- Update 1.4.2 — Fixes & Polish - 17 July 2026
Hey everyone, A smaller one this time — smoothing over a few things that could trip you up, plus another pass on the writing. • Boat travel: fixed a bug where taking the boat could strand you out of bounds. You'll land back on solid ground every time now. • Boss soft-lock: fixed a lever in a boss arena that could lock you out of progressing if it was hit twice. • Landing indicator: the landing marker now reads correctly in late-game fights where gravity turns against you. • Terrain: distant terrain no longer visibly "pops" as you move through the world. • Localization: another polish pass — dozens of English lines rewritten for clarity, a location name made consistent across English and Japanese, a sharper voice for the Shaman in Japanese, and a corrected character name in Russian. Thanks for playing. — AmortizGames
- # Update 1.4 — Camera, Landing & Steam Deck - 24 June 2026
Hey everyone, This one's mostly about how the game feels to move through. - **Camera:** no longer clips through walls, columns, mushrooms, or temple geometry, and won't shove in to face-level when you pass behind them. Object and character pop-in is gone, and it moves more smoothly when grazing terrain. - **Landing indicator:** jumping now shows where you'll touch down - and the marker turns red over dangerous spots. - **Aura effect:** added a new aura intersection visual. - **Steam Deck:** proper Steam Deck support, with a display, quality, and frame-rate profile tuned for the hardware. - **Japanese:** a polish pass on the Japanese localization - restored missing lines, corrected terminology, more consistent voice. - **Fixes:** the player no longer spawns at the wrong spot after loading a save across scenes, and map markers now stick around after you restart. Thanks for playing. - Amor…
- # Update 1.3 — Japanese is Here, and the Ark is Growing - 7 April 2026
Hey everyone,The Ark has reached new shores. **The Shaman's Ark is now fully localized in Japanese.**It represents careful work, and a decision we're proud we made. Japanese players have a deep, passionate community around atmospheric indie games, and they deserve a version of the Ark that feels like it was written for them, not translated at them. Every faction name, every piece of boss dialogue, every ambient story note — all of it went through multiple rounds of native review until it felt right. The Inverted Ones became 反転者たち. The Nest of the Seven Mouths became 七つの口の巣. The degraded, glitching speech of the lost became something that sounds genuinely unsettling in Japanese, not just in English. We're really happy with how it turned out.This update also brings a few fixes that players on wider screens have been waiting for. If you're running an ultrawide monitor — 3440×1440 or simila…
- Wendigo boss fixed in Hardcore mode! - 21 November 2025
Huge thanks to everyone who reached out about the Wendigo bug: during the fight on Hardcore difficulty, the QTE segment could break, making the boss unbeatable.The issue is now resolved — enjoy the game!
- Path of Pain and more! - 8 October 2025
The main thing: a new game mode has been added - enemies are now faster and stronger!A new set of achievements for the Path of Pain has been added.By popular demand, the Cats that could previously be missed forever have moved to more accessible locations. Now all cats can be found in a single playthrough!Some bugs have been fixed.The balance has been slightly adjusted.
- The Shaman's Ark has never been cheaper! - 1 October 2025
Dear friends! Autumn has come — the season when it’s so nice to wrap yourself in something warm and die to bosses in Metroidvanias, fall into pits again and again, or get skewered by spikes and traps!All this awaits you in the lands of the Ark, so don’t miss your chance to grab the game with a whopping 40% discount!
- Big Update Delayed Because of Silksong - 29 August 2025
Dear friends! As you know, I’ve been working on a new hardcore mode for the game. There will be new achievements tied to this mode, and new opportunities to die painful deaths across the Ark! Just the way we love it!On top of that, I’ve made some adjustments to the regular content as well. For example, players really enjoyed searching for Cats, but many were frustrated that some Cats could be missed forever unless you started a new game. Well, that’s been fixed! Now you’ll be able to find all the Cats and unlock every ending in a single playthrough!My original plan was to release the big update and set up a major discount at the beginning of September. BUT! Silksong is coming out. Which means that in the near future, all Metroidvania fans will be busy with it.I don’t see any point in releasing exciting new content into the void, so I’ve decided to postpone the new version by one month.S…
- Fixed QTE issues at very high speeds - 14 August 2025
Some players reported that QTE battles against late-game bosses felt unfair. At first, I thought it was just my own terrible reaction time, but… I dug into it, investigated the issue, and found a problem with input detection when the runes in QTEs were moving too fast. Now all battles - especially the hardest ones - should feel much fairer. From now on, every mistake you make during a shamanic ritual is your honest mistake!
- Quest fixes, new achievement - 12 August 2025
Now you can't accidentally skip the quest with the recipe book. Removed the ability to skip the battle with the secret boss. Added a new achievement. Optimized memory cleaning, now there will be no short FPS drops during the battle.
- QTE optimization patch - 10 August 2025
Optimized scenes of combat rituals. This significantly reduces the load on the video card during QTE.
- Character physics fix - 10 August 2025
Fixed an issue where Shaman would twitch and bounce when hitting the ground at low fps
- Optimization patch - 9 August 2025
Optimization of 3D objects: added reduction in rendering quality at a large distance. Fixed several bugs. Added the ability to skip both cutscenes at the beginning of the game (but I do not recommend you do this, there is a plot!)
- Bug fixes and gameplay experience improvements - 2 August 2025
- Fixed several typos in the text - Fixed textures in trance - Fixed flies on the Fly Giver boss - Foundation for NG+ mode (it's in development, it's not in the game yet!)
- New hardcore NG+ mode is now in development! - 30 July 2025
Hey there! The game is out - but there’s still a lot I want to add! One of those things is the classic Soulslike feature: New Game Plus.I'm starting work on it now! NG+ will unlock after finishing the game with any ending, and it will be significantly more challenging than a regular playthrough.
- The final version of the demo is out - 26 March 2025
In the demo you will find: The beginning of the game's story; Training; A full-fledged location; And even a boss fight! And don't forget to add the game to your wishlist, because the release is coming soon!
- New interface for Amulets - 7 March 2025
Hi! We just finished a cool new interface for amulets! Now trying out different builds and tactics is not only useful, but also enjoyable! The release is coming soon, so feel free to add the game to your wishlist!
- Two more big bosses are ready to kick your drum! - 6 February 2025
I'm happy to announce that all bosses are ready at the moment except the final one. Release is coming very soon!
- Your feedback on demo - 14 October 2024
Here you can leave your feedback on the demo. Good reviews will help me stay motivated and keep me warm this cold fall! Bad reviews will help make the game better at release!
- A free demo version of the game is available on Steam! - 12 October 2024
Dear friends! I'm happy to announce that the free demo of Shaman's Ark is now available on Steam! It will be available until the end of the Next fest (Oct 14 - Oct 21). Therefore, I invite you to explore the lands of the Ark! In the demo version you will find: 5 large story locations 2 initial bosses of the game several useful acquaintances with the inhabitants of the Ark Welcome to the Ark!
- Free demo is coming soon - 11 October 2024
Dear friends! A festival is starting soon, where you can play demo versions of many games. The Shaman's Ark will also take part in this festival. Soon a free demo version of the game will be available!
