The creators of Samson are trying to save the game, but why did they have to release it in such a terrible state?

Liquid Swords rolled out an emergency rescue plan after the April 8 launch of their action game Samson; what should have been a moment of triumph instead collapsed into a public stumble. The devs (hum.) have scheduled two major patches for April 15 and 22 — the first wave of fixes already nudged the title up a little on Steam. Upcoming updates are said to target optimization and stabilizing play, with a push to address bugs reported by players rather than polish new features. At 48 Metacritic points, Samson sits among the three worst releases of 2026 — even lagging behind the now-closed Highguard (a rough outcome, to put it mildly). Critics have not been kind, labeling it a "shameful GTA clone" and pointing to a mediocre story and monotonous gameplay.