Minami Lane — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Introducing our new game: Milki Delivery! 🐮🚲 | 2026-01-16 | Hi everyone,We’re happy to finally share what we’ve been working on these past few months! Our next game is called Milki Delivery, and it’s a cozy exploration and delivery adventure coming in 2026.You play as Neha, a young apprentice who just started her dairy delivery service in a quiet rural corner:🐮 Deliver milk to friendly folks🏔️ Explore the countryside🚲 Upgrade your bike & dairy farm✅ Complete quests & reconnect villagersTime to leave your little street and wishlist your next cozy adventure! 🌻 We are so excited and we hope you will like our game! 💖 |
| 1.1.4p Unity vulnerability fix | 2025-10-08 | Hey there 🧋This is a tiny update to fix a vulnerability patch that was recently discovered on Unity.I tested the patch as much as I could, and it shouldn't change anything to the game, but if you encounter new bugs please report them and I'll try to patch them quickly.Have a nice day 💌 |
| Minami Lane 1.1.4 bug fix update 🧑🔧 | 2025-02-28 | Hey there 👋 This is just a tiny update that fixes a tiny bug! Fixed a bug where absolutely no one would come to a shop. Thanks a lot for the community for helping me find and fix this one! Btw, today Minami Lane is exactly one year old, thank you so much for turning our little cute game into this amazing success. We love you 💌 |
| Minami Lane 1.1.3 bug fix update 🧑🔧 | 2025-01-06 | Hey there and happy new year ✨ This is a tiny update to fix a few bugs reported by the community. Bugs and fixes Fixed corrupted saves that led to not being able to continue the mission (infamous 555 bug). Fixed some rare issues encountered on the Fully Upgraded and Customer Listener achievements. Other Added Wholesome Games Presents and Doot Tiny Games logos to splash screen. |
| Announcing my next game: Kabuto Park 🪲🦋🌲 | 2024-12-13 | The Steam page of Kabuto Park is live! 🪲🌸🌲 Time to add the cutest bug collection game to your wishlist ✨ I really hope you'll like this new tiny game I'm working on 💕 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3376990/Kabuto_Park/ |
| Nominate us for the Steam "Relax" award! | 2024-11-27 | There are so many great cozy relaxing games that came out this year! We'd love it if you nominate us for this award, but here is a list of other lovely games if you want to take a look: Tiny Glade Fields of Mistria Spirit City: Lofi Sessions Rusty's Retirement SUMMERHOUSE Broken Lens Flock and many many more! Don't forget to pick one and show your love 💖 |
| Ema the Tanuki Plushie | 2024-09-07 | 🧸✨Ema the Tanuki Plushie✨🧸 Bring Minami Lane's cutest resident home with this limited edition Ema the Tanuki plush! With her soft fur, charming tanuki hat, and a tiny leaf in hand, she's the perfect companion for snuggles. Stop thinking about increasing your villagers' satisfaction and start increasing your own with the cuddliest friend you could ask for! This is a limited-time offer and won’t be available again once the campaign ends. Pre-order now on Makeship! 🦝🍃 It will get funded if we reach 200 backers (you get your money back otherwise!) Help us make it happen!! 🥰 PS: IT'S EVEN SOFTER THAN IT LOOKS AHHHH PS2: Every purchase comes w |
| v 1.1.2 - Traditional Chinese is now available! | 2024-07-04 | Minami Lane is now available in Traditional Chinese! We also fixed a few tiny bugs and typos. Minami Lane sold more than 100k copies, we are so happy! Thanks everyone 💖💌 |
| Minami Lane is now Steam Deck verified 🎮🟢 | 2024-06-11 | You can now enjoy Minami Lane on you favorite device! Full controller support with lots of button shortcuts and an enhanced virtual cursor Touch screen support Trackpad support Popup keyboard to rename shops This was actually there since 1.1, but Steam needed a bit of time to check everything. Now we finally have the shiny green badge, I'm happy! ✨ |
| Minami Lane 1.1.1 bug fix update 🧑🔧 | 2024-06-10 | Hey there ✨ This is a tiny update to fix a few bugs and typos! Thanks to everyone who reported those! Bugs and fixes Fixed thought save button sometimes not working as expected. Fixed numbers of trash collected not displaying correctly if higher than 20. Fixed hidden object sometimes getting behind the yokai tree house. Fix resolution options on very small screens (less than 720p) Fixed 2 typos |
| 6 new languages + full gamepad support ✨ 1.1 out now 🧋 | 2024-05-28 | Hey there 🌸 This is the biggest update to Minami Lane since its release, and it brings two very requested additions: new languages and native gamepad support! We also added several visual and quality of life upgrades, reworked some stuff and fixed a lot of tiny sneaky bugs. Minami Lane should be cozier than ever now ✨ 6 new languages Minami Lane is now available in a total of 7 languages: English French German Spanish Portuguese (Brazilian) Japanese Simplified Chinese Full Gamepad support Minami Lane can now be played comfortably with a gamepad or on any handheld platform Like Steam Deck or ROG Ally. Xbox, Playstation and Steam Deck controll |
| Community items are now available ✨🧋 | 2024-04-04 | Trading cards, profile backgrounds, badges and emojis are now available for Minami Lane! You'll get 1 card every 30 min. Crafting badges will earn you items such as profile backgrounds and emojis! On another note, we are hard at work on localization currently, we'll probably have news for you in the coming weeks! Stay tuned! |
| Minami Lane is now available for macOS 🍎 | 2024-03-12 | You can now play the game on mac ✨ I'm so happy! Thanks a lot to playtesters who helped us a lot with this. We tested it as we could, but there could still be some bugs with the mac version that we didn't see. If you encounter any issue, please report them in the community discussions, the discord server or by mail. Have fun and share with your mac owner friends! |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 1.0.3 update 🧑🔧 | 2024-03-12 | Hey there ✨ Big news today! We managed to port the game to mac! I'm so happy! Thanks a lot to playtesters who helped us a lot with this. New Platform Minami Lane is now playable on macOS! We tested is as we could, but there could still be some bugs with the mac version that we didn't see. If you encounter any issue, please report them in the community discussions, the discord server or by mail. QoL improvements New accessibility setting: Big Cursor. This makes the cursor 2.5x bigger for a better visibility. Bugs and fixes Fixed missing flag on pink color of bookstore. Fixed top right menu behaving weirdly if you activated photo mode while it |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 1.0.2 update 🧑🔧 | 2024-03-02 | Hey everyone! We are absolutely delighted with how well the release is going. It was very stressful to put our game out there and seeing all the positive feedback is incredibly heartwarming 💖 A big thanks too to people who reported bugs and issues on the Steam forums and on our discord. We are working on fixing as much as we can, and here is a first post launch update with a lot of little improvements! I hope it makes your experience even better. Visual improvements Main menu looks better than ever on Ultra Wide resolutions. Photo Mode now also hides cursor. (press P during daytime to toggle Photo Mode) QoL improvements On Steam Deck, keyboa |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 1.0.1 hotfix 🧑🔧 | 2024-02-28 | One last hotfix before the release! Bugs and fixes Fixed a bug preventing "Ring Ring!" achievement to be completed. Fixed a save bug where you could complete "Ring Ring!" and "Found you!" achievements by saving and loading your game near the end of the mission. Fixed service building blue button showing up uninvited during daytime if you clicked on a button in the top right menu. |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 1.0.0 update 🧑🔧 | 2024-02-27 | That's it! We did everything we could, and are actually quite proud of our little game right there. Can't wait for you to try it when it releases tomorrow! Balancing Mission 2 money objective is now a bit easier. Visual improvements Added missing variety to street decorations in sandbox mode. Adjusted "Loading" text on loading screen so that it's not cut on Steam Deck default resolution. Centered text on button of Daily News. Bugs and fixes Fixed big nasty bug that counted optional time objectives as constraints and made you lose the game while that was supposed to be impossible. Other You cannot build more than 40 buildings in a street. Come |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 0.9.4 update 🧑🔧 | 2024-02-27 | Only one day left before the full release! This might be one of the last updates before launch ✨ Balancing Mission 3 secondary objective is now a bit easier. Replaced Mission 5 secondary objective. Visual improvements Daily tips look better. Loading screen looks better. Better shadow and position of tanuki bag form. Better green text color to make it a bit more color blind friendly. Added a small blue background to shop level (stars) to make it more readable. QoL improvements Most menus can now be closed with the Escape key. Menus close when needed if another conflicting menu is opened. The default setting for following villager on click is n |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 0.9.3 update 🧑🔧 | 2024-02-26 | And here is another one for today! So close to release, and our known bugs list is now almost empty ✨ Balancing Reworked random recipe rules for some shops Slightly lowered Youth satisfaction on medium prices Visual improvements Calmed down Park animation Daily News Button is not weirdly stretched anymore Better layout for Unlock text Bugs and fixes Fixed unclickable thought save button Fixed settings not loading on game start sometimes Fixed Mission 4 perfect recipe / selection objectives. You could complete them with twice the same recipe, not anymore. Fixed objectives checkmarks not refreshing correctly on save reload of an already won mis |
| 🏡🦝🚲 Minami Lane 0.9.2 update 🧑🔧 | 2024-02-26 | We are now two days away from release and still hard at work on the game! These last updates on the road to 1.0 will focus on visual polish, balancing and bug fixes. Balancing You now start mission 2 with a bit more money. Villagers talk a bit more about prices (lowered too much in the last update) Visual improvements End credits are looking better than ever with cute animations. Added animations to Karaoke and Ramen Shop lanterns, fixed animation on Konbini flag. Buildings now have shadows. Vilagers shadows don't go out of the pavement anymore. Ramen and Boba recipe visual assets adjusted slightly. Better cloud colors. Villagers have a bit l |