Official Backpack Battles patches with the item changes read from the game data (since 0.9.23); a patch without its own game data shows the changes its changelog lists. Buff and nerf are marked only where the direction is unambiguous (cost, cooldown, damage, accuracy, stamina, sockets); anything else is "changed". The full notes are on Steam.
We are back with a crossover item from Oaken Tower, the Time Pendant! At the same time, they added a whole selection of BPB items into their game. Also, we have some balance adjustments.
We are back with some more adjustments!!
We are back with some more adjustments!!
We are back with some more adjustments and a new BGM track! It's another original track by our friend Fabian (FaRu-music), check out the other music he made for Backpack Battles! -Doro and Mario
We are back with some more adjustments and a new BGM track! It's an original track by our friend Fabian (FaRu-music), check out the other music he made for Backpack Battles! -Doro and Mario
We are back with some more adjustments! -Doro and Mario
We are back with some more adjustments and a new Adventurer skin!
Today we have another round of balance adjustments, where we mostly focus on all the new things. Oh, and there is a new skin for Mage in this version!
Happy Easter and we hope y’all are having fun with the new stuff! It’s time for our first round of adjustments. Since the update hasn't been out for long, many things are still unclear. Don’t worry, we will be back in…
The big Backpack Battles update is READY NOW! It comes with a completely new class, the Engineer, which alone has over 40 new items! We recently announced the Engineer's release with a trailer: For the existing classes,…
Did you know the mobile version is launching February 4th? Anyway… today, we do a little balancing.
Hope y’all having a great time, both in the game and in real life :) We are quite busy behind the scenes working on the Engineer - but for now, here are some balance adjustments to keep things fresh!
The game has been out for a bit now and we really hope you had fun playing! We just announced the next class we are working on, the Engineer. It’s quite early, but you can read some details in our recent Steam post.…
We are back with a few more adjustments. From now on, balancing patches will come in irregular intervals whenever necessary.
Here is a last round of adjustments before we go into a little break to let things settle. But don’t worry, we will be ready if something needs emergency adjustment.
Today, we are working a bit more towards subclass variety alongside some other goodies. Depending on how many things click into place, there will probably be another patch next week. After that, we plan to take a little…
Our goal today is to even out the different subclasses more. For Mage, both the crafted spells and chess have started to gain some traction, but are not quite there yet so they will be receiving some more love. We will…
We like how things have been developing, so we will continue where we left off last week. For Mage, crafted spells and chess still need some more love. Power-wise, Adventurer seems to be well integrated with the other…
It's time for more adjustments today! It is still quite early after the 1.0 release, but more trends have started to show. Mage seems to struggle to find equally strong alternatives to Cupcake Staff, therefore, we are…
It's been almost a week since the 1.0 release! Thank you so much for all the super nice messages you have sent us - we are so glad you enjoy Mage and Adventurer ❤ Thanks also for all the great reviews - if you haven't…
Backpack Battles is coming out of early access today!! 🌟 Mage & Adventurer are here! ✨ [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2427700/Backpack_Battles/"] You can play them right now! But before that,…
In today’s patch, we want to do some experiments. As usual, we will give you a bit of time to test them out and then do a poll on our Discord server to find out what you think. The key experiments will be gaining more…
Here is one more surprise round of balance adjustments since we found some more things we would like to address! For those of you who don’t own Backpack Battles yet: It is currently on sale for 10% off! This is your…
The new items seem to have integrated quite well at this point. We have one more round of small adjustments for y’all, and plan to let things settle for a bit before doing more changes. For the ones asking us under…
Glad y’all are having fun with the new stuff! It’s time for the first round of balance adjustments after the content update.
This patch includes 3 new skills, 2 new recipes and a new Treasure item, as well as some balance adjustments. As always with new items, we expect them to get some adjustments, so we will be back in exactly 1 week to…
There are a few small changes we want to make this week. Unless something surprising happens, we plan to let the game settle for a bit and come back with more adjustments with the next content update - stay tuned for…
As teased last week, it’s time for some more balance changes, have fun y’all :)
It’s time for the first round of adjustments after the new content, more may be coming soon when things are a bit more settled! :)
Today we have another major update for you! This update comes with 6 new items, new special rule options for lobbies and unranked games, different matchmaking options for lobbies, and a bunch of quality-of-life…
Today we have a little teaser for the items coming to the beta branch - if all goes well next Friday already! Besides that, there are some more balance adjustments. It turns out the love Pyromancer got last patch wasn't…
Here is a small round of balance adjustments, mostly catching up on some of the Pyromancer subclasses that fall behind in higher rankings. Unless something needs immediate action, the next adjustments will probably be…
Last week, we changed the Hero Sword recipe to include only a single Whetstone. Our first impression it that the changes have landed quite nicely and that they are here to stay. We will let y’all experiment for at least…
This balance patch will be more experimental than usual, with adjustments to the crafting paths of Spectral Dagger, all Rainbow Gooberts, and the Hero Sword (also impacting all its crafts). We will be closely watching…
The next big update is ready to be rolled out! Besides new items, the main focus is on the new modes: Unranked with custom rules and lobbies! Behind this, there are currently two things: Custom unranked games that allow…
There is a beta branch with new stuff coming up soon! Here is a little item teaser – but this time, the focus will be on something else (I won’t spoil what the surprise will be). Until then, we continue with balancing…
Our friends at Stray Fawn Studio just released Dungeon Clawler, a roguelike deckbuilder where you play on a claw machine, into Early Access! And we have bundled up with them, so you can get it with an extra discount if…
Last week we brought the *COOL* update to the main branch, so now it's time for the first adjustments. Of course, the meta is not settled at all yet, so we will be careful with our adjustments for now, expect more…
We have more great news! Not only do we have a big patch coming to the main branch (more on this in a second), we can finally reveal our collab with one of our favorite deckbuilders: Wildfrost. Fitting perfectly into…
We are preparing the next big update that will focus on rounding out the Skill selection and more recipes! And of course, there will be some other goodies as well. It’s planned to come to the beta branch on 25th of…
We are doing some more adjustments reacting to the new items and their impact. Also, we started a poll on our Discord about the type of content you would like to see most for future updates - this will help us…
We're collaborating with PvP auto battler Claws & Chaos! They just announced their release date - October 22nd - and added an Endless mode called Rapture Mode that you can playtest now.…
The biggest Backpack Battles update is here - the Skills Update! In rounds 4 and 10 you can pick 1 out of 3 Skills. Skills are a special kind of item that mix up the gameplay and open up new kinds of builds. Currently,…
Here are some more adjustments, mostly to further balance the new bags. We plan to bring the beta branch back up next Friday (6th of September), with a massive chunk of stuff!! Here's a little teaser: Have you ordered…
We are adjusting the new bags a bit more. Relic Case still performed very well, so we will keep monitoring it until it is closer to the other options. We have been working on the last major mechanic we plan to introduce…
Here are the first few adjustments after introducing the new starting bags. Expect more adjustments next week when we have seen them in action for longer! We are currently doing a campaign for this super cute Ranger…
Another big patch is ready to go live, and with that we are ready to introduce a mechanic that we talked about for quite a while! The alternative starting bags are here and we are very excited to see them in action!…
Time for more adjustments! This week, the biggest outlier was Cold Pyromancer, so there will be some nerfs. We will of course monitor the strength of the class and make sure to correct if the adjustments went too far…
Another week rolled around and it’s time for some more adjustments to the new items and all the things they impacted! We will of course keep monitoring and see if more adjustments are necessary in the future. Apart from…
Hope you all had fun with the new items so far! Today it’s time for the first round of adjustments. Since the content is so fresh, we will be careful for now, but you can expect more adjustments soon when there was more…
Backpack Battles is part of the Steam Summer Sale with a 10% discount! And our biggest update yet is live right now with many new items and quality-of-life features that were requested by you! The New Items! We added a…
Time for another Backpack Battles patch! Coming Soon: Item Update! We have been working intensely on more content, and here is a first little teaser for the things coming up. Follow us to stay tuned for more info soon!…
We just started to focus our attention on the combat log. Over the last months, many requests came in, and we will now start working through a lot of them! In this patch, we add one of the bigger ones: Plots for the…
Last week we added some new items to Backpack Battles. Thank you for the positive feedback, it was great to hear you enjoy the update! It’s time for another round of adjustments, mostly with the goal of bringing some…
Today we have a huge content update! The biggest one since we launched into Early Access two months ago. We want to thank everyone who tested the patch on the beta branch and reported issues 🙏 New Items This patch…
It's patch day! We have some balancing adjustments for you today, and a new outfit for the Berserker. You can unlock it with trophies in the Wardrobe. Backpack Battles is on sale from now until May 5th! If you have not…
It’s time for another patch! It’s the first week where Pyromancers were not on top of the charts, so rejoice, Pyromancer players, there won’t be major nerfs for you this time. While this does not mean that class balance…
Last week, we added 6 Unique Badges to the game and we’re happy that you guys are having fun with them! In this patch, we play around with their drop distribution a bit. Let's see how we all think about this in a week!…
We released Backpack Battles exactly 4 weeks ago, and we can say that it's been a massive success! The game means a lot to us, and we will continue to make it the best game we can 🤍 Today we have some more experimental…
Time for more balancing! The last 2 patches brought us closer, but there are still things to do. While Ranger, Reaper and Berserker seem even, Pyromancer still overperforms despite the previous nerfs. So Pyromancer gets…
It's been two weeks since Backpack Battles released into Early Access. This week, we overhauled the title screen, it's still work-in-progress but we think it’s cleaner already! Also, it’s time for more balance…
Backpack Battles was released exactly one week ago! Thank you so much for playing :) By the way, the game is still on sale for another week with a 10% discount! We feel like enough time has passed to judge balance for…
Backpack Battles' EA release is coming really close - it's coming next Friday, in 5 days! If you haven't wishlisted yet, now is the time so you get notified when it launches. This week we have a recipe item for you: the…
Hope you had a great week! Backpack Battles is getting closer to release and we're very excited. This week's new item is a recipe available for Ranger & Reaper: The Heart of Darkness! It interacts with Dark items and…
Hope you had a great week! This patch adds a long-requested quality-of-life feature - box selection for bags! Just click and drag to draw a box and select multiple bags. The new item of the week is The Fool, a Playing…
Happy Lunar New Year! Last week, we added the Dancing Dragon in celebration of the Lunar New Year, and you seemed to like it very much. And of course, you can still find it in the shop! The same goes for the…
Huge Backpack Battles patch is here! We have been asked a lot to add a German translation, and now it's here! We are German so we translated the game ourselves. The patch also brings two new items: The Wolpertinger,…
Hope you had a great week! This update adds the Corrupted Armor, a craftable item! Of course, it generates Block at the start of battle. Then, it shoves debuffs from you to your opponent on cooldown. Also, when…
This week, we announced that Backpack Battles is going into Early Access on March 8th, 2024! Which is in less than 50 days! And we received a ton of very nice messages from you! ♥ In case you missed it, check out the…
The weekly BPB patch is here! Last week, we made an experimental change: In the subclass round, a lost try is restored. We made a poll on our Discord server, and the result was very clear - you liked the change, so it…
Hope your first week in 2024 has been good! We have another experiment this week: You will now receive 1 extra try before round 8 (the subclass round). Play around with it, at the end of the week, there will be a poll…
What a year! We started this game in February as a small little side project, and suddenly we somehow became the most-played demo on Steam for a while. Thanks everyone for sticking with us! :) To celebrate, we used our…
Merry Christmas! This week, Santa is bringing you a Christmas patch! It includes a new outfit for Ranger and two Unique items: The Present and Gingerbread Jerry! Of course, we have a lot of balance adjustments for you,…
This week's update is HUGE! It comes with 4 new items, three of them are crafts: the Torch is an early-game weapon, the Burning Lump of Coal and Burning Torch can be obtained by igniting Lump of Coal/Torch with a Fire…
Version 0.6.4 of the Backpack Battles demo is here! It adds a crafted item, the Cap of Discomfort. I'm sure you'll figure out the recipe! We are also buffing many items, such as the Blood Amulet. It now gives maximum…
It's patch day! This version adds two new recipes: You can now brew Mana Potions and Strong Pestilence Flasks! We also made some balancing changes. This week, we try to find a place for Eggscalibur and simplify…
We continue with the big changes! In this patch, our primary goal is to streamline Spikes-related items. We simplified the effects of Thorn Whip, Spiked Shield and Bow and Arrow. We have made no direct adjustments to…
We're here with another patch - and it's a very experimental one! Apart from a few reworks and effect changes, we have changed both classes' starting inventories. You now have more bag space available from the beginning…
It's patch day! Hope y'all have been having fun with the game so far <3 This week we're adding a new craftable early-game weapon, the Shovel. We also made several balancing changes, most notably, shields now work…
The spooky season has arrived in Backpack Battles! We are adding two Halloween-themed Unique items with this update - the Pumpkin and Tim! Also, you can now unlock a new outfit for the Reaper in the wardrobe on the…
It's been another absolutely wild week for us! Since the 0.5.3 patch last Sunday, Backpack Battles has been the #1 demo on Steam with no interruption and has doubled its peak concurrent player count to over 12,000! We…
It has been a wild week for us! A lot of streamers are covering Backpack Battles and right now it's the most played demo on Steam! So, thanks for checking the demo out and wishlisting the full game <3 We're only a…
The weekly update is here with a new subclass for the Reaper! You can now become a Hexblade by buying the Cursed Dagger. It gives you the ability to crit on Reaper and scales with debuffs. Additionally, as a Dagger, it…
Hope y'all have been having fun with the demo! Last week, we added subclasses. And the feedback was overwhelmingly positive! So this week, we give Rangers a third subclass option, the Pathfinder. The Pathfinder's item…
With yesterday's update, we have added subclasses to Backpack Battles! You can now choose between two sublass items in round 8. As Ranger, you can choose to become a Hunter or a Lifebinder. Reapers can specialize into…
In this weekly update, we are adding Unique Items - very powerful artifacts that are sometimes offered in the shop! So far, there are 3 unique items you can encounter: The Villain Sword, the Blood Harvester, and the…
You can now customize how your character looks in Backpack Battles! This weekly update adds the Wardrobe - just open it on the title screen and try on new clothes! There is one new skin for Ranger and one for Reaper.…
This weekly update adds a new defensive item, the Cap of Resilience. Many players have suggested that the Piggybank could be destroyed for gold. This is now possible by placing a Hammer next to it. It works similarly to…
We have a new demo update for you! This week, we were pretty busy with backend changes that should make sure more players can connect to our server and play online. We also added two new items: When you play as Ranger,…
It's Sunday - you know what that means! This week's update adds two new crafts, a damage meter, the option to lock items, and lots of other changes. Many thanks to our beta testers who reported bugs & gave valuable…
Time for the weekly patch! Last week we introduced Gemstones and we received a lot of very positive feedback! :) So we are adding two new types of Gemstones, the Topaz and the Amethyst. There are also some small reworks…
The new Backpack Battles weekly is here! We're very excited about this week's new item, the Box of Riches. Just like the Deck of Cards, it unlocks a set of items when you have it in your inventory: Gemstones. This patch…
The last patch added Survival mode. And it seems you loved it! This week we were pretty busy with the Chinese translation that was released with version 0.3.5b on Wednesday. We also made a trailer - watch it on the…
This one adds the Survival game mode. It works like this: When you achieve 10 wins in a run, you can take the win and secure your reward - or start Survival mode. In this mode, you must make it through round 18 without…
This update brings new two new shop items - one of them is the Deck of Cards. When you have it in your inventory, you can buy cards in the shop that you can chain in your backpack. There are 5 cards currently, and their…
But! We also added three new items - the Djinn Lamp can be found in the shop, and two are recipes. Going forward with the growing item pool, we now made some items class-specific. This will give the classes more…
The largest addition is the Combat Log, which logs everything that happened in a battle, so you can review it afterward. You can even hover over entries to see the HP/stamina/buff stacks at the time. This should help…
Many of you have been asking for an ingame crafting recipe collection - it is ready! You can open the recipe sheet in the bottom right in the shop. It shows the ingredients for the items you have crafted. Let us know…
The best place to leave feedback, bug reports & ideas is our Discord! Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/sbEkqeUKNr Find the complete
We got a lot of feedback and prepared a huuuge balance/fix patch for you. There are also two new items, one of which is craftable. We plan to update the game every Sunday. The best place to leave feedback, bug reports &…
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