Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi everyone, After several weeks of work and a lot of feedback from the Beta Branch, the latest version of MarginCall is now moving to the main branch. This is a very large update touching almost every major part of the game. The biggest changes are to the underlying economy, pro
Hi everyone, Following yesterday's major Beta Branch update, we've released a smaller follow-up patch focused on issues and edge cases that became apparent after the new economic systems were put through wider testing. The main focus of this patch is economic and market stability
Hi everyone, Thank you for all of the feedback, bug reports and suggestions you've been sending our way. This Beta Branch update is a fairly substantial one, with a major focus on making MarginCall's underlying economy more consistent, reactive and understandable. We've spent a l
In addition to the Beta Branch released yesterday, here's some additional changes to help improve the production economy, QoL and some UI issues: Production Economy Fixed a supply and demand issue that could cause heavily overproduced goods, such as cocoa, to become more expensiv
Hello everyone, Thank you all for your feedback so far. We've been working hard to make improvements to the game, and have updated the Beta Branch with some important QoL and UI changes. We're continuing to work on the Beta and hope to push it over to the Main Branch at the end o
Hi Everyone! If you haven't seen it already, the MarginCall Beta Branch is now available on Steam. Accessible via the Steam Library > MarginCall > Properties > Game Versions & Betas The Beta Branch is still very much a work in progress, but it gives you an early look
Performance - Fixed a progressive slowdown that set in after roughly nine in-game months, on both fresh and loaded games. - Fixed an additional, slower slowdown that crept in over one to two in-game years of continuous play. - Removed the one to two second freeze that could hit a
MONEY AND EXPLOITS - Fixed a net worth exploit when buying funds using a company you control - Debt financed fund buyouts are now actually paid for instead of being free - Fund buyouts now check your free cash so they cannot spend reserved margin - Injecting capital into a fund y
Performance - Fixed multiple causes of lag that slowly built up the longer a save was played. Long running games should now feel as smooth as a fresh one. - Chart candle storage rewritten to a far faster structure. This was a hidden cost paid by every company on every tick and gr
Increased global font size scale from 1.2x to 1.4x Added font size setting under "Settings" -> "Graphics"
Font Fix - Korean, Japanese, Chinese
This update rebuilds how prices move, so the market trends, runs, and breathes like a real one and fills the chart with genuine activity. It also closes several ways the market could be gamed, sharpens the trading screen, fixes text and layout across every language and interface
Ownership & Companies - Fixed ownership able to exceed 100% (the 155% stake bug). - Buybacks on a company you control can no longer inflate your stake past full ownership. - Spinoffs are now capped at one per company. - Companies only spin off a unit when it would be viable o
Crypto that makes sense at any era, Data Centers that run on real servers, and a rival world that grows around you Crypto used to open at its launch day price no matter when you started, mining meant Bitcoin and nothing else, and a Data Center was a number that made coins. This u
A rebuilt data terminal, a living economy that finally adds up, and a whole set of new products This is by far the largest update MarginCall has had. The entire data terminal was rebuilt to read clearly at a glance, the commodity markets and the production economy were joined int
This update rebuilds the trading chart into a full charting workstation, gives the Global Markets screen proper buy and sell tickets with live costs and profit and loss, turns subsidiaries into companies you can actually run, and clears out a batch of data, sizing and performance
We've finally created the Functionally Human Discord. Please join us if you'd like updates, have questions or would like to help shape the future of MarginCall. The link is now on the store page, or alternatively All the best, The Functionally Human Team
This update lets you recolour the entire terminal with a set of built in colour themes, and fixes how the game behaves when you switch theme, along with a batch of pause, loading and settings issues. Existing saves are compatible. Added Colour themes for the whole terminal, chose
This update improves company financial statements, surfaces the data the simulation was hiding from you, lets you own and run many companies at once, adds proper downturns, and fixes a batch of market, accounting and performance bugs. Existing saves are compatible. Added Full fin
Market and economy stability Update This is a large one. The market and the underlying economy have both been rebuilt to move realistically: a gentle long-term uptrend with normal volatility and occasional real drawdowns, instead of violent global crashes and rallies that had no