- HOTFIX #0.12.1 - 21 September 2026
Hey Runners! Hope you guys are doing well.We are dropping a quick hotfix today to resolve a few critical issues affecting lobby connections, map loading, and cutscene behavior! PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Fixed an issue where environmental traps could still trigger while players were locked in cinematic cutscenes.Fixed an issue where client players would get stuck on an infinite loading screen if the host left the lobby during a map transition.Fixed an issue where clients were falsely flagged as banned from a session if they timed out before the game started, attempted to join a match already in progress, or tried to enter a full lobby.Fixed an issue that prevented players from skipping the end-game escape cutscene.KNOWN ISSUESThese are some of the main issues that we are aware of and are currently being worked on:Connection issues to servers or invitat…
- PATCH NOTES #012 - Network Stability & Bug Fixes - 17 September 2026
Hey Runners! Hope you guys are doing well.Today's update brings our promised bug-fixing build! We’ve tackled critical networking and lobby issues, including fixes for Voice Chat initialization, player counter mismatches, session privacy displays, and mid-match join prevention. Even better, the game can now automatically attempt to reconnect and transition out of Offline Mode without requiring a full game restart!We’ve also expanded the Gameplay Van's safe zone to prevent traps and fallen power lines from being too close for confort, added a final tornado sweep fail-safe timer, resolved several cutscene visual glitches, and added a dedicated VAN speakers volume slider! PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Added a VAN Speaker Volume slider in the audio settings.Added a guard to prevent players from joining matches mid-game.Added a fail-safe to the Final Tornado sw…
- HOTFIX #011.1 - 14 September 2026
Hey Runners! Hope you guys are doing well.We are dropping a quick hotfix today to resolve a couple of frustrating physics and placement bugs that were getting in the way of smooth van repairs and storm survival!Fixed an issue where completing a successful repair for the Battery, Fuses, or Tires caused the item to drop onto the ground instead of snapping into its proper van placement.Fixed an issue where players tossed on top of power lines by a tornado would get caught in an infinite falling loop. While today's patch focuses on a few immediate, high-priority fixes, please know that our team is currently hard at work behind the scenes on a much larger, comprehensive bug-fixing build! And, of course, content as well.Would you like to be closer to the community and the devs? Join our discord and you will be on top of everything happening in the game first hand!👉 Join here: \ Grab your wal…
- Patch Notes #011 - Cutscenes & Emote Wheel! - 10 September 2026
Hey Runners! Hope you guys are doing well.Today's update is one of our biggest presentation and stability milestones yet! First off, we are introducing fully cinematic Cutscene Sequences for both the start and successful conclusion of every run, alongside a brand-new Emotes System so you can dance, gesture, or fake your death with your squad!PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Cutscene System: Implemented cinematic sequences for both the beginning of a run and the successful escape sequence at the end of a match.Emotes System: Press B to open the new Emote Wheel and express yourself!Added damaged visual materials to worn-out spark plugs inside the engine bay.Implemented a heartbeat audio loop when your character reaches Low Health.Implemented unique Ground Impact Sounds for dropping/throwing items (Med Kit, Bandage, Energy Drink, Health Pills, Cassette, VHS Tap…
- HOTFIX #010.1 - 3 September 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. We’re dropping a quick hotfix today to address a few annoying interaction bugs and give back our loved mouse key bidings. This week update is a little lighter on content but worry not we are working on more bug fixes and features for the next updates, they are just requiring a little more attention!Added interaction indicators to both new van parts. (the little white dots)Added custom icons to most keyboard keys to accommodate key binding changes better.Fixed issues where the aim assist would not trigger for the new van parts when playing on controller.Fixed issue where the mouse key binding was no longer possible on settings where it was possible before.Fixed issue where short-cut key indicators on Whiteboard were showing up as "None" when there was none instead of being hidden.Would you like to be closer to the community and the devs? Join…
- Patch Notes #010 - New Minigames and Van Problems! - 27 August 2026
Hey Runners! Hope you guys are doing well.Today's update brings a massive overhaul to how you repair the van and interact with the world! We are introducing brand-new van repair issues, including Brake Fluid and Spark Plugs, alongside five completely redesigned, immersive minigames that move beyond basic QTEs. Plus, you can now fully customize your UI inputs and minigame keybindings directly in the settings, giving you total control over how you fix, loot, and escape the storm!PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Improved the van's spawn position on the street to reduce collisions with other environmental assets.Added Lack of Brake Fluid van issue (works similarly to other liquid-type issues).Added Broken Spark Plugs van issue (works similar to the battery, remove old spark plugs using the toolbox and find new ones to replace them).Added dedicated tutorials for…
- Devlog #010 - In-Game Localization - 21 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well.As our community continues to grow across the globe, we want to make sure as many players as possible can experience the chaotic storm-chasing action in their native language! And wewanted to let you guys know that we are working to make the game as inclusive as possible to everyone!Today, we are super excited to announce that we have locked in our Localization Update to officially drop this October!Are you new around here? Don’t worry, quick recap: In Funnel Runners, you have ~20 minutes to loot the city, fix the van, and escape before the EF5 reaches you. You can do it solo, but it’s made for co-op chaos with friends.👉 Join here: \First Wave LanguagesAlong with the localized text, we are also implementing a Language Filter for the server browser! This will allow you to easily find and join lobbies where players speak your language, making…
- Patch Notes #009 - Bug Fixes, Balancing and Audio Improvements - 20 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋Hope you guys are doing well. Today's update brings a huge wave of bug fixes, audio polish, and some balance adjustments! We’ve reworked the "Protocol Nerd" achievement so you can complete it directly from the tutorial poster without needing to trigger every cue inside active matches. On top of that, Crowbars now break down fences much faster, sewage pit rescues are significantly smoother, and protection items like umbrellas and conductors will no longer get stuck or wipe out nearby safety zones. While this update was heavily focused on squashing bugs and polishing stability based on your reports, rest assured that our team is simultaneously hard at work behind the scenes cooking up new content for the game!PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Added stun invulnerability for players while climbing out of a sewage pit to avoid soft locks.Updated "Pr…
- HOTFIX #008.1 - 14 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. We’re dropping a quick hotfix today to address a few annoying interaction bugs, polish some character skin visuals, and refine our graphics settings for maximum stability!Fixed an issue where interactable objects (like van parts or doors) would become completely uninteractable if the player using them entered a ragdoll state mid-interaction.Fixed car placements near the Grocery Store to prevent players from getting wedged between vehicles.Fixed a visual issue on female character skins where the fabric layer behind the number stood out too prominently.Updated Safe Mode graphics settings to automatically disable Frame Generation, making Safe Mode even safer for troubleshooting stability.Would you like to be closer to the community and the devs? Join our discord and you will be on top of everything happening in the game first hand!👉 Join here:…
- Patch Notes #008 - New Areas and QOL Updates! - 13 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well.Today's update brings some huge quality-of-life enhancements for spectating, brand-new atmospheric audio effects, and two new locations to explore and loot!We are officially adding the Grocery Store and the Sheriff Station to the pool of spawn locations in the American Suburbs map. Both come packed with its own dedicated item spawn locations, giving you whole new tactical zones to clear out for high-value loot before the storm rolls in. ⚠️This is NOT a new map YET, just additions to the current one. Don't worry we are working hard on a new map for you guys.⚠️Beyond that, you can now monitor your teammates' exact Health, Stamina, Tasks, and Threat Levels while spectating (or while incapacitated), pelt your friends with newspapers to inflict papercuts, and hear realistic metal-bending audio cues as tornadoes rip through city landmarks!PATCH NOT…
- HOTFIX - 0.36.11 - 6 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. Just passing by with a quick update to let you know that we have just pushed an urgent hotfix to address a critical launch issue.We received reports that several new players were getting stuck on a black screen when attempting to boot up the game for the first time. Our team jumped on this immediately, identified the root cause, and deployed a fix so everyone can jump straight into the action without friction! We are so sorry for the inconvenience this caused those of you trying to jump in for your first run! Would you like to be closer to the community and the devs? Join our discord and you will be on top of everything happening in the game first hand!👉 Join here: \ Grab your walkie-talkies, patch up the van, and watch out for that lightning. The storm is officially here. See you in the funnel! 🌪️
- Patch Notes 0.36.10 - 6 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋Hope you guys are doing well. August barely started and we can proudly announce that today's patch brings with it some new stuff, not only bug fixing! You can now use your trusty Crowbar to break down wood fences, dive into the brand-new "Field Survey" quest, and track your full game statistics right from the Locker! Of course, we've also addressed several bugs related to sewage pits, spectate screen effects, and item interactions.PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Added a new quest: Field Survey!In this quest you and your teammates must look for the telemetry stands arround the map to retrieve weathear data for APEX. Telemetry stand coordinates will appear when interacting with the quest board.Added the ability to break wood fences using the Crowbar for faster pathmaking.Added Helmet Lights on player models so teammates can spot each other from…
- Devlog #009 - Player Statistics - 3 August 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well.First devlog since launch huh? This one is a dousie! We are thrilled to break down a brand-new feature, designed as a proper badge of honor for our dedicated employees: The Statistics System!Beyond outrunning tornados, fixing the van, and leveling up your profile, we know how satisfying it is to look back at everything you’ve survived (or barely survived) during your time in the storm. Whether it’s counting your miraculous revives or keeping track of how many times you’ve been electrocuted by a live wire, your legacy matters!Are you new around here? Don’t worry, quick recap: In Funnel Runners, you have ~20 minutes to loot the city, fix the van, and escape before the EF5 reaches you. You can do it solo, but it’s made for co-op chaos with friends.👉 Join here: \How Stats Work?We designed this system to be a purely informative, non-intrusive way…
- Patch Notes - 0.35.15 - 27 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. We’ve been working around the clock to address multiplayer friction and voice chat latency! In today's update, Voice Chat will automatically connect to your local region but it will also give you the option to select which reagion is best for you and your party, shelter and crouch states are now much more reliable against Tornados, and house interiors have been adjusted so you don't get wedged behind doors!PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Added Voice Chat Region selection options in the Create Session popup.Improved automatic Voice Chat Region selection as the default setting, massively improving voice clarity worldwide!Implemented visual indicators for the active session's Voice Chat Region in the Session Lobby and Crew Assembly screens.Filled in empty storage rooms in House05 and House06 following the open clos…
- We are 200K Runners! - 24 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. Tombstone here, Community Manager for Supernova Studios, and I wanted to share with you another milestone that Funnel Runners hit. CAN YOU BELIIEVE THAT WE HAVE 200K RUNNERS IN JUST THE FIIRST WEEK? What an incredible feeling, and what an accomplishment for the studio and our amazing community. Without each of you streaming, playing the game, creating content, or just telling your friends all about us, none of this would be possible. Thank you. When I joined the team a week before launch, I knew this game was special, I never could have imagined it would be this special. I love this community and I love being able to log in daily to watch you guys find your way through high intensity situations or just get thrown around by our wonderful works of mother nature. What I love the most? Whether you're successful or not, you log right back in to t…
- Patch Notes - 0.35.4 - 21 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋Hope you guys are doing well.We’ve been listening closely to your feedback since launch, and today’s patch is packed with features you’ve been asking for! We are officially introducing Push-to-Talk for more control over voice comms even on proximity chat, brand-new Color Vision Filters for accessibility, and a massive new feature for the Whiteboards, a private mode and a higher, shared ink stroke limit so you can draw without hitting limits so fast. Plus, if you ever get wedged in geometry, our new Unstuck mechanics have got your back!PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Added Push to Talk option in the Voice Chat settings (Uses the existing "Push to Talk" keybind: Default V / Left Shoulder Button).Added a new Automatic Unstuck mechanic: Players stuck in environment geometry will now be automatically reallocated to a safe location.Added a manual U…
- We are 100K Runners! - 20 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. Because we… yeah, we don’t even have a proper word for it right now. 100,000 copies sold. One hundred thousand players actually owning and playing our game... It still doesn’t feel real to us.We started this as a small, passionate project, and seeing it explode like this after launch is both terrifying and the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to us. And it’s all because of you guys.Seeing so many of you jumping into the van together is motivating us like crazy to stay up late, squash every single remaining bug, improve, and keep delivering updates to make this game the absolute best it can be for you!So yeah… thank you. Really. From the absolute bottom of our hearts. This means more to us than we can properly put into words. You guys are literally changing our lives every single day.Screenshot by Sharad on the community tab.Before…
- Patch Notes - 0.34.28 - 20 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋Hope you guys are doing well. We've been hard at work tracking down technical issues based on your recent gameplay reports. This patch brings a heavy dose of engine, physics, and lobby fixes to make sure your escape runs are as stable and smooth as possible. We are committed to keeping a close eye on the live build and will continue with an ongoing effort to push fixes and polish the game's stability, as we have been. PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Added the option to Reset all Key Bindings.Changed the visuals of the "revert changes" button on individual keybinds for better clarity.Removed Acid Rain from Training Mode to make learning the ropes a bit fairer.Updated the "Up Here!" achievement triggers for much more consistent behavior.Increased session search range so more lobbies are visible worldwide. (Please be mindful of your ping, as the…
- Patch Notes - 0.34.23 - 18 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. First of all, we want to give a huge shoutout to the incredible community that you guys have been, lots of feedback and reports! We truly thank you all for the support to the project! Now to the patch notes, this one is a little more focused on balancing, yes we are talking about acid and hail, both of these guys have been a headache for you guys and we are sorry about that! Please let us know what you think afte this one ok? Worry not, we are not abandoning the bug fixes, tomorrow we will bring more fixed stuff for you guys! We just couldn't keep you waiting on this one! PS: there is also a few changes for our streamers, focusing on some of the VFX that were causing bit rate drops.PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Nerfed acid rain chances on Training and Normal difficulties.Added an option to report bad behavior…
- Patch Notes - 0.34.19 - 17 July 2026
Hey Runners! 👋 Hope you guys are doing well. First of all, we as a development team would like to sincerely apologize for the profanities and slurs present in the game in some instances. We are truly sorry that you guys had to witness that. To address this immediately, we have implemented a brand-new profanity filter in this patch, and we will continue with an ongoing effort to bring better moderation features from now on.PATCH NOTESBugs and reports that were addressed in this patch:Fixed a crash related to players getting caught by a tornado.Fixed a crash related to tornadoes changing states mid-game.Nerfed the Acid Storm slightly on duration.Added a Microphone Activity Indicator to the HUD, it can be hidden in the settings.Added a profanity filter to Session Names to keep the lobby browser clean.KNOWN ISSUESThese are some of the main issues that we are aware of but are currently bein…
