The Drowned Table — 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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| Hotfix 1 is live | 2026-10-28 | Hotfix 1 is now live for The Drowned Table. Fixes Fixed the cabin sometimes showing flat green, cyan or yellow sheets the first time you sat at the table in a session, until your first cast. The cause was unused particle effects drawing leftover graphics memory. The game now clears it before the table appears. Interface New button style across the game. Main actions are parchment plates, ordinary buttons are teal plates with a brass edge, and dangerous choices such as Delete profile and Discard are red. The selected tab or setting is now clearly marked with a parchment face. Buttons are a little larger and easier to hit, close buttons have a |
| The Drowned Table is out now in Early Access | 2026-10-26 | The ship is sinking, and the dice are ready. The Drowned Table is out now in Steam Early Access, during Steam Scream Fest (October 26 to November 2). For launch, it is 30% off until November 3.What changedWe had planned a later start, but Early Access starts now instead. The work we planned continues in Early Access updates: cleaner screens with icons and numbers instead of text, more events with real choices and costs, new ink art, and a narrator who reads each event's options aloud before you choose.What's nextThe first fixes are already in progress, and here is what the next two updates contain.First hotfix:Notes that were not meant for pl |
| Demo Hotfix 0.22.19-demo.9 | 2026-10-13 | The free demo of The Drowned Table has been updated to 0.22.19-steam-demo.9. Existing demo players get a 24.9 MB update.What changedLosing now ends with a mouth opening across the table. The table splits, and the cup rocks, tips and falls in. The question after it is now "Do you dare sit at the Table again?", spoken in a new recording.Darkness now hides your dice until the cast scores; then the lantern shows them again.A presence can return at most once per offering, and never meets the first cast of a new descent.The dice tray, the bottom bar and the score plaque no longer jump up and down as you pick, clear and cast dice.Events that only of |
| Demo Update: The Descent Now Ends at the Third Depth | 2026-10-11 | The free demo of The Drowned Table has been updated to 0.22.19-steam-demo.8. Existing demo players get a 132 MB update.The demo now ends at the third depthBeat the guardian of the third depth and the demo ends. An end screen shows what the full game adds: the deeper waters down to The Abyss, Uncommon to Legendary dice and Curios, Wards, and Endless. You can wishlist from there or return to the menu.The cabinThe cabin is now lit by the lantern, with deeper shadow away from the table.The round window follows your descent: the surface at the first depth, then the eclipse reaching down as dim shafts of light while dark shapes pass through the wat |
| Demo Update: The Deep Stirs | 2026-10-02 | The free Windows Demo has been updated. Existing Demo voyages and Captain's Logs are retained. Download or update it from the Demo store page. Art and Animation Defeat now plays a table sequence with a shaking room, toppled dice bag, spilled dice and a final attempt to shield yourself. A narrated prompt follows before the game-over choices. Leaving the Night Market now leads into the next scene through the keeper's pipe smoke. Reduced Motion skips the animated transition. The studio and game splash artwork fills the opening screen more consistently. Balance Fishbone Rosary (Common): Its 12-point bonus and +1 lasting growth for each owned die |
| Demo Update: Clearer First Cast, Smoother Sea Chart | 2026-10-02 | The free Steam Demo has been updated to 0.22.19-steam-demo.6. Existing Captain's Logs remain available. Interface The seer's first-cast instructions now stay in a compact panel above the dice tray, leaving the board visible. On touchscreens, dragging from a Sea Chart destination scrolls the route. Tapping still selects that destination. Reopening the Sea Chart on the same route is smoother, especially on larger screens. Art and Animation The Night Market keeper's loose garment strips move independently in the underwater current. The Stolen Hour's clock hands now make mechanical contact during its guardian introduction. Balance Coral Crown (Co |
| The Drowned Table Demo is out now on Steam | 2026-09-30 | The Drowned Table Demo is live on Steam. After the wreck, you wake at a dice table while a storm works at the cabin window. The room has kept your seat. What you do with it is up to you. Build a bag from over 60 Common dice, combine their powers with more than 20 Common Curios, and decide when another cast is worth the risk. The Sea Chart branches through eight depths of fights, encounters, markets, and guardians. A pencil-illustrated Journal follows each Captain's Log, and a Lexicon keeps the rules close at hand. The demo is free, has no time limit, and lets you save your voyage. Demo and Full game progress are separate. Play the free demo o |