There are a few things we'd like to tell you about.

First, there's the Steam Award nomination phase going on. If you'd like to, be sure to vote for us!
By voting in each category, playing, and leaving a review, you'll get a full Steam profile badge!

While we could embed just this single category, you can vote for us in other categories if you'd like:

https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations/2025

Most importantly, remember to follow your heart!

There's a real problem with this genre: it has no name and no official Steam tag. Let's change it!

For years, many bullet heaven devs have watched their games disappear under mismatched tags. Overshadowed by action roguelikes and drowning in bullet hell categories.

Together with many other developers of the games in the same genre, we're launching a survey campaign, in which we ask you - our players - what would you like for these kind of games to be named.

👉 https://forms.gle/8SNkDWi9GrJ37ARdA

Please help us shape the history of video games by filling out this survey. In the near future, we will be presenting the results of this poll to Valve, to help Steam recognize the genre by its new name!

Here's a short video by Diana describing the campaign:

https://youtu.be/C0N4HOIQo_Q?si=dQkgl4f2ptTYnYEi
If you love games like ours, then you can genuinely help the next wave (pun intended) of creators. Many devs are excited to make similar games but worry their work will disappear without the right Steam tag/category. On behalf of everyone, thank you!

Speaking of bullet heavens...

The new edition of this yearly event is coming, and this time, we're one of the main sponsors!

Bullet Heaven Festival is a festival for the genre (yeah, the one lacking a proper tag still), which will take place from 4th to 11th of December. We hope this one will be the biggest one yet!

You can expect big discounts, so note down the date and don't forget to check back next week!

We've recently received a Steam Deck verified status, as well as (hopefully) resolved the cloud save issue that was happening to some players lately. We want to help each one of you restore the progress you might have lost due to this, so be sure to check the news post below, if you haven't:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2163330/view/591788407966926843That's all for now, have a great rest of the week, and see you soon!

ㅤStay awesome,
ㅤㅤAwesome Games Studio

While Yet Another Zombie Survivors has always run reliably on Steam Deck, there were still a few rough edges here and there - like font sizes not being large enough on smaller display devices. Now, with the adjustments we've made along the way, we're happy to share that as of today...

It took some time, but we finally earned that green checkmark, and we want to thank you for your patience and ongoing support! Beyond the improvements that players on handheld devices can immediately enjoy, this also means more people browsing Steam for bullet heaven games will now be able to discover YAZS.

Now, onto the elephant in the room...

As some of you know (or have unfortunately experienced), a number of players have run into issues with Steam Cloud, resulting in rollbacks or even loss of in-game progression.

First and foremost: we are truly, deeply sorry.

This should never have happened to anyone. Despite not encountering this issue during internal testing, we should have anticipated and prevented it. We take full responsibility for delivering a stable experience, and in this case, we fell short.

Over the past three weeks, we’ve been working every single day to investigate every report and make sure no one loses progress ever again. We’re continuing to dig for the root cause, and we won’t stop until this is fully resolved.

And yet, we still haven’t fully solved the root cause. That’s on us.

While we still haven’t identified the exact underlying issue yet, we do know it’s related to the recently added Run History & Leaderboard Run Details feature.

For now, we're temporarily disabling the Leaderboard Run Details system. This will remain as such until we can guarantee that it doesn't break a single person's save files.

We also recently added automatic local save game backups - their location is described in the Save Backup Information pinned topic on the forum. These backups will serve as an extra safety net in case something happens with the Steam Cloud in the future.

We've already been assisting players who reached out to us. Starting today, we've created a dedicated form you can use to request a save restoration directly from us.

If your progress was reset, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/BK42H3NQU8dDdSUt6

However if you prefer not to use Google services, please send an e-mail to support@awesomegamesstudio.com including the following information:

• Your current save folder The location of the folder is described HERE under the "Where are my saved files and backups located?" section. Please attach the entire remote folder as a zipped archive.

• A link to your Steam profile (Please make sure your profile visibility is set to Public, otherwise we won’t be able to see which achievements you’ve unlocked! If you prefer not to change your privacy settings, please list all achievements you have unlocked - or all achievements you are still missing, whichever list is shorter).

• Your contact e-mail address This is the address we will use to send your restored save file.

• (Optional) Any additional notes or details you want us to consider For example: "I had all characters maxed" or "I finished all difficulties on all game modes". We will always restore progression based on achievements by default, unless you specify otherwise.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. We deeply apologize to everyone who ran into issues. Your experience matters to us, and we’re committed to delivering the stability you deserve.

Best regards,

Awesome Games Studio