OUTWORKS

OUTWORKS Update — Late-Game Performance This update focuses on performance during later waves, when large numbers of turrets, enemies, and combat effects are active. Combat rules and progression remain unchanged, while rendering, CPU, and audio overhead have been reduced during large-scale battles. Performance Improvements Batched contact shadows and combat particles to reduce rendering overhead in scenes with many enemies and structures. Optimized turret aiming and target searches to avoid unnecessary work as fortress size grows. Target-selection rules at the moment of firing remain unchanged. Improved object reuse for bullets and effects, reducing temporary allocations and garbage-collection pressure during intense combat. Prevented the HUD and contact shadows from being updated multiple times for the same rendered frame during fast-forward or frame-rate drops. Reduced audio-processing spikes when many hits and kills occur at the same time. Added safe limits for purely cosmetic effects in exceptionally dense battles, without affecting combat outcomes. Build Reliability Improved the Windows packaging process for Steam so the correct release package is used consistently. Save Data

The OUTWORKS demo is live. Build a fortress, and hold — the free OUTWORKS demo is now playable on Steam. No need to wait for launch; try the core loop right now. Raise a layered structure around a glowing core, floor by floor, and arm every tier with turrets. Then the waves come: fast ground swarms below, gunships and bombers from above. "What do I place at which altitude?" is the real puzzle — and when a support falls, the floors and turrets above collapse with it. What you can try in the demo The full build-and-hold core loop, in three dimensions Multiple turret and enemy types, plus between-wave draft upgrades Structural collapse — knock out a support and everything above comes down ▶ Hit Download Demo above and jump in. Full release — July 7 $4.99, buy-to-own. 15% off for the first two weeks. If you enjoy it, please wishlist — you'll be pinged the moment it launches, and for a tiny studio that's the biggest boost there is. Feedback and bug reports very welcome. See you on the floor. — Quench Forge