- 🎉 BOTSU Demo is Part of Tiny Teams 2025! - 8 August 2025
We’re officially part of Yogscast’s Tiny Teams Festival on Steam, an awesome celebration of small (but mighty) indie teams doing big things! To mark the occasion… 💥 The BOTSU demo is BACK and ONLINE! However, Oscar is still tinkering away behind the scenes, testing new features, polishing gameplay and turning up the weirdness! So definitely get excited for when we reveal BOTSU’s final form. Until then, dive back into the chaos, grab your friends and come hang out with us in the Discord!
- 🧪 BOTSU Demo Heading Back to the Lab! 🤖 - 9 July 2025
Thank you to everyone who played the BOTSU demo, embraced the chaos, and gave us all your incredible feedback! This was so much fun💥With all your amazing feedback from this demo period and PAX East, we’re heading back to the lab for some more experimentation to see how far we can push this silly physics game! We may be a little quiet for a while, but don’t worry, we’re cooking up some even crazier stuff just for you and we’ll be back with a bang! 👨🍳In the meantime, join our Discord so you’ll always get first hand access to all the insider scoop about the future of Botsu and participate in exclusive playtests!Be There, Be Square 🤖🧊Oscar & Lydiah
- Patch V0.2.51_DEMO - 10 June 2025
Heyo BOTSU Brawlers!We've got another patch live today, V0.2.51_DEMO which introduces more improvements to the game and bug fixes! Improvements Reduced the strength of throwing other characters to help balance sumo More time to vote for the next match (+2 seconds) Pressing the scoreboard button (Tab) now shows emotes, too Showing scoreboard controls on the match win screen Removed showing “Player123 left” notification as it was distracting Bug Fixes Fixed sometimes stuck grabbing onto nothing Fixed adding the anonymous suffix “-???” to some players who were not anonymous Fixed some players having the anonymous suffix “-???” twice after their names Fixed one cause of players being thrown miles of out-of-bounds, from jumping off fast moving objects Fixed scoreboard overlapping with text on win screen Thank you for all your feedback so far! Keep them coming! Make sure to 👉Join the Discord…
- Patch V0.2.48_Demo - 9 June 2025
Hey BOTSU Brawlers, We just rolled out a small fix for the Demo!Fixed an issue where a small number of players saw an endless "Migrating Host" screen after pressing Play at the start of the game, if the host had changed while joiningWe've been reading all your feedback on the game, do keep them coming, so we can continue to improve BOTSU! 👉Join the Discord
- 🤖 BOTSU IS BACK! - Demo update & more mayhem! - 8 June 2025
Missed the chaos? Don’t worry, we brought it back! The BOTSU demo is LIVE again for the PC Gaming Show, and guess what? A brand-new trailer just dropped too! 🎉 Don’t say we don’t spoil you 😜 What’s New in the Demo? 🛠️Oscar has been hard at work under the hood (and also under a pile of bots) to bring you a more refined demo!Fight for the BOTSU CUP 🏆Introducing a NEW 3-match circuit - best out of three wins you the set! Party in the City 🕺You’ll find other players dropping into the home area now, so make some friends or…suss out your competition earlyAll New Scoreboard 🥅A new scoreboard widget has been added for tracking teams and also your personal star performance Who’s That? 👾Clearer UI & nametags so you can instantly tell who’s a bot and who’s just bad at the gameStraight into the action 💥After you finish the tutorial, hop right onto the express train to the match stadium, mea…
- 🛠️ Thank You for Playing the BOTSU Demo! 💥 - 22 May 2025
HELLO BOTSU BRAWLERS! To everyone who played, laughed, flailed, and gave feedback during the demo, a huge thank you! Seriously, your support has meant everything to us and watching you all cause complete robot mayhem has been glorious to see. However, ⏳ TIME IS UP! 💣 The demo will now be taken down as the game head backs into the lab for further polish and upgrade for the full game. We’re super excited! Make sure to stick around and join our Discord, because we’ve got lots to share still. As always, BE THERE, BE SQUARE 🤖🧊
- 🦾 BOTSU x DEVOLVER DIGITAL + New Demo! 💥 - 7 May 2025
HELLO BOTSU BRAWLERS Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that we’re officially joining forces with Devolver Digital to publish BOTSU! 📢📢📢 Before we go on, check out our brand spankin’ new TRAILER! ⬇️ To celebrate this glorious union, we’ve launched a brand-new, limited time demo. Packed with new levels, new outfits, fancier graphics and a brand new multiplayer sandbox home space, where you’ll find even more ways to yeet your friends into oblivion 💥 👀 PLAY THE NEW DEMO NOW, before it self-destructs! 💣 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2717930/BOTSU_Ridiculous_Robots_Demo/ Make sure you also join the BOTSU Discord to show off your outfit combos, suggest new gadgets and of course, stay up to date with all things BOTSU! 👉Join the discord A message from Oscar, the dev: “I'm so glad to finally announce this and give you all access to the new demo! Thanks everyone for the support…
- 🚨 BOTSU Demo Going Offline… But Big News Incoming! 🚀 - 18 April 2025
Hey BOTSU Brawlers! It’s been a hot minute since we last updated you, but we promise we haven’t been slacking (unless you don’t count flinging robots across the arena as ‘work’, which, honestly, we do.) As the title suggests, the BOTSU demo will be taken down shortly on Monday, April 21st, but don’t panic! We're cooking up something BIG behind the scenes. Here's a little sneak peek for your eyes only. 🤫👀 What’s next? Well, we can’t spill all the beans just yet, but let’s just say the fun is only getting started and more chaos is coming your way soon. 🤖 Want to be the first to hear the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? Make sure you’ve joined our Discord to get exclusive sneak peeks, updates, and also have a hand in testing an upcoming build 👀. 👉 Join the Discord! That’s all for now, but we’ll definitely see you soon for the next phase of BOTSU madness! 💥🎮 BE THERE, BE SQUARE 🤖
- 🥳 BOTSU coming to Early Access This Summer! + Pricing Details - 3 July 2024
🎈 It's nearly time for the BOTSU to launch into early access (eek!) I've had so much fun seeing people play the demo and the beta, so I'm very excited for the launch, and seeing what new winning tactics people will come up with! The build is shaping up nicely, plus there's a new trailer and screenshots on the store page! Watch this space for an official launch date soon 👀 🪙 How much will it cost? BOTSU will launch in Early Access at a price of £15.99 (and regional equivalents), reduced to £13.59 through a 15% launch discount. The price may increase once it exits early access, to full release. 📰 Find out More Check out the new trailer and screenshots on the BOTSU Store Page Check out the BOTSU press release to find out more
- V0.2. 9_BETA 🤖Bots ⚖️Balancing 🪲Bugs - 28 June 2024
Multiplayer Madness 3 was so fun, thanks everyone for joining, trying out the Beta and reporting issues! This update has lots of fixes and improvements found during Multiplayer Madness 3, and there will be more updates soon to address the rest of the issues. Looking forward to it. 🤖 Bots Bot outfits upgraded to use some of the new unlockable outfits New bot: Jurassic Mark - Thanks Rolo ⚖️ Balancing Gadgets have a cooldown at the start of Sumo rounds now – Thanks Vlad + others Stockpile winning score changed to 21 so it requires minimum 3 boxes to win, not 2 – Thanks Rolo Impulse wave no longer in default sumo matches (too OP). Can still be used in custom sumo 🛠️ Improvements Sumo says “Next Point Wins” and “Blue Team needs one more to win” when one or both teams are close to victory – Thanks Fox Auto-Equip newly unlocked outfits disabled. Default is to not equip, unless you press to e…
- V0.2.8_BETA 💣Bombs 🏀Basketballs ⚖️Balancing 🪲Bugs - 25 June 2024
This is a small, targeted update, responding to initial feedback from the Beta, so we’re ready for Multiplayer Madness 3 Hopefully see you there at 8pm GMT (UK Time Zone) 💣 Sticky Bomb – Thanks Rolo! Massively reduced damage radius, from 8m to 1m, so it is fairer for Sumo Force radius is still 8m, different to damage now Force applied behaves more naturally now, based on surface area of the object 🏀 Hoops – Thanks OverDen! Basketball hoop goal enlarged, making it easier to score Backboard box size better represents best bounce area Reduced basketball bounciness Basketball goal hitbox improved 🪲 Bug Fixes – Thanks Fox, Rolo! Fixed XP not being awarded at end of match for some players Fixed rewards screen unlock path glitchy horizontal scroll Fixed being able to grab onto spinners in sumo mode
- V0.1.19 🐞Bug fix patch - 13 May 2024
🤔 Known Issues Steam Deck version crashes when joining a game. The issue doesn’t appear to be from this update, possibly on Steam’s side, as older versions are affected too. Currently investigating. If this happens to you, please let me know on this Steam Forum thread 🪲 Bug Fixes Fixed players spawning in wrong places on the Next Match Voting screen and Trophy screen when players changed team or joined/left. Fixed stockpile crowd cheering constantly at full volume. Fixed floor and wall boundary effects not showing. Finally fixed the goal score effect that fills the stadium with the team colour!
- V0.1.18 🔓Unlocks! 🗳️Voting! 🥳Parties! 🌍Servers! - 10 May 2024
I’m really excited to share this update, as it includes many much-requested features from the community! Thanks so much to all of you for providing this feedback, and please keep messaging me about improvements and content you’d like to see. I’ve been working hard towards the full game's release, creating new content, including new locations, arenas, modifiers and costumes, but I thought it would be good to share the new systems with the loyal demo players! Thanks so much for the support and feedback on the demo, you are awesome! 😻 We’re nearly there… 🔓 Unlock Paths New unlock system allows you to choose between themed unlock paths. Choose your active unlock path and track its progress via the brand new “Unlocks” tab in pause menu at any time. Progress through path stages by earning XP. Each stage of the path unlocks a new outfit part. Paths are unlocked by player level. Watch your un…
- V0.1.17 🏊🛟🤿Pool Party! 🙌👏Cheering Crowds! - 17 April 2024
I’ve mainly been working on content for the full game, but this demo update includes a sneak peek into some of the new swimming and water mechanics that will make their way into matches for the full game. Hopefully some underwater sports, water polo and other levels coming in the future 😊 🌊 Pool Physics 🤽Brand new swimming pool in the Home area for you to mess around with! 🛟New buoyancy physics mechanics for objects floating/sinking and receiving drag in the water. Will it float?! 💦 The pool comes with a host of new water effects so you can make a splash! 🏊 Physics-Based Swimming 🏊 Swim around in 3D, on or under water, with new physics-based animations 🤿 Mix swimming with all other mechanics like grabbing, throwing, fighting and jumping 🐬 Diving Board Physics 🦘 All-new, physics-based diving boards 🤸 You can bounce, flip, grab, fall and anything else you can think of! 👨👩👧…
- V0.1.16 🦖🦕 3 Dinosaur Outfits! ✨ Faster Levelling up! - 29 February 2024
To celebrate Steam Dinos vs Robots Fest, there’s 3 brand new outfits to unlock, to fit the Robo/Dino theme. Even the bots have dressed up! I’m really pleased with how these outfits turned out, particularly the triceratops, so I hope you have fun bashing up these dinos. 🦖🦕 Dino Outfits 🦏 Triceratops! 🦅 Pterosaur! 🐲 T-Rex! ✨🌟 Level Up XP Reduced level 1 xp from 400 to 200 Reduced per-level xp increase from 200 to 100
- V0.1.15 - 🏪 Community Kiosk 🪧 Signs, Signs, Signs! - 26 February 2024
I’ve been busy building new arenas and content for the full game, but I had time to put in some improvements to the demo, too. Mostly focusing on signposting (literally!) to help players find features like matchmaking, inviting friends and joining the community. 🏪👥 Community Kiosk Added a “Community” kiosk with dancing Discord Wumpus to help players find and join the BOTSU Discord Community (if you’re reading this and haven’t joined yet, what are you doing??!!) Moved Custom Match kiosk further away as it is not enabled in the demo. Community kiosk takes its place. 🎮🖼️ Controls Billboard Added controls screen billboard to home space to help new players and show extra controls that are not in the tutorial. 🙋♂️🙋♀️ Play with Friends “Connect” kiosk renamed to “Play with Friends”, shows how many are online, and now takes you to Steam friend invite screen. 🏪🚆Matchmaking Train Signs…
- V0.1.14 - ⚽🥊🏠 Balancing, Sandbox, Bug Fixes! - 17 February 2024
⚽ Boxball Boxball travelling explosion now destroys attached grappling hooks, so the travelling and grab times are enforced for grappling hooks. 🤼 Sumo Increased sumo starting booster fuel from half tank to full tank. Fixed lava disappearing sometimes for joined players. 🥊Boosting & Grabbing After Taking Hits Boosting is now interrupted by taking hits, for 0.66s. Boost cooldown time after taking hits reduced from 2s to 0.66s. Grab cooldown time after taking hits reduced from 1s to 0.66s. 🏠 Home Area Added gadgets to home playground area. Can you find all 4? Added booster fuel to the home area. Added shadows for lights inside the train carriage. Train signs now say “Matchmaking” to make it clearer. Added a train sign when leaving tutorial. Train now comes out of a dark, dark tunnel. Fixed some missing collision on the train carriage doors. Upgraded beach ball. 🎬 Replays Fixed corrupt…
- V0.1.13📦Content Update! 🧙♀️Outfits + 🧗Grappling Hooks + 🚀Sumo Boosters! - 4 February 2024
💬Join the BOTSU Discord for more updates! Outfits Changed unlockable outfits for clearer team colours and more variety. Bunny and Chicken removed for now. Punk Sk8er Witch Tortoise Ballerina Shark New Gadget Grappling Hook gadget available to be used in all match types Sumo Boosters available in some sumo matches Removed timer from sumo matches. First to 5 only Improved ledge grab lock-on when falling so it’s easier to hang on Shorter delay to spectate after falling in lava Stockpile All stockpile matches will have gadgets now. Either Balloons or Grappling Hooks Easier to attack players near stockpile boxes now Online Multiplayer If playing in a bots-only match and there is a more populated match available, you will join it at the end of the match Fixed “Connection Interrupted” message sometimes showing at incorrect times Other Improvements Improved initial matches selection for new pl…
- PLAY WITH THE DEVELOPER 2 of 2 - 29 January 2024
Multiplayer Madness Join us for a Steam NextFest Multiplayer Event and livestream! (2 of 2) We'll all come online at the same time and have a big, rowdy punch-up for victory! Free Demo Get the FREE Demo downloaded, it'll be quick! You can get some practice in before the event, or join us for the first time. Discord Community We'll be on discord if you want to chat about the game, give feedback, or organise a match. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/rWVhDbPgB8 2 Multiplayer Events Tuesday 6th Feb (click for details) Thursday 8th Feb (this)
- PLAY WITH THE DEVELOPER 1 of 2 - 29 January 2024
Multiplayer Madness Join us for a Steam NextFest Multiplayer Event and livestream! (1 of 2) We'll all come online at the same time and have a big, rowdy punch-up for victory! Free Demo Get the FREE Demo downloaded, it'll be quick! You can get some practice in before the event, or join us for the first time. Discord Community We'll be on discord if you want to chat about the game, give feedback, or organise a match. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/rWVhDbPgB8 2 Multiplayer Events Tuesday 6th Feb (this) Thursday 8th Feb (click for details)
