This whole past year, I have been making new Daz Studio versions of all the pictures in Date Ariane Remastered, just like last year when I did all the pictures for Ariane in Paradise. I haven’t posted anything about the update because I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it. Release as a new game?, release as a free update?, Release as DLC?

The recent rule changes on Steam forced me to make a decision about Date Ariane 2, or Date Ariane Remastered 2.0 either is accurate, and it will be released as a free update. That means people that have the game already will get the new graphics update automatically on itch.io or Steam.

I’ve been posting my progress regularly all year on my Patreon page. For only $1, you can see a large sample of pictures I’ve made for the update, and for $6 you can download a preview alpha version that is Date Ariane Remastered with new pics replacing old pics, so the game switches back and forth between the two versions. I release new pics weekly and new alpha updates monthly.

The update should be finished in early 2026.

I didn’t announce it until now because I was afraid it would hurt sales of Date Ariane Remastered, especially if I released Date Ariane 2 as a new game. Now that I decided to release it as an update instead, people can still get Date Ariane Remastered knowing that the full update will be released for free if you already own the game.

So what’s the plan to make Money?

Part of this project was to add new stuff to the game. Steam changed the rules how adult games can work on Steam moving forward. They banned “early release” for adult games, which was a popular way to release, even though I never did, and “new content” that changes the game will have to get approved, and sold as DLC.

Also I hope the graphics update alone will improve new sales.

So that’s my game plan. After the graphic update of the current game which updates all the pictures, any new scenarios I add after will be released as a DLC, which will be sold separately. I’ve already made a list of several new things I want to add, but I don’t want to share the list just yet because nothing is certain until it’s written and coded.

In the coming months, I’ll release more preview pics, a new trailer, and a new demo (as soon as I make them).