- September Update Timeline 🪛 - 18 September 2026
Hey Restorers 💛 The update that was planned to go live on September 21 will be released slightly later. We understand this is not great news. On the bright side, we can tell you that the update itself is ready to go (and we think you’ll love the new content!). We want a really cool collab to be a part of this update, and the process of clearing everything took longer than expected. Trust us, it will be worth it Here is a sneak peek of the device; can you guess what it is? We are going to release this update as soon as we can, so please expect more news in the coming weeks. The wait won’t be too long. Thank you so much for your understanding and support. Mandragora Team
- FREE CONTENT UPDATE COMING SOON! 💛🪛 - 14 September 2026
Hey Restorers, To celebrate the 500,000 copies sold, we have a FREE CONTENT UPDATE on 21st September We previously noted that the content update will be coming on September 14th, but the team needs a little more time to finalize the content, and it will be worth the wait. Check out our accolades trailer from the tinyBuild Connect here: For a sneak peek into the next small story addition: "Kaito and Haruhi will return. They have grown up and become an actor and an engineer. And they help the big gamedev star who is in the city" You can expect a new character, new device to repair AND more story to tie it all together. Make sure you check back right here on September 21st
- We're in the tinyBuild Connect! 🧡 - 10 September 2026
Hey Restorers, Join us on September 14th for the tinyBuild Connect where we show off news on when to expect our next FREE content update. We previously noted that the content update will be coming on September 14th but the team need a little more time to finalize the content BUT it will be worth the wait. For a sneak peek into the next small story addition: "Kaito and Haruhi will return. They have grown up and become an actor and an engineer. And they help the big gamedev star who is in the city" You can expect a new character, new device to repair AND more story to tie it all together. Make sure you check in right here: That's all for today, we appreciate you take the time to read this small update, see you soon!
- 🪛 Patch: 1.0.013r - 21 August 2026
Hey Restoreres! 🪛 We have another patch for you that fixes many of the issues you were all having with memory leaks, Mac issues, story progression, AND added 5 save slots! There are a lot more improvements that we worked on; read below: Added save slots! Fixed story blockers with bought licenses and main questline orders. Fixed bug with items lost in sonic bath. Fixed some serious memory leaks. The game should work on old Macs now (Intel). Fixed bug with asian fonts. Added gamepad tooltips. Fixed dialogue selector on gamepad. Rebalanced marketplace. Updating firmware mechanics now working on gamepad. Sound fixes: ding completion sound (we hear you!) and some other minor audio. Fixed competitions: IDB Thinkerdad, XI-Box. Fixed rare bug with client coming right before 00:00. Fixed bug with duplicated tutorials. Fixed sorting in inventory. Fixed some bugs with Atari Lynx, Blueberry Curl,…
- First content news coming Sep 14 📦🪛 Community Fan Survey - 20 August 2026
Hey Restorers! 🪛💛 It has been two weeks since our release! The world will never be the same. We've been working really hard this whole time fixing bugs and adding highly requested QoL features. For example, this button that allows you to put all of the gadget parts with a simple click of a button made its way to yesterday's update 📦 So what's next? We are naturally going to be dedicating a good chunk of our lives to improving and expanding the game during the upcoming months. And it won't be long: the first free content update with more story, a new character, and a brand new gadget, with news coming on September 14. Less than a month away! This update is going to be sort of outside-the-box, and I'm pretty sure you are going to love it. As for the long-term plans, we will also share some sort of roadmap on September 14. But first: Fill out our community survey As some of you might ha…
- 🪛 Patch 1.0.011r - 19 August 2026
Hey Restoreres 🪛 We have a new patch ready for you. This update fixes a range of bugs with achievements, QoL improvements, and new audio added. Please update your game, and thank you for reporting all the bugs and leaving us your feedback. Added a button that will place all gadget items into your inventory. Cleaning parts with the sonic bath will also count towards the achievement. Fixed bug with painting palettes UI. Fixed bug with parts that cannot be cleaned. Fixed bug with quest item from Brick Game. Minor fixes with outlines on selection. Fixed minor bug with available items in store. Minor visual fixes for Guitar Legend, TV wires, Patento wires. Fixed "Jack of all trades" achievement. Fixed the Atari Lynx in competitions. Added competition complete ending music SFX. Added shredder sound. Optimised some 3D assets for better performance. Other smaller bugs fixed.
- 🪛THANK YOU FOR 300k SALES! | OST & Artbook | Patch: 1.0.010r 💛 - 13 August 2026
Hey Restorers 💛 Hope everyone is having a great summer day today and the heatwaves don't bother you that much. We have a bunch of updates for you today! 300k copies sold in a week It has been a week since ReStory was released, and we are proud to announce that as of today it has been more than 300,000 of you have bought the game. Absolutely mind-blowing. Here's a short video we have prepared to celebrate: More certainly than ever, we are saying that this is only the beginning for ReStory, and we are already working on a fresh gadget for our first free content update: it won't be long, and the gadget will blow your mind, just wait for it! And we'll be working on our long-term roadmap too. There are so many updates, fun collabs, and DLCs to come, so stay tuned. OST is now available. Artbook has been updated🎵 Yesterday we've finally passed the review and released ReStory Official Soundtr…
- First Update is Live (1.0.009r) - 11 August 2026
Hey everyone! The last few days were crazy. On behalf of our small team, a huge THANK YOU for supporting our game, for your raving reviews, and tons of valuable feedback. The launch has exceeded all our expectations, and we’re very excited for the future of ReStory. We have so many ideas of what to do moving forward, and we will share more details and stats soon, but for now we just wanted to highlight that you - our community - are the reason it was all possible. You are amazing! ❤️ For now, we want to address two important things. The first one is the v1.0.009r Update that just went live - here’s what’s been fixed: For now there are two major things we'd like to sure. First - the first patch for the game is now live (v1.0.009r), here's what was fixed: "How Did I Do It" and "Frugal" achievements unlocking early "Platinum partner" achievement Updating firmware bug for the Guitar Legend…
- Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 4 Aug — 11 August 2026 - 11 August 2026
* Big Walk ; * MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls ; * Cyberpunk 2077 ; * IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator ; * ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs ; * Palworld ; * Gears of War: E-Day ; * Mistfall Hunter ; * Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands ; * Rust ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
- Cozy retro repair sim ReStory earns its budget back in just 12 hours: "We're completely blown away" - 8 August 2026
New indie game ReStory has already earned over $1 million in Steam revenue, with 97% user reviews making it tinyBuild's highest-rated game. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Cozy retro repair sim ReStory earns its budget back in just 12 hours: "We're completely blown away"
- 100k Copies sold in 1 day! ✨ - 7 August 2026
Hey Restorers! As we’re writing this, the game has just crossed 15,000 concurrent players on Steam in less than 24 hours since the launch. It’s unbelievable! These numbers would not be possible without all the support you've given us since we first revealed ReStory. Whilst you've been hitting records for us, we’ve already been working on the first update to address your feedback and bugs you've encountered (this should be live very soon). You've also helped us reach almost 100,000 units sold AND 97% positive reviews! We're completely blown away, but it doesn't stop there; the reviews that some of the press have left us are amazing, as well as a Metacritic score of 84, which is wild. 💬The reviews are in ✨ The reception has been amazing, and here are some of the excerpts and the scores from the critic reviews covering ReStory: “It’s almost hard to believe that scrubbing down metal frames…
- RESTORY: CHILL ELECTRONICS REPAIRS IS OPEN! 💛✨ - 6 August 2026
💛 TODAY IS THE DAY! 💛 ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs is out now!! Run your electronics repair shop, talk to customers, and shape their stories! Restore iconic devices from the good old times, like legendary gaming consoles, mobile phones, music players, digital cameras, and more. We wanted to thank every one of you that has joined us in the development of our game; thanks to you, we achieved: 750,000+ wishlists 56th on top Steam wishlists 19k Discord members 96% overwhelmingly positive reviews on our demo Multiple playtests to perfect the game 112k survey forms filled 🪛 Check out the launch trailer: INSERT YOUTUBE LINK 💬 Reviews are in! We've hit a score of 85 on Metacritic! You can read about it all here: https://www.metacritic.com/game/restory-chill-electronics-repairs/ An incredible feat with a score of 90 on Opencritic: https://opencritic.com/game/21113/restory-chill-electro…
- Prices & Launch Times 🪛 - 4 August 2026
Hey Restorers! With only 2 days until the launch of our game, we're applying the finishing touches to ReStory, So whilst we're working on that, we also wanted to answer your questions regarding how much it'll cost and the rough gameplay time, etc. So let's get started! 💛 After hitting 700,000 wishlists on Steam, it's clear there is a lot of love for ReStory, and we're very excited for you to finally get your hands on the full version. 💛 When is ReStory releasing? 🪛 How long does it take to complete the game? You'll be able to spend 15+ hours playing through the main story, but it will vary depending on your playstyle. You can play for as long as you'd like; the game has a lot of replayability thanks to branching storyline, device customisation, and all sorts of different orders you can receive while grinding through the online requests. 💴 How much will ReStory cost? Just to give you…
- RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT 💛 - 23 July 2026
Hey ReStorers! We keep telling you all the release date for ReStory 'this summer', 'check out this summer ', or 'launching soon', well, no more! ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs is officially releasing 💛 AUGUST 6TH 2026 💛 Check out our latest trailer so you can see what to expect from our game You've all shown our game so much love and support since we first announced it, launched the playtest, and the demo. You've all logged so many hours in just the demo and playtest alone, and almost 19k of you have joined our Discord! We'll have another post very soon on what you can expect from the full release of our game, the price, average playtime, and release world map to get you all prepared for August 6th. 600,000 wishlists?! 💛 We're running out of ways to think of fun posts and to say how thankful we are for everything you've shown our game ReStory 🥹💛 Over 1k of you have reviewed our…
- 500,000 WISHLISTS?! 💛 | Community Designs Showcase 🎨 - 22 June 2026
Hey Restorers! This is a very special celebration for us. You've helped us reach 500K wishlists since we first announced our game AND reached the top 100 of wishlisted games on Steam! This is no small feat for an indie game, and it's all thanks to YOU! We also made it to the Steam Next Fest: The 50 Most-Played Demos!Our team is so overjoyed with the love, support, and creativity you've shown outside and inside our game. You've all restored and cleaned so many devices in the ReStory demo and helped us reach 96% positive reviews on Steam, what can't you all do?! 🥹 (except play the full release right now, sorry!) If you haven't already, please help leave a review for our demo. It's so important for us to make sure we're collecting all your experiences with the demo! Thank you all again! Here's to the next milestone and getting our game polished up for release THIS SUMMER! ✨💛 COMMUNITY CO…
- THE NEW DEMO IS OUT! 💛 | CUSTOMIZE YOUR GADGETS! - 16 June 2026
Hey Restorers! 💛 Our demo is OUT NOW! You've all been waiting patiently for all the content we've been teasing since we first announced the game, and today it's finally time for our demo. Restore iconic devices from the good old times, like legendary gaming consoles, mobile phones, music players, digital cameras, and more. Run your electronics repair shop, talk to customers, and shape their stories! Watch the trailer here: List of improvements and additions: We want you to discover all of the new additions our demo has to offer. We've scanned through all of your feedback and gadget suggestions, and we truly hope you have all the nostalgic fun that we had making it. Working on how the game looks and feels, as well as overall improvement and bug fixes from our playtest build. Disassemble the Patento BS! We made sure to be as accurate as we could, but still ✨ legally distinct ✨, so if you…
- New gameplay trailer! 💛 - 22 May 2026
Hey Restorers! SURPRISE! We have a new gameplay trailer to share with you. We've been working on so much in the background, adding all new devices, unlock customization for all the nostalgic gadgets with the new painting feature AND working on finishing up the DEMO version of our game that you will be able to play very soon. 💛 Check out the gameplay trailer here: EN Version JP Version What's coming next? New devices you might remember The team has been working on some new gadgets that will give you that nostalgia dopamine you've been looking for. We're going to be adding the Pokia N-Joy, Patento BS, and the Palaloid 💛📸 Customize your customers' gadgets Purchase the airbrush from the store and all the color pallets you can choose from to make a one-of-a-kind skin for your customers. That's all for now, make sure you're following ReStory here and our socials to get all the latest updat…
- Devlog #4: Helping the community restore gadgets 🪛 - 11 May 2026
Hey Restorers 🪛 We have a very different devlog for you today because this one is all about YOU and restoring your love for the forgotten and ✨dusty✨ gadgets you have hidden away. Introductions We asked 5 members of our community to share their IRL disassembly projects they were currently working on, and we have an amazing range of gadgets that have been opened up for restoration. Here are the questions we asked them: How did you get into repairing devices? Most channeling device? How would you compare the repairing to the game and IRL? With the devices you posted in the Discord server? How did that rebuild go? Why did you start disassembling? From beloved handheld consoles to iPods and retro phones, they do it all 👇 sq: I got into disassembling devices for repair after watching a lot of TronicsFix & Odd Tinkering (Both very good channels, if you like retro repair they're great!) and…
- Devlog #3 - New Character Reveal?! 💛 - 15 April 2026
Hey Restoreres, We have another devlog for you today, and we wanted to showcase to you a little more about who the characters are that keep coming to your store, their favorite foods, and, most importantly, a small spoiler-free insight into who they really are. If you keep reading to the end, we're also introducing a brand new character. Your rival. 👀 💴 橋本 源蔵 Hashimoto Genzo 💴 Your landlord, who believes in finders keepers and that everything belongs to him. He hates Akiba, it's noisy and loud, and yet he stays there to control things "on foot" as a way to train his character, and of course, he loves the rent money that is guaranteed to come in when owning a high-traffic store in a busy location. Age & Birthday 58–62 years old November 3 (Scorpio) Food Likes: Grilled street food (especially chicken skewers), which reminds him of post-war Akihabara and where he came from. Dislikes: Na…
- Devlog #2 - Atari continues to live on in ReStory - 20 March 2026
Hey Restorers! 🪛 Before we get into today's devlog, we wanted to celebrate hitting 300,000 wishlists! Thank you so much for your constant support and love you show ReStory! We've been working on some really cool things in the background that we're really excited to show off soon, but for now, we have another sneak peek at the next Atari gadget that will be coming to ReStory at the end of this devlog, so keep reading to see. 👀 Why are there so many Atari devices? Some of the most common questions we get asked are "How are there so many parody gadgets, but the Atari gadgets are officially licensed?" By popular request, we're answering it today...because we love Atari! At tinyBuild, we have an official partnership with them, so we thought it would be a great opportunity for ReStory to include their gadgets for full nostalgia! The History of Atari in the 2000s Akihabara, Japan As we all k…
