- Steam Bullet Fest - 8 June 2026
Schism is 50% OFF for the Steam Bullet FestWHAT'S NEXT?Fami and 2 Left Thumbs have teamed up again for a brand new action roguelike game! MurderplanetPlease be sure to add it to your Wishlist!
- 2026 Publisher Sale - 7 February 2026
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale!Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! Schism is 40% off!Be sure to check the Bundle List for any additional discounts that may be available to you And be sure to check out the new game from Fami, MURDERPLANETNEW RELEASEYesterday saw the release of Underboard, a new team-based tactical roguelike autobattler!(The lead artist of which did the awesome custom art for this sale!) COMING SOON 4 more games have received official release dates! Each of which offers a public demo.Dice A Million - Dice-rolling Deckbuilder Roguelike - February 25thCrawling Angels - Physics-based Puzzle Horror - March 13thWasteland Bites - Survival Horror Food Truck Manager - April 3rdBesmirch - Survival Horror Farming Sim - May 11thWHAT ELSE?There were too many announcements this year to include in store page p…
- Update 1.0.3! Sorry for the wait - 26 May 2025
Hey everyone, sorry this little update took so long! Life + work BS and working on other projects took up most of my time. I'll try to release these little updates on a 2-4 week schedule at minimum. I do genuinely enjoy working on Schism and still have a lot of ideas I didn't have time to add planned, like more relics, gods, bosses, weapons and much more! Hopefully with these bug fixes/optimizations done I can focus on adding new stuff. Thank you for your patience. ///NEW -new injoyable: Whipple ///TWEAKS -Gun coupon now gives 5 coins instead if you worship the Hunter God -optimized minions! ---there's a cap of how many minions can exist at once, but you'll have a surplus value to fill in the spots of minions when they die ///FIXES -fixed going below 0 for INT then gaining it back giving more mana than you originally had -fixed mercy timer counting down at start of room (thanks Grugo) -…
- Update 1.0.2 - 8 April 2025
///BALANCE -added a "Mercy Timer" to rooms to end them early if it takes too long to beat ---goal here is to give a quick bandaid fix to soft lock scenarios -XP from omen stacks now has a cap -Tarot God gets less XP from omen stacks at higher god levels -true final boss can be killed during bullet hell phases, but has heavy damage reduction -reduced weapon Arctic Storm's damage ///TWEAKS -hovering your mouse over rooms with items compacts multiple of the same item ///FIXES -fixed crash with boss Council hand enemy (thanks Wlorin) -fixed typo with relic Bubble Buddies (thanks Aleksh) -fixed crash with Healer enemy (thanks Quirbus) -optimized weapon mod Chain Lightning (thanks Aleksh) -spammer enemy perk no longer attacks during prep phase (thanks Aleksh) -fixed Injoyable Filter in options not saving (thanks Aleksh) -fixed bug with floor ambience playing in hub world (thanks MNA) -fixed e…
- Update 1.0.1 - 18 March 2025
///NEW -added curse chests and debt chests to main chest pool ///BALANCE -reworked bouncer trap: Can die, but respawns after a short duration (thanks Aleksh) ///TWEAKS -added a single green pixel in the hub world (thanks shmuck) -added map icon to injoyables (thanks Aleksh) ///FIXES -fixed certain mods, like coins on new floor, sometimes not working -fixed meta-mods for certain mods, like coins on new floor, not working -fixed going to prison on first floor giving choice of 3 gods again (thanks Aleksh) -fixed boss Electric Trio sometimes going out of bounds and being unkillable (thanks Snopingas) -fixed Claw Game NPC resetting rewards when leaving room (thanks Ceimir) -fixed crash with healer enemy (thanks Mikufaq) -fixed crash with certain book of babel effects (thanks Snopingas) -fixed +5 curse babel book effect giving +1 curse (thanks Snopingas) -fixed crash when starting game after…
- Schism 1.0! - 7 March 2025
It's finally here! It's surreal to finally be "done" with this game with how much time and energy I put into it (more than 4 years!), but at the same time it's a nice feeling to see all your hard work pay off. This was my first commercial game released, and I couldn't have hoped for a better release thanks to all the fans helping and the amazing 2 Left Thumbs for publishing and assisting with it! I've learned so much from this project that I can't wait to work on my other ideas, and I hope you look forward to them too! All that said, I'll still fix bugs frequently, and infrequently I'll still push big content updates! I genuinely enjoy working on this game and playing it, and have so many ideas I didn't have time to add. I'm grateful to be able to still add on to this and tweak it even after it's "finished". Expect initial bugfix updates to be between every week or month, and content up…
- Schism v1.0 - Coming March 7th - 25 February 2025
After years of work, hundreds of items, bug fixes, and whole new mechanics added it's finally time to enter 1.0! It's hard to believe this little game I started working on in my off-time pre-covid would have so much added and so many lovely people playing it and sharing the craziness they experienced in it, but here we are! Just from memory alone, this is what's been added since it's early access release in December 2023: 2 extra final bosses with their own zones, enemies, and endings 2 secret areas with their own bosses and enemies 200+ items 40+ weapons 20+ gods, this games version of classes a bunch of weapon mods, traits weapons can randomly inherit lots of events, good and bad things that affect the player during the run Babel books, a type of item that has randomly generated effects lots of achievements memories, a set of consumables with different effects every run injoyables, a…
- Update 0.6: Blue God's lair, controller improvements - 10 February 2025
///NEW -new final area, enemies, and boss. Good luck! -new ending -new relic: Tutankhamun's Riches -new relic: Fractional Reserve -new relic: Snuff Film -new achievement: The End ///BALANCE -god XP scaling in hard mode is more generous -relic Shield Psy gives much more shield now ///TWEAKS -improved snap aim mode with gamepad (big thanks to Terr0rbyte) -can choose levelup with gamepad joystick (thanks Terr0rbyte) -added option to switch aiming/moving thumbstick (thanks vacantcode) -main UI shows button prompts for gamepad controls if gamepad is plugged in -text prompts now show gamepad prompts -tutorial now shows button prompts for gamepad controls -hud tooltips show controller inputs if gamepad is plugged in -added message at start of hub area about swapping aim modes if player has gamepad plugged in -pause menu has a new graphic for gamepad controls if gamepad is plugged in ///FIXES -…
- 2025 Publisher Sale - 7 February 2025
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale! Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! How about a FREE game?! Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre launched TODAY, and is available 100% for free! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997920/Croak_Crusader_Spawn_of_the_Spore_Spectre/ This free title introduces the general gameplay, protagonist and antagonists of the upcoming (paid) release, Croak Crusader: the Champion of Canada. Be sure to add that to your Wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3152060/Croak_Crusader_the_Champion_of_Canada/ COMING SOON Very VERY soon! Novus Orbis is a combo-based roguelike deckbuilder, set to release into Early Access on February 10th. There's already dozens of hours of content, and the game will only be getting deeper and more varied from here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/243733…
- Mini-Update 0.5.1: Hard mode, small fixes, controller support questions - 7 January 2025
Hello, I'd normally like to wait before pushing an update with patch notes but I'm adding a hard mode early to get some feedback. Go to the left room and interact with the little chili pepper to turn it on! Let me know if it's too hard, not hard enough, or just not fun. For controller support: The game does support it, but I've gotten feedback from players saying it doesn't. Does it not work with your controller, is the lack of button prompts too annoying to play without, or is it something else? Let me know, and I'll address these problems in the next big update! ///NEW -new optional Hard Mode in left room in main hub ///BALANCE -bargain chance caps at 80% -most sources of guard chance have reduced chances -changed mechanic of leaving combat rooms before starting -----they start closed, but you can use a key to open up the way you came ///TWEAKS -clicking mouse buttons no longer skips…
- Update 0.5.0: Merry Update - 31 December 2024
///NEW -new secret area. The tipmaster might know more... -2 new relics -1 new boss -4 new enemies -new song -new chest: Cursed Chest -new chest: Debt Chest -new god: Merriment (happy late christmas!) -new tertiary stat: Jolliness -4 new happy holiday themed relics -new enemy perk: Poisonous -new enemy perk: Spammer -new enemy perk: Luminescent -new enemy perk: Lightning -many new Babel Book effects (thanks pnok, Patty, tagetosa) -improved art for many relic sprites ///BALANCE -boss HP and champion enemy HP scale harder -reworked enemy perk: Blood ---makes enemy regen HP, and take increased damage if hit by them -changed enemy perk: Fire ---gives unique Burning debuff now, which makes you take damage at end of room -relic Quantum Immortality has +1 revive, and caps at 80% revive chance -status effect buildup scales with a percentage of enemy HP now -favored injoyables (the ones you take…
- Update 0.4.0: Blue dudes and rooms with attitude - 29 November 2024
Try out the test mode to make the game harder, and let me know what you think of the changes ːsteamhappyː Don't forget to read the new tips to figure out how to find those new rooms ///NEW -new test mode: Activate in the room left of the starting room -new event: Blemen Tourist -new event: Blemen Witch -new event: Blemen Fanatic -new event: Blemen Beast -new room: Arcade -new room: Hospital -new room: Black Market -new room: Library -special rooms have unique graphics now -new currency: Lockpicks -new currency: Clover -new currency: Coupons -new hud feature: Currency Toggle -new tertiary stat: Disease Resist -new tertiary stat: Bargain Chance -new injoyable: Stoggy -new weapon: Huffblow -new relic: Hoarders -(huge) 5 new tips ///BALANCE -reworked event: Chaos Altar -event Lose One Item now has an option to try and bypass it -event Lose One Stat has an option to try and bypass it -event…
- Update 0.3.0: The Holy Update - 17 October 2024
Another big update that introduces 10 gods, 40+ relics, a lot of new stats and mechanics, 8 new memory effects, lots of balance changes, and lots of fixes! Have fun, and thanks to everyone for giving feedback! ///NEW -new injoyable: Scuba Saltz -new active for Toxic God: Fallout Psy -new god: Darkness -new achievement: Let there be Light -new active relic: Twin Prayer Psy -5 new darkness god related relics -new god: Medicine -new active relic: Chaos Seekers Psy -4 new Medicine god related relics -new god: North -new tertiary stat: Guard chance -new active relic: Hailstorm Psy -4 new North god related relics -new god: Forest -new tertiary stat: Return damage -new active relic: Bushcraft Psy -4 new Forest god related relics -new god: Sun -new active relic: Relief Valve Psy -4 new Sun god related relics -new god: Memory -new active relic: Aneurysm Psy -new relic: Recollection (thanks shmuc…
- Update 0.2.0: The Crime & Punishment Update - 9 September 2024
Hello! This update's quite big and has some major additions to it. The next one will also be quite big and add more gods and god related content (as well as their relics) Expect it a month from now as well, sorry for the wait. ːsteamsadː There will also be a price increase of about $3 soon, the game's come a long way since it's release and I think it's worth that much at least. ///NEW -4 new Criminally Insane enemies -new secret area. Maybe the Hint-gator knows... -3 new relics related to this secret area -new mechanic: Injoyables -Drops from chests that can be used like cards that give stacking bonuses, but have downsides and have a bad effect if you go a long time without using them. The more you take, the more likely you are to find them -new injoyable: Lusid -new injoyable: Junkem -new injoyable: Drenocrime -new injoyable: Cola -new injoyable: Meth-b-Done -new injoyable: Sweet Georg…
- Space Exploration Fest - 30 August 2024
Today kicks of Steam's Space Exploration Fest Explore and infinity and beyond with a deep collection of spacing faring games of all sizes! Schism is running a 20% discount on it's own, while bundling up with Picayune Dreams, another space-based bullet hell action roguelike that I believe will appeal to the same fanbase. Try out it's own demo, and grab the 2 games together if you like what you see! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/44629/Picayune_Dreams_x_Schism/ Or if you REALLY like space-based bullet hell roguelikes, you can add Paper Planet as well! (Although it unfortunately isn't on sale during this event, as it is on a mandatory discount cooldown) https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37136/Interplanetary_Action_Roguelike_Variety_Pack/ CHANGING PRICE? This is coming later that we had initially planned - but as a reminder - the base price for Schism will be permanently going UP…
- Update 0.1.21! - 5 August 2024
///PRICE After multiple posts warning that the price would be increasing today - we now have to delay that change! Once you raise the price, Steam puts you on a 30 day discount cooldown. If we were to do that now, we'd miss out on some important opportunities coming up. So the $3 price increase will now be coming in mid-September after an upcoming sale at the top of that month! ///NEW -new mechanic: Meta-Mods. Rare effect than can apply to a weapon mod. If you see a little sphere near a mod, hold ALT to see what it does -new meta-mod: Carbon Fiber. Makes weapon mod not take up a slot -new meta-mod: Chrome. Doubles weapon mod value. -new meta-mod: Steel. Multiplies weapons ATK by 1.5 -new meta-mod: Titanium. Multiplies weapons stat scaling by 2 -new relic: Palisade -new relic: Nested Loop -new weapon: Spellslinger -new hub NPC: Hint-Gator -new menu in Logs dedicated to known hints ///BAL…
- LAST SALE before PRICE INCREASE - 29 July 2024
LAST DISCOUNT Schism is currently on sale for 15% off as a part of the PixElated Festival! As we previously announced, after 20 content updates in the 33 weeks since launch, it feels like the right time for a change in price. After this sale, Schism will see a permanent $3 price increase. Thank you for all the support! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/ PixElated Fest ✨ discounts ✨ live streams ✨ art contest ✨ demos ✨ developer chats ✨ all centered around your favorite games
- Update 0.1.20! - 22 July 2024
///PRICING A quick reminder that Schism will be raising it's price by ~$3 in 2 weeks. ///NEW -3 new secret weapons -new weapon: Dispenser -new weapon: Robber Baron -new weapon: Cross-Spear -new weapon: Chop Shop -new weapon: Mothership -new weapon: Bloodletter -new enemy: Umbroid -new enemy: Thwump -seeded runs! -added gambling to the hub world ///BALANCE -reworked status effect: Burn -------scales with ATK and stacks, but lasts a short duration -------think of it as an in-between bleed and poison effect -all regen outside of completing rooms no longer counts down status effects -relic Thorn Crown bleed scaling increased to 100% (from 50%) -room reward timer is more lenient -relic Quetzal Fang gives 10 poison now (from 5) -bleed now only replaces damage of current bleed stack if it deals more damage ///TWEAKS -first win in a save has message after cutscene to let players know there's mo…
- Update 0.1.19! The Holy Rake & Coupon Update - 8 July 2024
If you run into the same seed twice, let me know! It should be extremely unlikely (1 in 10s of billions chance). ///PRICING A quick reminder that Schism will be raising it's price by ~$3 in 1 month. ///NEW -new drop: Gun Shop Coupon -new relic: Holy Zone (thanks dave) -new relic: Slapstick (thanks shmuck) ///BALANCE -made cards and memories more common in chest drop table -enemy perks give enemies extra damage and HP again, but also give more XP ///TWEAKS -re-did art for most wall tiles (let me know if you think the old one looks better!) -runs are seeded now (thanks Witch's Cadence) (didn't get to add option to play specific seeded runs yet, expect it next update!) -save isn't deleted when leaving first room (this should make crashes/freezes less painful) ///FIXES -put a very high damage cap to prevent inf damage soft lock (thanks JELQR) -fixed enemy Psycho leaving the room when pushed…
- Steam Summer Sale 2024 - 27 June 2024
The annual Steam Summer Sale is here!! Thousands of games are on sale across Steam, including a 15% discount on Schism! Consider grabbing the game bundled with 5 other unique and very positively received roguelikes for additional savings (or scope out one of the other bundles offered this sale). https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/34319/We_Like_Roguelikes/ The entire 2 Left Thumbs publishing catalog is on sale. Be sure to browser that selection to see what other quality games might tickle your fancy. UPDATE? Schism also had a brand new update today, adding 2 NEW BOSSES to the Castle, as well as a smattering of other new content to mess around with and spice up your runs. Now is a great time to pick the game up, as we'll be raising the price by ~$3 in 1 month, with discounts remaining in that 15% range the foreseeable future. So grab it for cheap while you can! COMING SOON A new roguel…
