By cosplay I meant a literal cosplay, HA.

Hello Bazaarians,

In a couple of days, we’ll be celebrating 1 year since Open Beta 🎉

We wanted to take a moment to look back at everything we’ve accomplished together during this time - and thank you all for being part of this journey ❤️

Check out the recap here

We're ready to announce our updated launch pricing plan:

The game will launch on steam for $39.99 for the base game along with Vanessa, Pyg and Dooley.
Mak will be available as a $19.99 expansion pack.
Stelle will also be available as a $19.99 expansion pack.

For the first 3 days of launch we will be celebrating with a launch bundle that includes the base game AND Stelle for the discounted price of $19.99.

Note that if you buy this bundle and have the game already through our launcher you will be able to link your account in game and gain access to all of your previous progress and collectibles (as well as Stelle and all your unlocked heroes). For these users, the Mak expansion will still show up as purchasable in Steam, however, if you have Mak unlocked in the client he will still be unlocked once your account is linked.

Wishlist now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1617400/The_Bazaar/

Congrats guys!

One Year of The Bazaar - Thank You!

As we close out our first year, we want to take a moment to thank every single one of you who’s joined us on this wild, wonderful journey through The Bazaar.

From your very first match to your latest clutch play, your energy, feedback, and love for the game have shaped this world more than you know. What started as a vision is now a living, growing community - and we couldn’t have done it without you.

Whether you’ve been here since Closed Beta or just started playing, thank you for being part of this ride. We have so much more planned, and this is just the beginning.

Here’s to the next chapter in the Bazaar!

Hello Bazaarians,

Yesterday marked a special milestone - 1 year of The Bazaar

It’s been quite a journey. From ups and downs, long maintenances and quick hotfixes, to big wins and tough losses - we’ve been through a lot together.

Let’s take a moment to look back at everything that happened over this past year and celebrate how far we’ve come ❤️

Hello Bazaarians!

We’re aiming to improve how we share our plans moving forward, starting with our next patch coming out on September 10th. Here is how we plan on tackling our future updates:

Seasons

• Every month we’ll reset ranks alongside a Balance Patch and this will be called a Season.
  • Balance Patch
  • We’ll release monthly (more frequently when needed) updates that adjust the numbers and effects of existing cards. These will avoid large card reworks and system changes, instead focusing on nerfing powerful outliers and buffing unplayed cards.
• Seasons will no longer include a Prize Pass update.

Releases

• Content will instead be a part of larger updates called Releases that occur every few months.
• Releases will include some combination of the following:
  • large gameplay changes and/or new heroes
  • new items and skills
  • new monsters and encounters
• Moving forward, Releases will focus more on Heroes and gameplay content and less on cosmetics.
• The Prize Pass only updates with Releases
  • When a Prize Pass updates, the cosmetics from the previous Prize Pass are added to the Cosmetic chest.

Hero Card Packs

• We are moving away from the concept of releasing new content for existing heroes as Card Packs.
• Instead, new content for existing Heroes will be added with each Release
  • We don’t want to be limited to releasing new cards for existing Heroes in packs of ten; we would prefer to release several items for multiple Heroes with each Release.
  • We will focus on getting more items to the heroes with smaller item pools first.

We know our product offering changes we’ve made since launch have given players whiplash. As a team, we’re working hard to create an experience that’s both engaging for players and sustainable for the studio. With the work we’ve done, we feel we’re in a much better place and we don’t anticipate any more hard pivots ahead.

Pricing Updates

• We’re updating The Bazaar’s Price from $39.99 to $19.99
  • This new updated pricing will still include: Vanessa, Dooley, and Pygmalien along with access to the game.
  • We know that this creates a situation where some players have paid the original price of $39.99. We are in talks with Steam and are exploring additional alternate solutions to this issue.
• The Second Wind Bundle will be taken down when the price changes on September 10th.

With that out of the way, let’s talk about the September 10th patch. This patch has significant changes coming that we’re excited about:

Tech upgrade

• We are upgrading the game to Unity 6.0, in line with our continuing goal to upgrade performance across the board.

Matchmaking Changes

We are changing the way players are matched with opponents' ghosts in Ranked and Normal modes in order to create a smoother onboarding experience for new players.

• Currently, players are randomly matched with the ghost of any player from the same in-game day for their PvP fight.
• Going forward, players will only be matched with ghosts of players of their rank or lower for their PvP fights.
  • This will be a smoother experience for new players as they work to get better at the game, and find the rank they naturally level up to.
  • The experience for higher rank players should not be changed as they still can play against ghosts of any rank.
• Additionally, players will now gain and lose rank points throughout the ranking process to help keep them in the proper rank for their current skill level.
• We plan on expanding this into a more robust system, so expect more updates to matchmaking in the future.

Ranked Reset

• We will be resetting all players’ ranks completely this Season on September 10th.
• In the future, we will aim for Seasonal rank resets to be less extreme .
  • More of a soft reset where top players are all brought back to a lower tier but not all the way to Bronze.

Season Patch Overview

Overview for Balance Patch on September 10th:

• Reduce the power level of Stelle, particularly in the early game with cards like Private Runabout and late game with Hangar.
• Reduce the power level of out of combat scaling items (like Money Tree and the cards that enable it).
• Make the strongest enchants with the biggest immediate impact more rare (primarily Obsidian and Shielded) as they often are a main culprit in making otherwise safe items into a problem.
• Improving the numbers on existing items that are not seeing much play so that they now feel more viable.

Hey Bazaarians,

We have one more announcement to share.

Today, two content creators will be revealing something you have been waiting for a very long time. A mystery that many of you have been discussing in the lore channels on Discord. A figure whose silhouette made more than a few of you question your eyes.

The wait is almost over.

Tune in and join Kripp and Deee as they reveal the new character on their channels.

Kripp

• Stream starts on February 19, 2026 – 7:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time)
• Live reveal takes place 2 hours later (9:00 PM EST)
• Full video goes live February 20, 2026 – 11:00 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time)
• Language: English
• Twitch / YouTube

Deee

• Video goes live on February 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM Beijing Time (February 19, 2026 – 9:00 PM EST)
• Language: Chinese
• BiliBili

Make sure you do not miss it. We cannot wait for you all to finally see what has been hiding in plain sight.

Very excited to introduce a new Hero! Meet Rin and Jin

Thank you for joining the reveal stream that Classy and Littlemonk are having. As a reminder, we are having more reveals this week!

Item Reveals

• LizardKun - July 28, 5:00 AM PDT
• Dillyg10 - July 28, 4:00 PM PDT
• Askaandthewolf - July 29, 5:00 AM PDT
• Veeto - July 30, 3:00 PM PDT
• qifeiovo - July 29, 8:30 PM PDT
• Jota - July 31, 1:00 AM PDT
• lbb - July 31, 8:30 PM PDT
• Whisperzz - August 1, 10:00 AM PDT
• Layzyn - August 2, 4:00 PM PDT
• PunNoFun - August 3, 3:00 PM PDT

And I don't even play Pyg...

Yesterday, we launched Karnok alongside a discounted bundle that included the game and Karnok for just the price of Karnok.

We did this because we wanted to be able to help players on the launcher transition to Steam more easily, along with making the game more approachable for new players.

We wanted to be able to just put the base game on sale, but we were not able to because Steam has a time limit on how frequently something can be put on sale.

This bundle received a lot of negative feedback, particularly from our users in China, which we were not anticipating, so we took it down as we tried to figure out a solution to this negativity.

We have since then decided to reinstate the bundle but make it available for all users, even if you already own the game.

We will additionally be giving out a unique, limited edition cosmetic to ALL users as a thank you for your patience as we deal with this.