- We're at gamescom / Indie Arena Booth! 🩷💙 - 27 August 2026
Hey everyone, find us at gamescom in Hall 10.2 in the Indie Arena Booth now through Sunday! Come chat with us, play the latest Deep Fog Signals demo, get some stickers and get your Story Stamp Quest card for a chance to win a Steam gift card!If you're attending, hope to see you very soon.
- Choices Matter Festival, Demo v0.4.7 Update & Gamescom 2026 News ✨ - 10 August 2026
Hi there!We have lots of updates to share in this post: Demo v0.4.7 is now live, we're on the Choices Matter Festival by Telltale Games, and we'll be at gamescom in exactly 2 weeks! Let's delve right in.Telltale's Choices Matter FestivalThis big demo update was timed especially for being proudly showcased in the "New & Updated Demos" section of the Choices Matter Festival hosted by Telltale!This celebration of games with branching storylines and lots of player choice is taking place Aug 10-13th with 90+ discounted titles, 40+ playable demos and lots of livestreams and exclusive announcements, go check it out!Demo v0.4.7 Update NotesHere's what's new in this latest update of the Deep Fog Signals demo:✨ What's new?MAIN MENU:Added VHS shader effects, particles and a new "windowed CCTV" designAdded music theme (composed by Alex Bertram-Powell)COMPUTER:Added research logs and diagrams about…
- Demo Update v0.4.2 for Games Composed in Germany! - 20 July 2026
Demo v0.4.2 is now live! It's been some time since our last update, but we wanted to share what we've been working on as we're featured in the Games Composed in Germany Showcase. This is gonna be one hefty devlog:✨ What's new?COMPUTER:Added computer buttons to interface with the oscilloscope (upload and download plot points)Added button to clear all the plot points currently drawn on the mapCOMMS ROOM:Added paper on desk featuring Chef Amidu's weekly special (which is part of a puzzle later in the game)Added entrance door to the room.LASER MACHINE:Added missing interface elements (power lever, start processing button, door can be opened and closed, power meter, frequency and amplitude input screens)Added animation for attempting to power on the machine when pulling the lever down (fails if there's not enough power on the network)SAMPLE:Sample container and crystal can now be acquired vi…
- Demo Update v0.3.6 - 2 May 2026
🪲 FixesCOMPUTERAdded window bordersFixed height offset which made windows not cover the entire vertical screen spaceDisabled camera history on the Dig Site map hubTUTORIALSBandwidth allocation tutorial now appears as soon as the player sees the bandwidth controls for the first timeRADIOAdjusted bottom offset of outgoing log screen
- Demo Update v0.3.5 - 30 April 2026
✨ What's new?MAIN MENUAdded background imageAdded chromatic aberration effectPAUSE MENUHid controls infoAdded button linking to feedback formDIALOGUEAdded more lore-dropping lines about the use of Salt in universe🪲 FixesHUDTutorial and Objective Notification panels now have the same background transparency as the rest of the HUD panels (Chat, Objectives Log)CAMERASFixed issue with incorrect camera footage showing up at the Hablab Commons starting Day 1Added missing footage from the Dig Site and Loading BayINTRO LORE SCREENFixed the slight wobble when the text was typing over more than one line.DIALOGUEFixed issue where which allowed players to re-trigger a dialogue with Zaro twice: telling her where the sample is located stayed around as she was looking for it Fixes to spelling and capitalization consistency of some words and new sentencesSOUNDFixed an issue where a sound was triggered…
- Major Demo Update v0.3.4 for InterfaceX26 - 27 April 2026
Demo v0.3.4 is now live!A major demo update has hit the store for the start of the week-long InterfaceX26 Showcase! Explore 150+ Fake OS game deals and reveals over at https://store.steampowered.com/sale/interfacex26 and check out the...Changelog✨ What's new?HUD:TUTORIALS:The game's mechanics are now introduced by an animated meta UI layer (reeeeealllly chonky wiggly rectangles) accompanied by helpful textTutorials can be turned on or off via the Settings menuNOTIFICATIONS:An animated red circle appears in the corner of your Objectives and Open Chat buttons as well as on the Chat Tabs when there's something unreadObjective notifications are now queued and display sequentially if multiple objectives have been started or completed at roughly the same timeRADIO:Major visual overhaul!The interface is now split between INCOMING and OUTGOING communications, with blinking activity LEDs and log…
- Deep Fog Signals will be on InterfaceX26! - 14 April 2026
💻💻💻 InterfaceX26 is coming 💻💻💻During Apr 27-May 4, this showcase will celebrate Fake OS games, bringing together 150+ developers to spotlight the genre and featuring a week-long sale and a live showcase of 32 upcoming titles including Deep Fog Signals!🏷️ One of the primary aims of this event is to convince Steam to create a dedicated, browsable "Fake OS" tag for such games, by coordinating a community push to tag all the participating games on Steam! Please help us achieve this goal by using the handy tool at https://interfacex.net/tag/ for speed. Trust us, you'll get through 151 games in the blink of an eye using this thing!Did you know? Fake OS games are an entire beloved genre, also known under many other names: Interface Sims, Interface Dramas, Desktop/Phone Sims, and Found Device games!📚 Ahead of the Steam event, the community has already put together an Itch.io collection…
- Demo Update v0.2.8 - 23 March 2026
Demo v0.2.8 is now live! While this one isn't a big update, we really wanted to roll out a change addressing something that got a good number of players stuck so far. Meanwhile, we're hard at work on a lot of code refactoring under the hood, as well as quite a few demo changes on the player side, so stay tuned in the next few weeks!Let's take a look at today's changelog:✨ What's new?COMPUTERPassword input is now case-insensitiveAdded black outline to all the text labels on the mapAdded consistent and player-friendly naming for all the title bar tabs on the map hub browser windows🪲 FixesCOMPUTERFixed an issue where the "offline, enter password" overlay would cover the title bars of map hub browser windows on the computer
- Demo Update v0.2.7 | Curious Odyssey Showcase - 11 March 2026
Demo v0.2.7 is now live! Today we're featured in not one, not two, but THREE simultaneous Steam showcases 😂 I wish I could say there will be a 4th coming up tomorrow, but alas, we'll push our luck even harder next game 😉So, today's new additions on the menu are: Curious Odyssey, a Steam event themed on story-driven, intelligent games with a focus on contemplative gameplay (goodness, what a treat), and another small (but quite exciting) changelog from us to celebrate the feature!✨ What's new?One of the demo's two possible endings has been extended to make room for solving a puzzle on the OSCILLOSCOPE and witnessing its very unexpected outcome!UI:File storage on hub browsers on the COMPUTER are now styled as another tab in the windowSome hubs now feature new and (for now) empty file storage tabs🪲 FixesOSCILLOSCOPE:Fixed issue where the oscilloscope sliders were initialized with out of…
- Demo Update v0.2.6 | #TurnBasedThursday Showcase - 10 March 2026
Demo v0.2.6 is now live! Aaaand we're happily featured in another showcase today ːreheartːCheck out the #TurnBasedThursdayFest sale at https://store.steampowered.com/sale/turnbasedthursday2026 and their showcase video featuring 25 games announcements fresh off the press at:Without further ado, here's demo v0.2.6's changelog:ChangesOSCILLOSCOPE:"OFF" knob position now powers off its displaysAdded indicator that using this device is atm not within the scope of the demoRADIO:Improved visibility of device name labelAdded a cheatsheet text file detailing the radio channels for flavor and more clarityUI:Made the look of the settings menu consistent with the main menu and player's HUDOpening the chat and quest panels now darkens the backgroundCOMPUTER:Renamed the files on storage at Comms Outpost for more clarityFile name tooltips are now black instead of transparent, to increase readabilityFi…
- Demo OUT NOW for the Women's Day Sale 2026! - 9 March 2026
We're really happy to announce that Deep Fog Signals now has a demo, proudly featured in the Women's Day Sale 2026!The sale is still running through March 15th, with a rich pool of incredible games to choose from. Head over there and support the creativity of women and gender marginalized-led teams!We will be uploading fixes and quality-of-life tweaks to the demo on an ongoing basis, so if you try it out we'd love to hear how it went for you. Positive or negative, please share your feedback with us through your most convenient channel:through the feedback form (also linked in the demo when you complete it)in our Steam community forum in our Discord.Looking forward to hearing from you and thanks for following our journey! Symmetry Break, out 📡
- Celebrate femmes in games with us at the Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase! - 4 March 2026
Deep Fog Signals will be featured in the Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase 👀 Our team executed a very silly video entry for this show, absolutely befitting the serious horror investigation game we are making... You really need to see it and let us know how conflicted it made you feel 😂 There's a sneak peek at: Catch the rest live Friday 6th March at 11AM PT / 2PM ET / 8PM CET on Twitch, IGN, GameSpot or PC Gamer! We'll have more to share in the next couple days, so stay tuned operator 📻📡
- Deep Fog Signals featured at the German Indie Showcase! - 11 December 2025
Deep Fog Signals has a new trailer and we're pretty dang proud that it was chosen to be premiered at the Deutsche Indie Showcase this evening! Not just that, but we've even received an Official Selection 12/2025 Award 🔥😎🔗 Catch the latest peek into what's coming in the release next year, live now with Gronkh and PhunkRoyal at or async at:
