Danger in Pompeii — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Danger in Pompeii is finally out after two years of hard work!! | 2025-07-25 | It’s finally here. After almost two years of hard work, very long playtest sessions and chasing mysterious bugs — without ever losing the passion — Danger in Pompeii is now live on Steam!We created this game as an educative adventure set during the final day of Pompeii — a story-driven journey where you wander through the streets of the ancient city, help friends and neighbors solve mysteries before escaping the eruption. And today, we’re thrilled to finally share it with you.It's a long road 'til the releaseWhen we first started working on Danger in Pompeii, we had no clue of how far this project would take us — historically and technically. |
| 🌋DANGER IN POMPEII🌋Price Announcement | 2025-07-08 | Get ready to explore the streets of ancient Pompeii, solve story-driven puzzles, and face the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a hand-drawn adventure inspired by real historical sources. The game was led by a History expert from Institut Le Rosey and shaped by the creativity of its students - bringing the past to life through play.At its core, Danger in Pompeii is more than just a game, it’s an educational adventure designed to make learning accessible and engaging. The full version will be available for just $4.99 on Steam, and thanks to the contribution of the Fondation Le Rosey, free for schools and on mobile platforms, as part of the game’s |
| 🌋Danger in Pompeii🌋ERUPTION DATE is set! | 2025-06-18 | 📅July 25th !📅Steam Next Fest was a blast, thank you for all the love and positive feedback on the demo! We've seen how much people enjoy educational content mixed with adventures, we got 1'000 wishlists and had the opportunity to get in touch with tons of lovely people, so again, thank you!And now, it's time for us to work on the release of the game. So here we are, the eruption date is set - and there's no coming back! With the full content, you'll be able to explore way more content and locations! You always wanted to see the Great Theater? The luxurious Roman baths? The games of the arena?We have those. And way more! Like an eruption. Th |
| 🧩 Can You Guess Where in Pompeii? | 2025-06-13 | We wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all of you who’ve wishlisted Danger in Pompeii or played the demo so far. Your support means everything during this Next Fest 💛But we’re not done yet! The demo is still live until June 16th, so if you haven’t played it—or want to share it with friends—now’s the time!To celebrate, we’ve made something a little different: 🎯 A custom GeoGuessr quiz where you have to match in-game screenshots from Danger in Pompeii with real locations in the ancient city on Google Street view.It’s our fun way to show just how faithfully we recreated Pompeii, even in a hand-drawn 2D cartoon style.Try the quiz, share |
| 🌋Danger in Pompeii🌋Let's celebrate Steam Next Fest with a big GIVEAWAY! | 2025-06-09 | Steam Next Fest is here and this is going to be two crazy weeks! Tons of new games to discover, exciting people to meet...We're so happy to be able to share our game with all aof you. We really hope you enjoy playing the demo and we can't wait to have your feedback and exchange with you.We worked hard for 2 years to create (we hope) a game that is a real adventure game but also where you have fun learning something. One more thing beforew we let you to playing the demo.To celebrate the release of the demo, we are giving away a 50$ Steam gift card and a copy of the full game ! Join the giveaway now on X: https://x.com/DNAStudiosGames/status/19 |
| We're streaming the demo! | 2025-06-06 | This stream features Danger in Pompeii demo which is part of the Next Fest!What to expect in the demo:Discover the first mystery and solve its puzzleWander through the main street of Pompeii faithfully recreatedLearn more about the everyday life in Pompeii with two side quests... and many more things!Wishlist now to stay tuned! |
| 🌋Danger in Pompeii🌋Play the demo NOW! | 2025-06-04 | Hi everyone! We are so thrilled to share this demo with you, and we hope you'll enjoy wandering through the streets of Pompeii and solve its mysteries! It's a special project mixing adventure and puzzle mechanics with storytelling. The world and enigmas are based on real historical sources and were created in collaboration with a Pompei expert from the famous Institut le Rosey. Their students even participated by helping to create musics, game designs and so much more... It's definitely an adventure game first, but we hope you learn something about ancient rome while playing ːsteamhappyː Try the demo now! and if you like it, add it to your Wi |