

Early Access
It's slowing down. Last updated 4 months ago, averaging 0.8 updates a month.
Last checked Oct 21, 2026
New Day: 9 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 20 days. The chart covers 23 months from December 2024 to October 2026, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. December 2024: 5, January 2025: 2, February 2025: 0, March 2025: 9, April 2025: 0, May 2025: 0, June 2025: 0, July 2025: 0, August 2025: 4, September 2025: 3, October 2025: 0, November 2025: 0, December 2025: 4, January 2026: 0, February 2026: 1, March 2026: 0, April 2026: 0, May 2026: 0, June 2026: 4, July 2026: 0, August 2026: 0, September 2026: 0, October 2026: 0.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| December 2024 | 5 |
| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 0 |
| March 2025 | 9 |
| April 2025 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 4 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
Jun 7, 2026 · Patch note
\[ Bug-Fixes ] Fixed an issue where the "Islander Basic Problem" sprite wouldn't appear on various places on the UI / in-game. The icon has now been restored. Furthermore, if you find a weird, white but blank box appearing on the UI, or in general in-game, submit it as a bug report to let us know. It's always appreciated. Thank you!
Jun 7, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 23607003
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Jun 6, 2026 · Patch note
\[ Bug-Fixes ] Fixed a bug that caused the game to be unable to progress with Fredrick if Fredrick discovered that the player bought illegal items from the Dark Web.
Jun 4, 2026 · Patch note
\[ Bug-Fixes ] Fixed a bug that would cause the baby previewer in Fredrick's portion of the Town Hall to break, not updating islanders or allowing you to generate what a baby would look like between two islanders.
Jun 3, 2026 · Patch note
See the announcement at the bottom of this post. \[ Facial Markings ] You can now properly draw on islander's faces using the Facial Markings feature in the Islander Creator. It no longer changes color based on the skintone of the islander. You can now use a "fill tool" to fill in a selected area with the current color. Your old facial markings will not be…
New Day last posted a patch note 4 months ago (Jun 7, 2026: Early Access: V.08 - Patch #3).
New Day averaged 0.8 updates a month over the last year. New Day is rarely updated (18/100). 3 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
Not yet. New Day is slowing down: the last signal is between 90 and 180 days old.