Update v0.4.6 – AI Improvements, Steam Features & QoL Changes

📣 Update v0.4.6

📅 January 15, 2026

Hi everyone,

Update v0.4.6 is now live, bringing several gameplay and AI improvements, UI tuning, and the first set of Steam platform features.

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed a bug where shelf workers could store empty boxes.

• Fixed an issue where the sales report would display customer count as 1 incorrectly.

🔄 Improved & Changed

• Reduced trash spawn rate by increasing dirt value per trash from 4 → 6.

• Reduced payment acceptance delay at checkout from 2.0s → 0.4s, making transactions feel snappier.

• Improved price editing input on shelves for better responsiveness and registration.

• Customers first in checkout can now repack groceries into baskets if needed, allowing them to switch checkout lines.

• AI checkout workers now stop immediately when their checkout closes.

• Added a new navigation path for new players at the start of the game.

🌐 Steam Features

• Steam News Feed added to main menu (shows patch notes and links to Steam announcements).

• Steam Leaderboards implemented:

  • After a new save, performance is tracked for:

    • All-Time Best

    • Weekly

  • Results are uploaded automatically when the game saves.

Thanks again for all the feedback, it continues to help shape the game step by step. ❤️ More improvements and deeper systems updates are already in progress.