What is new in Retusch

August 21, 2026

August 2026

The square to repaint no longer starts as a white block, but as the dominant colour of whatever it covers. You no longer lose half your time repainting a background that does not exist in the painting.
The paint bucket no longer leaves a pale outline along strokes: it now slides under their softened edge.
Battle royale no longer counts points. The first player uncovered leaves the game, and each player gets a round rank shown on their square, from red to green.
Stream mode gives the streamer as many attempts as they want: their first miss no longer ends the round.
In spectator mode, you can now pan and zoom into the painting you are watching being built.
Emoji reactions now fly out from their author’s nickname in the player list, instead of rising from the bottom of the screen.
Outside the square to repaint, the brush and the bucket move the view: no more switching to the hand tool to get around.
The game name, top left during a game, takes you back home after confirmation.
Japanese and Korean join the fifteen languages already available.

New contest mode: everyone repaints the same square, then each player votes for the patch they prefer.
New stream mode, built for live shows: the host hunts alone while their audience hides.
Image categories replace difficulty levels. You tick the ones you want to see, and each category shows an example painting.
Two rounds in a row no longer land on the same painting, and the ticked categories alternate from one round to the next.
The end of game gallery lets you replay a patch stroke by stroke, and export it as an image or an animated GIF.