Mycopunk launches in 1.0 with new class and missions

Mycopunk has launched into its 1.0 release, turning its chaotic mushroom-blasting co-op shooter into a fuller package with a new class, a new mission, fresh weapons and a pile of smaller additions. Steam lists the launch for 20 October, and the game is currently half price on the platform.¹²

Developed as an online co-op looter shooter, Mycopunk drops players onto a planet overrun by aggressive fungi. The basic rhythm is familiar: land, complete missions, fight through hostile creatures, collect upgrades and mods, then improve a loadout before heading out again. The visual pitch is colourful and chunky rather than grim, with a team of robot rejects taking on a world that appears to have taken the phrase “mushroom problem” personally.

The 1.0 update adds the Mycologist, a new employee class built around fungal abilities. In the accompanying Steam announcement, the developers describe two named abilities: Sporelift and Fungal Skewer. The class also has a passive infection ability, giving players another way to build a specialised loadout instead of simply adding more conventional firepower.¹

There is a new Population Control mission focused on clearing areas with unusually high enemy density. The developers also tease encounters with Abominations, suggesting that the mission is meant to test a squad’s ability to control a crowded battlefield rather than merely sprint from one objective to the next. A smaller special assignment centres on rescuing a sofa, because even a planet-wide fungal infestation apparently cannot stop furniture-based errands.

The arsenal gets a few notable additions. The Diffraction Driver is an ion scattergun that fires a short-range cone, with a chargeable halo that can make the cone narrower and longer. The Snowball Grenade does exactly what its name promises, while the new X11-B region on New Atlas’ moonlet brings difficult missions designed to put upgraded loadouts under pressure.¹

The launch package also adds hats, sit emotes and an in-game achievement system called Fulfilments. The hub has been reworked, the drop pod has been redesigned, and the update includes further tweaks, fixes and improvements. Those smaller changes matter for a game built around repeating expeditions: a better hub and more reasons to customise a character can help the loop feel less like a queue of identical deployments.

Our opinion

Mycopunk’s 1.0 launch is most interesting because it expands the game in several directions at once. The Mycologist changes how a player can approach a fight, Population Control promises a different kind of mission pressure, and X11-B gives upgraded equipment a sharper reason to exist. None of that guarantees a long-lasting co-op community, but it does make the launch version sound more substantial than a simple early-access sign-off.

The game’s immediate identity is clear: fast co-op firefights, loot-driven upgrades and a deliberately silly mushroom setting. Whether that combination keeps squads returning will depend on mission variety and how well the new systems fit together, but the 1.0 release at least gives players a defined package to test rather than another incremental patch with no obvious finish line.