Dressmaker Updates and Roadmap

Every official patch since launch, newest first, summarised from the developers' Steam announcements. Dates are the Steam publish dates.

Last checked against Steam news: October 23, 2026.

1. October 14, 2026: October patch (Build 443)

   • Trim placement reworked: smoother and easier, with a Fast Trim Placement option, a duplicate-trim button and dragging to rotate the mannequin while placing.
   • Mannequin camera: smooth zoom, right-click pan and keyboard orbit. New accessibility options: Less Animation, bloom, and turning off the red outline.
   • Sketchbook: a randomise button for dress components and a button to delete off-rack dresses.
   • Colour and fabric-type requirements are now weighted so small components such as collars and sleeves count more. Scores on older dresses can show differently.
   • The scissors only discard fabric after you click the discard-fabric button; a grab-all-pieces button was added in the cutting room.
   • New content, unlocked through the campaign and retroactively: a less poofy chrysanthemum skirt, a longer pencil skirt, three cotton fabrics, two lace fabrics, four shot and gradient silks, silver accessories and trims, and black dagger beaded trim and Widow's Lace trim.

   For the guides: The weighting change affects cards with colour or fabric-type requirements: recheck a dress's numbers after the patch.

   Steam announcement

2. September 24, 2026: Patch Build 410

   • Component names in the sketchbook now show that they are clickable.
   • The mouse wheel no longer rotates panels in the cutting room while the pointer is over the inventory.
   • You can change the thread colour in the sewing scene by clicking the spools.
   • Hovering over a panel in the inventory shows a hint for where it goes on the mannequin.
   • Fixed a softlock in the tutorial when clicking the sketchbook before the bell.

   Steam announcement

3. September 22, 2026: First patch (Build 403)

   • You now need to ring the bell to summon the next customer.
   • Failed commissions now pay: if the character accepts the commission, you are paid.
   • Fixes for the mouse cursor vanishing in the cutting-room tutorial, the back button in the store tutorial, some lace trims missing their tag, the single keyhole bodice and shop buttons on ultra-wide screens.

   Steam announcement

4. September 21, 2026: Launch day and roadmap

   • Dressmaker released on Steam for Windows and macOS.
   • The developers said small bug-fix updates with new fabrics and accessories would follow, and named an online challenge mode, transparent fabrics, full controller support and planned mobile and Switch ports as bigger projects.

   Steam announcement