Ancestral Players Steam news

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• Review score100% positive
• Total reviews16
• Release dateMar 30, 2026
• DeveloperENSLIP
• PublisherENSLIP

Genres: Action, Indie, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: ENSLIPPublisher: ENSLIP

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Ancestral Players Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• Minor update - 23 April 2026

  Add Gamers Assembly Tournament result + allow anyone to create tournaments (todo configurable)

• Nerfing the camping strat just in case - 2 April 2026

  High tension will be x2 faster when 'out of bounds' on high grounds + add a tent icon wall hack. This is to prevent people to hide on rocks behind the map.

• Gamers Assembly 2026 Tournament - 28 March 2026

  I have the honor to announce that Ancestral Players will be played at Gamers Assembly 2026 this 3-6 April!1000e cashprize will be awarded to the top 8 players on stage Sunday 5 at 1PM . This should be retransmitted on twitch (I think): The qualifications will take place Saturday from 9PM to midnight. Near 600 players will be allowed to register and we expect more than 100 participants. This is going to be epic.Thanks to our sponsor Optic2000 for making it possible, and good luck to the players!

• Possible crash fix for some Intel GPUs - 24 February 2026

  Some players with Intel Gpus were crashing on startup. I removed the usage of double precisions floats on some shaders (because it is not supported by intel). Should be okay now, sorry for the inconvenience.

• Steam PvP Fest Tournament - 9 February 2026

  Hello, We are participating in steam PvP Festival from today to 16 Feb. Everyone can play the demo and is invited to join us for a short tournament on the 15 of February to conclude the festival.Tournament Server open Sunday 15 at 8:30 PM CET (UTC+1)Winner get a unique crown skin ^^Join the discord to get notified!: https://discord.gg/DPuqbcUEQEHope to see you there, bye!

• Demo update #1 - 6 February 2026

  Almost ~400 people tried the demo, and it helped me discover some new bugs and issues. I have addressed most of them is this update. I'm entering Steam PvP festival next week and will organize a tournament for the occasion, stay tuned!** bugfixes **-crash fix when cannot create user folder on My Documents (use steam folder instead)-crash fix on player afk-error popup for some unsupported intel gpu instead of silent crash-team mode + match mode: fix match point calculation. (was not implemented for teams)-fix typo profil => profile** gameplay changes ** -hightension: 10 sec => 12 sec on hit-enable hightension in team mode : all team member timers reset when a team mate makes a kill-add a small freeze when hitting with the spear to better feel the impact-coconut buff: disable AOE damage reduction with distance (always do max AOE damage, no matter the distance to the explosion radius) bigg…

• Demo Release & Tournament - 7 January 2026

  It is time to close the Alpha and release a demo to the public. For the occasion, we organize a tournament on the 14 of January 8PM CET. I will release the demo a day or two before.The tournament servers are in Europe as most of my players are there, but if the demo bring enough people from other regions, I'll setup tournaments there as well.To come play, just launch the demo and join the Tournament Server on time.See you!Sylvain

• Ancestral Players x Gamers Assembly HE - 6 January 2026

  Ancestral Players was played for the first time in a LAN tournament during Gamers Assembly Halloween Edition 2025 on November 8th. (Yes I'm two month late to announce it.)The game was still in Alpha but we worked hard to get the best playable build we could. Armada finished the 4 first maps of the game for the occasion and I improved the Tournament mode and server creation for a smooth admin experience. Congrats to top1 to 6: DOCKYZ_, Apocaliypse, Shoko, klusty, Niivak & HemdalAlso congrats to: Myself & Armada for making the gameThe tournament went well. 25 participants, 6 rounds of swiss qualifications with 4 per lobby then top 12 to semi-finals in bo3 in 2x6 lobby then final in bo3. The tournament was supposed to last 2h30min and we finished 4 minutes late. Not bad for a first time.The main issue was top players completely broke the game by taking advantage of higher grounds, which re…

• Alpha Tournament #2 - 27 October 2025

  Second edition of the in-game FFA tournement (on the playtest app).Server is in EUROPE, tournament will starts at 9PM on Thursday 30 October (Paris time)Everybody is welcome :)discord event: https://discord.gg/Bj96YB9r?event=1432339022319063181

• FFA TOURNAMENT - 21 July 2025

  Hi! We are organizing the first tournament ever or Ancestral Players on the 24 July !Region: EUROPE , servers are in GermanyDate: 24 July , 9 PM Paris time (UTC+2) , should be ~1h durationGame mode: AutomaticTournament structure will be defined according to the number of participantsPrize: top 1 get a steam key of the full game when released.To register, you just need to be there on time on the Tournament Server before registration close.See you!

• Alpha Playtest #4 - After Gamers Assembly - 26 April 2025

  We had the pleasure to expose our game for the first time at Gamers Assembly 2025, biggest LAN in France: the public reception was better than expected. It was so cool to see people enjoying our games. I was afraid the game was too difficult for casual players but it went well whatever their ages or gaming experience. Our discord reached 100 members, it's time to celebrate with a playtest :) Join us for tomorrow: https://discord.gg/s42SZZN8?event=1365600150709469245

• Alpha Playtest #3 - 26 January 2025

  Hi!, I'm gonna open a few servers today and give access to the new players that have registered to the playtest. So if you wanna play, come in time. 9PM CEST (3PM EDT). There will be servers in Europe and North America. Thanks, see you !

• Alpha Playtest #2 - 16 September 2024

  I have implemented dynamic environments (floor is lava & water rising) and It would be cool to test those features together :) RENDEZ-VOUS: Sunday 22 September 9PM CEST (= 3PM EDT) Discord: JOIN THE DISCORD I will soon push an update with a more complete patch note.

• Playtest Date Announcement - 6 July 2024

  Hi! I hope you are doing well. I'm finally ready to launch this first playtest session :). This Alpha will be playable for 1 week: Monday 8 to Sunday 14. It is preferable you find friends to play with: It's not too late to register. I have setup servers in Europe and North America, other regions will have to wait. The maximum ping allowed is 150. The planning will be as follow: July 8-10 : FFA, public servers, 3 game modes July 11-14: team mode, private lobbies (all modes, admin choice) I'm thinking of closing this session by a tournament. We will see. See you on Monday I hope! Sylvain

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