The Bazaar is open on Steam!

DarkBazaar is s gambling roguelite where you trade illegal weapons on the dark web to pay off a debt... or die. After months of playtesting, iterating, reworking core systems, and listening closely to player feedback on itch, we’re excited to finally open the doors:

The DarkBazaar open playtest is now live on Steam.

It's still early but an official Demo is not that far off anymore and we are excited to get even more players to try DarkBazaar and help shape the direction of the game. Over the past months, we’ve:

• Rebuilt progression around debt completion, meaningful upgrade choices, and clearer long-term goals

• Limited crates and respins to reduce luck and increase intentional decision-making

• Overhauled the crate system, letting players see what they’re buying and upgrade crates over time

• Split currencies with Blood Diamonds, so upgrades feel rewarding instead of punishing

• Reworked upgrades to be clearer, more visible, and more impactful

• Expanded contracts with OR-conditions, Private Collectors, factions, and weapon value tiers

• Introduced weapon categories, smaller focused crates, and more build-defining choices

• Fixed exploits, tightened balance, improved UX, and polished clarity across the board

Every major change came from playtest feedback, discussions, and watching where players got bored, confused, or broke the economy in half (sometimes literally 😅).

What to expect

If you like gambling, managing resources and guns - lots of guns. Then we think you will like DarkBazaar! We believe in open development, it gives the players the chance to actually help shape the game from the very early stages. It also means that nothing is perfect. There will be plenty of:

• Bugs

• Exploits

• Periods of broken balance

• Changes being rolled back

That is just the nature of game development and open playtesting. If you are down with that, we welcome you into our community and take all your feedback with open arms!

Build It With Us

Dark Bazaar has already been shaped by its community - and this Steam playtest is the next step in making it better.

If you’ve been following the game since itch

thank you.

If this is your first time seeing it

welcome to the Bazaar.

Jump into the open playtest, break things, give feedback, and together we can make Dark Bazaar something special!

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