- To The Rescue!: Run a Dog Shelter at 70% Off - 25 June 2026
Run your own dog shelter, one wagging tail at a time. Feed, clean, treat, and play with a kennel full of pups, then match each one with the perfect forever home.Balance your budget, keep your dogs happy and healthy, and handle the daily chaos of shelter life in a cozy sim with a lot of heart. Every adoption is a small, warm victory.To The Rescue! is 70% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9...... and ICYMI: We just dropped a massive patch (50+ fixes)!Grab your copy and make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add them to your collection.
- Patch 1.5.6: Bug Squash (50+ Fixes) - 22 June 2026
Hey shelter heroes! 🐾 We've been deep in the kennels with a mop and a bug net, and Patch 1.5.6 is here: 51 fixes across the whole game. This is the big "we're back" pass, built from your reports and a top-to-bottom code audit. The goal was simple: kill the softlocks, smooth out the shelter, and make To The Rescue feel great from the very first dog. Here's what changed: 🐶 Tutorial & New-Player FlowFixed the "Bathe Peanut" tutorial softlock (a duplicate-name / spawn-timing race could leave you permanently stuck on the first task). Talking to your companion dog during the kennel tutorial no longer freezes all input. The tutorial dog (Ringo) now spawns reliably, so no more "No Dog Found" hang on a fresh game. The "kennels full" tutorial moment no longer softlocks. The "open the dog file" tutorial step no longer breaks. Dismissed tutorial tips now stay dismissed after a reload. Fixed a lea…
- A new season, a new deal! - 13 March 2025
If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! Catch the game on sale from March 13th through the 20th. Make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Spring Sale to add them to your collection.
- Patch 1.5.4 - 6 September 2024
Hi everyone! Coming in with another small patch to address a few more obnoxious bugs that have been affecting players. I'll be working on making a list of reported issues next week, so if you run into anything in the meantime, please join our Discord and make an official report! Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing some kennels to never fill food or water bowls. Fixed an issue causing some kennels to freeze dogs once they are placed inside. Fixed an issue causing Helpers to become stuck indefinitely. https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
- Patch 1.5.3 - 30 August 2024
Hi everyone! Coming in with a small patch with a few minor bug fixes and some changes to a few things to align with indie.io taking over development with the game! We've had a lot of great bug reports in the new Discord and will start digging into them in the coming weeks for the next patches. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing unique NPC story progression to reset upon loading a save. Other minor bug fixes. Changes Added new skippable splash screens Added a direct link to the new official Discord to help grow our loving community further. Added game recommendations to the main menu containing similar games. https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
- New Discord Server! - 26 August 2024
Happy Monday everyone! Today we have a few really important announcements to share with you all. To start, a patch was just released for the Switch version of the game! This update brings the Switch version to the same place as the Steam version with all the recent bug fixes that were made. Secondly, the development of To The Rescue! has been transferred to indie.io. The developers at Little Rock Games created an absolutely amazing and adorable game and we are excited to pick up where they left off and continue making improvements. The last few updates - both on Steam and the one today on Switch - were done by the indie.io dev team. Last but not least, we have a new Discord server! Why the new server? The previous server was for the developers of Little Rock Games and not exclusive to To The Rescue! When the game's development was transferred to indie.io, we made the decision to create…
- Kick off your summer gaming with savings! - 27 June 2024
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so. You can add the game to your collection for 50% off starting with the Steam Summer Sale on June 27th and ending an additional week after most sales end on July 19th! Make sure to check out other great indie titles on sale to kick off your summer gaming! https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
- Patch 1.5.1 - 9 May 2024
Hi everyone! Coming in with another update focused on fixing more of the issues many of you have experienced. We are are aware of a few lingering issues and are continuing to investigate and work on getting fixes out for the remaining known issues. Please let us know of any other difficulties you continue to experience! Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing dogs to be stuck in a Playspace indefinitely. Fixed an issue causing helper’s list UI entries to be duplicated. Fixed an issue causing the foster dogs’ entries to be duplicated. Fixed an issue causing dogs that were previously adopted still counting towards total foster count. Fixed the tug-of-war minigame showing the wrong button to pull when using keyboard input. Adjusted dog arrival calculation to heavily favour new dogs when dog population is low. Fixed an issue causing certain rooms’ wallpaper and floors unable to be customized. Know…
- To The Rescue is part of Freedom Games Publisher Sale! - 15 April 2024
Hi everyone - if you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so. The game will be 50% off from April 15th through the 22nd! Make sure to check out Freedom Games Publisher Sale page to pick up some awesome indie games at great prices. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
- Patch 1.5.0 - 10 April 2024
Hi everyone! We know it has been a while since the last update, but we have been working in the background on many of the issues you have been experiencing. Today's patch should fix the majority of issues so please let us know of any other difficulties you continue to experience! Changes Increased max save slots from 3 to 10 Bug Fixes Fixed a bug preventing the Unstuck button from working after one full day in the same session Fixed a bug when deleting all Events that caused the UI to lock Fixed an issue causing the “no sick dogs” objective complete cutscene to be wrongly played during a day Dog poop will now always spawn in sight (not hidden by walls) Fixed an issue preventing saved data to include previous day backups Fixed an issue preventing reputation to be spent on skill points in the post-day report screen when a cutscene had played that day Fixed an issue preventing V-Sync setti…
- To The Rescue is part of the Steam Spring Sale! - 14 March 2024
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! From March 14th until the 21st, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' Steam Spring Sale page to pick up some great games to play. https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
- Cats & Dogs Bundle is on sale! - 8 January 2024
We know you love your four-legged friends... so how about a couple of games with cute cats and dogs to start off the new year? We've partnered with the adorable game Cat Cafe Manager in the The Cats & Dogs Collection. It will be on sale from Jan 8-15th and you could save 63% by purchasing the bundle versus separately. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26266/Cats_and_Dogs_Collection/
- To The Rescue is part of the Steam Winter Sale! - 21 December 2023
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale through our publisher Freedom Games! From December 21st until January 4th, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' Winter Sale 2023 page to pick up some great games to play over the holiday season. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
- Patch 1.4.213 - 8 June 2023
Hey everyone! We've got another batch of patch fixes. We can not express how much gratitude we have for the community and player base for helping us by reporting these bugs/glitches asap. Fix an issue when euthanizing the dog (blocker, cannot go back) Fix Right Stick controls are inverse for brush, Water, and Dog scooper Add a quick selection to confirm the purchase or other confirmation Fix when you return to the page to manage your employees on your computer, this page is broken and you can never interact with it again. Fix the artwork/sprite for the Mayor's dialogue portrait does not match the appearance of her in-game sprite As always, please report any bugs you may get in our Discord server so we can ensure we address them!
- Patch 1.1.143 - 3 March 2023
Hey everyone! we're back with another update! Mainly more bug fixing this month! General stability improvements. Added better controller support. Added saves for better future proofing. Old saves could still have bugs, if your save is incompatible, we recommend deleting them to restart a fresh experience. We apologize for the inconvenience. UI/UX has better user flow and now supports controllers. Fixed several crashes that happen when some event happens in game. Fixed bugs that make doorways not work properly (Not walkable or creates holes in walls). Fixed bug that prevents some players from unleashing the dogs at the 'Play Spaces'. Fixed bug where it's possible to get stuck in tutorial conversation. Fixed bug that prevents some players from unselecting a blueprint in shelter construction screen. Fixed bug where some saves could not be loaded. Fixed bug where some players saw all their…
- Experimental: Hotfix 1.0.71 - 22 December 2022
Hi everybody! We are back with our first update to the Experimental branch! The experimental branch let's us release new updates in a limited way to catch any new issues that might have snuck in. You can swap to the experimental branch if you see a bug you've been experiencing has been fixed in an experimental update, and let us know if you encounter it again. If you're not familiar, you can try the experimental branch by right clicking TTR in your Steam library and then selecting properties. From there, you can navigate to the Betas tab and swap to the experimental branch. After we are confident the experimental branch hasn't introduced any new issues, we will move the update to the default branch. Now, onto the bug fixes! Bug Fixes Fixed issue that prevented players from moving through vertical doors sometimes. Fixed an issue that allowed helpers to interact with dogs from a long dist…
- Hotfix 1.0.70 - 7 December 2022
We're back with a small update to fix a few prominent issues that were reported in the last patch. Hopefully these fixes address any issues you might have been experiencing! As always, if you're experiencing difficulties, follow the bug report link in the game and we will do our best to help! Bug Fixes Fixed issue that prevented players from scooping poops Fixed an issue that prevented players from talking to the companion dog. Adjusted the collision detection for generating door cutouts to address the issue preventing some players from moving through doors.
- Patch 1.0.68 - 5 December 2022
Patch 1.0.68 Hi everybody! It’s been a while, but we are back with a mountain of bug fixes! If you’ve stepped away from the game because of bugs or performance issues, we’d like to invite you back to see how we’ve improved. Below are a few of the highlights, but there are many more changes than we could reasonably list here. We wanted to take our time to try and get a handle on the most severe issues that players were experiencing and bring the game closer to our intended experience. If you experience any issues,please use the in-game link to submit a support ticket so that we can assist you and prioritize any new issues that crop up. Updates will be more regular moving forward, and we are excited to hear what kinds of new content for the game that you would love to see in the new year! Bug Fixes Fixes for issues in the story and tutorial preventing progression. Overall Performance Impr…
- Hotfix 1.0.51 - 26 May 2022
A Few More Fixes I've got a few much needed bug fixes ready to go! As we continue to get a handle on bugs, what kind of content or changes do you want to see most? We've made some QOL progress with the adoption skip and dog trackers, but I want to know what you're looking forward to next! Bug Fixes Fostered dogs should no longer duplicate and appear in the holding kennel. Adoption actions should no longer freeze adoptions when you have the second adoption action skill. The game should no longer fail to save if it is unable to create a back up save. As always, thank you for your support! If you haven't yet, be sure to leave us a review! I love to hear how we are doing and what you think so that we can continue to make TTR as awesome as it can be! Tanner, Olivia and the rest of the TTR team.
- Hotfix 1.0.48 - 16 May 2022
Back again! Back with another hotfix to address some urgent issues! As always, I want to reiterate that we are committed to making TTR the best it can be! I know that it has been a rough road, but we are getting closer. Thank you all for all of your support. Bug Fixes Frozen input after loading into the shelter is fixed. Fosters failing to appear in the foster panel is fixed. All Dogs disappearing when loading into the shelter is fixed. The story goal to unlock the foster network should properly clear now. The adoption skip input is now remappable. If your input prompt appears bugged, remap the control in the settings. Tanner, Olivia and the rest of the TTR team.
