- 1.0 Release Date Changes. - 1 September 2026
I'm going to keep it concise so we're not taking up too much of your time, but I also want to give everyone as much info about this as possible. Firstly, this post should've been made a week ago. Up to this point, our planned release date for 1.0 was Late August / Early September. Unfortunately, we are not able to finish everything in time for that, so we will have to move it back. We've been thinking about what would be an ideal time to move the release date to, so that we have plenty of time to finish everything, but also so we can time it with steam events as well. Currently, we have decided that Mid November of this year will be our new release window. We will be more transparent on the exact date as time goes on, but for now, that is what I'm comfortable with saying. On a semi-related note. In case anyone is wondering what is left for us to work on, here is a non-exhaustive list of…
- What’s Been Going on in July? - 31 July 2026
I think it's about time for another progress update. Before I continue though, I want to talk about 1.0, so we're all on the same page. Over the past couple of months, we have hit some bumps when it comes to making progress and hitting certain marks that we wanted to make. This is making it tougher for us to be confident in releasing somewhere in August. We are still trying to figure out an ideal date, but right now I'm thinking late August or early September, but it's likely to be a bit longer than that. That is pretty much all that needs to be said about that right now. With that being said, let's talk about what we've been working on recently, and what we'll be working on next. Layer 3 There are lot of moving parts going on behind the scenes with Layer 3, and fortunately with our volunteers who are helping, we're able to chip away at that with a decent pace. Creatures I'd like to int…
- Below the Stone 1.0 almost here! + 50% off discount - 26 June 2026
(1-2 minute read)50% OFF, Our Deepest Sale Yet! Gift Below the Stone for Only $9.99Greetings, Miners!Sharpen your pickaxes and dig deep, we’ve just launched our deepest discount in Below the Stone’s history. For a limited time, the game is 50% off, bringing the price down to $9.99.50% Off: Limited TimeBelow the Stone is now just $9.99, making it easier than ever to bring new miners into the depths. More dwarves means more stories, more chaos, and more glorious deaths in the dark.Gift a Copy to a FriendIf you’ve been wanting to pull a friend into the mines with you, now’s the time.Spread the word, spread the savings, and spread the dwarven spirit.Remember to drop a reviewReviews help us a lot, and it also helps fans! Let us know what you think of the game when you delve deep Below the Stone1.0 around the corner!Thank you for supporting Below the Stone as we continue forging toward 1.0. Y…
- 1.0 Below the Stone around the corner - 8 May 2026
⚒️ General Steam Update Draft — “1.0 Is Around the Corner!” Depth Dwellers,After years of digging, dying, refining, rebuilding, and pushing deeper into the caverns, we’re finally approaching a milestone we’ve all been waiting for: Below the Stone 1.0 is nearly here. With the Combat Update behind us and the foundations of Layers 1 and 2 solidified, the team is now fully focused on delivering the complete Below the Stone experience — the one we envisioned when this journey first began. 🛠️ What’s Coming in 1.0The upcoming full release is shaping up to be our biggest update yet. Here’s what the team has confirmed is planned for the 1.0 launch:Layer 3: the long‑awaited final cavern layer, bringing new dangers, new biomes, and new treasures.Bosses for both Layer 2 and Layer 3, completing the progression arc from the surface to the deepest depths. A fully cohesive start‑to‑finish progression,…
- PAX East, Pins, and Spring Sale, Oh my! - 21 March 2026
⛏️ Below the Stone is Heading to PAX East! + Limited Pins + Spring Sale!Greetings, Depth Dwellers!We’re packing our pickaxes, polishing our helmets, and hauling our gear to PAX East 2026! From March 26–29, you’ll be able to find the Below the Stone team on the show floor, meeting players, showing off the latest updates, and celebrating the community that’s been digging with us since day one. We're going to be seen at booth 12075, along with our friends at Nomnivore, an amazing game company we've partnered with several times already at shows. Here's a map to find us at Booth 12075💎🎁Limited Edition Below the Stone Pins — Only at PAX EastFor collectors, pin traders, and anyone who loves shiny things (dwarves included), we’re bringing a limited run of enamel pins to the show. These are exclusive to physical shows - once they’re gone, they might just be gone for good, (just like our dwarve…
- BUNDLE: Below the Stone x Forsaken Isle! + 30% off sale! - 3 February 2026
⛏️ New Bundle Available: Below the Stone + Forsaken Isle! 🌴 Delvers, we’ve got something special for you today.We’ve teamed up with the creators of Forsaken Isle to bring you a brand new survival‑and‑mining bundle that pairs Below the Stone’s deep‑delving dwarven crafting with the island‑bound crafting adventures of Forsaken Isle.Whether you’re digging through the perilous layers beneath the world or fighting to survive on a mysterious island above it, this bundle delivers two distinct takes on exploration, danger, and discovery.🎁 “Below Forsaken Stone Bundle”Includes:Below the Stone: A dwarven extraction roguelike where every descent is a fresh, procedurally generated run full of rare ores, monsters, crafting, and high‑stakes escapes.Forsaken Isle: A 2D sandbox survival‑crafting adventure where you gather resources, build a base, explore a procedurally generated island, and fend off…
- Just One More Hotfix (Beta 0.12.1) - 28 January 2026
Hay yall, we're gonna keep this one short. One more hotfix update to fix a few last issues and complaints we've had recently. Hopefully this should make things a lot better now. Beta 0.12.1 - Yet Another Hotfix * Various changes to armor recipes. * Vile now drop a little bit more often in corrupt biome. * Rebalanced melee weapons. * Scaled up health of every creature by 1.5x (Don't worry, various improvements have also been made to weapons in general as well). * Reduced "ranged weapon equip time ratio" so that there's more of a reward to quick swapping ranged weapons again. * Tweaked many layer 2 creatures' HPs and damages. * Improvements to fossil armor set bonuses. * Improvements to platinum armor set bonuses. * Updated knockback of most melee weapons. Swords are meant to have considerably less knockback compared to axes. And hammers should have even more. * Slight reduction in sell v…
- ⛏️ Introducing the Below the Gem Miner Bundle! 💎 - 23 January 2026
⛏️ Introducing the Below the Gem Miner Bundle! 💎Dwarves, Miners, and Diggers, today’s a dig one. ːcraftsdwarfːWe’re excited to announce the Below the Gem Miner Bundle, a brand‑new team‑up between Below the Stone and Gem Miner TD! If you love digging deep, crafting clever builds, and surviving by the hairs of your beard, this bundle brings two wildly different flavors of mining mayhem together in one shiny package.ːredbeardː What’s Inside ːpickaxːBelow the Stone, as you know, you'll descend into deadly, fully destructible caverns, mine rare ore, completing guild jobs, and extract before the creatures of the deep turn you into cave dust. Gem Miner TD, Carve your own maze, merge powerful gems, and defend against waves of enemies in a roguelike tower‑defense twist that rewards creativity and chaos.🧱 Why We’re Teaming UpBoth games celebrate the thrill of diggin', danger, and deep dwarven-t…
- Beta 0.12 Update Out Now - 22 January 2026
Greetings fellow dwarves! Here is one last update to round things off for what we missed in the Combat Update. Since there is a significant amount of new things added in this update, this will be a minor version bump from Beta 0.11 to Beta 0.12. Hopefully these changes are well appreciated. Summary The one thing I am the most excited to present in this update is the long awaited introduction of... Accessories!Most of these can be found at the Craftmaster at the moment. We have also added a new throwable explosive to the game called: Combat BombI wish this gif could be longer, but I had to make it under 5MB. A cheaper version of dynamite, doesn't break walls, and now uses our new "throwable physics" logic that is also used by the throwable flares. A not as interesting, but a possibly cool feature to some people. I have also added crafting recipes for gem shards. I also updated various lo…
- Hotfix Out Now! (Beta 0.11.1) - 11 January 2026
Thank you all for bearing with me the past 24 hours. And thank you to all the people on our Discord who have been reporting all these bugs and giving us feedback on the new update. Be sure to close and relaunch your Steam client in order for the update to show up. If you have a bug you wish to report to us or help us fix existing bugs, you can join our Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/MW72QReXKh Also, the team's at Magfest right now! Just thought I'd mention that. With that being said, here is the change log. Beta 0.11.1 - Hotfix * Added set bonuses to titanium and platinum armor * Adjusted the spawn rates of various entities in the new biomes. * Also made some small artistic adjustments to some entities in some of the new biomes. * Slightly increased cost of throwable dynamite. * Various rebalances to layer 2 armor (and their recipes) based on feedback. * Fixed issue where the…
- New Year, New Update! - 9 January 2026
We are back again for another game changing update! This time we are bringing you: The Combat Update (Beta 0.11) That's right, we are finally leaving stage Alpha after all these years. We are both excited and relieved to finally reach this point. What's this update about? Well it's about combat, you silly greenbeard! But let's get into the specifics. Weapon Alt Attacks Melee weapons now have alternate (secondary) attacks that can be used to help you in certain situations. Right now, swords have a jab attack which does extra damage, and axes do a really cool spin attack. Both weapons' alt attacks can also block/deflect arrows, as well as interrupt enemies (like a parry) to stop them from performing any attacks. On mouse and keyboard, right mouse button is the default way to use alt attacks. Armor Set Bonuses Combine certain armor pieces to gain additional buffs. All main line armors in t…
- HOLIDAY EVENT! + Sale + Pizza Kidd Shoutout - 22 December 2025
Bury your beards in our sweet Holiday Sale and event!30% off the game for a limited time! Holiday event is also happening, so make sure you grab your limited time candy cane pickaxes, holiday hats, and get some holiday treats in your bank like they last!We have a big announcement regarding when Below the Stone's release will happen in January!January we have something big planned for all the fans, And we're looking for playtesters for our combat update that is slated for the same time! If you'd like to join in the new combat update, fill it out here:https://forms.gle/98d96XwpcvFY5pys7! Here's some sneak peeks: SHOUTOUT TIME!Since it's the holidays, I thought I'd also share a great story about an indie studio we know, Pizza Kidd, another indie just trying to make it in the industry. He's a friend of the studio, and is also launching their Kickstarter crowdfunding page! Pizza Kidd is a a…
- Small Security Patch Out Now - 21 November 2025
Greetings fellow dwarves! We just put out a small update that fixes a security vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489) inside of the game engine that powers our game (Unity Engine). Since this is a very small update that is purely to resolve this problem, there will be no version number change. The next upcoming update (The Combat Update) will also have this security patch, as well as every update after that (of course!). Extra information about this vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489) This video covers this news very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRGh5NVAbs But there is a few takeaways that I want to make towards all of this: #1 Steam and various other platforms have taken measures to protect us from people who may try to exploit this. #2 From my own research, it appears that the vulnerability does not "happen" while the game is running. The vulnerability exists in how programs can take in…
- Below the Stone Sale! + Combat update Sneak peek - 30 September 2025
Dig into the deals! Below the Stone is on SALE — gear up for your next underground adventure and save big while you mine deeper than ever. Don’t miss out… treasures await!Now... for some fun news: We've also been working on a few big combat related thing`s as well. Set bonuses are going to be a part of the next update, which will include other stats outside of armor to build toward. We're also in the middle of rebalancing a lot of enemies that were a struggle to encounter in the early game, while also making their behavior more interesting to fight during your battles beneath the stone. Another big change coming is making biomes part of the main progression path, requiring materials from each biome in order to progress through the game, like combining Silver Ore with Ectoplasm from the haunted biome to make Spectral Ingots. These ideas are not final listed below, but they give an idea o…
- Bugfix just dropped! (Alpha 0.10.1) - 8 September 2025
Thank you all for being patient. Here is a change log with all of the bugs that were fixed.Alpha 0.10.1 - Bugfix Update* Added dialog to Bartender. * Added some profound dialog for many of the NPC's in the bar. * Fixed Bartender not being clickable. * Fixed journal quest entries overflowing out of the book UI. * Fixed some rare errors that were discovered. * Potential fix to a rare random bug where you can't close your inventory with the UI button. Because we couldn't reproduce the bug, we have no idea if this fixes it, but we can only hope. * Fixed clicking through category tabs in journal would cause certain journal sections to not fade away completely, and result in 2 different journal sections being visible and overlapping each other. * Fixed pressing "next category" keybind taking you to a non-existent category tab and being shown a blank page. * Fixed gold coin bag in kingdom (fro…
- Below The Stone Needs Your Feedback! - 25 August 2025
Since we just put out a very important update, we would also like to take this opportunity to poll as many people as possible on how we are doing as a studio working on Below The Stone.We want to do this because it helps us know if we are moving in the right direction with our updates, or if we can be doing better. At the end of the day, we're trying to balance what players want (or look forward to) in Below The Stone with what we as the developers want to create.With that being said, here is the form link.https://forms.gle/D4zB1QofLEUD94NM9Yes, as per usual, we are using Google Forms and would like to ensure that each person only fills out one form. You may edit your submission if you realize you made a mistake.Lastly, I do want to say something personal because it's been on my mind a lot while getting all of this set up (Andrew speaking here).We don't do these forms because we're tryi…
- 🍻"Kingdom 'o Quests" Update 🏰 is live! - 19 August 2025
🏰 Kingdom o' Quests Update is Live! 🍻🗡️Greetings, brave delvers! ːsteamthisːːsteamthumbsupː The dwarven realms have grown richer and rowdier with our latest Below the Stone update: Kingdom o' Quests! This patch brings a trove of new content to explore, fight, and drink your way through. Let’s dig in:📜 Quests GaloreOpen your journal and keep track of some of our new new side quest chains that add depth, danger, and delightful rewards to your journey. Whether you're rescuing lost miners, hunting rare beasts, or uncovering ancient relics, these quests will test your mettle and expand your legend.New quest lines to assist new NPCs at the kingdomNew Quest tracker in the journal (for all those needing to keep track of game progress)New "Craftmaster" NPC (which we will go into more later!)New "Bartender" NPC with quest line to repair his barNew Bar patrons who visit once the bar is repaire…
- A Sneak Peek at What We’ve Been Working On - 15 July 2025
Some people have been asking us what we've been working on, so I think it's due time we do another Steam announcement.A lot of our current work is centered around Kingdom NPCs and connecting that to new in-game objectives, such as Quests and Kingdom Upgrades.Improved crafting UIA lot of this work required us to refactor various bits of code so that us programmers don't lose our minds while trying to implement new features. One of which is the refactoring of the Crafting UI. To keep things simple, there were 2 separate files that were essentially copy/pastes of each other, one was for the Blacksmith, and one was for the Alchemist. Since we are adding a new NPC with new crafting recipes, it's high time we refactored that code to something general that would be used by all NPCs.Because maintaining 3 (or more) separate files that do basically the same thing is a programmer's worst nightmare…
- Giant Bugfix Update - Alpha 0.9.1 - 18 March 2025
We threw up our arms and said: "You know what, this is getting out of hand. It's time we show these bugs who's in charge here!" We really went crazy with this one. But we hope this helps make the game feel a lot more stable and polished. Enjoy! Alpha 0.9.1 - Bug Annihilation Update * Added new escape theme (new music) * Added cursed lodestone decor bricks (and added them to their respective structures) * Added coal ore spawns to layer 2 * Added 3 more potions to gold loot chest * Torch crafting recipe now gives 16 torches rather than 15 * Added logging for each time player generates a new cave system * Reduced torch melee reach from 1.3 to 1.1 * Improvements to music crossfading in situations where it happens * Small adjustment to escape sequence * Fixed issue where knockback could be applied even when melee attacks were out of range * Fixed issue where dashing while stun locked would s…
- "Demonic Dealings" 0.9 Update - 2 March 2025
"Demonic Dealings" has arrived! We've been hard at work in the mines addressing player feedback here, and wanted to make the game fit to everyone's playstyle. Based on your reviews, and your feedback, we have EVEN MORE HARDCORE elements for our roguelike-iest players to select, and also added easier playstyle adjustments for those who want to have a more casual time in the caves. For our hardcore players...Locked away behind new dungeons to explore, there are Cursed Lodestones ~ Interacting with cursed lodestones now points you to the boss dungeon, buffs existing enemies, and eventually spawns the new Nightmare creature, BUT also rewards you by guiding you to layer 2 + gives you bonus loot when you open chests, mine, and kill enemies. And for our more casual dwarves... Players can buy back their gear from the goblin trader Imogen (this was already in, but we never mentioned it in a vide…
