
s&box 26.08.05 Patch Notes (5th August 2026)
The platform jumps to Vulkan 1.3, switches shader compilers, adds DLSS upscaling, and introduces Streamer Mode for content creators. All without raising PC requirements.
13 articles — 12 patch notes, 1 news

The platform jumps to Vulkan 1.3, switches shader compilers, adds DLSS upscaling, and introduces Streamer Mode for content creators. All without raising PC requirements.

Discovery gets a social overhaul, Rust content arrives, and shader optimization nets serious frame time gains.

Mini Motors debuts as the first in a series of small, polished games. Mounts integration hits the main menu, and code archives are gone for good.

Reward clarity, security overhauls, and Twitch integration headline s&box's latest update.

Physical sound simulation, volumetric fog fixes, terrain overhauls, and a new package quality system land in s&box's June 3rd update.

s&box's latest update overhauls the audio threading model, doubles spatial audio performance, and brings a runtime mesh morphs API to developers.

s&box drops a small follow-up patch fixing Platform Chat message delivery, editor video settings being overwritten, and a transparency bug introduced by recent opaque fade fixes.

s&box's latest update adds random item drops, a platform-wide chat overlay, and new performance analytics to help the team target CPU bottlenecks.

s&box's latest update tackles AI slop in the Workshop, adds three upscalers for lower-end hardware, and fixes explosive barrels that refused to explode.
A small but focused patch for s&box lands today, fixing a dedicated server stutter and reshaping how players browse games on the platform.

s&box's first post-launch weekly patch is a meaty one, halving server load times and reworking how reviews and reports work on the platform.

Facepunch's long-awaited Garry's Mod successor s&box launched to mixed Steam reviews, with players overwhelmingly pointing to AI-generated slop flooding the platform's game library.

Facepunch's first update since s&box officially launched on Steam addresses crashes, video recording, and Linux support.