Gang Beasts

The August 2025 update was Gang Beasts’ broadest release beat, adding more kill volumes to Trawler while tightening Subway’s camera bounds and revising glass behavior. Backflip tuning followed in October, alongside Unity security-vulnerability protection, while Waves and Football received targeted gameplay corrections.

• Stages and physics: Trawler gained additional kill volumes, Subway received constrained camera movement, and glass fragmentation was optimized with revised fracturing visuals. Backflips also became easier than they were in patch 1.27.
• Waves and Football: Waves corrected confetti triggers, enemy targeting, and eliminated-player name displays, while Football’s ball-attraction system stopped footballs from pushing or pulling characters.
• Online play and stage interactions: Gang Beasts corrected invite-based session joining, Switch players getting stuck after a host shutdown, and several stage-specific problems involving Crane, Containers, Chute, Girders, Lighthouse, and Grind.
• Costumes and character presentation: Kigurumi buoyancy, Welder’s Mask visor separation, and missing geometry on the Hi-Vis Vest, Security Jacket, Warrior Dress, and football T-shirts were corrected; the game also fixed costume clipping and characters facing away on the join screen.
• Security and controls: The October update addressed the disclosed Unity Security Vulnerability, disabled non-host input at game start, restored the Default language setting behavior, and corrected language text rendering and the fatal error triggered by changing language.

The Crane stage became Gang Beasts’ standout addition, bringing a dockside shipping-container crane, cabin controls, and the aggressive Birds escalation to Beef City. Its dynamic AI navigation and moving machinery created new opportunities for chaos, while bird Kigurumis and safety costume pieces added matching cosmetics.

• Crane content: Players controlled the crane from its driver’s seat, while the Birds hazard dive-bombed fighters on the stage. The update also introduced a dynamic AI navigation system for Crane.
• New systems and stage variants: The Interactables System organized interactive objects into optimized lists, and Unity’s Addressables Asset System improved loading and content delivery. Billboard gained an alternate panel layout, while keyboard controls let players spawn AI characters.
• Gameplay tuning: Aquarium’s cephalopod tentacles targeted players more aggressively, Wheel received standardized ramp weights, and the Rhino Kigu and Fez costume pieces became easier to use for grabbing. Gondola also received revised spawn-volume behavior.
• Online and stage reliability: Waves stopped matching more than four players and received fixes for red-door interactions and Subway spawning. Aquarium exploits were addressed, online loading and matchmaking became more reliable, and controller disconnections no longer blocked players from joining online games.

The October 2023 gameplay and stability update delivered Gang Beasts’ main refresh, concentrating on stage physics, object interactions, and reliability rather than adding a new stage or mode. It also added Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese support and improved presentation across the game.

• Stage physics overhaul: The update improved escalation mechanics and Tentacles AI in Aquarium, glass fractures on Roof, ice breaking and buoyancy on Buoy, water in Containers, and football physics and deflation rates in Football.
• Stability and matchmaking: AutoJointV2 joints improved stage stability, with additional work on Vents, Roof, Subway, Wheel fences, and the Buoy antenna. It also addressed random kicks from local games and matchmaking problems in Gang Mode.
• Interaction and presentation fixes: Grab interactions, the Life Vest, Deep Sea Helmet, costumes, and Beanie received targeted corrections, while lighting across the stages and the menu font were improved.

Crossplay Support and Costume System Modifications formed the biggest reported initiative, alongside work intended to improve online stability. No verified named patch, map launch, or playable mode release was recorded; the reports instead described development work around Meatropolis, accessibility, and language support.

• Crossplay and online play: Crossplay Support and Costume System Modifications covered crossplay modes and greater costume variation, while Improved Online Stability targeted server and online-mode instability.
• Visual direction: Beef City Transformation to Meatropolis described a colorful, sprawling toy-city rework of the old terrain and geometry. Updated Gang Beasts Logo work also improved legibility across different contexts.
• Accessibility and localization: UI and Accessibility Audit work brought in specialists to review menus and UI contexts. New Language Support covered Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
• Merchandise: New Gang Beasts Merchandise Launch reports covered figures, plushies, and apparel, but did not document an in-game content release.

The Trawler arrived as a new stage on December 9, 2021, placing fights aboard a deteriorating fishing vessel surrounded by sharks. A new matchmaking system and a move to URP graphics also reshaped the online and visual experience.

• New stage and costumes: Trawler joined the arena lineup, while Shark kigurumi, Deep Sea Diver, Captain, Sailor, Air Rescue, Fishing, and other sea-themed outfits expanded character customization.
• Online and loading systems: Gang Beasts switched to a new matchmaking system, reduced loading times, improved online loading to prevent missing objects, and added loading-progress feedback. The XInput toggle was temporarily removed, limiting local play to four Xbox controllers.
• Escape and combat rules: The Out of Bounds check, larger Elimination Zones, and a raised pool knockout volume made it harder to escape arenas. Aquarium also gained door blockers, while the damage reduction timer fell from 10 seconds to 4.
• Technical overhaul: The URP graphics update improved presentation, with optimization work covering Wheel, Aquarium, and Tower. Notable fixes addressed infinite loading screens, bubble-related crashes, Train’s incorrect draws, Blimp’s failed eliminations, Waves AI, Wheel lamp posts, Gondola visibility, Vents railings, and characters jerking upward after pausing.

The Aquarium stage arrived alongside a rebuilt Wheel stage, which gained online support and synchronized lights. The update also added 24 superhero and villain costume parts, while a substantial Unity upgrade modernized the game’s technical foundation.

• New stages: Aquarium joined the stage lineup, and Wheel was rebuilt for online play with synchronized music and lighting. Earlier work also modified Wheel for online modes.
• Costumes and stage features: The December update added 24 new costume parts across superhero and villain sets, while Vents gained security cameras.
• Combat and online play: The September update introduced temporary damage reduction after revival, dynamic character collision, stronger move reaction forces, and broad adjustments to collision and move damage. It also fixed online knockout timing, object interpolation, and rendering issues, alongside specific problems on Elevators, Vents, Roof, Trucks, and Lighthouse.
• Technical and visual overhaul: Unity 2019 replaced Unity 2017 in August, followed by Unity 2020 in December; Mac builds moved to the Metal graphics API, and 32-bit Linux support ended. Lighting was rebaked across all stages, while water, bloom, emissive materials, and stage lighting were improved on Buoy, Containers, Wheel, and other arenas.

The October 24, 2019 update was Gang Beasts’ biggest change, expanding Waves with respawns for eliminated players and tightening how local and online sessions handled characters. It also broadened costume combinations and added an online pause-menu player list, while the January 2019 update addressed stage-specific problems and the Safety Warning trophy.

• Waves and Football: Waves allowed eliminated players to respawn, while Football added a golden ball for extra time and removed its score screen. The update also fixed Football’s post-match scoring and closed the Drop Kick exploit.
• Online sessions: The online pause menu gained a player list, private sessions stopped kicking inactive players, and the public kick timer increased from 30 to 60 seconds. Controller-disconnection kicks, hangs during session startup, departed characters remaining visible, conflicting disconnection messages, and Russia’s blocked matchmaker addresses were also addressed.
• Costumes and achievements: The costume system supported more combinations, and the Bull mascot head was rebalanced against other costumes. Costume customization showed available inputs, while Big Head, Drop Kick, Ground Floor, and Safety Warning received attribution or unlock-condition changes to prevent erroneous achievements.
• Stages, controls, and presentation: Containers received a camera fix that stopped tracking below the water, while Ring, Incinerator, Towers, Alley, Roof, and Chutes received lighting, geometry, or camera corrections. Subway puddles no longer held objects in place, the game updated its input system to Rewired 1.1.19.6, and loading times improved in some contexts.

Lighthouse and Train stages expanded Gang Beasts’ arena roster with new environmental hazards, including a freight train hauling shipping containers along a cliffside track. Football also gained golden-goal overtime, while new costume sets and haptic feedback added more ways to customize and experience the brawler.

• New stages: Lighthouse arrived with a coastal arena, while Train introduced an industrial freight train and precarious cliffside track.
• Costumes and customization: Beef Mascot, Fire Fighter, Frogman, Pirate, and Rail Worker costume sets were added alongside Valentine’s-themed parts; the character colour palette expanded to 12 colours, and haptic feedback covered punches, kicks, headbutts, and other impacts.
• Modes and match flow: Football gained golden-goal overtime when the timer expired tied, and draw results advanced to the next stage in the sequence; local games also gained a restart option from the pause menu.
• Combat and online play: The climbing scheme was tightened to limit wall exploits, concussion timings and targeting hierarchies were adjusted, and the Football camera tracked ball movement more closely. The online networking scheme was changed to prevent exploits, while syncing fixes improved physics stability across stages and costume parts, including Subway, Incinerator, and Vents.