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Steam News17 January 20265mo ago

🌸 Spring Is Almost Here – Summer Islands Update!

🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸 Hello everyone, Spring is almost here — and Summer Islands is getting warmer too. We’ve been working on the next update for a while, and now it’s finally time. We’re happy to present v1.0.

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What changed

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  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
added🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸🏯 New special Japanese building A true highlight: a unique Japanese building that tourists will absolutely love.
added🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸💸 Buy enemies Yes, you read that right: you can now buy enemies — a new option to spice up your strategies.
changed🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸🆕 Accessibility options More accessibility for everyone: high contrast, bigger cursor, outlined text — so Summer Islands feels good for everyone.
changed🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸⚙️ Performance improvements & engine update We’ve done a lot under the hood: engine update, optimizations, and noticeable performance improvements.
changed🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸🔠 Improved umlauts (ÄÜÖ) Small but important: umlauts now look better and display more reliably.
added🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸⚡ Bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes And of course: a whole bunch of fixes — many small annoying issues are gone. (But don’t worry… we’ll keep sneaking in new ones so you have something to hunt for 🌞)

Summer Islands changes

added🏯 New special Japanese building A true highlight: a unique Japanese building that tourists will absolutely love.
added💸 Buy enemies Yes, you read that right: you can now buy enemies — a new option to spice up your strategies.
changed🆕 Accessibility options More accessibility for everyone: high contrast, bigger cursor, outlined text — so Summer Islands feels good for everyone.
changed⚙️ Performance improvements & engine update We’ve done a lot under the hood: engine update, optimizations, and noticeable performance improvements.
changed🔠 Improved umlauts (ÄÜÖ) Small but important: umlauts now look better and display more reliably.

🌸 A Touch of Spring 🌸

Hello everyone,

Spring is almost here — and Summer Islands is getting warmer too. We’ve been working on the next update for a while, and now it’s finally time. We’re happy to present v1.0.3, featuring:

🌸 More seasonal vibes (toggleable) Look forward to cherry blossoms in spring, maple leaves in autumn, and snowflakes in winter.

🏯 New special Japanese building A true highlight: a unique Japanese building that tourists will absolutely love.

📰 Dynamic news banner News is now more dynamic, clearer, and easier to read — so you can quickly see what matters without constantly clicking around.

📺 32:9 screen support Ultrawide fans, rejoice: 32:9 support is here — for more overview and more island.

💸 Buy enemies Yes, you read that right: you can now buy enemies — a new option to spice up your strategies.

🧾 Yearly report opens automatically at year’s end (toggleable) The yearly report now opens automatically at the end of the year, so you won’t miss your progress.

🆕 Accessibility options More accessibility for everyone: high contrast, bigger cursor, outlined text — so Summer Islands feels good for everyone.

⚙️ Performance improvements & engine update We’ve done a lot under the hood: engine update, optimizations, and noticeable performance improvements.

🔠 Improved umlauts (ÄÜÖ) Small but important: umlauts now look better and display more reliably.

⚡ Bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes And of course: a whole bunch of fixes — many small annoying issues are gone. (But don’t worry… we’ll keep sneaking in new ones so you have something to hunt for 🌞)

🌴 Thank you for being part of Summer Islands! Thanks to every single one of you for your patience — and now have fun with Summer Islands!!

P.S.: If you’re enjoying Summer Islands, please, please, please leave us a positive review! 🌟 A small 💬 or 👍 means the world to us! ❤️

🌞 Your Summer Islands Team — where vacation never ends. ❤️

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Steam News / 17 January 2026

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