About the Game
Welcome to Cedar Shores
Enter the bustling city of Cedar Shores and build your future! Apply for a job at a local business, open your own shop, and uncover new opportunities around every corner.

Make Yourself at Home
Choose from a variety of residences to make your own, from suburban houses to city apartments, and personalize every detail with your selection of furniture and finishes.

Climb to the Top
Take on new challenges, make connections, and shape your journey in a world where your ambitions set the pace.

Unwind in Style
Pick out a new ride at a local car dealership, refresh your wardrobe, connect with friends, and relax after work at the casino, club, or in the comfort of your own home.

Step Into the Action
Explore diverse activities from cooking and high-speed racing to DJing, fishing, and underground ventures. Pursue your passions and uncover new adventures!

Screenshots
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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Changelist
• Fixed an issue where some progress bars in the Challenges interface displayed incorrect values
• Fixed several issues with phone apps
• Fixed some issues with vehicle markers
• Improved handling for some vehicles
• Updated phone home screen
Changelist
• Improved volumetric lighting performance
• Improved crosswalk vehicle queuing fix from the previous update
• Fixed vehicle collision issues
• Fixed vehicle map markers sometimes not appearing on map
• Fixed some lights not casting on terrain and foliage
• Fixed some issues with pedestrian movement logic
• Fixed "Fully Tuned" achievement not activating until reloading game
Changelist
• Improved map interface
• Improved map gamepad controls
• Fixed several issues with map and map marker states
• Fixed gamepad cursor appearing during cinematics
• Fixed day text HUD sometimes not showing correct day of week
• Fixed more camera collision issues
Changelist
• Adjusted arcade game logic, collision detection, and ball physics
• Fixed an issue preventing furniture placement in residences
• Fixed several camera clipping issues
• Fixed an issue causing vehicles to sometimes launch into the air when hit
• Fixed an issue preventing the escape key from opening the menu in certain situations
• Fixed several UI scaling and overlapping issues
• Fixed several issues with radio stations
• Fixed notification UI occasionally appearing in the wrong position
• Fixed floating models in the outdoor environment
• Fixed an issue with vehicle triggers that could interfere with player interactions
• Fixed bank app transactions sometimes displaying incorrect store names
• Fixed several issues with the vehicle details interface
• Fixed an issue causing too many vehicles to line up at pedestrian crosswalks
• Fixed the wheel offset on the Fuji Trailmaster
• Fixed several issues with hotwiring abandoned vehicles
• Fixed a potential issue with saving and loading screen resolution settings
• Improved handling for several vehicles
• Improved door initialization to prevent unnecessary opening animations
• Improved text visibility on bartender order icons
Changelist
• Revised retail interface appearance
• Fixed several issues with retail interface
• Fixed text appearing too small on some store headers
• Fixed Taxi app sometimes not working correctly
• Fixed radio station skip sometimes not working
• Fixed several issues with music player (stereo) and TV interfaces
• Fixed some UI sort order issues
• Fixed some gamepad UI navigation issues
• Fixed some terrain clipping through road issues
• Fixed some issues with screen resolution settings
• Fixed an issue with Quinn's first mission
• Fixed several localization issues
Thank you for your feedback and bug reports! We’ve made several fixes and some major performance optimizations in this build, including a substantial reduction of approximately 7 GB in disk usage overall.
We’re continuing to make additional fixes and improvements while preparing the upcoming content update.
Changelist
• Added new help menu content
• Added agenda app icon number for unread items
• Added film grain setting
• Updated city environments
• Improved performance and reduced potential of in-game crashes
• Reduced loading times
• Fixed some job interaction functions not working correctly
• Fixed number of cars crushed in challenges menu not incrementing
• Fixed issue where incorrect character customization data could be loaded
• Fixed player character animation sometimes getting stuck after starting new game
• Fixed possibility of retail store signs displaying store name when store is not rented
• Fixed and adjusted various materials
• Fixed several terrain and road clipping issues
• Fixed lighting/shadow issues on roads, mostly in downtown area
• Fixed lighting and collision issues in casino
• Fixed car wash working with insufficient funds
• Fixed player character visible on drag strip before/after racing
• Fixed some localization errors
• Fixed potential third-person camera issues during cinematics
• Fixed player sliding in third-person mode
• Fixed character animation sometimes not working in new game
• Fixed clothing clipping issues
• Fixed footwear models sometimes disappearing at some camera angles
• Fixed some incorrect player spawn locations
• Fixed NPCs looking at wrong player location in third-person mode
• Fixed character name input string persisting in new game
• Fixed gamepad missing furniture rotation commands
• Fixed some incorrect mission task notifications
• Fixed notification text formatting
• Fixed possibility of business management rating outside of expected range
• Fixed business event UI incorrectly opening in some conditions
• Fixed Parker Scout off-center steering
• Fixed some rotation issues with vehicle wheels
• Fixed several vehicle DRL issues
• Fixed dirt not applying correctly to some vehicles
• Fixed job shift incorrectly ending after reaching max skill level
• Fixed several animation issues with bartender job patrons
• Fixed PC technician job shift timing
• Fixed task list in PC technician job sometimes disappearing
• Fixed power supply upgrade task not appearing in PC technician job
• Fixed issue with Statistics app max career level
• Fixed some text missing localization
• Fixed potential softlock when spamming scene exit doors
• Fixed exit command not closing menu panels in main menu
• Revised post processing
• Improved performance
• Improved player character animation transitions
• Optimized textures
• Improved pedestrian LODs
• Improved traffic vehicle LODs
• Fixed pedestrians appearing in t-pose when outside of LOD distance
• Fixed traffic vehicle wheels sometimes appearing static
• Fixed traffic vehicles sometimes spawning in front of player
• Fixed Ferrucci map marker not appearing
• Fixed Ferrucci wheels static on low quality level setting
• Fixed missing interaction on some locked doors
• Fixed phone slots app not working with high bank account balance
• Fixed notifications appearing over fishing UI
• Fixed minimap toggle setting not working
• Fixed some uneven terrain/road issues
• Fixed camera sometimes rotating when entering a new scene
• Fixed romance cinematic player hair sometimes not being set properly
• Fixed "Nice Whip!" achievement logic
• Fixed incorrect Settings menu header
• Fixed garage vehicles sometimes overlapping in one space
• Fixed some casino games causing a softlock
• Fixed post-processing settings sometimes breaking during vehicle transitions
• Fixed possibility of drag racing exit command to be spammed, causing loading issues
• Fixed refresh rate setting not saving
• Fixed several text formatting issues
• Updated some labels in Settings menu
• Updated some loading screen descriptions
• Improved rendering performance in casino
• Improved lighting quality and traffic LODs on higher quality levels
• Lowered points required to spin lucky wheel
• Increased pedestrian and traffic distance culling range at higher quality settings
• Fixed issues with vehicle cargo inventory
• Fixed saved audio volume settings not initializing on boot menu
• Fixed saved visual quality setting sometimes not loading
• Fixed some vehicles not showing dirt on some body panels
• Fixed retail reviews overlapping when some buttons were spammed
• Fixed selling duplicate fish items issue
• Fixed fish not being collected when header close button is used
• Fixed fishing XP UI not closing in some cases
• Fixed some road shadow clipping issues
• Fixed some text formatting issues
• Fixed showroom vehicles sometimes inheriting owned vehicle colors and dirt
• Fixed loading retail item mismatch notification sometimes not appearing
• Fixed loading bay UI stock values sometimes not initializing properly
• Fixed Quinn character sometimes not appearing
• Fixed an issue with realtime water reflections
• Revised savings account interest logic
• Fixed vehicle icons sometimes appearing outside of map
• Fixed potential crash when opening some user interfaces
• Fixed issue loading saved data with very high bank account balances
• Fixed issue with some vehicles causing unusual physics
• Fixed some issues with DJ rhythm game timing
• Added player illness and mobility effects from need deprivation
• Added new medication to clinic
• Added more item space in fridges, cupboards, and closets
• Revised some item images
• Revised loading screen content
• Revised new game starting items
• Reduced player need depletion rate
• Reduced vehicle fuel consumption
• Fixed some slot machines not paying jackpot
• Fixed issue with moved-in partner not appearing when returning home
• Fixed issue allowing friend to be invited over more than once
• Fixed an issue with messages app text formatting
• Fixed broken radio station after leaving garage
• Fixed player map marker sometimes in wrong location
• Fixed some missing elevator buttons
• Fixed issue with adding microwaved items to full inventory
• Fixed misaligned water fountain streaming
• Fixed some female hair rendering issues
• Fixed potential softlock during UI transition in vehicle zones
• Fixed potential softlock during dialogue
• Fixed incorrect audio source position in some vehicles
• Fixed some traffic license plates using user plate text
• Fixed furniture placement issue on some kitchen counters
• Fixed some inconsistencies with vehicle website statistics
• Fixed some vehicle brakes appearing incorrectly
• Fixed some misaligned player start locations
• Fixed localization issue with bartending job food items
• Fixed some incorrect retail UI localization
• Fixed an incorrect agenda mission title
• Fixed incorrect car wash price text
Current Release
Build 26259212
Uploaded Nov 06, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Denizen.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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