Intravenous 3 — 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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| Two weeks since launch of Intravenous 3: Borderline | 2026-10-16 | Hey everyone! We've launched Intravenous 3: Borderline, a free prologue to Intravenous 3, two weeks ago - feels like that was just yesterday! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4890770/Intravenous_3_Borderline/ In that time you guys gave plenty of feedback and shared bug reports, all of which I take very seriously. Why so many updates? For bugfixes I prefer a rolling release update style. The logic is simple - if there are bugs that have been fixed, it's best that I deliver the fixes to you as soon as possible, since anyone can run into these, and I don't want you guys to play with bugs for days, or weeks, while I sit and prepare a big "bugfi |
| Intravenous 3: Borderline is OUT NOW | 2026-10-02 | Hey folks! The wait is over. Intravenous 3: Borderline, a FREE standalone prologue to Intravenous 3, is available now on Steam.Intravenous 3: Borderline is completely free. Play it now:Step into the shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary with nothing left to lose and one thing on his mind: revenge.Borderline features two full missions built around the core systems of Intravenous 3. Strike from the shadows or go in guns blazing — use darkness, sound, distractions, gadgets, and the environment to approach every encounter your way.And if you like what you see, wishlist Intravenous 3 on Steam! It helps us enormously and makes sure you won't miss wha |
| Intravenous 3: Borderline Playtest Closed! | 2026-09-15 | Hey everyone!The Intravenous 3: Borderline playtest is now officially over.And first of all - thank you.Over the course of just one week, more than 5,000 players jumped into the playtest, shared their feedback, broke things in ways we never expected, and helped us make Borderline better.Thanks to your reports and feedback, we’ve already fixed more than 100 bugs during the playtest.That’s exactly why we wanted to put the game in your hands before release.WHAT’S NEXT?The playtest may be over, but you won’t have to wait long.Intravenous 3: Borderline launches on October 2!The full free prologue will feature two complete missions, meaning there’s |
| Intravenous 3: Borderline — Free Prologue Announced & Playtest Live Now | 2026-09-08 | Hey everyone!It’s been a while since we properly talked about what we’ve been building for Intravenous 3. Today, we finally have something substantial to show.We’re announcing Intravenous 3: Borderline — a completely free standalone prologue to Intravenous 3.Intravenous 3: Borderline launches for free on October 2. Wishlist now!And you won’t have to wait long to get your hands on it.The playtest starts today.INTRAVENOUS 3: BORDERLINENothing left to lose. No reason to hold back.Borderline puts you in the shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary who narrowly survived his confrontation with Steve.Once hired to protect a corrupt politician, Gideon has |
| Devlog #2 - Player Mobility | 2026-08-07 | Intravenous 3 continues to polish and build upon various gameplay mechanics present in the first two games, and one such feature is going prone. Previously, going prone meant reducing your visibility and breaking lines of sight at the expense of total vulnerability, should combat find you. Intravenous 3 builds upon prone by allowing the player to use all weapons and most gadgets while laying down. This presents not only new possibilities for combat, but also stealth - no longer do you have to get up to use the HSR-EMP or any other gadget that disrupts electrical devices. This means more possibilities when it comes to picking the right approac |
| Devlog #1 - Enemy Reactions | 2026-07-17 | With Intravenous 3, we continue to work on and polish the little things that made the previous two games fun. In Intravenous 1, enemies would react to noise made by the player instantly. This made certain elements of stealth rather annoying - the player would be punished for making the slightest mistake with an instant reaction. One of the improvements IV2 brought over IV1 were timed reactions to noise - the reaction depended on the type of noise and distance to the NPC. No longer were you punished with an instant reaction to noise the moment you made even the slightest bit of movement noise that just happened to be close enough to an enemy. |
| Intravenous 3 Soundtrack Preview | 2026-05-08 | Hey folks! We're aware how important the soundtrack was to both Intravenous 1 & 2 - elevating the polar opposites of stealth and action gameplay.Xtrullor is once again composing for Intravenous 3, and we'd like to show you the music used in the trailer, as well as the calm ambience version of the track, which has not yet been published. We're hard at work making this the best Intravenous game in the trilogy, so please, have a listen to a small part of the game's soundtrack, while we pour our best efforts into the game. Thank you! Social mediaTwitter Discord community YouTube |
| Intravenous 3 Reached over 30,000 wishlists in a week | 2026-04-10 | Hey folks! A week ago, the Steam page for Intravenous 3 went live together with the game’s first trailer. And in just one week, the page has already gathered 33k wishlists. For comparison, the original Intravenous reached that number only after release. Intravenous 2 took 3 months to get there. Thank you for your attention to the game and for the trust you’ve shown. We're doing our best to make this the best Intravenous game in the series. Will be back with more details soon. See you soon. |