Clockwork Cleanup

Clockwork Cleanup launched on December 8, 2025 as a free-to-play auto-battler developed solo by David Stears. After launch, the developer was actively engaged, shipping two major content updates — v1.1.0 on February 2, 2026 (Endless mode and new Pressure difficulty levels) and v1.2.0 on February 20, 2026 (Virtual MAC, a new post-game character mode) — plus accompanying feature patches and a bug fix. The most recent post, a feature patch on March 16, 2026, added Run History tracking and upgraded the engine to Godot 4.6.1. The two major content updates arrived roughly 18 days apart (February 2 and February 20, 2026). Since the last major content release on February 20, 2026, approximately seven months have passed with no further major update as of September 24, 2026 — well beyond that rapid early cadence and beyond the 6-month silence ceiling. No future content has been announced, no unreleased DLC is listed, and no roadmap or outstanding commitment exists. The developer's own words at launch (December 16, 2025) were notably cautious: "I can't make any promises at this point" regarding additional tiles, characters, or other expansions, and on January 12, 2026 they reiterated "I don't want to make promises of new features that I can't keep." The updates that did ship — difficulty levels and an endless mode — closely match the features the developer tentatively floated in those early posts, suggesting the intended scope of post-launch work has been fulfilled. The burst of activity in early 2026 was concentrated rather than an open-ended pattern, and silence has now extended well past that window. The game appears to have reached its complete state with the final patch on March 16, 2026.