Krita Update History · SteamPeaks

Krita Update History · SteamPeaks

Time (UTC)SourceWhat changedAddedEditedRemovedReference

16 Sep 2026

21:32:07NewsKrita 5.3.4 Released.———25335916

Game update · published 16 Sep 2026, 21:32:07 UTC

Krita 5.3.4 Released.

Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.4, a minor bugfix update which brings about various small improvements that will hopefully make your experience of using Krita smoother and better. You can read about the various changes by following the link below. Thanks as always for your support, Krita artists!

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2 Jun 2026

20:47:48NewsKrita 5.3.2.1 Hotfix———Game update

Game update · published 2 Jun 2026, 20:47:48 UTC

Krita 5.3.2.1 Hotfix

Hey all, we've just released a hotfix for Krita 5.3.2 that solves a critical bug with the layers docker. You can find more information here: Thanks as always, Emmet

1 Apr 2026

06:43:56NewsKrita 5.3 Released & SteamCloud for Krita Documents———Major update

Major update · published 1 Apr 2026, 06:43:56 UTC

Krita 5.3 Released & SteamCloud for Krita Documents

Hello to all the Krita community artists here on Steam. Today I'm happy to bring a double-whammy of great news to you all! Krita 5.3 is here, and it's a big one... This week marks the release of Krita 5.3.1! We technically released Krita 5.3 last week, but it was quickly brought to our attention that certain users on Windows platforms with PowerToys installed were running into serious issues wi…

30 Jan 2026

23:34:11NewsKrita 5.2.15 Released.———Game update

Game update · published 30 Jan 2026, 23:34:11 UTC

Krita 5.2.15 Released.

Hi Krita artists! This is just a quick announcement that we've released yet another minor bugfix release, Krita 5.2.15. As always you can find the full details of what has changed in the release notes . Thanks as always for your continued support.

15 Dec 2025

00:17:24NewsKrita 5.2.14 bugfix release!———Game update

Game update · published 15 Dec 2025, 00:17:24 UTC

Krita 5.2.14 bugfix release!

Hey all, happy winter! Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.14. This is going to be the last bug fix release for 5.2. This update is mostly focused on bug fixes and improvements, but there are some small features and UI adjustments that we hope will make working with Krita even better. As always you can read about the full list of changes here on our website . Thanks as always for all of our support…

24 Sep 2025

21:07:03NewsKrita 5.2.13 bugfix release!———20115361

Game update · published 24 Sep 2025, 21:07:03 UTC

Krita 5.2.13 bugfix release!

"Today we are releasing Krita 5.2.13! This is a bugfix release containing a number of important Android fixes, courtesy of Carsten Hartenfels, our new Android Maintainer. The release also includes a security fix that affected the work with TGA files." As always, please feel free to check out the full release notes here: Thank you all for your continued support!

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9 Jul 2025

19:47:07NewsKrita 5.2.10 Released!———Game update

Game update · published 9 Jul 2025, 19:47:07 UTC

Krita 5.2.10 Released!

Hi all! Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.10! This is a bug fix release. After this release we will focus on releasing Krita 5.3.0, the next feature release, and Krita 6.0.0, the first release based on Qt6. [!NOTE] Note for users of keyboards with more than 12 function keys. Programs like WeChat regularly inject a spurious F22 keypress to get focus. From 5.2.10, Krita will by default ignore any f…

29 Jan 2025

21:10:05NewsKrita 5.2.9 Released!———17153183

In-game event · published 29 Jan 2025, 21:10:05 UTC

Krita 5.2.9 Released!

Hi all! We're back once again to announce the release of Krita 5.2.9, a bugfix release which should greatly improve Krita's stability and functionality in various ways. As always you can read all about what has changes in our full release notes here on our official website . Thanks again for supporting Krita, and happy drawing!

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30 Sep 2024

21:48:10NewsHotfix 5.2.6 Released.———Game update

Game update · published 30 Sep 2024, 21:48:10 UTC

Hotfix 5.2.6 Released.

Hey all, super quick update! Some Krita 5.2.5 users were running into a bad crash, and this bug was occurring enough that we decided it would be best to do a hotfix release with the appropriate fix. As such, we're releasing Krita 5.2.6 as a hotfix patch for 5.2.5's crashing problem, and we're publishing it here on Steam even before the official update so that those of you who get automatic upda…

26 Sep 2024

20:34:26NewsKrita 5.2.5 Released!———Game update

Game update · published 26 Sep 2024, 20:34:26 UTC

Krita 5.2.5 Released!

Krita 5.2.5 is here, bringing over 50 bugfixes since 5.2.3 (5.2.4 was a Windows-specific hotfix). Major fixes have been done to audio playback, transform mask calculation and more! In addition to the core team, special thanks to Maciej Jesionowski, Ralek Kolemios, Freya Lupen, Michael Genda, Rasyuqa A. H., Simon Ra and Sam James for a variety of fixes! As always, here's a link to the full patch…

26 Jul 2024

20:42:25NewsKrita 5.2.3/4 is here and 25 years of Krita!———15167015

In-game event · published 26 Jul 2024, 20:42:25 UTC

Krita 5.2.3/4 is here and 25 years of Krita!

Hey Krita community! I'm glad to announce to you all today that Krita 5.2.3 (or 5.2.4 on Windows) is finally here for all of our Steam users after an unfortunate, but necessary, delay. Before I get into the details surrounding the brief delay, please check out our official 5.2.3 patch notes over on the Krita website . As some of you may know, Krita 5.2.3 was meant to come out for all of our use…

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9 Dec 2023

04:40:57NewsKrita 5.2.2 Bug Fix Patch Released———Game update

Game update · published 9 Dec 2023, 04:40:57 UTC

Krita 5.2.2 Bug Fix Patch Released

Hey all, this week we've released another round of bug fixes. You can find out all of the juicy details here in the patch notes .

11 Oct 2023

22:40:51NewsKrita 5.2 has been released!———12370327

Major update · published 11 Oct 2023, 22:40:51 UTC

Krita 5.2 has been released!

Hi again all, we're very happy to announce that Krita 5.2 has been released and is now live on Steam. Krita's latest update has been a year in the making and has a ton of foundational upgrades to a variety of systems like animation audio, text, tools and dockers. On top of all that, we've also delivered a whole lot of bug fixes and usability improvements that should make creating art with Krita…

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31 Aug 2023

04:47:10NewsLinux: Fixed Krita for Flatpak version of Steam.———12075050

Game update · published 31 Aug 2023, 04:47:10 UTC

Linux: Fixed Krita for Flatpak version of Steam.

Hi again Krita community, I have a small (but important) update for Linux users. We've fixed Krita on the Flatpak version of Steam! Now, to give a bit of a technical explanation for anyone who cares, Krita is normally distributed on Linux in a portable application format called "AppImage". Since we brought Krita to Steam for Linux, it's been just the same, distributed through Steam as an AppIma…

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28 Apr 2023

20:37:12NewsNotice: Some Linux (Flatpak) users having issues! [FIXED]———Community

Community · published 28 Apr 2023, 20:37:12 UTC

Notice: Some Linux (Flatpak) users having issues! [FIXED]

Hi there. I just want to let everybody know that we've been informed that some Linux (Flatpak) users are having issues running Krita through Steam at the moment. I'm in the process of trying to find out what went wrong and I'll let you all know as soon as it's fixed. UPDATE : This problem appears to only be affecting Linux users who have Steam installed through Flatpak . It seems like the Krita…

5 Jan 2023

22:48:27NewsKrita 5.1.5 Released.———10264783

Game update · published 5 Jan 2023, 22:48:27 UTC

Krita 5.1.5 Released.

Happy New Year all, I'm here to let you know that there's a new version of Krita out which fixes a few more bugs. Follow the link below to read the full path notes.

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15 Dec 2022

22:04:35NewsKrita Patch 5.1.4 Released———10157672

Game update · published 15 Dec 2022, 22:04:35 UTC

Krita Patch 5.1.4 Released

Hey all, just wanted to let you know that we've just release Krita 5.1.4, which fixes a number of bugs. As always you can read all about what's been fixed in the release notes . Also, happy holidays and new year to everybody. Let's keep on making the art that only we can make in 2023! That's it for now. Krita Dev Team.

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15 Nov 2022

01:10:20NewsKrita 5.1.3 Released———Game update

Game update · published 15 Nov 2022, 01:10:20 UTC

Krita 5.1.3 Released

Hey all, Krita 5.1.3 is now out on Steam. Sorry that this update is a tiny bit later on Steam than other channels but I was out of town for release week! Today we’re releasing Krita 5.1.3. This is strictly a bug fix release, but we recommend updating to everyone. There are also performance improvements because we updated some of the libraries we use! Note that we have skipped 5.1.2 because of a…

11 Nov 2022

11:29:20NewsNotice: Krita 5.1.3 Steam release delayed until the beginning of next week.———Community

Community · published 11 Nov 2022, 11:29:20 UTC

Notice: Krita 5.1.3 Steam release delayed until the beginning of next week.

Hi again, all. This week we've released Krita 5.1.3, a minor bugfix release. Unfortunately I'm out of town and away from my normal workspace, and I'm having some difficultly pushing the latest version to Steam. As such, I want to let all of our Steam users know that the Steam release of 5.1.3 will be delayed until the beginning of next week, and will hopefully be uploaded on or around Monday, N…

26 Sep 2022

05:53:55NewsKrita 5.1.1 Bugfix Release———Game update

Game update · published 26 Sep 2022, 05:53:55 UTC

Krita 5.1.1 Bugfix Release

Today we’re releasing Krita 5.1.1. This is strictly a bug fix release. Two serious problems are fixed in this release: a slowdown in start-up time experienced by some people, and a crash when copying a vector layer. You can read the specific change notes here.

2 May 2022

19:05:14NewsKrita 5.0.6———Game update

Game update · published 2 May 2022, 19:05:14 UTC

Krita 5.0.6

Hi again. Just wanted to inform you all about another small hotfix update. We've released Krita 5.0.6, which fixes a couple of crashes. Of course, you can read the details over in our patch notes. Thanks as always for your support. Emmet

14 Apr 2022

17:52:20NewsKrita 5.0.5 Bugfix Update———Game update

Game update · published 14 Apr 2022, 17:52:20 UTC

Krita 5.0.5 Bugfix Update

Hi again! Just wanted to let all of our supporters here on Steam that we've released a new update for Krita that solves a bunch of annoying bugs. Here's the full list of changes. As always I'd like to thank you all for supporting the Krita project here on Steam. As a free, open source, and community-driven tool for artists all over the world, we rely on the generosity of community members who u…

14 Feb 2022

20:41:33NewsmacOS content issues should now be fixed!———Community

Community · published 14 Feb 2022, 20:41:33 UTC

macOS content issues should now be fixed!

Hi everyone. I want to let you know that Steam support has helped us get to the bottom of the issue with content distribution on macOS that was leaving many users with nothing more than an "EmptySteamDepot" file. The problem was, unfortunately, due to a Steamworks configuration mistake that I made in which the macOS depot was not properly attached to all of the various packages--this is also th…

7 Feb 2022

15:23:11NewsmacOS: EmptySteamDepot issue is being looked into!———Community

Community · published 7 Feb 2022, 15:23:11 UTC

macOS: EmptySteamDepot issue is being looked into!

We've been getting multiple reports and emails from Steam macOS users that, for some reason, their Krita isn't working because they are not properly receiving Krita's program content from Steam. This seems to be a problem that only some macOS users are having, and strangely, none of the dev team's macOS testers have been able to reproduce this issue on their systems. But for those of you who *a…

20 Jan 2022

20:53:06NewsNote: Rollback Branch Temporarily Disabled.———Community

Community · published 20 Jan 2022, 20:53:06 UTC

Note: Rollback Branch Temporarily Disabled.

Update : Issues with the rollback branch have been resolved. Windows and Linux users can once again use the rollback branch to downgrade to Krita 4.4.8 if needed. For MacOS users, there will be no difference between the default and rollback branches just yet, because Krita 5.0 is the first MacOS Krita release to be distributed through Steam. (The next time we advance the rollback branch the ver…

10 Jan 2022

00:42:42NewsKrita 5 for macOS is here!———Community

Community · published 10 Jan 2022, 00:42:42 UTC

Krita 5 for macOS is here!

Hi Krita community, Emmet here. As you probably know, we released the latest big update to Krita, version 5.0, just a few weeks ago. It was one of our biggest updates ever, so if you haven't had time to check it out yet then you might want to take a peek at the release notes . This was one of those patches where we were all working hard up until the very last minute, but we got there! One thing…

23 Dec 2021

09:27:08NewsThe Story Continues, Krita 5.0 is Here!———Major update

Major update · published 23 Dec 2021, 09:27:08 UTC

The Story Continues, Krita 5.0 is Here!

Hey Steam community, I'm thrilled to let you know that today is the day! What day, you ask? The day that Krita 5.0, the biggest Krita update in years, is finally here! It has been a long road and a lot of work to get there, but we hope that you'll find that Krita 5 is more powerful, flexible, and solid than before. We've got a whole new resource system, improved animation tools, better gradient…

26 Aug 2021

04:23:27NewsKrita 4.4.8 Released.———Game update

Game update · published 26 Aug 2021, 04:23:27 UTC

Krita 4.4.8 Released.

This is strictly a bug fix release. There are two changes: we fixed an issue with saving a .kra file with an embedded palette, which was broken leading to dataloss, and, for Windows, support for fractional HiDPI display scaling is now disabled by default.

18 Aug 2021

19:35:32NewsKrita 5.0 Beta 1 Out Now!———Steam news

Steam news · published 18 Aug 2021, 19:35:32 UTC

Krita 5.0 Beta 1 Out Now!

Hey again Krita community, Today I'm happy to let you all know that we've put out the very first beta version for Krita 5! It's so totally packed to the brim with new features, changes, bug fixes and other improvements that I kind of don't know where to start... Just about every part of Krita (from brushes and gradients, to animation and assistants, to the user interface and the resource system…

10 Aug 2021

20:59:40NewsKrita 4.4.7 Released.———Game update

Game update · published 10 Aug 2021, 20:59:40 UTC

Krita 4.4.7 Released.

Hey all. While we're busy getting Krita 5 ready for beta, this week we've got a smaller update for Krita 4 that fixes a handful of bugs. There should be a fix for those of you who have been running into performance issues in the previous version, as well as a few other miscellaneous bug fixes that you can read about over on the official patch notes . Thanks, Emmet

10 Jun 2021

20:13:56NewsKrita 4.4.5 Released.———6848853

Game update · published 10 Jun 2021, 20:13:56 UTC

Krita 4.4.5 Released.

Hey all, we've got another smaller bug fix update out today. You can read all about the various fixes right here. Thanks for your support!

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