Official InZOI Patch Notes – April 29th, 2026

◆ Update Information

◽️  Patch Date: April 29, 2026

◽️ Build Version:

Mac Steam: 20260429.12173.M

Windows PC Steam: 20260429.12169.W

Gameplay

Career

• New careers have been added to all cities.
  • Dowon & Bliss Bay: Researcher, IT Developer, Architect, Music Producer, Journalist
  • Cahaya: Travel Agent
• For the new careers, Zois will first have to apply for an interview then impress the interviewer to be accepted to begin work.
• School and business have been separated from careers as independent categories.
  • As long as the schedules do not overlap, these three categories can be assigned to the same Zoi simultaneously.
  • Schedules are prioritized in the order of school first, career, then business last.
  • Zoi card displays the Zoi’s occupation in school, career, business, or freelance category.
• Salary is given on a daily basis.
• Zois can register for paid leave, sick leave, and remote work on the computer.
  • Companies can sometimes provide company-wide holidays but also assign overtime work.
  • The amount of leaves is determined by the Zoi’s job position.
• Team projects have been added.
  • Zois can collaborate with co-workers to work on team projects from day 1 through day 4.
  • Progress can be tracked on the dedicated phone app and the mission UI.
  • The amount of contribution at the end of a project will determine their grade and rewards.
• New workplace interactions have been added, and after work missions have been added.
• Arriving to work late will cause your Zoi to be marked as tardy or absent and will negatively impact their evaluation.
• If a Zoi’s performance is insufficient, they may be fired from their position.
• Zois can retire after meeting the required amount of time spent in that company.
  • Once your Zoi announces its retirement, a retirement party social event will take place.
  • After retirement, your Zoi will become eligible for pension funds.
• Zois who are fired, leave their workplace, or retire will receive severance pay.
• Loading a save file from before this update will automatically sync previous career information to its updated version.

Freelance

• The following freelance jobs have been added.
  • Delivery: Deliver a good given by the client to its designated recipient.
  • Creative: Create writing, music, program, or media as requested by the client.
  • Publishing: Publish your created work to earn commission based on its performance.
  • Sell Online: Sell your created work using the computer for a much lower price than if you had submitted to a client or published it.
• A license must be obtained on the computer to begin freelance work.
  • Once obtained, the grade of a license will be determined by the Zoi’s reputation in that line of work and the number of successful tasks.
  • Holding a higher grade license will allow your Zoi to take on more difficult tasks with higher compensation rates.
• A dedicated app for freelancers can be used to check license status, available jobs, and the status of current tasks.

Business

• New business types have been added.
  • Hair Salon: Place hair salon chairs to change other Zois’ hairstyles.
  • Clothing Store: Place mannequins that you can dress up with preset or customized outfits that Zois can interact with to try on that outfit.
• Empty employment slots in employee management are displayed more clearly.
• Objects that are recommended and those that are required are better distinguished in business presets.

Crime

• Minor crimes such as stealing tips or snacks can be performed without a prerequisite crime skill level.
• After obtaining level 1 in crime skill, all crime interactions are unlocked.
• After obtaining level 5 in crime skill, criminal masks can be obtained from the suspicious job agency.
  • Committing a crime while wearing this mask can cause nearby witnesses to flee instead of calling the police.

Simulation

Autonomy

• Specific autonomy behaviors can be selected for all Zois, household members, or self.
  • Behaviors for self follow behaviors set for household members, which follow behaviors set for all Zois settings.
• Zois do not automatically engage in conversations with Zois who are far away.

Interactions

• Interactions needed to complete tasks are more easily visible.
• Items can be interacted with directly from the backpack.
• Getting killed by a shark and jellyfish have been enhanced to look more realistic.
• Zois can kiss on top of the desk if they are in intimate love relationships.
• Dancing on top of the table can only be performed when in appropriate emotions.
  • Surrounding Zois display reactions that are appropriate to their current emotion.
• Zois can sit next to trees.
• Stickers placed on walls can be removed.

Baby

• A pregnant Zoi can visit the hospital to get an ultrasound, check the gender and the overall health of the baby.
• If a baby tries standing up and falls down, the parent or the babysitter will run over to comfort them.
• When a baby urinates, there will be a puddle of urine that the parent or the babysitter will have to clean up.

Social Event

• Multiple social events can be assigned on the same day.
• Gender reveal social event has been added.
• Important social events like a job interview will appear on the calendar differently from regular social events.

Memory

• In the recent memories menu, you can view relationship logs of other Zois.
• New milestones have been added for freelance activities and new careers.
• Certain milestones will record the names of Zois your Zoi achieved the milestone with.

※ This feature may not apply to certain saves from before this update.

Phone

• Text messages can be sent to more Zois than before, and more types of messages can be sent.
• Zois can ask for phone numbers flirtatiously to Zois they are attracted to.

Skill

• Doing push-ups produce varying outcomes, with higher fitness skill levels likely to produce better outcomes.
• Doing performances produce varying outcomes, with better outcomes possible even at lower performance skill levels.

Other Improvements

• A new UI displays emotions of other Zois involved in the current conversation.
• Teleport to destination pop-up appears when selecting a destination that is far away.
  • This pop-up can be disabled in game options.
• When a home service Zoi arrives at the entrance, you can now select whether they ring the doorbell or a pop-up appears to allow their entrance.
• Ghost play can be toggled on or off in the game options.
• The number of days is now displayed alongside each aging speed setting in game options.
• Weather impact on Zois can be adjusted in game options.

Create a Zoi

Situational Looks

• Situational looks go beyond just outfits to include hairstyles, makeup, and skin settings.
  • Default face settings will be initially applied to all situational looks and  any changes made can be reverted at any time.
• You can set up to 5 different looks and 1 signature look for each situation.
• Automatically changing outfits based on the situation can be turned off in Create a Zoi.

Improvements

• Higher high heels have been added.
• Facial appearances have been modified to more realistically reflect each age group.
• Control gizmo movements follow your controls of the mouse.
• A European countryside background has been added to the studio.
• Family trees can be captured and saved as .png image files.
  • The background color of the image can be changed.

New Items

• Hairstyles: 2
• Tops: 10
• Bottoms: 7
• Outerwear: 4
• Shoes: 9
• Watches: 1

Build Mode

Multi-select

• Multiple items can be selected at once using the following controls:
  • Drag Select: Hold shift and drag to select multiple items.
  • Drag Deselect: Hold alt and drag to deselect multiple items.
  • Add Select: Hold shift and use the left mouse click to add individual items to selected items.
• With the dedicated multi-select toolbar, you can choose which types of items can be selected using multi-select.

Improvements

• Refrigerators with a water dispenser and the tap can be used to drink water.
• Up to 3 cooking appliances can be placed on the countertop.
• Short broom and dustpan combo has been added for cleaning.
• Side tables placed in homes can be decorated with different objects.
• Zois can check the laundry basket and feel uncomfortable if it smells bad.
• Control gizmo movements follow your controls of the mouse.

New Properties

• European countryside residential presets have been added to the following properties.
  • Dowon: Moaville
  • Bliss Bay: 3140 Greenway Street, 203 Somerset Place, 8 Beachfront Drive
• Business
  • Dowon, Bliss Bay: Hair salon
  • Cahaya: Hair salon, clothing store
• Career
  • Dowon, Bliss Bay: Architecture firm, IT company, record label, laboratory, newspaper company
  • Cahaya: Travel agency

New Items

• Module roofs: 2
• Gates: 1
• Fences: 1
• Handrails: 2
• Pillars: 1
• Windows: 7
• Doors: 5
• Window decorations: 8
• Tile textures: 10
• Interaction objects: 149

System

Unreal Engine Update

• The game has been updated to run on Unreal Engine version 5.6.

Optimization

• A new category to adjust optimization settings has been added to game options.
  • Simulation Preset: Includes various simulation settings to improve performance.
  • Performance Safeguard: Enabling this will automatically adjust optimization settings when performance overload has been detected.
  • Graphics Preset: This has been mirrored from the graphics category for better navigation.

Language

• Incorrectly expressed texts can be reported to the inZOI Team by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9, then clicking the target text.
  • Current Text: Displays the current version of the targeted text.
  • Suggested Text: Write what you believe is the correct replacement for the current text.
  • Reason: Explain why the current text is wrong and why your suggested text is right.
• The following languages have been added to the game.
  • Dutch (Netherlands)
  • Turkish (Turkey)
  • These new languages are currently only supported in-game and will later be supported on our official websites as well.
• While providing translations for new languages used to be logistically unfeasible, we are currently experimenting with AI translation to make this a possibility. While we are continuously working hard to improve the accuracy of our model, there may be some errors in our initial outputs.
  • If you notice these errors during your gameplay, please use the Report Translation Issue tool mentioned above to help us improve the accuracy of the texts for your language.

Cheats

• changeSeason [Season]: Change the current season to one of the following seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter.
  ※ This feature was temporarily removed and has returned with this update.

Smart Zoi

• A notification will appear when enabling Smart Zoi on a system with 7GB or less VRAM.
  • You can select whether or not to enable this feature after understanding that your system’s performance can be negatively impacted by this feature.

Controls

• Hotkey customization has been moved to game options.
• Mouse sensitivity control adjustments in game options have been refined.

Mods

• ModKit has been updated to support Unreal Engine version 5.6.
• MetaHuman meshes can be automatically converted to the game.
• An FAQ button has been added to the deactivate mod and application failed popup.
• Filters have been added to CAZ and Build Mode to show or hide items applied with mods.

Update Video Trailer

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Listen to Halloween Music’ interaction appeared outside of the Halloween festival period
• Fixed an issue where some guests did not return home after a social event ended
• Fixed an issue where moving while in prison would relocate the Zoi to their home instead of within the prison
• Fixed an issue where traffic congestion was not cleared after the occupied vehicle despawned
• Fixed an issue where the prompt to wear winter clothing persisted even when a situational outfit had already been applied during a season change
• Fixed an issue where the probability of business employees performing work activities dropped abnormally low when their need stats were depleted
• Fixed an issue where social events could not be created when loading certain save files
• Fixed an issue where the winter season tag was missing from newborn/infant outfits
• Fixed an issue where the character and camera briefly teleported to an abnormal position when climbing stairs before snapping back
• Fixed an issue where the housewarming event flow did not proceed as intended
• Fixed an issue where some emotional dialogue options were not disabled while in an angry emotional state
• Fixed an issue where certain property visitor-related settings were not applied correctly

Interaction

• Fixed an issue where autonomous cleaning behavior caused the Zoi to move to a location without cleaning tools and attempt to clean there
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Give Massage’ interaction did not appear when performing cooperative actions on the sofa
• Fixed an issue where the medicine object was not visible when using the take medicine interaction
• Fixed an issue where the greeter NPC at the Cafe Gaon property performed the ‘Welcome Guest’ interaction from inside the dressing room
• Fixed an issue where positive/negative context tags were partially missing from conversations with newborns/infants
• Fixed an issue where some object animations did not play correctly

CAZ

• Fixed an issue where texture dependencies were incorrectly recorded for parts that do not use AI textures

Build Mode

• Fixed an issue where dust effects were not removed after updating a property
• Fixed an issue where the lattice door wardrobe could not be used for the change outfit function
• Fixed an issue where setting the day/night slider to night in Build/City Decoration mode displayed brighter lighting than intended
• Fixed an issue where certain shortcut key inputs in object placement mode caused the list to scroll unintentionally

UX & UI

• Fixed an issue where the system message displayed upon recalling a vehicle appeared awkward
• Fixed an issue where the update lobby pop-up scroll behaved abnormally in English
• Fixed an issue where the cheat activation tooltip on property presets displayed awkward wording
• Fixed an issue where the bottom of business template text was cut off in English
• Fixed an issue where some text translations were missing on the Recent Memories screen

Other Issues

• Fixed an issue where the game remained in a running state even after closing