Market Empire Simulator — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Important Bug Fixes About Customers | 2026-09-28 | Bug Fixes & ImprovementsThis update focuses on stability and QoL fixes across customers, checkout, the warehouse system, and the main menu. Here's everything that changed:Customers & CheckoutFixed a major bug where customers could permanently get stuck/frozen (frozen mid-animation, unable to shop, queue, or leave) after the store closed while they were still in the middle of a shopping trip. Over time this caused more and more "broken" customers to accumulate in the store. Customers are now fully reset before being reused the next day, so this can no longer happen.Fixed the checkout queue not advancing properly. Previously, only the customer |
| Simple bug fixes and FOV Update | 2026-09-25 | FOV Updated to 75. I dont know why it was like that before, big mistake, huge.General bug fixes.Boxes now saved anywhere. |
| Cleanup | 2026-08-03 | Data cleanup and improvement |
| Achievements are here | 2026-07-23 | Achievements are added to the system, unlock away. |
| Code Update | 2026-05-30 | Code optimization and some updates about npcs putting items Uı Updates Deleted Gas Station Completely Made the depot closer to the player Thinking about adding more things Polish + Smoothing |
| Code cleanup. | 2026-05-21 | Small code cleanup made and new updates will be added. |
| NEW UPDATE | 2026-01-17 | -Reversing items has been added.-Some bugs about workers have been fixed.More stuff coming soon! |
| Small Bug Fix | 2026-01-13 | Improved the gameplay by fixing bugs and other stuff, more content update are coming soon. |
| Fixed the price problem | 2025-11-17 | -There are bug reports about decimal entering, like players cant enter 12.345 as it enters 12345 on certain keyboards, it has been fixed.-Sprint speed increased |
| Tutorial added | 2025-09-22 | Open a new save to play with tutorial! UI got smoother Box movement polished |
| v0.2.34 small update | 2025-08-25 | Small update about image photos on all products. Update on customer movement. Update on worker AI. Next update will come really far away and it will be BIG. |
| V0.2.32 User AI Improved | 2025-08-18 | User AI Improved Wet Towel and Toothpaste are now stackable Bug fix |
| Update v0.2.31 | 2025-08-08 | -Item improvements -Player feedback improvement -Outlines |
| v0.2.3 small updates | 2025-08-06 | -Outline added to items on the counter -Sound improvements -UI UX improvements |
| Hotfix | 2025-08-04 | Small hotfix |
| V0.2.3 Update 1 - Player Feedback Update | 2025-08-04 | Got some invaluable feedbacks from players and we got to work 1 - Toothpaste and Softener was on the wrong side, fixed 2 - Warehouse added and can be opened by pressing E but still dont know how to make it logical to store boxes 3 - Box and Player moves smoothly 4 - Footsteps added 5 - Fire Extinguisher added, click to get it and click to leave it, press to spray, no fires yet but soon coming 6 - Fridge items are now stackable, instead of 2 items, which was too low, now you can stack 8 items!!! Try it! 7 - Electronics table changed to true price 500 dollar. It was taking 1000 dollars. |
| v0.2.2 Fixes | 2025-08-04 | -Item box movement to hand animation added -Footstep sounds init -Warehoue improvement -Other small fixes v0.2.3 Coming soon!!! |
| Update v0.2.2 | 2025-08-03 | Hotfix on some bugs |
| Update v0.2.2 | 2025-08-03 | -Fire Extinguisher improvement (Still work in progress) -Warehouse Initialization -Item photos on boxes JOIN DISCORD AND GIVE THE FEEDBACKS! Thank you. This is just 10% of the game, we are gonna add CRAZY STUFF |
| Version 0.2.0 is out! | 2025-07-27 | -Open Close system improved -Customers improved -Fire Extinguisher system start -Improving sound effects -Juicy UI More and more coming soon! |
| v0.1.9 | 2025-07-20 | -Open Store system added. So you can open your store and close! -Fixes on customer tracking |
| v0.1.8 | 2025-07-06 | Fridge bug fixed Worker improvements! |
| Version 0.1.7 | 2025-07-01 | -Gameplay polish -Small updates about balance -Improvement about tutorial |
| Hotfix v0.1.5 | 2025-06-26 | -Hotfix for item addition. |
| Update v0.1.5 | 2025-06-26 | -Improved workers. -Solved bugs about AI Pathfinding. -Improved Cat Pathfinding. -Added new elements to the city. |
| Hotfix v0.1.4 | 2025-06-23 | Hotfix v0.1.4. -Customer AI stuck on shelves bugfix -Customer AI improved to buy more smart. -Roadmap added, only in English. |
| Hotfix about customer AI getting stuck | 2025-06-22 | Extreme hotfix about customer AI getting stuck fixed. |
| Day 2 Updates and Hotfixes | 2025-06-21 | Quick updates and Hotfixes for the customer bugs. |
| Day 1 Patch Notes – First Update Released! | 2025-06-20 | Day 1 Patch Notes – First Update Released!Welcome to Day 1! Thank you all for jumping into the early version of the game — your feedback has been incredible, and we’ve worked quickly to deliver a solid first patch addressing both immediate bugs and improving your gameplay experience.Localization & Text FixesResolved an issue where some texts would briefly show localization keys (e.g. game.current_price) before being correctly translated. This should no longer occur when opening UI panels.Fixed font fallback issues on Chinese, Japanese, and Cyrillic characters that caused incorrect formatting or default fonts to appear.Customer AI Loop Improve |