survivors, we’ve finally returned to Shoulders of Giants with fresh eyes (and expired platform contracts) and molded it into the best game it can be – Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate. There has never been a better time to play Shoulders of Giants! The Ultimate release includes the following: An upgrade to Unreal Engine…
- We Have a Release Date! - 15 July 2024
We are excited to announce that Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate will be releasing on August 12th! We can't wait for you all to play! Please check out the newest trailer on our Steam page and get ready to dive in to the full game soon :)
- Our Next Fest Demo is LIVE - 10 June 2024
We are so excited to give you a final peak into the upcoming Ultimate release with a new, updated demo for Steam Next Fest! This update includes: Four new Ultimate-edition cores (classes) to play with, like the enemy-slowing Ice Core and the killer-kawaii Kitty Core. New, previously-unreleased planet modifiers to explore Overhauled the rules of crafting to make recycling weapons and cores less random and more useful Sweeping UI changes and a prettier planet select menu Language support for Simplified Chinese More accessibility options Tons of bugfixes and balance changes Have fun and let us know what you think!
- Devs Play Co-op! - 10 June 2024
Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike designed to put your teamwork to the test. The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos through the stars, corrupting living planets and urging on the heat death of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy team of space survivors are fighting to restore the balance. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Together they must cut through waves of enemies and restore light and life to the galaxy! BEST FRIEND MODE It’s dangerous to go alone! Play solo, or team up with a friend, each taking control of either the frog or the robot. ARMY OF FOUR Battle the forces of entropy in four-player online co-op. Is your teamwork strong enough to survive? GROW AS YOU GO Experience quick bursts of roguelike joy, as you explore, grow, and become gloriously…
- Shoulders of Giants Next Fest Stream! - 9 June 2024
Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike designed to put your teamwork to the test. The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos through the stars, corrupting living planets and urging on the heat death of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy team of space survivors are fighting to restore the balance. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Together they must cut through waves of enemies and restore light and life to the galaxy! BEST FRIEND MODE It’s dangerous to go alone! Play solo, or team up with a friend, each taking control of either the frog or the robot. ARMY OF FOUR Battle the forces of entropy in four-player online co-op. Is your teamwork strong enough to survive? GROW AS YOU GO Experience quick bursts of roguelike joy, as you explore, grow, and become gloriously…
- Risk of Rain style roguelike gets free prologue ahead of Steam launch - 2 June 2024
If you've been waiting for the arrival of delightful action roguelike Shoulders of Giants on Steam, you can take a look at it in its new, upgraded Unreal Engine 5 form courtesy of a new prologue playable as a free Steam game. First launched in 2023 via the Epic Games Store, the co-op game blends Risk of Rain-style action with a dash of Hades and a cast of Star Fox-style animal companions. It's preparing to arrive on the Valve store soon, and you can play through the first act in a standalone form right now. Read the rest of the story...
- The Shoulders of Giants Prologue is now available! - 29 May 2024
Hi friends, The new Prologue for Shoulders of Giants has just gone public! We're so excited to share it with you--there's never been a better time to try out Shoulders of Giants! What's the difference between the Prologue and the current Demo? The Prologue is a standalone experience similar to the first act of the full game, but has been tuned to be enjoyed on its own. The Prologue is your first look at SOG upgraded to Unreal 5, giving us sharper graphics and improved CPU performance. Faster paced gameplay The Prologue features new level elements, UI art, world geometry, and other secrets not present in the existing Demo or base game. The Prologue has different weapons, bosses, and abilities than the Demo. Have fun! Check out the Prologue Here -Moving Pieces
- Endless Replayability Fest! - 13 May 2024
Hello gamers! We are excited to announce that Shoulders of Giants will be participating in the Steam Endless Replayability Fest! You can dive into our demo right now, solo or co-op! We will be making more announcements soon :)
- Demo available now! - 26 February 2024
We are super excited to share that the Shoulders of Giants demo is now available on Steam! You can download and check it out right now. The demo includes quite a bit of gameplay and content so we hope you enjoy it! And of course we'd love to hear your thoughts and any feedback you have. Feel free to hop in our discord or share the feedback right here :)
- Our New Games Demo is out now! - 26 January 2024
We are excited to announce our newest game: Entropy Survivors! It's a top down Bullet Hell set in the Shoulders of Giants Universe. We think of it as a companion standalone game to Shoulders of Giants. We'd love for you to give it a try! Entropy Survivors Demo Page We will be back soon with Shoulders of Giants news (including a demo).
- Upgrading to UE5 Progress - 1 January 2024
Hello all! We are very excited to release Shoulders of Giants on Steam this year, and have been hard at work upgrading our engine to UE5! We just wanted to let everyone know that this is happening, and post a small screenshot showcasing some of the environment art. One of the coolest graphics features we love in UE5 is TSR (Temporal Super Resolution). It makes the image much sharper and clearer, preserving more of our hand crafted detail :) We'll be back with more updates soon and thanks so much for supporting us it means a lot!
- Development Report #2 - 13 October 2023
Summary As we gear up to our steam release early next year, we have been busy adding more and more content into the game, check out the features of Entropy update below. Update 1.3 New Bosses and Enemy Variants In this update we added 3 new bosses and 6 new enemy variants. New Cores In Shoulders of Giants cores are armor sets with powerful passive or active abilities. In this update we've added 4 more, bringing the current total up to 17. To call out a few in this update we've added a Paladin core which heals allies and deals light damage to foes. There is also the Shogun core which when attacked summons a magical sword that parries attacks. New Abilities We've added 12 new fresh abilities. To call out a few there is the rewind ability which as you guessed it, lets you rewind, restoring any health lost and warping you to a previous position in the past. Additionally there is the RC Bomb…
- Save & Sound - A celebration of music in games is going live September 11 - 14! - 28 August 2023
Get ready! Join us September 11 - 14 right here on Steam for one of the largest digital expos about audio and music in games. Save & Sound features concerts, deep-dives, and mashups from 70+ developers from around the world! Starting at 10am PDT / 7pm CEST, a 3-day live show from September 11 - 13 will showcase original content made just for Save & Sound. Simultaneously control a sword-wielding mech and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy! We prepared a special video just for the festival, join the stream on September 13th at noon when we show a deep dive into our soundtrack by Tomas Dvorak aka Floex Don’t miss out on updates! Set a reminder to be notified when Save & Sound will go…
