Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
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Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

DEV: Spasman GamesPUB: Spasman GamesAppID 346120

Is Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

81.3
Good

Elixir Rating

88.2% of 5,420 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 87.3. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone dormant — subtracting 6.0.

reception 87.3·support −6.0·Good

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Development

Insufficient evidence

Last heard from developers

over a year ago

Historical posting rhythm

not yet established

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

cannot be judged

We do not yet hold enough of this game's announcement history to describe its rhythm.

Last successful news check: Oct 6, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.

We hold a thin slice of this game's announcement history, so its normal rhythm can't be established. That is a limit of our record, not evidence about the game.

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsJul 2, 2025
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta17f is now available

-- Fixed Steam Workshop features not working-- Added some sloppily written lore (no AI is used, its from the soul)-- Fixed menu music going quiet upon looping-- Fixed bots not rejoining the game when a dedicated server wakes from sleep I am…

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Community AnnouncementsApr 12, 2023
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta17d is now available

-- Increased Buzzer base damage (projectile + melee) -- Increased push back on the Riot Shield's shield bash -- Riot Shield now tires more easily when blocking attacks -- Greatly reduced Wrench base damage -- Wrench now does triple damage o…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 31, 2022
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta17 is now available

Well, that was horrifying! ːdswilsonscaredː Apologies for the down time and massive waste of time. I had tried to convert everyone's saves from basic text files to an SQLite database, which took a long time, but it turned out to be the wron…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 2, 2022
NEW WEAPON SHOWCASE: The Riot Shield
Community AnnouncementsDec 23, 2021
Achievements, stats and lore.. oh my!

Hey. Long time no see. Things have been slow since I've been dealing with nightmarish moving. But I've been settled in my new place for the past couple months, sort of, and have started working again. For beta17, I've added and changed some…

Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2021
Linux version now available + the home stretch

Hey folks, today I'd like to announce that Boring Man is now available on Ubuntu, for playing and/or hosting with the dedicated server build. On your Ubuntu device, you should be able to install and launch it like normal. We're also getting…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 6, 2021
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta16 is now available

Runtime update + optimizations I made a Steam announcement + testing branch a few days ago to test this version, as it has been upgraded to Game Maker's spicy new runtime that broke a lot of things and allowed me to get things up to speed s…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 16, 2021
You can now test Boring Man v2.0.0 beta15b

Hey. I've been working on beta15b, which is another code overhaul update. There isn't much content, but it's a rather big update for me because of a lot of technical changes were made in order to optimize things and get the project code up …

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 28, 2021
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta15a is now available

This update is mostly bug fixes and hopefully helps with some glaring weapon balance problems. This may be the last update you'll see from me for a while, so I wanted to make sure I fixed as many things as I could. Weapon Balance: Light Roc…

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Community AnnouncementsJan 29, 2021
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta15 is now available

This update is mostly new content, however be wary of crashes and bugs. Report them how you see fit, and I'll fix everything I can over the weekend. As for the state of overall development, I anticipate the next major update will be release…

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Community AnnouncementsJan 12, 2021
beta15 releasing January 29th + New DLC skins

Hi, beta15 should hopefully be available January 29th. Some of the new stuff includes: New weapons New maps New map editor logic gates and objects Tutorial has been added Animated DLC skins Improved controller support A gift from wug Surviv…

Community AnnouncementsDec 1, 2020
Winter holiday event is live / beta14c is now available

Just patching things and adding skins. Big update will try to come out later this month. Changelog Added Seasonal quality weapon skin set "Festive" Added Seasonal quality weapon skin set "Decorative" Added Seasonal quality weapon skin set "…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 3, 2020
New Community Trailer made by UliZ + DLC Sale

Check out a new community trailer made by the talented UliZetha, which will be featured on the store page. Be sure to subscribe to support him. And from tomorrow to Monday (9/3 - 9/7), all of my DLC will be 35% off on a sale. Thanks for you…

Community AnnouncementsAug 9, 2020
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta14b is now available

This is a small patch to tie up some loose ends before I start working on the next big update. It's mostly fixing bugs, crashes, and other problems and makes some pretty good optimizations for cloud saving and the server list. Hopefully you…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 20, 2020
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta14 is now available: New weapons, gamemodes, features

Hey. This update was a wild one. I think it contains some of my best programming. Like everyone else, I've been stuck at home avoiding the pandemic, so I decided to take advantage and overhaul a lot of the game's code. From what I saw from …

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Community AnnouncementsJul 12, 2020
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta14 will be available July 19th

Hey. Sorry this update took so long, but I guess with all the free time off we're all getting, I took it as an opportunity to overhaul the code base. I reworked a lot of back end systems and everything is running a lot more efficiently. One…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 8, 2020
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta13 is now available

Further Sprite Mod + Weapon Skin Creator updates You can now generate a sprite mod from the weapon skin creator! In the weapon skin creator window, you can click the "Sprite Mod" button in the upper left to generate the sprite mod, once gen…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 1, 2020
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta12 is now available: Zombrains, New Weapons & more!

New Game Mode: ZombrainsBoard up your windows! Break out the hand sanitizer! No it's not the coronavirus, Zombrains has returned from the grave! For the uninitiated, Zombrains is a zombie-based game mode that blends co-op with PvP. Players …

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Community AnnouncementsJan 4, 2020
Community Pick Up Game
Community AnnouncementsDec 29, 2019
GAME MODE SHOWCASE: Zombrains
Community AnnouncementsDec 8, 2019
Holiday event is live! Boring Man v2.0.0 beta11 is now available

Winter Holiday Event The winter holiday event for v2.0.0 is here! The 6 holiday hats are now available to wear, but you can still wear the regular hats if you want, unlike the old version. You can also find weapon skins only available durin…

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Community AnnouncementsDec 3, 2019
THE BORING MAN v2.0.0 BETA IS NOW FREE-TO-PLAY!!

Boring Man now has weapon skins, Workshop support, better netcode, better graphics, better everything! And it's still free! Launch the game from your Steam library then select the 3rd "v2.0.0 beta" option to launch the beta! Let me know wha…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 24, 2019
Boring Man v2.0.0 beta10 is now available

This update is just polishing things up before this week. If you're waiting for the game to go free-to-play on November 29th, there is now an in-game count down timer which will unlock automatically. No updating will be needed! It's like pr…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 17, 2019
FOR DLC OWNERS (Not for long): Boring Man v2.0.0 beta9 is now available!

This update adds the Drone for a little bit of testing by the community before the rewrite beta becomes free. I also polished the game up and fixed a good amount of bugs. Let me know what you think. New weapon: DroneWatch your head, the Dro…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 14, 2019
Coming Soon: Rainbow and Splintered weapon skin DLCs store pages are up!

I've decided to release a few more weapon skin DLCs when the game goes free, check them out below! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194781/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194780/ These weapon skins and the Boring Man v2.0.0 beta its…

Community AnnouncementsOct 20, 2019
NEW WEAPON SHOWCASE: The Drone
Community AnnouncementsOct 6, 2019
FOR DLC OWNERS (Not for long): Boring Man v2.0.0 beta8 is now available!

Wow! Another big update is here! This is the last update before the rewrite beta becomes free to play. I'll be testing stability and uploading smaller updates to fix things, so please be patient, thank you. This change log is big, but I'll …

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Community AnnouncementsOct 3, 2019
The Boring Man v2.0.0 beta will become free to play on November 29th!

https://i.imgur.com/JSleD6N.png The rewrite beta for Boring Man will become free to play for EVERYONE on November 29th! One more content update will be released this weekend, and I will focus on stabilizing things and making the game availa…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 30, 2019
FOR DLC OWNERS: Boring Editor v2.0.0 and the Workshop is now available!

View Accepted Weapon Skins (Updated frequently) Weapon skin guidelines thread I have unlocked access to the new map editor and uploading maps to the Workshop! Please give it a try and let me know what you think. All I did was upload a build…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2019
FOR DLC OWNERS: Boring Man v2.0.0 beta7 is now available!

I've done a lot of work on the map editor, however its not quite ready for public use yet. Later in the week I may enable the editor and uploading to Workshop, but I wanted to let some friends test the editor on their own one more time befo…

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