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| In-game event | Update 5.0: New Horizons is Live Caretakers, Update 5.0: New Horizons is live for The Last Caretaker. This is a big update, but the important part is not just that we added more. It is that more of the game now connects. The humans you launch into orbit no longer feel like they simply disappear into a success state. The Committees wake up. Their work begins to reach back down to Earth. Project Eden begins. Trees rise from prog… | — | |
| Esports | UPDATE 04: BELOW US - Check Out Antti and Jack Showcasing the New Content Dear Caretakers, Join Antti and Jack as they play through the highlights of UPDATE 04: BELOW US and answer community questions! WHAT'S NEW: · Salvage Gyro for taking to the skies · Gyro Service Towers with recoverable blueprints · Seed Vault Eden Cradle, now open to explore · Project Canticle · HoloMemory: a world that remembers what came before Discover the full list of details in our Update P… | — | |
| In-game event | Content Update 4: Below Us is Live Content Update 4: Below Us is Live Caretakers, Content Update 4: Below Us is now live for The Last Caretaker . This is one of our largest updates so far. It expands the world, adds new tools, opens new locations, introduces new traces of the past, and includes another major round of fixes, optimization, and polish. ▶ INCOMING DIRECTIVE - WATCH CONTENT UPDATE 4: BELOW US TRAILER Highlights · You… | — | |
| Esports | Update 3.5: Shadow Drop - Watch Antti and Jack Play It Join Antti and Jack as they play through Update 3.5: Shadow Drop and showcase elements of what the update has to offer and answer community questions! Update 3.5: Shadow Drop is the direct result of your input. We've tracked your feedback and decided against waiting for the next major release to resolve these issues. This extra update focuses on the things players feel every day, making the gam… | — | |
| In-game event | Update 3.5 is Live: Shadow Drop Attention, all Caretakers! We have a surprise update for everyone, now live for all Early Access players. Update 3.5: Shadow Drop contains many fixes originally intended for Update 4. However, based on your community feedback, we at Channel37 decided not to wait. We’ve already implemented the fixes on our side, so why not just get them into your hands now? Shadow Drop is an unscheduled update t… | — | |
| Game update | UPDATE 03: Curiosity Wakes - IMPROVEMENTS Hey Caretakers! We hope you've been enjoying Update 03: Curiosity Wakes! Since Curiosity Wakes went live, we've listened closely to everything you’ve shared with us and based on your feedback we have rolled out hotfixes and improvements: March 21st, 2026 - \ Changes and Fixes: · Fixed an issue where certain objects could lose their saved data or have incorrect IDs. · Fixed cables becoming disco… | — | |
| Esports | Antti and Jack Stream Update 03: Curiosity Wakes! Join Antti and Jack as they play our latest update, Curiosity Wakes, where they will showcase all the brand-new features and content the update has to offer! To celebrate, we’re also launching our first ever 20% discount on Steam between March 19 and March 26 Be sure to tell a friend to come and join the fun! Update 03: Curiosity Wakes - Highlights: · Contact with Space The new Council of Human… | — | |
| Major update | Update 03 is Live: Curiosity Wakes Ahoy Caretakers! Curiosity Wakes is live now for all Early Access players. This update pushes the mission forward in huge ways: you finally make contact with space , new threats rise out of the ocean, and for the first time, you can bring a little help with you. ▶ Watch the Update 03 trailer: Highlights · Contact with space: the new Council of Humanity and committee system enables launched huma… | — | |
| Esports | Speedrunning The Last Caretaker Demo! In this video, Jack cleverly found out a way to speedrun our enhanced Demo. Have you figured out interesting ways to play The Last Caretaker? Please share them with our community! Still on the fence? Download the freshly upgraded Demo and give it a whirl. But if you feel ready to dive head-first into our flooded world, now's the perfect time to grab The Last Caretaker on Early Access and embark… | — | |
| Community | Download the upgraded DEMO for The Last Caretaker. Available now! Callout to all robot saviors of humanity! We’re dropping a strongly upgraded DEMO with new and improved content for The Last Caretaker. If you tried our demo before, now is a good time to boot it up again. The updated demo makes your starting area, the Sanctuary Dock, feel smoother and more alive with many new activities to try out. We’ve also opened up new areas you can explore right away. ▶ P… | — | |
| Major update | EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 02: OCEAN - THE FINAL FRONTIER Ahoy Caretakers Update 02: OCEAN - The Final Frontier is live now and free for all Early Access players. This update adds a new way to travel, new quest locations to uncover and a lot of work under the hood to keep your voyage stable as the world expands. HIGHLIGHTS · NEW VEHICALE: CS‑17 Courier Skimmer: fast surface travel, petrol cylinder support, and mooring cable towing · NEW QUESTS AND LOC… | — | |
| Game update | Patch - 0.6.1.606677 Hey Caretakers! We have rolled out a patch to the The Last Caretaker, which focuses on fixing the boat speed issue we have seen players experiencing since our recent patch. The bug is now fixed, thank you for bringing it to our attention and for your patience! CHANGES · Fixed boat speed issues. Please continue to share any issues, crashes or feedback using the in-game tool, on our Discord or em… | — | |
| Game update | Patch - 0.6.1.606604 Hey Caretakers! Today we have rolled out an update / patch which focuses on fixing some of the common bugs and issues we have seen since our first update, Last Humans. CHANGES · Fixed issues with physics not activating or deactivating correctly. · Fixed cables disconnecting when they should remain connected. · Fixed doors that were not updating correctly. · Fixed some potential game-crashing is… | — | |
| Game update | THE LAST CARETAKER: EARLY ACCESS - UPDATE 01 - HOTFIX Ahoy Caretakers, We’ve been reviewing save games, error reports, and feedback , and have just pushed a new hotfix focused on stability and persistence issues. This update continues our work to make The Last Caretaker more reliable with every patch. Fixes & Improvements · Fixed save persistence issues that could corrupt stored zones. · Improved boat stability during loading to prevent broken att… | 21235891 | |
| Major update | THE LAST CARETAKER: EARLY ACCESS - UPDATE 01 - LAST HUMANS Whats New · New locations and quests: The Warehouse opens for business, a new Hangar, caves, Habitat Nodes and secrets to uncover. · New items and modules: Forklift DONK-LIFT 3200 “Not your first choice. But the one you’re stuck with”, Compost Modules (Mark I & Mark II) and updates to recycler systems, Binoculars, Telescope, Night Vision Goggles, Health Injector, Underwater water-functional glo… | — | |
| Community | Steam Awards 2025 >> INCOMING DIRECTIVE: Nominate The Last Caretaker Ahoy, Caretakers, We hope this broadcast finds you safe among the waves! We have a small (but important) mission for you. The Steam Awards are fast approaching and we would really appreciate your nominations for the following category: Sit Back and Relax Our community has been loving chilling out as their ships bob gently on the waves - and we’ve loved hearing about it. Saving humanity is a dau… | — | |
| Community | The Last Caretaker - Early Access Accolades Trailer Ahoy, Caretakers! The Last Caretaker has been out in Early Access for nearly two weeks now and we just want to thank every Caretaker out there for their hard work toward saving humanity! We’ve been working hard toward the next content release and have released two hotfixes already with a third on the way! The Last Caretaker’s Early Access period will feature regular content updates including ne… | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix - 0.5.0.581999 Ahoy Caretakers, we hope you've been enjoying your time among the waves saving humanity. It’s been so incredible to see the community come together, and your reports have already helped us quickly identify and resolve several early issues. Today, we’re rolling out the next hotfix update , which addresses the following: · The human pod now correctly retains its properties after saving and loadin… | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix - 0.5.0.581804 It’s been amazing to see the community come together, and your reports have already helped us quickly identify and resolve several early issues. Today, we’re rolling out our first hotfix update , which addresses the following: · Fixed an issue where swapping magazines did not properly update the ammo count. · Bolt-action weapons now reload using the reload action rather than the interact bind.… | — | |
| Steam news | Early Access Available Now! Ahoy, Caretakers! After four years of development, we are proud to launch The Last Caretaker into early access today! We want to thank you so much for all your support and feedback up to this point and we’re truly excited for the journey ahead of us. We hope you’ll join us, and continue to provide incredible feedback as we expand this vast ocean world with more vehicles, items, systems and more… | — | |
| Community | Thank you for playing - let’s play some more! Wow, what a Next Fest that was! We loved seeing tens of thousands of you playing our demo, providing feedback and streaming on Twitch. We couldn’t be more grateful for your time playing, and for the love you’ve shown The Last Caretaker over the past week. Thanks to your feedback, we were able to update the Demo during Next Fest! As we don’t want you to stop playing; we’re happy to host our demo… | — | |
| Community | Updated Demo: FIxes, improvements and additions ahoy! We’re four days into Steam Next Fest, but the team at Channel37 can’t rest; we’ve updated the demo to squash some bugs, improve gameplay, and add some useful things to make your time on the waves even more fun. For starters, we’ve fixed a few things within the demo. Even though the list of bugs or rebalances was small, they’re super important for your enjoyment of our game. Be they audio or phy… | — | |
| Esports | Steam Next Fest Live Stream with Jack & Antti! Community Manager Jack and Creative Director Antti stream The Last Caretaker! Check out the demo now, and pick up the game when it releases on November 6th! | — | |
| Esports | Steam Next Fest Live Stream with Jack & Antti! Community Manager Jack and Creative Director Antti stream The Last Caretaker! Check out the demo now, and pick up the game when it releases on November 6th! | — | |
| Esports | Next Fest Livestream! Community Manager Jack is joined by some of the developers of The Last Caretaker as they stream and enjoy The Last Caretaker! The Last Caretaker hits early access on November 6th, 2025! | — | |
| Steam news | Download The Last Caretaker demo now! Ahoy, Caretakers! The Last Caretaker will be setting sail into Steam Next Fest ahead of its launch into early access on November 6th! The Next Fest is a week-long celebration of upcoming games with demos, livestreams and more! It starts next Monday, 13th October and lasts until the following Monday, 20th October. You don’t need to wait, though, the demo is available now! Explore Hangar 37 and g… | — | |
| Announcement | Early Access Release Date Announcement - Launching Nov 6! We're ecstatic to finally announce our early access release date of November 6, 2025! To celebrate, check out the release date trailer below, and learn more about the caretaker, and the world in which you explore, craft and survive in your quest to save humanity. Keep your eyes on steam over the coming weeks for a few pleasant surprises, and set your diary for November 6. We can't wait for you… | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.