Returnal Update Rolled Back Following Save Deletion Bug

The newest Returnal update is causing players to lose their progress, prompting developers Housemarque to roll it back and warn players not to open the game until the problem is fixed.

In a Tweet, they addressed complaints that Returnal Update 1.3.3 was corrupting player save files, and said they would be rolling back players game versions to 1.3.1.

“Patch 1.3.3 has been pulled and we are reverting back to 1.3.1 until it’s fixed. We are fixing the issue now and a new patch will be published in a few hours All users affected by the 1.3.3 need to re-download the game. Our sincerest apologies”, the tweet reads.

Simply having the update installed if you left your console in standby mode doesn’t automatically mean you’ve lost it, however. Housemarque also explained how to tell if you’ve been affected by the new bug.

Housemarque has been under criticism for some of their design choices with Returnal, most notably the inability to save your progress between runs. Fans have been asking for this feature since day 1 as the game’s later portions can have extremely long runs, to which Housemarque has previously responded that they had “nothing to announce” with regards to it.

Some fans have taken to Twitter to call out how bizarre Returnal’s issues all being save-related are, such as streamer Patrick “PatStaresAt” Boivin.