Release Date Announcement — AVS03 Launches September 28, 2026

The date

September 10, 2026, verbatim: “Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional will be releasing on the 28th of September, 2026.” A new trailer came with it, with the developer noting every shot shows something new. The commercial details — price, launch timing — live on the release date and price guide.

What the announcement confirmed about full-game content

This is the fullest official feature list published before launch, and several details appear nowhere else:

• 24 weapons — named so far: Pinball, Solitaire, Mines, Firewall “and more inspired by the 2000’s computing era”. New full-game traits: “more weapons that fire directly at enemies, passives, targeting high HP enemies, status effects”. Tracked in the weapons hub.
• 50 drivers — “bespoke upgrades” that transform how a weapon works, with more upgrade opportunities as you level a weapon (drivers hub).
• 33 file types — including “new files that challenge you for different rewards and special files that you can activate on demand” (files hub).
• 62 plugins — with installer tiers: Cracked Installers don’t require keys, Legendary Installers require 3 keys, and the Safe Folder gains a keyBuy store where you decide whether to keep or sell leftover keys (plugins hub).
• 15 policies — “Apply a policy to any Protocol difficulty”, stacking on top of the five Protocols (protocols and policies guide).
• 81 wallpapers and 8 themes — unlocked by opening .png and .jpeg files, alongside profile pictures.
• 6 bosses and mini bosses — they “shoot at you, charge at you, throw what they can at you and become invulnerable”, with Plus!-sized enemy variants each round and a final Boss (bosses hub).

Individual stats, unlock conditions and drops are not in the announcement — this wiki measures those in the game after launch instead of guessing.

Timeline

Playtest (Feb 2) → demo launch (Feb 13) → Next Fest (Feb 24) → Warmfix (May 2) → Demo Update 1.2 (Jul 14) → Release date announcement (Sep 10) → Steam Deck Verified (Sep 17).