Octodad: Dadliest Catch — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Tentacles and Tea Time Bundle | 2025-05-23 | Octodad is featured in the launch bundle for Grandma, No! A new physics-driven comedy from our friends at Wallride and Super Rare. Babysit, summon creatures beyond the pale, and take out the trash! If you enjoyed the chaos and destruction of Octodad, you should check out Grandma, No! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362680/Grandma_No/ |
| Octodad Featured in The Crush House Launch Bundle! | 2024-08-09 | Devolver’s The Crush House launches today! To celebrate, we’ve added Octodad to the Little Guys in Weird Worlds launch bundle! In this thirst-person shooter, you get to produce your very own reality TV show. Pick your cast, film the drama, and keep an eye out for our Octodad easter egg ad. Everything else about the game is very normal and completely fine. Don’t worry about it. Grab The Crush House along with some beloved games full of little guys. Another Crab’s Treasure Pikuniku Cult of the Lamb Astroneer The Crush House (of course) Octodad You can also pick up Bugsnax in their Camerawork bundle! |
| macOS 64-bit Update Released (Version 1.2.35028) | 2020-01-31 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.35028 macOS Fix for fullscreen on 64-bit 64-bit Notarized App Minimum version changed to 10.9 Trackpad touch controls working again |
| macOS 64-bit Update Released (Version 1.2.35018) | 2020-01-14 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.35018 macOS 64-bit Notarized App Minimum version changed to 10.9 Trackpad touch controls working again |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.35006) | 2018-09-06 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.35006 Windows Fix settings tooltips descriptions not popping up on mouseover (thanks to ZuTheSkunk for reporting). Make borderless fullscreen the default setting for first installs. |
| Serbian Translation by Radoš Milićev and Marko Josifović | 2018-08-28 | The most recent update adds Serbian (Srpski) to the languages option in Settings. Check it out! Thanks to Radoš Milićev and Marko Josifović. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.19338) | 2016-06-07 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.19338 Windows Improved performance for laptops with switchable discrete graphics cards. Improved performance for Windows DirectX 9 shaders. Force reduced anti-aliasing for intel integrated graphics to fix Windows 10 crash. Fix an issue with low shadow settings and borderless anti-aliasing. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.19338) | 2016-06-07 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.19338 Windows Improved performance for laptops with switchable discrete graphics cards. Improved performance for Windows DirectX 9 shaders. Force reduced anti-aliasing for intel integrated graphics to fix Windows 10 crash. Fix an issue with low shadow settings and borderless anti-aliasing. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.19027) | 2016-05-12 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.19027 Windows Add anti-aliasing to borderless windowed mode for Windows. Reduce dependencies for DirectX and Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Minor No longer require Stacy to travel up escalator to complete Deep Sea. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.19027) | 2016-05-12 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.19027 Windows Add anti-aliasing to borderless windowed mode for Windows. Reduce dependencies for DirectX and Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Minor No longer require Stacy to travel up escalator to complete Deep Sea. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.17060) | 2015-11-24 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.17060 Windows Touch controls updated to work again and match iOS / Android. Minor Fixes to level geometry in Low versions of levels. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.17060) | 2015-11-24 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.17060 Windows Touch controls updated to work again and match iOS / Android. Minor Fixes to level geometry in Low versions of levels. |
| Hotfix Released (Version 1.2.16507) | 2015-09-16 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.16507 Major Fix for grabbing bug (esp. in Low Physics mode) where holding grab would sometimes never grab an object but just circle around it. Linux Correct bindings when using Xbox One Controller with Kernel 3.17 and later. |
| Hotfix Released (Version 1.2.16507) | 2015-09-16 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.16507 Major Fix for grabbing bug (esp. in Low Physics mode) where holding grab would sometimes never grab an object but just circle around it. Linux Correct bindings when using Xbox One Controller with Kernel 3.17 and later. |
| Hotfix Released (Version 1.2.16477) | 2015-09-08 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.16477 Major Fix for multiple crashes introduced in last update affecting Ending Credits level. |
| Hotfix Released (Version 1.2.16477) | 2015-09-08 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.16477 Major Fix for multiple crashes introduced in last update affecting Ending Credits level. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.16458) | 2015-08-31 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.16458 Major Level Quality setting. Uses PlayStation Vita versions of the levels to improve CPU/PhysX performance. Windows Shader Mode 'Low' setting that uses hardware skinning & instancing, but no lighting, for better GPU performance. Minor Fix an issue where tie count was improperly displayed in certain languages. Minor optimizations from Vita/Xbox One port. |
| Update Released (Version 1.2.16458) | 2015-08-31 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Version 1.2.16458 Major Level Quality setting. Uses PlayStation Vita versions of the levels to improve CPU/PhysX performance. Windows Shader Mode 'Low' setting that uses hardware skinning & instancing, but no lighting, for better GPU performance. Minor Fix an issue where tie count was improperly displayed in certain languages. Minor optimizations from Vita/Xbox One port. |
| Update Released | 2015-04-30 | Fix for missing Russian "Shorts" menu translation. |
| Update Released | 2015-04-30 | Fix for missing Russian "Shorts" menu translation. |