The Last Caretaker News

[p]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 on Steam for players that want to explore more of Hangar 37, and for new players to discover some of the secrets and teases in store.
[/p][p]Here’s a few Steam NEXT FEST stats:
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• [p]Among top 50 played Steam Next Fest games 
  We were blown away by the interest in The Last Caretaker, and especially those who have played the demo. Your feedback has been honest and welcome, which gave us all the right information to update the demo with some additions and tweaks, and we can’t thank you enough.
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• [p]Phenomenal Playtime
  The depth of what we’re creating is really showing in how you’re playing The Last Caretaker. While average playtime of all demos was around 15 minutes, we’re seeing 1 hour 30 minutes on average, which is incredible and shows how much the game is resonating with players. Please keep playing to learn more about the Caretakers, and uncover some of the secrets still to be found.
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• [p]Huge Caretaker Influx
  Thousands of new Caretaker candidates poured in during Next Fest. Welcome to The Last Caretaker community! If you’d like to join our discord, you can speak to us directly with your feedback, feature requests, and hang out with us as we shape the future of the game during Early Access: http://discord.gg/channel37
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[p]Above all, please keep playing, because your feedback will be crucial as we head toward our Early Access launch on November 6, and we’ll continue to implement updates and tweaks to increase your enjoyment at, and beyond November 6.

There’s not long to go now, and we’re finalising our roadmap to share with you soon on what new shiny things we’ll be adding to the game, including vehicles, items, resources, story and so much more.

Thank you again, and we’ll see you among the waves.
[/p][p]> STATUS: DEMO COMPLETE[/p][p]> NEXT OBJECTIVE: EARLY ACCESS – NOV 6[/p][p]> KEEP HUMANITY OPERATIONAL[/p][p]
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[p]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.[/p][p]
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 physics mishaps, or some UI tweaks, we’ve splatted a number of small issues that will increase your levels of joy. Most importantly, we’ve improved the buoyancy of the teddy bears, and all is now right with the world.[/p][p]
We’ve also improved lighting for a better experience in darker areas, implemented better animations and visual feedback and given holstering a gentle tweak that is refreshing and more tactile.[/p][p]
We’ve rebalanced materials, healing rate, glow stick activation range and reduced engine cylinder weight to 25kg. In a game full of physics, everything is connected, from materials to power, fuel and weight.[/p][p]
We’ve also added a bunch of things from quick language change options, to ladder interaction for a smoother experience. We’ve added more UI elements such as waypoints and added a soft-jump tutorial.[/p][p]
In fact, there’s so much in this update that we encourage you to play again, and keep playing. Not every secret of Hangar 37 has been discovered, so with more still to explore, make sure you dive back in![/p][p][/p]

[p]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![/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]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![/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]Community Manager Jack is joined by some of the developers of The Last Caretaker as they stream and enjoy The Last Caretaker![/p][p][/p][p]The Last Caretaker hits early access on November 6th, 2025![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]