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Steam News14 January 20266mo ago

Private Lobbies, Cosmetic Preview and QoL Changes

Hello everyone, i'm back from a nice christmas vacation! This is a quick update for in between, it will mostly contain a lot of quality of life changes made by Iris (she joined us back in October woop woop!).

In this update3

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Full Bongo Cat update

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Hello everyone, i'm back from a nice christmas vacation! This is a quick update for in between, it will mostly contain a lot of quality of life changes made by Iris (she joined us back in October woop woop!). So big thanks to her for helping me out!

What changed

0 fixes6 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Store
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
addedCosmetic PreviewYou can now preview cosmetics before getting them. Just head over to the collection where you can click on cosmetics to showcase them on your cat.
addedPrivate LobbiesA lot of you requested this, you can now set your lobbies to private which means invite only via Steam.
addedTwo new supporter itemsWe also added two new supporter items, Yin and Yang that you can grab here:
addedTwo new supporter itemsAdds option to auto equip drops
addedTwo new supporter itemsAdds option to always show chest
changedTwo new supporter itemsCosmetic preview

Bongo Cat changes

addedYou can now preview cosmetics before getting them. Just head over to the collection where you can click on cosmetics to showcase them on your cat.
addedA lot of you requested this, you can now set your lobbies to private which means invite only via Steam.
addedWe also added two new supporter items, Yin and Yang that you can grab here:
addedAdds option to auto equip drops
addedAdds option to always show chest

Cosmetic Preview

You can now preview cosmetics before getting them. Just head over to the collection where you can click on cosmetics to showcase them on your cat.

Private Lobbies

A lot of you requested this, you can now set your lobbies to private which means invite only via Steam.

Two new supporter items

We also added two new supporter items, Yin and Yang that you can grab here:

Yin Yang

Full patch notes

  • Adds option to auto equip drops

  • Adds option to always show chest

  • Collapsable tags in collection

  • Cosmetic preview

  • Error indicator if chest fails

  • Emotes get scaled with ui

  • Emotes get cleanly deleted when multiplayer cat gets enabled after spamming emotes

  • Visual feedback if chest can't be opened

  • Chest position remains right when scaling UI

  • Scale in Settings has to be manually applied

  • Private lobby

Source

Steam News / 14 January 2026

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