Digital Market Simulator — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6.1 Update - 02/04/2026 (DD/MM/YYYY) | 2026-04-02 | Update Highlights Improved NPC animations. NPCs now have shopping baskets and can place purchased items into them. NPCs now slow down when approaching another NPC in front of them while walking, preventing overlapping. NPC backend system has been reworked and expanded to support more advanced behaviors. NPCs can now sit on benches in the streets. NPCs can now meet and chat with each other on the street. |
| 2.5.2 Patch - 03/14/2026 | 2026-03-14 | Update Highlights The bug that caused insufficient funds to be deducted when purchasing items from EMarket and resulted in the player receiving unfair gains has been fixed. The issue where the task to purchase a product from EMarket would not complete has been resolved. YBox One outline is fixed. Welcomer text is changed. |
| 2.5.1 Patch - 03/14/2026 | 2026-03-14 | Update Highlights Completely changed localization system. Thanks to PicoShot 🔥 Fixed the bug causes to don't get money when cashier processes it. |
| Update 2.5.0 - 03/14/2026 | 2026-03-13 | UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS: A cashier that automatically handles product sales has been added. It can be purchased as an upgrade. The cost/profit margin has been reduced from around 120% to about 50%. Thieves can now occasionally appear. You can neutralize them with a baseball bat, but be careful—attacking an innocent person will significantly lower your reputation and reduce the number of customers. Experience gain for the player has been reduced. You can now set the price of any product to 0 from the price tag, making it free and allowing you to gain more experience and reputation. You can now hold TAB to see hidden vital values above 50. The mechan |
| 2.0.1 Update Is Live | 2025-12-21 | -A rare issue encountered on some devices while reading files in the Save System has been resolved. -Translation gaps in some interfaces have been fixed. -New vehicle models have been added for traffic. |
| Digital Market Simulator Demo Update 1.1.5 | 2025-06-13 | Update Highlights: Increased probability of getting customers. Improved randomness of customer purchases. Increased the volume of background music and some environmental sounds. Interaction time with the computer, cash register and box was shortened. Store level upgrade prices have been changed. |
| Digital Market Simulator Developer Gameplay | 2025-06-03 | Playing DMS Demo v1.1.0 on live stream. |
| Digital Market Simulator Demo Update 1.1.0 | 2025-05-30 | Update Highlights: Added 11 new products to the E-Market. Added a bell sound when a customer approaches the cash register. Added a compass on the HUD that shows directions and fixed waypoints. Added a subtitle interface for environmental sounds and NPC dialogues. Added AMD FSR upscaler mode. Added Screen Space Global Illumination, check out Graphic Settings. Added new developer console commands (open console with F1 when developer mode is enabled). Added the ability to name your store at the start of the game. Added "stats & stats_..." commands for benchmarking. Adjusted starting money and reputation values. Adjusted the profit margin on sale |
| First Bugfix + Improvement Update | 2025-05-01 | Changes Fixed NPCs very rarely striking weird poses. The game can now run in the background. Fixed the in-game computer's Media Player continuing to play when the game is stopped. Improvements have been made to the UI and some input barriers have been fixed. Fixed the sound of wet footstep in a certain part of the store when it rains. Prevented excessive purchases from the e-Market. |