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Starport Merchants DemoNewsWealth beyond measure
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Wealth beyond measure

Starport Merchants Demo · published 21 Aug 2026, 14:21 UTC

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Hey everyone! Big thanks to everyone who has played the demo and provided me with feedback!

This week's update mostly brings balance changes and more ways to RICH!

Become the Bank

For those players that are too rich for their own good and that don't know what to do with all their money, you can now start your own bank and use your cash reserves to lend out money to NPC's.


These loans are intended for people who can't get loans via the official channels because of 'reasons'. So they're willing to pay you hefty weekly interest fees.


Keep in mind that this feature can be found in the Temple District, which is not available in the demo.

Enhanced Work-Life Balance play

You'll also notice bigger bonuses attached to your work-life balance. There are now more ways to increase your income on both sides of the balance.

Lots of other cool changes

You'll also find fixes and changes here and there.

If you want to know more about the details of this update, and planned future updates, visit us on Discord! https://discord.gg/XKQrbwdwuC


If you have some suggestions of features you'd like to see in the game, you can talk about them over there or use the anonymous ingame feedback form.

Hope to see you there!

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