Hello burglars,
There’s no better time to jump aboard: our newest update, Cruise into Madness, is now live — and to celebrate, Dark Hours is 25% off for a limited time! 🛒
From August 20 to September 3, you can grab the game at a discounted price and start your terrifying heist night.
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🚢 Explore the Haunted Cruise Ship
Welcome aboard: stroll through tight corridors, relax on the main deck, take a nap in the captain’s quarters or check out the engine room. This cruise is one you won’t forget… if you make it out.
🐙 Meet the Driftborn — Your New Worst Nightmare
Something ancient has awakened aboard the cruise ship... A terrifying tentacled beast lurking in the shadows — and it’s not happy you’re here. Do you think you can survive it?
💀 Nightmare Difficulty — The Challenge You’ve Been Waiting For
Our most demanding difficulty is finally here! Face multiple monsters at once and test your teamwork and survival skills like never before. Good luck — you’re going to need it.
🎒 New Themed Customization — Cruise & Sea Style
Show off your style with fresh cruise-inspired items. The octopus backpack is already stealing the show.
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🚐 Customize Your Van!
Your getaway vehicle just got a makeover! Change colors or completely transform the look of your van — who’s ready for a heist night in an ice cream truck?
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🔄 Rejoin Feature — Stay in the Action
Got disconnected during your heist? Not a problem anymore! You can now rejoin ongoing games and jump straight back into the chaos.
🕹️ New Vault Minigame — Cooperation Required
New environment, new minigame! Get ready to work together and disable tricky new laser traps to crack open the vault. Teamwork has never been so crucial.
🔨Bug fix & improvements
As with every update, we’ve taken the opportunity to fix bugs you’ve reported. Scroll down for the full patchnote.
Ready to dive in?
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We can’t wait to hear what you think! Feel free to share your feedbacks on on our Discord or directly on the Steam forums.
See you on board!
Raven
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Patchnote #47 for Dark Hours Major Update - 20/08/25
New
Game history New: Added a game history tab to let you view details about your previous matches.
The cruise ship New: Discover the new environment, the Cruise Ship.
Driftborn New: Introducing to the new monster, the Driftborn
Custo Van New: Exterior van customization is now available.
Character Custo New : You can now customize your character with Cruise & Sea-themed items.
Nightmare Difficulty New: You can now play against 2 monsters at the same time!
Rejoin Feature New: You can now rejoin your multiplayer game if you get disconnected!
Monster
Monster Movement Fix: Fixed multiple bugs affecting monster movement.
Blind Ghoul Sound Fix: Fixed those rare moments when the Blind Ghoul thought it heard things that weren’t there.
Banshee Teleportation Fix: Fixed a bug where the Banshee would suddenly teleport mid-wander.
Trickster look at Fix: Fixed a bug where the Trickster would not look at the correct player when catching someone to make them dance.
Monster Optimization: Improved performance related to monsters.
Monster clipping through vault wall Fix: Fixed a bug where monsters could spawn stuck inside a wall in the PowerPlant vault.
Gameplay
Mirror Interact Modifie: It is no longer possible to place mirrors back on the walls they were taken from.
Large objects Modifie: Large objects no longer pass in front of the player’s camera while running.
Interact sink Fix: Fixed a bug where it was impossible to interact with a sink without holding an item.
Flashlight Modifie: Modified the flashlight's light emission.
LD
Extinguisher Fix: Fixed an issue with the extinguisher handle not being visible.
Defibrillator stand Fix: Fixed the defibrillator charge bar not showing while the defibrillator was charging.
Sound
Machine Coffee SFX Fix: The coffee machine sound is now properly recognized by the Blind Ghoul.
