Tiny Bookshop — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Version 1.1.6 | 2026-05-11 | Hi everyone! As most of you will have seen by now, we recently launched Tiny Bookshop’s physical version as well as releasing on Playstation 5 and Xbox! But gladly, we also found some time to catch up with your requests and bug reports, and fixed what we could with the time we had. Without further ado, here is what we addressed with this update 🔧♥️: Fixed rare game-freezing dog interactionFixed a bug where Harper wouldn’t return the fixed St. Bookston crest (if clues were found in a certain order)Fixed some dialogues playing at the wrong time or too oftenFixed Bookston Crest Replica item effectWidened the time frame in which Harper’s cave qu |
| A Tasty Recommendation from the Tiny Bookshop team! | 2026-01-16 | We’re excited to bring Tiny Bookshop to new players with our first major Steam sale! Leave everything behind to open a tiny bookshop by the sea for 25% OFF this weekend; and for those of you who may also dream of opening your own restaurant? We have a delicious wishlist recommendation: Arcane Eats from our friends at Wonderbelly Games! In Arcane Eats, the best deck-building mechanics get spiced up by cooking elements to add a new depth of flavor and strategy. Running a restaurant is rewarding but hard – you’ll have to satisfy hangry customers, balance the books, and keep the health & purity inspector at bay. Think like a Master Chef, keep coo |
| Version 1.1.3 | 2026-01-15 | Hi everyone, we fixed a couple bugs, like: Problems changing save files or returning to main menu And some book tags In addition we are happy to announce a new item: A Grandfather Clock, that strikes when half of your customers today have entered your shop And another 100 books in the English version ✨ Have a nice weekend everyone, thank you for your support! |
| Hotfix 1.1.2 - Fixed Achievements | 2025-12-22 | Hi folks, thank you for reaching out! This patch fixes some achievements not being set correctly! Thank you for reporting this! Have a lovely end of the year! 😊❤️ |
| Hotfix Version 1.1.1 | 2025-12-18 | This patch fixes items not being considered in shop when placed on top of the table, etc. after a reload. Thank you for your help! |
| Version 1.1.0 - The Winter Update | 2025-12-18 | This update is PACKED with new books! But we also have a few new surprises for you. Here’s all that is new in this update: 📕 A Library’s Worth of New Books!Thanks to the incredible work of our Tiny Bookshop Book Council, we will be adding a total of 1,087 new books for you to discover and add to your TBR totems! So this is now the perfect moment to dive back into book recommendations! Here is a breakdown on all the new books by language:447 English107 German113 French77 Russian61 Spanish74 Turkish65 Simplified Chinese52 Traditional Chinese31 Japanese60 Ukrainian 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Joins the Shelves!And as you can spot in the list above, Tiny Boo |
| Tiny Bookshop Is Now Steam Deck Verified | 2025-12-18 | Hi folks! After going back and forth with the Steam team, we were able to optimise Tiny Bookshop for the Steam Deck's screen fully! 🥳With this update, Tiny Bookshop is officially Steam Deck verified! This patch also introduces the ability to zoom in, while your shop is at a location, so even the smallest text in speech bubbles will be readable.This patch also sets the default back from Proton to Linux for the Steam Deck and Linux devices. This comes with two notes:The Proton (Windows) and Linux native versions are identical, but you might see some faster loads in the Proton version, and faster runtime performance in the Linux version.Note 1: |
| Nominate Tiny Bookshop for Steam Award 2025 | 2025-11-28 | Hello there Booksellers! The Steam Award 2025 are now underway! You can nominate your favourite games across a variety of categories over at:https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations/2025 Tiny Bookshop is eligible for several categories, but our favourite is... ⭐️ Sit Back and Relax Award! ⭐️ If you’d like to submit a nomination for Tiny Bookshop, you can do so until December 1st, 10 AM PT. All nominations will be gathered by Valve, and the finalists will be revealed on December 18th! We’ve also been hard at work preparing some exciting news for you in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait to share more when the time comes. But unt |
| Version 1.0.7 | 2025-10-07 | Hi everyone, this is just a tiny update addressing a Unity security vulnerability. According to Unity, no exploits have been known with this vulnerability. You can read more on the matter here: https://unity.com/de/security/sept-2025-01 Back to testing cloud save! Have a lovely day everyone ❤️ |
| Version 1.0.6 | 2025-09-30 | General Fixes: Hi everyone, we’re back after recovering from Gamescom, and the stress that has been the release of our first game, with our latest patch! This one took a bit longer to figure out, because we made changes to the save system, and that requires a ton of testing and consideration, to make sure nothing breaks. Plus, it seems like the life we’ve been putting on hold before the release of TB finally caught up with us! Two of our team members got married last month, and we all had to spend some much-needed time to take care of our personal lives, after the crunch-free but still very all-consuming development that was Tiny Bookshop. Wi |
| Over 300,000 Copies! What's Next? | 2025-09-03 | Hello, everyone! We’re back from an incredible week of Gamescom! After 3 years of attempts, we finally came back with an award, winning Gamescom's "Games for Impact" 2025! Thank you to everyone who has voted for us! 🎉 After another week off to recover and purge any remaining "con cough", the team is now back in the office and excited to continue supporting Tiny Bookshop. 💛 ⭐ Tiny Bookshop has sold over 300,000 Copies!It's still not been a month since the release of Tiny Bookshop, and we already sold over 300,000 copies across both Steam and Switch! At this rate, Bookstonbury is going to face over-tourism, and we'll have to call in more seag |
| Tiny Bookshop has sold over 200,000 Copies!!! | 2025-08-19 | It's been a bit over a week since Tiny Bookshop was released. Can you believe there are already over 200,000 of you making Bookstonbury unsafe with your book recommendations 📚, prickly cacti, and smelly fish??? 🐟 I know, it's still hitting me... This has been the most chaotic and wonderful week of our careers; we cannot thank you enough for all the love you have shown for Tiny Bookshop. Now go out there and sell some more books to the world! 💖 |
| Tiny Bookshop - ver 1.0.5 | 2025-08-15 | Hi everyone, it’s now officially 7 days since Tiny Bookshop released, and finally, after tackling the most serious bugs, we found some time to take care of more UX and feedback. Adjusted/Fixed Maryam’s recommendation quest at the café not saving the progress consistently. Increased rain chance in spring slightly. Inspiring Klaus now counts anywhere, and not just at the supermarket. Adjusted Historic Tag. Changed it from “Written about the past” to “meeting a need of immersing yourself in the past”. Nerfed Professor Quest to make it less frustrating. Made cases visible and visually distinct to help you identify which one is currently active. R |
| Tiny Bookshop - ver 1.0.4 | 2025-08-12 | Added a robust local backup system for saves (One on start-up and one whenever you save) Fixed an issue where the game did not start due to a Steam back-end change Fixed typos and adjusted some book tags Fixed an issue where in the final quest you would sometimes not get an important item Fixed the timing and conditions of some late game quests Known issue: There is currently an issue with Steam Cloud messing with the save files on Mac, and perhaps other OSes. That’s the reason we experienced and fixed the start-up bug, added two additional back-up systems for your save files, and did not get much else done today. If you are affected, please |
| Tiny Bookshop - ver 1.0.3 | 2025-08-11 | Hi everyone, thank you so so much for enjoying our game, and helping us find and fix some more rogue bugs! We're still waiting to verify our Steam Cloud fix with Valve, but here are all the things we fixed in the last 24 hours ✨ Fixed an issue that would sometimes arise when having back-to-back recommendations. Leading to a softlock. Fixed an issue where the plant-growing cutscenes would sometimes not reset properly. Fixed a bug where Tilde’s dialogue at the chess group in the Park would sometimes get stuck, blocking the rest of the day from progressing. This should fix similar bugs in other locations like Moira at the lighthouse or the conce |
| Tiny Bookshop - ver 1.0.2 | 2025-08-10 | Hi everyone, thank you for all your kind words, your thoughtful feedback and your super helpful reports when things didn't quite work as planned. Here’s what we changed and fixed in this update! Removed contradicting requests for the length of books Removed contradicting requests for something light and academic Adjusted book tags Fixed being stuck at the cave investigation after telling Harper “maybe later” Increased priority of board game dialogue by Klaus Fixed more typos EN Fixed more typos DE Fixed the recommendation request appearing with a huge delay at the Hospital Ensured Seagullsaren’t talking when asking for help Fixed inspiration |
| Tiny Bookshop - Patch 1 | 2025-08-09 | Hi everyone, as promised, this is a quick first patch, here's what changed ✨ ✅ Adjusted some book tags. ✅ Fixed a couple EN typos. ✅ Fixed customization tutorial bug on controller. ✅ Fixed jumping visitors at the supermarket. ✅ Fixed rare vanishing shelves bug in the recommendation screen. ⚠️We've temporarily disabled cloud saves, as there was a bug with cross-platform saves vanishing completely! We've prepared a fix, but just want to make sure to check in with Steam before setting it live ⚠️ Thank you everyone for your diligent and detailed reports! We'll continue to tinker away on them during the weekend 🔧 |
| Guide to Report Bugs | 2025-08-07 | Like the six-legged critters, bugs can sneak in from anywhere. And before we can address them, we need to identify them. The faster we can figure out what caused a bug, the faster we can fix it!Here are a couple tips on how you can help with that, after you encountered one.1. Play the game until the bug appears, 2. Then press F2 (depending on your configuration, you might need to hold down the FN key on your keyboard when pressing F2).3. This brings up our bug report tool. Here you can give the bug a good name, and describe what happened BEFORE the bug occurred and describe the bug itself.4. If you're open to being contacted with follow-up qu |
| Tiny Bookshop OUT NOW!!! | 2025-08-07 | Dear lovely book and indie game enthusiasts! Your time has come!🎉 You can now open your very own Tiny Bookshop by the seaside!!! 🎉Thank you so much for being here with us. It means the world that you have supported us for so long, and none of this would have been possible without you all!We sincerely hope you enjoy the game! A lot of love was put into it.And after playing, it would be amazing if you could take the time to leave a review!It would help us reach even more people who might love the game in the future 🫶But most importantly: Have fun in Bookstonbury! Yours ever gratefully,neoludic games 🧡 |
| Release in 24 hours!!! | 2025-08-06 | Hello lovely booksellers 🧡We simply had to make another post because we can’t contain our excitement! 🎉 Tiny Bookshop will finally release TOMORROW 🎉and it all seems a little unreal, but in the best possible way! We sincerely hope you are as excited about this as we are. ❔We also saw some of you asking about the game running on Steam Deck. ❕While we’re still working on getting the official verification from Valve at the time of writing, we have tested the build on Steam Deck a lot and it works like a charm! So there should be no problem for any of you planning to try Tiny Bookshop on your Steam Decks right from the time of release! ✅See yo |