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Patch 1.1
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Patch 1.1 Changes:Save slots are here. Three slots with Load, New and Delete (with a confirmation step). Your current progress automatically becomes Slot 1. The New Game button can no longer wipe your save. Double or Nothing. We see that many of you are arguing whether or not the flip is fair, and guys, it is NOT…
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Patch 1.1 Changes:Save slots are here. Three slots with Load, New and Delete (with a confirmation step). Your current progress automatically becomes Slot 1. The New Game button can no longer wipe your save. Double or Nothing. We see that many of you are arguing whether or not the flip is fair, and guys, it is NOT rigged… We have been thinking about what to do in order to make it more “fair” (which is impossible by design) but you can now turn the coin before the toss. Right-click (R1 on controller) to flip the coin and choose which side you want to start with. Fixed the launch crash on some Windows PCs. The game could crash at the loading bar on certain setups (the DirectX 12 issue from the discussions). We applied a fix so the "delete the D3D12 folder" workaround is no longer needed. Steam Cloud fixed. Saves now sync correctly between devices (PC and Mac included), and Family Sharing accounts no longer see each other's saves or pop each other's achievements. Every account now gets its own save folder. Fixes:Bills and the Collection Book are no longer blurry on Low graphics. Medium graphics no longer renders at reduced resolution. Fixed a crash when relaunching the game after playing on Low or Medium graphics. Piggy Shuffle: We saw some of you found a “hack”, we have been thinking about leaving it in or not as we think it was still hard to tell lol but once you got it the minigame became really unfunny to play :( so now the piggies no longer give away the winner through their idle wobble. Double or Nothing: There was a small bug with the winning stack, now the coins/gems…
Thanks so much to everyone out there who helped to reach this milestone of over 100k copies in this short amount of time. You are really amazing! It's mind blowing for us to see so many of you enjoying this game and seeing so many piggies being smashed xDWe just wanted to say thanks to all of you! Oink ,Roxy & Mike
Hey guys, we are SUPER EXCITED! Bills Must Be Paid just released and you can play it now! The last months had been quite crazy for us and a wild ride. We want to thank everyone who played the demo, wishlisted, shared feedback, reviewed and just was here to support us :)
96.7% of 12,592 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 96.4. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone quiet — subtracting 1.0.
reception 96.4·support −1.0·Excellent
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Current price
$6.99
Development
Unusually quiet
Last heard from developers
3 months ago
Historical posting rhythm
every ~15 days
Substantial updates (6 mo)
2
Current silence
6× normal
The developers have been silent for 87 days against a normal rhythm of about 15 — roughly 6 times longer than usual. 2 substantial updates recorded in the past six months, 1 classified as major.
Last successful news check: Nov 9, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.
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patchAug 13, 2026
Bills Must Be Paid Sets July 29 Launch Date With 40,000+ Wishlists
Bills Must Be Paid, the debut release from Rike Games, is one week from launch as of the studio's latest community update.
What changed
Release date confirmed as July 29, with a global launch at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 7 PM CEST / 1 AM CST
The game has surpassed 40,000 wishlists on Steam ahead of launch
Rike Games has directed players to a Discord server for feedback and community contact
The announcement, signed by developers Roxy and Mike, is brief by design — a marker post rather than a detailed feature breakdown. No pricing, platform requirements, or gameplay specifics appear in the update.
For the 40,000 players who have the game on their lists, the clock is now running.
Two years of development
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8 announcements · 4 substantial · 19 months with nothing
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Patch 1.1 Changes:Save slots are here. Three slots with Load, New and Delete (with a confirmation step). Your current progress automatically becomes Slot 1. The New Game button can no longer wipe your save.Double or Nothing. We see that man…
Thanks so much to everyone out there who helped to reach this milestone of over 100k copies in this short amount of time. You are really amazing! It's mind blowing for us to see so many of you enjoying this game and seeing so many piggies b…
Hey guys, we are SUPER EXCITED! Bills Must Be Paid just released and you can play it now! The last months had been quite crazy for us and a wild ride. We want to thank everyone who played the demo, wishlisted, shared feedback, reviewed and …
Hey guys,we're super excited! Just 7 days until release.Over 40,000 of you wishlisted the game and are waiting to smash some piggy banks... Thank you! Bills Must Be Paid launches on July 29, at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 7 PM CEST / 1 AM CST Jo…
Hey guys,first of all, a huge thanks to everyone, for your support, feedback, wishlists, and just playing our game :))We're happy to officially announce that Bills Must Be Paid launches on July 29, 2026.PriceThe price will be $6.99,(with re…
Thanks so much for playing and wishlisting our game :))We're super happy about your feedback and suggestions, and it's amazing to see so many of you enjoying the demo.We're working on new systems and stuff for the full game and giving our b…
Hey everyone :)) First of all, we're really glad you're enjoying the demo, it really means a lot to us. Thanks so much for the feedback, we appreciate it and it helps a TON to make the game better.We're really sorry for any glitches or bugs…
Hey everyone :)We've just released the demo for Bills Must Be Paid. If you haven't played it already, go and give it a try.We are happy to hear your feedback and are open for feature requests for the demo and especially the full game.Drop y…
