Bugtopia news & patch notes

✨ Calling all nature lovers! ✨

Too busy to care for real bugs, or no time to wait around outdoors for adorable birds? No worries~ Your screen can become a tiny nature playground of its own!

This time, your guide has brought together two incredibly cozy desktop companion idle games, featuring charming art styles and wonderfully relaxing gameplay, in one special bundle!

🎁 Grab the "Early Birds Get The Bugs" Bundle now and enjoy an extra 10% off on top of the existing discounts!

Double the idle fun, double the comfort!

Crickets chirping + birds singing = a soothing white-noise combo for twice the relaxation~

✨ The early bird gets the worm, and early players get the discount! Bring these little nature friends home today!

About Bugtopia

300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐

About Birdwatching Notebook

Turn your balcony into your very own birdwatching spot, and await the arrival of new avian friends! Enjoy a cozy idle game — place a tiny postcard on the corner of your screen, keeping you company with pleasant scenes and visiting birds. Oh, and don't forget your camera!

Hello little aphids! Your guide is here with the team's new game *Meow My Crop!*

This is a casual idle game with online multiplayer, featuring cute cats and fun crop-stealing gameplay. It will be officially released for FREE at 9:00 PM tonight!

💅 Feline Fashion: Over 600+ skins to unlock! Log in now to claim your High-Quality Exclusive Outfit. Plus, daily free gift redemptions for the first 7 days!

🎵 Immersive Vibes: 30+ original tracks and soothing white noise to keep you company while you work or study.

💻 Play Your Way: Fully compatible with WIN + MAC. We support Keyboard/Mouse, Controllers, Drawing Tablets, and even MIDI Keyboards to boost your crop growth!

🤝 Cat-Cloud Party: Join up to 25 players! Will you be an honest farmer or a sneaky crop thief? Use real-time Status Bubbles to show your friends exactly how you're feeling!

🎁 Want More? Check out our DLCs:

「Supporter Pack」

- Exclusive High-Quality Skin Set*1:Includes the orange-rarity "Snow Leopard Cat" (Body) + blue-rarity "Sunglasses" (Expression) + green-rarity "Tycoon" (Hat) + blue-rarity "Gold Chain" (Clothes) + blue-rarity "Big Shoes" (Chair) + orange-rarity "Money Gun" (Fertilizer).

- Interactive Throwing Items:Includes poop, fireworks, and hearts. These items can be obtained randomly when harvesting fruits. They can be used on yourself or your friends.

「Original Soundtrack」

Get all 30+ tracks instantly, with all future music updates included for free.

Enter the code bugtopia in-game to claim a special gift prepared just for you! Let's meet again in Meow My Crop!

Dear little world creators, happy spring!

The sunshine’s just right—time to bring the tiny residents of your habitat out to bask in it~

Bugtopia is now part of Eastern Game Fest! Enjoy a historic low of 30% off, now just 4.19 USD!

Come claim your very own pocket-sized piece of nature right on your desktop!

Quack quack~ We have met another new friend! The Tingus Goose!

The bundle “Tingus Goose x Bugtopia” is now available! Just in time for the Spring Sale, both titles are discounted, and you’ll get an extra deal when purchasing the bundle!

What kind of goose will appear in the next second? You’ll never know!

About “Tingus Goose”: Tingus Goose is a delightfully absurd idle game where you plant seeds in patients, bounce babies for profit, and ascend through surreal worlds toward riches.

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Happy spring, creators of tiny worlds!

As everything outside begins to bloom again, maybe it’s time for your terrarium to get lively too.

In Bugtopia, you’re not just an observer—you’re the creator. Watch as little critters wander through the soil and plants stretch their roots under gentle light. Your screen can become the coziest, most healing corner of your day.

This spring, our Guide has brought a special discount for everyone! From now until March 27, the game is at its historical low with 30% off, now only 4.19 USD

Whether you’re an ecology enthusiast or simply looking for a moment of calm in a busy life, the bugs are waiting to be fed. Come build your own tiny, breathing piece of nature right on your desktop.

Hello Bug keepers! Bugtopia is participating in the Relaxing Event 2026! 300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐 Let's enjoy a wonderful time with lovely bugs!

Hello Bug keepers! Bugtopia is participating in the Women's Day Sale! 300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐 Let's enjoy a wonderful time with lovely bugs!

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Work is exhausting… Even the Guide has post-holiday syndrome. Are all my little aphids back in the fields yet?

The Guide just got back from home, and the thought of returning to work almost drained all motivation… But then—good news from our Meow Farmers brought me back to life!

Our new game Meow My Crop! now has its Steam store page live.

We’re planning to release it as a free-to-play title.

Dear aphids, please consider adding it to your wishlist. It’s the Guide’s lifeline.

🌱 How does the game play?

Core Features 👇

Casual Farming Idle growth system. Click with mouse or keyboard to speed up crop maturation. Supports macOS, and is compatible with controllers and MIDI keyboards.

Online Interaction When friends are online, they can help speed up your crops — or “borrow” some of your harvest. If you get stolen from, there’s a chance to receive acceleration items as compensation.

Decoration Unlocks Exchange harvested crops for cat food cans. Unlock decorations and customize your own Meow Farmer persona.

Audio Companionship Original BGM plus soothing ambient white noise. Designed to stay in the background while you study or work.

Steam Page:

Happy New Year, bug friends!

Another year has flown by before we knew it—but this year feels truly special to us. We’ve finally had the chance to officially meet you all and have received so much support along the way. Thank you again for your companionship and encouragement!

With the Spring Festival upon us, we’ve invited our little bugs to join in the celebrations—fresh dumplings straight out of the pot are on the menu! And that’s not all: we’ve also prepared brand-new festive decorations to give your bugs’ tiny homes a bright and prosperous New Year vibe.

For more details about this update, please see below.

New Content

• Added 8 Spring Festival–themed landscaping items

• Added Dumpling Feed

• Added multiple new bug descriptions

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where audio settings were not saved correctly

• Fixed an issue where certain achievements could not be unlocked properly

• Fixed an issue where the mouse could not click on the game interface under wallpaper mode

Bug Reports

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

If you run into other bugs or issues, you can go to: Settings (bottom-right corner or ESC) → Function → Bug and fill out the bug report form. For tricky or complex issues, feel free to join our Discord! You're also welcome to join our official player community to raise bugs and chat all things buggy with us! Thanks again for your support and for playing Bugtopia!

Spring Festival is here — the Guide has come to send everyone New Year’s greetings!

May the sunshine be just right, the moisture just enough, and may your days slowly grow their own sense of life and vitality~

Bugtopia is taking part in the Steam Spring Festival Sale with a historic low 30% off!

This Year of the Horse, let the little bugs keep you company for the holidays.

Merry Christmas, bug keepers! To celebrate the holiday season, we’ve added more Christmas-themed items to the game. During the event, Bug Feed will also transform into adorable candy canes! We warmly invite everyone to jump into the game and enjoy the cozy winter atmosphere.

As 2025 is coming to an end, we would like to sincerely thank you all for your support and companionship over the past six months. Bugtopia is currently available at its lowest price ever during the Winter Sale, and we look forward to welcoming even more bug lovers to join us!

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

New Contents

• Added 5 Christmas-themed landscaping items.

• Added Candy Cane Feed

Bug Reports

Let’s all give a warm welcome to our cute and fluffy friend~ 🐾

We’re thrilled to team up with NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws for a special bundle! The Cozy Idle Worlds Bundle is now available, get both games together and enjoy an extra 10% off!

I wish I had a cat house that cozy and comfy!

About NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws: NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws is a cozy desktop cat companion with an online Study Room. Work or study with Miino, open a Gift Box every 30 minutes, decorate your cat and room with 600+ decorations and 350+ headgear, focus with Pomodoro, lo-fi & white noise, and tidy tools into the Cat Bus.

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Bugtopia is joining the Winter Sale!

A brand-new lowest price — 30% OFF, now just 4.19 USD!

We’ve just had our first snowfall of the year over here — has winter arrived where you are too, fellow bug keepers?

Stay warm, and don’t forget to give your terrarium a seasonal refresh: add some cozy winter-themed decorations and get ready to welcome the cold season~

Hello Bug keepers! Bugtopia is participating in the Taskbar Treasure Week 300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐 Let's enjoy a wonderful summertime with lovely bugs!

Hello Bug keepers! Bugtopia is participating in the the Build, Design, Chill Games Festival 2025! 300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐 Let's enjoy a wonderful summertime with lovely bugs!

Steam Animal Fest is here! Enjoy our lowest discount ever: 20% off, only $4.79!

Guide: Hopes to be friends with all the little animals and bring joy to everyone together!

Grab the Gcores Publishing Autumn Sale Bundle for cat friend and a Seagull pal.

So happy to have made new spider friends~

We’re thrilled to team up with My Little Spider for a special bundle! The Oh! My Bug Buddies Bundle is now available, get both games together and enjoy an extra 10% off!

Let’s welcome our tiny buggy friends!

About My Little Spider: Adopt a cute pet spider that lives anywhere on your desktop! Team up to discover unique bugs, decorate their web, and unlock adorable spider hats as you work or relax.

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Hello, bug keepers! Happy December. In this patch, we made some adjustments as followed:

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

New Contents

• Added system tray support: The game now stays in your system’s status bar/tray with a small icon, allowing quick access while in wallpaper or windowed mode.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed UI issues that occurred after enabling wallpaper mode on certain resolutions (such as 4:3).

Bug Reports

Hello, bugkeepers! Happy Helloween, in this update, we added some holiday element into the paludarium. Go into the game and check them out!

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

New Contents

· Added 9 new decorative objects

· Added bat-themed holiday feed

Optimizations

· Removed the Beta branch and merged its features into the main branch

Bug Fixes

· Fixed an issue where the UI at the bottom of the shop and warehouse interfaces duplicated in wallpaper mode

· Fixed an issue where the UI in the landscaping items interface was obstructed in wallpaper mode

Bug Reports

Hello bug keepers!

Happy October! Here's some bug fixes.

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the mouse would drift on certain devices.

• Fixed a stuttering issue with the mouse at the start and end of the game.

Bug Reports

Hello bug keepers!

This update is here to celebrate the holiday with everyone — and to let you know that we’ve added mooncakes to the bug feed! Let’s share the festive joy with our little bugs too! 🐛🥮

New Contents

• Added 5 new landscaping items

• Added mooncake feed 🥮

Bug Reports

Hello bug keepers!

With this update, we’re officially moving into Version 1.3! Our Wallpaper Mode has become much more stable and is now part of the official release. If you still run into any issues while using Wallpaper Mode, please don’t hesitate to share your feedback — we’ll work on fixing them asap.

Right now, Bugtopia is part of the Autumn Sale at 20% off! If you’ve been on the fence, now’s the perfect time to grab it at a discount. And of course, we’d love it if you could recommend our game to your friends — let’s grow the bug keepers family together!

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

New Contents

• Added a Boss Key! Press Ctrl + ~ anytime to instantly hide the game window.

Optimizations

• Wallpaper Mode is now fully compatible with Windows 10/11 and has been added to the official release!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with mouse DPI changes.

Bug Reports

Hello, bug keepers! As autumn deepens, let’s dress up the paludarium for the season~

Bugtopia is now part of the Steam Autumn Sale with 20% off!

Here’s a Bugtopia autumn wallpaper for you~

Get an even better deal with the “GCORES Autumn” bundle:

Hello, bug keepers!

After a period of adjustments and optimizations, the wallpaper mode for Bugtopia is now running more stably. We encourage everyone to give it a try and share any issues you encounter with us.

Additionally, players using extended screens may experience some problems. If you run into any after trying, please feel free to report them to us as well. Thank you so much for your support!

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

Optimizations

• Optimized wallpaper mode compatibility

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where wallpaper mode couldn’t be used on the latest version of Windows 11

• Fixed a display issue with the bottom UI in wallpaper mode

Bug Reports

Hello Bug keepers!🐛

Bugtopia is taking part in the Cozy Job Simulators event. Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐

Thank you all for your wonderful support!

Happy Qixi Festival, bug keepers!

To celebrate this special day of reunion, we’ve added 4 new Qixi-themed landscaping items, and even the feed has turned into little hearts! We’ve also made some optimizations to fix version issues—check the details below.

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

New Contents

• Added 4 new Qixi-themed landscaping items

• Feed changed to heart-shaped (limited-time Qixi update)

Optimizations

• Optimized certain text

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where landscapes could not be placed in Paludarium No. 27

• Fixed a bug where the synergy between Jumping Spiders and Spiny Spiders was not displayed

• Fixed a saving issue with the default stone skin

• Fixed related bugs caused by the default stone

Bug Reports

Hello Bug keepers!🐛

Ring, ring~ the school bell is chiming, it's time to back to class!

Bugtopia is taking part in the Back to School Game Celebration. Come listen to the songs of nature and discover the tiny world of our insect friends.

You can find us in the Environment and Nature category on the event page.

Thank you all for your wonderful support!

Hey there, bug keepers! In this update, we added Traditional Chinese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese localizations, the language gap has now been bridged, more friends for the Guide!

If you’ve run into any issues with your save data, please refer to the pinned post in the Steam Discussions or check out our previous announcements: \Solution for Save file Issues

New Contents

• Added one landscaping item (a friend from Island Robot)

• Added several bug descriptions

• Added Traditional Chinese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese localizations

Optimizations

• Optimized several localization issues

• Optimized the display layer of some bugs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where flying bugs in paludariums 26 were not displayed

• Fixed some broken Wiki links

• Fixed some localization errors

Bug Reports

If you run into other bugs or issues, you can go to: Settings (bottom-right corner or ESC) → Function → Bug and fill out the bug report form. For tricky or complex issues, feel free to join our Discord! You're also welcome to join our official player community to raise bugs and chat all things buggy with us! Thanks again for your support and for playing Bugtopia!

Hello Bug Keepers! Bugtopia is Participating in the Wholesome Games Celebration with 20% off! 300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐 Let's spend a joyful summer time with little bug friends! The Wholesome Games Celebration on Steam invites players from around the world to experience a carefully curated selection of games that inspire hope, joy, and introspection. Running from August 7-14, the event will feature an exciting lineup of world premiere game announcements, new releases, discounts, and new demos. ABOUT THE WHOLESOME GAMES CELEBRATION Now in its third year, the Wholesome Games Celebration on Steam has captivated audiences with over 15 million impressions in previous editions, serving as a launchpad for critically acclaimed titles like Venba and Gourdlets. Whether you're looking for a new favorite game or just want to enjoy the cozy vibes, the Wholesome Games Celebration is the perfect opportunity to discover the joy and creativity that video games have to offer. ABOUT WHOLESOME GAMES Wholesome Games was founded in 2019 as a curator for artistic, uplifting, and emotionally resonant games. It has since grown into a global platform, including the digital showcase Wholesome Direct, which has reached more than 10 million viewers. In 2023, the team began supporting indie titles like Is This Seat Taken?, Minami Lane, and MakeRoom through the Wholesome Games Presents publishing label. For more information, visit www.wholesomegames.com. EVENT DETAILS 📅Dates: August 7-14, 2025 🕙Start Time: 10am PT / 1pm ET