2026-06-25 17:01 UTC · Community Announcements · alyssa.dicaterino
Run your own dog shelter, one wagging tail at a time. Feed, clean, treat, and play with a kennel full of pups, then match each one with the perfect forever home.Balance your budget, keep your dogs happy and healthy, and handle the daily chaos of shelter life in a cozy sim with a lot of heart. Every adoption is a small, warm victory.To The Rescue! is 70% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9...... and ICYMI: We just dropped a massive patch (50+ fixes)!Grab your copy and make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add them to your collection.
2026-06-22 19:19 UTC · Community Announcements · alyssa.dicaterino
Hey shelter heroes! 🐾 We've been deep in the kennels with a mop and a bug net, and Patch 1.5.6 is here: 51 fixes across the whole game. This is the big "we're back" pass, built from your reports and a top-to-bottom code audit. The goal was simple: kill the softlocks, smooth out the shelter, and make To The Rescue feel great from the very first dog. Here's what changed: 🐶 Tutorial & New-Player FlowFixed the "Bathe Peanut" tutorial softlock (a duplicate-name / spawn-timing race could leave you permanently stuck on the first task). Talking to your companion dog during the kennel tutorial no lon
2025-03-13 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34473378/d17c92ed82a402bdfb9b00cd06f219f127997db3.jpg If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! Catch the game on sale from March 13th through the 20th. Make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Spring Sale to add them to your collection.
2024-09-06 16:26 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone! Coming in with another small patch to address a few more obnoxious bugs that have been affecting players. I'll be working on making a list of reported issues next week, so if you run into anything in the meantime, please join our Discord and make an official report! Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing some kennels to never fill food or water bowls. Fixed an issue causing some kennels to freeze dogs once they are placed inside. Fixed an issue causing Helpers to become stuck indefinitely. https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
2024-08-30 16:02 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone! Coming in with a small patch with a few minor bug fixes and some changes to a few things to align with indie.io taking over development with the game! We've had a lot of great bug reports in the new Discord and will start digging into them in the coming weeks for the next patches. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing unique NPC story progression to reset upon loading a save. Other minor bug fixes. Changes Added new skippable splash screens Added a direct link to the new official Discord to help grow our loving community further. Added game recommendations to the main menu containing s
2024-08-26 16:10 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Happy Monday everyone! Today we have a few really important announcements to share with you all. To start, a patch was just released for the Switch version of the game! This update brings the Switch version to the same place as the Steam version with all the recent bug fixes that were made. Secondly, the development of To The Rescue! has been transferred to indie.io. The developers at Little Rock Games created an absolutely amazing and adorable game and we are excited to pick up where they left off and continue making improvements. The last few updates - both on Steam and the one today on Swit
2024-06-27 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34473378/5ad35c2343c193be62cd5a3455e97d61f424087a.png Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so. You can add the game to your collection for 50% off starting with the Steam Summer Sale on June 27th and ending an additional week after most sales end on July 19th! Make sure to check out other great indie titles on sale to kick off your summer gaming! https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
2024-05-09 16:06 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone! Coming in with another update focused on fixing more of the issues many of you have experienced. We are are aware of a few lingering issues and are continuing to investigate and work on getting fixes out for the remaining known issues. Please let us know of any other difficulties you continue to experience! Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing dogs to be stuck in a Playspace indefinitely. Fixed an issue causing helper’s list UI entries to be duplicated. Fixed an issue causing the foster dogs’ entries to be duplicated. Fixed an issue causing dogs that were previously adopted still coun
2024-04-15 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone - if you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so. The game will be 50% off from April 15th through the 22nd! Make sure to check out Freedom Games Publisher Sale page to pick up some awesome indie games at great prices. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
2024-04-10 13:40 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone! We know it has been a while since the last update, but we have been working in the background on many of the issues you have been experiencing. Today's patch should fix the majority of issues so please let us know of any other difficulties you continue to experience! Changes Increased max save slots from 3 to 10 Bug Fixes Fixed a bug preventing the Unstuck button from working after one full day in the same session Fixed a bug when deleting all Events that caused the UI to lock Fixed an issue causing the “no sick dogs” objective complete cutscene to be wrongly played during a day D
2024-03-14 17:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Spring Sale! From March 14th until the 21st, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' Steam Spring Sale page to pick up some great games to play. https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
2024-01-08 18:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
We know you love your four-legged friends... so how about a couple of games with cute cats and dogs to start off the new year? We've partnered with the adorable game Cat Cafe Manager in the The Cats & Dogs Collection. It will be on sale from Jan 8-15th and you could save 63% by purchasing the bundle versus separately. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26266/Cats_and_Dogs_Collection/
2023-12-21 18:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale through our publisher Freedom Games! From December 21st until January 4th, the game will be on sale for 50% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' Winter Sale 2023 page to pick up some great games to play over the holiday season. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
2023-06-08 14:17 UTC · Community Announcements · Ashe
Hey everyone! We've got another batch of patch fixes. We can not express how much gratitude we have for the community and player base for helping us by reporting these bugs/glitches asap. Fix an issue when euthanizing the dog (blocker, cannot go back) Fix Right Stick controls are inverse for brush, Water, and Dog scooper Add a quick selection to confirm the purchase or other confirmation Fix when you return to the page to manage your employees on your computer, this page is broken and you can never interact with it again. Fix the artwork/sprite for the Mayor's dialogue portrait does not match
2023-03-03 17:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Purrgil 1
Hey everyone! we're back with another update! Mainly more bug fixing this month! General stability improvements. Added better controller support. Added saves for better future proofing. Old saves could still have bugs, if your save is incompatible, we recommend deleting them to restart a fresh experience. We apologize for the inconvenience. UI/UX has better user flow and now supports controllers. Fixed several crashes that happen when some event happens in game. Fixed bugs that make doorways not work properly (Not walkable or creates holes in walls). Fixed bug that prevents some players from u
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