Dressmaker game guide, card by card
Look up what each commission card asks for: Quality, style tags, colour rules and budget. See what all 16 hidden achievements need, and fix a missing Finish button, lace that will not count or quality stuck under 75.
Build 443: new controls, trim tools and fabric-percentage changes
77 cards, each with what it asks for
Filter by client, style tag or event, or search for a word from the card.
Alice
Studious Motivation
Alice wants a dress that will help to motivate her to study.
Quality 75 · Gothic 40 · Romantic 25 · Use 100cm of Lace Trim
Alice
Love Labyrinth
Alice is on a mission to find her true love in a hedge maze.
Quality 80 · Romantic 50 · Cute 60 · Gothic 40 · Use only: White
Rose
Chilly Overtime
Rose gets chilly while working overtime, and would love a warmer dress.
Quality 70 · Professional 50 · Warm 50 · Cute ≤ 20 · Romantic ≤ 20
How far players have got
The first event
74.5%
have finished every dress for the Duke’s funeral.
A whole client story
2.2%
have completed all of Alice’s major commissions, the most finished of the ten.
Hidden on Steam
16 of 32
achievements hide their condition. Tap through to see what each one needs.
Budgets
77
cards show their budget in the finder.
Six things that trip people up
How a dress gets made
The eight stations of a commission, from the desk bell to the photo, and the sewing keys.
Stuck under 75 quality
The two causes, and how to unpick and recut without buying fabric again.
What Gothic 40 means
Where tag scores come from and how to read Use only, Avoid, at most and at least 50%.
Lace trim that will not count
The filter that shows which lace counts, and the keys for placing accessories.
Money and gifts
When off-the-rack dresses open up, and how selling and gifting work.
No Finish button
Known bugs with what helped, and which the first patch fixed.
Every page, by topic
Commissions
- Commission requirements finder
- Story events in order
- The Duke's funeral dresses
- Chilly Overtime, step by step
- Not Haughty, step by step
- Studious Motivation: 100cm of lace
- Pigeon Adoption: Berty's test
- Biographer's Interview
- Phoenix Costume
- Exotic Moth: velvet and tassels
- Vegetable Empire: three colours
- Perfect Picnic: Marie's fabric choices
- Crowning Glory: Adora's coronation
- Commission checker: will it pass?
Clients
Sewing guide
- Painting and character dresses
- Photo mode, backgrounds and sharing
- Quality calculator
- How a dress gets made
- Getting 100% quality
- Style tags and requirement rules
- Lace trim and accessories
- Controls: zoom, spin, flip lace
- Client measurements
- Grain, gradients and prints
- A style tag that will not go up
- Off the rack, selling and gifts
- Making money fast
- Cheaper fabric comparisons
Database
- Search all database categories
- Fabric share planner
- Patterns: every piece and tag score
- Yoke Gathered Skirt: unlock and pieces
- Gothic Collar: unlock and pieces
- Viper Collar: unlock and pieces
- Widow's Peak Collar: unlock and pieces
- Wavecrest Skirt: unlock and pieces
- Coat Dress Skirt: unlock and pieces
- Twilight Hour Skirt: unlock and pieces
- Accessories: every tag score
- Shop rank and unlocks
- Dress designer
- Sell price calculator
- Fabrics: every tag score and price
- Compare two fabric swatches
- Pattern unlocks by client
- Gifts each client wants
Price and platforms
Switch, demo, quality and Steam Deck
Is Dressmaker on Switch or phones?
Not yet. Switch and mobile ports are planned, with no date yet.
Is there a free demo?
Not on Steam. The original prototype is on itch.io at pay what you want.
Why is my quality stuck?
Panels cut off the grain, or sewing that strays off the guide line. Keep the arrows horizontal and get 100% on each piece.
Does it work on Steam Deck?
Yes: Steam rates it Playable. There is no controller support yet, so map a few buttons first.