- Steam App
- Hellrifters (4039620)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 9 September 2026 - 11:25:17 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Demo Update v0.59.0 AlphaA small one, two days after Hellsurge. It comes straight out of the exit survey and the session data: Rift 1's second and third phases were reading as brutal on the mid difficulty with a full squad, the squad was letting Hellploders get too close before opening fire, and a Boomer going off in a crowd was not taking the crowd with it. All three are addressed here, along with a round of cleanup that makes the game run smoother.Level Phases 2 and 3 breathe easierA full squad draws a little less pressure on the mid difficulty. Three or four squad members used to pull more enemies than the squad's real firepower could handle, so the middle setting played like the top one with a full team. That scaling is now gentler, and the spice strikes that come with a full squad are smaller. Easy and Elite are untouched, and playing solo is exactly as before.The hottest pushes sit...