Halloween Update

26.10.31
31 October 2026
35 changes in this update

Added

10 changes
  • Health and Poison. The old intoxication system is gone. Everyone starts with 5 Health. Poisoned drinks hurt, doubled ones hurt more, and you’re out when you hit zero.

  • Healing. Water in a Double Measure and the Pickled Plum now restore Health.

  • Cat Burglar. A new item that steals another player’s item and puts it straight into your inventory. While a steal is happening, the thief’s eyes glow red so everyone knows who did it.

  • Covered shuffle. Glasses are now shuffled under cover, with a tally showing how many Poisons are in play. At the start of a match the tally stays up a few extra seconds so you can read it.

  • Online leaderboards. All-time boards with a top-five preview, your own rank, and paging through the top players or the players around you.

  • TAB scoreboard. Hold TAB to see everyone at the table. From there you can view profiles and mute other players’ voice or chat just for yourself.

  • In-game chat with player avatars.

  • Your Steam profile now shows in Practice and the Tutorial.

  • Bots look around. Practice bots now glance at the glasses, items and players they’re about to act on.

  • A new match result screen showing the winner’s avatar and match stats.

Improved

11 changes
  • A full visual overhaul. The main menu, lobbies, Quick Join, Find Lobby, Create Lobby, Practice setup, Settings, Career, Rules, leaderboards, chat and the Drink/Pass cards all share a new warm, ember-toned look.

  • Redesigned in-match HUD, with a clearer turn indicator and on-screen timer.

  • Other players’ Health now shows as a simple five-segment bar.

  • New seated player model and a new bartender.

  • Bartender subtitles restyled to match the new HUD.

  • Easier-to-read menus. Create Lobby and Practice setup are much clearer, popups look consistent, and Rules now has a scrollbar.

  • Tables are named after you by default when you create a lobby.

  • The camera now starts level instead of tilted down, and you stay visible in your seat during shuffles and reveals.

  • Tutorial and Rules are easier to read, and the tutorial covers more.

  • Smaller download, thanks to lighter textures and tighter packaging.

  • Music now plays at full length again.

Fixed

8 changes
  • Sound issues.

  • Joining a game from the main menu failing in some cases.

  • Menu borders displaying incorrectly, and the glass action UI being unstable.

  • Leaderboards behaving oddly in their compact and expanded views.

  • Missing UI graphics in published builds.

  • The Hammer covering the next item on your desk, and now lying flat on the table.

  • The Health indicator showing incorrectly at full Health.

  • Placeholder name markers showing up over players.

Removed

4 changes
  • The 4:3 aspect ratio and PS2 retro effect options.

  • The old bartender.

  • Intoxication and sake, replaced by Health and Poison.

  • Unnecessary helper notes in the menus.

Known Issues

2 changes
  • The Tutorial is temporarily switched off while we rework it for the new Health, Poison and shuffle rules.

  • Career stats tied to sake and intoxication start over, because those stats were renamed.