🎄 Winter Wonders Update is Here!
Just in time for the holidays and Steam’s Winter Sale, we’re excited to unwrap a little gift for you. Actually… a pretty big one!
Say hello to the Winter Wonders Update ❄️🍃
This update brings new places to clean, a festive surprise, and one of the biggest performance upgrades Leaf Blower Co. has had since launch.
What’s new at a glance
A brand new main job The Gardens, unlocked on Day 11
The Japanese Temple, unlocked as a Side Job after finishing The Gardens
A fun Christmas Level, hiding under the Christmas Tree in your office 🎁
Steam Cloud Saves are now enabled and working for everyone
A massive upgrade to our Lighting and Graphics systems, bringing big performance gains, especially on older or lower-end machines
We hope you enjoy the new content, the many quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and performance boosts. We’re incredibly excited about 2026 and what’s coming next for Leaf Blower Co. 💚
If you’d like a more detailed breakdown of everything included in this update, you’ll find it below 👇
❄️ MASSIVE PERFORMANCE UPDATE + NEW CONTENT
This update is all about speed, stability, and polish — plus some brand-new places to clean up.
⚡Huge Frame Rate & Stability Boost
We’ve done a major overhaul of lighting and rendering to dramatically improve performance across the board.
Lumen has been disabled for now
(Lumen is Unreal Engine’s fully dynamic lighting system — it looks great, but it’s extremely demanding, especially in large, physics-heavy levels.)Nanite has also been disabled
Reverted to DirectX 11 for better stability and compatibility with older graphics cards.
Much higher and more consistent FPS ( for many this will be double the previous framerate).
Far fewer crashes, especially on longer play sessions
This has resulted in one of the biggest performance gains since launch.
🎁 Three New Levels Added
Christmas – available immediately
Japanese Temple – unlocked on Day 11+
Gardens – unlocked on Day 11+
More variety, more atmosphere, more leaves to deal with.
🎮 Steam Deck Improvements
Steam Deck players should see a much smoother experience:
Automatic Steam Deck detection on first launch
Best-fit graphics settings applied automatically
Video settings rebalanced — generally hitting 60 FPS with shadows
FidelityFX removed to reduce crashes
Crash Log Folder can now be opened directly from General Settings.
💡 Gameplay & QoL Improvements
Rake no longer pushes leaves through walls
Major improvements to leaves going out of bounds
Scan Leaves skill now only “jumps” leaves near the player (huge performance win)
Help! A Leaf Is Stuck now removes the last 5 leaves instead of teleporting them
Bags placed in tarp now pay $10 and appear on the summary screen
New option to pause the passing of time (can be toggled mid-level). So if ending up too dark by the time you are half way through the level is not for you..
Ground circle indicator fixed on lower graphics settings
Trees now have wind and will appear to move slightly.
Cloud Save enabled
Rake now leaves trails in snow
Crows fly away in a more natural path
Lens flares added when looking at the sun
Steam’s In-Built Frame Rate will no longer show Frame Generation.
Furniture in the back yard will only be knocked over on Day 1.
🛠️ Bug Fixes & Polish
Fixed lighting in Skatepark
Tool ghosting when moving quickly fixed
Level payments now work correctly (Halloween, Christmas, Cash Cleaner)
Reset Key Mapping now works reliably
Fruit physics improved (less wild spinning)
Fixed floating objects (BBQs, bins, fence panels)
Player can no longer climb onto bins
Football physics improved (heavier, more friction)
Fixed stuck areas across multiple maps
Correct materials, outlines, volumes, cooldowns, UI messages, and store behavior
Audio improvements and volume balancing across effects
Tool swapping now correctly reattaches at charging stations
…and many more small fixes that add up to a much smoother experience overall.
✨Thank you so much for playing, for your feedback, and for being part of the Leaf Blower Co. community!
— The Leaf Blower Team
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