- We're in Steam Next Fest! - 16 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ Some news: Bet Shop Simulator will be part of Steam Next Fest from October 19 to 26. The festival kicks off on October 19 at 10 AM PT, and the demo will be on the festival pages for the whole week. If you haven't played the demo yet, now's a good time. You take over a boarded-up betting shop: tear the newspapers off the windows, clean the place up and put your own name on the sign. Then the customers start coming in. You scan their slips, count out the change, and when football, Apex GP or horse racing is on the TV, the whole shop watches with you. If a slip wins, the payout comes out of your register. Since the demo came out we've added and fixed quite a lot based on your feedback. A card dealer now drops by the shop every so often, and you can haggle over the price. Customers watching a match now cheer and groan out loud on goals and when their slips settle. And there…
- Demo Update #7: Card Dealer & Single Cards - 15 October 2026
Hello, bookies! ⚽ This update is all about cards, plus a shop that sounds a lot more alive on match nights. New in the demoCard Dealer: a visitor who sells you cards, if you can agree on a price. Single Card Counter: sell your spare cards one by one. Shipping from the Collection: pick the cards you want to sell and they arrive in a box. Match reactions: customers cheer and groan while they watch. Card Dealer: haggle for a cardEvery few minutes a card dealer walks in, finds a quiet corner and waits for you with a card icon over their head. Talk to them. The camera turns to the dealer and the haggling panel opens: the card, its market value, the dealer's price and how much patience they have left. Always under market value. The dealer's price is always below what the card is worth, and the panel shows by how much. Sometimes it's a real bargain. Make an offer. Type a price or use the -10%…
- Demo Update #6: Your Feedback, Fixed - 13 October 2026
Thank you, bookies! ⚽ Since the demo went live we have received 75+ pieces of feedback. We read every single one of them, one by one, and turned them into a roadmap. We will be sharing that roadmap with you very soon. We also had 41 of you in the shop at the same time. For a team our size that number means a lot. Thank you. We hope you are having fun running your shop. This update is made almost entirely of things you told us about. Keep it coming on our Discord server, we read it all: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPuCarrying things aroundBoxes no longer sink into walls. Whatever you are holding is now always drawn in front of walls, shelves and door frames, the way a weapon is in a first-person shooter. It also keeps its labels and its colours when you stand right against a wall. No more placing through the window. Standing outside, you could put furniture down inside the shop through the…
- 2,000 Wishlists: Thank You! - 12 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ Bet Shop Simulator has passed 2,000 wishlists. We celebrated inside the game: derby day, a packed shop, a goal, and a message for you up on the sign. Thank you to everyone who wishlisted the game, played the demo, reported a bug or shared an idea. Every wishlist helps Steam show the game to more players, and for a small team that means a lot. Haven't tried it yet? The demo is out on Steam and it's free. Take over a boarded-up betting shop, print slips, run the register and watch the match with your regulars. What's next? We keep updating the demo based on your feedback. Tell us what you liked and where you got stuck in the Steam discussions, or join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPu If you haven't yet, add Bet Shop Simulator to your wishlist and be part of the next sign.
- Demo Update #5: Calendar & Collection - 11 October 2026
Thank you, bookies! ⚽ Thank you for playing the demo, for every wishlist, and for telling us what you want to see next. We're doing everything we can to give you more, and this time that means new mechanics: two new apps on your tablet and a new way to start the day. Keep the feedback coming on our Discord server, we read it all: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPuNew in the demoCalendar: plan your days at the shop. Collection: collect and complete your sets. Both are waiting on your tablet's home screen. Calendar: plan your days at the shopThe fixtures in Bet Shop Simulator have always been set in advance. Now you can see them. Day by day. Four weeks on a page, one cell per day, up to 12 weeks ahead. Every cell shows that day's league and whether there is a cup night, basketball, F1 or horse racing. Pick a day, see its programme. Select any day and everything on that day is listed on the rig…
- Demo Update #4: You Asked, We Fixed - 10 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ Since the demo went live, more than 80 of you have followed the game and more than 500 of you have added it to your wishlist. Thank you. For a small team, that support means a lot, and we're doing everything we can to give you more. This update comes straight from what you told us. Every change below started as feedback from a player. Keep it coming on our Discord server, we read it all: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPu Now, on to what's new. Customers walk on the ground nowCustomers looked like they were gliding across the floor: their legs were moving faster than their bodies, so their feet slid with every step. Feet stay planted. We re-timed the walks (normal, happy, sad and crouched) to match how fast customers actually move. Slower customers take slower steps. When someone slows down in a crowd or a queue, their legs slow down with them. Footsteps match what you see.…
- Demo Update #3: More FPS, Same Look - 10 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ The demo has only just opened its doors and you've already made our week: on day one, more than 1.7k of you added the demo to your library, more than 900 players rolled up the shutters, and 38 bookies were behind the counter at the same time. For a small team, those numbers mean a lot. Some of you told us the game runs slower than it should on your PC. This update is for you: it's all about performance. We're doing everything we can to make the game better. Tell us anything that comes to mind on our Discord server, we read it all: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPu Now, on to what's new. Two new graphics optionsUpscaling. The game can now draw the world at a lower resolution and rebuild it to your screen's resolution. Pick Quality, Balanced or Performance: each step trades a little sharpness for more frames per second. This is the biggest boost you can give a weaker graphics…
- Demo Update #2: Smoother Match Days - 10 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ The demo has only just opened its doors and you've already made our week: on day one, more than 1,500 of you added the demo to your library, more than 800 players rolled up the shutters, and 33 bookies were behind the counter at the same time. For a small team, those numbers mean a lot. To everyone who played, left a comment, reported a bug or shared an idea: thank you. We read every piece of feedback. This update fixes rough edges we spotted ourselves and problems you told us about. We're doing everything we can to make the game better. Tell us anything that comes to mind on our Discord server, we read it all: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPu Now, on to what's new. Smoother playFootball kick-off no longer freezes the game. Every time a match started on TV, the whole game could hang for a moment. We reworked how the players' shirts are prepared, and that freeze is now abou…
- Demo Update #1: Cats on Patrol! - 10 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ The demo has only just opened its doors and you've already made our week: on day one, more than 1,000 of you added the demo to your library, more than 500 players rolled up the shutters, and 33 bookies were behind the counter at the same time. For a small team, those numbers mean a lot. To everyone who played, left a comment, reported a bug or shared an idea: thank you. We read every piece of feedback. This update fixes rough edges we spotted ourselves and adds new features you asked for. We're doing everything we can to make the game better. Tell us anything that comes to mind on our Discord server, we read it all: https://discord.gg/v8ZdFdyBPu Now, on to what's new. New features Cats on patrolThe cats you adopt now double as shop security. If a thief sneaks in without you noticing, your cats go after them, get right up close and yowl non-stop. A cat carrying litter wi…
- Bet Shop Simulator Demo Is Out Now! - 9 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽ The day is here: Bet Shop Simulator demo is out now on Steam, and it's free. Your turn to flip the sign to OPEN. You take over a boarded-up betting shop. Tear the newspapers off the windows, clear out the trash and put your own name on the sign. Then the real work starts: run the customer's slip through the machine, take the cash and count out the change. Football, Apex GP and horse racing play on your TVs all day, and the whole shop watches with you. When a slip wins, the payout comes out of your register. What's in the demo? Take over the shop, clean it up and hang your own sign Slips, the register, cash and card payments, and payouts for winning slips Football leagues, Apex GP and horse racing live on your screens, from a black-and-white set up to LCD Scratch card, newspaper and lotto stands, plus vending machines A fortune teller's table, street cats you can adopt,…
- Bet Shop Simulator Demo Launches on October 9! - 1 October 2026
Hello bookies! ⚽The Bet Shop Simulator demo arrives on Steam on October 9 . Ready to take over a boarded-up betting shop and turn it into the neighborhood's match-day spot?In the demo you open the shop from scratch: print slips, count out change, stock the shelves, and gather around the TVs with your customers while football, Apex GP and horse racing run all day. But a betting shop is more than slips.Your shop has a life of its ownAdopt the street cats, set up their beds and give them names. Put a fortune teller in the corner: the witch reads the cards and your customers bet on whatever she predicts. Open a blackjack table with its own dealer. When the goal goes in, the whole shop jumps. When the bet goes bustTwo customers who backed opposite sides of the same match may settle it after the final whistle. The loser goes after the winner, fists fly, and whoever takes too many hits hits th…
