The Last Caretaker Launches Update 5: New Horizons – New progression paths, exploration systems, tools, storyline and major improvements

Humanity begins rebuilding its future through Project Eden, alongside Project Jonah, cultural memory discoveries, deeper exploration systems, new tools, and major performance improvements

Helsinki, Finland – June 25, 2026 – Channel37 released Update 5: New Horizons, the next major Early Access update for The Last Caretaker, available on Steam and the Epic Games Store discounted by 20% to $27.99 / €23.99 / £21.59.

At the center of the update is Project Eden, a new progression path that turns committee progress into visible change within the world. As restoration seeds are returned from orbit and committee efforts grow, Eden rises from the sea: a stepped garden slowly rebuilding a future that once seemed impossible.

Update 05: New Horizons highlights include:

Project Eden introduces a new progression system built around construction, crafting, skills, quests, unlocks, and committee-driven restoration.
The Committees Awaken, creating new ways for humans in orbit to influence the future through long-term development goals.
Project Jonah introduces a new whale encounter, questline, lore, rewards, and a dedicated encounter location.
Cultural Memories expand the world’s history through Cave Paintings, HoloMemories, Samples, and new discovery systems.
New tools and systems include TideRipper™ Hand Jets, the Rhino Dismantler, Recovery Grinder, PECO Grid Scan 2000, Data Recovery Deck music playback, and Rocket Payload fabrication.
Enhanced localization: Italian and Spanish in-game text translations added

Update 05: New Horizons marks a shift in the player’s role. Previous updates focused on survival, recovery, and preservation. Project Eden begins the next stage: rebuilding.

Players can now gather Samples and send discoveries to space, recover fragments of lost culture through statues and cave paintings, construct Eden modules, cultivate new plants and trees, and unlock progression systems tied directly to humanity’s long-term future.

The update also expands exploration with the Research Outpost Theta-9, a sealed facility built to study Roth’s Anomaly, alongside new questlines, additional progression content, and broad improvements to existing locations.

Alongside its new content, New Horizons delivers a major technical and quality-of-life update. Weather and wave systems have been upgraded, memory consumption reduced, HDR support added, controller and UI improvements expanded, and performance optimized across gameplay systems, weather, vehicles, physics, cables, and large save games.

The Last Caretaker is available now in Early Access on Steam and the Epic Games Store, currently discounted by 20% $27.99 / €23.99 / £21.59