Greetings, mighty gladiators!

By far one of the S&S questions I am asked most is "When are you going to do a remake of Swords and Sandals III?"

(The other question I always get asked is "What's up with the S&S 2 comma glitch, was that on purpose?" - nope, that was just the work of shoddy programming!)

I'm thrilled to at last be able to announce a Swords and Sandals III remaster is in the works - and the Steam Page has just gone live.

Check out the new Steam page for the game here!



Swords and Sandals III Redux is being made using the S&S Immortals engine from 2023, with a few tweaks and changes to suit the faster pace of S&S 3. The gameplay will be almost identical but there's all new bosses, shops, arenas and other cool stuff too. I estimate I've built about 50% of the game so far and am aiming to have it launched late this year (with a possible demo in maybe September).

To celebrate the launch, I've updated the Classic Collection with a few new mods - so go check them out ( including one made by me, Emperor's Requiem !)



Once again, I want to thank all of you awesome S&S fans for allowing me to do this for so long - coming up on 20 years of Swords and Sandals now ( how old do we all feel now eh!!! ), so this has been an absolute privilege and honour to be doing this all these years later.

If you like what you see from S&S 3 Redux's teaser trailer, please throw us a wishlist as it makes a big difference to the almighty Steam Algorithm in terms of game visibility - the more wishlists, the more people will see the Steam Page and the more popularity the game will get.

Gladiators, I salute you!

Oliver Joyce
Whiskeybarrel Studios

Hello friends!
We have just uploaded a new update.

- Achievements
- A number of bugs have been fixed
- Some localizations have been improved

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I decided to add a fun little feature.

You can now toggle photo mode with F11, allowing you to take screenshots of your pets as well as adjust camera options like lighting, depth of field, colour contrast, and more.

I've made Photo Mode work with both the Home Island as well as in-game. In future, Photo Mode may pause the game so that you can take nice screenshots leisurely.

Here are some photos I took of the Home Island using Photo Mode!







-YYZ

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Fighter, from 26.04.2025 (14:00 UTC+3) to 27.04.2025 (14:00 UTC+3), Karos will have increased enchantment multipliers on x2!

Hurry up to enchant +13 and become more powerful!

Don't forget to use protection so you don't lose your precious items!

And let luck be on your side!

x2 ENCHANTMENT RATES IN KAROS CLASSIC!

From 26.04.2025 (14:00 UTC+3) to 28.04.2025 (14:00 UTC+3), Karos Classic will feature increased x2 rates for enchanting!

Hurry to enchant up to +13 and become even more powerful!

Don’t forget about protection to keep your precious item safe!

May luck be on your side!

0.8.2 will soon be here so the time for the usual public test build is now. The major highlights to look for are the water currents system affecting microbes, new patch events, and completed tolerances system (though the GUI sliders need a tiny bit more work that there was no time to complete). And of course there’s also a plethora of smaller features, like bioluminescence, and a variety of bugfixes.

To access the beta build, right click Thrive in Steam and opt-in to the "beta" branch of the game.

As usual please post any feedback you have on this test build on our forums, or in the comments below. We will try to then fix as many found high priority issues before the full 0.8.2 release as possible.

Hotfix 04/26

Additions:
Integrated Steam SDK

Enhanced special effects when sacrificing books

Eggs now display the "need to move in" icon immediately after being obtained

Gold income for recruiting monsters is now correctly displayed on the UI

Mute buttons for music and sound effects no longer affect the volume sliders

Heroes of different qualities now have colored borders on their UI frames

Added button for linking X (Twitter) account

Bug Fixes:
Fixed the mage tower hiring prompt being blocked by buildings

Fixed the ability to collect gold even during building construction

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