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Hey, everyone!
We've noticed you really love the boosters — you're using them more than we expected. So we've made a decision: the paid booster unlock is gone. They're now available to everyone right away.
Thanks for your feedback and happy bouncing! 🐧
━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 LEADERBOARDS 🏆 ━━━━━━━━━━
• Season 6 has begun
• Fully reworked leaderboard UI
• Personal profile with your results across seasons
• New categories to compete in
and more improvements and features are already on the way 👀
━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 CUSTOMIZATION 🎨 ━━━━━━━━━━
• 15 new skins added (45 items!)
• Rebalanced set bonuses
• Improved overall customization system
━━━━━━━━━━ 📦 CHESTS & LOOT 📦 ━━━━━━━━━━ • Completing map nodes now rewards extra chests (one-time)
• More items are now available through chests
✨ NEW DROP BALANCE
You’ll now find customization items more often!
• Coins - 50%
• Common - 30%
• Epic - 15%
• Legendary - 4.5%
• Relic - 0.5% 👀
✨ New rarity: RELIC
• Extremely rare and incredibly powerful
🔥 Trinity Force (Relic Bat)
• Grants all stats in the game at a high level
• Unique visuals and animation
Yes - it’s rare. But if you get it… you’ll KNOW 😏
━━━━━━━━━━ ⚙️ IMPROVEMENTS ⚙️ ━━━━━━━━━━
• Major UI improvements across the game
• More hints and guidance for better navigation
• Updated icons and visual polish
• New help windows (inventory & chests)
• Improved inventory structure
━━━━━━━━━━ 🏅 ACHIEVEMENTS ━━━━━━━━━━
Some achievements were updated to match the new system:
• “Buy Infinity Gauntlet bat” → Unlock any Legendary bat
• “Buy Pickle bat” → Unlock any Epic bat
━━━━━━━━━━ 🐞 BUG FIXES 🐞━━━━━━━━━━
• Fixed many issues reported by the community, and what we found ourselves.
• Thank you for your feedback - we really appreciate it ❤️ ━━━━━━━━━━ 💎 OPTIONAL SUPPORT 🐞━━━━━━━━━━
• You can now purchase chests directly
• Completely optional - all chests are earnable at high speed through gameplay
We want to be transparent:
Bouncemasters is NOT and will NEVER be pay-to-win.
Nonetheless, your support truly means a lot to us and it helps us develop the game further.
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Happy Bouncing! 🚀
Steam Cloud support added - now you can continue your progress from any device
Fixed an issue where the intro cinematic wouldn’t play
Fixed distance progress not displaying correctly on the top panel
Fixed several minor issues related to chests
Happy bouncing! 🚀
Pengu learned how to land properly. And also found more treasure.
This update focuses on stability, community-requested improvements, and a new way to boost your collection.
Fixed an issue where Pengu could get stuck at high speed after falling
Fixed a rare freeze after the first hit
Fixed a rare issue where mission rewards couldn’t be claimed
Fixed a visual bug in the Lunar Bear skin
By popular request:
Pengu now stays in the same skin you finished your run with when lying on the ground.
Yes. Drip matters even after impact.
Looking for more loot?
Treasure Hunter DLC includes:
40 chests instantly
5 additional chests daily
A great way to expand your collection faster and support the development of the game.
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Thanks for playing and helping us improve Bouncemasters 💙
Hi Penguins!
This is a small update, covering mostly some interface and gameplay bugs and improvements related to our Major Cosmetics Drop Update.
We want to thank our community for reporting bugs when they appear, we try to fix them as soon as possible.
Happy Bouncing!
Pengu finally discovered fashion. And treasure.
This is one of our biggest updates so far, introducing a brand new cosmetic system, a reworked chest mechanic, New Achievements, QoL changes based on Community Feedback and the Start of a new Leaderboard Season 5!
You can now unlock and equip Pengu customization items.
24 new items available
Items drop from chests
Equipped in the new Inventory tab
🎲 Items come in 3 rarities - Common, Epic and Legendary!
Cosmetics now support set bonuses - collect full sets to gain additional effects. The higher the rarity of the set, the higher the bonuses! Cosmetics for the Bear is coming soon.
The chest system has been fully redesigned.
Chest spawns depend on your performance
Higher combo increases spawn chance
Chance increases over time if no chest appears
Chests can also be earned from missions!
Rewards include:
Gold (60% drop chance)
Cosmetic items (40% drop chance)
All players receive 5 chests at the start. (if you haven't already opened them during the playtest)
A new leaderboard season has begun.
Anti-cheat system improved
Fixed infinite flight and related exploits
Leaderboard reset for a fair start
Good luck climbing the ranks!
2.5x time acceleration in space, using L SHIFT
Separate music and sound controls
Improved reset button visibility
Tutorial can now be skipped after reset
Some minor UI improvements
Treasure Hunter - open 20 chests
Fashion is my profession - collect 10 items
All DLC now grant +10 bonus chests.
If you already own DLC, the chests will be added automatically.
This is just the beginning of the cosmetic system.
We’ll continue expanding it with new items for both Pengu and Bear! Also we will be introduing more features, and improvements based on our community feedback.
We’re running a closed playtest for our upcoming Chests & Cosmetics Update.
All players receive 5 bonus chests.
All progress made during the playtest will carry over to the live version.
Playtest runs until March 23 (inclusive).
New chest system (chests are stacking now, and the loot is fully reworked)
Cosmetic items (24 Pengu items, 3 different item rarities)
New Inventory with skin editor
Set bonuses (collect whole set to get bonus stats)
QoL changes (2.5x time acceleration when in space, audio controls, better reset & tutorial skip)
Unique chance to get top placements in special Playtest Leaderboard Season, which is going to last only a couple of days!
Chests now depend on your performance and increase over time.
Join our Discord and access the playtest branch through password:
💥 Another mobile hit is coming to Steam!
This time… through pipes. 🚰
We just launched the Flow Legends Demo - a chill, colorful, kid-friendly puzzle game where you connect pipes and solve slightly questionable problems.
Very relaxing. Very bright. Very pipe.
If you want something cozy between penguin launches… go give it a try ❤️
Wishlist appreciated, as always!
Tell us here, which games you want us to release on Steam next? Kick the Buddy? 🦵 Bowmasters? 🏹 Stack Ball? ⚽
Penguins! We’ve released a small festive update to celebrate the Lunar Festival!
To mark the occasion, we’ve:
🎨 Decorated parts of the interface with seasonal elements 🎵 Updated some music to match the festive atmosphere 🧧 Added a brand-new Lunar Festival Pack DLC The new DLC includes:
🧧 Lunar Festival Pengu Skin
🎎 Lunar Festival Bear Skin
🏮 Festival Lantern Bat
A small seasonal celebration filled with festive energy and good fortune for your launches.
To everyone celebrating the Lunar Festival - we wish you happiness, prosperity, and a year full of powerful launches and perfect hits! 🧧🐧✨
Thank you for being part of the Bouncemasters community ❤️
Happy bouncing!
Two months. 100,000+ players. One leaderboard.
Season 3 is officially over - and honestly… that was insane. Thanks to every single one of you who launched Pengu into orbit ❤️
Now it’s time for Season 4.
New season = clean slate. If you’ve ever wanted those Top-100 or Top-1000 achievements - this is your moment.
Be early. Be fast. Be legendary.
Meet the Banhammer - the most symbolic bat in Bouncemasters history.
+25% Amazing Kick +25% Beat Force +25% Max Speed
For the first time ever - three boosted stats in one bat.
This bat represents our ongoing battle against cheaters. It holds the power of the entire community.
When you launch Pengu with it… just imagine you’re banning a random cheater from existence.
BONK. 🔨
We’re continuing to improve internal systems and restrictions to minimize cheating.
Leaderboards are meant to be earned - and we’re keeping them that way.
Valentine’s season has arrived!
👼 Pengu Angel Skin
🎩 Gentleman Bear Skin
🌹 Rose Bouquet Bat
Because honestly - there’s no better time than Valentine’s Day to finally reach Pengu Girl and land that legendary kiss. 💋🐧
(You’ve trained for this moment your whole life.)
As always, cosmetic DLCs are completely optional and are the only way you can support ongoing development of Bouncemasters and our sequel, Bouncemasters 2.
March will bring probably the biggest update in Bouncemasters history:
🎨 A full skin editor ✨ Major features requested by the community
Stay tuned.
Season 4 starts now! Happy bouncing - and happy bonking. 🔥
A small update is now live - here’s what’s new:
🏆 Achievement fixes We fixed several issues related to achievements.
⏱ "Speedrunner! Or just really lucky" achievement adjusted The speedrun achievement has been updated from 15 minutes to 20 minutes. After fixing an old bug, it became significantly harder than intended, so we decided to adjust it to keep the challenge fair and achievable.
⭐ Prestige Cups in Leaderboards Your Prestige Cups are now visible in the leaderboards, so everyone can see each other’s challenge progress!
We’re planning to add more rewards for challenges in future updates - this is just the beginning.
Thanks for playing, and as always: Stay Tuned and Happy Bouncing! 🐧🚀
Today we’re releasing the final update of the year for Bouncemasters - and we’re excited to share a brand-new experimental feature with you 👀
We’ve added a new Challenges system, featuring hard, one-time challenges designed for players who want an extra test of skill.
By completing these challenges, you earn Prestige Cups - a special counter that is displayed next to your coins. For now, Prestige Cups are all about status and prestige.
To unlock challenges first you need to finish the main game quest - get to the Pengu girl!
⚠️ Important: This feature is currently in beta and will definitely continue to evolve. We decided to release it early because your feedback is extremely important to us.
At the moment, Prestige Cups do not affect gameplay or balance in any way.
However, we already have long-term plans for this system:
Expanded challenge mechanics
More meaningful rewards
Future characters customization options
Prestige Cups are meant to become an important part of that future system - so earning them now will matter later 😉
Some challenges are intentionally very difficult, so don’t expect an easy ride!
Please keep in mind that this is a test feature, some things may be broken and many things may change in the future. Let us know what feels fun, what feels frustrating, and what you’d like to see next.
And finally…
🎆 Happy New Year! Thank you for playing Bouncemasters and being part of our community. We can’t wait to show you what’s coming in 2026!
— JoyBits Team 🐧
The holiday season continues in Bouncemasters 🎄
We’re running a Christmas & New Year giveaway on our Discord, where you can win one of 26 Supporter Bat DLC keys — a small festive gift from JoyBits ❄️🐧
👉 Join our Discord to participate and learn all the details!
🎯 Don’t forget - our Achievement Hunt Event is also live! Complete the special “2026” achievement to receive a Steam key as a reward.
Happy holidays, and thank you for being part of our community! 🎁❤️
The holiday season has arrived in Bouncemasters, and we’re celebrating it with a festive update and a special Christmas Event 🎄
🎶 New festive holiday music
❄️ A decorated, holiday-themed interface
🛠️ Various bug fixes and small improvements for a smoother experience
Think you’ve mastered the game? Prove it in our special Christmas & New Year challenge - by completing one of the toughest tasks in the game!
🎯 Complete the secret “2026” achievement
🎁 Receive a gift from JoyBits — a Doodle God Steam Key!
🎄 Event ends: January 4
For full event details, how to make the secret achievement, and how to claim your reward - join our Discord
For players who want to fully embrace the holiday spirit, we’ve added a new optional DLC!
🎅 A festive Christmas skin for Pengu
🐻 A holiday-themed skin for the Bear
🎄 The Christmas Tree Bat - a special seasonal bat with symbolic +20% / +26% stats, created as a fun nod to 2026
Thank you for being with us and playing Bouncemasters! We wish you Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! 🎁🐧
Best wishes, JoyBits Team
🐧 Hey, Penguins!
We’ve rolled out Update 1.1.3 with a focus on gameplay balance, competitive fairness, stability, and quality-of-life improvements, based directly on player feedback and observed edge cases.
Season 3 is now live - the fairest season since Bouncemasters release! All new records are now tracked in the third leaderboard season.
You can switch between seasons to view your previous results.
Real skill competition begins now - no more bugs with infinite flight!
Added a flight reset hotkey (R).
While flying, you’ll now see a small hint in the top-right corner indicating that you can reset the current flight.
This allows faster retries and smoother gameplay flow, especially for challenge attempts.
Overall upgrades effectiveness has been reduced by ~30%.
This change makes fully upgraded gameplay more controllable and comfortable at high speeds, and significantly reduces extreme edge cases.
Bat hit power remains unchanged, so your strikes still feel strong and satisfying.
At max upgrades (level 100), the game is now more readable, playable, and stable.
These changes were made both to improve the gameplay feel and to eliminate situations where extreme stats could lead to unintended behavior & bugs exploit.
Fixed an issue where players could fall through level geometry at very high speeds using a specific combination of:
Sword bat
Amazing Kick
Fully upgraded stats
Added new anti-exploit flight limitations.
Sword bat has been re-enabled.
All known issues related to it have been fixed, and additional safeguards are now in place.
Improved overall stability during high-speed flights.
Reduced the likelihood of extreme physics edge cases.
Minor internal optimizations and cleanup.
Thank you for all the feedback and reports - they directly helped shape this update. We’ll keep polishing and improving Bouncemasters, one bounce at a time! 🐧❤️
Happy Bouncing!
We’ve rolled out a fresh update packed with fixes, improvements, a new leaderboard season, and even a hidden holiday achievement. Here’s what’s new:
Season 1 is now complete - thank you to everyone who took part!
Season 2: Winter Time has begun! Jump in and compete for new top scores!
Added a Season Switcher to leaderboards - now you can easily view your results in game from previous seasons.
Fixed the issue where bouncing off the moose’s back was harder than intended. It should now feel much smoother and more reliable!
Improved optimization and fixed several visual bugs for an overall smoother experience.
Added the New Year 2026 achievement… can you find a way to get it?
We’ve also released the new Aiming Assist DLC - a purely optional visual aid for players who want extra precision. It does NOT boost stats, affect balance, or change progression. We added it only because many of you asked for more ways to support development of the next Bouncemasters games while keeping the main game completely free and fair.
Thank you for your support — and happy Winter Time! ❤️🐧❄️
Hey, Penguins!
Meet the JoyBits Supporter Bat DLC - a shiny new addition to your collection and a heartfelt “thank you” from the team behind Bouncemasters!
A month ago, when we launched Bouncemasters on Steam, it was completely free - no ads, no microtransactions, just a small gift to our amazing community.
But many of you asked for a way to thank or support us - so we added something special!
JoyBits Supporter Bat - a shiny, hammer-style bat available exclusively to DLC owners. It’s not overpowered, not useless, just a fun, balanced way to show your support and keep those penguins flying!
Thank you for being part of the Bouncemasters journey - your support truly keeps us flying!
🎉🐧 We’re back! After the fantastic reception of Bouncemasters, today we launch the public DEMO of the sequel - Bouncemasters 2: Pengu Throw.
\What’s inside the demo? \
🗺️ Campaign Sampler: two fully redrawn biomes containing 15 levels with a stack of side-quests.
📈 Progression: up to 100 levels of upgrades to test-fly.
🎨 Total visual overhaul: new UI, background art and game effects.
📊 Revamped leaderboards: more different types of leaderobards, fairer scoring, live updates, seasonal wipes.
🎯 Help is on the way! We have added a new aiming tool - Swing Arc!
\\Coming soon \\
💥 Boosters! They’re disabled in this initial build but will be activated in future playtests, so stay tuned.
✏️ ❤️And remember - your wishlist BounceMATTERS!
🔹 And one more thing - feel free to join our \Bouncemasters Discord\ and get into our Penguin Club, participate in Giveaways & Special Events!
Happy Bouncing!
🐧 Hey, Penguins! 🔥 More than 10K players have already flapped, bounced and smashed their way through the Bouncemasters during this week.
We’re blown away by the support and want to say a HUGE “thank you” to every single jumper. And we’re throwing a festive Giveaway in our Pengu Club Discord!
🎁 WHAT’S UP FOR GRABS?
If you are lucky - a free game of your choice from the JoyBits collection, straight into your Steam library!
📌 HOW TO JOIN THE PARTY
1️⃣ Glide into our Bouncemasters Discord and officially become part of the Pengu Club!
2️⃣ Head to the #giveaways channel and follow simple instructions there.
⏰ WINNER SELECTION
Winners will be chosen randomly on October 12 and announced in the same channel.
Happy Bouncing!
🚨 While there’s only ONE HOUR left until the free launch of Bouncemasters, we’ve got a snow-ballistic surprise:
The Bouncemasters 2: Pengu Throw is officially on the way!
Why you should smash that Wishlist button right now:
🔹 Brand-new art style (shinier than a fresh fish).
🔹 10 wild biomes, crazy boosters, and new Arcade mode
🔹 Branching Levels Map
🔹 Advanced Leaderboards & Leagues
🔹 Levels Editor!
✏️ ❤️ Your Wishlist BOUNCEMATTERS →
🔥 We are celebrating Bouncemasters Demo being featured and rocking hard on Steam Next Fest and giving you a chance to win a game from our JoyBits collection!
📌 How to participate:
⚡ Join our Bouncemasters Discord and become part of our Pengu Club!
⚡ Follow the instructions in the Giveaways channel there!
⏰ Winners will be randomly selected on June 21.
During the Next Fest (June 9–16), everyone is invited to climb to the top of the Bouncemasters Demo leaderboard.
When the event ends on June 16, our three most legendary bouncers will earn some sweet loot:
🥇 1st Place – $25 Steam Gift Card
🥈 2nd Place – $10 Steam Gift Card
🥉 3rd Place – $5 Steam Gift Card
No cheating, just pure flipper-powered arcade skill and maybe a little bit of penguin luck.
Ready, set… BOUNCE!
And don't forget to join our discord - we are building a sweet-little-pengu community there!
🔥 Already a massive hit on other platforms with 300+ million downloads worldwide - Bouncemasters is launching in full on Steam in Q3 2025!
👉 Join our Bouncemasters Discord and become part of our Pengu Club!
During Next Fest, we will be hosting:
⦁ Huge giveaway for all Discord members
⦁ A Leaderboard Contest - compete for the best score!
⦁ A Screenshot Contest - share your funniest moments from the game!
We can’t wait to see your best bounces and most epic fails! See you at Next Fest! 🐧❄️
✏️ ❤️ Wishlist the full Bouncemasters game - your Wishlist truly BounceMATTERS!
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