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PokéSurvivor Updates

Every patch since launch — new features, changes and fixes.

Last updated: 2026-10-12

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PokéSurvivor has patched every day since its Oct 11, 2026 launch. Full official changelog below, newest first.

PokéSurvivor launched on October 11, 2026 and is updated frequently — the changelog below comes straight from the game's open-source repository (the same "What's new" list shown in-game). Latest first.

2026-10-12 — Endless runs and less random rifts

NEW
  • A "What's new" button (this window) with every change to the game.
  • Easier to read numbers: 2, 5 and 8 no longer look alike.
  • Pick the normal or shiny version of your partner right from the main menu, under it.
  • New upgrades for each Pokémon: Critical Hit (+3% critical chance per level, crits deal x1.5 damage), Card reroll (+1 level-up card reroll per run) and Ban (block moves so they never show up in your cards; pick them in Upgrades).
  • Move shortcuts (in Upgrades, for each Pokémon): choose which move always goes in each slot, for example Confusion always on 1, for muscle memory.
CHANGED
  • Level-up card rerolls are no longer earned by defeating bosses: you get 1 free per run and can buy more in Upgrades.
  • Rift legendaries no longer always drop x10 tickets: they drop one half of the time (they used to always drop 2, which was too many).
  • Gacha: shinies no longer come out as duplicates. If you roll one you already have, you get another of the same rarity that you are missing.
  • Less random rifts: every time one does not show up, the next one is more likely (at most 2.5 minutes without a rift).
  • Legendaries you have not beaten yet show up 4 times as often in rifts.
  • Healers heal more the harder you hit, but with diminishing returns and a cap (2.5x at most).
  • Stronger melee attacks: while one is active you take 25% less damage, and they reach 25% further and deal 20% more damage.
  • Co-op: choosing which held item to keep now pauses the run for everyone (it used to keep going and you got hit while choosing).
  • Co-op: while someone is choosing a fusion, the run pauses for everyone.
  • Co-op: if the host switches tabs or their game stalls, the run pauses for everyone until they are back.
  • Runs shorter than 1 minute no longer count for the leaderboard.
FIXED
  • iPhone (Safari and Chrome): sometimes you could not switch moves by tapping the icons, especially with your other finger on the joystick. Buttons also sit above the home bar now.
  • In runs longer than 84 minutes the screen went black, the game froze or you kept levelling up forever. Now you can play for as long as you survive.
  • If the game ever crashes, the run ends by itself and is saved (time, defeated, records and leaderboard) instead of being lost.
  • Very long runs were sometimes flagged as cheating and did not count for the leaderboard.
  • Co-op: if the host switched tabs, enemies stood still and everyone else got a free advantage.
  • iPhone: holding your finger on the joystick brought up "Copy / Select all".
  • iPhone: fullscreen sometimes did not show up. Now the button explains how to get it (Share and "Add to Home Screen").

2026-10-11 — Bonds

NEW
  • Bonds: defeating a legendary lets you fuse moves that fire at the same time from a single slot (up to 4).
  • A button to reroll the level-up cards.
CHANGED
  • More rifts.
  • Weaker psychic moves and healers.
  • Level-up card upgrades (speed, cooldown, experience, magnet, armor and power) can only be taken a limited number of times.
  • On mobile, the Pokémon details show alongside; logging in is faster and the x10 gacha can be closed.
FIXED
  • Black screen in runs longer than an hour because image memory filled up.
  • Tickets were lost if the tab closed before the run ended: now they are saved as soon as you pick them up.
  • An upgrade bought right after saving was charged but not applied.
  • The game froze forever if something went wrong mid-run.

2026-10-10 — More challenge

NEW
  • Bosses and legendaries with 4 telegraphed attacks that get enraged at half health.
  • 12 new moves and 8 new ways to attack: boomerang, chain, mines, meteors, turret, dash, trail and spray.
  • Mid-run events (single-type hordes, golden hour, lost Pokémon) and Meowth and Gholdengo running away loaded with coins.
  • Statues for big Pokémon.
CHANGED
  • Harder: fewer but tougher enemies.
  • Levelling up is slower, tickets are rarer and bosses drop a x10 ticket one time in three.
  • Faster loading.
FIXED
  • Straggling enemies vanished in front of you: now only off-screen.
  • Menus and screens overlapped the top bar.

2026-10-09 — Mobile and English

NEW
  • Play on phones and tablets with a touch joystick, and install it as an app.
  • The game in English and Spanish.
  • Settings screen with automatic graphics quality.
CHANGED
  • Fewer but stronger enemies on screen.
  • Giga Drain becomes Grass Knot (no more healing).

2026-10-08 — Missions, rifts and co-op

NEW
  • Daily and weekly missions, achievements with medals and titles, and a public profile.
  • Held items, move evolutions and enemies that heal, shield, summon or explode.
  • Rifts leading to 18 legendary arenas, one per type, and weather that changes the fight.
  • Co-op with your friends list and leaderboards.
  • Upgrades for each Pokémon, a slot-machine ticket gacha and a type chart.
CHANGED
  • Camera further out and enemies that walk around obstacles.

2026-10-07 — First version

NEW
  • First public version of PokéSurvivor.

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