Patch notes

Summaries of official posts, newest first. Follow the links for the full notes.

Playtest Ledger: numbers and next steps

September 9, 2026 · Steam post

• One month of playtest stats and feedback. Players want more of everything: unique customers, starting perks, items and machines.
• Gambling and the Rock Bottom hard-mode scenario are big hits.
• Quality-of-life changes so far: handling several items at once, equipping tools through the toolbox keybind, inventory sorting, better full screen on non-16:9 monitors, and most of the localization fixes.
• Store customization is on the developers’ radar.
• The release date and the new demo arrive on September 14 during the tinyBuild Connect livestream.

100,000 wishlists and the demo announcement

August 28, 2026 · Steam post

• 100,000 wishlists and 100,000 playtest players.
• Demo on September 14 (a demo, not another playtest) with the new Water Merchant scenario. Playtest saves transfer to it.
• Demo changes: moving and using several items at once, better non-16:9 support, an upgradable bottle printer, a tool equip mode with a toolbox for number-key binds, bug fixes, balance changes, a new machine, a new challenge perk, new items, and the missing CN/DE/JP/RU translations.
• Some of these are already on the Beta branch.

Playtest patch 48.3.12: The Rat Wrangler

August 7, 2026 · Steam post

• The Rat Wrangler scenario, previously secret, is now visible on the starting scenario screen.
• Inspections cleared after showing contraband in the display case no longer grant Security reputation, closing a reputation farm.
• Fixes:
  • The info tooltip and scratcher tickets work in full screen on non-16:9 monitors.
  • The furnace’s Junk Processing Module no longer secretly uses double the power it shows.
  • Shooting an aug in Hard Mode no longer advances the aug game-over meter.
  • Shooting someone as they leave no longer softlocks the game.
  • Cassettes you don’t own can’t be stored in the cassette player.
  • The buggy “nutrichips” item no longer appears.

Playtest patch 48.3.10: Rock Bottom & water upgrade

August 6, 2026 · Steam post

• New hardcore scenario Rock Bottom: you start with nothing.
• Dr. Jackson now sells a water trading guide.
• New Wild Network upgrades: Retired Water Merchant, Gutterflow on Tap, Rustwater on Tap.
• Full screen with black bars on non-16:9 monitors, and a 60 FPS cap.
• Changes:
  • The display case is off on day one when the tutorial is on.
  • Blank disposable keycards can’t go in the cryptographic desequencer’s output slot.
  • The cassette player resumes after loading.
  • The poison icon in underground exchange directives is now the cyanide pill.
  • The vacuum robot explains that it runs at night and has a manual mode.
  • At −40 Black Market reputation you keep the janitorial service, at double the cost.
  • The “Augmented” ending (too many missed augs) now only happens in Hard Mode.
• Fixes:
  • You can no longer use bandages you don’t own.
  • Cassette auto-play works after reloading.
  • OS language settings no longer cause localization issues (needs a fresh save).
  • Essential recurring customers can’t be shot.
  • The attractiveness meter matches its real value with bonuses such as the Mirage Projector.
  • You no longer get stuck with the security inspector.
  • German, Russian and Chinese text is no longer mixed up.
  • Inventory no longer locks up after some UI actions.
  • Phone orders are no longer lost when you hang up too early.
  • Barter customers no longer offer nothing.
  • One inventory grid line is no longer thicker than the rest.
• The post hinted at a secret scenario on the profession screen. It turned out to be the Rat Wrangler.

Announcement and open playtest

August 3, 2026 · Steam post

• Probably Stolen is announced, and the playtest opens the same day.
• It started as a solo project by Bei Ning Pan, who now works with four artists and three audio developers. It grew out of a shelved turn-based station crawler called Space Looter.
• Inspirations: Space Station 13 and a bit of Papers, Please.