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Is The Sapling still being updated?
Yes, last updated 3 days ago, averaging 1.8 updates a month.
Last checked Oct 21, 2026
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Update history
The Sapling: 20 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 18 days. The chart covers 24 months from November 2024 to October 2026, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. November 2024: 4, December 2024: 4, January 2025: 4, February 2025: 5, March 2025: 3, April 2025: 0, May 2025: 0, June 2025: 0, July 2025: 0, August 2025: 1, September 2025: 1, October 2025: 1, November 2025: 5, December 2025: 4, January 2026: 3, February 2026: 3, March 2026: 2, April 2026: 1, May 2026: 1, June 2026: 0, July 2026: 0, August 2026: 0, September 2026: 0, October 2026: 1.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2024 | 4 |
| December 2024 | 4 |
| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 3 |
| April 2025 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 1 |
| September 2025 | 1 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
Recent updates
Oct 18, 2026 · Patch note
The Sapling devlog returns with season 6
This seasons starts with a challenge: I studied the alien forests in other games for a month and added everything that makes those forests more interesting. Plants now compete for sunlight, undergrowth covers the forest floor, large trees are far easier to evolve (gravity decides whether they need bark), and air plants and climbers can use the height that o…
May 16, 2026 · Patch note
Balancing and fixes for animals Various legs besides the body now have special requirements for the animal to have more than 1 set of limbs, to make them look more natural (already in the previous patch logs, but now it's working) Sessile animals with moving juveniles now actually move to the ocean floor and stop moving as adults (thanks, Cody Beaver, Cring…
May 16, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 23265879
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Apr 7, 2026 · Patch note
Patch 13.54 Extended and improved the land editor Split up the 'modify' tool into 2 separate 'change size' and 'change slope' tools. This allows two new interactions: changing the curve of the slope (making rolling hills possible), and scaling a landmass. When drawing new land mid simulation, it now works on the first draw The drawing circle in the planet e…
Mar 17, 2026 · Patch note
Working on land animal evolution Made the evolution of land animals more likely Animals with aquatic eggs that can only walk very slowly are now considered land animals if they also swim very slowly If there are only very few land species, subspecies branch off into their own species earlier Visualization: only reuse a model for an existing species if the s…
Questions
When was the last update?
The Sapling last posted a patch note 3 days ago (Oct 18, 2026: The Sapling devlog returns with season 6).
How often does it update?
The Sapling averaged 1.8 updates a month over the last year. The Sapling is irregular (47/100). 8 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
Is it abandoned?
No. The Sapling shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days.
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