Umami Grove

We are delighted to announce that Umami Grove will officially launch on PlayStation®VR2 on January 27, 2026! Swing through forests, gather ingredients, and cook up joy in Umami Grove’s PSVR2 debut! Jump, climb, duck, and swing through vibrant worlds on a quest to help cute characters gather luscious ingredients and create mouthwatering dishes, hands-on! Umami Grove blends platforming, physics, and cooking into a uniquely tactile VR adventure that feels right at home on PSVR2.

v1.6.3r Holding the trigger button now prevents ice picks from dislodging Added Steam Cloud support

v1.6.2r World 1: Added button prompt for bomb fruit arming World 3: Improved snowboarding physics World 5: Fixed possible soft lock after collecting all ingredients Added "Hand Color" to general settings Fixed some recipe steps showing as completed too early Minor bug fixes

v1.6.1r World 2: Fixed tree house physics bug World 2: Fixed stuck mill door World 3: Fixed flower boy throwing snowballs while player is inside cabin Carrot and Ice Pepper stems no longer need to be cut to not be considered "too big" Ingredients are no longer locked out of cut mode after being prepped Potential fix for rare bug causing corrupted screen from invalid player colliders Fixed issue with player physics rig when holding two items

v1.6.0.0r Significantly improved performance Fixed OpenXR Quest inputs World 4: Minor ice axe adjustments World 5: Reduced enemy bomb throw rate in ice climbing area Added fog and cloud quality to graphics settings. Cloud quality defaults to "low"; former appearance can be restored at "very high" Fixed cases where some UI elements would become unresponsive

v1.5.9.1r World 1: Draw arrow prompt no longer hides itself when an arrow from the table is fired World 2: Improved mill collisions. Reduced tendency for hands to clip though walls and made climbing the stairs more consistent Added an OpenXR branch. You can switch to OpenXR by right-clicking the game in your library -> Properties -> Betas -> Beta Participation -> open_xr Added drag to ingredients to stop them from rolling forever Fixed spectator camera grass culling issues Fixed fence texture

v1.5.9.0r World 3: Adjusted ice climbing physics. The axe should now be much easier to pull out intentionally, dislodge by accident less frequently, and pierce more consistently. World 3: Ice axes now holster to player's hip when dropped Fixed invisible inventory bubbles in some maps Added a "Smooth Turn Deadzone" setting Increased smooth turn max speed Fixed getting stuck using teleport locomotion in main menu Reduced camera near clipping plane (less clipping when head is close to walls) Fixed several memory leaks Fixed invisible fish bones

World 1: Fixed arrows sometimes feeling heavy World 3: Fixed snowboard losing speed faster than intended when going uphill World 3: Slightly increased initial snowboard acceleration World 3: Fixed cases where snowboard would lose momentum on ramps World 4: Fixed not being able to grab mochi ball World 5: Fixed potential soft lock Fixed rare physics bug causing player to lose friction Minor bug fixes

v1.5.8r Reduced stuttering Improved CPU performance Reduced memory usage Can now toggle crouch with main hand joystick press Adjusted volume of some characters Fixed missing climb indicators in tutorial area when teleport locomotion is enabled Fixed getting stuck when returning to coalbold boss Widened powered up bomb fruit auto-aim angle Improved player physics Minor bug fixes

We are thrilled to announce that Umami Grove is now officially available on Steam! Jump hands-first into a delightful culinary adventure full of vibrant exploration, robust physics, quirky NPCs and acorn-powered surprises! Umami Grove invites gamers on a uniquely interactive VR journey that mixes platforming, cooking, and exploration in a world as tasty as it is playful! Indulge in seasonal environments, hands-on challenges and a roster of cute characters where every moment is a new opportunity to discover and maybe accidentally fling that onion across the forest! Get your hands dirty (literal