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One crate. Nobody knows what's inside. Bid Rivals is a free-to-play multiplayer auction battler: buy intel, read the room, bluff your rivals, and steal the lot for a fraction of its worth.

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Hotfix 1.0.18 — clearer Market sale prices

Oct 16

Thank you for the launch feedback about item values and selling your collection. Hotfix 1.0.18 makes the Market's sale price clearer.

What changed

Market Sell cards now show the Gold you will receive for that item. Previously, the main price showed its appraised collection value, which could be much higher than the sale payout.
The appraised value remains available in the price tooltip.
Simplified and Traditional Chinese Appraise Value instructions now describe the condition and value information the action provides. Auction reveal labels also identify appraised value more clearly.
Fixed the language picker opening behind the Settings screen.
Fixed a Windows crash when exiting after a screen reader had accessed the game.

Appraised value and sale price

Appraised value describes an item's collection value. Selling it in the Market pays a separate amount of Gold. This hotfix shows that payout before you sell; it does not change resale rates.

We are also reviewing the feedback about steep resale discounts and the amount new players have to learn. Those broader balance and onboarding changes are not included in this hotfix.

Please update the game before your next auction. Thanks for helping us improve Bid Rivals.

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Bid Rivals is out now — play free on Steam

Oct 14

Bid Rivals is now released and free to play on Steam for Windows.

A crate arrives sealed. Across five bidding rounds, you buy information, compare rival offers and choose when to raise. The winner keeps the items in a persistent collection and can arrange them on a display board.

The screenshot shows round two: more information has appeared, but the contents are still concealed. It is one of the decisions you will make before committing your Gold.

Start in the free auction hall and try the bidding for yourself. An online connection and Steam account are required. There are optional in-game Gold purchases; Gold has no cash value.

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Hidden value — a new Bid Rivals gameplay teaser

Oct 3

We’ve made a new 26-second cut from an actual Bid Rivals match. This eight-second teaser follows the intel, the sealed offer and the rivals’ bids.

The question is what you’re willing to offer before the crate’s full value is known. Your inspection actions are limited, and your offer has to fit the Gold you have. Seeing a rival’s offer is not the same as knowing what they know. The longer cut ends with the treasure reveal.

Bid Rivals is a free-to-play multiplayer auction game in development. It is coming soon on Steam; it is not playable publicly yet.

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Not Recommended

2.6 hrs on record

Posted: October 26

I bid like how I play blackjack, all in baby! Don't be scared and gamble! Big risks comes big rewards! Btw this "game" is trash.

NathanYaMutt

1 person found this review helpful

Not Recommended

1.8 hrs on record

Posted: October 24

To launch a game on Steam, you need to pay a fee (SteamDirect) to Valve and, as a fellow game developer, I feel ashamed for this game and sad for the wasted resources spent here: the 100 bucks of the fee and the millions of tokens spent.
I am 98% sure the developer have not even played it to test the game loop.
It has a clear challenge, win profitable auctions, flee from bad ones.
But the reward is? ... Well, having a collection, leveling up and getting better prospects, learning when it is the best time to raise bids and when is the time to leave it to be.
I can even imagine the prompts used to make those game mechanics! But as it was already stated on other reviews, the economy makes no sense:
- You get an item, on an auction, evaluated in 800 gold.
- When selling, the game wants it for 25 gold!
Then you are always losing!

UI is a cluttered mess, tutorial is too long for a so simple game of bidding and, sincerely, I can't even imagine who is the demographic target of this game.
I hope you never take this out of Steam, since it is an awesome lesson for new game developers:
Bad game design, bad UI, interesting UX, no game loop, no testing, nice execution (by AI) of awful prompts.

lukekido

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