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Utopia Must Fall is easily one of the best modern arcade shoot 'em ups

Utopia Must Fall from developer Pixeljam has absolutely absorbed my attention recently. It's easily one of the best modern arcade shoot 'em ups I've ever played with a great moody atmosphere.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/utopia-must-fall-is-easily-one-of-the-best-modern-arcade-shoot-em-ups/

Version 0.702 ExtremelyHotFix

Addresses a late-game nullifier glitch.

V. 0.701 Hotfix

v0.701 Hotfix

QoL

  • When first placing an outpost, a 'config?' tooltip appears above the outpost config buttons
  • Deploy Drone Factory and Deploy Laser Watchtower upgrades show as blocked when outpost or factory capacity limit is reached
  • Operation Hermit highlights as being blocked when hovering over Stockpile Nukes or Nuclear Weapons Lab offers
  • Clarified 'fine keyboard aim' control functionality in options menus


Fixes

  • Fixed an accidentally rude typo!
  • Fixed drone on drone collision boundary engine crash (!) in rare circumstances


+ The Industrial Update Is Live +

Hello all,

The time has come for the biggest update to Utopia Must Fall yet. The INDUSTRIAL UPDATE is now live!



Featuring:
  • Skill tree: fully overhauled upgrade system with interactive tree structure, graphical icons for every upgrade and 4 special 'opportunity' slots. Requirements, blockers, hierarchy and time constraints for regular upgrades are demystified.
  • Drones! Automated floating, modifiable allies that dodge hazards and chase enemies, equipped with onboard railgun turrets and adjustable behavioural parameters.
  • Drone-related upgrades: Deploy Drone Factory, Twin Drone Factory, Atomic Drones, Double-Barrelled Drones, Robotics Specialist
  • Watchtower mod: Q Disruptor - targets are temporarily timewarped to 0.25x regular speed
  • Opportunity Upgrades: Cheap Nukes, Work Retreat, Red Flag Day, Context Switch
  • New cities to defend: Cairo Horizon and HyperParis
  • Many other additions, improvements, tweaks, balances, fixes, etc.


Read the full changelog here.

Let us know what you think in the comments and forums! Also, please leave a review for the game if you haven't yet, every little bit helps.

Finally, we'll be increasing the price of the game in 2 weeks, after the current discount ends. Grab it now (or tell your friends about it) while it's still unreasonably inexpensive.

Thanks again for the support,

- Miles @ Pixeljam

+ Grid Ranger Version 1.0 Is Live (Also Made With V99) +

Hello all,

As you may or may not know, Utopia Must Fall was created in our new vector game engine we call V99 - and we're making multiple games with it.

Today we just released version 1.0 of GRID RANGER, an intense shortform 3D shmuplike featuring mouse-centric controls and classic arcade 'dodge & blast' action:



Grid Ranger's Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2964400/Grid_Ranger/

If you already own UMF, you can get Grid Ranger as part of a bundle for a deeper-than-normal discount: Click here to check it out.

Thanks for reading, and take care,

-Miles @ Pixeljam