The Bazaar Latest News

　⚫︎　The Bazaar’s development team releases official patch notes for the recently released quick balance patch covering most of the game’s most discussed Items. The patch was added less than a week into the game’s Open Beta period and covered items like the Skyscraper, Dam, and Spacescraper.

　⚫︎　Aleksander Kartasinski from Game Pressure covers The Bazaar’s Closed Beta period.

The Bazaar Overview

The Bazaar is an upcoming free-to-play asynchronous strategy Hero Builder game developed by Tempo and created by former professional Hearthstone player Andrey Reynad Yunyuk.

Currently in Closed Beta as of October 30, 2024, the game is slated for full release on PC and Mac via its dedicated client launcher in January 2025. While support for iOS and Android is confirmed, release dates for these platforms have yet to be announced.

Although the full game will be free-to-play on release, its Open Beta build is only accessible to players who purchase any tier of the Founder's Pack, available on the game's official website.

In The Bazaar, players take the role of ambitious up-and-comers trying to make it big in the titular intergalactic marketplace by buying items, learning skills, making friends with merchants, and fighting other players in asynchronous auto-battles.

Every playthrough of The Bazaar is called a run, and each run is divided into Days and Hours, with each Hour presenting unique Encounters to enhance your strategy. Players can encounter Merchants offering powerful Items, random events with unexpected outcomes, AI-controlled creatures from the Bazaar, or asynchronous battles against other players’ builds.

Each playthrough weaves the story of your chosen character’s journey to power, as they accumulate gear, properties, influence, and prestige with every victory. Whether you reach the pinnacle depends on how skillfully you build your arsenal and how far you’re willing to go to claim your place at the top.

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The Bazaar Gameplay

The Bazaar is an online, multiplayer, asynchronous “Hero Builder” where the goal is to craft a board full of synergistic Items. These items serve various purposes, from dealing damage to opponents, healing your health bar, or even disabling enemy items.

Each playthrough unfolds across several days, each split into hours. Each hour presents players with three events to choose from, such as merchants selling items, monsters to battle, events to tackle, or—at the end of each day—other players’ builds to face off against.

Regardless of the outcome, each playthrough rewards players based on their performance, with prizes scaling by the number of wins against other player builds, capped at a maximum of 10 victories.

What sets The Bazaar apart from other strategy games, auto-battlers, and hero-builders like Hearthstone, Legends of Runeterra, or DOTA Underlords is its asynchronous combat system. Each player’s build is recorded at certain points and later used by the game’s AI to face other players, allowing players to take as much time as they need to plan and strategize.

The Bazaar Characters

Vanessa

Vanessa hails from the island nation of Pelagos, where she and her loyal crew have been resisting a brutal tyrant who recently seized control of their homeland. She’s come to The Bazaar to rally resources and gather allies, and she’s not afraid to use intimidation or cunning to get what she needs. In The Bazaar, Vanessa embodies pure aggression and dominance, and her playstyle mirrors this intense approach.

Pygmalien

Not much is known about Pygmalien’s backstory, but his gameplay style has been a focal point in recent balance patches due to his impressive stat-ramping potential. Unlike other contenders, Pygmalien’s strategy in The Bazaar revolves around accumulating wealth and bolstering his strength over time, rather than relying solely on weapon damage.

Dooley

Though Dooley takes the spotlight as the protagonist of The Bazaar’s main trailers, their backstory remains largely mysterious. What we do know is that Dooley’s playstyle is shaped by their robotic nature, allowing them to integrate with other robots around The Bazaar and evolve through upgrades centered on their core.

Unrevealed Heroes

The Bazaar’s roster of heroes goes far beyond the trio introduced in the Closed Beta—Vanessa, Pygmalien, and Dooley. While these three offer a glimpse into the diversity of playstyles available, the rest of the roster remains a mystery. So far, only a few teasers and hints have surfaced, fueling fan theories about potential character builds and abilities. We’ll update this article with new information as soon as it comes out, so stay tuned!

The Bazaar Announcement Trailer

The Bazaar | Official Trailer

The official reveal trailer for The Bazaar is a vibrant, animated cinematic journey through the bustling streets of the titular Bazaar. It showcases each of the heroes available in the game’s closed beta, including fan-favorite Dooley, the massive Pygmalien, and the fierce Vanessa.

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A massive fan of roguelikes, turn-based RPGs, and open world adventure games. His gold standard games include The Binding of Isaac, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Dragon Quest Monsters Joker.