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Steam News16 February 20264mo ago

Lunar New Year Update & Launch Party Art Contest Winner

Happy Lunar New Year! We wish you all prosperity, health and good fortune for the entire year of the Horse!

In this update3

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Full Draw & Guess update

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What changed

1 fix5 additions2 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Events
  • Fixes
addedHappy Lunar New Year!
changedWe wish you all prosperity, health and good fortune for the entire year of the Horse!
addedTo kick off the new year, we’ve dressed the game for the occasion and invited Lunar Princes Gus, Hachi and AL4N over for a visit! Check out the quest list to see how you can add them to your crew for free!
addedWe’re once again looking at some exciting new changes coming this year of the Horse, and have created a little roadmap for you. On Desktop, find it in the bottom right of Main Menu. On Mobile find it in the top right corner, where the report button used to be. Don’t worry, we still want to hear from you, so you can still report issues or make suggestions via the game settings!
addedThird PlaceMay you all fully enjoy the new year celebrations!
addedThird PlacePreparations for new Event: Lunar New Year 2026

Draw & Guess changes

addedHappy Lunar New Year!
changedWe wish you all prosperity, health and good fortune for the entire year of the Horse!
addedTo kick off the new year, we’ve dressed the game for the occasion and invited Lunar Princes Gus, Hachi and AL4N over for a visit! Check out the quest list to see how you can add them to your crew for free!
addedWe’re once again looking at some exciting new changes coming this year of the Horse, and have created a little roadmap for you. On Desktop, find it in the bottom right of Main Menu. On Mobile find it in the top right corner, where the report button used to be. Don’t worry, we still want to hear from you, so you can still report issues or make suggestions via the game settings!
addedMay you all fully enjoy the new year celebrations!

Happy Lunar New Year!

We wish you all prosperity, health and good fortune for the entire year of the Horse!

To kick off the new year, we’ve dressed the game for the occasion and invited Lunar Princes Gus, Hachi and AL4N over for a visit! Check out the quest list to see how you can add them to your crew for free!

We’re once again looking at some exciting new changes coming this year of the Horse, and have created a little roadmap for you. On Desktop, find it in the bottom right of Main Menu. On Mobile find it in the top right corner, where the report button used to be. Don’t worry, we still want to hear from you, so you can still report issues or make suggestions via the game settings!

With the beginning of the year of the Horse ends our Launch Party art competition. Thank you everyone for your amazing submissions showing our characters featuring Draw & Guess Mobile in creative ways! It wasn’t easy to pick the top ten from all submissions, but here they are…. -drumroll-

The Winner: 温酒挽歌

(We will reach out to you to organise shipment of your very own Theo plushie)

Second Place

俊江

Third Place

性感36Z少御

Your ink prizes and the badge will be transferred to your accounts in the next few days.

The following players will also receive the exclusive Art Competition Badge for making it into the top 10! Congratulations!

kuoyi // 尿 尿 真 爽 // 火龙果派 // 画画糕手蔡徐坤 // 豪情 // 死人微活 // Bobby

Once again: Congratulations to all winners and a huge thank you to everyone who participated!

May you all fully enjoy the new year celebrations!

Team acureus

Full Update trace:

  • Preparations for new EventLunar New Year 2026
  • BATTLE ROYALE

    • Make the player count requirements more explicit in game

    • Switch from a fixed timer for lobby starts to starting a shorter timer whenever enough people have joined a match

  • [Lobby Settings] Immediately display supported player number on each game mode

  • UI Optimisations

Source

Steam News / 16 February 2026

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