Dressmaker demo and the free prototype

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

Where the prototype came from

Free Lives made the prototype in about three weeks, before the full game.

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.