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City Never Sleeps
The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. A massive visual update to the map and neutrals, six new heroes, HUD updates, numerous quality-of-life additions, accessibility options, and more. Check…
Minor Update - 09-16-2026
Unstable Rift comeback resist max values now scale over the course of the game. Previously the max values were 35%. Now it is 10% + 1% per minute (around ~20% for the first one), with an upper limit of 40% at 30 minutes. · Removed a fixed…
Minor Update - 08-22-2026
Radiant Regeneration: Heal on cast reduced from 70 to 65 · Restorative Locket: Spirit Resistance reduced from 10% to 8%
Minor Update - 08-12-2026
Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25%
Matchmaking Update
This update includes a revamp to how the matchmaking system works, as well as the introduction of a new matchmaking mode. You can now choose to play in Standard Mode (unranked), or the new Ranked Mode introduced in this update. STANDARD…
Minor Update - 07-28-2026
Stamina bucket 3 heroes (slowest) have their ground dash time increased from 0.7s to 0.72s and air dash time from 0.49s to 0.51s · The Orb Spawners in base that give 10 souls on hit now split to nearby players on expire
Minor Update - 07-09-2026
Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m) · Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m
Minor Update - 07-01-2026
Shiv: Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4 · Shiv: Weapon now has fixed pellet spread
Minor Update - 06-30-2026
King of the Hill objective has been rethemed and renamed to "Unstable Rift" · Unstable Rift no longer requires an Urn delivery to trigger the start of the event. It now has a variable start time of +/- 1 minute. There is a global…
Minor Update - 06-11-2026
Urn give up time reduced from 75s to 60s · Urn bounty reduced by 10% (unreduced for trailing team)
Minor Update - 06-04-2026
Urn mechanics have been reworked. · Delivering the urn now starts a king of the hill style capture point, rather than using melee to flip the urn back and forth.
Minor Update - 05-31-2026
Apollo: Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30% · Apollo: Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0
Minor Update - 05-28-2026
Urn spawn time and interval changed from 10/15/20/25/etc to 12/18/24/30/etc · Urn timer now gets frozen with Frozen Shelter
Minor Update - 05-25-2026
Urn drop off point is moved from the above bridge in the mid lane to under the bridge in the side lane
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
Base HP reduced by 10 for all heroes · HP per boon reduced by 3
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026
Base health per boon reduced by 7 · Vitality Investment bonus increased from 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to 9/12/15/20/38/42/46/50/56/62%
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
Golden Egg Goose: Souls Per Minute increased from 75 to 90 · Torment Pulse: Pulse Damage reduced from 27+0.25 to 25+0.23
Apollo - A Cut Above
After weeks of waiting, Apollo finally graces us with his presence. With Flawless Advance the fencer begins his approach, timing his strikes perfectly to inflict more damage. Counter-attacks aren't a concern for Apollo, as a flourish of…
Introducing The Dazzling Celeste
Come one, come all! Today, we're introducing...
Some Are Merciful, The Venator Is Not
Evil stirs in New York, and the Venator is here to answer.
The Curse Beckons for Silver
The votes are in and today's addition to the Cursed Apple is...
Graves Prefers The Dead
Today's bone-chilling addition to the Cursed Apple is none other than...
Rem Enters The City That Never Sleeps
The people have spoken, and the first new addition from the Old Gods, New Blood update is...
Old Gods, New Blood
The ritual takes form... Overhauled Patrons and bases, six new heroes, a fast-paced game mode 'Street Brawl', HUD updates, many quality-of-life additions, revamped postgame with an MVP screen and more. View the Old Gods, New Blood update…
11-21-2025 Update
Trooper bounty mechanics have been reworked. The first half of the souls still fly out as deniable orb, however rather than the other half being instantly given to nearby players it will fall to the ground as an orb that you need to get…
You Can't Kill Victor
A man who walks the line between life and death. Victor has learned to harness pain into power, shocking himself with Jumpstart to get his adrenaline rushing and his faulty heart pumping. He welcomes incoming damage with open (albeit…
Drifter Emerges from the Shadows
Something ancient has arrived in New York... a nameless horror known only as the Drifter. Relentless as time, as certain as death, once Drifter sets his eyes on a victim there's nothing they can do to stop him. They can try to run, but…
Paige Writes Her Own Story
It's Monday, and today we're excited to announce the next hero joining us in the Cursed Apple is...
The Doorman, at your Service
He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye. A brisk ring of his Call Bell leaves nearby enemies disoriented, and his high-speed Luggage Cart knocks them right off their feet. Do you…
Billy Comes in Swinging
The votes are in! Today we are excited to announce that the next hero joining us in the Cursed Apple is... Billy!
Six New Heroes
Six new heroes have been spotted on the streets of the Cursed Apple: Mina the vampire, Billy the demonic goat, Paige who can bring books to life, The Doorman who's always at your service, Victor the monster who can't be stopped, and…
Shop Rework Update
[ Shop Redesign ] - Full shop rework, including many new items. - Item slots are now all universal, rather than tree specific. - Total slot count reduced from 16 to 12. - Item costs are now discounted when you own the component.…
Map Rework Update
Today's update introduces a reworked map layout, alongside a variety of improvements and bug fixes. [ Map Rework ] - The map has been redesigned around being 3 lanes rather than 4. This has a large range of accompanying map-wide changes…
Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair
Today's update adds four new heroes to matchmaking: Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair. Expanding our roster is one of our major goals in 2025. While some of these characters have a much higher degree of temporary art…
Winter Visual Update
Season's Greetings! Today's winter-themed visual update will be our last patch for the year, but we'll continue to ship bug fixes and any urgent balance adjustments as needed throughout the break. Thanks to everyone for all the useful…
12-06-2024 Update
[ General Changes ] - Added a new hero, Raven, to Hero Labs. - Added park theming to purple lane. - Added park backdrop to park side of map. - Updated tree models to new visual style and added player collision to canopies. - For each…
11-07-2024 Update
[ General Changes ] - Added Trapper to Hero Labs. - Added support for Hero Labs in Private Lobbies, Private Bot Games and Sandbox that can be used at any time. - Various adjustments to Experimental Heroes are listed in the in-game…
10-24-2024 Update
Today's update adds Hero Labs (a new experimental hero matchmaking mode that adds six new in-progress heroes), player commends, as well as updates to character shaders and environment lighting, among the usual assortment of improvements…