PROJEKT GODHAND news & patch notes

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GODHAND's first story DLC launches in August with 12 new songs and surprising new twists! Some details on additional features will be revealed as GODHAND 2.0 approaches.

It's here. Go play it. Check out the story!

Things won't be the same afterward.

Thank you for your patience. PROJEKT GODHAND will exit Early Access on 2/28/26.

The full version of the game will contain features such as:

• A total of 50 (or more?) songs of base content (i.e., without the DLC)

• The first part of GODHAND's story, "paradiso", which is a meaty VN like our prior releases

• Girls kissing. Please note the mature content label (but we'll offer an option that makes it more streamable)

• More fun things to discover that we won't say anything further about

A new major update arrives, featuring two WACCA collaboration songs (Lhaksha by Feryquitous and YOG by Morimori Atsushi), improved visuals, sort options, and Japanese language support!

Well, talking about it is underselling it a bit, so just check it out for yourself...

The game is 20% off as part of the Tokyo Game Show 2025 sale, and it's finally nearing completion, with 0.5 being the final major update before the full launch! It's never been a better time to start demolishing your keyboard.

Next, we'll be permanently bringing back the demo, in case you wanted to blast off a few keycaps for free or something. It'll be based on 0.5, with 7 playable songs. Keep an eye out for it soon!

As you may know, PROJEKT GODHAND and its sister game, Chronal Chain (it has a Steam page now! check it out if you like danmaku and/or fluffy girls and/or being a badass time magician) will appear at Tokyo Game Show this year! We're hard at work on our new game demos, but here's a quick rundown of what you can expect in version 0.5, which will release on 9/25 (after the first business day of TGS):

Two new songs in CORE APPEND:

These are part of a still-unannounced collaboration! We'll reveal them on the first day of TGS, so look forward to it. As usual, that's even more free additional playable content.

Big UI update:

We've refreshed the game's interface with new graphics! Part of this update is a shiny new flame background, which is substantially dimmer during gameplay--we've heard some players mention that the background makes visibility difficult for them, so hopefully this takes care of it. There's a lot of other changes, and you can look forward to an overall sleeker and more visually consistent style.

Sort options:

The songwheel is currently using what we call "vibes-based sorting", but if you'd rather sort things alphabetically or by (current) difficulty, we're cooking up something for you

Japanese language support:

It's basically what you'd expect. A lot of the new UI elements are bilingual, in keeping with the game's cyberpunk setting and visual style, and the language setting takes care of the rest.

Return of the demo:

If you've got friends who missed out on the prior demos and are on the fence about the game, let them know that it'll be possible to play a chunk of the game for free again soon! The new demo will be based on 0.5 and features 7 songs. To prevent future save-related issues (you might recall some issues happening with demo 1's save in the initial Early Access release, or save corruption related to playing NOISZ's demo after the full game), please note that this demo will save separately from the full game.

As previously announced, 0.5 is the final major update to the Early Access version (of course, we'll still make any needed bugfixes, etc). Afterwards, we'll be focusing on the new content for the full 1.0 release! Despite everything, PROJEKT GODHAND has yet to truly begin, after all...

This update comes with a new pack, "NOISZ CONNECT"! If you have NOISZ on Steam, you'll find that you'll already have this pack for free, so don't buy it separately! (It's available as a separate purchase for players who aren't about that bullet hell life... but try out the demo just to be sure?)

We've also added some new enemies to punch for a little extra variety!

There's a bit fewer front-facing changes in this build, but we're currently working on some new QoL updates such as song sorting options, as well as a substantial UI overhaul for 0.5, which will launch at Tokyo Game Show in late September (along with new CORE APPEND content featuring another new collaboration)!

Yeah, we're newly announcing it, but you can play this update right now! Two new songs arrive from D-CELL GAMES' UNBEATABLE in CORE APPEND: FAMILIAR and (newly playable in both games) Proper Rhythm (MEMODEMO 271 BPM swag bootleg)!!

We've made a couple of small UI updates to accomodate all the new crossover songs. You'll be able to see their origins directly on the songwheel now, alongside a handful of other fixes.

The game's 20% off right now, too, so tell your friends to demolish their keyboards too!

And of course... Don't forget to wishlist UNBEATABLE and check out its incredibly stylish demo!

First off: we're excited to announce our upcoming collab with Dream Engine Games' mobile rhythm game, Rotaeno! For those unfamiliar with Rotaeno, it's a unique game where you rotate your phone (or tablet, if you want to get a strange workout) to hit the notes.

Innocence Keeper and GALACTIC WARZONE will arrive as part of the CORE APPEND folder in just 2 days! As with other CORE APPEND stuff, this is free content. We've added some new spicy tech, so look forward to it!

We also have another collaboration coming in 2 weeks which will also be a free CORE APPEND update, but it's secret for now...

An additional DLC pack "NOISZ Connect" will also be available at the end of the month for NOISZ's 7th anniversary! For anyone who owns NOISZ on Steam, this content is also free! We'll be making the pack available as a separate purchase if you're not about the rhythm bullet hell life (but we recommend trying out the demo just to be sure...)

Please do NOT purchase the pack if you already have NOISZ! It won't be added to future bundles for this reason.

If it looks to you like there's a surprising focus on additional content for Early Access, including DLC packs: you're right, these packs and CORE APPEND were originally intended to be released after GODHAND 1.0! But feedback about the gameplay has been extremely positive immediately on EA launch, and the most common request we've gotten is for more stuff to play, so we used the extra time that we'd set aside for potential gameplay revamps to accelerate the content schedule and give people what they want.

Our original release plan was for GODHAND 1.0 to have 35 songs of base content at launch, but we're currently projecting 46 songs of base content, plus 10 more in DLC packs. CORE APPEND will also continue to expand even further after the full version launch!

Of course, we're still working on the backend, so you can expect to see additional features like sort options in the near future, too.

Speaking of 1.0, we're pleased to announce that the full release of the game is slated for January 2026! This comes with 10 more songs as base content which are associated with the first act of the story, "PROJEKT GODHAND paradiso".

This is the true beginning of PROJEKT GODHAND, whatever that means...?? Well, you'll find out soon enough...

As previously announced, PROJEKT GODHAND 0.3 comes with the release of our first DLC pack GALACTIC EXPEDITION, which features an all-star cast of featured artists, charts that will test the limits of your skill, and the brand new CoURSE CHALLENGE mode!

Also, GALACTIC EXPEDITION is 20% off as a launch discount, so pick it up early if you can!

The base content of the game expands further with two new CORE APPEND songs, including our first collaboration, grode (Wyvren's Remix) from vivid/stasis, and the winner of our HIT EM contest, May!

We've also reshuffled the game's difficulty rating system after observing the play data and resulting automatic ratings--the 8000 to 9000s range has been expanded to 8000 to 10000s, forming an additional difficulty block! This should provide a more accurate picture of difficulty and help players moving up the ranks with picking out appropriate challenges.

Next month, content will focus on even more collab songs! We'll also do a bit of work on UI and try to improve visual accessibility for players who need it. Keep an eye out for exciting new announcements!

You might have seen a new addition to the Steam page... in next month's version 0.3, we're introducing the game's first DLC pack, Galactic Expedition!

A special new mode will also be available in DLC pack folders, introducing a bit of a twist to the established gameplay. It's a fun new way to experience these songs... or a horrific and sweaty challenge? It's up to you!! Find out more soon...

Avid rhythm gamers will probably note from the artist list that we're committed to making the DLC for this game top shelf stuff--we want everyone to feel that both the base game and additional packs are easily worth their price tags! And on that note, we're continuing to reinforce the value of the base game by adding two more Core Append songs in this update, including our first collaboration with another rhythm game. What could it be...?

0.3 will also expand the rating system somewhat--you've probably seen some charts pushing the edges of their difficulty block, but there are several cases where they'd be at the other edge of the next difficulty block if they were moved! In order to accomodate these, we're splitting the 8000s and 9000s blocks into three blocks (8000s-10000s), with the higher blocks largely being pushed up by 1000. With our system, it's actually possible to make this change without even pushing an update, but the new content release is a good time to try it out. We'll continue to monitor the game's rating scale in pursuit of the most scientific ratings in any rhythm game!

Following 0.3, we'll be focusing on readying the game's Japanese language option ahead of Tokyo Game Show, as well as some additional content we'll unveil at the event, so the next major update is expected to launch in late September!