- Arctico 2.9 - 8 September 2026
Hello! It's hard to believe Arctico is close to reaching version 3.0 since its 2022 launch, my plan is to release this major update before the end of this year and I hope to add and improve lots of stuff to the game. In the meantime I would be super grateful if you could leave a review of the game here on Steam, Arctico currently has 2,200 steam purchase reviews and reaching 2,500 would be incredible. I also wanted to share that my new game Ghost Villa is coming out to Steam Early Access in less than a month! I have been working on this project for quite a while now, and I’m happy to start this game development journey once again. So if it sounds like something you'd enjoy playing please add it to your wishlist!Thank you so much for playing Arctico and thank you for all the support through all these years!Below is the changelog for version 2.9 :-When you are standing near a fire in surv…
- Co-op saving system improvements for player 2,3,4. - 9 July 2026
-Player 2,3,4 can now manually save their progress from the pause menu, and when the host exits the session their game will also be saved.-Increased ammount of fish players can extract while in survival co-op mode.
- My new game and the next update for Arctico. - 14 June 2026
Hello everyone I just wanted to share the new game I’ve been working on with you. Having two projects to work on has been both challenging and fun, and I’m very happy that I finally have a playable demo of my new game Ghost Villa, and also very excited for the new things to come for Arctico. Ghost Villa is a round based FPS with tower defense, roguelike, and farming elements. Your task is to defend your home from a ghost invasion, all while the four rapidly changing seasons bring changes to the map, enemies, and available power ups (in the form of vegetables). When each season starts you will be able to choose a new permanent boon to keep up with the endless ghost invasion. Build turrets, traps, and grow crazy powerful crops in order to survive!I really wanted to work on something radically different from Arctico because I knew that I would keep updating it for a long time. The next maj…
- Steam Achievements! - 16 April 2026
We have added the first batch of achievements to the game and will have more to add in the next update!
- Arctico 2.8a + Steam Achievements! - 10 April 2026
Edit: We have added the first batch of achievements to the game!-Improved contrast in inventory UI.-Improved inventory tablet rendering material.-Improved screen shader on inventory tablet.-Improved transition animations in kayak fishing states.-Improved map screen clarity and contrast.-Improved Aurora FX.-Improved sleeping transition.-Fixed icons screen location issues in tutorial.-Fixed UI issue in tutorial confirmation screen when starting a new game.-Fixed sled garage fast travel bug.-Fixed collected resources stats on inventory menu showing infinity on the first day.-Fixed some fishing buoys missing fish swimming animation.-Added flying birds to a couple of locations.-Adjusted main base interior objects LODS.-Adjusted snow and wind particles at night in survival mode.-Added the same difference in snow and wind particles between day and night in normal mode.-Adjusted calorie spendin…
- Survival Mode - 25 February 2026
New "Survival" game mode available when starting a new game, I will keep releasing new updates for this new game mode throughout 2026.This new game mode will be more demanding for the player, the weather and time of day will greatly affect your calories consumption and energy levels. If your available energy reaches a critical state you will pass out and a heavy resources penalty will be applied, the same applies if anybody on your gaming session (coop) passes out. A lot of systems were rebalanced for this new game mode (without affecting the normal game mode) and I will keep calibrating them based on feedback. Below you will find the changelog, most of these changes only apply to the new survival game mode.-Added more details to the tutorial.-Player 2/3/4 locations and individual resources are now successfully saved when the host sleeps.-Solar panels will sometimes need fixing.-Increas…
- Arctico 2.7a - 5 November 2025
-added dedicated map button for keyboard (“M”) and controller/steamdeck.-added new inventory navigation buttons for the keyboard (similar to the ones available on the controller).-increased map zoom speed.-increased fish selling price.-lowered the cost of building an advanced heated facility.-adjusted player calorie consumption.-fixed repeat command on build menu when using the mouse.-fixed heated facility upgrades UI descriptive text not centered.
- Five-year-old survival/crafting game Arctico just got Steam Deck and controller support from out of nowhere - 5 October 2025
rctico is sort of like Subnautica without all the underwater dread. Walk into a body of water in Arctico and you'll suddenly be in a kayak, cruising over the calm blue surface toward a fishing spot. It may be a game about expanding a research base in a lonely, hostile environment, but it's a much more relaxed one, where you've got a team of pettable dogs to pull your sled right from the off... Read more.
- Controller support and Steam Deck verified : version 2.7 - 25 September 2025
The game now has full controller and Steamdeck support:-The Sled’s and other vehicles input system was adjusted to better support joystick input.-Added controller support to every interactable system in the game.-Adjusted every UI system so that it supports controller input.-Adjusted inventory/build menu UI organization for easy navigation with controller cursor.-The tutorial and tips show the correct glyphs for both controller and keyboard.-Added in-game keyboards when using a controller/steamdeck.-Extensive testing and adjustments done for the Steamdeck version, including special text size, controller glyphs and special cursor. (the Steam compatibility review should be updated soon) *the mac version will require using Steaminput with the gamepad/mouse config in order to work properly.
- Arctico 2.6a - 19 June 2025
-Added PT-BR language to the game.-Fixed small translation bugs on some menus.-Fixed ice lakes collision issues.-Fixed small light collider interfering with elevator buttons.-Fixed water reflection bug on the sled.-Fixed different colors on the other players drills.-Adjusted auto save system.
- Base Building update! - 5 June 2025
-Improved hand drill visuals and animations. -Improved and optimized pc simulations object design. -Improved and optimized elevator design. -Improved and optimized wind turbine object design. -Improved auto hardware welder visual design and animations. -Improved and optimized coffee maker model. -Improved auto crop collector design. -Optimized main kitchen geometry. -Optimized the geometry of multiple decorative objects. -Fixed advanced heated facility second floor hatch door issues. -Fixed platforms and structures "remove objects from platform" bug when placed too close together. -Fixed plants replace hitbox interfering when placed on second floors. -Fixed display issue upgrade progression starting from level 0 in the workshop. -Fixed display issue lvl 0 in hand held drill. -Fixed display issue lvl 0 in sled upgrade terminal. -Fixed pc simulations translation bug. -Improved heated faci…
- Arctico 2.5 - 24 May 2025
-Improved main hardware welder station. -Improved auto drill design. -Adjusted auto drill energy cost. -Adjusted auto drill price. -Improved telescope facility upgrade visuals. -Improved dark matter detector upgrade visuals. -Improved dark matter detector blueprint location. -Fixed waypoint text synch issue in co-op mode. -Improved workshop upgrade visuals. -Improved upper glass dome upgrade visuals. -Improved workshop UI design. -Fixed buildable platform collider issues when player jumping nearby.
- Arctico 2.4 - 5 March 2025
-Improved and optimized time sync system in co-op mode. -Fixed host sometimes not being able to create a new co-op session after closing the previous one. -Fixed soft-lock bugs when 2 players were using the same upgrade terminal or misc. fabricator. -Highlighted utility/farming objects in the misc. fabricator menu. -Fixed fish gift exploit bugs while in co-op mode. -Fixed players 2,3,4 sometimes not being able to upgrade advanced heated facility while in co-op mode. -Fixed upgrades sync issues in some structures. -Fixed ore collected by player 3 and 4 sometimes is more. -Fixed profits discrepancy when fish is sold by players 2,3,4. -Fixed greenhouse building cost discrepancy between players. -Fixed plants created by player 2,3,4 sometimes also subtracting seeds from the host. -Fixed third player upon joining not being able to sync the structures upgrades made by player 2.
- Arctico 2.3 - 5 November 2024
-Added and improved multiple sfx to the game. -Improved cooking animations. -Improved drill shader. -Improved lab vfx. -Added more details and interactive systems to 3 major locations. -Added date and clock to the main base. -Improved main base lods. -Improved parachute gliding mechanics. -Improved telescope visuals.
- Arctico 4 players co-op mode - 27 June 2024
-Co-op mode now supports 4 players. -You can now feed your friends’ dogs while in co-op mode. -If one of the players (except the host) leaves the game the co-op session can now continue. -Improved kayak animations in co-op mode. -Improved energy collection system in co-op mode. -Improved building management system in co-op mode. -Improved blueprint collection/synch system in co-op mode.
- Arctico 2.1 - 24 April 2024
-Improved dark matter detector room design. -Improved dark matter detector interactive screen. -Adjusted dark matter detector data output. -Improved telescope room design. -Adjusted telescope data output. -Added waterline shader fx to the kayak. -Improved watering can particles. -New sun halo fx. -New sample pickup shader.
- Arctico 2.0b - 18 February 2024
-Added auto save system to both single player and co-op mode. -You can now fast travel to your base from the pause menu. -improved time sync system in co-op mode.
- Fixed online issues due to server overload - 8 January 2024
Apologies if you could not play online, the game was featured on the Steam front page and it was too much for our servers, the issue should be resolved by now.
- Arctico language update - 4 January 2024
The game is now playable in simplified Chinese! fixed: sled garage fast travel issues
- Arctico 2.0 - 1 November 2023
Added aurora boreal! Improved fishing system, it is now easier to fish. Improved main menu. New cave water shader. Adjusted dogs calories spending stats. Fixed drill distance indicator showing nearby drills spots already used by the other player in coop mode. Fixed sled color change bug while in coop mode. Fixed "give fish" action not being translated in coop mode. Fixed underground elevator repair prompt missing translation. Fixed connection lost msg missing translation. Fixed sometimes replacing a structure while in the caves would not work. Fixed stars sometimes resetting before dawn. Improved the color scheme and materials of the player 2 dogs in coop mode. Fixed msg “The caves elevator system must be fixed” not being translated. I also wanted to thank you all for your ongoing support, it always makes me smile when I read that players are enjoying the game and the new updates, I bel…
