- A big thank you for 9K sold and 50K wishlists! - 16 September 2026
Hi everyone! We just wanted to make a quick thank you post to everyone who bought & wishlisted Swan Song during the Steam Programming fest! The game is now already over 9K units sold (almost at 10K! 🥳) and 50K wishlists, which is an insane number to us. We are so glad everyone seems to be enjoying the game so far, and we can't wait for you all to get your hands on the level editor & it's free updates in the future! A sincere and very VERY big thank you from us here at Business Goose Studios! ❤️🦢Cheers,Sander, Jonathan & Beau of Business Goose Studios
- Level Editor WIP: Join the playtest! - 11 September 2026
Hi everyone,Glad to see so many new players for Swan Song! We hope all of you are enjoying the game so far! 🥰In this post we quickly wanted to update everyone on the current progress of the level editor. We have made very good progress with the implementation of the chapter creation menu. Below we have a small in-engine video of what the progress currently looks like. Please note that all UI elements and the screwdriver are still placeholder and will have a lot more feedback and polish added to them. The video below that showcases what creating a level would be like through the 3 different layers (Obstacles, Platforms & Details).But how will the level editor work?You will be able to publish your creations on the steam workshop when the full release is out. But it is not just one level you will push. Because Swan Song works with chapters, players will be able to create their own chapter…
- Swan Song 1.1.1: Secret level fixes - 29 July 2026
Hi everyone, We received some bug reports after the latest patch so we got them all fixed up for you! Fixed bug where the level wouldn't reset when the swan was standing on a trampoline, and you destroyed the breaking platform underneath. This only seemed to occur in one of the new secret levels. Fixed missing translations for "Level Editor Coming Soon". Fixed issue with new secret levels not having the correct saving data. This caused the achievement for unlocking all of them to be unobtainable. Please note that this means you will have to manually unlock the 2 new secret levels (1 in Ch. 6 and 1 in Ch. 3) again through the cryptic puzzles. This is because the correct save data hasn't been made yet for you, if you previously unlocked these levels during the previous update! Sorry for the inconveniece! We will keep you posted on any other fixes we might do, and about the progress with t…
- Swan Song 1.1: QOL & Secret levels! - 17 July 2026
Hey everyone,We have got a lot of quality of life changes & some new levels for you! Down below you'll find a list with everything that has changed and added:Added 2 new secret levels.Made changes to the overall level selection, to make it clearer which levels are locked, unlocked and that you can select a level if you want.Secret levels you previously unlocked can now be played directly through the level selection.Added the options button to the level select menu.Added a secret level counter to the level select. This way you can see where you still need to unlock a secret level (only visible after finding all the necessary elements to start playing secret levels). Added the screwdriver to the toolbelt. This will be used to get into the level editor in the future, buy you can't interact with it yet.PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously played all other secret levels and unlocked the achie…
- Swan Song 1.0.7 - more small fixes - 15 June 2026
Hello everyone, We just pushed a small fix. The settings menu should now properly save, and Windowed Mode can now be resized. Cheers, Sander, Jonathan and Beau.
- Swan Song 1.0.6 - Small fixes - 12 June 2026
Hey everyone, We just pushed a small patch with some fixes. here is the list of everything we did: Changed the German translation for Tristan's final letter. Fixed chapter 1 secret level having a bypass by not using all notes. Increased speed of text appearing on screen (this was mainly an issue for the cassette of chapter 3). Fixed an issue where the text of some story objects went offscreen when playing on a widescreen monitor. Fixed an issue where the credits would sometimes stop to early on some aspect ratios. There are a few other issues we are aware off, but these will be fixed in the next patch: Notes sometimes become unclickable when being picked-up and put down to quickly. One user reported an issue where they got send back to the level select, but the kay and current level where still loaded, locking them out of the game. Some settings seem to be reset when relaunching the gam…
- 1K Units sold! Time for a thank you AMA! - 8 June 2026
Hi everyone,We just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the great comments and for buying the game! Swan Song has now sold 1K units since launch. 🤩Thank you everyone! 🥰 And if you have bought the game but haven't left a review yet, leaving a review help us a lot! We try to read every single one of them. Here are 3 of our favorites so far: But now, we wanted to host a week long AMA for anyone who isn't in the discord and had some questions for us about the game, the studio, or anything else (within limits of course 😅). So we are hosting this AMA untill this sunday! Thank you all again for the great response to Swan Song, and we hope you will all enjoy the level editor when it releases in the future! Cheers, Sander, Jonathan & Beau of Business Goose Studios
- Swan Song - Out Now! - 4 June 2026
Hi everyone,We are very pleased to say that Swan Song is finally released! 🤩 We are very excited for you all to get your hands on the full game, and we hope you will love the puzzles and the story of Amber, Tristan & Edith as much as we loved working on it. Launching with 14K+ wishlists has been our most wishlisted game so far, and we still can't believe we hit that number! We want to thank everyone for the continued support we got during development, though this is not the end of the line for Swan Song! 🥰 Please don't hesitate to send us a message in the community hub or our community discord if you find any bugs or have any additional feedback! But now, onto the other news! Free Update Roadmap & The Level EditorWe will continue to support Swan Song with some additional updates these coming months. Down below you can check out the (currently very small) roadmap of free updates the ga…
- Swan Song - Final Demo Update - 22 May 2026
Hey everyone,We just updated the current demo to better represent what the final release will feel like. Here is a full list of all the changes and additions:Added 8 additional languages.Made changes to some SFX.Added settings (audio, graphics & accessibility).Made some slight changes to some story objects.There is now a window that displays the text of the cassettes and other story objects. This is also the space where you will find the translations.A lot of polish has been added in this version!Fixed a bug that could lock you out of picking up additional story objects or prevented you from picking up the key again.Like we said in the last post, we are currently finishing up the full version by adding in the achievements, some bug fixes, and some extras! 😁 We can't wait for you all to start playing the full game!Cheers,Sander, Jonathan & Beau of Business Goose Studios
- Swan Song has reach 11K Wishlists! - 20 May 2026
Hey everyone,We are very VERY happy to announce Swan Song has reached 11K wishlists! 🤩 Thank you all so much for wishlisting and playing the demo these past couple months! As we are nearing the full release (only 2 weeks left), we can tell you development is going well, and we are currently fixing the last few bugs, adding a ton of polish, and setting up a plan to support Swan Song post release. We will of course tell you more about these plans on launch day. We couldn't have done it without our amazing VO team over seas in Nova Scotia, nor without the magical tunes of Jamal and our amazing community. We are very excited for you all to hear the complete soundtrack & experience the story in full! We hope you are all just as excited as we are about releasing Swan Song, and we hope you will have a lot of fun fun (and feelings) when you finally get your hands on the full release. Untill th…
- Swan Song is releasing on June 4th 2026! - 16 April 2026
Hey everyone!We are very pleased to announce that Swan Song will release on June 4th 2026! 🥳 After 1,5 years of development, we are very close to the end now. Developing Swan Song has been a very fun journey, and we are actually not even finished with it after it's release. But before we give you some more behind the scenes stuff and talk about what to expect after release, we would love it if you gave the new trailer a watch by following the link down below! 🥰 Demo updatesSince we are part of the Galaxies showcase, we have taken the opportunity to update our demo a bit. Here is a full list of changes you can check out in the new demo right now:Saving!! Yes, we finally have saving in Swan Song. You can now continue where you left off in the demo, and choose any level you want to play, from the level select.Some SFX have been updated, like the ambient sounds of chapter 1.Each cassette…
- Swan Song - New Steam Next Fest Demo & Full game updates. - 23 February 2026
Hi everyone,We just wanted to do a quick post about the Steam Next Fest! We just updated Swan Song with a new demo which fixes a lot of bugs, includes changes to the levels & updates some of the story & environment elements.But before we get further into these changes & new screenshots, we wanted to ask everyone if you have played the demo previously to please leave a review on our demo page. Support like that will help us greatly during the Steam Next Fest, thank you!! 🥰🥰Here is a quick list of most of these changes & fixes. We also address the question about saving some people talked about. 🦢🎶Bug fixesFixed a bug that caused notes to trigger twice when the music box was playing right at the end of one of the soundtracks.Fixed an issue with the music box staying shut when the swan failed a level.UpdatesMade changes to levels in chapter 2 & 3.Added updated environments for chapter 0…
- Business Goose Studios 5 year anniversary giveaway! - 4 February 2026
Hey everyone,Production for Swan Song is in full swing! We have behind the scenes stuff to show you, as well as info about the 5 year anniversary giveaway at the end of this post! 🥳 Voice Acting 🎶We recently started on the next parts of the voice acting parts for Swan Song with the wonderfull Emily Kolm (who also made our reveal trailer for Gamescom 2025) and Matt Harris. Below you can check out a small vlog and some behind the scenes footage of Rick recording the second letter!There will be a lot more Voice Acting that will be added to the final release, but the 2 letters are currently the two things you can check it in the revisioned demo we will be releasing for Steam Next Fest.The group of wonderful people helping us bring Swan Song to life! Behind the scenes of Ricks recording session (apparently youtube shorts links don't work here) -> Business Goose turns 5! 🥳Business Goose St…
- A little Swan Song update! - 12 December 2025
Hey everyone,We just wanted to make a little post about the current stage of development and talk about our Gamescom 2025 experience!Swan Song is now in Beta!Yes! We have now officially entered the beta stage with Swan Song. That means we are currently hard at work making content (levels, new platform types, implementing the rest of the story,...) after getting all systems set up during alpha. Because of that, we have some screenshots to share with you all! These screenshots showcase the updated environments in the first 3 chapters and some new mechanics that are slowly getting introduced in the next couple chapters! Can you guess what all of the new mechanics are and what they do? We will be sharing more stuff in the coming weeks/months now that the behind the scenes stuff is mostly done and we can truly show all the cool new puzzle things we are implementing!Updated environments Can y…
- Swan Song - Gamescom Demo now live! - 15 August 2025
Hey everyone,We just wanted to update everyone that the new demo is now live! This demo includes:3 chapters + the tutorial chapter to play through. Note that these chapters have a reduced level count because it's just a demo! more levels will be available in the full version.The complete story up to chapter 3 (there will be 9 in the full game).4 music tracks written by the fantastic Jamal green!Please let us know if you do encounter any weird bugs or have any feedback in general! Do also let us know if you enjoyed the new demo! :D Cheers and thanks for all the support 💖,Sander Ambroos & the Business Goose Team
- Swan Song - Reveal Trailer - 11 August 2025
Hi everyone,We just wanted to post something to announce that we just released the reveal trailer for Swan Song! You can check it out by clicking the link below: Like we previously said, we will be attending Gamescom 2025 at the Indie Arena Booth. We would love it if you could swing by to play the new demo and have a chat! We are located in Hall 10.2, Section 1, Booth 13. Ofcourse, the new demo will also be playable during the steam event of Gamescom 2025. Make sure to tell people about the new demo and make sure they wishlist! 💖Thanks for all the support, and see you at Gamescom!Cheers,Sander Ambroos & the Business Goose Team
- Swan Song (Demo) - 0.0.14 & Gamescom - 2 July 2025
Hi everyone,We have been hard at work to get the vertical slice/new demo of Swan Song ready. Here are a couple things that we have done and are planned for this year.New DemoWe have been hard at work to rebuild the whole game to make it more stable compared to the Gamejam demo version. The new demo that has been uploaded to steam now has the following features:New "shorter" tutorial.New levels & pacing in chapter 1.new levels & pacing in chapter 2.Environments change depending on what chapter you're playing.Added a lot of SFX & VFX.Added more player feedback.Updated a lot of models & textures.Lots of bug fixes (but do report any you find).Work on the vertical slice continuesLike we said in the previous part, we have been hard at work to get the vertical slice of the game ready! This means the whole back end, internal level editor,... should be finished so we can start adding more levels…
- Swan Song - Vertical Slice Progress! - 8 May 2025
Hey everyone, We wanted to start posting here more often to keep everyone up-to-date about the process of the game. Making this vertical slice has been a pretty big undertaking, since a lot of the game has been build from the ground up. The reason for this was mainly the addition of the level editor (for in house use and later on for the players when the game releases). Story The story of the initial demo was something we threw together very quickly for the Gamejam back in 2024. The actual story that will be present in the vertical slice and the final release is already taking shape! The story and game will take place in 3 main acts, which each in turn will have 3 chapters. The first 2 chapters of act 1 will be present in the vertical slice and thus be playable at Gamescom (and afterwards on steam). Puzzle mechanics We are also adding in new platforms, obstacles, and changing the look o…
