Happy Anniversary Survivors!

Project Winter is celebrating our second anniversary - May 23, 2021! As a thank you to our players, we are having an anniversary event between now and June 4th at midnight UTC!

Everyone will be receiving 20,000 Survivor Points in-game if you log in during this time. We also have an extra surprise this year - an Anniversary Crate!

Celebrate our birthday in style with some new cosmetics!

Thank you for supporting us and have fun surviving!

Greetings Survivors!

We hope you all have been enjoying your rides on the gondola and appreciate your feedback and patience as we worked on this newest update!

So hear us out…

What if a survivor could use the hatch?
What if a hacker could open the truth serum lab alone?
What if a detective could investigate traitor crates?
What if traitors could sabotage the fire in the cabin?
What if poison effects were delayed?
What if traitor crates had purchasable items?

...what if? What if… we updated some of our beloved roles?

Are you ready to role with the punches? Can you be a wolf in sheep’s clothing in this latest Project Winter update?


The Innocent role has been removed and replaced with the “Scout” role:

• Scouts can use traitor hatches
  
• When using a radio Scouts will see where other players transmitting with the same color radio are on the map

Changes to Traitors:

• When using a radio standard traitors can now see where other players transmitting with the same color radio are on the map. This includes both red traitor radios and other colour radios if they decide to use them
  
• Traitor hacker has been removed, and all traitors can now open bunkers with traitor credits
  
• All Traitors can open the truth serum lab and armory with traitor credits
  
• Traitors can “repair and sabotage with delay” an objective, which repairs an objective and automatically sabotages it after a period of time
  
• Traitors can sabotage the fireplace so the cabin will not restore heat until it is repaired with wood
  
• Traitors can sabotage a bunker to guarantee that a wolf will come out of it when the bunker is opened
  
• Traitors must now purchase items from traitor crates using traitor credits. Items in traitor drops remain the same and are not required to be purchased

Changes to Hackers:

• Hackers no longer need electronic scrap to open bunkers
  
• Hackers can open the truth serum lab and armory with electronic scrap

Changes to Detective:

• Detectives can investigate traitor crates to potentially deduce who opened them
  
• Detectives can use trap disarm kits to see who placed the traps they disarm
  
  
• Detectives and ID Thieves now hear a jazzy theme song when they approach a dead body
  
• Added the ability to choose map in Custom Mode

Changes to Poison:

• Poison’s effects are now delayed after consuming or interacting with a poisoned object
  
• A player who poisons another player sees a timer over the poisoned player’s head counting down to when their poison takes effect
  
• Poisoned items now stack with non-poisoned items of the same type
  
• Poison and poisoned crossbow bolts cause the player to lose heat in addition to their other effects
  
• Player gets a message on the global events banner when poison takes effect
  
• Poisonings and the identity of the poisoner are shown on the timeline at the end of a match

Changes to Traitors:

• Traitors can see what bunkers have been broken and/or sabotaged with a wolf
  
• The bonus objective “repair objective” has been added
  
• Traitors gain proximity credits (credits from being around other players) faster
  
• Traitors gain more credits from opening traitor crates than they did before

• Defector starts the game with their ability 50% charged
  
• Soldiers take 20% less damage from wild animals
  
• All unlock stations must now be activated to open a wolf bunker.
  
• The truth serum lab and armory proximity text has subtitles that explain those locations in more detail
  
• The player’s current role is highlighted on the roles list
  
• Players can view the roles list from the pause menu
  
• Players using a controller can view HUD tooltips by pressing down on the D-pad.
  
• Players get a system message in the text chat at the beginning of the game telling them where they can get more information on their role
  
• Changed “Radio Station” and “Hydro Station” objective text to “Power Station” to match the name on the building and avoid confusion
  
• Removed sabotage option from armory consoles and lab consoles
  
• Increased the rematch timer to 60 seconds

• Keyboard settings pop ups no longer have a button automatically selected.
  
• Key binding is now moved a bit to the bottom and will no longer appear behind the message.
  
• Stopping the mouse from triggering any mouse events when it's invisible
  
• [Xbox] fixed issue where a controller disconnect event would occur if any controllers paired user changed rather than the just the active controller
  
• Fixed issues with overlapping font
  
• Fixed the keyboard controls saving changes on close, and made it reset any unsaved changes on close.
  
• Pressing settings revert behavior changed:
  
• Pressing revert when the keyboard keys aren't shown will never bring up the key revert popups anymore.
  
• The restore defaults popup will now be navigable.
  
• The revert button now updates whether it's interactable or not based on tab open
  
• Fixed navigation being lost due to the revert button turning not interactable.
  
• Dismissed announcement will now properly select the button of the next announcement
  
• Added more space to the layout for tool tips of abilities
  
• [Xbox] Added code to disable Controller/Keyboard toggles on the Controls screen
  
• Fixed issue where camera tracks gondola instead of player when player hops off at last second
  
• Fixed] removed/moved floating rocks on many levels
  
• Added backing behind the loading
  
• Fixed Swaying trees on top of rocks on gondola map
  
• Fixed a few instances of players getting stuck in water
  
• Fixed rock collision near Kilauea crater.
  
• Fixed an instance where the player could walk through a part of the mountain on the gondola map by turning on a collider
  
• Fixed an instance where the battery could spawn in the mountains behind the cabin on the gondola map by moving spawn node to bottom of the mountain
  
• Made several collision fixes to stop out of bounds instances on the gondola map
  
• Turned off static batching groups of trees
  
• Added timeline images for new timeline events that were missing them
  
• Made a stopgap fix for doubling/tripling/sounds
  
• Steam/waterfall loops restricted to single global playback
  
• Fixed / added code so players can not ragdoll over top of interactables such as crates and berry bushes which will help to prevent them from ending up in places where they can get stuck.
  
• Added a fix for the ragdolls being able to get stuck in the outhouse when ragdolling into it using a landmine.
  
• Updated the collision on the argo so it would block ragdolls from going under the ramp.
  
• Fixed a bug where when the player is right next to a collider (think of the wall of a building) and the throw animation moves the arm through the collider, the release point is on the opposite side of the collider than the player is and nothing prevents it from releasing inside of the collider.
  
• Fixed issue with the animal corpses not spawning.
  
• Fixed an issue with the animals getting stuck and rotating weird on uneven ground.
  
• Added code so we cannot drop items through colliders.
  
• Fixed a couple null references when animals die.
  
• Added code to stop dragging players at the start and stop of the mass hysteria event.
  
• Fixed an issue where the root transform was not being updated on other clients. This was making it so the bodies could become very far apart between clients.
  
• Fixed instances where some items have really large colliders which when dropped by a wall are larger than the wall itself.
  
• Fixed issue with players being able to get items stuck on the roof on the outhouse
  
• Fixed issue where the player becomes non-responsive and invincible if they fall right before being ragdolled.
  
• Added code to make the line of sight work a little different for throwable objects vs normal interactables.
  
• Fix added for animals being able to be pushed around when stuck in a bear trap.
  
• [Xbox/Win10] Added a dialog box for when the player attempts to invite without having any friends in his list.
  
• Added code to make it so we can pick up a radio and have it go to the radio slot
  
• Fixed many collision issues across multiple maps
  
• Updated the ragdoll sync code so that if the client's ragdoll is within a short distance of the owner's ragdoll, then the client just retains it's local transforms rather than applying the owners transforms. But if it's larger than the acceptable distance, then it snaps to the owner's transforms.
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where Xbox One players could not remove the lobby password
  
• Fixed Buy DLC button remaining active on Rewards tab when switching between purchase DLC crate option and open inventory crate option
  
• Fixed Code Terminal UI not appearing in some bunkers
  
• Store items with no purchase limit on Steam are now limited for non-Steam platforms
  
• DLC banner changes on the Rewards tab for controllers
  
• * disabled the Purchase DLC button for controllers
  
• * updated the controller legend from Buy to Purchase DLC for controller if hovering DLC crate without owning DLC
  
• [Xbox/Win10] Added option when joining via invites to require password input.
  
• Fixed issue where Crossplay Setting was defaulting to off when clicking the revert button in settings
  
• Added password button for new host when old host leaves lobby
  
• Fixed terminals going idle after sabotaging
  
• Added the missing button D-pad down into the controller images.
  
• Fixed issue with dead body proximity not stopping when a player exits game through game over
  
• Fixed Scrolling and navigation issues in the Settings
  
• Fixed issue where the game stops working if a name has {curly brackets}.
  
• Fixed mouse input to not allow the emote radial to show up and mess things up.
  
• Fixed an issue where walking away would not let the bunker missions complete.
  
• Fixed the labels disappearing when the host goes into a rematch while other players stay in the game over screen.
  
• Reverted ghost and ingame controls being checked against each other when binding.
  
• Added a refresh to the cursor in case it somehow disappears while in mkb mode.
  
• The radial wheel layout should no longer mess up placement upon exiting and opening it repeatedly.
  
• Fix for tooltips only showing up the first time they're triggered up on crafting tables.
  
• Redid an older issue where the tips appeared when the game over screen showed up.
  
• When the game over statistics screen comes up, the tips now get disabled.
  
• Fixed the spanish text for PASSWORD_UNLOCK. Has been updated to proper translation.
  
• Fixed issue where main menu UI breaks if player tries to rematch, but another player has recently opened a lobby with the same name as the rematch lobby
  
• Fixed an instance where sabotage doesn't work correctly if host disconnected around the same time as objective sabotaged
  
• Fixed an issue where easter crates were not removed from inventory when opened
  
• Fixed gondola timeline entry not appearing on all clients
  
• Adjusted text box widths on the Controls section of the game guide to fix issues with text getting cut off on some languages
  
• Fixed issue with moose gathering at the cabin when host disconnects
  
• Made progression of tasks based on escaping with items exclude sabotaged escapes
  
• Fixed instances for projectiles hitting buildings instead of the player in front of the buildings.
  
• Converted Traitors will no longer keep showing survivor air drops
  
• Fixed crashes during quitting process where photon tries to open modal for a disconnection by client.
  
• [Xbox] Fixed settings revert button not being interactable when opening the menu specifically on Xbox

New store items available at approximately 7:00PM EST


As always, we are listening and we encourage everyone to leave feedback in our community Discord in the #suggestions channel.

Stay tuned for more updates in the future, and thank you for your continued support!

Happy Easter Survivors!

We’re keeping our Easter tradition alive with some egg-clusive cosmetics crates! This year we’ve also added a themed preset “Suspect or Resurrect!” Who are you going to trust when half the lobby could try to murder you?

Available NOW until April 15th! Hop on into the game and get started!

Greeting Survivors!

The perfect game to back-stab your friends just added a new level of deception. Are you ready?

A new map has been added in the rotation that may bring some uphill battles and high level gameplays to your Project Winter experience. Be extra careful of who you trust as this map gives a whole new meaning to having a “ride or die” friend!




Introducing a new map:

• The cabin is located on the northernmost tile rather than in the center, overlooking the rest of the map from an elevated position
  
• Two options for accessing the rest of the map from the cabin: a gondola that provides rapid transport to the southernmost tile, or a narrow ramp that descends the cliffside to the immediate area below the cabin
  
• New gameplay dynamics, with the first objective now being located outside the southern gondola station rather than around the cabin and the ability for traitors to delay the gondola via sabotage
  
  
• Two new main tile variations for the existing normal mode maps which alter the positions of trees, rocks, etc. surrounding the cabin
  
• Text chat can now be used in pregame lobbies, which also logs messages when players join, leave or get kicked
  
• Players can now only upvote the same player once per day at the end of a match
  
• Snow trails will now disappear much faster when a blizzard event is active
  
• Updated naming of bonus objectives to "bonus challenges" and adjusted their scale on the UI to better emphasize the importance of the primary escape objectives
  
• When initiating the escape vehicle countdown, if a survivor is the last remaining player alive, the vehicle will now leave immediately instead of waiting for the countdown
  
• Added sound effect that plays when sending or receiving messages via text chat to better draw attention to it
  
• Various changes to improve UI when using a controller
  
• Updated crossplay icon visuals to help them read better
  
• [Steam] Added new option in general settings to toggle crossplay icon visibility outside of main menu lobby (will now be hidden in-game by default)

• Traitor radio jamming ability no longer jams red radio channel
  
• Identity Thieves now gain access to the red radio channel when stealing a traitor role
  
• All deployed traps (bear traps, landmines, tripwires) now have a 3 second grace period before the deployer can activate them (previously only on the bear trap)
  
• Tripwires will now slow the player who triggered them by 50% for 10 seconds
  
• Tripwires can now be used to trap crates
  
• Tripwires and alarm traps will now trigger their alarm when activated via the Trap Disarm Kit
  
• Reduced duration of bear traps on polar bears
  
• Explosive crossbow bolts no longer cause players to ragdoll
  
• Survivor airdrop will now always appear away from the cabin
  
• Reduced activation time for ice wall consoles from 3 seconds to 1 second
  
• Removed "don't deal damage with tools" bonus challenge and replaced with individual challenges for not using a single type of tool
  
• Players will now drop batteries if holding one when teleported by the Solar Flare event
  
• Basic mode has its own drop tables for crates, to help reduce the need for crafting (Crates include: Berries, Cooked Animal Meat, Potpie, First Aid Kit, Axe, Pick Axe, Sickle, Campfire Kit, Bear Trap, Shotgun)
  
• Animals drop additional meat when killed.

• Fixed aiming reticle missing for cloned players when aiming ranged weapons at a valid target
  
• Fixed issues with targeting other players on controller while aiming a ranged weapon if there were any items in the path between the player and target
  
• Fixed armory icon not being shown on map for a cloned soldier in certain cases
  
• Fixed certain cases where game may not end if multiple players disconnect simultaneously
  
• Fixed issue where player could get stuck while using truth serum reveal or Hunter's reveal ability on another player while the other player is downed
  
• Fixed contextual option for Hunter's reveal ability being visible while Hunter is attacking another player
  
• Fixed cabin radio not updating to show "repair tasks first" prompt if an objective is sabotaged after the first escape has been called
  
• Fixed tutorial player not using correct body type
  
• Fixed issue where camera could remain zoomed out and player animations could break when dropping a radio while aiming a ranged weapon
  
• Fixed wolves not correctly consuming dropped meat
  
• Fixed ghost chill and ghost heal being able to affect players onboard an escape if they disembark after the ability has been used
  
• Fixed several cases where environmental sounds could persist between maps
  
• Fixed issue with ranger escape vehicle sometimes not playing audio
  
• Fixed possible connection issues for some players when first loading into game; retry prompt will show less often
  
• Fixed issue with player corpse inventory title not displaying incorrectly in Turkish
  
• Fixed minimap being hidden by Solar Flare event when player is not actually teleported (due to being aboard the escape vehicle or otherwise)
  
• Fixed various issues with map geometry
  
• [Blackout] Fixed cases where ghost animal corpses could remain visible after Witching Hour event had ended
  
• [Xbox] Fixed tooltips on main menu buttons not being positioned correctly
  
• [Xbox] Fixed stacking issues with certain prompts on the main menu
  
• [Xbox] Fixed cases where certain button legends could be incorrect after navigating to and subsequently closing certain popups
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issues with certain controllers disconnecting and reconnecting repeatedly
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue with transparent overlay displaying on game over screen
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where password could not be removed from lobby to unlock it
  
• [Xbox] Fixed debug export button being visible when first opening custom settings menu
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issues with player name verification and duplicate player names not being uniquely identifiable
  
• [Xbox] Fixed Helper Backpack cosmetic item missing textures
  
• [Xbox] Fixed empty slots on character and store screen tabs not being coloured correctly
  
• [Xbox] Fixed various issues with switching between profiles mid-game
  
• [Xbox] Fixed issues with screen tearing

As always, we are listening and we encourage everyone to leave feedback in our community Discord in the #suggestions channel.

Stay tuned for more updates in the future, and thank you for your continued support!

Surprise! We’re partaking in the Steam Lunar New Year Sale!

From now until February 15th save 35% off both the base game and the Blackout DLC!

Don’t forget we now have crossplay, so you can join with friends no matter what platform they are playing on! Happy Backstabbing!

Happy New Year Survivors!

After a well-deserved holiday break we are back with another update. Although somewhat small due to holidays and with us being busy pushing out our newly announced Xbox builds, we still managed to pack in some special surprises!

Add a splash of colour with your betrayal! Enjoy six new hair colours, which you can purchase from the permanent section of the item store, including:

• Blue
  
• Bright Red
  
• Cyan
  
• Green
  
• Pink
  
• Purple

The treats don’t end there though! We’ve heard your requests and this month’s steam store items are weapon skins! We’ve added an assortment of new weapon skins for both melee and guns - for all your murdering needs!

• Added six new hair colours which can be purchased from the permanent section of the item store
  
• Sorting lobbies by status will show open preferred mode lobbies followed by other open lobbies, rather than all preferred mode lobbies first
  
• Various UI updates to make controller navigation more friendly
  
• Added new color variants to cosmetic items in existing crates

• Reduced pool of available bonus objectives in Basic Mode and reduced requirements for repair material crafting objectives and destroy signs objective
  
• Reduced points for Identity Thief bonus objective from 1000 to 600
  
• Updated “hunt and kill X animals” bonus objective to requirements of 1, 3 or 5 instead of 3 or 5 and change points awarded to 100, 300 and 500 respectively
  
• Reduced points penalty for survivors damaging other survivors from -20 per 100 damage to -5 per 100 damage, and increased penalty for survivors killing other survivors from -100 to -250

• Fixed issue where progression trees could become locked on subsequent launches after unlocking and purchasing an item
  
• Fixed issue where if several players disconnected around the same time, the may not have ended when a game over condition was met
  
• Fixed issue where players repeatedly interacting with a bunker console could cause the bunker to open without all consoles being activated
  
• Fixed issue where ghosts could be able to spam their fire or feast abilities
  
• Fixed certain cases where flickering could be observed on certain areas of the UI
  
• Fixed escape vehicle not blocking gunshots and allowing players to be shot from the opposite side while boarding
  
• Fixed dig site shovel building counting as a yellow flag for the “visit X yellow flag points” bonus objective
  
• Fixed wind audio from intro playing for longer than it should when skipping cutscene and reaching the main menu quickly
  
• Fixed players cloned while a global exile is active being able to enter the cabin or power station
  
• Fixed escapes spawning in incorrect locations on several maps, leading to issues with animal pathing
  
• Fixed issue where player could be prevented from falling off a sabotaged bridge by standing in the right location
  
• Fixed players being able to loot items through walls of power station from certain angles
  
• Fixed explosion sfx not playing for certain bridges when sabotaged
  
• Fixed various geometry, collision and object placement issues on maps
  
• Fixed text for item store buy button sometimes overlapping
  
• [Blackout] Fixed case where invisible animals could appear during wave console activation if a Witching Hour event had previously occurred and ghost animals were killed during it

As always, we are listening and we encourage everyone to leave feedback in our community Discord in the #suggestions channel.

Stay tuned for more updates in the future, and thank you for your continued support!

The Project Winter elves have been hard at work to deliver holiday gifts this year! Enjoy a new crate and a progression tree this jolly season. Festive cosmetics are now available for you all to unlock and purchase!

Please remember that this is a limited time event. Once the event is over, you’ll be able to purchase and keep any unlocked progression items, but will not be able to make progress on locked items.

You can have your chance at these items until January 5th. Get in the game and spend those hard-earned survivor points!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

The Project Winter elves have more goodies up their sleeves with an extra special gift for all of you! From now until January 5th, save 45% off the base game and 20% off the DLC!

Give the gift of teamwork and betrayal this holiday season!

Greetings Survivors!

We are back with our monthly update! This update is largely focused on improving existing systems and the overall experience through balance changes and bug fixes.

You will notice the cabin has a little bit of holiday cheer sprinkled over it brought to you by the Project Winter elves - a special festive touch to prepare for the Holiday event happening soon!

This past month we had a community contest in our Discord which resulted in two recommended presets being added in with this update: Who Are You? and Fool Among Us. Be sure to check them out and let us know what you think!

Want to get involved in our next community contest? Join our Discord to submit and vote in future events!

• Added various holiday-themed decorations in and around the cabin
  
• Player names can now be selected on the game over screen to view the player’s Steam profile
  
• Various updates to UI to improve controller support

• Reduced health reduction for consuming uncooked berries to 0
  
• Added warmth restoration to cooked food items: 10 for berries, 25 for cooked animal meat and 50 for cooked human heart
  
• Increased range of tripwire alarm from 100 to 250 units
  
• Increased alert time for tripwire from 10 secs to 30 secs
  
• Reduced crafting cost of tripwire to 1 wood, 1 stone (previously 2 wood, 1 stone)
  
• Increased flares received from crafting recipe from 1 to 2
  
• Increased frequency of traitor crates in Basic Mode
  
• Removed animation for claiming bonus objective

• Fixed cases where an item or interactable object would show “in-use” despite no players being near it
  
• Fixed last equipped item looted from a player who died during mass hysteria event not working correctly
  
• Fixed cases where inventory items could turn black and become unusable for a period of time
  
• Fixed issue where camera could remain zoomed out if player aimed a ranged weapon and swapped inventory items on the same frame
  
• Fixed proximity chat getting cut off if player picked up a radio while holding down the push-to-talk button
  
• Fixed proximity chat control not being able to be rebound
  
• Fixed certain Korean characters not being displayed correctly
  
• Fixed new item indicators not appearing correctly when hairstyle or beard cosmetics were purchased
  
• Fixed issue where warmth gain from cabin could continue to apply if leaving cabin when mega blizzard starts
  
• Fixed collectible batteries sometimes not respawning when dropped off a sabotaged bridge
  
• Fixed issue on main menu when exiting lobbies where unnecessary data would be downloaded in the background
  
• Fixed points not being awarded if player force closes game while on game over screen
  
• Fixed cases for new players where cosmetic items could display incorrectly for their character on MVP screen or when selecting character customization tab on main menu
  
• Fixed case where hot springs ambient audio could persist between matches
  
• Fixed placement of traitor hatch on main tile to prevent it from appearing inside power station
  
• Fixed case where crafted items dropped on ground due to full inventory would not be seen by other players
  
• Fixed gamepad name being blank if a controller is plugged in and the player has opened the settings screen more than once in the same session
  
• Fixed several instances of text that wasn’t translated
  
• Fixed various visual issues and collision problems on maps
  
• [Blackout] Fixed consoles for certain wolf bunkers being interactable after the bunker has been opened

As always, we are listening and we encourage everyone to leave feedback in our community Discord in the #suggestions channel.

Stay tuned for more updates in the future, and thank you for your continued support!

We're proud to announce we're entering Project Winter to be nominated for the Steam Awards under the category "Labor of Love"!

We truly do love everything that we have been and will continue doing for Project Winter. We have been striving to keep the game up to date and fun for everyone!

We'd like to thank you for making Project Winter the amazing experience that it is today! We hope you continue enjoying the game and the wonderful community that's been created around it.

Feel free to join our Discord if you would like to be further involved in the community. We’d love to see you there!

Thank you and please don't forget to vote!