Probably Stolen Hit With Negative Steam Reviews After Players Report Update Rollback

Questing Goose Studio and publisher tinyBuild have watched Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim go from a quiet Steam darling to the target of a surge of negative reviews in the space of a single weekend.

The turn came on November 8, when the game took 1,343 negative reviews in one day, up from just 72 on November 7, and the pile kept growing with 1,551 negatives on November 9.

Over the last 3 days the game has collected 2,966 negative and 2,862 positive reviews, which puts it at 51% negative, compared to a mere 3% negative in the weeks before.

The timing is awkward, given that on November 6 the developer celebrated "1 MILLION Shopkeepers" and published a roadmap promising that "November is all about polish" with a focus on bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

The trigger, according to reviews, was a text change in the Chinese localization, where an item description was altered and then restored after pushback from Chinese-speaking players who objected to the edit.

On November 8 the developer posted the 100-Rev13 Hotfix, which states that it "Restored the previous translations of names, items, dialogue and UI text" for Chinese, alongside a fix for a locker bug with the character Lou that was getting players bombed.

That would be the end of it, except players say the restoration did not stop at the text.

Multiple reviewers claim the game was rolled back to an earlier build, removing recently added content and reintroducing bugs that the previous patch had fixed, and some players report problems with their saves.

One reviewer with 21.9 hours summed up the frustration plainly: "Most people just want to play the best version of the game."

Fixing a translation by un-fixing the game is a bold way to spend a polish month.

The official November 8 post does not mention any broader rollback, any removed features, or any reintroduced bugs, so as far as the developer's Steam announcements go, the complaint has not been addressed there.

Players also point to the lack of communication, with one reviewer sitting on more than 100 hours saying the rollback landed at the end of the weekend without a public explanation.

A smaller but persistent thread of negative reviews has nothing to do with the controversy at all, with players saying the endings feel thin and the daily loop turns into a grind after the first stretch of hours.

If you bought it this week, what reviewers say they want is the fixed, content-complete build back and an explanation from Questing Goose Studio, rather than a rollback that landed without one.

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Sources: Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim on Steam (user reviews), Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim developer announcements. Figures checked 2026-11-09 09:21 UTC.