- Multiplayer 🔥OUT NOW🔥 - 20 August 2026
Time to dive in with your friends, fishes!They say going through hell together makes wonderful bonds. Grab your friends and come play 🐟🐠🐟🌊 Multiplayer is OUT NOW!It was already so much fun playing with the team, I can't wait to see your reactions!📑 Let's go over the keypoints:Multiplayer supports up to 5 players.Proximity voice chat is included.Players have collisions, so yes... you can jump on your friends.Create private lobbies or join random public ones.Choose your name and paddle skin before joining.Most objects are linked to the network, so beware of falling platforms! Some things stay local though, like physical props and achievements. So no, you can't get someone to help you cheat achievements. I'm looking at you, "Stairway to Heaven". 👀🔥 Show your skills in every game mode!That's right, multiplayer is available in all game modes, not just Normal Mode.So bring your friends…
- ⏱️ Multiplayer is near - 17 July 2026
Hi fishes 🐚Multiplayer is coming soon. You know that by now, right?🆕 Let's take a tour of the updateHere are some of the highlights:Multiplayer supports up to 5 players.Proximity voice chat is included.Players have collisions, so yes... you can jump on your friends.Create private lobbies or join public ones.Your name and your paddle skin will be visible to everyone online.🔥 You'll finally be able to show off your paddlesI'm gonna quack so loud, the other lobbies will hear me.⚠️ And be careful... your friends might become, or rather break, obstaclesIt isn't a problem if you're in first place though...We're still working hard on this to make sure everything feels great before release!Is there anything you'd like to know about the update? Or anything you'd like to see? Come tell us! 🙂 Sea you next week for another update 🤙
- Summer Showcase Recap - 10 July 2026
☀️ Summer is here, and so is Summer Game FestWe all love video game news, right?Salmon Man was featured in both the VR Game Showcase and the UploadVR Showcase this June. It's incredible to see our little fish swimming alongside so many great games.🕵️♂️ Detective VR joined the party too!Detective VR also got a brand new PSVR2 trailer in the UploadVR Showcase! In case you forgot, it's also coming to Steam at the same time so stay tuned 😉
- Multiplayer is coming! - 1 July 2026
What's up fishes? 🐟I won't make you wait longer, have a look at this: The "s" in fishes never meant more than today.🔥 This news is hotter than outside your roomThat's right, we're making it real. Multiplayer is coming this summer!You will be able to play all current game modes bringing along up to 4 of your friends. Or random people, for all we care. Just come play the game.It'll be time to show the world your favorite paddle. Mine is the quack one if you asked...Stay tuned because more details will be revealed over the next few weeks. Sea you soon 🌊
- ⛰️ Mountain Update - 24 April 2026
Hey fishes 🐠Remember April Fools? What if I was serious?⛰️ Salmon Man decided to get up the mountain!Try to reach even greater heights! I promise you… this one is a real challenge.That’s right. We’ve added a brand new level to the game.This level raises the difficulty and pushes your mastery further. To access it, you’ll first need to complete the Waterfalls level, as it prepares you for what’s ahead.Let’s see how far you can go using the default paddle… and without saves. And of course, a new level means new achievements and a new paddle to unlock.📷 Content creators, we’ve got you! We’re currently working on integrating LIV to help you record gameplay more easily.In the meantime, we’ve added a Smooth Camera option in the settings.Available on PC onlyUses a second camera for a cleaner viewing angleStill a work in progress, but already usableDon't hesitate to come tell us on Discord if…
- Happy April Fools' Day! - 1 April 2026
Happy April Fish Day 🐟Did you know that in some languages like French or Italian, April Fools is called April Fish? So today's kind of a special day for Salmon Man isn't it?🖼️ A new ArtworkWe’ve been experimenting a bit and made a new artwork to try and see if it better reflects the game. Let us know what you think about it!⛰️ A whole new level !?Now, hear me out.What better way to celebrate Fish Day than… making a brand new level? Imagine, what if we would be working on a new level, like, half the size of the entire game?And obviously, it would need:A whole lot of hammersA giant slide to go all the way back to the beginningA near impossible obstacle that maybe one of the dev can't handleA mechanic we didn’t fully test but it’s probably fineEven more ways to fall and regret your life choicesSounds totally reasonable.Anyway, we hope you enjoyed this completely real and not made up anno…
- New Game Fix - Hotfix 1.3.2 - 25 March 2026
Fixed the bug where trying to play a new game with the default paddle type on version 1.3.1 would sometime do nothing.
- Leaderboards Update - Hotfix 1.3.1 - 19 March 2026
Hey guys,We’ve made a few fixes following the latest update:Fixed an issue where updating from 1.0 to 1.3 caused the Continue button to load a black screen, kinda ignoring the 1.1 fix. Saves are now working correctly again.Fixed leaderboards not being accessible when you had no score yet.Fixed achievement descriptions causing incorrect line breaks.Fixed the acid pipe having an incorrect object behind it before entering.Fixed a missing collider right after this same pipe.Improved the paddles UI to better explain how to unlock them.Thank you for the feedbacks, it helped us locate some of those issues pretty quickly 🙌
- Leaderboards Update - 13 March 2026
Hello from the ocean side 👋At least you can say that you've tried... climbing our leaderboards!🏅 New Leaderboards made their way in!I'll let you guess who took the picture 👀We decided to split the leaderboards into four categories.We felt it wasn't very fair how some paddles could be used differently than others, so we thought it would be more fun to let you compete in your favorite category… or try to dominate them all 😎So the leaderboards are now divided into:Normal ModeLava ModeDouble PaddleDouble-Sided PaddleThe goal is to make things a bit fairer while also adding some extra replayability. We hope this change motivates you to climb the ranks 💪🏆 Seasonal RankingsLooks new? Maybe you should try finishing the game...Was splitting the leaderboards not enough? We’ve got you. We’re now introducing seasonal rankings!The top players of each season will have their names permanently di…
- 🌋 Lava Update - 27 February 2026
Hello fishes 🐟It feels like it’s been a while… but here we are!🌋 The Fish Mountain has become unstable!Looks like barbecue season to me.Wait… how are there even fish out there?Finishing the game once now unlocks Lava Mode. Be careful. One small mistake and you’re done for.❔ Looking mysterious...You may remember we previously added a secret achievement. Well… the first players have already figured it out. Congratulations 🎉For the others, here’s a small hint: it’s kind of similar to the duck quest 🦆And now we’ve added a new one. This one is about reaching some… higher places.Good luck with that!We’re also porting our previous game, DetectiveVR, to Steam, and it’s currently part of Steam Next Fest. The demo is live, so if you feel like it, go give it a try!So yes, it’s been a while. But we’ve been busy.We’re really curious to see how you handle Lava Mode. And as always, if you have fee…
- Save update Fix - 10 February 2026
Hey folks,After a few days of intense, angry staring at the save system, we finally tracked down and squashed the bug that was causing the saving issues!The problem was that the Waterfalls level load was ignored, which made players fall under the map. This completely broke the save system and could corrupt your progress in that level.We’re really sorry this happened. The good news is that the save system is now fully functional again 🛠️Alongside the bug fixes, we also made big progress on the optimization side. You might already notice some visual changes. For example, we replaced all Unity terrain shaders with custom-made ones and updated the visuals. We hope you like the result 🌿Now that the save system is back on track, we’ll be focusing on the lava mode. Get ready. It’s going to be one hell of a challenge 🌋Thanks for reading, and see you soon 🌊
- Language Update - 3 February 2026
Hello, fish 🐟I hope you're doing fine, because we're doing fine!🏳️ This update brings 8 new languagues to the game!You can select your preferred language in the Options, on the left panel.It’s not perfect yet, but it should already help most of you navigate the menus more comfortably 🙂All menus should now be translated. If you notice any mistakes or missing words, please let us know. We’ll fix them as soon as possible!⚙️ We're still optimizing everything!You might have noticed a few changes in the last updates. We’re currently working hard on optimization to avoid any lag spikes during gameplay.It’s not over yet, but things should keep getting smoother with the next updates 💪Of course, we also fixed a few minor bugs along the way.And yes… we’re actively working on the long-awaited lava mode 🌋So stay tuned, you’ll hear more about it very soon!
- Launch Update Fixes - 28 January 2026
Hey guys!It's only been a few days since the launch but we heard you.🌟 Seeing you all play the game is amazing, thank you!⚙️ Our very first update is live. And yes, smooth turn is in.A lot of you asked for smooth turn, so… here it is. You can now enable it directly in the options.We also went through all your feedback and decided to make the big wall in the Waterfalls level a bit easier. It looks like it was introduced a little too early difficulty-wise, and many of you got stuck there. Our apologies 🙏Besides that, we fixed a few bugs. Here’s the full patch note 👇ChangesAdded a smooth turn optionChanged the big wall in the Waterfalls level to make it easierFixed recentering / removing your headset moving you away from where you're supposed to be.Added a few physics objects in the waterfalls 🥪Fixed Steam username not being fetched. It now updates correctly when launching the game.Fix…
- Salmon Man is OUT! - 22 January 2026
Salmon Man is OUT! 🐟Never before have I seen such a beautiful trailer 🥹Did you ever wish to play as a salmon and fight your way up a river? THEN COME PLAY SALMON MAN.Did you ever dream of vigorously jumping around inside a barrel? THEN COME PLAY SALMON MAN.Did you ever… No, I’ll stop the joke here but… COME PLAY SALMON MAN.We’re incredibly proud to finally release the game, and we truly hope you’ll enjoy playing it. We already have tons of ideas to improve it, and we can’t wait to see your scores climb the leaderboards.If you’re enjoying Salmon Man, leaving a Steam review really helps us a lot and means the world to a small team like ours. Thank you ❤️Thank you for playing. Enjoy ✨
- Weekly Update #9 - One week left! - 16 January 2026
Hey Salmons!Only a few days left, and we're working hard to bring you the best game possible!🏆 Remember this achievement from the demo?What if it now unlocked something, it would be cool... right? 👀One of the things we’re adding to the game is achievements!Not only are they linked to Steam achievements, but they’re also accessible directly from the Main Menu, and some of them will even grant you rewards for your hard work ✨🧹 And here’s another thing we’re testing: special paddles!Wow, who could have expected this after reading the earlier text?That’s right, beyond simple skins, some paddles will actually change the gameplay. New ways to play, new strategies, new fun ✨And of course… we’re hiding a few more experiments we’re currently testing. You’ll have to play the game to uncover all its secrets 👀Got an amazing paddle idea? Come tell us on our Discord, we’d love to hear it!We’re al…
- Weekly Update #8 - Only 2 weeks away! - 9 January 2026
Hey Fam 👋 Guess who's back?⌛ We’re nearing the end!We’ve officially started all the validation steps needed to release the game on both Steam and Meta!With D-Day only two weeks away, we’re working harder than ever, and we made a short video to show you what that looks like:Yes, those are the same images you can see on our updated Steam page. Did I just want to mention that we updated it? …Maybe🤫 Want more than the video?A short clip definitely isn’t enough to show everything we’ve changed, so here’s a quick rundown of what’s new since last time:Level design overhaul We listened closely to our testers and adjusted the difficulty to feel good for both new players and speedrunners.Level art overhaul We’re making the game even more beautiful and fun to explore. For example, that plain, boring cave? It’s now a cool cave filled with some kind of… green liquid?A brand new UI It’s still a wor…
- Weekly Update #7 – Merry Christmas🎄 - 19 December 2025
Hey Salmons 👋I hope every one of you is doing well!✨ An end of year full of surprisesThis year has been absolutely packed!Our previous game, DetectiveVR — made in collaboration with the studio ChipoYJuan — was nominated for three different awards:Best XR Game of the Year - Belgium Game AwardsBest AR/VR Game - Unity AwardsBest UX Design / User Experience - United XR AwardsAnd on top of that, our studio was also nominated for:Most Promising Start-Up Studio - Belgium Game AwardsIt was such an honor to be nominated alongside so many cool games and amazing people. And attending all these events was an absolute blast ✨And what makes it even better… 🏆 We won one of those awards!The one that means the most to us and truly rewards all the hard work put into this journey: Most Promising Start-Up Studio 💛The industry keeps growing strong in our small country, and receiving recognition for our w…
- Release Date & Closed Beta Testing - 12 December 2025
We've got a release date!Mark it down, it's happening.❄️ The game is coming on the 22nd of January!I know, it’s a bit later than we first intended. But we had to delay it for a few reasons, and honestly, we needed the extra time to polish everything properly.Thank you for your patience 🙏Closed Beta Testing AnnouncementYes, you read that right, you can play the full game earlier. That is… if you have the motivation to help us.🔒 Apply to play the full gameThe team is working hard, we're already integrating your feedbacks and now we'll need some players.This won’t be a “sit back and chill” beta. We need involved testers, the kind that are willing to give feedback, report issues, and interact with us.If that sounds like you, we’re putting a sign-up form on our Discord. We’ll only be selecting a few people for this phase, and those chosen will be able to start playing as early as next week…
- Weekly Update #6 - Achievements - 5 December 2025
What's up fishes?What comes after quests and proper saving?Achievements, of course! ✨🏆 Show the world you found that dirty secret Yep, we’re finally letting you flex a littleIn this patch, we’re adding two achievements to the demo! You’ve probably already guessed what they are from the icons, but I’m not spoiling anything here.For those who somehow already completed the second one, don’t worry, it will unlock itself. I wouldn’t dare make you play with the physics again… at least, not yet.📢 We need you!We will obviously add more than two achievements in the full game, and we have lots of ideas. But you’re the ones unlocking them, so come tell us what you’d like to see!We recently hit over 100 members on Discord, and it feels amazing to see the community grow. Maybe it’s time for us to start asking you for help.I’m totally not foreshadowing anything where you might want to be on Discord…
- Weekly Update #5 - Saving Data - 28 November 2025
Hey guys!I hope you all had a wonderfull week 🙌💾 Your data now properly saves itselfIn the last patch we added side quests… but the way we tracked whether you completed them? Let's not talk about it. We now have a proper save system! 🎉This won’t change much on your side yet, but it’s a huge step toward 1.0. “Then why tell us?” Because now your position is saved while playing, and yes, you can load it back!🦆 By the way… did you make Mama Duck proud?Because yes, there was a reward in the last update. I’m just saying.See you next time!
