Dark Hours: Cruise into Madness Major Update is here!

Hello everyone,

Dark Hours: Cruise into Madness, is officially available!

Step aboard the haunted cruise ship, face the terrifying Driftborn, push your limits with the brand-new Nightmare Difficulty and more!

💡 Find the full patchnote at the bottom of this news

🚢 Explore the Haunted Cruise Ship

Welcome aboard: stroll through tight corridors, relax on the main deck, take a nap in the captain’s quarters or check out the engine room. This cruise is one you won’t forget… if you make it out.

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🐙 Meet the Driftborn — Your New Worst Nightmare

Something ancient has awakened aboard the cruise ship... A terrifying tentacled beast lurking in the shadows — and it’s not happy you’re here. Do you think you can survive it?

💀 Nightmare Difficulty — The Challenge You’ve Been Waiting For

Our most demanding difficulty is finally here! Face multiple monsters at once and test your teamwork and survival skills like never before. Good luck — you’re going to need it.

🎒 New Themed Customization — Cruise & Sea Style

Show off your style with fresh cruise-inspired items. The octopus backpack is already stealing the show.

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🚐 Customize Your Van!

Your getaway vehicle just got a makeover! Change colors or completely transform the look of your van — who’s ready for a heist night in an ice cream truck?

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🔄 Rejoin Feature — Stay in the Action

Got disconnected during your heist? Not a problem anymore! You can now rejoin ongoing games and jump straight back into the chaos.

🕹️ New Vault Minigame — Cooperation Required

New environment, new minigame! Get ready to work together and disable tricky new laser traps to crack open the vault. Teamwork has never been so crucial.

🔨Bug fix & improvements

As with every update, we’ve taken the opportunity to fix bugs you’ve reported. Scroll down for the full patchnote.

Ready to dive in?

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We can’t wait to hear what you think! Feel free to share your feedbacks on on our Discord or directly on the Steam forums.

See you on board!

Raven

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Patchnote #47 for Dark Hours Major Update - 20/08/25

New

• Game history New: Added a game history tab to let you view details about your previous matches.

• The cruise ship New: Discover the new environment, the Cruise Ship.

• Driftborn New: Introducing to the new monster, the Driftborn

• Custo Van New: Exterior van customization is now available.

• **Character Custo New **: You can now customize your character with Cruise & Sea-themed items.

• Nightmare Difficulty New: You can now play against 2 monsters at the same time!

• Rejoin Feature New: You can now rejoin your multiplayer game if you get disconnected!

Monster

• Monster Movement Fix: Fixed multiple bugs affecting monster movement.

• Blind Ghoul Sound Fix: Fixed those rare moments when the Blind Ghoul thought it heard things that weren’t there.

• Banshee Teleportation Fix: Fixed a bug where the Banshee would suddenly teleport mid-wander.

• Trickster look at Fix: Fixed a bug where the Trickster would not look at the correct player when catching someone to make them dance.

• Monster Optimization: Improved performance related to monsters.

• Monster clipping through vault wall Fix: Fixed a bug where monsters could spawn stuck inside a wall in the PowerPlant vault.

Gameplay

• Mirror Interact Modifie: It is no longer possible to place mirrors back on the walls they were taken from.

• Large objects Modifie: Large objects no longer pass in front of the player’s camera while running.

• Interact sink Fix: Fixed a bug where it was impossible to interact with a sink without holding an item.

• Flashlight Modifie: Modified the flashlight's light emission.

LD

• Extinguisher Fix: Fixed an issue with the extinguisher handle not being visible.

• Defibrillator stand Fix: Fixed the defibrillator charge bar not showing while the defibrillator was charging.

Sound

• Machine Coffee SFX Fix: The coffee machine sound is now properly recognized by the Blind Ghoul.

General

• Outline system New: Outline System Update: New outline system that makes interactable objects easier to spot.

• Floating items in Lobby Fix: Fixed a bug causing objects to appear floating in the air when a player joins a lobby.

• Flashlight on spectator cam Modifie: Added a light to improve visibility for spectators.

• Difficulty mode feedback New: Added a color associated with each difficulty level in the difficulty selection menu.

• Lab Display VFX Fix: Added a VFX when a player breaks the glass of a lab display in the PowerPlant.

Known bug

• Performance issue Driftborn: We are aware of and actively working to resolve a bug that affects performance when playing against the Driftborn and the Cruise Ship.