Folklore Hunter — Patch 1.0

Released: 1/31/2026, 11:17:12 AM

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/696220/view/533247947228316781

Summary (AI)

Folklore Hunter update 1.0 introduces a new story hunt called Operation: Blackwing and improves controller support and overall performance in various hunts. Several fixes address gameplay issues such as softlocks, animation bugs, and item retrieval from storage. Quality-of-life enhancements include adding crouch animations, updated inventory visuals showing the player character, and a low battery warning for the flashlight. Audio adjustments were made to footsteps, wendigo vocalizations, and hunt circle countdown sounds. Additional tweaks optimize the experience for Steam Deck users and improve texture streaming performance.

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Steam Early Access on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, as revealed at DreadXP’s Indie Horror Showcase
Workshop support now implemented for the community to create and share their own custom
content and mods. Versions for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch platforms
are also in development, set to launch later in 2026.
When a father goes missing under mysterious circumstances looking for his kids, a village finds
itself cursed by creatures of the night, or strange things are afoot at abandoned military biolabs,
they call you. Dropped in uncharted lands with limited supplies and supernatural threats, your
team has the skills to find an explanation for the unexplainable.
Track and hunt three mythic creatures in a fully-designed main campaign through a series of
Story Hunts supporting single and multiplayer modes. Set up traps and cameras to capture the
location of the horned Wendigo. Solve cryptic riddles and uncover hidden storylines that brought
the vampiric Strigoi to a now vacant village. Find a way to communicate with the Mothman via
electromagnetic radiation, but don’t linger. Whatever’s out there is tracking you, too.
Wander through wooded forests, dank caves, mysterious shrines, sealed catacombs, haunted
churches, cult lairs, abandoned military outposts, and other handcrafted environments on a hunt
for the world’s most fabled creatures of the night. Discover clues from bloody notes, obscurely
dangers.
Learn what brought each creature into this world and find a way to contain it before it takes any
more lives. Take these lessons and apply them to shorter Contract Hunts to tackle randomized
“There are so many approaches to hunting these supernatural beings,” said Jayde Cohen,
cans, crucifixes — even runes with inscription tools to help survive. Pick your poison. How you
use them, though? That’s a story for you to tell.”
Folklore Hunter chases after dark rustlings from the woods in Q1 2026 on PC via Steam. For
around the fire over on Discord.
Improved biolab detailing and flow.
Improvements to ladder handling.