- Steel Century Groove Is Out Now! - 28 January 2026
The day is finally here. Steel Century Groove is OUT NOW!I'm so excited for everyone to get the chance to play this game that I've spent years obsessing over. I hope you all enjoy the journey across the Elder States, with all the surprises and battles along the way, and when it's over, I can't wait to see all the ways you push the systems to their limits with your endgame builds!Thank you all so much for supporting this project from the earliest release of Midnight to now. If you get the time to leave a review, even if you change it later, that makes a huge difference for small indie developers. Reaching 10 reviews as quickly as possible can be make or break for a game like this! Check out the launch trailer here:
- Update 1.3.0 Is Out Now! - 7 October 2025
Thanks so much for playing Steel Century Groove: Midnight and leaving your comments, feedback, and reviews! It's all been incredibly helpful and continues to make the game better.This patch brings Midnight up to date with the latest code for an update to the Steel Century Groove demo coming next week for Steam Next Fest. That update will allow players to keep playing after finishing the demo, and will introduce the Goggle Guys' Endless and Freeplay modes that you may already be familiar with from Midnight. I'd really appreciate your help finding any new bugs that might have slipped in so that Next Fest can go as smoothly as possible! And be sure to try out the demo update next week during the festival. It really helps to have more people playing during that time.For Midnight itself, this update adds a new upgrade system for your replica Tenzerks that allows them to gain XP, level up, an…
- Steel Century Groove is coming January 28th 2026! - 2 September 2025
Steel Century Groove has an official release date and it's January 28th 2026! Check out the new trailer for the announcement:Make sure to add the game to your wishlist, and then get ready for release by playing the free demo so you can transfer your saves when the full game launches!
- Minor Update 1.2.4 - 14 August 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports!Fixed a crash that could occur on the music selection screen or at the start of battle while analyzing custom music in the backgroundFixed a crash that could occur when returning to the main menuFixed a crash when analyzing music files using less common formats such 24-bit audioFixed an issue where music would not loop properly when using custom songs with an abrupt ending.Slightly increased the length of "short" and "medium" length battles. These occur most often at the start of each area.Fixed an issue where the mods screen would auto-select a locked slot when opening it while all slots were full.Gamepad focus now starts on the correct item ("Shuffle All" rather than the Shuffle header) on the music selection screenSlightly reorganized credits and added a missing PR contributor.
- Minor Update 1.2.3 - 10 August 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports! Fixed a rare crash when calculating gameplay splines.
- Steel Century Groove Demo Is Out Now! - 7 August 2025
As part of Wholesome Games Steam Celebration, the all new demo is available now! Download it here:Starting in your cozy hometown, take the first steps on your Steel Century Groove journey. Fix up a broken mech and then hit the road to pursue your dreams of winning the Tenzerk Championship. Or dive into Demo Mode, skipping the early story and jumping directly into the full gameplay. Either way, you'll be able to continue the story from there and then transfer your save to the full game when it releases.I hope you have as much fun playing the demo as I've had making it!
- Minor Update 1.2.2 - 7 August 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports on the new version! This is just a housecleaning update that cleans up a non-player-facing issue. The game no longer generates an unnecessary log file in the Saved/SelectorLogs folder in AppData.
- Minor Update 1.2.1 - 5 August 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports on the new version! Fixed a crash that could occur with certain Bink VFX.
- Update 1.2.0 Is Out Now and an All New Demo Launches August 7th! - 1 August 2025
Thanks so much for playing Steel Century Groove: Midnight and leaving your comments, feedback, and reviews! It's all been incredibly helpful and continues to make the game better.This patch brings Midnight up to date on the latest code that will ship with the all new demo releasing next week on August 7th! For Midnight, that means big improvements to the quality of the automatic custom music analysis and a new feature called "Fine Tune" where you can tweak any songs where the beat isn't quite lined up. Unfortunately, this means you will need to re-run the analysis process before you can play custom music again on version 1.2. Just open the "Setup Custom Music" menu, make sure the tracks you want are checked, and press "Finish" to start the process.Patch NotesMusicImproved the accuracy of the algorithm for automatic custom music analysis.Added a "Fine Tune" feature where you can manually…
- Minor Update 1.1.1 - 29 May 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports on the new version! Fixed a bug where players loading saves from older versions would not be able to play songs they had previously unlocked in Practice Mode or rematches. Your unlocked songs should now be available alongside any songs you unlocked on version 1.1.0. Fixed a bug where on rare occasions the Achievement "Ready for the Next Adventure" would not unlock. This achievement should now be granted if you load a save that meets the conditions (any three Tenzerks at level 5).
- Update 1.1.0 Is Out Now! - 28 May 2025
Thanks so much for playing Steel Century Groove: Midnight and leaving your comments, feedback, and reviews! It's all been incredibly helpful in getting the full game ready for release later this year. I've put together this patch to bring over some of those updates to Midnight, including a bunch of animation improvements, better charts for built-in tracks, and lots of quality of life UI/UX features. But there's still more to go, so if you've left feedback that you don't see addressed here, don't worry. I'm reading everything and there's many more improvements planned. For instance, mirrored d-pad inputs for controller didn't quite make this version, but should be added before the full release. Likewise, this update focuses on the built-in songs, since that's what most players use, but future updates should come with improvements to the custom music analysis. Patch Notes Animation Fixed…
- Steel Century Groove Works Great on Steam Deck - 28 May 2025
Steel Century Groove and Steel Century Groove: Midnight have always played great on the Steam Deck, but I wanted to make a post to officially announce that! In fact, the Steam Deck has been my primary device for developer playtesting for over a year. Performance is good and all the game's features are supported, including custom music! And if you don't take my word for it, here's a quote from RPG Site's preview of the full game earlier this year: "Visually, the game looks quite nice - and absent of the official Valve seal, we can say it runs perfectly on Steam Deck, as that was the setup the preview was based around."
- Minor Update 1.0.4 - 17 March 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports! Fixed a rare crash that could occur when generating splines during rhythm gameplay Fixed missing collision on certain storefronts in the Mall of Records
- Minor Update 1.0.3 - 14 March 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports! Fixed an issue where the descriptions for the Voltace moves "Jolt" and "Electromagnetic Pulse" displayed the incorrect energy cost. The actual energy cost has not changed. Changed the song used by First Pilot Myra from "Into The Night" to "Walking Away"
- Minor Update 1.0.2 - 7 March 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving your feedback and bug reports! Fixed an issue where the game would prefer custom music over the selected built-in song in practice mode and rematches. Minor updates to beat alignment in Hot Core, Dance or Die, Hellfire, Switch Me On, Walking Away, and Woven In Dusk.
- Minor Update 1.0.1 - 6 March 2025
Thanks for playing and leaving feedback and bug reports! Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor could disappear if the player opened the in-game menu during a story dialogue choice. Fixed an issue where Elder Meffi was sometimes incorrectly referred to as Elder Istoph. Moved a chest in the upper city area where players could get stuck.
- Steel Century Groove: Midnight Is Available Now For Free! - 5 March 2025
The first playable version of Steel Century Groove is available now! Steel Century Groove: Midnight is a standalone, free adventure that takes place before the events of the full game. Dance your way through the neon streets of a city where it's always night, challenge rival pilots to burnish your digital reputation, and then delve below the skyscrapers into an abandoned arcade where the remnants of a more dangerous era threaten to resurface. Play it for free now!
- Steel Century Groove: Midnight Is Coming March 5th! - 4 March 2025
The first playable version of Steel Century Groove is coming on March 5th! Steel Century Groove: Midnight is a standalone, free adventure that takes place before the events of the full game. Dance your way through the neon streets of a city where it's always night, challenge rival pilots to burnish your digital reputation, and then delve below the skyscrapers into an abandoned arcade where the remnants of a more dangerous era threaten to resurface. Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2969180/Steel_Century_Groove_Midnight/
