- Skin Deep Update03 - 6 October 2025
Hi all, we have a bug-fix and stability update just for you. Enjoy ✨ Fixed: key failsafe system Keys in the world are physics objects. On rare occasions and very specific circumstances, the key can get pushed or blasted into inaccessible locations, so we added a failsafe system to handle this. Our previous failsafe system for this was the player would ask a cat cage, and this would draw a big arrow would point to the stuck key location. However, if the location was truly inaccessible, the arrow would just point to an inaccessible location... which ultimately wasn't too helpful. This update has a new failsafe system: If the key is in an inaccessible location... And the player asks a cat cage where the key is... We now drop the inaccessible key into a Lost and Found machine. Fixed: pirate patrol teleport The pirates move along invisible "path nodes" on the ground. This bug involved some b…
- The best stealth game of the year just released its source code - 29 June 2025
Blendo Games has publicly released the source code of its latest game, Skin Deep, encouraging other developers to build more stealth games in its footsteps—or at least to take a look at the sick game engine it built. I, for one, am shocked by a specific thing about it: It runs on a core of idTech4, which you may recognize as the engine behind Doom 3... Read more.
- Skin Deep Update02 - 24 June 2025
In this update, we have over 50+ additions and fixes to Skin Deep. Enjoy! Quality of Life additionsArcades now retain high score information. The arcade machines will now retain high score information between level loads. Shadow optimization. We added a shadow optimization that improves performance (thank you to dhewm3 for this!). Gamepad right stick will now scroll windows. When reading emails or other blocks of text, the gamepad right stick will now scroll the window up and down. Improved gamepad traversal on lists. The gamepad cursor now traverses lists (such as the list of savegames) better. Previously, cursor friction was being applied when the cursor was above an empty list entry. This is no longer the case. Increased maximum gamepad cursor speed. The gamepad maximum cursor speed is now higher. This is accessed via Options > Gamepad > Menu Speed BugfixesGameplayFixed bug when thro…
- Skin Deep Hotfix03 - 23 May 2025
Hi all, we're releasing this hotfix to address a couple crashes we've noticed. Swordfish crash (spoiler-text'd in case you don't want to know how the Swordfish works) When the Swordfish robot is in its death throes, it will automatically aim toward "juicy" entities (i.e. a Pirate) and fly toward them. There was a crash where if the target entity no longer had a physics component, the game would crash. This is now fixed. Healthstation crash The Healthstation has an announcer that plays a little sound when it detects an entity nearby that is below maximum health. Similar to the Swordfish crash above, when the target entity no longer had a physics component, the game would crash. This is now fixed.
- The Mod Update - 21 May 2025
Hi all, we have some new releases for Skin Deep! 1. Mod Museum New release! The Skin Deep design team has made a series of maps that take you on a guided tour behind-the-scenes of the game. This tour will explain how various things work, such as lighting, clambering, scripting, and more, in a variety of interactive exhibits. This is a free workshop item. 👉Click here to check out the Mod Museum! 2. Skin Deep Mod Handbook New release! The Skin Deep design team has written up a guide for getting up and running with making mods for the game. Some of us got our game development start in modding, so we're very happy to continue the tradition here. 👉Click here to check out the guide! 3. Skin Deep workshop uploader New release! This tool allows you to upload Skin Deep mods to the Steam workshop. This tool is free and available to everyone who has Skin Deep. Just search your Steam Library for:…
- Skin Deep Update01 - 15 May 2025
Today we're happy to share over 50 additions and fixes to Skin Deep. We have more on the way in the following weeks... stay tuned! Quality of Life additions When exiting the game, timestamp of last savegame is now displayed. When you are about to exit the game, the game will now display how long it has been since your last save game. https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/14421972711885004425/BD3DEA857341FA7783DE6491CFBF861059E2953C/?imw=5000 Items consumed by trashchute now play a particle effect. Items consumed by the trashchute were simply blinking out of existence. We've now added a particle effect to make it more readable: https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/13300896037533130051/EF9153089B5979439ADC4E290D5F06EC3D79ECDB/?imw=5000 During mission replay, player can now return to the hub level. If the player is killed during the mission replay, they now have the option to return t…
- Skin Deep Hotfix02 - 6 May 2025
Hi all! Thank you all for your support, and thank you for playing Skin Deep. Here are further fixes in this Hotfix02 update: Crash: Wiregrenade The wiregrenade weapon had a bug in its save-load system. The wiregrenade had a typo in its save-load logic, that was accidentally saving-loading an incorrect piece of information. This is now fixed! Render issue when alt+tabbing while using a fullscreen GUI There was a bug where the render system would behave strangely when alt+tabbing out of the game while using a fullscreen GUI (such as the email screen or level selector). This was due to some logic that made the game render the 3D environment and 3D elements in the GUI at the same time, which made the graphics renderer unhappy. This is now fixed! Softlock: Using memorypalace in outer space There was a bug where opening the memorypalace in outer space put the player into a strange state. This…
- Skin Deep Hotfix01 - 2 May 2025
We're so happy with the reception Skin Deep is receiving. You all are the best. We have a future quality of life and bug fix update planned, but in the meantime, we have a small hotfix for some critical issues we've noticed. Crash: Duping an autopistol When the player was using the Duper on an autopistol, this was sometimes causing a crash. When a weapon hits the ground, it "misfires" by firing a round. This consumes ammo from the weapon. Due to a combination of how the Duper works and how the Autopistol's ammo magazine was empty, the duplicated Autopistol spawned, hit the ground, misfired, and crashed. This is now fixed! Crash: throwing a destroyed object This crash involved being in "throw mode" for an object, and then that object somehow getting destroyed. With the throw button held down, and the object no longer existing in this earthly realm, the game got confused and crashed. This…
- Skin Deep is OUT NOW and there are cats to rescue! - 30 April 2025
We’re so thrilled to be able to say this - Skin Deep is out now on Steam. The response to our Steam Next Fest demo was really special, and it’s such a pleasure to now share the full game with you all! Now that Skin Deep is available (now! Did we say that already?), you can enjoy the full offering of starships, knick-knacks, creative chaos, and the entire roster of loveable cat personalities that color Nina Pasadena’s sometimes wonky but always wonderful world. Skin Deep combines immersive sim staples (stealth, multiple solutions to every problem) with a slapstick sense of humor. Play as Nina Pasadena and learn to defeat pirates with toilets, flammable deodorant, and laundry detergent. Suffer through one or two existential crises. Rescue your friends, who are talking cats. It’s also another game fully developed in the id 4 Engine, and continues to push the boundaries of what we can achie…
- Skin Deep review - 28 April 2025
Skin Deep lays bare a truth about the immersive sims we anoint to holiness: Beneath a veneer of grizzled assassins and sunglassed corpo agents, beyond the virtues of player choice and non-linear level design, is a genre by and for goofballs... Read more.
- Blendo Games announce full Steam Deck support for stealthy shooter Skin Deep - 1 April 2025
Blendo Games who previously made Flotilla, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Thirty Flights of Loving and Atom Zombie Smasher have a brand new release coming on April 30 with Skin Deep. It will come with full Steam Deck support. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/blendo-games-announce-full-steam-deck-support-for-stealthy-shooter-skin-deep/
- Skin Deep on Steam Deck! - 31 March 2025
Skin Deep will be released April 30, 2025! In the following weeks, I'll be writing about the processes and development of Skin Deep. Wishlist Skin Deep! To view all posts in this series, click here. Skin Deep on Steam Deck Skin Deep is now officially Steam Deck Verified! ✔️ What does this mean? Basically, it means the game has been confirmed to play well on the Steam Deck. In addition to being Steam Deck Verified, we've added lot of specific functionality to make the game work well on the Steam Deck. This week I'll be writing about some of the things we've done to make the experience more enjoyable. Controller Glyphs Skin Deep will automatically swap its controller button icon images to your currently active controller you're using. For example, if you're using an Xbox controller, it'll swap to Xbox button images. In the case of the Steam Deck, we've included button icons specific to th…
- Immersive sci-fi FPS Skin Deep feels like Prey by way of Looney Tunes - 24 February 2025
I see my quarry across the laundry room: two armed guards ready to put this whole place on high alert if they see me. I slip behind the out-of-order soap dispenser and unscrew the back. There’s four bars of soap. Jackpot... Read more.
- 'It's like Die Hard but with more comedy': Immersive FPS Skin Deep has talking cats, banana traps, and enemies you can disable by making them sneeze - 24 February 2025
Space piracy is a real problem in the future, but luckily there's a new and exciting loss prevention system to meet the needs of cautious space travelers. That's where you come in. In Skin Deep , you're Nina Pasadena, a former assassin turned insurance commando, part of the deluxe insurance package for corporate starships. You're frozen and stuck in a drawer on the ship, to be defrosted and put into action if pirates show up and try to kidnap the crew... Read more.
- Skin Deep is coming out April 30 + demo available now! - 24 February 2025
We’ve got some huge news - Skin Deep is releasing on April 30 this year! We’re thrilled to be a part of the Annapurna Interactive Showcase, where we also showed this trailer: https://youtu.be/4SvXMG8Ghaw In case you were wondering what a Blendo Games immersive sim looks like, we’ve got answers. We’ve just dropped a new Steam Next Fest demo, which you can play now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3483180/Skin_Deep_Demo/ The demo covers the tutorial and the first level of the game, and should give you a good idea of what we've been working on. Sneak, sabotage, or slip on soap while rescuing talking cats with reputable jobs! Gaze into the abyss of space! Maybe flush a pirate's skull down a toilet. We’ll have more news before the launch date, but for now, thanks for checking the game out and consider wishlisting it if you haven’t already! Thanks, Blendo Games
- Skin Deep is a stealth shooter that simulates sneezing and the dangers of bare feet - 17 October 2018
Blendo Games, the indie studio nom de guerre of Brendon Chung that's given us games including Atom Zombie Smasher, Thirty Flights of Loving , Quadrilateral Cowboy , and Flotilla 2 , is working on a new project called Skin Deep. It's an "immersive first person shooter," but perhaps not in the way you might expect: Highlights, as seen in the announcement trailer, including sneezing at inopportune times and picking broken glass out of your feet.  The underlying fiction, according to the listing on Steam , is that you are "a walking talking insurance policy." When corporations want to their in-transit cargo safe, they freeze you and ship you along with it. If pirates board the ship, the silent alarm is triggered, you're automatically defrosted, and you go to work.    "Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this s…
- Here's a first look at Thirty Flights of Loving dev's sci-fi sandbox shooter Skin Deep - 17 October 2018
Blendo Games, the developer behind such celebrated (and delightfully oddball) offerings as Thirty Flights of Loving and Quadrilateral Cowboy, has unveiled its latest project - "immersive" first-person sci-fi shooter Skin Deep. "Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox," explains Blendo Games on Skin Deep's newly materialised Steam page , "You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes." "When insurance corporations want to keep valuables safe, they freeze you and stow you onto their cargo starships," it continues, "And when space pirates board the starship and trip the silent alarm, you unthaw, take a deep breath, and handle the situation. Good luck, operative." Read more…
