Pigeon: A Love Story news & patch notes

Hello!

Version 1.2 of the demo is now live. It features a whole host of tweaks and improvements, many of them inspired by player feedback -- a sincere thank you to everyone who has tried the game so far. The full game will launch on August 6th. Until then, here's what's new in the demo:

Steam fixes

- Steam Overlay now works!

- Steam Input now works! This makes things like layout remapping easier for controller (and Steam Deck) players.

Gameplay - Small clue rework; useful clues now appear a little more frequently than less useful ones (the general words of encouragement).

- A new rare "seed cluster" pickup, for bigger coo boosts when there are no landmarks nearby.

- After completing the game, clues are now repurposed to guide you towards undiscovered landmarks.

Controls

- Controls are now fully remappable in the settings menu for keyboard+mouse players, too.

- Barrel roll! A new special move. Double tap in either direction to try it out.

- You can now change altitude with the scroll wheel, or with E/Q (rooftop landing has moved to F).

- Keyboard controls now automatically adapt to non-QWERTY layouts.

Multiplayer

- Lots of general bugfixes and improvements here! It now feels closer in quality to the single player game.

- Other players now animate fully, so things feel more dynamic.

- Fixed bugs that let the other player drift out of view when they change altitude.

- Wind direction now syncs across players, to keep things fair!

Other

- Added Russian localization! With many thanks to Headbomb for making this happen.

- Small visual tweaks: area names now appear on the map, and building textures have been refined.

- Improvements to building collision detection! This is now both lighter and more accurate.

- Many other performance improvements and bugfixes which are too small to mention, but important all the same. Have a nice flight!

Hello,

Very pleased to announce that Pigeon: A Love Story will be releasing in full on August 6th, 2026.

The full game will include new maps, new songs, and so, so many pigeons.

We can't wait for you to try the full thing! Thank you for following along so far.

Hello! Thank you to everyone who has played the demo so far. It has been a pleasure to read your thoughts and feedback, much of which has fed right into this 1.1 update.

What's new:

• Rooftop landing! If you swoop down, you can now land on select rooftops (the ones with graffiti on). Each one you discover gets tracked on the map; see if you can find them all.

• Controls update. Some tweaks here, based on feedback. You can now freely look around as you fly (with the mouse or right stick), and the general movement sensitivity has been overhauled. You can drill into all sorts of parameters in the settings menu. Keen to hear any feedback people have here, as the flight controls have been pretty tricky to pin down.

• Your complete flight history is now logged and traced on the pause menu map! Kind of fun. Can be used to draw things. Be sensible.

• Added some more motion sickness reduction settings (comfort vignette), and a calmer autoplay mode where there's no gamification surfaced

• Traditional Chinese is now available as a language choice!

• In multiplayer mode, you can now continue to fly on after finding the other player.

• Several small performance improvements, visual tweaks, and bugfixes.

More updates soon! Have a pleasant flight.

Hello!

Version 1 of the demo is now live, just in time for Steam Next Fest. Here's what's new:

• Speak to Coo. You can now opt in to use your microphone and literally shout (/coo) at your computer to call out in-game. Maximum immersion.

• Localization. The demo now supports Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.

• Multiplayer. We've improved stability, added new quality-of-life features, and you can now have up to 8 players in a single session. Two modes: try and find each other, or race to find the same soulmate pigeon.

• Visual improvements. shadows, sunshine, and few new procedural effects to add more life to the city.

• A bunch of small bug fixes and quality-of-life tweaks based on your feedback. Thank you for all who have played so far.

Lastly, in case you missed it, you can also submit your rejections and have them appear in the game for all to see. You can find the link to do that on the in-game main menu.

Thank you for playing; have a great flight.

As you may already know, Pigeon: A Love Story is a needle-in-a-haystack simulator. You take flight as a solitary pigeon navigating true-to-scale global cities like London, Paris, and Tokyo in search of your one true soulmate.

Because those cities are filled with a true-to-life number of pigeons as well, your search will not be easy. In fact, you are going to get rejected. Thousands of times.

Currently, our PIGEON-SIM™ Technology draws from a pool of over one hundred distinct rejection messages. But to truly capture the crushing weight of modern dating, we need a deeper well of emotional turmoil. That is where you come in.

How to immortalize your message in the game:

We have launched an official page where you can submit your most pithy rejection lines. Approved submissions will appear in the game.

👉 Submit HERE:

https://wristwork.com/pigeon/submissions

📋 Guidelines

To ensure your line makes it past our highly discerning editorial standards, please keep the following in mind:

• Keep it punchy: It has to fit on the screen. Short, sharp coos work best.

• Keep it clean: The game is a cosy, meditative experience... Try not to disrupt that too much.

• Make it unique: Did someone actually say it to you in real life? Perfect. Want to drop a line in another language? No problem.

Pigeon: A Love Story is coming soon, but if you haven't already, you can test your soulmate searching skills right now in the demo.

Download the demo today, and make sure you Wishlist the game so you don’t miss out when Pigeon launches later this year!

Hello!

Just pushed up a small update adding a little bit more visual fidelity to the city. Here are the changes:

• Added some sunshine! Looks quite nice, when you catch it.

• Added some textures to the rooftops

• Increased density of street name labels, and improved their look a little bit

• Added some subtle shadows around buildings

• Added road markings

• Added some film grain

Many of these can be toggled through the settings menu, if they aren't to your liking. Thank you for playing!

Hello! Thank you for checking out the demo for Pigeon: A Love Story. Here's what's new in version 0.18:

- Slowed down the speed that pigeon responses move off screen, so they're easier to read

- Tweaks to altitude controls! You can fly up and down a bit more now

- Added a setting to reduce motion/camera movement, and an option to turn off non-clue pigeon text

- Added a subtle skybox; will likely keep working on this, can be disabled in the settings menu if you aren't feeling it.

- Added option to turn on window bloom. Computationally expensive, but looks quite nice!

- Added option to lock compass to the North

- Updates to the tutorial to makes it a little bit clearer

- UI now hides itself if you are inactive for a while (nice for automode)

- Can now click on the pause menu map to set a pin, which then creates a directional arrow in-game

- Stopped autoplay from hijacking the cursor

- Some small performance improvements

- Fix for "ghost window" issue on Windows 11 when switching tabs

Have a great flight.

Hello!

We’re happy to announce the demo for Pigeon: A Love Story is now available to play, right here on Steam! It offers a large chunk of the London map as well as two multiplayer modes where you can team up with a friend.

Expect updates over the next couple of months as we build up to the launch of the full game in 2026. We’d love to hear your feedback - feel free to post it here on Steam, by email, or on our Discord.

Happy flying!