Dear community, I don't usually write long news stories for small updates, simply due to time constraints. However, we've addressed a few topics with this update that I'd like to introduce.

Over the past few weeks, we've received increasing numbers of comments about the poor lighting in the game, the dimness, and the lightbulb effect above the hero's head being very irritating when you get too close to walls.

As a result, we've completely reworked the lighting in the dungeon and added a brightness setting to the settings. This change also has the positive effect of reducing the effective light sources, thus resulting in a small performance improvement.

Monsters turn around when they move too far away from their spawn point and run back. While running back, they didn't react to damage and began regenerating while running. Both of these changes have been changed in this update.

From now on, you can cancel all auctions that don't have an active bid. This makes things much easier if you have many auctions running at the same time.

We've also added a feature that lets you send all completed items to your inventory with one click.

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your feedback. If you have any ideas or comments, please post them in the Steam Community or contact me on our Discord server!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782480/Tormentis/

Tormentis entered Early Access a year ago and, thanks to your help, has improved and changed significantly.

We're delighted that so many players remain loyal to Tormentis and believe in the game and its concept.

Even though I've been working on Tormentis for four and a half years now, it's still fun! Especially engaging with the community via Discord and email to learn more about players' wishes and thoughts.

As with all games, there's always speculation: how many players a game has, how often do players play, and does such a small game even have an active community?

Since our players are spread across Steam, Android, and iOS, a quick look at SteamDB can give a false picture. We'd also like to share some data with you here.

Across all platforms, there have been almost 10,000 installs and 40-80 daily active players since release. This includes approximately 400 sales (including full-price IAPs). Of course, we would be very happy if there were significantly more. The trend is increasing, which makes us optimistic.

Unfortunately, "Early Access" is a relatively large hurdle for many Steam users, especially when games are developed by small studios. I understand this and hope that with continuous improvements and, above all, future updates, we can continue to build confidence in the game.

Another question I've been asked a lot recently is when Tormentis will reach version 1.0? We actually wanted to stay in EA for 6-9 months – other developers might already release the game in 1.0, but I want to offer more depth with Tormentis through more units and more equipment. Furthermore, the league should be more interesting and varied (a new concept has already been developed with the community on Discord). Based on current planning and the remaining tasks, it is realistic to release version 1.0 in spring 2026.

At this point, I would like to thank you again from the bottom of my heart! Your honest and direct feedback is a valuable help to make Tormentis a great game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782480/Tormentis/