Bushside Rangers

Adventure· Survival Horror· Female Protagonist· First-Person

Released Mar 2025

Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.

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Released, content planned but development status unclear

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Content Planned

Development Uncertain

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Bushside Rangers launched on March 26, 2025 as a free-to-play first-person survival horror game — Chapter 1 of a planned multi-chapter series. The developer, Daniella Garner, has been open that the original release was a solo-developed effort that did not meet the team's quality standards, and significant follow-up content is in the works. The most concrete upcoming content is the **Chapter 1 Overhaul**, a ground-up rework of the existing chapter featuring new custom-built assets, reworked gameplay mechanics, overhauled audio design, and major visual improvements. The October 2025 development update set a Q1 2026 target for this overhaul, and the one-year anniversary post on March 26, 2026 showed in-progress screenshots but offered no revised release date. The store page itself warns players that the current public version "does not reflect the quality of the upcoming full Chapter 1 release, currently scheduled to release sometime in 2027." Beyond the overhaul, **Chapter 2: Lonely Ruins** has been announced with a teaser trailer (May 2025) and confirmed in development, with the October 2025 roadmap outlining a 2026–2027 target. The October 2025 update also noted that Chapter 2 planning was underway, with full production to begin after the overhaul ships. The Q1 2026 target for the overhaul has now passed without a release, and the last developer communication was on March 26, 2026 — over six months ago as of today, October 2, 2026. No updated timeline has been provided, and the developer has gone silent past what had been a fairly consistent pattern of posts every few months throughout 2025 and into early 2026. The overhaul remains unshipped and overdue, and the silence since March 26, 2026 adds meaningful uncertainty about the current state of development.

Evidence

One-year anniversary post shares in-progress screenshots of the Chapter 1 Overhaul still in development, with no updated release date provided. This is the last developer communication on record.

news post · Mar 26, 2026 source development ongoing

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New Year update confirms the Chapter 1 Overhaul is still being developed — grey-boxing is underway, a weather system preview is shown, and the team of 15 is actively working on the project.

news post · Jan 1, 2026 source development ongoing

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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

Bushside Rangers - Original Soundtrack

Apr 2025

Media

Details

Developer

Spirit Cat Games

Publisher

Spirit Cat Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Survival Horror Female Protagonist First-Person Exploration Puzzle Action-Adventure Atmospheric Horror Action Linear Story Rich Casual Psychological Horror Cartoony Realistic

About this game

DISCLAIMER: The currently public version of Bushside Rangers: Chapter 1 is the pilot version released on 26th March, 2025 by Daniella G. Studios. As such, it may not contain the features listed throughout this page and does not reflect the quality of the upcoming full Chapter 1 release, currently scheduled to release sometime in 2027. Future chapters will be available via a one-time DLC purchase once the upcoming Chapter 2: Lonely Ruins is released on all platforms.

SURVIVE THE HORRORS OF THE DESOLATE LAND.

Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.

ABOUT

Play as the reluctant Vera, a young teen who breaks into the abandoned Bushside Rangers Nature Park to figure out what truly happened to cause its closure five years prior. Since you last visited, nature has reclaimed its territory, leaving only tainted memories of what once was. And yet after all of that, the parks' mascots are somehow still roaming around... and they are starving.

Journey deeper and deeper into the park as you desperately try to find a way out, scavenge for and manage your resources effectively, and defend yourself against the parks' many residents. It's a fight for survival, and you have to hope to god that you can truly escape.

FEATURES:

As you explore the desolate park, you'll be able to discover new areas or revisit places you've already been. The park is your oyster, explore it to your hearts content but be cautious...
Endure horrific encounters with the park's mascots, once spectacles to behold but now reduced to nothing but monsters that lurk around every corner, looking for you... starving...
In-depth stealth and combat system; Swing and block your way to freedom, or sneak past bloodthirsty enemies that are looking for you at every turn.
Plenty of collectables and achievements scattered throughout the game to quench the thirst of lore hunters or completionists. Be sure to keep a keen eye out on anything you may find!