Pine

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Released: Oct 10, 2019
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 00:47 GMT

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28 Aug 2025Developer post
The Knightling is here, bundled up with Pine in the Twirlbound Collection!
Hello everyone! Woah, it's been a hot minute since we posted an update for Pine - but only because we've been working so hard for the last few years on our latest game, which is OUT TODAY! It's called The Knightling and we're very proud of it. To celebrate, we're bundling up Pine
05 Feb 2021Developer post
The Pine Original Soundtrack is coming to vinyl - pre-orders live now!
Hi there! We're super proud to announce that the gorgeous Pine Original Soundtrack is coming to vinyl - and pre-orders are live right now ! The amazing composers and our dear friends Alex, Leonhard and Jonathan from Tumult Kollektiv have partnered up with Black Screen Records to
Hi there!
We're super proud to announce that the gorgeous Pine Original Soundtrack is coming to vinyl - and pre-orders are live right now!
The amazing composers and our dear friends Alex, Leonhard and Jonathan from Tumult Kollektiv have partnered up with Black Screen Records to bring Pine to vinyl after carefully mixing the lush soundtrack of Albamare.
The soundtrack comes in TWO versions:

A limited edition 140g colored vinyl edition
An audiophile 180g black vinyl edition
Both versions are available to pre-order for only €28!
Not only do you get a beautiful vinyl with awesome cover art by Ollie Hoff, it also comes with a free Bandcamp code for the digital soundtrack, AND with a Steam key!
If you love soundtracks, this one is for you.
Until next time!
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24 Sep 2020Developer post
Patch 12 is here, bringing Japanese and Chinese (Simplified) language support!
Dear players, Time for an update! The main focus is the inclusion of Japanese and Simplified Chinese language support, welcoming lots of new players from the Asian continent! But as always, we’ve done many fixes to make the Pine experience better. To celebrate, Pine is a whopping
Dear players,
Time for an update! The main focus is the inclusion of Japanese and Simplified Chinese language support, welcoming lots of new players from the Asian continent! But as always, we’ve done many fixes to make the Pine experience better.
To celebrate, Pine is a whopping 40% OFF from today (10am PDT, 24th of September) throughout the weekend!
Additions

Added Japanese language support
Added Simplified Chinese language support
Changes and Tweaks

Tweaked hold interact UI for better visibility
Font update for all asian languages for much improved readability
Fixes

Fixed ‘A Chilling Affair’ quest bug (did not progress sometimes)
Fixed player being able to die while in between area transitions
Made the monument tower in the Dry Bay a persistent landmark, visible from all angles/distances now
Solidified Lumiconda Tooth puzzle logic in the Ancient Stables for lower-end machines
Fixed an assert when trading with an empty inventory, causing trading logic and UI to be off
Various text fixes in multiple languages
Various memory optimizations across the board
Various optimizations through cleaning up code
(For Switch players reading this: a huge patch will land today, version 2.0, including all fixes from previous Steam patches and more.)
As always, please let us know if something isn't right or isn't to your liking, so that we can keep improving Pine!
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24 Jun 2020Developer post
Update Notes - Patch 8 is here!
Dear players, It’s finally time for a big patch! It’s been a while since the last update, but we’ve been working hard on improving Pine in some major areas. We listened to your feedback, revamped some systems on a deep, technical level and upgraded the engine Pine was built in. A
Dear players,
It’s finally time for a big patch! It’s been a while since the last update, but we’ve been working hard on improving Pine in some major areas. We listened to your feedback, revamped some systems on a deep, technical level and upgraded the engine Pine was built in. All of this took a bit longer than expected, but hopefully it was worth the wait!
The update is big in filesize too, but the game’s disk size has shrinked a whopping 700mb (from 3.3GB to 2.6GB on disk)!
Some update highlights:

Performance gains and big stutter reductions from garbage collection through upgrading Pine’s engine and implementing incremental garbage collection
Combat is smoother and much more responsive: added dodge cancel, kick out of any move and fractional directional control
Camera tweaks: added auto steering settings and removed aimed smoothing
Platforming is more forgiving due to the addition of ‘coyote time’
Two new languages added (Dutch and Korean), two more coming soon
Full patch notes:
Additions

Auto camera steering setting added (as requested in https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278502008174/)
Support for separate inversion settings on ranged and normal camera aiming (as requested in https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278494122220/#c3166519278502635095)
Separate sensitivity for ranged aiming (as requested per https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278498709635/)
Added ‘coyote time’ for smoother and more forgiving platforming (as requested in https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278509097215/)
Dodge cancelling for more responsive combat (as requested per https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278500833248/)
Added a loading screen bar to see the progress
Fractional directional control in combat so that you can choose your direction in some parts of some moves, making combat much more responsive
Scouting Lens map radius now showing Key Graphite pickups
Dutch language support
Korean language support
Changes and tweaks

Removed smoothing from camera aim (as requested/mentioned in https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278496513950/, https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278495094333/?ctp=2#c3166519278498570260, https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278495239567/)
Kicking and sliding is now always possible (also in ranged and when nothing is equipped)
Changed quest start and end sound (is now different)
When leaving an interior (cave or Vault) with your Scouting Lens deployed inside, it will automatically return to you
You can now roll and jump out of crouch
Slow motion effect on combat moves tweaked to make it more responsive (as requested in https://steamcommunity.com/app/1042780/discussions/0/3166519278498709635/)
Camera collision redone for smoother camera movement, particularly in interiors
Fixes

Garbage collect stutters reduced through implementation of incremental garbage collection, giving a much more consistent framerate
UI revamp with many fixes (such as overlapping quest text, long string overflow, etc.)
Fixed text appearing with a few frames delay
Improved lock-on/focus camera (was often glitching and disorientating)
Improved dialogue camera
Fixed Hue floating up (as if standing on a box) in certain locations after jumping
Fixed interacts with certain context (such as ‘ignite’ and ‘enter’) using incorrect string
Metal and wood footstep parameters added for Hue
Fixed ‘The Crossing’ cutscene part 2 audio, because it had Alpafants sniffing through it
Cave entrance now drawn behind fog
Fixed a bunch of unlocalized strings, among others in the map menu, Vault title cards and main quest tutorials
Localized controls rebinding menus
Footstep speed parameter now scaled with animation (crouching)
Only footwear covering feet gives ‘boots’ footstep sounds now
Fixed totem village information UI missing after raiding villages
Grounded several floating assets
Numerous fixes for wrong speaker roles in dialogues
Various questing bug fixes and stability improvements
Numerous optimizations on all fronts
Fixed status modifiers overflowing and being unclear in effect in equipment UI
Fixed broken night visuals on village lanterns
Fixed waterfall and torch particles not being LODed
We hope you enjoy these changes. The engine upgrade in particular has been time consuming, but we hope that it stabilizes Pine and gives you a better experience.
As always, please let us know if something isn't right or isn't to your liking, so that we can keep improving Pine.
Until next time!
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19 Dec 2019Developer post
The Pine Original Soundtrack is out now + renewed tracks updated ingame!
Hi all! Just in time for Christmas, the Pine Original Soundtrack is now purchaseable on Steam! You can also save up on it already by purchasing the Pine Deluxe Edition, which includes the pack of 29 original songs from the game and 2 bonus tracks, downloadable in both .wav and .m
Hi all!
Just in time for Christmas, the Pine Original Soundtrack is now purchaseable on Steam! You can also save up on it already by purchasing the Pine Deluxe Edition, which includes the pack of 29 original songs from the game and 2 bonus tracks, downloadable in both .wav and .mp3.
We've also patched the game to reflect some remastered and updated songs, now even more lush and consistent than before. Other patch notes include:

Music tracks and mixing updated to reflect remastered soundtrack
Fixed the cave achievement not unlocking at all caves. If you've visited all caves, it should now unlock
Credits updated with updated branding of our audio partners at Tumult Kollektiv (previously Other World Ensemble)
You can find the soundtrack DLC here!
Let us know what you think - we'll be spending the holidays with the lovely tunes from Albamare in the background, that's for sure.
To celebrate, Pine is now 20% off for a limited time - happy holidays!
Much love!
The Pine team
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15 Nov 2019Developer post
Patch Notes - Patch 5 (version 60d4e517)
Hi all! Finally it's time for a new patch, and it's a good one! Here are some highlights and the actual patch notes too. Highlights We pushed the ultrawide / all resolution support to the main branch now! After some minor bugs and feedback we are confident that it should work for
Hi all!
Finally it's time for a new patch, and it's a good one! Here are some highlights and the actual patch notes too.
Highlights

We pushed the ultrawide / all resolution support to the main branch now! After some minor bugs and feedback we are confident that it should work for everyone now. We hope you enjoy!
We've done lots of small optimizations to reduce stuttering and improve framerate, but moreover, we've finally pulled apart the graphic settings so that you can tweak things to your liking. We've seen massive performance gains on especially lower end machines when using these new settings in different combinations.
New achievements! Go check them out. If you should already have gotten one of them, it should unlock automatically.
New much-requested entries in the Glossary to better explain some resources and items, such as Droolica, the Outfindings (and what they do / how to use them), and role tokens.
Full Patch Notes
Fixes

Initial performance pass to attempt to reduce stutters while playing the game.
Fixed game saving during transitions from interiors to the open-world where the player would end up outside with nothing loaded
Fixed Lumiconda Tooth item checkpoint in the Ancient Stables, where the game would autosave prior to collecting the item
Fixed various visual glitches in the Ancient Stables
Fixed some incorrect language strings
Changes

[Steam] Added 5 new achievements.
Added more granular graphical options in the settings menu.
Added ultrawide support
Added a persistent note in front of the Vaults, reminding the players that the villages are ever changing
Added glossary entries for - Outfindings, Role Tokens, Droolica
Next
We'll continue to do some fixes, tweaks and optimizations as we go along. If you see any bugs, please report them and we'll get on them. Thanks so much for your patience and for playing!
We're also super happy to announce that the soundtrack has been wrapped up and is almost ready for release!
Until next time!
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23 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch Notes - Patch 4 (version 078c4045)
Fixes Fixed achievements - “Carpenter” and “Potion Master” Fixed dismounting of Alpafants which would cause players to get stuck occasionally Fixed occasions in which “Scouting Lens” would cause the player to get stuck Fixed hole in “New Home” cave that was impossible to get out
Fixes

Fixed achievements - “Carpenter” and “Potion Master”
Fixed dismounting of Alpafants which would cause players to get stuck occasionally
Fixed occasions in which “Scouting Lens” would cause the player to get stuck
Fixed hole in “New Home” cave that was impossible to get out of
Fixed a bad spawn point in “Old Home” post “The Pact” quest
Fixed “Sprint” tutorial hanging post Marla dialogue in “The Ceremony” quest
Fixed various floating props in the open-world
Fixed race lever in Ancient Stables not displaying unless very close on lower graphics settings
Changes

Changed various platforming sections to be more accessible - “Schnusky’s Bet” quest race, various Vault platforming sections, Litter Cave platforming section
Changed Open-World Puzzle in the “Sparse Fields” region
Added functionality to skip Schnusky’s Race cinematic in “Schnusky’s Bet” quest
We are continuously working on improving performance, and adding clarifications to situations that the players have been flagging as confusing.
Until next time!
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17 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch Notes - Patch 3 (version 264e60db)
Fixes Fixed losing ideas from Open-World chests when reloading shortly after gathering them. Players that had the issue will receive the ideas retroactively after loading their save. Fixed "The Word of Mouth" quest where "Meet Wes at the village's affinity board" objective that w
Fixes

Fixed losing ideas from Open-World chests when reloading shortly after gathering them. Players that had the issue will receive the ideas retroactively after loading their save.
Fixed "The Word of Mouth" quest where "Meet Wes at the village's affinity board" objective that will not complete the quest.
Fixed the exploit with “Hop Brew” that allowed players to exit the Ancient Stables and become stuck in unloaded Open-World.
Fixed “The Last Vault” quest when players would become blocked when reloading between unlocking the Vault and entering it.
The future update will focus mainly various traversal and platforming sections that people had trouble with! We are also working towards improving the performance!
Until next time!
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15 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch Notes - Patch 2 (version 25aa6c04)
Fixes Fixed “The Council” getting stuck if you’ve previously solved the puzzle. Fixed “Solid Measures” quest where a world state would cause infinite reloads Fixed Scouting Lens “deploy” tutorial not staying in the “Dune’s Observatory” Fixed Melee and Ranged glossary images being
Fixes

Fixed “The Council” getting stuck if you’ve previously solved the puzzle.
Fixed “Solid Measures” quest where a world state would cause infinite reloads
Fixed Scouting Lens “deploy” tutorial not staying in the “Dune’s Observatory”
Fixed Melee and Ranged glossary images being swapped
Fixed Waddletooth “Dig piles” to be only triggered by Waddletooths
Fixed Vault Notes being interactable earlier than they are supposed to in “The First Vault” quest
Fixed one of Aedwin’s voice lines playing with the wrong dialogue
Added a fix that prevents the raid horn sound from being played during cinematics
Changes

Added jumpable debris in front of Vault entrances whenever players complete “The Word of Mouth” quest with a Vault village - addition addresses scenarios in which the simulation changes and walls re-appear in front of the chosen Vaults
Reduced the volume and added a break in between loops for the Cariblin village music
Known Issues
It is possible to jump out of the Ancient Stables vault (using a mixture) and explore the island without any assets loading in. As a temporary fix we’ve made sure you can jump back into the Ancient Stables without needing any mixtures. You will be allowed to leave the Ancient Stables after retrieving the Taming Bands Outfinding and doing the task Oth asks of you by the entrance.
Furthermore, we have 21:9 support ready to test, and are doing so here, but also would love input from the ultra widescreen community, so we'll be opening a test branch soon where you can check it out. We are also working on some platforming parts that we got a lot of feedback on, which were too hard to complete or simply annoying.
Until next time, thanks for your patience and help everyone!
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12 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch Notes - Patch 1 (version 0675043e)
Hey all! Happy to say the first Pine patch is out, focusing on some blocking quest progress, wider controller support and some unclarities in the first few quests. Fixes Fixed infinite loading when launching the game with Windows set to use the Turkish language. Improved quest he
Hey all!
Happy to say the first Pine patch is out, focusing on some blocking quest progress, wider controller support and some unclarities in the first few quests.
Fixes

Fixed infinite loading when launching the game with Windows set to use the Turkish language.
Improved quest helper text during the quest “The Human Wake”.
Fixed broken controller prompts when using a controller other than Xbox
Fixed being blocked in first mural cave when reloading while needing to find Amam in “The Ceremony” quest
Fixed getting stuck during the objective “Investigate the Abandoned Watchtower” if the player has already visited the watchtower in the “Gearing Up” quest
Fixed getting stuck if the player eats any of the collected “Carrants” in “A Nose for Adventure” quest
Fixed wording of tutorial when being taught “The Poke” attack move. Now it should be more clear that the player is required to tap the sprint button instead of holding it in “The Ceremony” quest
Fixed wording of “Explore the Pollen Pass” to clarify that it is a cave in “Gearing Up” quest.
Fixed credits appearing on reload if the quest “A Proper Goodbye” was started, but abandoned mid-way
Fixed Human SFX not being adjusted when changing the SFX slider
Fixed various floating trees on the island
Changes

Added version at the bottom right of the main menu. Current version: 0675043e
Reduced autosave frequency
Adjusted position of the sensitivity + remapping section in the settings menu
Changed Key Graphite to be part of the “Important items” tab in the player’s inventory.
Added logic to spawn “Explosive keg” if the player has full inventory in “Word of Mouth” quest
Added skip cinematic functionality in “Gearing Up” quest
Tweaked text in glossary
Tweaked opacity of the fog VFX in various areas in the open-world
We are also working on Ultrawide screen support, optimizations, more settings options and miscellaneous fixes.
We hope you enjoy Pine!
Until next time!
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10 Oct 2019Developer post
Pine is OUT NOW!!!
It's finally out! We can't wait for you all to explore the world of Albamare. Let us know what you think! For any feedback and reports, please join our Discord and come hang out!
06 Oct 2019Developer post
Pine - Combat Music Showcase
Hey all! We haven't done any actual development blog updates in a while, but as we're nearing release in less than a week, we're excited to focus on some awesome features that we've been building. This time, we check out the combat music - we added an adaptive system of layers th
15 Sep 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Find your place in Pine's ecosystem of intelligent animals
Open world ecological simulation Pine drops you in the shoes* of a human who lives among intelligent animals, and asks you to carve out your own niche. You ll have to figure out how to navigate the world, craft what you need, and generally survive. And also not get stepped on by
12 Sep 2019Developer post
Pine is coming on OCTOBER 10th!
Hi everyone, We're incredibly thrilled to announce that Pine is launching on OCTOBER 10th 2019 for the price of $24.99 or regional equivalent! Check out this brand new trailer: The 7 of us cannot wait to finally give it to everyone! What do you think? Progress! Every day we’re ge
Hi everyone,
We're incredibly thrilled to announce that Pine is launching on OCTOBER 10th 2019 for the price of $24.99 or regional equivalent! Check out this brand new trailer:
Watch on YouTube
The 7 of us cannot wait to finally give it to everyone! What do you think?
Progress!
Every day we’re getting happier with how the game is turning out! We’ve updated all of our setdressing and lighting recently, check out some new screenshots:
Follow the last stretch of development
As we're nearing completion, as always, we want to keep sharing a lot of what we're doing. Make sure to:

Wishlist us here on Steam to be notified when it's done, if you haven't already!
Join our Discord to chat about the game!
Follow us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram
Join our subreddit
Until next time!
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21 Aug 2019Developer post
Find us at Gamescom, join our Discord server!
Hey all! Gamescom 2019 For the past few days we've already been showcasing Pine at Gamescom 2019 in Cologne! It's a blast - we're getting lots of good feedback and seeing lots of improvements for the last few weeks. Come say hi to us and play Pine in Hall 10.2 at the Indie Arena
15 Aug 2019Developer post
Pine is coming in October - specific date will be announced at the start of September!
Hi all! We are happy to say that we're not far away from finishing Pine and that we're very confident about an October release date! As some final things are falling into place, we are yet to define the specific date, but we're releasing a brand new trailer to go with that at the
19 Jul 2019Developer post
Pine is coming to Gamescom 2019!
Hey folks! We are excited to announce that we have been selected to showcase Pine at Gamescom 2019 in August this year! You’ll be able to play not one, not two, but 5 different quests at the Indie Arena Booth for the entire duration of the conference! The whole team is going to b
Hey folks!
We are excited to announce that we have been selected to showcase Pine at Gamescom 2019 in August this year! You’ll be able to play not one, not two, but 5 different quests at the Indie Arena Booth for the entire duration of the conference!
The whole team is going to be there, so we’d be super excited to see you in Cologne, show you the game in its full glory and have a chat! Will we see you there?
Content, content, content
We are also going lightspeed at finishing the game! Everything is coming together nicely, as we wrap up the final content, tweak and polish existing content and ramp up to release.
Be sure to check out our other channels for some recent gameplay videos:

The official Pine Reddit
Twitter
Facebook
The Pine Discord server
Until next time!
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19 May 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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