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Help Us Shape Stay: Your Forever Pet! — Join Early User Testing

Stay: Your Forever Pet! · published 5 Mar 2026, 17:06 UTC

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Help Us Shape Stay: Your Forever Pet

We are currently inviting members of our community to participate in early user testing for Stay: Your Forever Pet.

As we continue development, player feedback is incredibly important to us. Your input helps us improve the experience, refine gameplay systems, and make Ember's world the best it can be.

What You'll Get

• Opportunities to try early builds of the game
• Direct communication with the development team
• A chance to help shape the future of the Stay universe
• Early insight into new features and systems

How to Participate

If you're interested in helping test the game:

1. Join our Discord community
2. Head to the Steam Tester channel, (You must have selected this during onboarding)
3. Let the team know you're interested in participating

Our team may reach out to schedule a short user interview and provide access to upcoming test builds.

Join the Stay Community

Join the Discord here: Stay Community Discord

We’re excited to build this experience together with our community. Ember can't wait to meet you. 🐶

Thank you for helping us make Stay the best it can be.

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Game update2 Sep 2026Hotfix 4Most Notable Improvements/Additions: · Improved Ember's Find behavior to be snappier and more followable · Fixed the bug where Ember was not listening to the Stay command even when she is not grumpy · Added a new tab to the player journal to revisit tutorial panels you have already seen · Added a resource info panel to the backpack where you can view basic name and description of resources in y…Major update21 Aug 2026Partnership UpdateA Major Gameplay Update for Ember This is a big one! 🐾 We’ve been working hard on making Ember feel like a more active partner throughout every expedition, from exploration and random encounters to Danger checkpoints and finding your way home. This update adds new ways to work together, improves Ember’s commands and responsiveness, introduces new checkpoint mechanics, and includes a big pile o…Game update23 Jul 2026Hotfix 3Visual Fixes · End goal checkpoint lighting tweaked for better visibility · The thorn vine now goes away after completing Event in Choked Path · Fixed ember walking through tunnel walls in the Start checkpoint of the expedition · Fixed washed-out ember when HDR is on · Fixed brush jittering and clipping into Ember's head when grooming Ember · Fixed unintended red dots on bully mosslings Audio F…