Halls of Nyarlathotep

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• Patch Notes·14 Jul 2026Official

  Hidden Chambers Update - Coming Soon

  Hidden Chambers Update - Now Available on the Beta BranchYou may have noticed we've been rather quiet on Steam lately. That's because we've been hard at work on the next major update for Halls of Nyarlathotep.Today we're excited to give you an early look at Hidden Chambers, a new feature that adds optional rooms, expands the game's lore, and introduces a brand-new Perk system.Hidden ChambersAs you explore the Dreamlands, you may discover mysterious doors leading to optional chambers. Lore Chambers and Challenge Chambers are rolled independently, meaning you might encounter one, both, or neither during your journey.Once a chamber is completed or failed, it disappears for the remainder of the run.Lore ChambersLore Chambers offer a glimpse into the world beyond the main path.Here, you'll uncover fragments of your shattered mind, learn more about the Dreamlands, its inhabitants, and the events that shaped this strange world. Each chamber is designed to expand the game's lore and reward exploration beyond combat.Challenge ChambersChallenge Chambers are handcrafted encounters, each built around its own unique idea. Some will test your combat skills, others your awareness, movement, or ability to adapt to increasingly bizarre situations inspired by the Dreamlands and weird fiction.Successfully completing a Challenge Chamber rewards you with a Perk.PerksPerks are permanent bonuses for the duration of a run, allowing you to gradually shape your build as you progress.They are divided into three archetypes:Brawler: melee combat, resilience, and raw power.Scholar: occult abilities, sigils, and harnessing madness.Marksman: precision, ranged combat, and critical strikes.After clearing a Challenge Chamber, you'll first choose between two randomly selected archetypes. You'll then be presented with three random perks from the chosen archetype and select one to add to your build.The beta currently contains a limited selection of chambers and perks. The full update will significantly ...
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• Patch Notes·6 Jun 2026Official

  0.6.6 Patch

  This patch aims at increasing the randomization in generating mazes' layout. Maze size and dimensions ratio is not fixed anymore and is randomly chosenParameters responsible for mazes complexity are now randomly chosen from standard distributionNumber of enemies in the maze is now randomly chosen instead of fixed per submazeFixed map display in vertical mazes
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• Patch Notes·2 Jun 2026Official

  0.6.5 Update - Wen'thauq Second Phase

  0.6.5 Update is live!This is the first content update after Early Access launch. It focuses mainly on the boss fight in the Leng biome. Additionally, we received some feedback regarding balance and introduced lots of changes to weapons and sigils. Next update will cover improved randomization of maze generation. After that, we move on to Lore and Challenge rooms as this is a big system that will affect the core loop and traversal of the labyrinth.Patch notes:Wen'thauq second phase has been added!New Sigil - Primordial FuryChanged how Clarity Sigil works - it now additionally deals damage dependent on Sanity regainedTweaks to Wen'thauq fight parametersBalancing of most SigilsDecreased time needed for Lightning Gun to cool offAttempt at increasing performance of Wen'thauq arena and some particle systemLosing sanity from any source should now correctly reset relaxation timer (the one that allows the player to regain sanity)Fixed invalid damage reduction modifiersMajor Necronomicon balancing and changesFixed Color ex Spatio spell incorrectly giving enemies damage reduction instead of weakening themAdded sound to Tindalo trapsFixed Discord button and going back from that screenThanks for support. Please share your feedback and report bugs to the Discord server!
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• Patch Notes·16 May 2026Official

  Update 0.6.1

  Small post launch update, mostly to include omitted control settings.Added invert Y axis in the options menuReduced the prices of upgrades (especially key drop upgrade), increased Azoth gained from enemies and breakablesChanged one score in the tutorial areaAdded additional map markers in tutorial area as an additional guidance
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• Announcements·16 May 2026Official

  Roadmap and communication

  Iä!Launch day is behind us - lot of emotions definitely. Small breather and we're back in action. We have a few announcements and information for you today.RoadmapBelow we're presenting you our planned roadmap for the Early Access. As you can see, the game is still in early stages and we have a lot planned. First, we want to deploy some most pressing hotfixes and missing stuff gathered during initial feedback. We want to make sure that everyone who bought the game can play it comfortably. Then, we wrap up some things that didn't make it into initial launch, like the second phase of the Wen'thauq fight. Then we're starting the work on an entirely new system - Lore and Challenges rooms. These will be randomly generated rooms you will find scattered throughout the maze. We are aware that the first biome is a bit repetitive (it was the first thing we developed after all) and this is one of the improvements aiming at providing more run variety. Presented roadmap is very approximate and rough. We will cover the reasons in the next section, but please note that some pieces may shift, arrive earlier or later. During the entire development we will be rolling out bugfixes and improvements, these blocks are milestones that we want to hit. We will also most probably rollout new content gradually instead of rare huge content patches.The current content you see today is a product of a little more than a year of development. Taking into account that we had to lay foundation for the entire project, build architecture and pipelines, but also the fact that bugfixing, polishing and improvements take the most time, we estimate that we're roughly at 50% completion. Communication and motivationHalls of Nyarlathotep is a passion project developed by just two people and it's as of today created entirely in our free time - after work that is actually paying our bills. Why do we say that?To be 100% honest with you and give you some expectations about the scope of the project and our availabi...
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