- NEODUEL v1.4.0 - Balance & Bug Fix Patch - 26 August 2025
A quick balance pass focused on outliers at both ends. Also we fixed the reroll button which caused problems for many players. Nerfs Omnicore Cost 12 → 13 Demoncore Cost 12 → 13 Isvasal Cooldown 8 → 10 The dominant giant gets nerfed. Tidalgrasp Cooldown 3 → 3.5 This should make it so building an aqualith makes sense. Hawkista Cost 4 → 5 Stonk Stripes Cost 3 → 4 This one might be weird, a money making cosmion getting more expensive? But it is the number 1 performing cosmion and even in builds that reach endgame, we can see multiple—which we shouldn’t. Ifry Cost 9 → 10 Dorangutan Cooldown 4.5 → 6 We know this change is huge but if you saw the stats you would agree with us. Serenius Accuracy 100 → 90 Buffs Riko Cost 3 → 2 Water is by far the least played, and nerfing tidalgrasp isn’t going to help. This might push water to be too strong but we will see. Volroost Damage 25–30 → 27–32 Voltre…
- NEODUEL v1.3.0 - Balance Patch & Live Servers - 12 May 2025
Hey Duelists! NEODUEL Live Servers are Back Online 🎉 WE ARE SO BACK!!! After some issues with our server infrastructure, we had to turn NEODUEL into a single-player game, where the database was local. After separating from our previous publisher, Rogue Duck Interactive purchased all the rights to the game, and with their internal team, we got the servers back up! Learn more: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2693940/view/525342544971695923 --- It has been a while and I missed making a patch and also a patch notes. Our goal for this patch is go safe while making unavaible units more avaible. Enjoy! 🔼 Buffs Dorogun Crit Change: %0 → %20 A little crit chance for that big hits, this dragon needs some love too; north of Swamp needs some love but they will get it in next patches. Electric Mira Stamina Cost: 1.5 → 1 Electrocute has been scary for a while so we kept Electric Mira in che…
- NEODUEL Live Servers are Back Online 🎉 - 12 May 2025
Hello Duelists! We have great news to share; tl;dr WE ARE SO BACK!!! After some issues with our server infrastructure, we had to turn NEODUEL into a single-player game, where the database was local. After separating from our previous publisher, Rogue Duck Interactive purchased all the rights to the game, and with their internal team, we got the servers back up! We would like to deeply apologize for causing this, players purchased a game with live servers, and we will make sure to supply this service as best as possible. 🌐 SERVERS ARE ON! Welcome Back to Live Play Asynchronous multiplayer servers are coming back online. Ranked queues, live elo updates, and global leaderboards will switch on with this patch! Fresh Elo Season -> Everyone starts on equal footing after leaderboard reset. Live Build Pool -> Face up-to-date community builds pulled straight from the servers. Leaderboards Retur…
- [Deprecated] The future of Neoduel: Backpack Monsters - 16 January 2025
There have been some developments after this post, please check it out. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2693940/view/525342544971695923 We will keep this post up as an archive. --- Greetings Duelists! My name is Bahadir “Baho” Van, and I’m DiceHit Games’ Game Designer on Neoduel: Backpack Monsters, with a message on the future of our game. Since the conception of Neoduel: Backpack Monsters, creating such a game has been a significant task for us, and running an asynchronous multiplayer game server for the first time in many of our careers has made the past year especially difficult. Despite the number of players, the efforts of our publishers, and a very positive Steam rating since launch, some features of the game need to be scaled back to be sustainable as a business, without the need to completely shut down or delist the game. Because we are a small indie studio, our solution…
- NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters: The "So much content it should be a remaster" Update - 19 December 2024
Happy holiday season Duelists! We're thrilled to announce the launch of NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters’ the "So much content it should be a remaster" major update. This follows November’s “Swamp” update, a major content drop for the highly-rated PvP auto-battler blending monster taming with strategic inventory management, from the Turkish indie duo of Rogue Duck Interactive and DiceHit Games. The Swamp Update (v1.1), released November 27th, introduced a fresh new fusion Element created by merging Nature and Water elements, with over 10 upgrades and Cosmions empowered by that same muddy power, alongside reworked Haste buff and Clumsy debuff. With the "So much content it should be a remaster" major update, NeoDuel continues to evolve by adding over 20 QoL updates ranging from UI changes to better user experience, brand new Steam Community items, and finally, a singleplayer mode, offering Due…
- Neoduel: Backpack Monsters Steam Weeklong Deal (December 9-16) - 12 December 2024
Missed the Steam Autumn Sales? Well you're in for a treat, as Neoduel: Backpack Monster is part of the Weeklong Sales, with a 30% discount. Grab the full game and all updates included for less than 10$. Perfect timing to gift this game to your friends now before the holidays (prices are regionally adjusted, check your local store for exact pricing below). https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693940/NEODUEL_Backpack_Monsters/ Until then, for the most recent news, join the NeoDuel community by following us on Twitter or hopping into the T4W Discord server. Please contact our support channel on the T4W Discord server if you need assistance with typical technical issues or if you are unable to resolve your problem.
- Inventory management battler NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters gets new content - we have keys to give away - 2 December 2024
NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games, Rogue Duck Interactive and The 4 Winds Entertainment is an inventory management battler with a creature collecting / fusing twist and a fresh content update recently went live. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/inventory-management-battler-neoduel-backpack-monsters-gets-new-content-we-have-keys-to-give-away
- Nominate Neoduel for Best Game You Suck At in the Steam Awards 2024 - 28 November 2024
Tough love, anyone? You don’t master Cosmions overnight, but you wouldn’t want it any other way. Nominate NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters for "Best Game You Suck At" starting from today until December 4th... Unless you believe we deserve to be nominated in other categories as well? And while you're at it, we're currently taking part of Steam Autumn Sale, with a steal of a discount of 30%, perfect to gift the game to your friends. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693940/NEODUEL_Backpack_Monsters/
- NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters - V1.1: The Swamp and Singleplayer Challenges Update - 27 November 2024
Brace yourselves for new Duels! We're excited to announce the first major free update to NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters (currently rated Highly Positive on Steam), our exciting PvP auto-battler that combines strategic inventory management with monster taming elements. This update, titled “The Swamp Update” (version 1.1), is now live on Steam and introduces a fresh new fusion Element by the same name, created by merging Nature and Water elements and on top of that we've done the prework on a bunch of new feature coming in the coming months including a soon™ to be released singleplayer challenges for all solo Duelists. Perfect timing as we push today a 30% discount promotion in celebration of this major patch and Steam Autumn Sales... We guess it's perfect timing to gift this game to your friends now before the holidays (prices are regionally adjusted, check your local store for exact pricing…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.97) - 14 November 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of today, November 14th, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. Here's what to expect in this patch note: NEW UPCOMING FEATURES While this is not technically getting implemented today, the patch does prepare the ground work for the game to host a new feature we had in mind for a while which is PvP custom games. While we have the casual mode to let Duelists do practice runs without fear of losing any Elo ranks, we always wanted to allow everyone to play against a specific build from a friend, without having to redo the game design. After all, this is an asynchronous multiplayer game, so you're not effectively fighting other backpacks live, so we had to find a different approach to the PvP custom game mode. That said, coming next week,…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.96) - The Big Upgrade Patch! - 7 November 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of today, November 7th, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. Here's what to expect in this patch note: THE BIG UPGRADE PATCH DID SOMEONE SAY MAWR UPGRADES!? Yes indeed, and that brings a staggering amount of almost 160 Upgrades in the game with today's 13 new additional Upgrades. The new batch is just adds some missing pieces to the puzzle, and here's the full list including in order from left to right. David (available in stage 1,2 and 3): Take 30% maximum health damage and gain 20% damage. Goliath (available in stage 1,2 and 3): Gain shield equal to 25% of your max health and lose 5% damage. Regen of the Colossus (available in stage 1,2 and 3): Every second, gain 1,5% of your maximum Health. Roll of the dice (available in stage 1,…
- NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters – One Month Anniversary Celebration Blog and Update - 31 October 2024
Happy 1-month anniversary to all Dueslists! In today's dev blog, we're looking forward to the future after one month of launch. What were the highlights so far, some fun stats about our Duelist's performance, as well as to what to expect for the future of Neoduel: Backpack Monsters. Despite some of bugs and issues in the launch week, we are generally pleased with how the release went, and for that we'd want to take this time to thank everyone from your Duelists to our dev team and publishing partners. Everyone involved and our community has been incredibly receptive and transparent with questions, concerns, and recommendations, and we have taken everything on board which has shaped the future of the game. THE 1-MONTH LAUNCH ANNIVERSARY RECAP: Since the launch on September 30th, we've released a healthy spread of patches both fixing key issues, but also adding new features, Cosmions, Upg…
- NeoDuel: Hotfix Patch Notes (Version 1.0.94) - 29 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of today, October 29th, 2024, a hotfix patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. Here's what to expect in this hotfix patch: BUGFIXES AND KNOWN ISSUES Zone links: Fixed a bugged where zone links would not work as intended in some rare situations. Verdantclaw effects: Poor Verdantclaw keeps on being semi-unreliable these days. We've fixed an issue where Verdantclaw's effect would not trigger in a game. Game Freeze: We've seen reports of the game freezing for up to 30 seconds at first launch. While we couldn't replicate this issue, we've done some coding optimization on the main menu to make sure it doesn't happen. If you do face this, please open a support ticket in our discord server to be able to track better these and find the possible flaw. Steam…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.93) - 24 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of Tuesday, October 1st, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. Here's what to expect in this patch note: NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT New game mode: Casual runs: Last week's patch was the preparational work for introducing a new mode that allows Duelist to try new builds, combos and more without the fear of losing Elo. That mode is now live, called simply Casual mode: you'll be able to start a "normal" run (Ranked) as well as casual one, and eventually give up or continue both or neither. So go wild, try your freakiest builds without fear of losing your coveted rank or medal win streak. COSMION & ESSENCE BALANCING AND CHANGES In this patch you will see a bunch of balance changes around links. Links are how players express skill, and we f…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.92) - 17 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of Thursday, October 17th, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT: New game mode: Unranked - Coming Soon: We know most of you have been trying some new builds, but are worried about losing Elo while doing those experiments. We figured the Unranked mode was needed for that, for a more chill place to try and learn without the fear of dropping in ranks. The patch readies the game for it, but the mode will be coming in live pretty soon. 3 New Cosmions: Cosmions are key to the gameplay, and sometimes we introduce new ones to fill in some gaps that exist in the current meta. While some might look like a familiar evolution, others are newcomers to the Duelist's backpack: PeThor: Pedro's evolution grants him the power…
- Steam Next Fest Strategy Game Demos by Rogue Duck! - 14 October 2024
During the Steam Next Fest, we have 4 free game demos up for you to try out. If you played a game published by Rogue Duck Interactive before, you probably love replayable strategy games! Let me start introducing our games, during the Next Fest, download the demos you are interested and become part of the development by giving us your valueable feedback. New Next Fest Strategy Demos https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517440/Mini_City_Mayhem/ A city builder where you race against time to build your city! Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/ A memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer. https://store.ste…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.91) - 8 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of Wednesday, October 3rd, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. NEW FEATURE: Refreshed Keyboard Shortcuts: With the fusion lock feature we added last week, some of our players who got used to right click to drop Cosmions into the storage voiced their need for new shortcuts. That's why we're bringing it back to not break your gaming instinct and introduce some new ones which are: C -> Open the Codex K -> Drop everything from backpack! That includes Cosmion, Zones, and anything you can stash. F -> Reroll the store offerings R -> Rotate held Cosmion, Zones, etc. Q or Right Click -> Drop the highlighted Cosmion into storage OR reserve shop offering. E or mouse scroll button -> Fusion Lock M -> Sell highlighted Cosmions, Zones, Essence.…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.6) - 4 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of Wednesday, October 4th, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. NEW FEATURE: Fusion List in Codex: The codex now features a new tab called Fusion. Let's call it our recipe list for all Evolutions and Fusions in the game, which should help many learn this important mechanic in our game. Fusion Lock: We know some of you have been asking for this, preferring to have two Firefist side by side, without resulting into the Fusion Molten Punch. All you have to do is right click on the Cosmions in the backpack, and you'll see a padlock icon on it for visibility (similar to locking Cosmions in the shop offers to prevent reroll). Codex Cosmion links: All Cosmion possible links will now appear upon hovering over them in both the list of critter…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.5) - 3 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of Wednesday, October 3rd, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. NEW FEATURE: Flavor Text Localization: A semi-missing feature we had from launch now resolved. All Cosmion flavor text for all of our 11 supported languages are live. Discover the lore of NeoDuel. Rarity percentage added: When you hover over the reroll button, you will see the probabilities in percentage form of all rarities. Shop reroll animation: We added a small entrance VFX animation to Cosmions in the shop when rerolling the offerings. BUGFIXES Codex overlay bug: When going into the codex and leaving, some Cosmions would get too exited and jump out of the backpack. This has been resolved. Energy Info panel bug: Fixed and issue where the pull down info panel display…
- NeoDuel: Patch Notes (Version 1.0.4) - 2 October 2024
Salutations, Duelists! As of Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024, a new patch has gone live for NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters. To experience the most recent and up to date build of NeoDuel on Steam, make sure you update your game. NEW FEATURE: Codex Shortcut: Thanks to the community feedback, we've implemented a quick icon in the shape of a book on the right corner of the shop screen, that will serve as a shortcut to the Codex. This should help players reduce the unnecessary clicks to access it. BUGFIXES Steam Cloud Save: We fixed an issue with Steam cloud save not working as intended. Now Dueslist can switch between different devices paired to their Steam accounts. For more information about Cloud Saves, please visit the dedicated help page on Steam. Buggy fusions: In some instances where multiple Fusions and Evolutions were set in shop, they wouldn't actually trigger after that Duel round. We'v…
