- Soundtrack, Patches, and GOG! - 31 July 2025
Hey everyone! We've got another wave of updates to share for Re:Fresh today.Soundtrack and BundleFirstly, the updated soundtrack for the game by the ever-talented Grant Ross is now available for purchase on Steam! Additionally, it's available in a bundle with the game at a slight discount if you want both. You can also pick up the soundtrack on Bandcamp if you prefer!Steam Deck VerificationThis was a little bit ago now, but we're finally fully Steam Deck verified! The game runs and plays great and we're very excited about it :)PatchesWe've got a new patch live today! This one addresses crashing issues that were being reported in the previous build of the game. Thanks for your patience!There will also be a more major patch releasing for the Switch version of the game in the coming days; among the changes are several bugfixes, visual improvements, and overall game improvements.GOGLastly,…
- A Storm of Big News for Re:Fresh - 12 June 2025
The last major update is finally here!We're really excited for this update to finally release, and are getting right into patch notes*:The soundtrack has been revamped and enhancedFixed hundreds of bugs, major and minor, for a much more polished and complete experienceGreatly enhanced performance and optimizationNew content in the form of Time Trials. Across the map there are now 4 locations with multiple challenges to complete at each location. Completing the challenges will reward you with materials, new cosmetics, and a secret third thing :)Complete visual makeover of the Cliffs regionLocalization support for Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese and Chinese*As a result of these changes (mostly our lack of experience initially creating Re:Fresh), your save will unfortunately not transfer to the updated version. Previous saves will be deleted to avoid corruption & fu…
- Announcing Our Next Game... GEMPORIUM!! - 26 February 2025
Quick Re:Fresh Update Hello and thank you to everyone who has supported Merge Conflict Studio this far! While we aren't ready to announce a release date for the Re:Fresh Switch launch & Steam update just yet, things are looking good and we will have more info coming in just a few months. Please stay tuned a little bit longer! Wishlist Our New Game! We have been working on our second title, Gemporium, for a few months now and in case you've been living under a rock the past two weeks (pun intended), we launched the steam page and have a free demo available RIGHT NOW!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3466550/Gemporium_Demo/ Although Gemporium is not a part of the February Next Fest, we would still love for everyone to try the game, give us feedback and leave a review if you enjoyed it. Join the Discord This year is going to have a lot of cool stuff from us, so if you love Re:Fresh, wan…
- Re:Fresh Updates: Nintendo Switch Announcement and Localization - 1 October 2024
Hey everyone! We know there has been a bit of radio silence from Merge Conflict regarding bug fixes, performance issues and general updates for Re:Fresh. Today we have some super exciting announcements to share, as well as some more insight into what's been going on here at the studio! Re:Fresh is coming to Nintendo Switch!! This has been a big dream for the team, and we are excited to confirm that yes, Re:Fresh will be coming to the Switch! The porting process has taken a lot longer than we initially anticipated, but there has been a lot of amazing work done on the game and a bit of new content that we are excited to share with everyone. While we can't confirm a release date just yet, keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news in the near future ;) Re:Fresh will be available in 6 new languages! Alongside the Switch launch, Re:Fresh is going to be available in the following languages:…
- Upcoming bug fixes! - 18 June 2024
Hi everyone! Thanks as always for enjoying Re:Fresh. We wanted to get out a quick update regarding future patches and updates. We're currently working on a new update to the game, included in which will be several bugfixes for issues currently found in the game. These fixes were originally meant to be released in a separate update, but we decided it would be smoothest to get them out with the new stuff (but we can't reveal what that new stuff is yet don't worry about it shhhhh) We can't give any more specifics yet, but it won't be too long before we can and hope you look forward to it! Thanks again for your continued support. - The Merge Conflict Team
- Quick patch revert - 22 November 2023
Hi everyone! We've been made aware of some critical bugs present in the current patch of the game released earlier today and are temporarily reverting to the previous game version until these issues can be addressed. We apologize for these bugs and any problems they might have caused with your playthrough of the game. For now, you should be able to play through the game fine with the current version we've reverted back to. Please let us know in the official bug forum if you encounter any new issues!
- Version 1.06 - 21 November 2023
Hey everyone! We have a patch out today to fix some nasty bugs that have been hanging around. Changes Fixed an issue where some controllers couldn't initiate dialogue with non-critical NPCs Fixed an issue where the intro stinger for the Mushroom Woods area would repeatedly play when on the border of the area Adjusted some LOD/culling distances for a better visual experience and so that items could be seen from further away on low graphics settings Adjusted the collider on one tree object that was making it difficult to move under Fixed a single solar seedling in the town that was flying all over the place like a lil goober
- Vote Re:Fresh in the Unity Awards!!! - 28 October 2023
Hey everyone!! Thanks as always for your continued support of Re:Fresh. Today we come with great news; Re:Fresh has been nominated for Best Student Game in the 15th annual Unity Awards!!! This is a HUGE honor and means the world to us, and it would be AMAZING to win, so today we'd like to ask for your vote to help us get there! Voting Link Voting is super easy: Just scroll down to the Best Student Game category, click Re:Fresh, and submit your votes! You can vote in the other categories if you want, but you don't have to. Don't worry if you don't have a Unity account; you can sign in with Google and other services. Voting closes November 1st, so be sure to do it soon! Thank you so much for your support and we hope you continue enjoying Re:Fresh :)
- New Re:Fresh Merch, Giveaways, & Sales Available NOW! - 30 June 2023
Hey everyone, we've got a huge wave of news for you today! First off, Re:Fresh is now 50% off for the Steam Summer Sale! Spread the good word to your friends! Secondly, we want to sincerely thank you for getting the game to 1,000 purchases! For a team like us, this is huge, and we're so immeasurably happy that this many people have gotten to enjoy the game. As a thank you, we have NEW MERCH DROPS and a GIVEAWAY available right now! First, we're selling posters! Check out our Ko-fi page to get yourself a copy of the beautiful poster, designed by our Lead Artist Karina Teruya, shown here: https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/useruploads/display/f96714e0-d47f-4f18-bb00-c4fd249bb92a_refresh_titlecard.png *We are currently only able to ship merchandise orders within the United States. We're also doing another run of Re:Fresh shirts after much popular demand, including an all-new black background de…
- Version 1.05 - 17 May 2023
Gave a new animation to the player character on the title screen! Fixed a bug where you couldn't interact with the journal after loading in from a saved game Added a dialogue option for Leah that explains how to use the clothing store Fixed a bug where you didn't get the "Cell-ebrate" achievement if you first made progress on it on a save that you loaded into Made changes to help with performance on different graphics settings Added shadows to Low graphics settings while preserving performance Fixed a visual bug with clipping on the leaf bridges
- Version 1.04 - More bugfixes! - 5 May 2023
Hey everyone, we've got another round of bug fixes and polish out right now! Fixed a bug where the cosmetics you previously bought wouldn't load back in from a saved game. Fixed a bug where if you loaded into a saved game where you had already completed Flint's quest and saved in the area where you previously couldn't recharge cells, you wouldn't be able to recharge there again after loading back into the game. Fixed a bug where the background progress of repairing the Town outside of the main quests wouldn't load back in properly from a saved game. Fixed some bugged wind turbines in the Cliffs area. Fixed a detrimental instance of sequence breaking. Touched up collisions on some objects. Other various changes to polish. Thanks again for your reports of bugs on our official forum! We hope you continue enjoying Re:Fresh :)
- Update 1.03 - 26 April 2023
Fixed the bug where camera sensitivity would be set extremely low by default on a new save, causing the camera to seem like it wasn't moving Fixed a bug where a set of stairs would be repaired too early in the progression of fixing the town Fixed collisions on some objects in the town where they weren't behaving correctly Thanks so much to everyone who has given us the heads-up on bugs you have encountered! Please don't hesitate to use our official bug reporting forum on the Discussion page if you encounter anything. We're aware of other bugs that are still present and doing our best to get to them as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and we hope you keep enjoying Re:Fresh!
- Update 1.02 - 24 April 2023
Fixed game locking during certain Petra dialogue
- Update 1.01 - 24 April 2023
Fixed a bug that didn't allow players to quit the game :)
- Announcements on pricing and release plans for Re:Fresh! - 7 April 2023
With the release of Re:Fresh coming up in just a few weeks (wishlist now!) we've got a few announcements and updates we want to share with everyone! 👇 1) Re:Fresh will launch at $4.99! We're excited to announce our price point, as well as a plan to get Steam keys to fans. 2) Since we told some people that the game would release for free, we are opening up a Google form that will be available until our launch, where you can enter your info, and we'll send you a Steam key! Fill out the form for your free Steam key here: ✨Link 3) In addition to our Steam key form, a condensed demo of the game will remain on Itch for free! (go download now: Link) The full version of the game will also be available on Itch on launch, and will mimic the Steam price!🌱 4) All the pre-order t-shirts have been printed and will begin shipping soon! We've started delivering some of the shirts by hand to our local…
