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Ultrakill's Layer 8 'Fraud' Launch Sets Around 70,000-Player Steam Peak

Developers spent months solving portal-driven design to ship this penultimate release.

Overview

  • The update introduces four levels built around non-Euclidean geometry, mirror spaces, and perception-tricking layouts.
  • New foes arrive alongside a Geryon boss encounter, with broad weapon tuning to adjust revolvers, shotguns, and melee options.
  • Community-facing additions include a new Cyber Grind track by Vylet Pony, improved colorblind readability for hookpoints, and numerous bug fixes.
  • New Blood says it hired an additional programmer to make portals, reflections, audio, and enemy AI function coherently in the new layer.
  • Publisher CEO David Oshry noted the surge pushed Ultrakill above titles like Apex Legends and Helldivers 2 on Steam, as the final layer Treachery remains in development.