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Home / Answers / PERFORMANCEFull release — Update 1.0.5 of 22 Aug 2026 checkedChecked 23 August 2026Developer statement

The game is lagging. What can I actually do?

Turn off the retro effect, drop details to LOW, lower the resolution — then deal with loose items separately.

Quick answer

The developer's published advice is three settings changes: turn off the retro effect, set graphics details to LOW, and reduce the resolution. Update 1.0.5 adds a fourth lever that is not a setting — a Clear Items button in the pause menu that removes loose items which could otherwise make the game crash or become unplayable. The changelog states it gives back no money. The store's published minimum is Windows 10, an i3-6100 or FX-6300, 4 GB of RAM and a GTX 750 Ti or RX 460.

Steps

  1. Turn off the retro effect first. The developer lists it first among the three.
  2. Set the graphics details to LOW.
  3. Reduce the resolution.
  4. If the frame rate collapses after a long shift rather than from the first minute, open the pause menu and use Clear Items. It removes loose items and refunds nothing.
  5. Compare the machine against the store's published minimum and recommended specifications before assuming the problem is the build.

Requirements / limits

  • The three settings come from the Next Fest FAQ of 15 June 2026. The developer has not republished them since the full release, and no later announcement withdraws them.
  • Clear Items was added in Update 1.0.5 on 22 August 2026. The changelog describes it as removing annoying items that could make the game crash or unplayable, and says explicitly that it will not give back any money.
  • Published minimum: Windows 10, Intel i3-6100 or AMD FX-6300, 4 GB RAM, GTX 750 Ti or RX 460.
  • Published recommended: Windows 11, Intel i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 8 GB RAM, GTX 1060 or RX 580.
  • No cited source publishes a target frame rate, a benchmark, or the cost of any individual setting.

Common mistakes

  • Clearing items to fix a stutter that was there from the first minute. That is a settings or hardware case, not a loose-item case.
  • Expecting Clear Items to refund the value of what it deletes.
  • Assuming the retro effect is free because it is stylistic.
  • Quoting the minimum specification as a smooth-play specification.

Still unverified

  • Which of the three settings costs the most frame time?Not verifiedThe FAQ lists them in an order but publishes no measurement, and the order is not stated to be a ranking.