I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator Steam news

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• Release dateSep 25, 2026
• Developer Bunch'o'Nerds
• Publisher Bunch'o'Nerds

Genres: Simulation, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Bunch'o'NerdsPublisher: Bunch'o'Nerds

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I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• 1.05 Update Arrived - 8-Player Lobbies & Order Toggles - 29 September 2026

  Hotfix / Patch NotesHey chefs! This update brings bigger lobbies for the brave, more control over your orders, and a batch of fixes to make quests clearer and the game smoother. Here's what's changed:New FeaturesUp to 8 Players: Hosts can now set the max player count up to 8 players instead of 4. Fair warning: the game isn't optimized for more than 4 players, so anything above that is strictly for chaos enthusiasts. You'll see a friendly reminder when you pick it. Don't say we didn't warn you!Drink & Sauce Toggles: You can now turn off drink and sauce orders from the Recipe screens. Want to focus on pizza only? Now you can.Quest Fixes & ClarityElon Tusk's Pepperoni Quest: Updated the quest text to make it crystal clear: you need to throw one piece of pepperoni, not the pepperoni pizza.Bulk Order Van – Leo Caruso Items: When a bulk order requires items from Leo Caruso, the quest now show…

• Patch v1.04 is Here - 28 September 2026

  Patch Notes v1.0.4Hey chefs! We are dropping Patch v1.0.4 to fix procedural quest tracking, resolve lingering lobby voice chat audio, and ensure achievement sync across all multiplayer sessions. Here is everything included in this update: Forgery & Quest TrackingDynamic Procedural Quest Cards: Randomly generated forgery jobs now immediately update their HUD quest card once the document is forged. Quest text no longer stays stuck on "Forge a badge" until courier pickup. Additionally, task lines now mirror handwritten jobs, explicitly stating the document type, the required name, and the exact delivery location.Multiplayer & Audio FixesLobby Voice Chat Cleanup: Getting kicked from a lobby or losing connection to the host no longer leaves the lobby's voice chat playing while you are on the main menu. Voice chat functionality will now properly reset and work when joining your next lobby.Ach…

• 1.03 Hotfix Arrived - Quest & Delivery Fixes - 27 September 2026

  Hotfix / Patch NotesHey chefs! This round of fixes targets quests that weren't tracking properly, a few annoying delivery issues, and a frustrating moment in the signature mini-game. Here's what's changed:Quest FixesElon Tusk's Skateboard Quest: Items bought from the vendor weren't being counted toward the skateboard-throwing quest. They now count as intended.Washing Machine Level Requirements: Fixed an issue where Level 3 Washing Machine jobs could be completed with a Level 2 machine. These jobs now correctly require Level 3.Rookie's First Case File: Fixed a save migration bug from the beta that affected the "Rookie's First Case File" mission.Gameplay & MechanicsPrefilled Drinks: Fixed an issue where cashiers were unable to take prefilled drinks.Bulk Order Delivery: Fixed a bug where delivering shady pizzas from bulk orders to the car placed the box in the car, but dropped the pizza it…

• 1.02 Hotfix Arrived - Quest Reset Feature Added - 26 September 2026

  Hotfix / Patch NotesHey chefs! We’re dropping another round of updates aimed at fine-tuning game pacing, preventing sabotage spam, and making open-world quest management much cleaner. Here is what’s changed: BRM & Sabotage Pacing AdjustmentsSabotage & Mini-Game Cooldowns: Added a strict 1-day in-game cooldown, between triggers in the Yellow and Orange risk zones on both the Front and Shady sides.Once-Per-Day Limit: Cops or Mob members will now only show up for sabotage once per day at most. Arcade cabinet mini-game encounters are now also capped at once per day.Smart Cooldown Locking: Crossing in and out of the Yellow/Orange risk threshold will no longer reset this timer. No more back-to-back attacks or rapid-fire harassment when toggling heat!Quest Management & ResetsItem-Dependent Quest Reset: Added a new Quest Reset feature specifically for Washing Machine jobs, Incinerator jobs, and…

• New Gameplay Difficulty Modes, Balance Patch and Fixes - 26 September 2026

  Hotfix - Patch Notes v1.0.1Hey chefs! We’ve been closely monitoring all your reviews and community feedback following the 1.0 launch. To give players of all play styles a more flexible experience, we’re introducing a brand-new game pacing option alongside a round of early-game balance tweaks, kitchen logic fixes, and lighting upgrades. New Gameplay Difficulty Modes: Relax Mode: For players who want a more relaxed, unhurried playthrough without fear of missing out something. No time limit to pay debts. A better option for solo play. Challenging Mode: If you want to experience the game in its original intended difficulty, where success or failure rests entirely in your hands and sharp planning. Better option for co-op or solo players looking for a real challenge. Note: We also fixed payment steps for a more balanced gameplay in Original mode as well. Total Flexibility: Select your preferr…

• I Know a Guy 1.0 is HERE! - 25 September 2026

  I Know a Guy 1.0 is FINALLY HERE!Welcome back to Hobarey Town! Since our last update, we’ve been working overtime in the kitchen, the backroom, and deep down in the basement. Version 1.0 brings the ultimate experience: a real way to settle your debt with Tony, two distinct endings, arcade cabinet duels with cops and the mob, bizarre night visitors, an underground kitchen, revamped forgery mechanics, new pizzas, new mini games and a massive list of fixes and performance boosts.Grab a slice, here is everything coming in 1.0!⚠️ A NOTE ABOUT OLD SAVES:Saves from before 1.0 are marked OLD VERSION. While you can still load them after a prompt, the economy, progression systems, and quests have changed drastically. We strongly recommend starting a brand-new campaign for the intended 1.0 experience!New ContentCharacters & QuestsElon Tusk and Roach King Zack join the nighttime visitor quest line,…

• I Know a Guy is Launching on September 25! - 8 September 2026

  I Know a Guy 1.0 Arrives September 25. Things Are Getting Shadier. 🍕Hey chefs!You opened a pizza shop. Made some deliveries. Met a few people. Did a few favors you probably shouldn’t put on your tax return.Now look at you.I Know a Guy is leaving Early Access on September 25, and Hobarey Town has a whole lot more trouble waiting for you. And here it is our new trailer!We’ve been busy working on 1.0, and today we wanted to give you a little taste of what’s cooking.Your next “quick favor” might involve taking out security cameras, planting a listening device, or scrubbing down a crime scene. Apparently, being good at cleaning a kitchen opens some unfortunate career doors.There are more people to meet, more jobs pulling you across town, and more reasons to take a detour on the way back to the shop. Buried secrets. Strange encounters. Someone waiting for you after dark.We’ll let you find ou…

• V0.175 - Bug Fixes & Content Update - 16 July 2026

  New Content5 New Open-World Quest NPCs — Five townsfolk now have jobs for you, unlocking between shady levels 8–12: smuggling runs, a risky prison photo job, a lost evidence bag, and a big pizza delivery. Quest Names on Map & HUD — Open-world quests now show their real names on the TAB map and HUD, plus proper hints telling you where to start. Locked quests stay a mystery until you reach the level. BalanceVending machine restocking now costs only what's actually missing — topping up a nearly full machine no longer costs the same as filling an empty one. The Redline phone no longer cares if your shop is closed. Its orders survive closing time, and it now rings between 10:00 and 02:00. Bug FixesStaff and Vending tabs no longer end up locked after loading a save — affected saves fix themselves automatically. Fixed a rare co-op issue where a cargo box could get stuck on a shelf and become i…

• Patch Notes V0.170 - 6 July 2026

  Bug Fix Update Hey everyone! This update is all about squashing the nastiest bugs you've reported — including a couple that could permanently break a save. Thanks for all the reports, keep them coming! Fixes Beggar softlock: Donating to the beggar could freeze the dialog on screen and lock your controls for good. Fixed — donate away. Phantom pizza ovens: Two players grabbing the same pizza at the same moment could create an invisible duplicate that permanently blocked an oven slot. Duplicates are now cleaned up automatically and ovens refuse them entirely. "E does nothing" bug: If a machine was sold or moved right as someone was using it, every machine could stop responding to E for the rest of the session. Interaction now recovers on its own. Online orders not starting: Saving with your shop open meant courier orders never showed up after loading. Orders now flow correctly on every sav…

• New Soundtrack! New Achievements and more! - 21 June 2026

  Hey chefs! We’re back with a quick follow-up patch to address some weird physics, add highly requested control shortcuts, and introduce some fresh rewards. Here is what’s new in Hobarey Town based on our latest tracker updates.We thrilled to share our new soundtrack, jump in the game and listen the new beats! Get ready to lose yourself in the vibe, hope you enjoy them as much as we do! New AchievementsNew Achievements: Fresh achievements have been added to the game. Time to hunt them down and fully flex about your Steam profile. Quality of Life & Control UpgradesSmooth Pizza Boxing: You can now right-click a full pizza box directly from your inventory or while it's resting on the ground to quickly pull the pizza out. No more awkward unpacking loops.Hold to Place Ingredients: Your fingers can finally rest. You can now simply hold down the button to continuously place pizza ingredients in…

• SINGLE PLAYER & AUTOMATION UPDATE IS OUT! - 15 June 2026

  Major Update: Solo Overhaul & Kitchen Automation!The wait is over! We are incredibly excited to bring you one of our most highly requested updates yet. This major patch shifts the focus toward full Kitchen Automation and heavily upgrades the solo experience to active YOLO mode!If you've been wanting to run your pizzeria like a true boss (or just need some extra hands), this one's for you. Here is the full breakdown of what’s cooking: New Automation & FeaturesStaff Recruitment (Cashier NPCs): You can now hire up to 2 Cashier NPCs! They will automatically navigate the shop, take customer orders, open doors, head to bed at the end of their shifts, and collect daily wages. You can approach them to pause or resume their duties, and check their accumulated tips directly on the Order Screen.Automatic Pizza Oven (Passive Income): A brand-new upgrade. This automated oven acts as a passive income…

• Major Quality of Life Update is Live! - 22 May 2026

  Major QoL & Systems Overhaul Update is NOW LIVE!Hello pizza nerds or wheeler dealers! We’ve been working behind the scenes on a massive overhaul to streamline your kitchen logistics, expand your business tools, and squash some of the most stubborn bugs in the system.Here is everything new in this major Quality of Life update:🍕 Interaction & Quality of LifePizza Rack Targeting: You can now place pizzas into the specific slot you are aiming at. Holding a pizza near a rack will show a ghost preview of the targeted slot. Racks also display a content label: "Empty", the specific Recipe Name (if all pizzas match), or "Mixed" (for Lv.2/Lv.3 racks).Beggar NPC Interaction: Pressing \ now opens a quick "Give $1 / No" prompt. Donating money causes the beggar to walk away and shifts your reputation toward the legitimate (Front) side. (Punching them remains a viable option, of course).Cash Register…

• Patch Notes V0.154 - 6 May 2026

  Patch Notes v0.154 We spent the last few days hunting down some of the wilder ways your save files, inventories, and physics objects have been misbehaving. Here's what we tracked down: New Features & Improvements Sliding Delivery Window: Added a new sliding window for the online order counter, with proper open/closed state that survives save/load. Last-Saved Indicator: The Quick Save section in the escape menu now shows when your game was last saved (just now / 30s ago / 5m ago / etc.), so you stop wondering if that save actually went through. Honest Save Button: The save button now actually waits for the save to finish before telling you "Saved." Previously it lied to you the moment you clicked. It now shows "Saving…" → "Saved" or "Save failed" with the real result. Co-op & Networking The "Vanishing Inventory" Glitch: Fixed a major bug where, when the host saved the game, every other p…

• Patch Notes v0.144 - Weekly patch here, comes with many solutions! - 30 April 2026

  Patch Notes v0.144 We’ve been deep in the trenches fixing some of the more... creative ways you’ve been breaking the game. From gravity-defying pizzas to inter-dimensional item theft, here’s what’s changed: New Features & ImprovementsQuick Delivery: Added a new Delivery Window for fast access to the courier. Movement Polish: Removed collisions from handheld items. You should no longer get stuck on the environment while carrying objects.Lobby Security: Strengthened lobby protection to prevent unauthorized players from joining your sessions.Co-op & Networking The "Accidental Thief" Glitch: Fixed a major bug where pressing 'B' (Build Mode) as a host would "steal" whatever item your friend was currently holding, even if they were in a completely different room.Miner Duplication & Phantoms: Resolved a complex issue involving Bitcoin Miners on the roof where players could end up with "phantom…

• Patch Notes v0.142 - Polish & Stability Update - 17 April 2026

  Patch Notes v0.142 Hey folks! Usually these community posts come from the rest of the team, but this one's me. The "works on my machine" developer (the guy who actually writes the code) hopping into the announcements channel. So expect things to get a little more technical than usual. Bear with me, I'll try not to go full changelog-brain on you. We did a pretty massive refactor of how every pickup-able item in the game works. All holdables (pizzas, ingredients, cargo boxes, cameras, weapons, contraband, instruments; basically anything you can grab) now run through a single, shared system. Sounds boring, but it means fewer weird bugs, less duplicated code, and way easier patches from here on out. A lot of small gremlins got quietly squashed in the process. Because this was such a big change under the hood, please keep those bug reports coming. If something slipped past us or a new issue…

• Patch Notes v0.139 - We Fixed the Pizza Racks! - 12 April 2026

  New ContentFreezer Upgrades: Two new Freezer levels have been added to the game!Level 2 — Allows you to store up to 50 dough.Level 3 — Allows you to store up to 100 dough.Critical Fixes & StabilityFreezer: Fixed an issue blocking access to the Freezer for some players.Shady Truck (Multiplayer): Client players can now properly interact with items delivered by the Shady Truck.Pizza Rack FixesPizza Disappearing: Fixed multiple cases where pizzas would vanish from racks when saving, loading, or switching between host and client sessions.Rack Sync: Pizza racks now correctly update for all players when someone joins or reconnects.Selling Issues: Resolved a bug where pizzas would get stuck floating in the air instead of being sold properly during multiplayer sessions.Gameplay & ItemsTopping Station: Fixed the Topping Station becoming unusable after the host saves and exits.Item Loss: Items in…

• Week 1 Patch - Lobby Update, Shady Point Balance and More - 5 April 2026

  Patch Notes v0.135Critical Fixes & StabilityAnti-Softlock Measures: Fixed a soft-lock occurring when getting punched while interacting with Bribe/Extortion NPCs.Inventory Resolved an issue where rapidly switching items caused objects to scale up indefinitely.Lobby & Security: Lobbies are now set to Private by default in the Host menu.Added Lobby Protection to prevent unauthorized joins. Please report any further instances of uninvited players joining your sessions.Added a "1 Player" option to the Max Players dropdown in lobby settings.Gameplay & BalanceShady Point Balancing: To prevent easy farming, punching the same NPC will now only grant Shady Points for the first hit each day.Incinerator Mechanic: The pop-up notification for unlocking the Incinerator on the Dark Web is now global. All players will be notified, so the whole crew learns the mechanic at once.Online Orders: Fixed a bug…

• Regular Hotfix v0.130 - 4 April 2026

  New Features & Major FixesSteam Cloud Save: Integrated! Your progress is now synced across devices.Endgame Content Added: The story reaches its conclusion. The final chapter is now playable. But there is not a single ending...Save System Stability: Fixed issues where saving via the bed wouldn't function correctly.Added extra security layers to prevent BTC loss after loading a save.Fixed a bug where cameras would disappear from the inventory upon loading.Balance & EconomyBitcoin Mining Nerf: Hourly rates have been adjusted for long-term balance:Lvl 1: Reduced from ~0.21 BTC/hr to ~0.104 BTC/hr.Lvl 2: Reduced from ~0.63 BTC/hr to ~0.417 BTC/hr.The Famous Guy Encounter:Footstep volume reduced by 50%.Camera shake effect reduced by 30%.If he is rejected, he will no longer return.Fixed a dialogue softlock if you get punched while talking to him.Multiplayer & Sync (QoL)Ingredient Sync: Fixed a…

• Regular Hotfix v0.125 - 2 April 2026

  Patch Notes v0.25We're continuing to polish the experience based on your reports. Here’s what’s new:Multiplayer & NetworkingSync Issues: Fixed a bug where preplaced objects wouldn't sync between Host and Client when replaced or sold.Player Count: Official support for 8-player sessions has been removed to ensure better stability and performance.Dev Logs: Added comprehensive logging for Steamworks UDP and Relay systems to better diagnose connection issues.Gameplay & BalanceOnline Orders: Fixed a bug where the wrong pizza could be delivered.Economy: Online order prices were too low; we’ve doubled the payouts to make them more rewarding.Tutorial Fix: Adjusted the GPS Tracker timing in the tutorial to prevent "hardstuck" situations caused by long wait times.Dark Web: Fixed a listing error where the Heroin Block was missing from Dark Web Level 3.UI & AccessibilityFOV Slider: Added a Field of…

• Hotfix V0.123 - 2 April 2026

  Fixed cocaine bricks not arriving after ordering from the dark web.Fixed Burner Phone and Voice Recorder not being placeable in the Incinerator.Fixed decoration achievement not unlocking.

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