- TAILBREAK is now available on Steam, PS5, and XBOX! - 8 August 2026
TAILBREAK is now available on Steam, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Play Anywhere!Experience an alternate retelling of DINOBREAK with a brand new fully voiced adventure as Alex and Rin try to escape Cypress Ridge in the midst of a dino invasion! Pull up to the arcade cabinet, pop in a quarter, and start shooting!Once you're through the story, things get... messy. Level up Alex's arsenal in the Arrange Mode by beating your high scores, and venture into harder difficulties in the semi-procedurally generated Mutation Matrix where the entire game is remixed!Oh, and did we mention? The undead came to play too! In all non-story modes you can choose to face dinos, undead, or a mixture of the two!It's a ridiculous romp through the destruction of Cypress Ridge. Have fun and don't let the dinos bite!
- Winter Progress Update! Big News Soon! - 30 January 2026
Hello Survivors! Since the holidays ended, we've been hunkering down and working on all things Outbreak: Shades of Horror! We wanted to come up for air and give you all a quick update on what we've been up to! First, thank you to everyone who has played the Steam & Xbox Series X|S versions of the game, spread the word, and given us feedback! We are thrilled that everyone is playing and enjoying the ongoing Winter Wonderland and DINOBREAK crossover content! We will continue to update and improve the game based on player feedback. Speaking of seasonal content, we're hard at work on the next seasonal event, which is coming this Spring! Once we're a little closer to deployment, we'll have more information to share. We're still finalizing timelines and specifics, but there's a lot of other stuff coming up! Here's a small preview on top of the aforementioned seasonal content... You can expect…
- New Patch Live! Winter Wonderland Season Begins! Steam Winter Sale Discounts! - 18 December 2025
Hello Survivors! Today marks a major patch release for Outbreak: Shades of Horror! Cypress Ridge is getting festive for the holidays! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932190/Outbreak_Shades_of_Horror/ Here's what you can expect to see after updating the game: Free New Playable Character: Illena, Cypress Ridge’s very own DJ, joins the character roster! Illena features her own unique loadout, stats, and upgrade tree. Play as her to improve her skills, unlock new weapons and items for her to use, and customize her appearance with dozens of unlockable cosmetics. The addition of Illena brings the total free default character roster up to thirteen! Winter Wonderland Season: Brrr! It sure is cold out! Enjoy special decorations in the Cypress Reel hub world, and unlock new festive cosmetics to customize your characters with. A new Invasion Mode map, Wordy’s Winter Wonderland, also debuts wit…
- Details on next patch! Winter Wonderland coming soon! - 7 November 2025
Hello Survivors! This is just a quick update about what you can expect to see coming soon to Outbreak: Shades of Horror! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932190/Outbreak_Shades_of_Horror/ Toward the end of next week (Nov 12-15), we will be deploying the next patch for the game. This will include the following: Performance improvements through a new video encoder for menus, the theater, and the FMVs in the game Memory reductions across the game to improve performance on lower and mid-range machines Adjustments to performance settings Minor bug fixes Then, in December, we're going to launch our next season: Winter Wonderland! This season will include a new character, a new scenario, and new cosmetics to unlock via seasonal challenges! We'll continue to update you here as we carry on with development of Outbreak: Shades of Horror! Thank you as always for your continued support!
- Halloween Arrives in Cypress Ridge! Seasonal Event on NOW! - 30 October 2025
Hello Survivors! Even in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, it's important to celebrate the holidays. Our first seasonal event, Halloween, is live now! Here's what you can expect to see: Cypress Reel is even spookier! Looks like the theater has gotten a bit of a makeover! Enjoy a variety of Halloween-themed decorations all around our lively hub world. There are jack-o-lanterns aplenty, and...wait, who is that? Those eyes are scary... What's Halloween without costumes? By completing Seasonal Challenges, you can earn Seasonal Tickets! Use these at the Seasonal Gotcha Machine to get all kinds of spooky cosmetics! What sorts of creepy customizations will you earn? Get your Survivors suited up for a night of trick or treating with unique hats and weapon skins! Fight from dusk 'til dawn in Invasion Mode and Raid Mode! Can you defend a sprawling medieval castle against an unending horde of mon…
- Win a PS5! Outbreak: Shades of Horror Launch Stream @ 7:15pm ET TONIGHT! - 24 October 2025
Hello Survivors! This is just a quick note to invite you to our launch stream tonight!! We'll be going live from 7:15pm ET until 12am midnight ET with a special stream celebrating the Steam Early Access launch of Outbreak: Shades of Horror! You can watch the stream here on Steam, or you can join us on our Twitch channel! If you head to our Twitch and you're a US resident, you have a chance to win a PS5 Slim Digital Edition 1TB system! We hope to see you there!!
- Outbreak: Shades of Horror Steam Early Access Launch is LIVE! Launch details and MORE! - 24 October 2025
Hey Survivors! After three years of hard work, we are thrilled to launch Outbreak: Shades of Horror on Steam Early Access. Thank you to all of you who have followed the game’s development and sent us encouragement! https://youtu.be/kj_lyq1tGOA https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932190/Outbreak_Shades_of_Horror/ Outbreak: Shades of Horror launches today at an initial price point of $29.99 USD. Please note that international pricing may vary. The Early Access launch version of the game includes the following: Modern Survival Horror: Find and manage resources, engage in modern gunplay and melee combat, build contraptions and defenses, and much more as you do battle with the scourge of the night. Quickly switch between third and first-person views at the push of a button to hunt the undead the way you please! All of the game’s content is available both offline in single-player and in onlin…
- Outbreak: Shades of Horror Early Access Version Launches on October 24th! - 25 September 2025
Hey Survivors! We are excited to announce the official roadmap for Outbreak: Shades of Horror’s initial release and beyond! Getting to this moment has been nearly five years in the making, and we are excited to give our loyal Survivors a first look at Cypress Ridge. We are kicking things off through the release of a Steam Early Access version of SoH. We consider this version a sneak peak - or a Jump Scare - of what’s to come. Players will be able to access gameplay from our base of operations: Cypress Reel. Once the town’s movie theater, Cypress Reel is now a bustling headquarters for our scrappy Survivors. At Cypress Reel, players will be able to switch between available Survivors, get acclimated to the game’s controls and weapons, redeem and customize clothing and cosmetics, and access the core modes SoH has to offer. During the sneak peek, two of our main modes, Raid and Invasion, wi…
- Stream Tonight! Giveaway! MGS3 Delta & Outbreak: Shades of Horror! - 10 September 2025
We're going live on our Twitch channel TONIGHT at 7:15pm ET with more MGS3 Delta, and after we'll be playing some more co-op Outbreak: Shades of Horror!. Come hang out with us and you have a chance to win a PS5 DualSense controller (open to US residents only)! We'd love to see you there!!
- Stream Tonight!! Giveaway! Killing Floor III & Outbreak: Shades of Horror Co-op! - 13 August 2025
Hello Survivors! We're going live on our Twitch channel TONIGHT at 7:15pm ET with some Killing Floor III, and then we'll be moving over to Outbreak: Shades of Horror for some more online co-op play at around 8:30pm ET - 9:00pm ET. Come hang out with us and you have a chance to win a PS5 DualSense controller (open to US residents only)! We hope to see you there!!
- Quick Note: Stream TONIGHT at 7:15pm ET! - 6 August 2025
Hello Survivors! We're going live on our Twitch channel very soon to play some Killing Floor 3 with the community, and then we'll be taking another look at our recently debuted Raid Mode in Outbreak: Shades of Horror! As always, if you have any questions about the game and the content we're showing, this is a great opportunity to pop in and chat with us! The stream starts at 7:15pm ET, which is very soon, but we'll get to Shades of Horror probably closer to around 9pm ET. Talk to you soon!
- 4P Co-op and Raid Mode Debut TONIGHT on Twitch! - 30 July 2025
Hello Survivors! We've been hard at work on Outbreak: Shades of Horror over the past several months, jamming in new features such as an elaborate costume and weapon skin system, reinventing our melee weapon systems, adding a massive number of new weapons, creating new levels and maps, and so much more! This is just a quick note to let you know we'll be going live on our Twitch channel at 7:15pm ET TONIGHT with some 4P co-op madness over the network and a first look at Raid Mode! We'll be leading into this with the conclusion of our Resident Evil 5 co-op playthrough, so expect the Outbreak: Shades of Horror party to start around 8:30pm ET! If you are a US resident and come hang out with us, you will also have a chance to win a Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller! Also another reminder that nearly every Wednesday night at 7:15pm ET we do stream on Twitch showing fun playthroughs of horror ga…
- March 2025 Update - Trailer & Modes Overview! - 13 March 2025
Hello Survivors! First, check out this new trailer: https://youtu.be/vtxiPu7Cr8Q Today, we're going to break down the game's modes and hub area for you! The entirety of Outbreak: Shades of Horror can be experienced either solo or with up to three friends in co-op play over the network. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932190/Outbreak_Shades_of_Horror/ Cypress Reel This playground is where you and your friends can group up and enter the game's various modes! You can select your character (across over 25 options!) and practice your controls, and you can also test your mettle at the obstacle course, improve your combat prowess, check out the game's various abilities and items, and so much more! Over time, Cypress Reel will expand with new content and special events! Story mode This is the survival horror campaign you're all expecting! Manage your resources and inventory, defeat menacing…
- Outbreak Winter Sale is Live! Massive discounts on the entire series! - 21 December 2024
Happy Holidays Survivors! We're happy to announce the ENTIRE Outbreak series, including our latest title Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split is ON SALE for the Steam Winter Sale for a massive 78% off in our Complete Collection! You can also grab each title in the Outbreak, Dinobreak, and Railbreak series at massive discounts individually too! The ENTIRE Outbreak series is 78% off in the Complete Collection Bundle! Grab Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split at a massive discount! Best wishes for an awesome holiday and we're so excited to bring our spiritual successor to titles like Resident Evil: Outbreak to the world in 2025 with our 4-player co-op survival horror nightmare Outbreak: Shades of Horror! Have fun! :)
- Steam Autumn Sale is LIVE! Big discounts on the ENTIRE FRANCHISE! - 27 November 2024
Hey Survivors, It's finally time for the Steam Autumn Sale! Get ready to face the undead, dinosaurs, ghouls, and more across the entire Dead Drop Studios franchise with awesome discounts on many of our titles, as well as a Franchise Bundle that gives you your best bang for your buck, including picking up our latest next-gen survival horror nightmare: Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnn6J5sRrBw Grab the franchise now at a massive discount! Grab the ENTIRE franchise at a massive 76% discount! Good luck surviving! -DDS
- [Chromatic Split] Quick Note Regarding Keyboard & Mouse Controls - 29 October 2024
Hi Survivors! We've gotten a few questions regarding Keyboard & Mouse controls for the game. KBM support is always active and can be used at any time on top of our gamepad support. If you'd like to see on-screen controls for your control scheme of choice: Go to Settings -> Game Settings -> Controller Icons You can set Controller Icons to Xbox, PlayStation, Keyboard, or Hidden. We also wanted to inform you that an incoming patch will fix the icon sizes for the on-screen KBM control display. In the near future, we will also support key rebinding. Thank you for reading, and we hope you enjoy the game!
- Chromatic Split is AVAILABLE NOW on Steam! - 29 October 2024
Hello Survivors! Just a quick note today! After a small delay, we are excited to share that the Steam version of Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split is now available to play and purchase with a 20% launch discount! Thank you all so much for your patience! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107090/Outbreak_Shades_of_Horror_Chromatic_Split Chromatic Split is a standalone prologue to the upcoming Outbreak: Shades of Horror starring our hero Lydia Daniels. Our detective enters the Cypress Ridge sewer system to meet with her contact on the eve of a massive zombie outbreak, and things quickly devolve from there. Though initially unarmed, you will eventually find a melee weapon and firearms that allow you to progress through sprawling maps. Items and resources are limited, so what you use them to craft, be it healing items, ammo, or save items, will be key to your survival. Enemies can…
- Save BIG During the Steam Summer Sale!! - 28 June 2024
Hello Survivors! This is just a quick reminder that our entire games catalog is available at a significant discount for the Steam Summer Sale through July 11th! Let's take a quick look at some of the highlights! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20872/Outbreak_Complete_Collection/ You can get the ENTIRE Outbreak series for up to 80% off NOW with the Outbreak Complete Collection! This is our full 10 game series, including DINOBREAK, Railbreak, and even What Lydia Knows! It also includes our suite of DLC for our legacy titles! This is an absolutely incredible deal for anyone who has yet to dive into our games, and if you have a few of these titles already, you can purchase the rest of the bundle at a massive discount! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932180/Dinobreak/ Step into the shoes of Lydia Daniels when Cypress Ridge is overrun by an army of dinosaurs in DINOBREAK. Featuring…
- Get Started With What Lydia Knows, Available NOW! - 17 May 2024
Hello Survivors! If you haven't yet tried out Outbreak The FEDORA Files: What Lydia Knows, our two-game pack which includes a deep visual novel and a rogue-like RPG, there's no better time than now to pick it up! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2587130/Outbreak_The_Fedora_Files_What_Lydia_Knows/ But what exactly is What Lydia Knows? What better way to find out than to hear about the game straight from the developer's mouth? A few weeks ago we featured Julia Wolbach, co-founder of Dead Drop Studios, on our weekly stream for a deep dive on the game! https://youtu.be/Io64IA6RaAg?t=5567 Learn about the development of What Lydia Knows, and learn about all of the fun content you'll experience when you buy it now on Steam! Until next time, take care out there!
- Visual Novel 'What Lydia Knows' Launches FRIDAY May 3rd! - 29 April 2024
Hello Survivors! Get ready for a double-dose of adventure this Friday, May 3rd, when Outbreak The FEDORA Files: What Lydia Knows launches on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Epic Games Store! Enjoy a 25% off launch discount here on Steam! This two game pack includes the following: FEDORA Files: What Lydia Knows In our first file of “The FEDORA Files” three part limited series: What Lydia Knows, play as intrepid detective Lydia Daniels as she tries to discover the mystery behind her partner's disappearance. Search for clues, probe allies and enemies, and solve the mystery of the Jackson Street Sewers in this installment that acts a prequel to Outbreak: Shades of Horror. Features: Narrative rich visual novel with a deep and engrossing storyline. Multiple paths and endings to unlock where your choices matter. Meet, befriend, or alienate a wide cast of characters wh…
