- Version 1.6 - 2 Years Update - 4 December 2025
Breaking Survivors is 2 years old already and it's time for a new update that brings a Boomerang Ball buff/rework as well as a couple minor QoL improvements and optimizations.ChangelogBoomerang Ball Buff/ReworkBoomerang Ball's player aiming has been improved by 20% on T2 and 33% on T3. This means the ball are less likely to miss the paddle.Boomerang & Homing Balls are no longer incompatible with each other.Boomerang Ball is now Orange instead of Green. This reflects the incompatibility removal & making Boomerang & Homing truly distinct.Other StuffAdded an Anti-Aliasing setting.Standardized the names of Balls T2/T3 upgrades.Adjusted a couple balls upgrade descriptions.Random Balls in German and 2nd Chance Balls in Spanish have had their names changed to be a bit shorter.Fixed 2nd Chance Balls' trails being slightly longer than other balls.A bunch of minor performance optimizations, mainl…
- Version 1.5 - Anniversary Update - 27 November 2024
Breaking Survivors is now 1 year old! Or well in 3 days to be precise, but I chose to roll the update early as the game was going on sale with the Autumn Sale today. Anyway, the 1-year anniversary is here and with it come a rework of the Freeze Line artifact, improvements to the leaderboards with support for switching it to Friends only, a setting to freely pick your starting artifact (through rerolls) and some other minor improvements as well as a couple bug fixes. Also, the game is going to be on sale at -40% for the next 14 days, first as part of the Autumn seasonal sale and then as part of the Bullet Heaven Fest 2.0. Changelog Rework - Freeze Line Artifact Freeze Line's freeze duration can't be upgraded anymore. Freeze Line's Tier 2 and Tier 3 now add extra freeze lines above the initial one. This is a big buff of the artifact overall, going from a 2.5/3.75/5s freeze used in a singl…
- Name Change & Explanations - 12 June 2024
As some might have noticed, the game was delisted from the store for the last couple weeks and is now back under the new name Breaking Survivors. So, what happened ? I won't go much in detail with the legal stuff but here are the rough events of the last few weeks : Game received a DMCA takedown for copyright infringement Steam unlisted the game from the store (standard procedure, they have to do it preventively) Discussions with my lawyer and the other party DMCA takedown got withdrawn with a trademark infringement replacing it I changed the name of the game to comply Steam relisted the game as everything was fine now Basically, the old name (Breakout Survivors) was causing issues as "Breakout" is trademarked and I had to remove that from the game's title. So, the game is now called Breaking Survivors and everything is fine now.
- Version 1.4 - 23 February 2024
This month's update brings quite a few things. Content-wise, there is a new artifact that adds more replayability and should deepen your build options. Another new feature are the Personal Leaderboards that come in addition to the existing online ones and can be used to look at your history of runs. Another big change is an overhaul of the controller support, especially with PS Controllers to ensure full compatibility. To celebrate this update, the game will be on a -20% sale for a full week (23rd February - 1st March). Changelog New Artifact - Early Barrage Launches a Barrage upon Wave Start. This artifact doesn't have any upgrades linked to it as it scales with ball related upgrades already. It is unlocked by clearing Quick Mode's first 12 waves perfectly. Unlocks aren't retroactive and players who had the achievement already will have to do it again to unlock the artifact sadly. It h…
- Hotfix : Version 1.3b - 23 January 2024
Fixed Chaotic Random Ball Tier 3 not applying T3 effects.
- Version 1.3 - 22 January 2024
A new update for Breakout Survivors is out and it brings a new artifact that will open lots of build options as it interacts with balls. The update also brings a couple balance changes and an improved Upgrade Choices UI. Changelog New Artifact - Tier 3 Balls Unlocks Tier 3 Upgrades for your Balls but you are limited to 4 Balls Types max instead of 5. The Artifact itself doesn't have any upgrades (as it unlocks upgrades for balls instead). It is unlocked by Beating Wave 20 in Quick Mode. Unlocks aren't retroactive and players who had the achievement already will have to do it again to unlock the artifact sadly. It has no incompatibilities. Gameplay & Balance Freeze Line's duration has been increased from 2/3/4s to 2.5s/3.75s/5s. Heart Drops will now trigger immediately upon picking the artifact. If you aren't full health already, that is. Fixed upgraded Phantom Ball spawning slightly in…
- Version 1.2 - 23 December 2023
The end of year celebrations are here but so is Breakout Survivors' first content update since its release ! This update mainly brings in the XP Duplication artifact which brings you more XP from bricks and could be used as either an alternative to the XP Magnet or in addition to it to maximize your XP and leveling. Other changes include an updated display order for the artifacts, some slight FX improvements and a number of bug fixes. Changelog New Artifact - XP Duplication XP Duplication Artifacts gives you a chance to have double xp dropping from bricks. Initial artifact upgrade gives a 20% chance for XP to be double. Tier 2 and Tier 3 increase this chance to 35% and 50% respectively. It is unlocked by Clearing perfectly the first 8 Waves in Quick Mode. Unlocks aren't retroactive and players who had the achievement will have to do it again to unlock the artifact sadly. It has no incom…
- Minor Update : Version 1.1e - 14 December 2023
Font size in longer tooltips have been increased by 10-20%. This should improve readiblity of smaller texts on Steam Deck & Laptops screens significantly. Number of slight UI changes in the Collection menu & Upgrades popup window so tooltips look better. Fixed the first Upgrade Option being slightly smaller than the others in the upgrades popup window. Fixed a number of overlapping texts in French, Spanish and German. Renamed Health to Shield artifact to "Leben zum Schild" (prev. "Umwandlung von Leben in Schild"). Fixed Boomerang Ball's description being incomplete. Fixed Danger Zone's description being incomplete. Shortened Health Drops' additional upgrades' title. Shortened Danger Zone's slow upgrades' title. Fixed Danger Zone's slow upgrades' description being only partially translated. Shortened Danger Zone's slow upgrades' title.
- Hotfix : Version 1.1d - 13 December 2023
Fixed a very rare bug that could block the main menu from showing up with some setups. Thanks to Azithea for his help in testing & identifying the source of this issue.
- Minor Update : Version 1.1c - 12 December 2023
Leaderboards now show up to 6 Artifacts. Fixed an issue where the wrong artifacts were registered to the leaderboards after picking certain artifacts (Freeze Line, Danger Zone and Health to Shield). This means a number of the current scores have the wrong artifacts showing up in the leaderboards. Fixed issues with Mouse control not working properly in case of very high framerates. Fixed the Mouse Cursor getting locked if you were to pause & resume the game during the upgrade pick.
- Minor Update : Version 1.1b - 10 December 2023
A very small update. 1.1b was initially meant to only have changes specific for the Itch.io version of the game that is releasing today, but I had time to add in a few minor improvements and fixes while at it, so here it is. Changelog Reworked the Brick Destroy VFX. Main change is that the explosion now follows the direction the ball/damage came from. Fixed the Reinforced Waves' Big Bricks' explosion VFX having an incorrect size. The Extra Ball tooltip has been slightly changed to be more explicit. Reduced a bit the 'hitbox' width of buttons' menu.
- Version 1.1 - 8 December 2023
It's been one week since the release and it's been great seeing the positive feedback from the community on the game since. Now, it's time for the game's first real update though it's a rather small one as I spent a bit of time after release working on hotfixes then took a few needed days of break. The main addition coming in this update is adding support for Mouse as a way to control the paddle meaning the game can now be played solely with the mouse if you want so (just like it can be played with keyboard only). Other improvements is adding a 'proper' support for Spanish - Latin America, as the game supports Spanish but wouldn't default to it for Latam users, fixing a few minor UI issues with the localization and improving the Steam Rich Presence. You can read the full changelog below : Changelog Mouse Input (experimental) Mouse can now be used to control your paddle. Just move your m…
- Hotfix v1.0d (Linux only) - 2 December 2023
Fixed Steam Integration on Linux. This caused a number of steam features not to work properly on Linux/Steam deck like Steam Leaderboards, Achievements, Cloud Saves or Rich Presence.
- Hotfix v1.0c - 1 December 2023
Fixed Chaotic Random Balls duplicating themselves on bounce under certain conditions. Fixed a bug where balls could go through the left or right walls in rare occasions. Fixed a potential crash with Splitting Balls in case of very low frame rates.
- Hotfix v1.0b - 1 December 2023
Fixed Bigger Hearts artifact, Backstab Ball & Chaotic Random Ball not unlocking properly on Quick Mode's Waves 8/12/16. If you did get the corresponding achievements already, you'll still have to redo a run where you beat those waves to properly unlock the artifacts and balls. Fixed Steam Cloud not being active. Fixed Steam API not being closed down properly.
- Breakout Survivors is out now ! - 30 November 2023
Breakout Survivors is finally out ! There is also a launch discount of 10% to celebrate the release. Check out the Launch Trailer :
- 1 Week to Release - Upcoming Content Sneak Peek #2 - 23 November 2023
It's only one week left until Breakout Survivors' release, so it's time for another sneak peek at the content from the full version of the game. Reworked Variants System & Collection Menu Overhaul The Variants system for Balls & Artifacts got fully reworked into a more flexible. Rather than having to select a variant before a run, all 'variants' are now available at once in runs (unless manually disabled). It's only once you pick a Ball or Artifact that any incompatible item gets removed from the pools of upgrades/artifacts. This makes for a more flexible system as certain balls/artifacts can be incompatible with any number of upgrades. Ie. the Health to Shield Artifact (see below) is not only incompatible with the Health Drops artifact but also the Heal late-game recurring upgrade. What used to be 'variants' within a same ball/artifact set are incompatible with each other. The Collecti…
- 2 Weeks to Release - Upcoming Content Sneak Peek #1 - 16 November 2023
With Breakout Survivors' release being in two weeks (30th November), it is time to showcase some of the content that wasn't in the demo and that will be available in the full game. Quick Mode Quick Mode is a whole new Game Mode with a different balance. It is faster paced and has shorter runs. It also has its own separate leaderboard and will feature a number of specific achievements. Backstab Ball Backstab Ball is a ball that teleports on top of bricks when hitting them. At first, it can go through one brick at once with its tier 2 ugprade allows it to go through two bricks at once. This ball has a very distinct clearing pattern as it can go near instantly to the top of the screen, by chaining backstabs and can bounce a lot in between bricks doing high amounts of damages. Possible Synergies : Homing Ball as they focus the closest bricks while Backstab mostly clears the back. Danger Zon…
- Bullet Heaven Fest + Demo Update - 5 November 2023
Breakout Survivors is part of the Bullet Heaven Fest going from 6 November to 20 November. Bullet Heaven Fest is an event celebrating the recent Bullet Heaven or Survivors-like genre with nearly 200 games taking part in it. Lots of these games will be on sale or have demos available during the next two weeks. Check the full event here. For the occasion, the game's demo is receiving an update. It mainly brings in a fully reworked collections menu, a slight rework of the Boomerang Ball and minor QoL & improvements. However, there's no major content addition in the update as new balls & artifacts are saved for the game's full release. See the full changelog below. Demo Update Changelog New Collections Menu Collections Menu has been reworked from the ground up ! When hovering the Collection Menu Button, the current balls & artifacts set-up is shown. A full list of the Balls/Artifacts & thei…
- Next Fest Conclusion & Demo Update (version a14) - 16 October 2023
Steam Next Fest is coming to an end and it was a blast seeing so many people test the game and enjoying it. As of writing this post, over 380 players have tested the demo since last sunday, doing nearly 1.9k runs and clearing 8.9k waves (73% of which were perfect clears). Out of all those runs, exactly 100 went past Wave 20. I was also quite surprised to see Wave 25 getting beaten with user PahiChannel being the first (and so far only one) to get past it with the current highest score in the leaderboards. I received lots of positive feedbacks as well as a number of issues and bug reports throughout the week which will help me improve the game. The demo will not only remain available after Next Fest but is also getting an update fixing some of the bugs that were spotted as well as bringing an improved Leaderboard menu which now includes Artifacts as well as a few minor QoL improvements.…
