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The latest dispatches from the Nest — official patches, player milestones, and community updates sourced directly from Steam.

PatchAug 9, 2026

PATCH 1.0 (1577) — 250,000 Copies Sold

Four days after launch, IRON NEST crosses 250,000 copies sold. This patch fixes mouse cursor loss, mission event resets, turret position resets, log spam, and localization errors in Russian, Spanish, and Polish. Also fixes observer offset in Blindfire. Improvements include better error detection, reduced random crashes, lower RAM and VRAM usage, and enhanced crater visuals. New: ultrawide stopwatch horizontal offset setting. Removed: chromatic aberration from pause menu. Developers note Skirmish Modes are in development.

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PatchAug 7, 2026

PATCH 1.0 (1558) — 200,000 Players Milestone

Two days post-launch, over 200,000 players have entered the Nest. Patch 1558 fixes save corruption, cat eyes disappearing on lowest quality settings, elevation and elevation linkage lever not resetting, duplicate barrel engravings, cat still being carried after mission completion, and engine control lights not working. Also improves mouse movement issues and Discord code generation / account linking. New: motion blur toggle.

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PatchAug 6, 2026

PATCH 1.0 (1547) — Day-One Report

Launch day patch. Fixes Czech and French localization errors, cat drop hints, coffee machine interaction, pause menu submit button, and duplicate newspaper issue in the High Tide mission. Thousands of players reported for duty on day one.

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MilestoneAug 4–11, 2026

Steam Global Top Sellers — Ranked #4

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator debuted at #4 on the Steam Global Top Sellers chart for the week of August 4–11, 2026. The two-person dieselpunk artillery sim from Nick Nieuwoudt & Dominik Latos reached this milestone within days of its August 6 release.

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