Probably Stolen Steam Reviews Climb Back After Translation Rollback Backlash

Probably Stolen – Questing Goose Studio's cyberpunk shopkeeper sim, published by tinyBuild – has started to climb back on Steam, with reviews from the last 3 days sitting at 29% negative after hitting 51% negative when One Angry Gamer last covered the backlash.

Over those last 3 days the game picked up 1,229 negative reviews against 3,046 positive ones, and the daily numbers show the anger cooling off, from 3,067 negative on November 9 down to 56 negative on November 12.

For context, the game sat at just 3% negative before any of this kicked off, coming off a November 6 roadmap post celebrating 1 million shopkeepers and a cumulative update that added new options, upgrades and quality-of-life features.

Then the November 8 "100-Rev13 Hotfix" landed, which the developer says restored the previous Chinese translations of names, items, dialogue and UI text, alongside a fix for items in Lou's locker not being counted correctly.

According to reviews, that translation reversal came bundled with a rollback that undid fixes and content from the earlier update, with players saying bugs came back and some reporting damage to their saves.

A hotfix, in other words, that players say un-fixed things.

The most helpful negative reviews this week still focus on that rollback, with one reviewer with 143.1 hours criticising the lack of a public explanation and another player summing it up bluntly: "Most people just want to play the best version of the game."

Not every complaint is about the patch, either, as some reviewers say the game feels underbaked for a 1.0 release, pointing to work-in-progress bits in the menus and customers who repeat the same lines in the same order.

As for what comes next, the November 6 roadmap post says this month is all about polish, bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, while the November 8 post confirms a major modding security update will be fully merged on December 10, so modders need to update before then.

If you bought it this week, what players keep asking for is a clear explanation of what the November 8 hotfix changed, and the fixes they say they lost put back in.

Steam reviews, day by day

The story so far

• 2026-11-09: Probably Stolen Hit With Negative Steam Reviews After Players Report Update Rollback

Sources: Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim on Steam (user reviews), Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim developer announcements. Figures checked 2026-11-12 11:21 UTC.