Hello, dear Regreeners! 👋
What a year 2025 has been! Over the past months, we’ve been busy building, testing, and finally showing The Regreening to some players offline to get the very first feedback about the game. Things have been moving fast!!
So for you, our favourite online audience, we've put together a recap of the year to say thank you for following along, wishlisting the game, and being such a kind and supportive bunch!
(And if you want to talk directly to us or hang out together, we now have a Discord server, so come show off your pets and plants!! We love them!)
First things first, ✨progress ✨
Can you imagine this is how The Regreening looked back in January 2025? One lonely tree in the middle of the screen and some garbage placed here and there... Now, in December, it looks much greener and full of life! If you put some effort into it, of course :D
What a GLOW UP, right? Though I have to be honest, even for us, the dev team, having such a visual transformation of the game feels a bit surreal. How do you like it?
We gathered our first feedback at Playtest Night at Xperion!
In March 2025, the game still looked pretty raw, but we had the first version of the core gameplay ready and were lucky enough to bring The Regreening to a Playtest Night at Xperion in Hamburg!
This was our first time showing The Regreening to... anyone, really. We didn't know if people would love it, but we were determined to make it better and make sure it's fun to play! In the end, we watched 32 amazing strangers play our game and give us feedback, which shaped what we worked on next and what we changed or dropped. Direct influence in action!
Moreover, this wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible folks at Gamecity Hamburg, who believed in us and funded the prototype for our game!
In August, we added the Main Menu!! (imagine rabbit's ears moving...)
Adding the Main Menu is always a big step, and when we added it to The Regreening, it started to feel so much smoother... Look at this rabbit!! So cute!
And while our game is still getting some extra love before it’s ready to meet you all online…
We took The Regreening to the Polaris Convention in Hamburg for our first-ever offline convention!
In October, we watched people play ~20 min of our game, and oh my, it was magical. Some even kept playing well beyond those 20 minutes, like… you’re at a convention with so many games, and you still chose to stay with ours? THANK YOU!! But also, the feedback again really helped us, and we’re making the experience smoother, warmer, and more joyful for everyone.
We also made a special set of stickers for Polaris to share our message, and they turned out to be surprisingly popular! Everyone kept asking if they could take more! We’re tempted to do a little giveaway on Bluesky or X/Twitter soon, so follow us there if you don’t want to miss it! 👀
Oh! And fun fact: we even managed to snap a group photo with other Hamburg game studios and the Mayor of Hamburg himself! How wild is that?!
We made an Announcement Trailer!
Chances are, you have already seen it on our Steam page, since you're reading this. But if not, you can check it out on YouTube!
Speaking of milestones… WE REACHED 💚 15,000 WISHLISTS!! 💚
I can’t even begin to express how much that means to us. Seriously, you all are the best. Every single wishlist means so much and keeps us going. Hugs to everyone!
And that's a wrap for 2025!!!
We’ll have more dev updates for you soon, but for now, here’s a little sneak peek of what we’re currently working on 👇 (Any guesses what it could be?)
And as always, you can follow us around the internet!
We’re on 📷 Instagram | 🎵 TikTok | 🐦 X/Twitter | 🦋 Bluesky, so come say hi!
We love meeting new friends <3
Please take this little reminder with you into 2026: be-leaf in yourself!
— Volha & The Regreening Team