The RPG news & patch notes

We have exciting news for Deck owners! While The RPG was already fully playable on the Steam Deck, we've been working on updates specific to the Deck and ironed out some kinks thanks to our communications with the Steam team. The RPG is now Verified on the Steam Deck!

You can continue playing where you left off on whichever device you'd like by having your save files sync to your PC and Steam Deck through Steam Cloud.

If you have any suggestions for improvements, you can let us know on the Discord server or the Steam Discussions forum.

• Fixed missing .exe (sorry for the hassle!)

• You can now chop down the Sacred Tree only after receiving the corresponding quest, preventing softlocks in the early stages of the game.
• Lots of UI fixes, including fixes for Steam Deck.
• Save system is now more robust. The chance of save corruption has been greatly reduced in case of a PC or game crash during saving.
• Localization fixes.

• German Community Localization - a complete revamp, thanks to our awesome adventurers on Discord!
• Fixes for other languages.
• Optimization.

• Added anti-epilepsy mode (in settings).
• Big optimization for major boss battles.
• Improved UX on controllers.
• Fix for Hangover Adventurer.
• Some rebalancing.
• Important UI/UX improvements for Steam Deck.

Steam Community Items are now available for The RPG! You can receive up to 4 trading cards for free by just playing the game, 1 for each 30 minutes of playtime!

You can also grab the profile backgrounds and the emoticons by crafting the badge on Steam. Or get them through the Points Shop by clicking the button below.

Points Shop

• Rebalanced fall damage.
• Bomb and Burn Scream kills now count as player kills and grant XP properly.
• Important fix for becoming "A Friend Of Monsters" if you decide to switch to monsters' side at late game.
• UI fix for controllers in the intro cart scene.
• Removed Feedback Form hint, although the F8 button still works. The reason is that it becomes too difficult to manage reports from Feedback Form as the community grows. Dear adventurers, please feel free to join our Discord for that. Steam Forums is an alternative, but it has some major cons for me to handle(there's a pinned thread with details).

• Fixed "Sacred Bark for Bestiary" quest flow.
• Fixed scream selection with cursor on controllers.
• Fargoth will no longer appear in the wrong places after certain game events.

• Important fix for some players who experienced crashed during save loading from the main menu.
• Added "Quit" button to in-game menu (no more ALT+F4 needed ^_^)

• Added "toggle sprint" option, a highly requested feature from players with controllers.
• UI fixes.
• Localization fixes.
• Improved Achievements support when transitioning from the demo to the full version.

• Fixed a bug with the blacksmith related to the tavern owner's quest.
• UI fixes.
• Fixed unassignable "A" keyboard key in controls settings.

• Fixed an issue where you might not join the gang even when all conditions were met.
• Now the game launches with a correct selected screen mode(Fullscree/Windowed/Borderless).
• Custom controls settings get saved.

• Fixed obtaining the key back from the King.
• Now you can leave the laboratory through the big door.
• More elevator fixes.
• Some optimization.

• Fixed "invincible" guards in Laboratory.
• Fixed a softlock when using elevator.
• Fixed some dialogues.
• Fixed stuck exile state for bandits.

• Fix for the "Set prisoners free at the Bandits' cave" quest.
• Fix for obtaining the "Battle Bread" quest.

Fixed being stuck in closed elevator after auto-save Fixed being stuck at weird camera angles "Invert Y" setting now works in cart scene as well

• Fixed "Unpatch the Silent guy's mouth" quest.
• Fixed infinite golden keys exploit at Tavern Dungeon.
• Your Fan won’t attack monsters anymore once you’re friends with them.

• Fixed a bug where the Cool King was not appearing at the bridge.

• Added "Respawn" button. Useful if you're stuck.
• Achievements are now correctly displayed in-game upon unlocking.
• Localization fixes.

• Added "Reset" button for controls in Settings menu.
• Fix for "Curse Battle Bread" quest.
• You will receive your Cursed Battle Bread back if it is missing.
• Disallow freeing captured adventurers until a proper quest is received, to avoid breaking the flow of the main questline.
• Fixes for Auto-Save feature.

• Added Auto-Save
• Patched a hole in Bandit's Cave

Hey everyone, The RPG is out right now! You can buy it with a 10% launch discount for the first week, running from August 7 to August 14.

For more information about the content in the release version, you can click the button below to check out the previous announcement with a full list of content in the game.

Announcement with content list

If you enjoy the game, leaving a review helps us out a ton. In addition to the reviews, you can also let us know your feedback on the Discord server or the Steam Discussions forum.

The RPG is also fully playable on the Steam Deck! You can continue playing on whichever device you'd like by having your save files sync to your PC and Steam Deck through Steam Cloud. If you have any suggestions for improvements or any other feedback specific to the Steam Deck you'd like us to know, please refer to the links above for feedback channels.

If you played The RPG: My First Dungeon Smells before, you can directly import your save file to the full game. During save selection when starting a new game, you'll see a button to import your save if the game detects a save file from The RPG: My First Dungeon Smells. However, for the best experience, we recommend starting a new save.

Festivals

We are also taking part in two amazing festivals: Tiny Teams and Debut Festival. Huge thanks to the Yogscast and GameDev.ist teams for organizing these events, and including us! You can click the buttons below to check out all the great games included in the festivals.

Tiny Teams 2025

Debut Festival 2025

Hi everyone, We're really excited to announce that The RPG will be releasing on August 7! You can expect hours of content and a story where your choices actually matter!

There will also be a special launch discount of 10% for the first week, running from August 7 to August 14. Don't miss out!

Full List of Content (There's A LOT)

• Between 6–12 hours of gameplay, depending on your choices. More than 60 quests, 4 guilds to join, and 3 different endings. And you can replay to make different choices.

• The main island, smaller islands, a big cave, 16 dungeons for you to explore, and more than 40 secret zones.

• More than 100 NPCs to interact with, and over 40 monsters to fight or befriend.

• Plenty of choice with 100+ unique items, 10 armors, 14 melee weapons, customizable ranged weapon and bombs, 5 screams, and 12 skills to upgrade.

• 0 FISHING GAMES!

See you all on August 7! You can join our Discord for any updates in the meantime!

Smoke and mirrors

The Main Protagonist

Debug View

Building Blocks, aka "Components"

Bonus

That's it, folks!

What's been done

• New faction: royal guards
• New quests
• New dungeon
• Huge performance optimizations
• UI improvements
• Re-balancing
• The introduction stage is now more clear with small quests like "Buy a Dagger"
• Proofreading: less mistakes in dialogues
• Proper keys rebinding
• New settings and quaility-of-life things
• A ton of bug fixes

The Introduction