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| Update notes (19th December 2025)major Hello, PC & PCVR players, you haven’t been forgotten! The VR experience has gotten a complete graphics overhaul. The new version of VR mode on PC is now much more performant so if you’ve had any issues running it before, now is a good time to give it a new try. On flatscreen mode we decided to roll back to using Unity’s own SSGI instead of the previously implemented GI solution. This leads to t… | 21259568 | |
| Update notes (4th June 2025) Full changelog: · Chapter 0: Fixed hotel doors sometimes opening to wrong directions · Added "deletePlayerPref" command to the developer console - Example: "deletePlayerPref vr-tracking-origin-mode" command restores the VR tracking mode back to seated mode · (VR) Improved standing / roomscale VR tracking mode - reduces the chances of camera getting stuck on the floor when enabling the setting ·… | 18725145 | |
| PC VR is heremajor PC VR mode is out now as a free update! Full changelog · Windows: Add PC VR support · Add view distance setting · Chapter 2: restored "Look At" event functionality to the statue surrounded by plastic chairs · Chapter 2: possibly make Anatidaephobia easier to trigger · Linux: Fix crash at the end of chapter 6 which caused ch0 to not unlock Note: For Linux and Mac users; the VR is not officially… | — | |
| Hotfix (26th Apr 2025) Full changelog: · Chapter 0: improved audio stability and performance - should fix most audio crackling issues · Chapter 0: fixed missing audio clip variant for "Laminate" surface type footstep Patch is now out on Windows and Linux. Mac version will be updated as soon as we can. | 18248443 | |
| Update notes (25th Apr 2025) Full changelog: · Chapter 0: Prevent getting stuck on concrete thing on water · Chapter 0: Add clock to one certain room · Chapter 0: Fixed missing ceilings · Chapter 0: improved audio stability and performance · Remove small imperfections from shallow water footsteps such as metallic noise and hard wind noises · Add subtle underwater ladder sounds · Add more barefoot sounds · Chapter 2: Added… | — | |
| Chapter 0 is Here – A Free New Levelmajor Hello everyone, The waters of POOLS just got deeper. Chapter 0 - a brand-new free level, is now available! This free content update is our way of saying “thank you” to all of you here. Over the past year, POOLS has grown beyond our wildest dreams, with over 4,000 Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews. Thanks to you, our small team has been able to work on POOLS as a real job. We are a fully-fle… | 18180034 | |
| Update notes (29th Apr 2024) Added dynamic ambient water surface movement / wave sounds · Updated the activation conditions of some achievements making them less annoying to unlock · Slight adjustments to audio mixing for some environmental sounds in chapter 2 and chapter 6 · Fixed a bug where saved screen resolution setting would not load correctly when starting the game application · Fixed a bug where screen resolution w… | 14211629 | |
| Update notes (28th Apr 2024) Fixed a bug where "Invert y-axis" setting would be ignored when starting a new chapter · Fixed a bug where frame rate limit selection would not be saved when modifying the setting from main menu screen · Fixed a bug in chapter 2 where players could walk up inside a yellow slide and get stuck · Enabled V-sync by default for new players · Default lighting quality setting updated from "High" to "M… | 14199490 | |
| Update notes (27th Apr 2024) Adjusted German translation · Fixed a bug where player could climb along the edge of the double spiral slide and get stuck in Chapter 2 · Fixed a situation where player would teleport back to a ladder after camera rewind sequence ends in Chapter 4 · Fixed a possible way to go out of bounds and get stuck in Chapter 5 · Fixed a bug where "Error In Production" achievement was practically impossibl… | 14194107 | |
| Hotfix for Steam language selection fixed an issue where English language selection would be ignored and the game would default to system language | 14187770 | |
| Update notes (26th Apr 2024) removed one potential cause for false positives in malware detections - removed all Application.OpenURL calls from game code · fixed two locations in chapter 2 where the player could get stuck | 14187430 |
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| 19 Dec 2025 | Fri | 15:35 | Update notes (19th December 2025) | 21259568 | public | 3 | — |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Fri | 11:28 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 18852645 | pools-old | 3 | — |
| 3 Nov 2024 | Sun | 04:59 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 14736392 | 14.6.24 | 3 | — |