PHOBOS

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FourDots

Welcome strangers (new friends)!

The game is stable, and the core loop was tightened up

Navigation:

No more getting lost!

  • Press [TAB] for a tablet -- it provides a mini-map and info about task status.
  • Press [R] for pulse -- a free scan of your environment that highlights items and tasks.
  • Map size reduced -- no need to sprint everywhere and miss out on funny moments.
  • Lockdown Teleporting -- you'll no longer miss the arguments! Plus, running back was annoying.

Infected:

New abilities!

  • Power Surge -- Disables many electronics, and prevents the starting of a Lockdown for 30 seconds.
  • Summon Knife -- Equips a knife that can kill players.
  • Sabotage -- Creates traps/hazards on the Circuit Breakers and Hull Breaches. These will harm players.
  • Lure Entity to Player -- Places a tracker on a player, certain enemies will ignore everyone else to attack them.
  • Sense Entities -- Highlights players and entities through walls.

Lockdowns:

Now reliably useful!

  • Lockdown-Captain -- Complete enough tasks and one player will be chosen as "Captain" during the next lockdown. The captain sees 1 random player's role.
  • Lockdowns are MUCH quicker -- no more awkwardly waiting for cooldowns.
  • Lockdown Teleporting -- as stated above
  • All the info is on one singular screen for everyone -- no need to run around and find your terminal.

Core loop:

Everything is simplified!

  • No more "escaping", we're all just trying to kill each other.
  • If all tasks are completed, innocents win.
  • Complete enough tasks, unlock a Lockdown-Captain.

Quality of life:

No more confusion!

  • Confused about something? Open your new guide book and learn about every mechanic!
  • Popups for everything, never miss out on what's happening in the match!
  • Many smaller improvements to make the game much more clear.

[Love y'all, let us know whenever you want to hop on]

This announcement was originally published by FourDots on Steam on Aug 12, 2026.

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