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Stampede: Racing Royale is Launching on Steam! Everything You Need to Know

heyhey racers,

The title says it all – Stampede: Racing Royale is coming back to Steam! Let’s go!



First things first, a HUMONGOUS thank you to Steam players for your patience and support, since the most recent Steam Playtest for Stampede earlier this year. After building a community with you and making improvements to the game with your support through multiple playtests, we’re hyped to now fully launch the game on Steam.

This will indeed be a full, free-to-play launch for Stampede: Racing Royale – not a playtest, or Early Access period. This move has been made to ensure as many folks as possible have the chance to experience and enjoy the game on Steam at an important time.

We don’t currently have a set roadmap, or update schedule, for the game beyond this launch. We’ll be continuing to chat with you, both here and on Discord, to help us shape where Stampede goes from here, so your participation and feedback remains vital.



There’s so much fun new stuff to dive into once we launch on Steam, but before we get into that, here are a couple of key things we’d like you to know:



[h2]IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR STEAM LAUNCH [/h2]

To help all players experience Stampede to its fullest, in-game purchases using real currency will be unavailable on all platforms. However, you can still use in-game currency (Coins, XP, Star Chips) to purchase and unlock items across the game. To ensure that all players can still access all content in the game, such as the premium Season Pass, every player will receive an additional 3,000 Star Chips to their game account, to use however you wish.



Finally, we’re extending the window for Season 0 into early 2025, allowing Steam players the time to progress through the current Season Pass and other features.



[h2]BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER! [/h2]

If you played Stampede: Racing Royale during our Steam Playtests, prepare for more fun and chaotic 60-player karting action, with a whole host of new stuff to check out!



Alongside faster gameplay and new modifiers (including a ‘Hard Mode’ where players can be instantly eliminated in the final round…), look out for six new maps, seven new karts, and over 250 customisation items. Progress through the new Daily Calendar, find more perks and rewards in Kart Mastery, use the new Jelly Block power-up, and so much more.

Finally, we’re over the moon to be collaborating with Mintrocket for the Dave the Diver collaboration – a completely free batch of content inspired by the fantastic game, including an additional kart and customisation items, bringing Dave and Bancho into the world of Stampede!



A full breakdown of what’s new can be found on our website here. Follow us on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch to stay in the loop on exactly when we’re going live on Steam. We can’t wait to see you on the track. From the entire Stampede team, thank you

Stampede: Racing Royale - Dev Log #7

heyhey folks,

We’re back with a new Dev Log for Stampede: Racing Royale, to update you on the status of our Early Access launch. Let’s dive right into it.




[h2]Early Access Sit Rep[/h2]

As you may’ve seen today, Stampede’s next launch phase is beginning on Xbox platforms. Our brilliant team are continuing to work hard on also launching the game into Early Access on Steam, and as soon as we have more details to provide, we’ll do so right here. Apologies for not having a clear timeframe at this moment – we'll keep working away so we can provide more specifics.

The availability of Stampede on other platforms will help us gather more knowledge on the game’s performance, and make further improvements, which will benefit all players once we go live on Steam. Our devs are already working on additional updates and content for the game, which are set to be included in the Steam Early Access version. More on that to come.

Just a heads up, too, that Windows PC users can check out Stampede: Racing Royale right now, if they wish, by heading to the Xbox app or Microsoft Store and downloading Stampede for free.


[h2]The Road Ahead[/h2]

We say it a lot here, but now so more than ever, we want to thank you folks for your support. Stampede: Racing Royale has been shaped by your feedback over the past 12 months. We totally get that Steam players will want to join the action as soon as possible, so we’ll keep working to make that happen.

Changes to content, progression, gameplay speed, UI, UX, and more have been implemented in recent months, all driven by community feedback. Our collaboration with y’all will continue once Steam Early Access gets going. We’ll keep you posted.

Take care

Get Started With Stampede: Racing Royale | Feature Guides!

Stampede: Racing Royale is picking up speed on our road to Early Access launch! As we announced during the ID@Xbox showcase with a fancy new trailer, the free-to-play, online 60-player battle royale kart racer from Sumo Leamington and Secret Mode comes to Steam and Xbox this summer. You should totally Wishlist, by the way.

To get you ready for Early Access, we're rolling out a series of gameplay videos, walking through some key features and areas of the game. Grab a snack and get up to speed on Stampede with these videos...

[h2]How To Win![/h2]

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Well, you might not win every time after watching this, but here's a simple breakdown of how a standard Stampede: Racing Royale match will go down. 60 drivers. Three rounds. One champion!

[h2]Powerful Power-Ups[/h2]

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Success in Stampede may mean causing a little damage. Or... a lot of damage. Here's a guide to our first slate of power-ups - use them to your advantage!

[h2]Customisation Guide[/h2]

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Looking the best is sometimes (or in our opinion, always) as good as being the best. Customising your look is a huge deal in Stampede: Racing Royale, so check out how it works with our first suite of customisation items - over 450 of 'em!

[h2]Progression Guide[/h2]

Every race and achievement in Stampede is a chance to unlock, earn, and progress. Check out this breakdown of different features to get stuck into, including Challenges, Season Pass, and Kart Mastery...

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Look out for more videos and guides on YouTube and all your usual social channels, as we head towards Early Access. See you on the track soon!

Stampede: Racing Royale - Dev Log #6

heyhey folks,

We’re speeding back into your notifications with a new Dev Log, to share a clutch (heh, get it, it’s a car thing) of updates and info. Here we go…

[h2]Much Love![/h2]

A massive thank you to everyone who has taken part in our recent playtest window, either right here on Steam, or via Xbox Insider Program. Being able to share our progress with you, stress-test new content, and have a first live run at cross-platform matchmaking, has been hugely helpful for our development team.

The feedback and understanding of players has once again been fantastic, as we work through this phase of development. From reporting bugs, to sharing your suggestions, to just getting involved here and on Discord, the Stampede community has delivered. We truly appreciate it!



[h2]Playtest Closing Soon[/h2]

We wanted to let you know the current playtest will be closing on Monday, May 20, at 10am UK time, across all platforms. This move is to help focus all the team’s efforts towards our upcoming Early Access launch.

For Steam players, we have our usual playtest survey here, which we encourage all players of the current Steam playtest to fill out. Your submissions will once again help our team with tweaks and changes, both for Early Access and beyond.

A quick reminder of something mentioned in our FAQs: Progress and rewards earned in this playtest will not be carried over to the Early Access launch. This is necessary to help ensure the game is balanced and enjoyable for all players, once ‘Season 0’ goes live.

However, that doesn’t mean you’ll be empty-handed…

[h2]Exclusive Playtester Reward![/h2]



We’re hyped to reveal the customisation item reward for Steam Playtest players – this exclusive feline-themed helmet!

All players who joined this current playtest on Steam, or took part in October 2023’s playtest on Steam, will receive this item, shortly after Early Access goes live. So, if you’re yet to jump into our playtest, you have a couple more days to get involved and earn your reward!

It's the least we can do to thank our ever-growing Stampede community. We’re super excited for what’s ahead and will share more details as soon as we can.

Take care

You can play this Mario Kart-style battle royale free now on Steam

If you've always dreamed of playing a cut-throat round of Mario Kart with 59 of your closest friends, now's your chance. Stampede Racing Royale is a Mario Kart-inspired battle royale racer that's coming out soon, and it's currently holding a free playtest on Steam.


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