Tower Unite's Halloween 2026 Part 2 update, version 1.1.7.0, released October 20, 2026, adds new Halloween items, more color customization, possible fixes for several common crashes, and performance improvements. A limited-time Gleeby Catsack plush campaign is also running.

• Ghoulcery Store: Cobweb Cape, Holdable Mystic Lantern, Pins (in the) Head, Pinhawk.
• Celebrations: Holdable Camping Lantern, Holdable Gas Lantern, Holdable Mystic Lantern.
• Rob's Imports: Circus Platform.
• Seasons (per changes list): Cast Iron Garden Chair, Cast Iron Garden Table. The item rundown lists both under Celebrations.
• Songbirds: Vintage Wooden Speaker, Concert Speakers.

The Mystic Lantern condo item can now have the wisp's face removed and its flame recoloured. Hotbar items with colouring settings display a "Colorable" tag when hovered. The Laser Pointer's beam and the Lasersaber Arcade prize's blade/beam are now recolourable, and the Arcane Cane has a changed hit FX.

The update includes possible fixes for Lobby/Arcade interactions, Condo IO pasting, Steam player state, and the third-person camera.

• Lobby/Arcade interactions were the most commonly reported Plaza-related crash and occurred when Arcade or Boardwalk games were played or active.
• The Condo IO fix addresses empty item handlers when pasting inputs from one item to another.
• The Steam player state fix covers scoreboards in the tab menu and players leaving.
• The third-person camera fix covers seats and third person.

The fixes have been tested, but many crashes occur randomly and in unique situations, so the game will be monitored. A new message box should appear if the game crashes from PAK Decompression failure caused by a corrupted PAK file, with instructions on validating game files. PAK files store the game's data when it is downloaded from Steam.

Tower Unite's voice system has been optimized to improve player FPS and voice chat performance in Plazas and Condos. Candy Slam and Ice Cave have also been optimized so less happens on the game's tick.

• The Monorail rubber connector no longer sometimes stretches across the map to the origin.
• An edge case in Roll and Race that caused improper behavior has been fixed.
• Ferris Wheel carriages no longer swing by themselves when players leave by disconnecting or joining a minigame.
• An unintended nerf to "bug" spawn rate in Bug Bytes for player 1's seat has been fixed.
• Pumpkins are no longer underground near the area around the back of the casino.
• StackEm's block spawning behavior now works as it did before the previous game update.
• The Multimesh tag has been added to Victorian Dining Chair, Victorian Wardrobe, Halloween Paper Cut-Outs, and Mad Scientist Lever.
• The Laser Pointer's beam displays again, currently in third person only.
• Lacey Parasol and Light Source hotbar items now appear in the correct store categories.

The Halloween Gleeby Catsack plush is available through Makeship for a limited time of 11 days. The campaign supports Tower Unite's development, with plushies going directly toward supporting the developers and continued development. Grab the Gleeby Catsack plush here.

Official links: Tower Unite Discord, roadmap, Supporter Pack, Supporter Pack 2, bug reports, and suggestions.

Tower Unite's special Halloween Gleeby Catsack plush is available now through a Makeship campaign, and the order window is limited to 21 days. PixelTail Games says the limited-time plush goes directly toward supporting the developers and the continued development of Tower Unite.

Order the Gleeby Catsack plush on Makeship.

PixelTail says it is currently working on VR and new games for Arcade Phase 3. The studio's latest development blog covers what's going on behind the scenes in Tower Unite: development blog.

Tower Unite’s VR dev build now tracks your head, hands, arms, and upper shoulders through motion controllers, and that animation is synced to other players. The milestone also clears the two input bugs that previously made VR unusable: unbound controller inputs and VR menu soft locks.

Beyond the input fixes, the update addresses several VR art issues:

• First-person player model LODs no longer sit at very low quality
• Xbox controller glyphs no longer display in VR
• Broken wrists are fixed
• Sprites no longer rotate oddly in VR
• The VR pointer now draws correctly over menus and the world

With those blockers handled, the team moved to IK (inverse kinematics) support. Motion controllers now track your hands while the IK system matches your arms and wrists, and head and upper shoulders are tracked for full upper-body support. Networking for head and arm movement to other players is in place.

Some VR work remains on the VR support Trello card. The initial rollout is focused on Plaza and Condo, with game worlds coming later. Each game, even in Plaza, has unique controls that need adjustment or reworking for VR — bowling is called out specifically.

Tower Unite runs on Unreal 4.22, a 2019 engine version. The team says an engine upgrade would be a massive effort that could break every custom system, and newer Unreal versions could break workshop maps because of major physics changes. With the current staff, that upgrade isn’t viable, so VR has to work on the older engine. The studio also says tracked motion controllers will let players express themselves more than before.

Arcade work is rolling again after roadblocks and design problems. Gameplay programming and artwork are underway for the new baseball arcade cabinet, part of the phase 3 + arcade expansion. Unreleased Arcade ticket items are also a high priority for the next Arcade update.

Cooking is being worked on selectively while the small team creates more ingredient models/items and finishes recipes. No new cooking artwork is ready to show yet.

Existing item changes from the Summer Update changelog include:

• Fixes for Skeletal Mesh Door desync issues
• New variants for Cardboard Box, Soggy Cardboard Box, and Bowling Seats; canvas piles consolidated into one Canvas Pile item, with original versions unlisted from stores
• Color-masking fixes for Mega Exodus
• SFX and hold-distance adjustments for Shipping Crate, Plastic Barrel, and Industrial Barrel physics items
• Hotbar Torch updates: volumetric light removed, improved SFX, repeated-lighting fix, and flame FX rotation fix

New items are also added in DIY, the Snackbar, Rob’s Imports, Central Circuit, and Sweet Suite — frozen treats, old-school tech, a canvas physics item, draping curtains, briefcases, and more.

The new Selector IO tool is a module with a list of Outputs you can cycle through or pick from directly. It works like the Random node, minus the randomness.

Keep up with development on Discord or the Tower Unite Roadmap. Bug reports can go to the Bug Reports forum, and suggestions to the Suggestions forum.