Null Root Steam news

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• Review score100% positive
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• Release dateJul 27, 2026
• DeveloperJames Suret
• PublisherJames Suret

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: James SuretPublisher: James Suret

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Null Root Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• Going free - 29 July 2026

  At the end of August the game will switch from paid to free. If you bought it in the last few days just refund it and play it when its free.

• Patch to allow gamepad + mouse use on Menu's UI - 27 July 2026

  A small patch to PC version, full game and demo.You can now use both gamepad and mouse in the menu screens as well as gameplay, they should smoothly transition back and forth.

• Null Root launch update - 27 July 2026

  Launch update!Optimized and redesigned "research" , "Caches" and "cosmetics" UI of control plane.Updated sprites for enemies and bosses.There are now 8 bosses, chosen at random throughout each run.Added 3 more daemon skin cosmetics.There are several bonus events chosen at random after each boss kill.Achievements added for all boss kills and also max run complete.New active skills added "pull request" and "packet mirror".Demo version is updated as well as full version, only 1 boss available in demo.

• Another big one - 14 June 2026

  New skill combo system (skills interact with others to create new effects)Random run bonus quests that grant extra bitshardsRandom waves of enemies events happen in different configurationsNew visual effects in the background and at the end of runBosses now have a health bar

• Big update! - 7 June 2026

  Updated visuals of most active skillsNew cosmetic type - 6 Cursor skins2 new Daemon skinsAdded 4 different bonus events that happen after boss kill that grant bitshards/root key Added random zones that appear, some positive effects and some negative effects.Added new active skill "Blinding arc" that hits multiple enemies and stuns (upgrade to also do dmg).

• Improved visuals - 31 May 2026

  added lock-on line for auto attacksImproved bitshard collection animationAdded new passive - increases auto attack dmg as you gain overload meterFinishing tutorial now awards 30 bitshards and 1 cacheMajor Performance optimization

• Added Cosmetics - 28 May 2026

  Cosmetics.There are 9 animated skins for the daemon with colored trails, they can be obtained from achievements (telemetry) , trust store and from opening caches.You can select your active skin from the new cosmetics button above the start run button.

• Research minigame - 11 May 2026

  RFC lab changed to "Research" and is now a incremental style mini-game Added power based requirements to unlock to all tabsAdded root key based encrypted cache enhancements Added tutorial introducing protocol overrides when session extension hits maxSmall optimizations to "normal" render quality.

• Optimization and bugfix - 24 April 2026

  Optimization to enemy and projectile renderingFixed boss background not being reset after runSet the session extension upgrade to be default selected and more obvious

• Graphical updates - 20 April 2026

  Added more options(scanlines, bloom, screenshake) to the main menu options and improved clarity of the foreground.Added new reactive background grid (can be toggled off)Updated background colors to make it easier to see the foregroundAdded visual indicator around the player to show how much overload meter you haveAdded background effects and new visuals to the bossReduced contrast of scanlines (can now be toggled off) for clarity

• Steam Next Fest and some updates! - 10 April 2026

  NULL ROOT demo will be in the Steam next fest June 15-22!I'll be doing some more updates in the future before then, to itch and steam versions.I've also recently made some updates to the demo:Caches now can give you bitshards back.Based on feedback I've made enemy projectiles more visible and brighter.Based on feedback increased size of dropped bitshards on screen.Based on feedback made cache UI grey out when you dont have any caches to open.Based on feedback hovering over skills in the node tree shows cost and level.

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