Nightmare Frontier News

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We hope you’ve had a chance to get familiar with Nightmare Frontier, because we’ve prepared a contest. To win, you’ll need both determination and experience but don’t worry - you’ll have the time to gain it!

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• [p] 1st Place🥇 - Keys: 1x Nightmare Frontier (EA), 1x Rogue Waters, 1x Hard West 2 [🔑🔑🔑]
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• [p] 2nd Place🥈 - Keys:: 1x Nightmare Frontier (EA), 1x Rogue Waters [🔑🔑]
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• [p] 3rd Place 🥉 - Keys: 1x Nightmare Frontier (EA) [🔑]
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[p]As you’ve probably already noticed, the core gameplay in Nightmare Frontier revolves around participating in raids. In the full version of the game, there will be five districts available. When starting an extraction, the player must choose one of them (in the demo, only one district - "The Slums" is available). After choosing a district, a path made up of nodes will appear. Completing one node allows you to choose the next destination, and so on... ⤵️


During a raid, you’ll fight enemies, collect loot, and receive buffs. All based on the decisions you make by choosing specific nodes. Depending on your combat performance and the choices you make, a raid can end in one of three ways:
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• [p] Victory ✅ (you’ve reached "Safe Passage" & extracted)
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• [p] Defeat ❌ (all your characters in raid have died)
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• [p] Abandonment ❌ (you’ve left the raid)
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[p]To keep things challenging, only raids that end in victory will count for this contest... ⤵️


Before we jump into the contest rules, make sure you’re able to take in-game screenshots directly through Steam. On the left, you can see where to find the keyboard shortcut for taking screenshots (Steam>Settings>In Game>"Take a screenshot"), and on the right, where to locate your saved screenshots within the Steam app (Steam>View>"Recordings & Screenshots")... ⤵️


Next & Last, to take part in the contest, you’ll also need to know how to share screenshots on the Steam Community Hub. Select the screenshot you want to share, click “Share on Steam”, then add an appropriate description (for example: Nightmare Frontier, Community Contest #1) and hit "Upload". Don’t forget to set Visibility to "Public"... ⤵️


You’ve probably already guessed what the contest is about. ːsteamhappyː[/p][hr][/hr]
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[/p][h3]IMPORTANT:[/h3][p]As the name suggests, the winner will be the one who ventures the deepest into a location and, most importantly - survives! Remember: the paths are randomized, so don’t give up too soon. You never know if your next run might just be the one that takes you the farthest! Next, take a screenshot of the run summary screen, that’s where we can see how far you made it. We’ll be looking at the score on the left side (not the "Longest Raid"!), so make sure to take screenshots right after each run... ⤵️

[/p][h3]HOW TO PARTICIPATE:[/h3][h3]Simply post a link to your Steam screenshot on Steam Thread! [/h3][p](only screenshots uploaded on Steam & linked in this thread will be considered)

You have time until Monday, June 16, 2025 (10 a.m. CEST) - that’s when we’ll pick the winners, so they can enjoy their Nightmare Frontier (EA) keys from the very first second of the launch!

In the meantime, we encourage you to join our Discord and keep us posted on your grinding progress...

Good luck! 🍀
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[h2]What we fixed:[/h2]

• Overall Game Optimization - Fixed the FPS drops by various elements optimization.
  
• Nightmare Pressure Level - Fixed the balance of nightmare pressure. Now it will rise automatically after the end of every turn by 1.
  
• Collectibles & Rewards - Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t receive item rewards after winning.
  
• Enemy Optimization - Fixed enemy behavior and performance in combat - fights should feel more responsive and challenging.
  
• Survivors Limitation - Fixed the issue of collecting more than 20 survivors during one expedition. (TBH we didn't thoguht that you'll be able to do it! 😅)
• Enemies Behaviour - Fixed the enemies animations and VFX.
  
• Translucent Tooltip - Fixed the translucent status tooltip so it shows up correctly.
  
• Inventory Softlock - Fixed a rare issue where player could accidentally start a new run from inventory or event screen.
  
• SFX & Music - Fixed missing sound effects and the looped menu music. Now it works as intended.
  
• Quarters Update - Fixed visuals and labels in the Quarters panel, and added an interface that allows sorting characters.
  
• Map Scrolling - Fixed a bug where clicking outside a node sometimes selected it.
  
• UI & Tooltips - Fixed item tooltips so they now display properly on larger screen resolutions.
  
• Tutorial - Fixed a problem where pressing number keys during the tutorial could accidentally open unwanted panels.
  

[hr][/hr][h2]What we added:[/h2]

• Character Customization - Added the rename option in your inventory. You could do this from the Quarters, but now you can also customize the names in the inventory.
  
• Ability & Item Balance - Added the next balance iteration of abilities and items.
  
• Items Comparison - Added the ability to compare items in your inventory.
  
• Reporting System - Added in-game bug reporting tool.
  
• HBAO Setting - Added the setting that allows you to turn off ambient occlusion - generates extra FPS.
  
• Grace Period - Added the protection period for beginners - ONCE after losing on Relaxing and Challenging difficulty, you keep your stuff.
  
• Enemies - Added new effects to the enemies - effect of disappearing as they die and appearing as they are summoned.
  

[hr][/hr][h2]Localization Notice (WIP)[/h2]
We added early version of localization, it's not completed yet. We will release update with full localization soon. If you spot any issues, we’d be super grateful if you let us know on Discord or here on Steam.
[hr][/hr]As always, thank you for the reports and feedback. 🙇 Remember, if you spot anything weird after the patch, drop a note in the thread or ping us on Discord. BTW how's your Steam Next Fest going? ːsteamhappyː

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3310950/Nightmare_Frontier/

[h3]We are pleased to confirm that Nightmare Frontier will enter Early Access on June 16, 2025! 🎊[/h3]

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Your Feedback is invaluable to us! Remember - any help spreading the word about our Early Access launch is greatly appreciated. Ahead of the Early Access launch, the Demo will soon be localized into all of the languages featured on our Steam Store Page - matching the full version’s language support.

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Additionally, Nightmare Frontier is joining Steam Next Fest, and our Demo (if you haven’t noticed yet) has received a Patch to refine core gameplay = if you haven’t had a chance to try it since our last patch, now is the perfect moment! ːsteammockingː


If you like our game, don’t forget to add it to your Wishlist - we’d be immensely grateful. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on the Nightmare Frontier! ːsteamhappyː
[hr][/hr][h3]GEAR UP – Your Nightmares Won't Wait! ⤵️[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3310950/Nightmare_Frontier/

[h3]We love gaming on the go and some people on the team use a Steam Deck to test features and follow changes in the game! ːsteamthumbsupː [/h3]



We think that the game is really close (if not past) the Official [] Playable status of SD verification. We've got a control scheme working. After the Early Access launch, we'll work on the Official Compatibility Rating. Meanwhile any feedback that's Deck-specific is more than welcome, either in Community Forums or through our Discord. 🙇‍♂️

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3310950/Nightmare_Frontier/

[h2]What we fixed:[/h2]

• Antidotum / Whiskey / Bite of Beans - Fixed a soft-lock/error caused by using these items on enemies.
  
• Prologue Map Controls - Fixed an issue in the prologue that prevented scrolling to the top of the region.
  
• Shotgun Visual Effects - Fixed misaligned visual effects on the shotgun.
  
• Overcoming Tutorial - Fixed the overcoming tutorial trigger so now it appears.
  
• Win Jingle Replaced - Fixed the victory sound. Enjoy a fresh jingle for that post-battle dopamine hit.
  
• Dung Configuration - Fixed a bug where stepping into dung displayed “-1 armor” in green; now appears in red as intended.
  
• Enemy Spawns - Fixed spawns so enemies no longer all face the same direction.
  
• Safe Passage - Fixed safe passage spawn frequency by adding earlier exit nodes in the slums region to improve first area pacing.
  
• UI Clutter - Fixed an overlap between tutorial and dialogue in tactical mode.
  
• Balance - Fixed overall balance of the items. (Let us know how the new curve feels! ːsteamhappyː)
  

[hr][/hr]As always, thank you for the reports and feedback. 🙇 If you spot anything weird after the patch, drop a note in the thread or ping us on Discord. Stay safe out there... ⤵️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3310950/Nightmare_Frontier/