Sill Sticks
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Sill Sticks

A slacker stick figure named Bota moves onto your desktop. An idle app where you sneak peeks between tasks as he idly mutters to himself to match the time of day and the day of the week. He won't get in your way. Sometimes he talks to you. That's the whole app.

DEV: SQOOLPUB: SQOOLAppID 4861510
UPDATE PULSEevery ~6d·last 6d ago·6 recent on record

Is Sill Sticks still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

97.0
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

97.8% of 134 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 93.6. The developers have shipped 3 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 3.4.

reception 93.6·support +3.4·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

6 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

3

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 5 days and were last heard 6 days ago — within their normal range. 3 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 3 of them major.

Distilled by the oracle

Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

releaseAug 22, 2026

Sill Sticks Launches, Bringing a Lazy Desktop Stick Figure to Life

Sill Sticks, a desktop companion application centered on a stick figure named Bota, launched on July 20, 2026, according to a Steam community announcement from developer SQOOL Kato.

The premise is deliberately low-key: Bota is described as a "lazy little stick figure" who lives on the player's desktop, with the announcement framing the experience around "easygoing days."

What's included

  • The base game features Bota as a desktop companion
  • Paid DLC allows players to change Bota's appearance
  • Additional DLC adds more stick figures to keep Bota company
  • Both DLC offerings are available at a discount until August 3
  • A bundle combining both DLC pieces is offered as the more economical option

The announcement is brief and the source material thin, so specifics around pricing, the number of additional characters, or customization depth remain unaddressed here.

For players drawn to undemanding desktop companions, Sill Sticks appears to be a gentle addition to the genre — the discount window closes August 3 for those considering the DLC.

Two years of development

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14 announcements · 3 substantial · 21 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

14 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 28, 2026
September 28, 2026 Update

We have made the following adjustments. - You can now set how often stick figures climb ladders, stairs, and ropes - Added "Records" to the control robot's menu, where you can check your progress toward achievements - Added an option to sto…

Community AnnouncementsSep 23, 2026
Sill Dogs Is Out Now!

Thank you as always for taking such good care of our lazybones, Bota.We're happy to announce a new title in the Sill series: Sill Dogs.Sill Dogs is a mascot app that brings dogs onto your desktop. Dogs are pretty diligent, so they may be mo…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 15, 2026
About Our Development Milestones

Hello everyone,Thank you as always for playing Sill Sticks. We hope you'll keep looking after Bota, our resident slacker.With Tokyo Game Show right around the corner, development on this title has slowed down a little lately. We'll get an u…

Community AnnouncementsAug 18, 2026
Sill Friends - Complete Bundle is now available

Thank you for playing Sill Sticks. Today we released a bundle set that lets you buy every app and DLC in the Sill series together at a set discount.You can get all the DLC for Sill Sticks and all the DLC for our sister app Sill Cats for 20%…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 13, 2026
August 14, 2026 Update

We have made the following fixes and adjustments. - Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor flickered over the stick figures or the settings menu - Fixed an issue where the stick figure preview in the settings menu looked blurry on scaled dis…

Community AnnouncementsAug 7, 2026
August 8, 2026 Update

We have made the following fixes and adjustments. - Fixed an issue where the settings menu could hide behind other apps and become impossible to use - Fixed an issue where the menu or a confirmation window could stick to the cursor while be…

Community AnnouncementsJul 27, 2026
July 28, 2026 Update

We have made the following adjustments. - Improved the quality of the dialogue - Fixed how lines break inside the speech bubbles - Other small adjustments around the dialogue

Community AnnouncementsJul 26, 2026
Update for July 27, 2026

The following fixes and adjustments have been made. - Adjusted the conditions that trigger banter between two stick figures in the Partner Pack DLC - Improved rendering so stick figures look sharper when enlarged - Fixed some issues with st…

Community AnnouncementsJul 22, 2026
July 22, 2026 Update

The following fix has been made. Adjusted the behavior of the settings window when a display is selected on the settings screen.

Community AnnouncementsJul 21, 2026
Banter between the stick figures has been further enhanced!

We've further enhanced the banter between the stick figures when you own the Partner Pack and have two of them on screen.The variety of exchanges has grown as well, so please enjoy the relationships between your stick figures!We've also mad…

Community AnnouncementsJul 21, 2026
Improved Partner Banter

When you have two stick figures thanks to the Partner Pack, the banter between them has been improved.Banter now happens more often than before.More banter variations have been added.

Community AnnouncementsJul 20, 2026
Fixed typos

Fixed typos in the app.

Community AnnouncementsJul 20, 2026
Sill Sticks is out now!

Thank you for waiting. Sill Sticks is out today!Bota, a lazy little stick figure, is coming to live on your desktop.We hope you enjoy the easygoing days that start with Bota.About the DLCThe paid DLC lets you change how Bota looks, and adds…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 12, 2026
Release Date Confirmed

Thank you all so much for waiting.Sill Sticks will officially release on Monday, July 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM JST (Japan time).In this app, you can enjoy the laid-back daily life of Bota, a lazy little stickman, right on your screen.While you w…