Progress Game

Progress Game is a free-to-play idle RPG that has been in Early Access since August 14, 2020, developed solo by Grinning Games. The game currently sits at version 0.09.2, released on December 14, 2023, which was a quality-of-life and maintenance update to version 0.09. The developer has been openly working toward version 0.10 since late 2023. Development status updates in May 2024 and January 2025 outlined a substantial scope for 0.10: a third world (Desert), a nemesis system, new resource gathering types (wood, cloth, leather), ranged weapons with ammo, a research system, and reworks to existing systems. The developer has been transparent about the challenges — an engine migration from Godot 3.5 to 4.2 (completed by May 2024), slow progress due to work and personal life pressures, and a period of burnout described in November 2025. Despite these difficulties, the developer posted a hotfix (v0.09.2.0.c4) on June 30, 2025, fixing a bug in the Dagger Stab skill and explicitly stating they are "working on and making progress on 0.10" with a more defined and achievable scope than before. This is the most recent communication and confirms the developer is still active and committed to the project. The game's store description also states it "is still in development with more features and content to come," reinforcing that 0.10 remains a planned release. However, given the solo developer's reported health and burnout struggles (November 2025), the lengthy development time for 0.10, and the absence of a release date or playtest window, there is meaningful uncertainty about the timeline for this content arriving.