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Dressmaker is a cozy dressmaking simulation from Cozy Lives and Free Lives: you take a commission, measure the client, set the mannequin, sketch the dress, buy fabric, cut the pattern, sew it and hand it over. This wiki walks you through that loop step by step, then covers the cutting, sewing and customer questions the game never explains.
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Your First Two Commissions
Beginner Guide: Every Step of a Commission
The eight stations a customer walks you through, in order, plus the three settings that decide whether the sewing stage is relaxing or a disaster.
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Pattern Cutting: Grain, Bias and Quality
Why the game says out loud that layout decides the finished dress, how grain and bias both score, and what to do about the red outline on a cut piece.
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Dressmaker Cutting Room: Build 443 Changes
The scissors can only discard fabric on request, a button grabs every panel piece, and panning works inside the cutting room since Build 443.
How Dressmaker Scores Colour and Fabric
Build 443 changed how colour and fabric requirements are weighted: small panels such as collars and sleeves now count. Why an old dress can score differently.
Answers Players Search For
All 32 Achievements and How to Unlock Them
Ten of the thirty-two are tied to finishing one customer's whole story, and the official stats page only publishes some conditions. Here is the full named list with unlock rates.
Is There a Switch, Mobile or PS5 Version?
Windows and macOS are out, Steam Deck is rated Playable, Switch and mobile ports are planned with no date, and PlayStation and Xbox have never been announced.
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View moreDressmaker Cutting Room: Build 443 Changes
The scissors can only discard fabric on request, a button grabs every panel piece, and panning works inside the cutting room since Build 443.
How Dressmaker Scores Colour and Fabric
Build 443 changed how colour and fabric requirements are weighted: small panels such as collars and sleeves now count. Why an old dress can score differently.
Dressmaker Trim Placement: Build 443 Controls
Fast Trim Placement, the trim duplicate button, end-node selection and negative heights arrived in Build 443. How each control works and when to use it.
Dressmaker Achievements: All 32 and What Each One Needs
The complete Dressmaker achievement list with published unlock conditions and live completion rates, plus the four routes a completionist should run in parallel.
Dressmaker Beginner Guide: Every Step of One Commission
The eight stations a Dressmaker commission moves through, in order, plus the three settings and four mistakes that decide whether your first dresses go well.
Dressmaker Customers: The Named Roster and How to Read a Request
The ten Dressmaker customers with full story arcs, how a spoken request becomes a tag list, and how major commissions and re-makes actually work.
Dressmaker Off the Rack Dresses: Free Play and Whether It Pays
What off the rack dresses are in Dressmaker, how to make and sell one, what they pay, why reviewers call the loop thin, and the reported commission bug to watch for.
Dressmaker Pattern Cutting: Grain, Bias and the Quality Score
How layout and cutting set your Dressmaker quality score, why grain and bias are both valid, how to fit more pieces per metre, and what a red outline means.
Release & Stores
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Dressmaker October Patch: Build 443
Build 443 rebuilds trim placement, adds Fast Trim Placement and duplication, smooths the mannequin camera and changes how colour and fabric scores are weighted.
Dressmaker Demo and the Free itch.io Prototype
The free Dressmaker build is a prototype on itch.io, not a Steam demo. Here is what it contains, how it differs from the release, and why there is no browser build.
Dressmaker Official Links and How to Spot Fake Downloads
The real Dressmaker channels: the Steam store, the itch.io prototype, the studio site, Discord and the subreddit, plus how to tell fake download pages apart.
Dressmaker Platforms: PC, Switch, Mobile, PS5 and Xbox Status
Dressmaker is on Windows and macOS today with Steam Deck rated Playable. Switch and mobile ports are planned without a date, and PS5 and Xbox were never announced.
Dressmaker Price, Launch Discount and the Three Bundles
Dressmaker costs $14.99 with a 10% launch discount. Here is what the discount window does, which bundles exist, and what the price actually buys in content.
Dressmaker Release Date and What Comes After Launch
Dressmaker released on 21 September 2026 as a finished game, not Early Access. Here is the confirmed date plus the post-launch list and what it does not promise.
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Dressmaker on Steam Deck: Compatibility and the Real Problem
Dressmaker is rated Playable on Steam Deck and runs fast. The obstacle is the mouse-driven interface, and here is what players try and what is still pending.
Dressmaker System Requirements for Windows and macOS
The published Dressmaker minimum specs, why Intel UHD 630 graphics are enough, and the two things the store page does not tell you about running it.
Dressmaker FAQ
The questions new dressmakers ask in their first hour, answered from the official store page, the developers' own announcement posts and player reports.
What is Dressmaker?
A cozy dressmaking simulation from developer Cozy Lives, published by Free Lives and released on Steam on 21 September 2026. You are the town's dressmaker: customers describe what they need, and you measure them, design the dress, buy the fabric, cut the pattern, sew it and hand it over. The game is about making dresses, not about running a shop.
See the whole commission loopDoes Dressmaker have a time limit or a difficulty setting?
No. There is no timer and no difficulty option, and the bobbin is infinite, so nothing punishes you for being slow. The sewing stage can still feel tight, which is why the sewing assist option and the machine speed control matter so much.
How the sewing stage worksHow much does Dressmaker cost?
$14.99 in the United States with a 10% launch discount, and regional pricing elsewhere. There are no microtransactions, no ads and no data collection, and the developers said so in their own pricing post.
Full price and bundle listCan I try Dressmaker for free?
Yes, but not as a demo. The free Dressmaker Prototype 0.5.5 is on itch.io for Windows, macOS and Linux at a price you choose, which can be zero. It shows the dressmaking loop but not the finished story, character art or progression, and there is no browser version.
Free prototype vs the full gameIs Dressmaker on Switch, mobile or PS5?
Not yet. Windows and macOS are out, and the Steam Deck compatibility rating is Playable. The developers say mobile and Switch ports are planned but have not given a date, and no PlayStation or Xbox version has ever been announced.
Every platform, with statusHow long is Dressmaker?
The developers describe roughly 35 hours of story commissions, not counting off the rack dresses you make and sell on your own. There are over 150 dress pieces, over 450 fabrics and over 350 accessories.
Dresses you make without a customerCan I play Dressmaker on the Steam Deck?
Yes, and it runs fast. The problem is input: the interface is built around a mouse pointer, and players report not being able to zoom in on the mannequin. The developers list proper controller support as a planned update.
Steam Deck controls and fixesWill Dressmaker run on my computer?
If it is a Windows 10 or newer machine with 8 GB of RAM and at least Intel UHD 630 graphics, it meets the published minimum. The macOS minimum is an Apple M1, so Intel Macs are not listed as supported.
Windows and macOS requirementsStart with the first commission
The beginner guide follows one order from measuring to delivery, and names the four things new players get wrong. Everything on this site links back to an official page or a named player report.