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Four Months into the Joust

The Joust: two fighters duel with glowing swords

More than 100 updates in less than 100 days!

5th of November 2026, Albany/New York - We’ve been making The Joust for the last 4 months and we’ve been adding tons of requested features from community suggestions.

Over 100 updates have been added and we’ve recently overhauled the full engine and graphics making the game looking and feeling even smoother!

Check out The Joust here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4744160/The_Joust/

Key Features:

  • Physics-based combat
  • 100+ playable classes, each with distinct weapons, attributes, and abilities
  • Multiplayer for up to 20 players (8-player Co-op, 4-player split-screen)
  • Ingame modding features: Stage Builder, Campaign Builder, Weapon Builder, Ability Editor
  • Runs on integrated graphics
Screenshot from The Joust: a first-person view of a fighter in a stone arena

Find all the other update logs over at the Steam Community Hub.

About The Joust Development Team
The Joust is developed by a small team of enterprise software experts located in Upstate New York. The Joust Development Team hopes to deliver a top quality gaming experience with infinite replay value for an unprecedented price of $1.

Press Kit download: https://the-joust.com/press-kit
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4744160/The_Joust/

For press inquiries, please contact outreach@the-joust.com

Links
Discord: http://discord.gg/thejoust
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/the-joust.com
Twitter: https://x.com/The_Joust
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@the-joust

Press Contact
Name: Tyler Burke
Company: The Joust Development Team
Email: outreach@the-joust.com

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