Yerba Buena Steam news

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• Review score88% positive
• Total reviews51
• Release dateMay 26, 2026
• DeveloperMad About Pandas
• PublisherFocus Entertainment

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Mad About PandasPublisher: Focus Entertainment

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Yerba Buena Steam news

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• YERBA BUENA - Patch 1.3 - 23 July 2026

  Hi all!Here's the complete list of what Patch 1.3 brings in Yerba Buena available now on all platforms (Steam, MS Store, XBOX Series X, PS5) 🧩 Quality of Life & User InterfaceAdded a "Limit FPS" option under Graphics settings for Steam, which is available and effective when VSync is turned off.Added a new toggle to turn Subtitles On/Off in the General Settings.Improved the skip cutscene user experience by immediately showing the UI with a progress bar and background when pressing any button, indicating it is a "hold" action.Fixed an issue where the new notification exclamation mark would remain stuck on Journal prompts even after they had been read.Removed empty subtitle boxes that would occasionally appear on the screen..Stability & PerformanceResolved multiple critical issues where players could get trapped in endless falling or death animations, including sequences in Bank Heist 2 a…

• Yerba Buena Demo Patch 1.2 - 19 June 2026

  Hi everyone!Yerba Buena DEMO Patch 1.2 is live! Check out the full patch notes below 👇​ Stability & PerformanceResolved a crash that could occur when quitting the demo and attempting to relaunch the game.Gameplay & ProgressionFixed several conditional blockers that halted game progression. This includes issues triggered by returning to the Main Menu during Russel's "Stop Exploring" interaction, exhausting all invisible wall dialogue in the Brewery, or skipping the Taxi radio cutscene. Addressed issues that could prevent scripted events, tutorials, or mission sequences from functioning correctly.Level & World ImprovementsFixed numerous collision issues across demo levels and puzzles.Resolved multiple areas where players could clip through walls, floors, or environmental objects.Fixed several cases where players could leave the playable area or become stuck in level geometry.Improved col…

• YERBA BUENA - Patch 1.2 - 9 June 2026

  Hi all!Here's the complete list of what Patch 1.2 brings in Yerba Buena 🧩Stability & PerformanceImproved overall game stabilityFixed several crashes that could occur during boss fights, puzzle completion, cutscenes, level transitions, and object interactions.Gameplay & ProgressionFixed multiple progression blockers and softlocks throughout the game.Resolved issues where certain puzzles, objectives, and scripted events could fail to progress correctly.Fixed cases where players could become trapped, endlessly respawn, or be unable to continue after specific gameplay scenarios.Improved reliability of checkpoints, save points, and respawn locations.Level & World ImprovementsFixed numerous collision issues across environments, puzzles, and interactive objects.Addressed multiple areas where players could leave the playable space or become stuck.Corrected environmental issues such as floating…

• Yerba Buena, out today, is a Portal-esque puzzle platformer where your weapon of choice is copying and pasting physics - 26 May 2026

  The problem with Portal is that Valve only made two of them. Those are some dang good puzzle games! And they're not very long. I don't necessarily need more Portal exactly per se, I just want more of that style of puzzle platforming that's equal parts physical as it is clever. Hopefully, Yerba Buena, a puzzle platformer where you can copy and paste the physics and movement of one object to another, can deliver on that front. Read more

• Yerba Buena is out!!! - 26 May 2026

  Hi everyone!We’re very happy to announce the launch of our unique puzzle platformer, Yerba Buena, out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC! You're about to experience years of work for the team! We are incredibly proud and excited to read your feedback and comments, watch videos and livestream. We hope you'll have a great time! Dive into a surreal and abandoned video game world inspired by San Francisco in the 70s, and break out from your role as an NPC to save your friends and city. Play now!Watch Yerba Buena’s Launch Trailer!Manipulate the gameworld with the Oscillator 📡 Use the mysterious Oscillator and its unique “copy and paste” mechanic to solve ingenious platforming puzzles!Simply copy the desired trait or movement of objects around you, and apply it elsewhere to change the state of matter or move objects through the world! Give a table the bounce of a trampoline, hurl entir…

• YERBA BUENA DEVBLOG - Art Direction - 28 April 2026

  Hi, I’m G.H. Pratillo, Art Director for Mad About Pandas’ upcoming title: “Yerba Buena” and in this devlog I will be going over the art direction and creation of our game!“Yerba Buena” is a puzzle platforming-adventure, developed by a small team of about 30 people, with the art team ranging from 5 to 13 over the course of about 3 years. You play as an NPC in an abandoned videogame production that's set in the 1970s in San Francisco, with gameplay revolving around solving puzzles using a unique Copy-and-Paste mechanic that lets you manipulate the gameworld.It comes out on May 26th on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, and you can play our demo on Steam right now! Choosing the artstyle After Mad About Pandas’ last project “Hitchhiker: A mystery game”, my goal was to maintain our studio’s identity: creating a 3d style that draws its main inspiration from 2d illustration. As an illustra…

• A free demo is available until launch! - 17 April 2026

  Try Yerba Buena for free! Hi everyone, A free demo is now available 🎮🌀Get a taste of what's to come! Your save will be transferred to the game once it releases, so there's nothing to lose. 😉Check it out here:

• Dive into Yerba Buena’s gameplay and play the free demo on Steam! - 16 April 2026

  Yerba Buena’s demo is out now, with a new gameplay trailer! Hi everyone!We’re very happy to share a first taste of Yerba Buena’s gameplay, coming May 26. Save San Francisco by manipulating reality in this Puzzle-Platformer! Watch the Overview Trailer, which premiered during the Galaxies Showcase!Solve mind-bending puzzles! 🧩Yerba Buena dares you to save San Francisco by solving challenging puzzles. Find a way on to the next platform and create your own path in this video game world! A unique Copy & Paste mechanic 📡 Use the Oscillator to scan your surroundings, identify objects whose properties can be copied and simply stick it to your target! Wanna make a car bouncy so you can jump to a building? Copy a trampoline bounce onto the car! Need to go through solid walls? Capture gas coming out of a broken pipe and turn the walls into thin air! Experiment with the Oscillator! 🌀Properties o…

• Yerba Buena releases on May 26 and pre-orders are already open! - 12 March 2026

  We're revealing Yerba Buena to the world! 👩🏻‍🦰Hi everyone,We are so excited to unveil our new puzzle-platforming game Yerba Buena with Mad About Pandas, coming May 26, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC! 🎉🎉Dive into a surreal video game world set in 1970’s San Francisco with today’s Reveal Trailer, after its premiere during the FutureGames Live Show.Use the Oscillator to copy the movement and physical traits of the world around you, reapply them to manipulate the environment and solve inventive puzzles! 📡🌀Watch Yerba Buena’s Reveal Trailer!Manipulate the gameworld with the Oscillator 📡Yerba Buena shines thanks to a unique and ground-breaking “Copy and Paste” mechanic letting you manipulate the gameworld at the touch of a button! Simply copy the desired trait or movement vector of objects around you, and apply them elsewhere to solve mind-bending environmental puzzles! Giv…

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