- 2026 Steam Bullet Fest + KoreanοΌRussian Localization + 1.1.0.7 Update - 8 June 2026
HopelessSea now supports Korean & Russian now! Also there is 40% off celebrating #Steam #BulletFest 2026οΌ============================================================== Version 1.1.0.6 - 1.1.0.7============================================================== ---- Bugs ---- Fixed a bug that will cause game crush after player buys out the store. Fixed a bug that sometimes another player vessel pops up after pausing/unpausing game. ---- Localization ----With help of LLM, added Korean and Russian, if there is anything needed to be improved please get in touch!==============================================================The Potato Cat
- 1.1.0.5 Hotfix - 14 April 2026
HiA few days ago we uploaded 1.1.0.5. ============================================================= Version 1.1.0.5==============================================================---- Bugs ---- - Fixed a bug that causes unexpected game shut down.==============================================================Thanks for keep reporting bugs!-The Potato Cat
- 1.1.0.4 Hotfix - 7 November 2025
HiVery short 1.1.0.3 hotfix ============================================================= Version 1.1.0.4==============================================================---- Bugs ---- - Fixed bug that cause shimmering on the water vanishs.==============================================================Thanks for keep reporting bugs!-The Potato Cat
- 1.1.0.3 Hotfix - 6 November 2025
HiVery short 1.1.0.3 hotfix============================================================== Version 1.1.0.3============================================================== ---- Bugs ---- - Fixed bug that cause shimmering on the water vanishs.==============================================================Thanks for keep reporting bugs!-The Potato Cat
- 1.0.1.2 Hot Fix - 1 November 2025
HiHere is a very quick patch note after 1.1.---- Bugs ----- Display issue of localizations: some characters/letters are missing.- Biplane bomb unfunction issue.- Display issue playing biplane when entering the shop.- A price balance problem with construction vessel, now it is slightly lower than other characters thanks to its exceptional charisma rather than much lower like before.Thanks for your continue supportand please keep reporting bugs!-The Potato Cat
- 1.1 Update + Halloween Special Event (26 Oct. - 4 Nov.) - 26 October 2025
πππππππππππππππππππππππππππHello! Here is the latest news of Hopeless Sea!Halloween is coming, and we are all eager to smash pumpkins like this kid!(kid smashing pumpkin photo from Google)Halloween SpecialFor limited time (till midnight 4th Nov. pacific time), some of the commonly seen sea monsters like crabs, sharks and small turtles are infested and transformed into pimpkins, destroying them will release massive mount of debris kind of like what we do when we smash open pumpkins. So, have fun with it! Smash a lot!πππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππFor this 1.1 Update, we want to introduce you our new character - Fiona, younger sister of Carina! Fiona is a young curious scientist. She was found missing during an expedition misison piloting her little biplane over the ocean. Not sure if you ever noted, when her older sister Cβ¦
- Hopeless Sea Joining GDoC 2025! + New Highest Discount (17% OFF)!! - 17 September 2025
Hi allWe are eager to let you know HS is featured in the Discount sector of Game Dev of Colour (GDoC), which is also featured on Steam front page, yepeeeeee!We are also at 17% off new highest discount (less than 9.99$ in US) so maybe it is a good time to set sail and save humanity from swarm of sea monsters!- The Potato Cat
- We Are Joining Multiple Sales Events in September! Also 1.1 Is On Its Way! - 2 September 2025
Long time no see! We want to share with you some news that we are attending some very nice looking upcoming Steam Sale events.Steam sales events:Anime Game Fest (2nd - 8th Sept.) Yuri (genre) Game Fest (10th- 20th Sept.)Game Devs of Colour Expo (17th - 25th Sept.) About 1.1 update:We are still making and testing some new features (balancing, new character etc.) for HS 1.1 but that will surely take some time. We plan to update that between September to October but no later than 31th October for sure! Before that comes, stay tuned!Follow us on:XBlueskyDiscordThe Potato Cat
- Patch Note 1.0.2.8 - 22 June 2025
============================================================== Version 1.0.2.6 - 1.0.2.8==============================================================---- Bugs ----- Berserker effect now cannot last to the next wave.- Fixed an achievement bug that will have "Poor Sale" achieved while finishing with aircraft carrier and purchase any item from the shop.- Fixed a bug that when hurt by jellyfish, negative effect never fade away.- Fixed a bug that final boss will show debug number on top of his head- Fixed a bug that when playing Carina and armed with CIWS, firing bomb will have no reponse.Please keep reporting bugs, thanks!-The Potato Cat
- 1.0.25 Available Now! - 17 June 2025
============================================================== Version 1.0.2.3 - 1.0.2.5==============================================================-- Achievement Localization --- Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese achievement names and descriptions are now localized!---- Game Play ----- Fixed a but that player bullets penetrate through while boss is playing its death animation, which will cause PC performance slow down dramaticaly.- Puffer fish boss reworked with more attack methods and bullet variation, now it is more challenging at higher difficulty level.- Fixed multi bugs that will lead to game crash at hard difficulty and level 10 and 11.- Rebalanced submarine bomb when it's hitting obstacles (e.g. iceberg, wood log).---- Graphics & UI ----- Improved PC performance by rework on enemy bullet collsion calculation method.- Improved PC performance by optimizing parβ¦
- Patch Note 1.0.1.6 - 1.0.2.2 - 15 June 2025
============================================================== Version 1.0.1.6 - 1.0.2.2==============================================================---- Bugs ----- Fixed a bug that will cause game crash in wave 10/11 on normal/hard mode.- Fixed an achievement bug that will mistakenly trigger Peace Keeper even if player fired during a wave.- Fixed a bug that will cause game crash while being hit by jellyfish bullets.- Fixeda an achievement issue.---- Game Play ----- Lower first boss hp, increase second boss hp.- Privateer cannon balls can neutralise enemy bullets, but have effect range limit (aligns secondary weapon level).- Slightly increase privateer maneuver speed.- Changed privateer bomb to be firing massive amount of cannon balls at all directions for a short while.- Improved big turtle's destroyable bullets attack method.- Modified jellyfish spawn position to be outside of battleβ¦
- Patch Note 1.0.1.8 - 14 June 2025
============================================================== Version 1.0.1.6 - 1.0.1.8==============================================================---- Bugs ----- Fixed a bug that will cause game crash after wave 7 at holpless (hard) mode.- Fixed a bug that will cause game crash while entering the store.- Fixed a bug that will cause store item price accidentally increase after choosing Charisma upgrade (where reduction is expected).- Fixed a bug that in wave 10 the game will crash unpredictably.- Fixed a bug that will lead to game crash at hard difficulty.- Fixed a bug that charisma takes no effect in the store right after being selected.- Fixed a bug that player can see some floating diamonds after choosing magnet trait.---- Game Play ----- Now obstacles like bridge and train carriages will drop diamonds too.- Improved mola mola enemy behavior.- Swapped puffer fish and samurai crabβ¦
- Patch Note 1.0.1.5 - 13 June 2025
============================================================== Version 1.0.1.5==============================================================---- Bugs ----- Fixed a bug that will cause some waves (10 and 11) spawn no enemy but enemy ships. ---- Game Play ----- Doubled huge turtle HP and powered up their attack behavior to make the game more challenging at higher difficulty.- Weakened shot gun range after leveling up.- Improved various common enemy attack behavior/bullet patter for better experience in hard/normal mode.- Increased train carriage number and hp at wave 2.- Faster all small crab's movement speed.- Boss samurai crab behavior improvement, added visual, audio sign before laser beam attack.- Improved calculation method for charisma, now there should be no decimal number for store items' price.- Increasing general difficulty of Hard Mode where bullets are more unpredictable.- Allβ¦
- 1.0.0.1 - 1.0.1.4 Hot Fixes - 11 June 2025
From 1.0.0.1 - 1.0.1.4 have seen various reports of glitches and fatal bugs that will lead to game crash. We first would like to apologize for the inconvenience.With the nastiest of them fixed and some unpleasant minor ones unsolved and we are working closely to tackle them in the next few days. But for now, let's look at what has been done over the last two days and nights:============================================================== Version 1.0.0.1 - 1.0.1.4==============================================================---- Game Play ----- Balanced store price by increasing price for all levels of main/sub weapons: before the player can get to higher weapon level too quick, which makes the middle-later game experience less engaging.- Balanced shotgun bullet number and attack cd as it was way too over powred.---- Bugs ------ major --- Fixed various fatal bugs that will cause game crashβ¦
- Hopeless Sea Release + Update Roadmap!!! - 9 June 2025
Join Our DiscordWelcome!Ladys and gentlemen, guys and girls! I am so exceted to welcome you to the 1.0 Hopeless Sea release announcement (hip hip ΛsteamhappyΛhuray!)This Potato Cat as usual, I will introduce you the finally here 1.0 Hopeless Sea and what's next for Hopeless Sea future updates.1.0 ReleaseFirst of first, let's talk about what we have prepared for 1.0, as we have said before, either here or other social media, the full version of HS has...\11 waves and οΌ bosses (at wave 3, 6, 9 and 11), 5 unique characters, plus 4 main weapons and 3 sub weapons ]It inherited the key elements of Hopeless Sea Demo 0.7 (3 waves + 1 boss) and expanded to a longer adventure. Clearing a run for a STG veteran will likely take 25 - 30 minutes to complete at normal difficutly.LoreMany of you lovely people have asked me about if there is any lore behind this game and the answer is clearly YES! Thereβ¦
- Hopeless Sea Joining OTK Games Expo Pre-show + Releasing on June 9th! - 25 May 2025
Great news folk! Hopeless Sea is on air! Featured by OTK Games Expo!!! (Mom, we are on TV!) https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42428269/sale/OTKGamesExpo2025 After 1.5 years of solo indie development, we are proud to announce that we will release the game in 1.0 on 9th June!!! From now we will work even harder to ensure things get done properly. There is nothing we can do other than paying deepest gratitude to all of your support! There, let's meet in the deep sea very soon! And I will show you what will happen next! Thank you! The Potato Cat Join discord: https://discord.gg/z5JAyEN2MQ Find me on X: https://twitter.com/He42012He
- Hopeless Sea Releasing Date Announcing During OTK Games Expo + Demo Update - 17 May 2025
Hi there, We have good new to share with you: Hopeless Sea is joining this year's OTK Games Expo at the Pre-show event! OTK Games Expo is one of the largest indie showcase fest in the world therefore we are so blessed (they usually only pick 50 from swamp of titles so...)! Anyway, we are approaching the biggest milestone of Hopeless Sea, the full release. One thing is certain that it will happen in June, 2025! We will soon post another event reminder for expo's time and link. ============================================================== Demo Version 0.7.0.7 - 0.7.0.8 ============================================================== ---- Game Play ---- - From now on, all available weapons can be upgraded to level 4, the max level without need to worry about bugs. - Elevate negative effect in the game, now squid enemy can fire bullets that "blind" the player for short period of time. - Enhaβ¦
- Demo 0.7.0.6 Available Now! - 9 May 2025
How are you guys doing out there! Long time no see, Wish you are all well! This is Potato Cat, Welcome! Good news, as you may have noted, a few months ago we switched release status from βComing Soonβ to β2025β. Yes, it is 99.9% that Hopeless Sea will be finished and delivered to you before the end of year because we have confidence in our development pace and quality. More of that, we are trying hard to get it done before the end of season i.e. full release the game before the end of June. With that being said, sxxx might happen and nobody can tell what will come out tomorrow, so letβs keep the β2025β here for now. Regarding demo version 0.7, we have brought some significant changes towards game play: rebalanced difficulty curve, weapon balancing, bigger enemies, crispy enemy hitting effects etc. and, of course, more fixed bugs. You may find details down below here: ===================β¦
- Patch Note 0.6.4.5.0303 - 2 March 2025
============================================================== Demo Version 0.6.4.5.0303 Hot Fixes ============================================================== - Fixed a bug that will cause game crash while touching the shore as submarine and assult boat. - Fixed a bug that will cause trait 'magnet' unfunctional. - Fixed a bug that will cause display issue of traits after clearing a run and start a new one immediately. Thanks again for reporting the bugs!
- Hopeless Sea Joining "the Days of Ramadan" Fest - 1 March 2025
Hi there lovely people! We are glad to announce that is joining the Days of Ramadan festival hosted by SEAGamethetic.com from 28th, Feb to 31st March. Here is the event link: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45022621/sale/RamadanFestival2025 The demo is on the top page of Featured Demos! Yepppppy! The demo will be available through out the entire event so please feel free to give it a try and submit feedback anywhere you can find us. There will be a few balancing patches shortly to come so stay tuned. But before that comes... Have a great weekend and enjoy the demo!!!
