DinoBones Updates & Patch Notes | DinoBones: Tidy Up the Museum
Quick answer
Released on Steam - September 25, 2026. Recent updates added save recovery, achievement recovery, gameplay modes, coin hints, and Steam Deck Verified status.
Current status: Released on Steam - September 25, 2026.
This page tracks gameplay-affecting updates that change what a player should do next. It separates official or platform evidence from community-only troubleshooting.
Update timeline
| Date | Status | What changed | Player impact | Source boundary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2026 | Launch | DinoBones released on Steam. The store describes identifying, collecting, and assembling scattered dinosaur bones, with nine skeletons to rebuild. | The site should treat the game as released, not pre-release. | Official Steam store. |
| October 1, 2026 | 5.12.1 hotfix | Steam Community lists launch-freeze and cat-door fixes. | If a freeze or cat-flap issue appears in old reports, check current patch status before treating it as current. | Official Steam Community announcement snippet. |
| October 1, 2026 | Update 5.13.0 | Steam connection, offline save recovery, achievement granting after reconnect, and random museum-entry crash fix. | Players with offline progress or missing achievements should launch the game connected to Steam and check the save recovery flow. | Official Steam Community announcement snippet. |
| October 3, 2026 | Easy/Hard Mode update and bug fixes | Added gameplay rule selection, Free Order Mode, Anatomical Mode, Proximity Hint toggle, Expertise window behavior, three save slots, achievement recovery, and improved last-coin glints. | Beginner and 100% guides should cover modes, saves, missing achievements, and last-coin troubleshooting. | Official Steam Community announcement snippet. |
| October 7, 2026 | Steam Deck Verified | Recent Steam news and index snippets report DinoBones as Steam Deck Verified. | Mention Steam Deck support in player-facing pages, but do not create a separate platform page yet. | Steam news/index evidence; verify again before writing platform-specific instructions. |
Achievements not unlocking?
Official update text says the game checks your save against your Steam profile from the main menu and can add earned achievements after the fix. If a completed museum still has missing Steam achievements, start the game while connected to Steam, wait at the main menu for the recovery check, then report anything still missing through the in-game Report button.
Save and slot notes
- Three save slots are now part of the official update notes.
- Existing saves should become slot 1.
- Offline or disconnected progress was specifically addressed in the October 1 and October 3 update notes.
- Steam Cloud questions still appear in community discussion, so cross-device save behavior should be verified on the player's own Steam setup before making irreversible assumptions.
Mode notes
- Free Order Mode remains the relaxed baseline: place bones in any order.
- Anatomical Mode changes the assembly rule to spine first, then the rest.
- Proximity Hint can be toggled so the placement hologram either changes color near the right spot or stays gray.
- The Expertise window can be hidden with Z.