Hey there, Project Winter Community! Sam here, Sr. Producer for Project Winter 👋

As most of you know, we released a community survey back in January. We received over 1000 responses in both English and Chinese. From the bottom of my heart, I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time to answer our questions and provide us with your thoughts. We have taken the last ~2 months to aggregate, translate, and sort through all the responses, and have made some decisions regarding the future of Project Winter, specifically our plans for 2025.

We would like to make sure that all new and existing players know - and truly feel - that we, as Developers, are committed to making sure Project Winter continues to live and thrive. As a result of this endeavor, I have a 2025 roadmap that we'd like to share with everyone. We are calling this our "Road to Project Winter v2.0". I want to be crystal-clear that this is not a sequel to Project Winter, but rather, a refreshed Project Winter experience.

We will not be releasing specifics about any of the items on the roadmap - we want to surprise you with each content update / release - but we do want to show you what we're working on!

We are planning the following changes to be released this year:

• We will release at least 2 new maps
  
• Lobby hosts will be able to select what map to play next
  
• Gondola map is coming back to Normal mode!
  
• We are removing both the Ally role and Wild Spirit (ghost bear) from Normal modes
  
• We will be releasing something we are code-naming "Cabin Fever" (no details about this will be announced, so don't ask

In addition to all of the above changes, we will also be making a ton of balancing changes to in-game messaging, items, inventory management, player block function, the Store, and the HUD/UI. We will also be adding a new throwing mechanic!

We are very excited for what the year has in store for us and for the community, and we hope you will love everything when it is released!

Below is the translated version of the previous survey post and a link to the survey in Chinese.

这几个月来，我们看到了大家对《Project Winter》的建议和意见，我们愿意给大家发出更大的声音。我们想要求我们的玩家社区 - 包括那些仍在积极玩游戏的人和那些可能已经停止或从未玩过游戏的人 - 完成社区调查。

该调查是匿名的，包含有关游戏玩法、更新和社区参与的问题。我们认识到调查中存在很多问题，但是，我们希望真正为您提供一个详细、安全的空间，以便能够与我们分享您的想法，因为您的反馈将帮助我们制定《Project Winter》的实施方式 继续前进。

我们感谢您花时间完成这项调查，也感谢您帮助我们进行这项研究！

社区调查可以在这里找到: https://wj.qq.com/s2/17649636/2756/

Hey Survivors!

Over the past few months, we’ve been listening to your suggestions and feedback, and now we want to give you an even louder voice. We’re inviting everyone—current players, past players, and even those who’ve never tried the game—to take part in our community survey.

This anonymous survey (via Google Forms) asks about gameplay, updates, and community engagement. It’s a bit long, but we want to provide a space for you to share your honest thoughts. Your feedback is crucial in shaping the future of Project Winter.

Thank you for taking the time to help us with this research! 🧡

Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/kwvUQPXCr1DYmeEHA

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The Wilderness Wardrobe Update Is Now Live!



We’re excited to announce that our latest update is now live! This release focuses on refining your gameplay experience with a range of quality-of-life changes, bug fixes, and some key balancing adjustments.

Welcome New Players!
A warm welcome to all our new players who’ve recently joined the community! We’re thrilled to have you on board. Demo mode is now back online, so if you’re looking to explore the game with friends, it’s a great (and free) way to get a feel for everything we have to offer.

Balancing & Improvements

Abandoned Ranger

• The Abandoned Ranger objective has now been added to Normal games. Previously, this was only available in Custom games.
  
• We’ve rebalanced the sabotaging mechanics. Signal Boosters that have been sabotaged will now require players to gather a small number of resources to repair them.

Wild Spirit

• To prevent exploits, the Wild Spirit ability can no longer be used immediately in front of entrances or buildings. However, be aware that a transformed bear might still block these entrances!
  
• Traitor Items

Traitor Crates

• The spawn rate of energy drinks in Traitor Crates has been increased.

Objectives & Armory

• We’ve increased the difficulty of the Smoke Signal, Repair, and Stockpile objectives.
  
• The probability of different items, including guns, spawning in armory crates has also been adjusted.
  
• Cosmetics

Cosmetics

• New cosmetics are now available in-store for September, along with additions to our permanent Store collection.

Notable Bug Fixes 

• Fixed various issues with snowshoes, ensuring they are consumed correctly and updating their description to reflect that they leave no snow trail. 
  
• Corrected an issue where Traitors were unable to open bunkers with Traitor Credits. 
  
• The Ally role description has been updated to correctly state that the Ally Player can take on multiple roles, not just survivor. 
  
• Corrected the sickle skin's range, ensuring it matches the default sickle. 

Full Update Notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/

Hey Survivors!

They Beware Lamps update is now live!



This update focuses primarily on quality-of-life changes, balancing and bug fixes as we continue work on reworking custom games.

Balance Changes

Abandoned Ranger

• Based on feedback from the community, we reviewed and rebalanced the animal waves for the Abandoned Ranger objective. There is now updated logic for how many and what type of animal will spawn based on the state (sabotaged vs not sabotaged) and how many survivors are still alive.

Some notable bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where animal waves would not begin after a signal tower was sabotaged. Now, animal waves will spawn for one minute if the signal tower is reactivated via sabotage.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Abandoned Ranger objective where animal spawn radius for the signal towers; previously the radius was very small, so animal waves would only spawn if you were very, very close to the signal tower.
  
• Fixed an issue in Custom Games where the game settings may become desynchronized across players if the host changed the setting in the lobby. This would have caused players to see different objectives and roles from the host. This may have also caused loading issues where some players may have experienced a ‘hang’ while loading into the match.
  
• Fixed an issue in Custom Games where the match may fail to load if the host modified the animal health values.

Cosmetics

As always, you will see new cosmetics in-store for the months of July and August!

Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/

Hey Survivors!

The Time For Cake update is now live!



This update focuses on some quality of life, balancing improvements and bug fixes.

New Features:
Lobby Codes

• To streamline matchmaking, we have added a lobby code function, which will replace lobby passwords. Now, when a player wants to join a lobby, they will need to ask for the lobby code (visible to the lobby host) and enter that code to join the lobby.

Store Improvements

• We added a feature where the cosmetic name will appear below the player mannequin / preview in the Store page.

New Hair Colors

1. We added new default hair colors: light ash blonde, ash blonde, light red, brown, java brown, charcoal black, and dark grey. This brings the total default hair colors to 15 (plus any hair dyes you have purchased).

Balance Changes:
Sound Emitter

• Sound Emitter now allows the user to choose which sounds are played.

Wild Spirit

• Decreased health of the ghost bear to 800
  
• Decreased the damage of Roar attack to 80
  
• Increased the cooldown of Roar attack to 40 seconds
  
• Decreased the damage of Claw attack to 50

Other Balancing Changes

• Reverted the 2nd Traitor Drop to be time-based. Previously, both Traitor Airdrops were awarded to Traitors after objective completion. This provided little to no time for Traitors to access and benefit from the second Traitor airdrop. We changed this so that the second Traitor Airdrop is awarded once a set amount of time has passed .

With the release of this update, we'll continue to monitor feedback on Wild Spirit over the next few days before making additional changes.

Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/

The Egg Hunt Update is now live!



This update focuses on an overhaul of our Artifact store, as well as significant changes to the Ally and Wild Spirit features from the previous update. Additionally, we’ve added a new objective available in custom games called “Abandoned Ranger”.


Artifact Store: The store page of the main menu has received a face lift!

• Additional support for new cosmetic categories, allowing us to do “Daily”, “Weekly” or other faster rotations of store items.
  
• Improved the visibility of cosmetic items on display in the store by increasing their image size.
  
• Added the ability to sell cosmetics for Survivor Points
  
• Cosmetic Name will now be displayed when viewing the item in the store.

Drops / Crates Page: We’ve introduced a new “Drops Catalog” that allows players to view the contents of a crate before purchasing it.
Abandoned Ranger: We’ve added a new objective to the custom game mode!

• Abandoned Ranger is a new objective where a ranger-style escape vehicle has been abandoned and survivors must repair it.
  
• While repairing it, a signal will begin emitting from it. Signal Boosters around the map will start picking up that signal and transmit a radio frequency that blocks the cabin radio from being able to contact their escape vehicle.
  
• Players need to locate both signal towers and work to stop the frequency from transmitting.
  
• This objective is ONLY available in custom game mode as we look for feedback and continue to improve it before we add it to the main game modes.

Added Easter event consisting of a progression tree and new store cosmetics.

But wait, more notable changes include:

Ally balance changes:

• There is now a delay before the Ally knows who their Allied Player is.
  
• An ally can be on any team (Survivor, Traitor, or Neutral)

Wild Spirit Changes:

• There is now a cooldown for the roar attack
  
• Ghosts no longer accrue Ghost Power while transformed into a ghost bear
  
• There is now a 180 second cooldown between Wild Spirit transformations
  
• Voice chat is muted for the ghost bear while using Wild Spirit ability
  
• And more!

Tranquilizer gun has been fixed

• Players now deal the correct amount of damage when suffering from the tranquilized effect

Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/

Hey Survivors!

The maintenance for Project Winter's Free Pass has concluded. Users may now resume use of the Free Pass version of Project Winter.

Thank you for your patience.

Hey survivors!

We're temporarily disabling the Free Pass version of Project Winter while it undergoes some maintenance.

We're sorry for the inconvenience,