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The official Living Roadmap dated December 4, 2025 lists EA 0.11 for May 2026 and full release 1.0 for August 2026; official Steam news confirms that both milestones shipped. The remaining roadmap plans are Free Content Update 1 with Upper Bay boat travel, Free Content Update 2 with Midtown Mall and JFK Airport, and DLC #1 set in Shanghai. The image explicitly says features are not promises, dates are estimates, and entries can change or be removed.
Read the current official roadmap directly
The developer's roadmap is a single image headed “Living Roadmap” and dated December 4, 2025. It says the listed features are a glimpse of work in progress rather than promises, that unsuitable features may be removed, and that the roadmap does not represent everything coming to the game.
The same disclaimer says individual entries show headlines rather than complete change lists and that release dates are estimates. That distinction matters: the image is first-party evidence for the published plan, while a later Steam release or patch article is the stronger evidence that an item actually shipped.
- Roadmap image date: December 4, 2025.
- Dates are estimates, not guarantees.
- Entries show headlines, not full changelogs.
- Features can change or be removed.
Which roadmap milestones have shipped?
The roadmap labels “The Workshop Awakens” as Early Access 0.11 with a May 2026 estimate. Its headline scope is modding support for businesses and products, blueprint filtering, interface cleanup, and optimization. Official Steam news later published EA 0.11 on June 18, followed by numbered patches through build 3542.
The second dated milestone is full release 1.0 in August 2026. Its roadmap headlines are the Hamptons, Personal Driver, HQ Pricing Manager, banking changes, and food delivery. Steam records the full release on August 28, 2026, so these first two roadmap entries can now be described as shipped milestones rather than future promises.
- EA 0.11 roadmap estimate: May 2026; Steam release: June 18, 2026.
- Full release 1.0 roadmap estimate: August 2026; Steam release: August 28, 2026.
- Use Steam news, not the estimate alone, as shipment evidence.
Free Content Updates 1 and 2 remain planned
“Let the Good Tides Roll,” labeled Free Content Update 1, plans sailable boats between Murray Hill, Industry City, and the Hamptons, with a ferry option for players who do not own a boat. It also describes an enterable, decorateable yacht interior and sailing around the Statue of Liberty. The roadmap gives this update no release date.
“The Sky's the Limit,” labeled Free Content Update 2, plans Midtown Mall as an interior area with player-operated businesses, a mall-only General Store format where anything can be sold, and JFK Airport with several businesses and travel to new locations. These are published first-party intentions, but no current release article establishes them as playable.
- Update 1: Upper Bay boats, ferry, yacht interior, Statue of Liberty.
- Update 2: Midtown Mall, General Store, JFK Airport.
- Neither free update has a date on the roadmap.
DLC #1 is planned for Shanghai
The final roadmap card is “Shanghai,” labeled DLC #1. Its description plans an overseas flight from JFK Airport to Shanghai, China, and names Huang Guo as a rival on his home turf. This is a specific official direction for the first DLC, not evidence that the expansion is available now.
No date, price, store page, or complete feature list appears on the roadmap card. The 1.0 release announcement says patches and content updates are coming and that the first DLC follows later, but it does not convert Shanghai into a dated release. Wait for an official product or release announcement before treating any commercial detail as settled.
- Planned setting: Shanghai, China.
- Planned travel origin: JFK Airport.
- Named rival: Huang Guo.
- Release date and price: not announced on the roadmap.
See the 1.0 business fantasy in motion
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Frequently asked questions
What is the next Big Ambitions update?
The roadmap places Free Content Update 1, “Let the Good Tides Roll,” after 1.0 and describes Upper Bay boats, a ferry, yacht interiors, and the Statue of Liberty. It gives no release date, so it should be described as planned rather than available.
Which roadmap items are already released?
Official Steam news confirms EA 0.11 and the August 28, 2026 full release of version 1.0. The two free content updates and Shanghai DLC remain roadmap plans without release dates.
Is the Shanghai DLC confirmed for a specific date?
No. The official roadmap names Shanghai as DLC #1 and describes the intended setting, flight from JFK, and rival Huang Guo, but it does not publish a date or price.
