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2025 Summer Event for A Hat in Time is now live!

Enjoy more than 100 community-made levels in the new Summer Event map, available from June 26th (now!) to July 31st!



Play the new map to obtain the rewards from last year:
- A sticker (level-up!)
- 2 weapons
- A dye

Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges!
The challenges and rewards are available even if you don't own any DLC.
To keep Steam Workshop rewards installed when restarting the game, subscribe on the Steam Workshop page.

In addition, the spaceship has been decorated for summer vibes.

Check out all the featured mods on the workshop via the Summer Event Tag!

[h2]Online Party[/h2]
[p]Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord![/p]
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A Hat in Time and all DLC is also 50% off!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A_Hat_in_Time/

Changes

[h3]Rendering[/h3]
  • Added DirectX 12 and Vulkan support - We still recommend using "Default" (DirectX 9) which has the best performance and support overall.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]
  • Fixed rare crash when playing mods in Online Party
  • Fixed Time Piece collect jingle playing for an incorrect duration[

April 2025 minor update for A Hat in Time

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!

Changes


[h2]Gameplay[/h2]

  • Fixed a stutter that would occur during the level intro sequence.
  • Fixed setting Depth of Field to none in Graphics Settings negatively affected bloom.
  • Fixed the game camera stopping rendering if the player quickly goes down a ladder after reaching the top at high framerate.
  • Fixed inconsistent swimming behavior between Keyboard and Controller.


[h2]Modding[/h2]

  • Added coop support to OnlineParty's PlayerStateMeta feature
  • Cook options can now be overridden in mod manager

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!

Changes
  • Fixed an issue where some players would stutter in 5 second intervals. Thank you to KeifersIsAwesome and psoron for helping in tracking down the issue.
  • Added new option to Game Settings: Sort Hats By Obtain Order. If set, hats will be sorted by the order in which they were obtained. Otherwise will be sorted by yarn cost.

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.

Changes
  • All the Summer Event Death Wish levels are now available - enjoy!
  • Summer Event Death Wishes can now be reset, which allows re-rolling the MODifier
  • Fixed Drink sticker being audible from all distances

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.

[h2]Changes[/h2]
  • Added a background icon in the pause menu to indicate which Hats and Badges are mandatory
  • Increased Pon requirement for Cyclone Seafort
  • Temporarily reduced Online Party lobby size from 50 to 25
  • Minor changes to list of available MODifiers in Summer Death Wish map


[h2]Fixes[/h2]
  • Fixed patty-cake animation not playing for a specific Mafia in the night-time version of Mafia Town
  • Fixed selected MODifier being incorrect in the level 3 Summer Event Death Wish map
  • Fixed typo in Power Pons Summer Death Wish challenge
  • Fixed Vanessa's Curse being required to complete the Summer Death Wish map
  • Fixed Summer Drink sticker's description being empty at level 1
  • Fixed being unable to equip dyes and weapons after completing certain Summer Death Wish challenges