Blessed Burden

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• Patch Notes·8 Sept 2025Official

  Update 5 [08 Sep 2025]

  Retro filtersLittle backstory. Initially, Blessed Burden started as a heavily stylized retro PSX-like game. In the course of development, we came to the conclusion that the pixelated look did not provide enough value to the player, so we put that idea on the bookshelf to focus on what truly matters: levels, gameplay, gamefeel, story, and beautiful brutalistic architecture. And now, after game release and 4 updates, we decided to spend some time and pay homage to the initial game vision. These filters are optional and disabled by default.There are 3 levels of pixellation effect:And 2 levels of color precision effect:You can mix and match these effects, so you can find the best fit for your taste. Retro effects are located at the bottom of the general settings tab.Rush timerA feature for gamers who like speed and competition. A built-in timer that shows real time spent in the game and time spent actually running on levels. Rush timer is located under the additional settings tab. When feature is enabled, just enter the first stage (Gateway) and timer will start and show up in the top-left corner. It stops when you complete the last (Heart) stage. Small QoL settingThere is now a setting to control the damage effect strength. Damage effect feature was expanded in the recent update and now includes not only fall damage but also damage from deadly traps. Damage effect is purely visual feedback of the situation when the player was on the edge of death. If this effect bothers you, then you can make it subtle or disable it completely. Thanks for playing! Don't forget to leave a review on Steam, it really makes a difference.Have a good one
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• Patch Notes·14 Aug 2025Official

  Update 4

  Localization updatesAdded new localizations:Chinese (Simplified)Spanish (Spain)Spanish (Latin America)Portuguese (Portugal)Portuguese (Brazil)Polish Difficulty levelsNow you can choose one of four difficulties at the beginning of the game (create a new save slot).The Pilgrim's Way => A gentle journey. Unlimited deaths and respawns — continue until you succeed.Sacred Trial => Three lives per stage. On your third death, the stage restarts from the beginning.Ghostrun => One life per stage. A single death restarts the stage from the beginning.Maledictus => One life for the entire game. If you die, all saves are erased and you start from the very beginning. MedalsNow you can get a medal for each level. Medals have 5 ranks. The shorter your time to complete the stage, the cooler the medal. The timings for each stage are different. Achievements4 new achievements associated with medals. General"Race ghost" is a default feature now. You can turn it off in Settings -> Additional.You can turn off tutorials in Settings -> Additional.Bunny hop was improved. Thank you for playing! We are happy to make these updates for you!
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• Announcements·14 Aug 2025Official

  Some Gameplay Broadcast

  Blessed Burden is waiting for you:STEAM PAGE
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• Community & Events·10 Jul 2025Official

  Community localization

  We’ve just added French and Japanese as the new languages in Blessed Burden!Want to see the game in your language?If you're fluent in English and your mother tongue, you can help translate the game and make it more accessible for everyone.What you get:IMPORTANT NOTE: This is completely voluntary work.Your name or nickname in the game creditsYour name in the game settings under language selection Eternal bless (and a few thank-you game keys you can gift to your fellas)How to join:Just message us via Discord, and we'll send you a link to a Google Sheet. No special tools or experience needed — just heart and language.https://discord.com/invite/yymVraJNfWSome details:Localization table has 229 entries to localize. Half of them are two-word phrases. There are a few simple technical rules you would need to follow. For some languages, we would also ask to find an appropriate stylized fonts to be used in the game. Also, you can help us with the Steam page localization.As of the time of writing, we are missing these Steam-supported languages: \Arabic (ar)Bulgarian (bg)Chinese (Traditional) (zh-Hant)Czech (cs)Danish (da)Dutch (nl)Finnish (fi)German (de)Greek (el)Hungarian (hu)Indonesian (id)Italian (it)Korean (ko)Norwegian (no)Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR)Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT)Romanian (ro)Spanish (Argentina) (es-AR)Spanish (Spain) (es-ES)Thai (th)Turkish (tr)Vietnamese (vi)
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• Press Coverage·10 Jul 2025

  First-person horror platformer Blessed Burden adds Linux and Steam Deck support

  First-person platforming with a dose of horror? Sounds interesting! Blessed Burden recently added Linux and Steam Deck support. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/first-person-horror-platformer-blessed-burden-adds-linux-and-steam-deck-support/
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