Why did Chop Chop Inc. delete my save?

The game uses a single save slot and clicking New Game overwrites it with no confirmation prompt. Players have lost runs from 8 to 20-plus hours this way. It is the most-reported problem since launch and is still not fixed as of hotfix #9 (August 14) — even though several other save bugs were repaired along the way.

How do I protect my Chop Chop Inc. save?

Never touch New Game on the main menu — use Load. Beyond that, back up your save folder manually before any session, and be aware Steam Cloud syncs the overwrite too, so the cloud copy is not a safety net.

Has Chop Chop Inc. been patched?

Nine times in the first week. #1–#2 on launch day, #3 (Aug 9), #4 the big QoL pass (Aug 11), #5–#6 (Aug 13: save-load error, shop UI), #7–#9 (Aug 14: broken-save repair, truck spawn, shop crate bug). Full list on our patch tracker.

Why does the game run badly on my PC?

Check the requirements — they are stiffer than the art style suggests, and an SSD is listed as required. If you are on Intel integrated graphics, hotfix #1 added a GPU Occlusion Culling toggle specifically for you.

Chop Chop Inc Errors — Save Bug & Launch-Week Fixes

One launch bug matters far more than the rest: the game has a single save slot, and “New Game” overwrites it without asking. People have lost twenty-hour runs to a misclick. Everything else on this page is ordinary launch turbulence; this one is a five-alarm warning we’d tattoo on the main menu if we could.

⚠️ Still active, day 8. As of hotfix #9 (August 14) there is still no confirmation prompt on New Game — notable because hotfixes #5, #7 and #8 fixed several other save bugs (corrupted saves now load again). The overwrite trap remains. Treat that button as radioactive.

1. The save-overwrite bug (read this one)

What happens: Chop Chop Inc. keeps one save. Selecting New Game immediately overwrites it. There is no “are you sure?”, no second slot, no rolling backup. Players who clicked New Game intending Load have reported losing runs ranging from 8 hours to 20-plus.

Why it hurts extra: Steam Cloud is enabled, so the overwrite syncs. The cloud copy is not a rescue — it’s a courier delivering the bad news to your other PC.

How to protect yourself right now:

Use Load, never New Game. The two sit next to each other. That is the entire bug.
Back up your save folder manually before long sessions — copy it somewhere Steam doesn’t sync.
If you’re about to hand the keyboard to someone else, quit to desktop rather than leaving the main menu open.

Status: widely player-reported, not officially acknowledged in patch notes. Hotfix #4 did add a prompt before quitting a session, which shows the developers are thinking about accidental data loss — it just isn’t the prompt this bug needs. Community requests are consistent and reasonable: a confirmation window, a second slot, or a rolling backup.

Related threads report “Saves won’t load” and “Autosave Not Working” — if your save exists but won’t open, say so on the forums rather than starting a new game to “reset.” Starting a new game is the thing that destroys it.

2. Quest and progression blockers

Launch-week forum traffic is dominated by quests that stall rather than crashes:

Issue	Status
Mushroom quest / finding Luis and the spoon — the busiest bug thread of launch week	🔴 Open — player-reported
Treasure hunt: the game won’t let you dig	🔴 Open — player-reported
Softlock after building the cannon foundation	✅ Fixed in hotfix #3 (Aug 9)
Progression blocked without the stone axe	ℹ️ Not a bug — it’s a real dependency, see stone tree
Auto-collectors stop working mid-run	🟡 Reported — reloading is the usual workaround

The old demo advice still applies and got stronger: never sell anything you can’t buy back. The release build has far more unique items than the demo did.

3. What the hotfixes already fixed

Four hotfixes in five days. If you played on day one and bounced, several of your problems are gone:

Fix	Hotfix
Intel integrated graphics issues — GPU Occlusion Culling toggle added	#1 (Aug 7)
Main menu Load button not working	#1 (Aug 7)
No frame limiter	#2 (Aug 7)
Tutorial messages sticking during autosave	#2 (Aug 7)
Cannon foundation softlock	#3 (Aug 9)
Autosave firing during menus and minigames	#4 (Aug 11)
Auto tree harvester painfully slow — speed doubled	#4 (Aug 11)
Grindy mission targets cut hard (see orders)	#4 (Aug 11)

If you’re on an old build, verify your files in Steam and let it update before reporting anything.

4. Hardware, display and controls

Official minimums, unchanged from the demo:

	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	i5-6700 / Ryzen 5 1600	i5-11600K / Ryzen 5 5600X
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
GPU	GTX 1070 Ti / RX 5600 XT	RTX 3080 Ti / RX 6800 XT
Other	SSD required, DirectX 12, 5 GB space	Same

Stutter on a hard drive is not a bug. The devs literally wrote “SSD required.”
4:3 and 5:4 monitors are unsupported — 16:10 and wider only, by design. Expect letterboxing with no in-game fix.
No key rebinding at launch. Players have asked repeatedly; nothing announced. If your hands disagree with WASD, this is a real limitation, not a setting you’re failing to find.
A “Stuck at Loading Screen” thread exists; standard first aid applies — update GPU drivers, verify file integrity, confirm DirectX 12 support.

5. “Where did Italian go?”

Resolved, sort of. The release build shipped seven languages — English, German, French, Spanish (Spain), Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Russian. That’s five more than the demo had. Italian is not among them, and NullRef has never explained its removal. Italian speakers got the worst possible outcome: a big localization expansion that skipped them specifically. Watch the patch tracker.

Reporting bugs so they actually get fixed

Four hotfixes in five days means this pipeline demonstrably works:

In-game feedback forms — the developers’ stated preference.
The official Discord.
Support email: support2026@nullref-entertainment.com (from the Steam store’s support info).

If you report one thing, report the New Game prompt. See also: Patch tracker · FAQ