Timeline with the titles that were published
Early Access opened on 22 Sep 2025. The demo had already been up since 27 May 2025. I am not writing a fake changelog for every decimal. These are the headlines attached to each public post.
| 2025-05-27 | Demo | Demo live |
| 2025-06-09 | Demo 0.9 | Next Fest, fourth character |
| 2025-09-22 | EA | Early Access |
| 2025-10-27 | 0.17 | Let's carve a pumpkin |
| 2025-12-04 | 0.18 | SNOWVERLOAD |
| 2026-03-19 | 0.19 | BLOOM & BOOM |
| 2026-04-24 | 0.20 | Weekly Madness |
| 2026-06-08 | 0.21 | Sunscream — HQ, Penny, Mr. Kyde |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.22 | Bite & Bright — co-op added |
| 2026-10-29 | 1.0 | LOOT & SHOOT |
The 1.0 list worth relearning
Vampire joins with no starting weapon, a bat swarm that gains a bat per level, melee, and lifesteal. Laz is the new fifth final boss and brings a robot army; the “fifth” count is in the notes and restated by a 1.0 wiki. Ten weapons arrived, five of them craft-only. Sixteen items arrived, including the coffee-stand economy at a rebuilt base. Co-op backpacks can touch, each pack gains a column, you can mark a partner’s items, and the end card splits stats per player.
Balance lines I will quote rather than round: Katana +25%, Super Knife 280 down to 224, critical chance above 100% steps into another tier, banish at 3/6/12, crafted Uzi is Rare. Special infected show up later, then more often. Guides that say they swarm from day one are describing the older game.
Questions
Do Early Access saves work?
The 1.0 notes say they load. The first load can unlock a pile of achievements at once.
When is the next update?
The public notes mention a next major update as a picture, without a name or a date. I am not filling that in.
Did co-op exist in early Early Access?
No. Co-op arrived in 0.22 on 31 Aug 2026 and was reworked for 1.0.
Sources
- Steam news — 1.0 LOOT & SHOOT — checked 2026-11-02
- deadlydaysroadtripgame.wiki — checked 2026-11-02
- YouTube — 1.0 Launch Trailer — checked 2026-11-02
Limitation: public sources can omit conditions or change after the date shown; source counts and disagreements are recorded below.
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