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Mall Rivals Demo Patch Notes — March 12, 2026

🆕 New Features Snap mode (hold Alt) for furniture placement auto-snaps to nearest wall or furniture, instant rotation alignment, and configurable snap angle in Settings Thrown boxes and trash bags now leave colored par

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What changed

2 fixes7 additions9 changes4 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Store
added🆕 New Features
changedSnap mode (hold Alt) for furniture placement auto-snaps to nearest wall or furniture, instant rotation alignment, and configurable snap angle in Settings
removedRacks now show product labels with icon and stock count, and labels persist after removing boxes
addedYou can now gather nearby trash by pressing E while carrying a trash bag
changedBoard meetings now use interactive voting papers draw with pen, erase mistakes, and stamp your vote
addedBoard meeting proposals now have costs and support multiple sequential votes with active policy tracking

Mall Rivals changes

added🆕 New Features
changedSnap mode (hold Alt) for furniture placement auto-snaps to nearest wall or furniture, instant rotation alignment, and configurable snap angle in Settings
removedRacks now show product labels with icon and stock count, and labels persist after removing boxes
addedYou can now gather nearby trash by pressing E while carrying a trash bag
changedBoard meetings now use interactive voting papers draw with pen, erase mistakes, and stamp your vote

🆕 New Features

  • Snap mode (hold Alt) for furniture placement auto-snaps to nearest wall or furniture, instant rotation alignment, and configurable snap angle in Settings

  • Thrown boxes and trash bags now leave colored particle trails through the air

  • Racks now show product labels with icon and stock count, and labels persist after removing boxes

  • You can now gather nearby trash by pressing E while carrying a trash bag

  • Board meetings now use interactive voting papers draw with pen, erase mistakes, and stamp your vote

  • Board meeting proposals now have costs and support multiple sequential votes with active policy tracking

  • Board TV shows player list with team colors, active policies, and agenda during meetings

  • Board room furnished with couch, floor lamp, side drawer, wall clock, and water cooler

  • License system expanded Sports, Tech, Fashion, Beauty, and Book stores now have multiple license tiers (Basic/Standard/Premium/Luxury) with variant choices

  • Sports stores stocked with new products (baseball gear, shoes, rackets, small balls) and display furniture (ball stands, shoe displays, boxing stand, dumbbell stand)

  • Customers now prefer products matching the mall's tier budget malls attract economy shoppers, luxury malls attract premium buyers

🎮 UI Improvements

  • Price tag editor redesigned cleaner layout, hold-to-repeat buttons, and scroll wheel support

  • Price tag cents now display smaller, fitting neatly within the tag

  • Board meeting voting UI panel shows proposal details, voting options with hotkeys, and countdown timer

  • Disconnected players now show a visible mark in the kiosk voting screen instead of silently disappearing

  • License panel redesigned grid/list view toggle, tier filter with color-coded badges, and price sorting

  • Mall tier badges now color-coded (Budget=Gray, Basic=Green, Standard=Blue, Premium=Purple, Luxury=Gold)

  • Ad slot owned view cleaned up removed redundant campaign display, fixed layout alignment

  • Station buy panel now properly translates all labels

  • Statistics tab day navigation verified period switching, day badges, and store metrics all display correctly

  • Tablet home screen polished larger app icons, cleaner header bar with status containers

🛠️ Bug Fixes

  • Players can no longer fall through the floor when ragdolled

  • License panel no longer shows stale owned licenses when starting a new game

  • Players no longer appear multiple times in the kiosk voting screen

  • Small ShameTV now mounts properly on walls

  • Graffiti cleaner spray direction and brush falloff fixed

  • Ad slot time remaining no longer shows garbled text like "3d Daysh remaining"

  • You can now place a different product box on an empty rack shelf without clearing the label first

Source

Steam News / 12 March 2026

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