VHS Nights: The Tidy Up Shift — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Small Patch | 2026-10-22 | - Added audio feedback when a VHS is placed in the correct slot. - Fixed year hints overlapping correctly shelved VHS tapes. |
| Hotfix - Asset Update | 2026-10-08 | Just a small patch to clean up an image asset that wasn't looking quite right. |
| UI + Prompt patch | 2026-10-03 | A small update is now live with several interface and tutorial improvements: - Fixed UI elements with Advanced Sorting. - Fixed UI elements for Detailed VHS information. - Tutorial prompts now advance when you complete the displayed action. - Updated the new guidance across all nine supported languages. Thank you for playing VHS Nights! |
| Hotfix: Additional Visual Polish & Asset Cleanup | 2026-10-02 | Our commitment to fully removing GenAI from the game remains unchanged. When managing countless textures, UV wraps, and materials across the store environment, it is entirely possible for an obscure third-party file to hide in plain sight. If you spot any other graphics or images that you believe we might have missed, please drop a note in the community hub. We will investigate them immediately and replace anything that slipped through. Thank you for the sharp eyes and for helping keep the store looking its best! |
| VHS Nights: The Big Rewind Update | 2026-10-01 | THE BIG REWIND UPDATE IS HERE! This is much more than a small patch. We have been listening closely to your feedback and making major improvements throughout the store. GENERATIVE AI GRAPHICS REMOVED We have replaced the generative AI graphics with new artwork. This has been a major visual overhaul across the VHS collection and the store. Thank you to everyone who shared thoughtful feedback while I worked through it. BEFORE — GENERATIVE AI ARTWORKAFTER — REPLACEMENT ARTWORK These are just a few of the graphical updates included in this release. Some generative AI textures came from third-party assets used during development. Warnings were pre |
| Eight Legs Out, Teddy Bears In! 🧸 | 2026-09-27 | Arachnophobia Mode has arrived! A new toggle is available in the Options menu. When enabled, spider artwork on affected VHS covers is replaced with a friendly teddy bear. - Works on physical VHS covers - Works while inspecting VHS details - Your preference is saved automatically - Does not affect gameplay, progress, achievements, or movie information Thank you to our community for suggesting this accessibility feature. The spiders have officially been evicted from the video store! |
| New Option: Culling Mode to reduce VHS details | 2026-09-27 | We’ve added a new Performance Settings menu for VHS detail rendering. By default, the game still displays VHS details the original way, but players can now enable Culling Mode to reduce how many VHS detail displays are rendered at once. This should help players who were seeing FPS drops around the large unsorted VHS piles. What changed: - Added a new Performance Settings option in the title screen menu. - Added Culling Mode for VHS details. - Culling Mode focuses rendering on VHS tapes near and in front of the player. - The setting is saved, so players do not need to reselect it every time. - Improved support for players experiencing frame dr |
| Hotfix: Movie Details Are Back! 📼 | 2026-09-26 | Enhanced Vision has received a quick tune-up! - Fixed an issue that prevented the VHS details panel from appearing. - Once Enhanced Vision is unlocked, hold R while looking at a VHS to view its title, year, cover and movie blurb. - Releasing R or looking away closes the details panel. - The normal Enhanced Vision unlock requirement remains unchanged. The feature was always hiding in the video store—someone had simply switched off the display! Download the latest patch and resume your movie research. 🔎📼 |
| Visual Art Update: Phase Two — Going Handcrafted! 📼✨ | 2026-09-26 | Hey Store Clerks! Welcome back to the Night Shift! We’re continuing our ongoing mission to remove AI textures. Phase Two of our AI texture removal is now live: - Vending machine graphic update - New posters in store 📼 What’s Next? The VHS COVERS! Thank you all for the feedback, support, and bug reports! |
| Performance Patch + Visual Art Update: Phase One 📼 | 2026-09-24 | Performance Improvements - Reduced frame drops caused by background VHS recovery checks. - Tape safety checks are now spread across multiple frames instead of running all at once. - Removed unnecessary processing from the labels on every VHS. - Lost, fallen and stuck tape recovery still works as before. - Floor piles, rewound tapes, shelved tapes and tapes inside the rewinder remain protected. Visual Art Update — Phase One We have started the first phase of removing generative AI textures from VHS Nights: The Tidy Up Shift. - The store now features a brand-new door. - The new design fits the game’s handmade, nostalgic 1992 atmosphere. - More |
| Screens Big, Small & Extra Wide 📺 | 2026-09-23 | The store’s trusty old tech has learned a few modern display tricks! - The EPOS computer terminal now fills standard screens properly, with no unwanted borders. - The vending machine menu now uses the full screen at standard resolutions. - Added proper support for Steam Deck’s 1280 × 800 display. - Ultrawide players can now see the complete terminal and vending machine menus without the top or bottom being cut off. - Vending machine buttons and the X close button remain correctly aligned and clickable across different resolutions. - Improved support for 720p, 1080p, 4K, 4:3 and ultrawide displays. The store may still be stuck in 1992, but at |
| 📼 No Tape Left Behind! | 2026-09-23 | A VHS slipping behind the TV should no longer ruin your shift! - Added Overdue Retrieval to the computer terminal. - Near the end of a shelf, use it to recover any missing tapes. - Lost or out-of-bounds VHS tapes are now automatically returned to the Lost VHS pile on the desk. - Improved collision around the TV to stop tapes disappearing behind it. - Recovery preserves your rewound tapes and sorting progress. The video store has a strict “no tape left behind” policy. Happy sorting! 📼✨ |
| The EPOS Terminal That Turns Heads 💻 | 2026-09-22 | Terminal Improvements - Walk behind the terminal and press Interact to swivel the monitor toward you. - Added a smooth turning animation for the monitor. - The screen, interface and interaction area now rotate together. - The terminal base and keyboard remain firmly planted on the desk. - Fixed the “Press E to Turn On” prompt remaining visible after startup and covering the terminal display. - Once switched on, the terminal stays on for the rest of the shift. Steam Cloud - Confirmed that current progress, rewind tape data and game statistics are syncing correctly through Steam Cloud. Who needs a flat-screen monitor when your enormous CRT can |
| Controller & Handheld UI Navigation Fix | 2026-09-22 | This patch addresses community feedback regarding controller navigation in the pause and settings menus, specifically improving the experience for handheld users (ROG Ally, Steam Deck) and gamepad players. What’s Fixed & Updated: Full Menu Navigation: D-pad and Left Stick input now seamlessly navigate through all pause menu items, options, and controls submenus. Automatic Focus: Opening the pause screen now automatically targets the first menu item so you can navigate instantly without needing a mouse click. Streamlined Buttons: A Button: Select / Activate menu items. B Button: Back out of submenus or resume gameplay. Mouse & Keyboard: Mouse |
| Are You a Pro Clerk? Meet the New EPOS Shelf Helper! 📼 | 2026-09-22 | It’s 1992. We don’t have superpowers—we have EPOS! The store terminal has received a major upgrade: - Hold a stack of VHS tapes near the terminal and EPOS will scan the top tape. - The terminal now displays a visual shelf map and highlights where that VHS belongs. - Correct, empty and incorrect shelf positions are clearly marked. - Your lifetime Terminal Uses total now appears beside the terminal clock. - View the powered-on terminal on 100 separate visits to unlock the Terminal Man Steam achievement. - Terminal usage is saved between play sessions, so your total continues when you return for another shift. Thanks for helping us make VHS Nigh |
| Patch Notes — Steam Achievements Catch-Up Fix | 2026-09-22 | - Fixed an issue that could prevent Steam achievements from unlocking. - The game now rechecks existing save progress and awards eligible achievements that were previously missed. - Added recovery checks for: - First VHS - First Shelve - Fastest Rewind - Rewind Master - Top Ten Club - All Endings - No Assist - Terminal Man - Achievement checks now retry if Steam is temporarily unavailable when the game starts. - Steam progress is rechecked after loading a saved game and periodically while playing. - Improved protection so achievements remain disabled during developer testing and when Steam Test Mode is enabled. Some achievements require recor |
| TERMINAL IS JUST A GIMMICK? NO ITS AN EPOS SYSTEM, NO MAGICAL POWERS HERE | 2026-09-21 | Computer Terminal - The computer now displays “PRESS E TO TURN ON” before its first use. - Once switched on, the computer remains powered for the rest of the shift. - Added a clearer 14 × 4 graphical shelf guide. - When carrying a standard VHS, the terminal displays its genre and highlights an available matching slot. - Rewind tapes are excluded from the genre placement helper. - The detailed terminal menu now appears above the shelf guide without overlapping it. - The leaderboard now displays the top 10 players. Steam Achievements - Fixed an issue that prevented achievements from unlocking in release builds. - Existing saves now recheck supp |
| Upcoming Update — VHS Recovery & Rewinder Fixes part 2 | 2026-09-20 | Fixed rewind tapes sometimes becoming stuck, untargetable, or unable to be picked up after being dropped. Fixed a stale rewinder link that could cause previously rewound tapes to behave as though they were still inside the machine. Tapes dropped in floor piles near the rewinder now remain where they were left. Improved collision handling when tapes are thrown or dropped near shelves and walls. Added recovery for tapes that fall outside the playable store area or become trapped in scenery. Recovered tapes keep their rewound state and remain usable. Added protection against missing ordinary VHS tapes, including Monster movies, and prevents dupl |
| Adds save safeguards, tape recovery improvements, and more leaderboad entries | 2026-09-20 | - If VHS progress cannot be fully restored, the game stops saving for that session to protect the existing save files. - Future saves create a backup copy of the previous save. - A dropped rewind tape with a disabled pickup collider becomes interactable again where it lies. - Loose tapes that fall below the floor are moved to the LOST VHS point. - The terminal leaderboard now shows the top 10 players. These safeguards protect future saves; they do not automatically recover progress already lost. |
| Patch Update – The "Tobi Floor Piles" Bug Fix 📼 | 2026-09-19 | Special shoutout to Tobi for helping us recreate and squash a tricky item-handling glitch! Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where tapes left in floor piles near the rewinder would mysteriously teleport back into the player's hands or onto the returns shelf. Fixed a state conflict when inserting new VHS tapes into the rewinder with finished tapes sitting nearby. Cleaned up potential floating tape bugs when rapidly swapping items near the rewinder. Safe floor-sorting for all you pile-makers on the night shift! 📼 |
| Shelf Placement and Sorting Fixes | 2026-09-19 | Tapes no longer snap onto a shelf just because they touch it. You can drop a pile nearby and place each tape when you choose. The RETURNS shelf now accepts any VHS; only rewound secret tapes lock into place. Corrected a Fantasy shelf year assignment that could prevent players from finishing it. |
| Hotfix: Shelf Bug Resolved | 2026-09-19 | Hey everyone, Thanks for playing! We've just pushed a quick hotfix to address a specific issue with the shelves. Fixes: Resolved a bug where Romance shelve wasnt aligned correctly. Keep the feedback coming, and let us know if you run into anything else! |
| Launch issue | 2026-09-18 | Hotfix: Fixed Game Launch Issue |
| Make it easy default and difficult a choice | 2026-09-18 | New players now start with Year Assist enabled as a relaxed difficulty option. Added visual feedback when a VHS matches the correct shelf slot. |
| Key Binding! | 2026-09-18 | Key Bindings for both xbox and keyboard |
| Launch Build - VHS Cover Fix | 2026-09-18 | - Fixed visual asset textures so all VHS tape covers display correctly. |
| Screen Resoultion added to Settings | 2026-09-17 | Added adjustable screen resoultions to menu screens and pause screen - fixed vedning machine close button - updated walking smoothly |
| VHS NIGHTS: GRAND OPENING | 2026-09-16 | VHS NIGHTS IS NOW OPEN! 📼Welcome to VHS Nights: The Tidy Up Shift.It’s 1992. The shelves are a mess, the returns are piling up, and somehow you’ve been trusted with the night shift.Your job is simple: tidy the store before your shift ends.Sort the VHS tapes, learn where everything belongs, rewind the returns and try to keep the customers happy along the way.But how you complete your shift is up to you.📼 Sort and organise a fully stocked VHS rental store ⏪ Rewind tapes — or don’t 🥤 Earn points and grab useful power-ups 🏆 Chase leaderboard times and compete for faster runs 🎮 Play with keyboard & mouse or Xbox controller 📺 Multiple endings |