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Steam News31 July 202623d ago

Update #5: New Game Modes!

Good news, everyone! After the last update buffed things all around, the game's onboarding and balancing finally feels a lot more polished now — which allowed me to add some cool new things!

In this update3

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What changed

4 fixes4 additions7 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • Store
addedAfter the last update buffed things all around, the game's onboarding and balancing finally feels a lot more polished now — which allowed me to add some cool new things!
addedIMPROVEMENTSAdded a new DAILY SPRINT mode where you compete with other players to see who can get to one million the fastest
addedIMPROVEMENTSAdded TRILLIONAIRE upgrade, which allows you to try and go for the trillion
changedIMPROVEMENTSChanged profit cap for assets from 1m to 10m
addedIMPROVEMENTSReworked the main menu layout and added buttons to abandon runs
changedBALANCINGINNOVATOR profit increase changed from $3 to $5
profit cap for assets1m10mprofit cap for assets increased, buffSURPRISE cycle time30s60sSURPRISE cycle time increased, buff

The First Million changes

addedAfter the last update buffed things all around, the game's onboarding and balancing finally feels a lot more polished now — which allowed me to add some cool new things!
addedAdded a new DAILY SPRINT mode where you compete with other players to see who can get to one million the fastest
addedAdded TRILLIONAIRE upgrade, which allows you to try and go for the trillion
changedChanged profit cap for assets from 1m to 10m
addedReworked the main menu layout and added buttons to abandon runs

Good news, everyone!

After the last update buffed things all around, the game's onboarding and balancing finally feels a lot more polished now — which allowed me to add some cool new things!

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Added a new DAILY SPRINT mode where you compete with other players to see who can get to one million the fastest

  • Both DAILY SPRINT and DAILY TRIAL now show the number of attempts next to the score

  • Added TRILLIONAIRE upgrade, which allows you to try and go for the trillion

  • Changed profit cap for assets from 1m to 10m

  • Reworked the main menu layout and added buttons to abandon runs

BALANCING

  • INNOVATOR profit increase changed from $3 to $5

  • SURPRISE cycles changed from 1x to 2x

  • SURPRISE cycle time changed from 30s to 60s

  • FIREHOSE profit increase changed from $5 to $10

  • FIREHOSE cycles changed from 5x to 10x

  • HORIZONTAL SCALING profit increase changed from $1 to $3

BUGFIXES

  • Fixed a bug where ECHO's effect would remain if the card was sold from the board

  • Fixed the description of research cards showing the wrong amount of cycles

  • Fixed a bug where on the way to the billion purchasing upgrades would not work properly and lead to broken games

  • Fixed LOTTERY still appearing in daily cards

I hope y'all like these changes. Do let me know if anything's off and I'll get back to work! ;-)

Have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Mario aka ehmprah

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Steam News / 31 July 2026

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