Retail Rivals

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• Announcements·2 Sept 2026Official

  🚀 Coming Soon: New Map, Bots, Skins & Much More!

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• Announcements·18 Aug 2026Official

  🏫 Training School, Employees & Star Employees!

  🚀 Major Content Update❤️ Thank you so much for your incredible support and feedback!With this update, one of our biggest new gameplay systems is finally here: the Employee Training School! Alongside it, we're introducing new employee types, Star Employees, new shop content, and plenty of improvements.🏫 New Employee Training SchoolThe Employee Training School is now available!Here you can train your employees to improve their stats or train them into completely new employee types.👷 Train Your EmployeesImprove your employees' stats.Train employees into new professions.Employees with improved stats are more valuable to your store, but also harder to manipulate through sabotage.🛡️ SecurityTrain your employees to become Security!Security employees automatically protect your entire store.You can't simply sabotage your employees anymore – you'll have to deal with the Security first. 😈Security automatically protects your store from certain sabotage actions.🎤 EntertainerThe Entertainer brings more life to your store!Entertainers automatically increase your store popularity.The Training School unlocks by default on Day 6.➡️ You can change the unlock day at any time through the Extra Settings.⭐ New Star EmployeesYou can now find rare Star Employees!Star Employees have the best employee stats in the entire game.Their stats are even higher than the maximum values you can achieve through the Training School.This makes Star Employees extremely valuable for your store.👷 New Employee DesignsOur employees have received completely new designs!The different employee types now look much more distinct and are easier to tell apart.🏪 New Shop Content🔨 Hardware StoreAdded a new shop sign icon.The Hardware Store has been further adjusted and improved.🏕️ Outdoor StoreAdded a new shop sign icon.The Outdoor Store has also been further improved.You now receive exactly as many products as can fit on the available displays.💎 Jewelry StoreThe Jewelry Store now levels up even faster.🎵 New Music Trac...
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• Announcements·14 Aug 2026Official

  👀 NEW MAP TEASER

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• Patch Notes·13 Aug 2026Official

  🔧 Hotfix – New Team Colors, Better Vending Machines & Performance!

  🔧 Hotfix – New Team Colors, Better Vending Machines & Performance!Thank you for your continued feedback! ❤️ We’ve released another hotfix with several improvements and fixes for Retail Rivals.🎨 New Team ColorsAdded new team colors to make it easier to distinguish between teams.👷 Employee ImprovementsEmployees now display the correct icon in the task list for their current activity.🥤 Vending Machine ImprovementsVending Machine sales now award Progress Points again, allowing them to level up properly.Products are visible again in Protein and Snack Vending Machines.Product sizes have been adjusted to better fit the machines.Outdated product displays on shelves, storage shelves, and vending machines are now reliably removed.💰 Price Tag ImprovementsChange Price and Cancel Reservation now work consistently across all price tags.👟 Bug FixesBrown shoes no longer float above the shoe shelves.⚡ Performance & Graphics25 frequently used models now use optimized visuals at greater distances.LOD transition distances have been adjusted so these optimizations already take effect inside the mall.Shadow distance has been reduced to 35 meters with two cascades for improved performance.Shop lighting now uses only one spotlight, which smoothly fades in and out.❤️ Thank you for all your support and bug reports! We’re continuing to make Retail Rivals more stable, better-looking, and more performant with every update.
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• Patch Notes·12 Aug 2026Official

  🔧 Hotfix – Expanded Demo, Better Lighting & More Improvements!

  Thank you for all your feedback! ❤️ We’ve made another round of improvements and have just released a new hotfix for Retail Rivals.🗑️ Trash Bags ImprovedTrash bags can now be set to unlimited capacity.This allows you to decide how strict you want the trash system to be in your game.🎨 New Placement PreviewWhen storing or taking out items, you now get a colored preview.This makes it much easier to see where an item will be placed or removed.🔄 Improved Phase TransitionsPhase changes are now displayed with a new, dedicated icon.This makes it much clearer when a new phase is about to begin.🎮 All Game Modes Now Available in the Demo!The demo has received another major improvement.You can now choose between all three game modes:♾️ Endless🚗 Car Buyer😈 SaboteurYou can now experience Retail Rivals in whichever game mode you prefer, even in the demo!🏗️ Building ImprovementsBuilding restriction areas around shop doors have been adjusted more precisely.Shop doors have been migrated to the new door system.The coloring of placed furniture has been improved.Products now reliably keep their original colors.Certain wall materials are intentionally excluded from coloring.🏁 Improved End ScreenThe end screen has been improved.Unnecessary menus are now automatically closed when the end screen appears.The mouse cursor is reliably released for the following vote.💡 Improved Lighting & ShadowsThe mall's lighting and shadows have been further reworked.This gives the mall a more polished look and adds more depth to the environment.🛠️ More ImprovementsSeveral smaller issues have also been fixed across:ScenesSave GamesMultiplayerUIInteractions👀 What's Coming Next?We're already working on our next major feature:🏫 Employee SchoolThe Employee School is coming next!It will introduce new employee categories and progression options.👀 Stay tuned – more information is coming very soon!❤️ Thank you for your continued support and feedback!We're continuing to actively develop Retail Rivals and can't wait t...
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