- Cruft WORLDWIDE* - 12 June 2026
The sun never sets on CRUFT. In part because we never did finish that day/night cycle feature, but also because you can now play it in these eight languages: Brazilian PortugueseEnglishFrenchGermanItalianJapaneseSimplified ChineseSpanishIf you're passionate about fonts, or play Cruft on a small screen, then you may also want to know that we've revamped all UI text. It's much more readable now. Enjoy / Profitez-en! / Divertiti / Genieße! / Disfruta / Divirta-se / 楽しんで / 祝你游戏愉快
- Welcome to the Dump! - 17 March 2026
Hello Crufters!Ever wonder where a bunch of that Cruft ends up? Well wonder no more because we're taking you to the dump =)I'll warn you, it is a pretty challenging experience. Cash Money, while still useful, isn't all it's cracked up to be. Your neighbors need their Cruft taken care of and are willing to trade to make that happen. You'll be up to your eyeballs in Cruft and space to work will sometimes be tough to come by. Still, there are rewards to be gained if you can become one with... The Dump.New Level - The DumpVery little space to work withTwo new items for getting rid of Cruft, unlockable with deedsTrading is often flipped, with contacts willing to just give you items as long as you can take a pile of Cruft with itIf you've unlock Bill, he has some very interesting and debatably helpful offersNew Items Cole SlawDumpsterHoney BBQ SauceHoney BBQ Baked BeansHoney BBQ ChickenHot Ho…
- Animals Animate - 10 February 2026
Here's what's new: Animals have idle animations. The station icon is now highlighted when the crafting job is ready to collect. Pulled Pork recipe available at the smoker Mango trees can now be grown in plots and saplings can be cultivated. Fixed a bug that caused the main menu to appear squashed if you increased UI scale and then returned to the main menu.
- New Year, New Build - 8 January 2026
Happy New Year!We have a new build for you, nick-named "Artichoke", with all this stuff:Technical stuff:UI Scale can now be adjusted from the escape menu.Save files are now backed up every 60 seconds.If a save file has become corrupted, we will load your progress from the backup.Design stuff:Granite more available at the big box shopOtto now sells the stone mill and the food press more often in more levels.Artichokes can be grown in plant plots and fields.Raspberry seeds no longer for sale (they should not have been available)Art stuff:Cruftmas hats are gone and pine trees are no longer decorated.NOTE: Your current animals and pine trees will retain their festive look for as long as you choose to carry the item forward. Newly created items will look normal... 'til next year!
- Small CRUFTmas Update! - 23 December 2025
Merry CRUFTmas All!Just a few little updates... Locked stream and pond art updated to flow together better Recipes that do not eat a hammer no longer return a hammer (thank cap!) Save games fortified with extra durability. They are more tolerant to lightning strikes, gremlins, and toddlers. If something messes with your machine while the game is attempting to auto-save, you will lose a little progress but a backup will keep you from losing the save. This all happens in the background. CRUFT-mas cheer (Thanks Luke!): Some animals have festive hats. (not the goose though, because he is silly) Pine tree has been beautified. This will be up for a limited time til we all trudge back to our less festive lives.Have a wonderful and safe holiday folks!
- Streaming v1.0! - 20 December 2025
We're so pleased to present CRUFT 1.0 to you all. We've come a long way since launching our demo into Next Fest in April '25. This game is all grown up now! From what started basically as a toy for Matt, our designer, Cruft has grown into a complete, and completely quirky, crafting game. I'm confident that it's unlike any other entry in the genre and we're going to show you why! We'll be popping in to stream Cruft whenever we're able, throughout the holiday break.
- CRUFT 1.0 Out Now!! - 18 December 2025
1.0 Has Arrived! Here’s what the full release has in store:7 Distinct Maps, each providing its own challenges and strengths. One of these maps offers endless sandbox play!30 Cheevos that unlock more content and capability in the game. They also translate into Steam Achievements!Over 600 recipes for distinct items!Hundreds of unique items from mundane stuff like logs, to some pretty wild items like a Full English Breakfast!Dozens of hours of play!Tons of CRUFT to clean up!Along with all this content in the game, we’ve made some great improvements so that more players can play the game:You can play on Mac!You can play on Steam Deck!You can configure your controller through Steam if the mouse or keyboard are not your jam!Did you know that CRUFT was a finalist at the 2025 Boston Festival of Indie Games? True story!And what's more? 1.0 is just the beginning! Down the road there will be more…
- Steam Deck Compatibility - 17 December 2025
Cruft runs well on the Steam Deck, and if you are comfortable using its joystick or trackpad to move the cursor, it’s a great way to play. The simple graphics are a breeze for its hardware and the no-pressure gameplay is perfect for dropping in and out of.Cruft’s input system was not conceived with controllers in mind. It’s a very mouse-driven game, so there isn’t an alternative to doing most things through the mouse cursor. Thanks to Steam’s Input Translation feature, you can use the joystick or trackpad alongside the L/R buttons to do everything you would do with a mouse. We also made sure that you can rebind your controls in-game from the escape menu, in case a specific button mapping isn’t working for you. The controller layout that seems to work the best for Cruft is “Keyboard (WASD) and Mouse”. You shouldn’t need to select this layout, it is the default.There are some limitations…
- CRUFT is a Finalist at BostonFIG! - 10 December 2025
Go On Entertainment... yer looking at it! Matt and Will (and Luke our artist is there in spirit) took CRUFT to the Boston Festival of Indie Games as a finalist this year. It was an absolutely amazing event. Tons of great folks and great games. The Boston indie community is pretty wild and vibrant and it was an honor to be chosen this year.That's the look of someone who is relieved that he packed everything that he thought he did and also that all the packed things still worked when they arrived. Everything went off without a hitch.Got to show the game off to oodles of fun folks!There was even an appearance from the actual Tim, who true to form showed up with protein bars and water just to help things go smoothly. That dude is so selfless and helpful. What a Legend!All in all, it was a great time and a great opportunity to share CRUFT with a fantastic crowd. Thanks for selecting us Bosto…
- New Demo and More! - 13 November 2025
Hey Gang!We're very pleased to have an updated demo back up on Steam. It has been a hot minute (many months in fact). The demo lets players go through the tutorial and play as much as they like in the Simple Farm level. Good times!But wait... there's more...By popular demand you can now set resolution and play in windowed mode. Now while you are allegedly working you can have a tiny little CRUFT in the corner. Productivity has never suffered such a blow.We've also added some controller configs for folks who would rather play CRUFT using a controller. Hate the mouse? Chuck it.And still yet more:4 new achievements can be unlocked during the tutorial Improved readability of selected and hovered list items in the phone UIYou can no longer peek past the edge of the map when zooming outFixed some Otto chatter that was missing his iconNew Achievements in the demo as well!Thanks a bunch for joi…
- Big Update! - 13 October 2025
Hey gang!Great news! We've got achievements up and running. All those Cheevos now translate into a count of 30 Steam Achievements. Don't worry about those Cheevos you already achieved in game. We retroactively apply the Steam Achievements when you play the game next.But wait there's more!Characters now send you texts with tips on some items. They'll even get a bit chatty on subjects they are interested in. If you ever wanted to spend more time with Tim or figure out what makes the Realtor tick then this is your update!Thanks for playing and see you soon!
- New Update! - 15 September 2025
Hey gang!Some good fixes in the build. Also some gussying up of the phone and various interfaces within! Gold Watch BUILD is LIVE- Tinkerer's Stall now properly craftable at the drafting table- Steamer now sold a bit more commonly by Karen, and sometimes even by Otto- New lot maps/thumbnails added- Scroll bars in the phone UI now have a nicer style.- Buttons' hover, active, and disabled states now have a nicer and more consistent style.- The Pick Next Yard UI is now scrollable when you have a lot of yards unlocked.- Scroll bars in the phone UI now have a nicer style.- Buttons' hover, active, and disabled states now have a nicer and more consistent style.- The Pick Next Yard UI is now scrollable when you have a lot of yards unlocked.- The signature button now looks and animates more like a signature is being hand-written.Thanks a bunch for all the support!
- New Tides Level! - 22 August 2025
Hey folks!Happy to announce another new update for CRUFT. Lot's of goodies inside...Tides level addedNew city water pipe thingy added - ain't no wells at the beachNew Contact - A local restaurant that needs your helpYou can hack your way there with the Sandcastle cheat code or unlock the level with a Cheevo5 new cheevos:Manifest DestinyA Place To Call HomePublic Enemy #1Run The JewelsFry Day35+ New items/Art!Necklaces, bracelets ,earrings, and watches... even a watch ON a necklace.More delicious meals including the Full English.More "high-tech" items (more on this in a future update)Fried foods and a deep fryer to make themA Fishing hut with better sea catches and a way to make your own salt! And some fixes:Pond sprite updated to line up with panning stream better,Station popover UI is wider, giving us less squished text and more visible possible outputsThanks a bunch for all the suppor…
- Crafting Menu Hotfix - 5 August 2025
If you have been running into gremlins getting in your crafting stations, outputting items that you did not specify, we have resolved the issue. This issue was specifically happening after long scrolls in the crafting menus.Thanks to the folks that helped us track this down!
- Weekly Update! - 2 August 2025
Lots of feedback rolled into this week's build. More eye-catching UI. New ways to cultivate seeds and saplings. Your deeds and cashmoney (and crafting station progress) are now saved in A Place to Call Home. All good stuff. Item tooltips now show how many of that item you have, in parenthesis after the name, if you have more than zeroItem tooltips now show the item size on the right edge of the subheaderArts: mines, locked plots, cultivators, and bill coin addedCrafting job state from the 'A Place to Call Home' level is now persistent; If you leave while a job was counting down, it will still be counting down when you returnFixed issues with the Cruft Tally being incorrect when loading a level that had cruft already on the ground, such as the persistent yardWhen you level up, the xp bar turns into a button that allows you to collect your deeds.,The old popup that appeared when you level…
- Dev Stream Tonight - around 8pm EST - 29 July 2025
Yep, I'm going to play CRUFT and answer any questions you might have about the game. It's my first time streaming on Steam so be gentle Be there or be square!
- Tutorial Revamp and More! - 25 July 2025
Baby Sheeps Build IS LIVE Once again, thanks to a ton of great feedback, we have some improvement fresh out of the oven. We've revamped the tutorial to make it more clear and to better describe the process of moving on to a new lot. The tutorial is a lot more freeform now. Tutorial Updated Muchly: The tutorial is now more free-form and reveals the relevant recipes in a new UI panel.Tutorial now explains Cheevos a bit betterTutorial messages now appear closer to their subjects where possible, or centered near the top of the screen, instead of on the phone.Tutorial now explains that cashmoney does not carry over when you leaveTutorial now explains that levels are reset when you leaveTim sells all the tutorial items in the tutorial and now buys pizzaLocation Features no longer display the deed icon or cost value before you are allowed to unlock the magnet during the tutorial.If you had an…
- Pork Tamales Build is LIVE - 17 July 2025
BUILD NOTES New Level: A Place To Call HomeThis level is persistent. When you leave and come back it will be the way you left it... stuff and all. Well really just the stuff. See the known issues below. You can stockpile stuff here for future runs. You can vibe out here and do whatever you like.There are (almost) no characters for now. Just an option to junk pick at the side of the road. Characters will get added in later once we've beat up this level a bit.Updated Realtor text to tell you the (no longer) secret way to get to the (no longer) secret level. This text shows up when no level is selected in the Realtor app AFTER you have completed the whole tutorial (including the first time you pick a new yard).The level is HUGE. If we are going to run into performance issues this place will be the crucible. Please let us know if the game slows are gets otherwise crufty here.Known Issues wi…
- Makeover Update! - 11 July 2025
Hey Gang!Lots of new art in the game today. CRUFT is getting a bit of a makeover as our new artist jumps in and re-smiths many pixels. Here's a list of things in the new build:192 new sprites including tools, meat, furniture, some stalls and stations, food, cash, materials, metals, woods, drafting table, mills, shelves, water, trash, and more!Tile lines cleaned upUpdated backgroundsA popup message warns you If you try to purchase an item while the yard is fullFixed a UI bug that was preventing station popovers from closing if your mouse was in a specific region below the popoverThanks a bunch for playing! More to come soon!
- Smol Update - 8 July 2025
Just a few fixes and tweaks that were ready to head out - Fixed various issues with the main menu and transition scenes at 5120x1440- The calculations for max camera zoom level now consider the current aspect ratio and handle cases where the background isn't wide enough to show the whole yard from top to bottom- Show an alternate cursor image when mousing-over an item that does something when you right-click it (links, stations, and tools).- The tutorial now teaches camera control- The tutorial now covers clicking items to trigger tooltips- The tutorial no longer requires two milking repetitions. Thanks a bunch folks!
