Temtem: Swarm News

Hi, Tamers! Have you been enjoying the end of autumn? Things are about to get all merry and festive, so we've prepared some gifts in the form of spoilers and information about patch 1.0, which will be the culmination of our Early Access efforts and the next patch to grace Temtem: Swarm.

Stay tuned for the (working) week of December 18th to December 24th, when we'll be sharing a spoiler a day (or two, or three, who knows!) about the awaited, future Patch 1.0, which we're working really hard on!



We'll be posting here on Steam and throughout all our social media, so make sure you choose your favorite spot to watch the spoiler week unfold.
See you there soon, Tamers!

Temtem: Swarm is part of this year's Bullet Heaven 3.0 Festival!

While we collectively settle on a name for the genre, enjoy a 25% off on our survivors-like/bullet heaven/swarm/horde game, and discover many more gems in this genre, no matter how you call it!



Happy #BulletHeaven Festival, Tamers! 🎉

Survivors-like? Bullet heaven? Auto-shooter? We've struggled to categorize what to call Temtem: Swarm, and the same goes for a lot other devs ever since the genre sparked by Vampire Survivors exploded in popularity. One big hurdle: Steam still doesn’t offer an official tag for it.



Players get confused, developers lose visibility. So a group of studios and festival organizers united towards this goal! And now we’re asking you, our community, to take a short survey and help us bring this genre into the light. We'll need to know where we all stand on the terminology before we can further push for a tag!

JOIN THE POLL HERE

If you love games like Temtem: Swarm, Brotato, The Spell Brigade, Soulstone Survivors, Death Must Die, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, or Asgard's Fall, then you can genuinely help the next wave (pun intended) of creators. Many devs are excited to make similar games but worry their work will disappear without the right Steam tag. Join the survey, pass it along, and help make sure great games don’t get lost.

[h2]ABOUT THE INITIATIVE:[/h2]
Steam has a huge influence on how game genres are defined — and this fast-growing genre still doesn’t have a proper tag.
A Steam tag isn’t just for looks; it’s one of the most powerful tools for discoverability and helping players find exactly what they love.

🏷️A dedicated tag would:
• Make these games easier for players to find
• Help Steam’s algorithms actually connect players with what they enjoy
• Give devs fair visibility instead of drowning in unrelated categories
• Finally unify a genre that currently has multiple different names

The movement is part of the Bullet Heaven Festival initiative. Votes will be collected starting November 27th and presented to Valve after December 11th!

[h2]ABOUT BULLET HEAVEN FESTIVAL 3.0:[/h2]
Bullet Heaven Festival 3.0 (Dec 4th - Dec 11th, 2025) is an explosive celebration of reverse bullet hell gaming.
Unlike the bullet hell genre, known for testing player's skill and precision by requiring them to navigate through countless enemy projectiles, bullet heaven flips the script: here, the barrage of bullets will be coming from you.

Bullet Heaven Festival 3.0 is the third edition of an event dedicated to popularizing the bullet heaven genre, paired with a third-party Steam sale. This year’s showcase brings together over 450 developers, many of whom are presenting exclusive trailers, reveals, and world premieres, alongside discounts of up to 80% on participating titles.

Hi Tamers! It's that cute time of the year where we ask for your support in the form of a vote in the Steam awards ːpawpringsalttlː

We know Temtem and Temtem: Swarm have both been labors of love, but if you agreed and wanted to show it through a vote, we'd love that!
It has been lovely building this game up from scratch with you, and it feels extra special for that! For extra comfort, you can nominate Temtem: Swarm right from this post.



Whether you vote for us or not, thanks for all your support, Tamers! Temtem up! ːtemloveː

Hi, Tamers! We hope you have been well and that you're enjoying the spooky month! Our sights are on the future again today, and like we do after every major update, we're here with a most valuable roadmap to share: the 1.0 Roadmap! With the fumes of the Pansun still looming over us, take a look at the plans for 1.0 right here!

Patch 1.0 is the next patch we're working on, and the next step into the Temtem: Swarm universe. There won't be any other major updates until then, as we're focusing on developing all the missing content for 1.0, plus some surprises you'll find out about soon! As we approach our planned full launch we're really excited to place all the missing pieces and tie in all the features, content and ideas we've gathered during this Early Access phase.

Patch 1.0 is packed with content! Curious about what's coming? Check out the roadmap below!

As usual, remember that, while we’re posting it and it is totally official, everything here is still subject to change, be replaced or be rescheduled.



If you’re familiar with us and our future plans, you know we don’t include any sort of dates, and we try to keep things open to possible changes. But if you’re familiar with our vibes, you know there’ll be many spoilers as the time gets closer!

Temtem: Swarm is still in Early Access (although not for long!), and as such, open to your feedback and suggestions! Please let us know through our Discord server! We do our best to read everything, even though we cannot reply to the majority of it, and it ha greatly helped us in making Temtem: Swarm a great game. Thank you for your energy and help!

This update is really special and we're over the moon to be reaching this point with you. Now that we reaaaally get closer to a complete Temtem: Swarm, thank you for all your support so far! We hope you’ll continue to enjoy Temtem: Swarm in the future!

We still have some months to bask in the glow of the Pansun, so until then: have fun and Temtem up!