Night of the Idle Horde — 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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| Night of the Idle Horde Joins Next Fest | 2026-10-19 | Zombies. Brains. Rats. Blood. We’ve got everything you’d expect from a zombie-driven incremental game about building an undead army and taking over the world. We’ve also got a rather tasty demo live now, as part of Next Fest.It would mean the world to us if you could play, share and especially review the demo. That helps get the word out and improves our chances of Steam sharing the page wider, and getting more visibility.Spend resources on permanent zombie upgrades or overwhelm enemies with a horde of cheap (expendable) flesh eatersAutomate brain collection with rats, crows, bats and chickens as mini resource harvesters, then upgrade their a |
| Developer Demo Playthrough | 2026-10-12 | Ignore the clawing at the door, it’s definitely the cat trying to get in. Not a horde of ravenous zombies looking for devour your braaaaains!Yes the page is live, the trailer is fun and the demo is on the loose. Join us and learn how to topple civilisation in our zombie apocalypse simulation. Try the demo yourself and get practising for Nov 16th when the full game launches.Wishlist Now! Eat the world!X: https://x.com/myradanngamesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenimagepublishing/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tenimagepublishingBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tenimagepublishing.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/TnQePfDgcfYouTube: |
| Welcome to the (Mini) Apocalypse, Night of the Idle Horde demo available now! | 2026-10-07 | Most apocalypse media tells you to barricade the house, stock up on supplies and aim for the head. But not this one! With Night of the Idle Horde we wanted to flip that on its undead, disembodied head by giving you control of a ravenous band of zombies to topple civilization.We’re huge fans of idle and incremental games, but also passionate horror fans so marrying the two is a no-braaaaaaaaainer. And yes, also enormous fans of Night of the Living Dead, and George Romero. The premise is simple, and the depth comes from juggling the need to build an army with the benefits of permanently upgrading abilities. How does it work?Take your zombie int |