diff --git a/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy b/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy
index 48459ef6..14190223 100644
--- a/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy
@@ -249,16 +249,17 @@ screen navigation(title=None):
 
         transclude
 
-        null height 14 # Half button height
+        null height 28 # Half button height
 
         if main_menu:
             if not title:
 
                 if not renpy.mobile:
-                    if UPDATE_VER:
+                    if version_float(UPDATE_VER) < version_float():
                         textbutton "Install updates" action InstallUpdates() style_prefix "update_available" sensitive (not prerelease)
                     else:
                         textbutton "Check for updates" action CheckUpdates(300) sensitive (not prerelease)
+                    text "[UPDATE_HINT]" size 8 color "#fff" xalign 0.5
 
                 if show_quick_start:
                     textbutton _("Quick Start") action Start("start_quick") sensitive is_sensitive
diff --git a/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy b/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy
index 777525f3..95be649d 100644
--- a/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 init python:
     import requests
 
-    UPDATE_URL = bytes.fromhex("687474703a2f2f757064617465732e73696c76657273747564696f67616d65732e6f72672f757064617465732e6a736f6e").decode()
-    UPDATE_VER = ""
+    UPDATE_URL = bytes.fromhex("687474703a2f2f757064617465732e73696c76657273747564696f67616d65732e6f72672f6173736574732f757064617465732e6a736f6e").decode()
+    UPDATE_VER = None
+    UPDATE_HINT = ""
 
     @renpy.pure
     class CheckUpdates(Action):
@@ -19,12 +20,18 @@ init python:
             # we need to forbid updater from affecting
             # GIT-supplied versions of the game to avoid bugs.
 
+            global UPDATE_VER, UPDATE_HINT
+
             if (not updater.can_update() or config.developer) and not self.simulate:
                 return
 
             check = True
             url = self.url
 
+            if not self.onetime:
+                UPDATE_HINT = "Checking for updates..."
+                renpy.restart_interaction()
+
             if self.onetime and url in updater.checked:
                 check = False
 
@@ -36,11 +43,19 @@ init python:
                 persistent._update_last_checked[url] = time.time()
                 updater.Updater(url, check_only=True, simulate=self.simulate, **self.kwargs)
 
-            global UPDATE_VER
-            UPDATE_VER = persistent._update_version.get(url, "")
+            UPDATE_VER = persistent._update_version.get(url, None)
 
-            if self.autostart:
-                renpy.invoke_in_new_context(updater.update, self.url, simulate=self.simulate, **self.kwargs)
+            if version_float(UPDATE_VER) < version_float():
+                if not self.onetime:
+                    UPDATE_HINT = "New game version available!"
+                    renpy.restart_interaction()
+
+                if self.autostart:
+                    renpy.invoke_in_new_context(updater.update, self.url, simulate=self.simulate, **self.kwargs)
+            elif not UPDATE_VER:
+                ui.timer(2.0, SetVariable("UPDATE_HINT", "Server is not responding."))
+            elif not self.onetime:
+                ui.timer(2.0, SetVariable("UPDATE_HINT", "You are already up-to-date."))
 
     @renpy.pure
     class InstallUpdates(Action):
@@ -62,8 +77,10 @@ init python:
 
         renpy.set_return_stack(("main_room",))
 
-    def version_float():
-        control, major, *minor = config.version.split(" ")[0].split(".")
+    def version_float(version=None):
+        version = version or config.version
+
+        control, major, *minor = version.split(" ")[0].split(".")
         return float("{}.{}{}".format(control, major, "".join(minor)))
 
     def version_patch():
@@ -208,7 +225,8 @@ define update_message_list = [
         "Insert disc 2",
         ]
 
-screen updater():
+# Do not add parenthesis to the updater screen, otherwise it will break screen parameter interpolation.
+screen updater:
 
     tag menu