Pick a hero and assemble a board of weapons, tools, and other oddities in a galactic marketplace. Build around one big hit or chain item effects together, then see how your board fares against creatures and rival players.
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The Bazaar is a multiplayer roguelike strategy game set in a galactic marketplace. Choose a hero, collect equipment, and arrange it on your board before facing creatures and rival players.
Each hero has a distinct playstyle and item pool. You can plan at your own pace, adapt your board as the run unfolds, and meet fully voiced characters along the way.
Learn the rhythm of your first run, from picking a hero to putting your board into action. Each run gives you a new set of choices in the marketplace.
Choose a hero to set your playstyle and item pool for the run.
Collect weapons and tools as you explore the marketplace.
Arrange your equipment on the board before taking on creatures and rival players.
Build around a single hard-hitting item or combine several effects into a chain. Adjust your plan as new items become available during the run.
Use one powerful item as your main threat and build the rest of your board around it.
Pair items whose effects work together so several pieces contribute to the same play.
Use the items you find in the marketplace to decide whether to keep your current plan or build around a new combination.
Your hero choice shapes the run, from the items you can build around to the story you uncover. Try another hero when you want to explore a different playstyle and item pool.
Each hero has a distinct playstyle that shapes the boards you can put together.
Each hero has more than 100 unique items.
Each hero follows their own journey through the marketplace.
Get to know the weapons, tools, potions, and skills you can use to build your hero. See how effects like Stopwatch change what happens once combat starts.
Collect weapons and tools and arrange them on your board.
Potions and dinosaurs are among the options you can equip during a run.
Add skills when developing your hero's strategy.
The Stopwatch effect freezes both players' boards during combat.
Test your board against builds assembled by other players. Multiplayer runs asynchronously, so you can plan at your own pace between battles.
Your run includes battles against boards built by real players during their own runs.
Take your time arranging your board without a real-time planning timer.
Once the fight starts, watch your setup play out against the opposing board.
Explore hundreds of fully voiced encounters across the marketplace. Along the way, you'll meet merchants, enter expeditions, and test your board against fantastical creatures.
The Jungle Expedition is one of the encounters you can enter during a run.
Meet friendly merchants as you explore the marketplace.
Put your board to work against fantastical creatures during your adventure.
Play on desktop or Android and plan your board at your own pace. Set up comfortable Steam Deck controls, then keep your Tempo account connected across supported devices.
The Steam version supports Windows and macOS.
Install the Android version from Google Play and use your Tempo account.
Use trackpad and touchscreen controls, adjust the display, and reconnect after sleep mode.
Plan your XP choices around the next reward. Use extra board space, skill choices, upgrades, and enchantments to strengthen your build before the next player battle.
Leveling adds Max HP, board slots, and reward choices.
Choose skill vendors that support the items and triggers already on your board.
Plan the enchantment reward around the item carrying your build.
The Bazaar is a hero-building strategy game. Collect items and skills, arrange your board, and let your build fight creatures and other players’ saved boards.
You can play Vanessa for free. The mobile-launch purchase model includes every hero with a paid copy and links ownership across supported devices through a Tempo account.
The Bazaar uses asynchronous PvP against saved player builds alongside PvE encounters. You can take your time shopping and arranging your board between battles.
The Android version is available on Google Play. Use your Tempo account to connect play across supported devices.
Start with a working board, learn the items, and turn your next shop into a stronger build.
