Price and platforms

Dressmaker demo and the free prototype

There is no demo on the Steam store page. What players call the Dressmaker demo is the prototype the game grew from, still on itch.io at pay what you want.

Pattern pieces on strawberry-print cotton at the cutting table of the full game.
The full game's cutting table, from the Steam store page. Image: Cozy Lives / Free Lives, from the Steam store page.
itch.io prototypeFull game on Steam
PriceName your own pricePaid: see price
Version0.5.5, labelled PrototypeThe released game, patched since
PlatformsWindows, macOS, LinuxWindows, macOS: see platforms
Made byBuilt at Free Lives before the full gameCozy Lives, published by Free Lives

Where the prototype came from

The itch.io page says: “This prototype was initially made by Free Lives in about 3 weeks.” Written on the free Dressmaker prototype on itch.io The same page says the team is now working on a full version.

Should you start with it?

It costs nothing to find out whether cutting and sewing by hand suits you. The commissions on the commission finder and the Steam achievements are from the full game.