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Latest ยท 8 July 2026

Update 26.07.08

First-party weapons/inventory 🔫 screen-space shadows 🌗 editor MCP tools 🤖 targeted addons 🎯 viewport gizmo 🧭 faster clutter 🚀 and a ton of fixes 🛠️

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1 July 2026 chat_bubble 11

Update 26.07.01

Minor patch this week with fixes and optimizations.

24 June 2026 chat_bubble 17

Update 26.06.24

A ton of Rust assets for your games to use, more discovery work to promote new experiences, more fixes, more features, more optimizations

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  1. 17 JUN 2026 Update 26.06.17 A new arcade racer 🏎️ play maps from other games 🗺️ code archives are private 🔒 more editor tools 🔨 more optimizations 📈 and our plans for the future 📔 chat_bubble 23 arrow_outward
  2. 10 JUN 2026 Update 26.06.10 Improved reward system earn items by completing goals 🎁 Humans got a makeover 💅 Games load faster ⚡ Twitch API 🟪 And more! chat_bubble 20 arrow_outward
  3. 03 JUN 2026 Update 26.06.03 New physical audio simulation 🔉, rendering optimizations 🚀, game discovery that rewards quality and shows what's updated 🆕, terrain editor QOL, and much more 🤯 chat_bubble 21 arrow_outward
  4. 27 MAY 2026 Update 26.05.27 A smaller, maintenance focused week - audio system rewrite, physics optimizations, and a load of bug fixes. chat_bubble 15 arrow_outward
  5. 20 MAY 2026 Update 26.05.20 This update introduces new tutorials, random drops, a platform chat system, a new welcome screen, rendering and audio API additions, performance improvements, and a wide range of editor and rendering fixes. chat_bubble 16 arrow_outward
  6. 18 MAY 2026 Hackweek (May 2026) Weird and interesting things we got up to during hackweek, voxels, gaussian splats and more chat_bubble 25 arrow_outward
  7. 13 MAY 2026 Update 26.05.13 AI thumbnail punishment, more discovery updates, FSR3 upscaling, a big physics update and more. chat_bubble 34 arrow_outward
  8. 06 MAY 2026 Update 26.05.06 New review system tags, a big push on performance and loading times, moderation tools and our usual new editor features. chat_bubble 20 arrow_outward
  9. 29 APR 2026 Post Release The day after the night before chat_bubble 59 arrow_outward
  10. 28 APR 2026 Release Every journey starts with a first step, this is ours. s&box is now available to buy on Steam. chat_bubble 72 arrow_outward
  11. 22 APR 2026 Update 26.04.22 One week to go for release, packing in all the last minute goodies. Like auto-lodding, 2D spritesheet support, media framework rewrite, a ton of spring cleaning and some big fixes and optimizations. chat_bubble 23 arrow_outward
  12. 15 APR 2026 Update 26.04.15 Developer Preview is closed 🛑, UI batching big FPS gains 🚀, tying up all the loose ends 🪢 chat_bubble 41 arrow_outward
  13. 08 APR 2026 Update 26.04.08 Sandbox open source 🎈, documentation open source 📃, games menu makeover 💅, Doo visual scripting 🪛 and the usual bug fixes chat_bubble 32 arrow_outward
  14. 01 APR 2026 Update 26.04.01 New shadows are finally done, Sandbox got saves, we attended DreamHack and more! chat_bubble 18 arrow_outward
  15. 25 MAR 2026 Update 26.03.25 A future looking roadmap 🛣️, standalone games license 🪪, morphs + faceposer 🥸, and more! chat_bubble 14 arrow_outward
  16. 18 MAR 2026 Update 26.03.18 Demo recording for Movie Maker 🎬, Sausage Survivors 2, more editor features and more fixes! chat_bubble 10 arrow_outward
  17. 11 MAR 2026 Update 26.03.11 🛠️Fixes, Optimizations, Mapping, Sandbox progress and more! chat_bubble 14 arrow_outward
  18. 04 MAR 2026 Update 26.03.04 Clutter is here! 🌴🌴 Performance boosts 🚀, UI rendering overhaul, main menu polish 💅 and more Sandbox features! chat_bubble 12 arrow_outward
  19. 25 FEB 2026 Update 26.02.25 Another round of optimizations and fixes, a few new features and Sandbox progress. chat_bubble 16 arrow_outward
  20. 18 FEB 2026 Update 26.02.18 A shift in focus from features to polishing - but still some goodies to show off. chat_bubble 8 arrow_outward
  21. 04 FEB 2026 Update 26.02.04 A developer heavy week, with more focus on editor tooling, crashes, profiling and rendering fixes chat_bubble 8 arrow_outward
  22. 28 JAN 2026 Update 26.01.28 The Jungle Update — foliage 🌴 gets a well needed makeover, baked global illumination is in 🌞, crashes are down 📉 and more! chat_bubble 16 arrow_outward
  23. 21 JAN 2026 Update 26.01.21 More Sandbox entities, lots of optimizations, baking things, crash fixes and a boat load of new editor tools! chat_bubble 9 arrow_outward
  24. 14 JAN 2026 Update 26.01.14 More progress on Sandbox mode, shader intellisense is in, even more mapping tools and fixes chat_bubble 10 arrow_outward
  25. 07 JAN 2026 Update 26.01.07 Sandbox mode entities & controls, tons of mapping tools, animation optimizations and more chat_bubble 7 arrow_outward
  26. 17 DEC 2025 Update 25.12.17 Winter additions and a ton of mapping tools chat_bubble 10 arrow_outward
  27. 10 DEC 2025 Update 25.12.10 Terrain now supports 64 materials, scene mapping tools got a big rework, you can now take high resolution screenshots, and more! chat_bubble 9 arrow_outward
  28. 03 DEC 2025 Update 25.12.03 Open source response, movie maker animations, balloons, wheely good wheels and more chat_bubble 5 arrow_outward
  29. 26 NOV 2025 Update 25.11.26 s&box is now an open source game engine, terrain looks 20% cooler with anti tiling and seam fixes, and a ton of bug fixes this week chat_bubble 12 arrow_outward