Shadows of Doubt — 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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| Shadows of Doubt 42.03 - Patch Notes | 2026-04-30 | Hello detectives! Thanks for all your continued feedback. We've been working on a bunch of fixes which are now live in the game: Fixed: Navigation on Virtual Keyboard going to incorrect buttons. Fixed: Navigation on Virtual Keyboard becoming unresponsive. Fixed: Kidnap cases added objective feedback (when kidnapper frees victim) Fixed: Kidnap cases remind player kidnapper is still at large if not caught. Fixed: Kidnap case ‘free the victim’ case form objective read as completed when it wasn’t. Fixed: Kidnap case form not detecting if kidnapper was arrested. Fixed: Some cases where apartment furniture can no longer be placed outside of room bo |
| Shadows of Doubt Steam Workshop | 2026-01-12 | Hi Detectives!The Shadows of Doubt Steam Workshop is now live!Stretch your creative muscles as well as your detective ones with new modding tools and full Steam Workshop support.These new workshop tools allow you to create your own citizen conversations, v-mails and newspaper articles. Change certain in-game item properties like weapons, books and consumables. The Dialogue & Player Interactions system functionality has been expanded to enable players to create new citizen interactions, enabling the creation of side quests and similar new objectives.All of your mods can then be uploaded directly to the Steam Workshop and managed by the in-game |
| Shadows of Doubt V41.04 - Patch Notes | 2025-11-03 | Hello detectives! We have a brand new update for you all with a bunch of fixes. Check out the specifics below;Revamped camera image saving system; photographs you take in game now should be completely accurate when you load save games as we have switched to a system that saves image data to disk.FixesFixed: Crime scene tape appearance is now represented properly in CCTV images.Fixed: Player is now visible again when crouched during actor sighting check.Fixed: Player collider sizes could not set correctly when switching between rat/non-rat modes (could result in weird crouched movement).Fixed: CCTV did not capture the state of some doors corre |
| Modifiers update out now! | 2025-09-18 | Hi Detectives! You can now activate new modifiers that change the way you play the game. Including…Snail Nemesis You are immortal… However, somewhere, a snail is always slowly moving towards you. If it touches you, you die instantly. Rat detective You are the “Rat Detective”. You are only 10cm tall. You can climb on walls and ceilings. You can sneak past people and make less noise. However, if you are spotted, prepare to get stomped on! Fame and fortuneYou are a world-famous detective. Good luck hiding in the shadows while people are chasing you down and asking for your autograph. Film NoirExperience the full noir detective life with a black |
| Shadows of Doubt V 40.03 Patch Notes | 2025-06-19 | Hey detectives. It is new patch time! With some new fixes ahead of our next content update which is coming soon 🕵️Fixed: At least one case of unresponsive UI when pinning CCTV print-outs. Fixed: Days of the week now abbreviated when appropriate in most non-ENG languages. Fixed: Discovering an employment contract did not update the citizen’s address details. Fixed: Discovering an wallet/purse did not update the citizen’s address details. Fixed: Player was unable to hold a commemorative bas-boule in their hands (no options for throwing, putting down). Fixed: When 2 or more hand-in case routines were active, the processing sound was played twic |
| The Off-Duty update is live now! | 2025-04-29 | Hello detectives! The “Off-Duty” update is live now! This is our first content update of 2025. You can now get into the detective spirit and chill with a pack of smokes when a case just gets too demanding (we do not recommend this in real life 😅) Want to relax after a long day of sleuthing? Try a round of the brand-new digital card game, Wizards. A fantasy-themed grid-based card game. Be the first to bring your AI opponent’s HP to 0 to win. Strategically place your cards on the board, utilise their unique abilities, and watch the battle ensue each turn. Go a little rogue and take on a secret shoe-stealing side mission (check your local newsp |
| 2025 Roadmap | 2025-04-25 | Hello detectives! As we've mentioned in a previous dev blog, the Shadows of Doubt investigations are continuing throughout the year. We are happy to now show you our 2025 development case board outlining our upcoming updates and patches! The first update lands on Tuesday, the 29th of April. This update adds a new side mission, the ability to smoke, a new in-game card game and new items. Along with more bug fixes and QOL improvements. Soon after, we will have a dedicated patch coming out, focusing on fixing reported bugs, further game polish and QOL improvements In August, we will be launching the “Modifiers” update! This update will allow pla |
| Shadows of Doubt Joins the London Games Festival Event & Sale! | 2025-04-02 | We’re excited to announce that Shadows of Doubt is part of the London Games Festival event on Steam! London is one of the most diverse, vibrant, and creative cities on the planet—and its games industry is no different. Games London’s mission is to make London the games capital of the world, supporting local businesses, connecting developers with investors, and hosting the UK’s biggest games event. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the London Games Festival, Fireshine Games is thrilled to highlight some of the incredible titles developed and published in London. As part of the event, you can grab Shadows of Doubt for 40% off for a limited t |
| Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 43: What to Expect in 2025 | 2025-02-05 | Hello detectives! This is a follow-up blog from the last one where I discussed new content for Shadows in 2025. We have fleshed out some plans now and I wanted to share a little on what we're working on for the game this year. If you haven't already, I recommend reading the last blog post for some content: Mainly that we have decided to not add anything massive as to do so would likely cause issues with the game systems we've already spent a lot of time working on over early access & beyond. With that in mind, let us jump in! What I do want to focus on this year in addition to more bug fixes is giving the game a new coat of polish. These cont |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.13 Patch Notes | 2025-01-21 | Hey detectives, time to investigate a fresh patch for you all after checking it out on the experimental branch. More news to come on the plans for the year soon as well! Much improved mini-map rendering speed Fixed: Citizens could become stuck in a loop cleaning up receipts from the floor in their home if certain conditions were met. Fixed: In certain circumstances the player could give items to dead citizens. Fixed: Taking a bullet casing from an apartment-stored inventory could result in a non-droppable item that the player could repeatedly take. Fixed: An inaccessible light switch could spawn behind a water cooler.* Fixed: Game forgot play |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.13 Experimental Branch Patch Notes | 2025-01-15 | Hey folks, we have another new experimental patch for you all. Experimental Branch: These builds are only found on our ‘experimental’ steam branch. You can access this by right clicking the game in your steam library, choosing ‘properties’, then the ‘betas’ tab. The experimental build should be in the dropdown list. Experimental builds may be less tested than the default branch builds. Most experimental branch patches will make their way to the default branch after a week or two (barring any issues discovered). Please do see the public bug list with comments from Cole about what is being worked on at the moment here: https://shadowsofdoubt.no |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.12 Patch Notes | 2024-12-11 | Hey Detectives, another patch incoming now with some more fixes ahead of the holiday season. Fixed: Some number pad selection issues while using a controller (using D-Pad selection moves the virtual cursor) Fixed: Missing Work ID and Wallet in Tutorial Fixed: Incorrect citizen age calculation Fixed: Number keys pull up inventory items during cruncher passcode entry (as they are also hotkeys) Fixed: Apartment keys could be stolen legally while the player obtained a guest pass Fixed: Player gained the ‘wet’ status effect while in an exterior air duct if it was raining Fixed: Removed inspect action for bleach bottle as it was missing a summary F |
| Shadows of Doubt Devblog #42: Looking Forwards | 2024-12-10 | Hello detectives! It’s been a couple of months since the launch of 1.0 and I wanted to share a general update to talk about what you can expect next year. First off, I’m extremely pleased to announce that Shadows of Doubt is part of this year’s Jingle Jam games bundle; a fundraising initiative with a collection of games available for donations over £35. All money goes to some excellent causes. This ends on December 14th, so be quick about it! On the dev team side, we’ve been mostly keeping our head down and working on resolving bugs. We’re finding we’re currently solving around ~15 issues per patch, with patches coming about every 3 or 4 week |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.11 Patch Notes | 2024-11-18 | Hello Detectives, we have a fresh batch of patch notes with a new suite of bug fixes for you all. The work continues in the background towards making the best version of Shadows of Doubt possible and more patches are on the way. Thank you for your continued support folks Fixed: Apartment storage items missing on load game Fixed: Player movement could sometimes become restricted when crouched Fixed: When a new crime scene is opened, enforcers no longer target other people who live there Fixed: Citizens should no longer attempt to turn on the lights in a room where another citizen is sleeping Fixed: Citizens could get stuck sitting while waitin |
| Investigations #18: Hot Cases and Cold Weather | 2024-11-13 | Greetings detectives, unlike the cold weather we are beginning to get for the holiday season, the cases remain hot with our community sleuths on the job! Let’s take a look at what you all have been up to recently: Speaking of hot cases, check out this monster case board from Reddit u/DankSpiritCase. Complete with an accompanying rundown of the investigation and we are happy to hear there is another killer off the streets! Our detective modders never cease to amaze with some of the things they create. Welcome to “Rexton City”. With a sprawling 5x7, 887 population city like this, we can imagine how endless exploring it all can feel. Let alone s |
| Investigations #17: Community Stories + The Cola Monster | 2024-10-30 | Hey detectives! We hope you’ve been enjoying the cooler weather and spooky season so far this October. Our team is still hard at work squashing bugs and we want to thank everyone who has been so patient and excited to be on this investigation with us. It’s been a huge technical endeavour for us as such a small team and your reports have been an amazing help in our public bug list. We aren’t done yet! That being said, let’s celebrate some of the awesome + spooky content we’ve seen from the community recently🎃 Discord Detective Thog has got a voice any criminal wouldn’t mind copping to during an interrogation. Check out his latest detective na |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.10 Patch Notes | 2024-10-24 | Hey detectives, we've got a new patch for you all with a host of fixes that should improve your playing experience! Cole and the small team here have been hard at work trying to squash those hard to find and replicate bugs. As always you can see the existing bug list and what Cole is working on here Fixed: Loading screen getting stuck at ‘Simulating Past Events’ on Casablanca Quarter (it was possible this was affecting other cities too) Fixed: Route plotting issues where the route would not appear for the player under certain circumstances Fixed: Switching to clear text mode on an evidence window would result in link locations in the text not |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.09 Patch Notes | 2024-10-11 | Hey detectives, we are pushing the most recent experimental build live on the main branch now. We are hard at work on another patch that we should have ready for you early next week. You can check what Cole is working on with the public bug list here: https://shadowsofdoubt.notion.site/0053dddf306643eea972c6595ac897d2?v=25d97977c0ad43b5811787d11ee27987 Fixed: Cover-Up calls and a couple of other instances would list details of past murders instead of the immediate one Fixed: Cover-up calls could happen constantly after the first occurrence, and now you also have an option to refuse after the first choice Fixed: Kidnap cases could stall if the |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.09 Experimental Branch Patch Notes | 2024-10-08 | Hey folks, we have another new experimental patch for you all. Cole and the team are hard at work cracking through the most pressing issues but also the issues that are addressable to try and improve the playing experience for as many as possible as quickly as possible. We hope that some of these fixes will be a step in the right direction on this front! Please do see the public bug list with comments from Cole about what is being worked on at the moment here: https://shadowsofdoubt.notion.site/0053dddf306643eea972c6595ac897d2?v=25d97977c0ad43b5811787d11ee27987 Fixed: Cover-Up calls and a couple of other instances would list details of past m |
| Shadows of Doubt V 39.08 Patch Notes | 2024-10-03 | Hey folks, just pushing the most recent experimental build live to default now after checking for any additional issues there. We are hard at work on another patch that we should have ready for you early next week. You can check what Cole is working on with the public bug list here: https://shadowsofdoubt.notion.site/0053dddf306643eea972c6595ac897d2?v=25d97977c0ad43b5811787d11ee27987 Patch Notes: Elevator controls interaction changed to primary action button To avoid input focus issues you can now only have one of the following open at once; map, upgrades, inventory Fixed: Some transparency issue for control glyphs present in objectives Fixed |