{"rewrite":{"id":"r_36e690b9c901a3ef58ceb5f4","clusterId":"c_f2feb5a92386f02cf581dcc2","slug":"oddcore-mall-33-update-adds-roulette-mode-and-star-meter","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"ODDCORE Mall 33 Update Adds Roulette Mode And Star Meter","summary":"ODDCORE, the roguelike FPS from developer ODDCORP and publishers Scarecrow Arts and Korgi Digital, released its major update Mall 33 on the day the outlets reported it in late September 2026. The update adds the new area Mall 33 and a high-difficulty mode called Roulette. In Roulette, enemy and boss HP is reduced while damage is raised, and special collection, capture, infection, and escape rounds do not appear. A new Star Meter system ties combat performance to an in-game viewer count. Strong play with few mistakes raises viewers, and higher viewer counts raise Subscribers, a currency used to unlock items and cosmetics in Mall 33. The update also adds the ODDPAWS pet shop with eight pet types, other shops for charms, suit textures, and weapon appearances, six new music tracks tied to Track Mods effects, two hidden areas in the main mode, and three global leaderboards. The game remains in early access on PC via Steam.","whyItMatters":"The Star Meter turns a single-player score chase into a streaming parody with its own economy, which is the design novelty here rather than the added content volume.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eVersion 0.5 of ODDCORE is the fifth major update since the game entered early access on Steam in January 2026. The title is built on the Backrooms internet meme and a liminal-space aesthetic, with runs set inside a developing amusement facility called ODDCORE where a being named Taimy instructs the player to clear infinitely expanding floors. Cassette tapes inserted into the gadget ODDMAN start each run, and Souls earned from defeated enemies pay for healing, portal returns, power-up items, and extended time limits.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMall 33 adds the pet shop ODDPAWS, plus Tiny Treasure Company for charms, Forever ODD Liminal Wear for suit textures, and The Forge for weapon appearance customization. Roulette introduces Debuff Taimy at the start of a run and every 10 rounds thereafter, offering two handicaps to choose from, including blocked healing, stronger enemies, and multiple simultaneous bosses. Global leaderboards rank fastest to 1,000 viewers, highest season reached, and total subscribers. The developer cited rebuilding the foundational system for multiplayer as the reason this update took longer than expected, and has named multiplayer as an outlook for after version 0.5. A price rise was skipped this time and applied with the earlier Unstable Horde update.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Star Meter ties ODDCORE combat to an audience number, so Mall 33 grades runs by how clean they look. In a roguelike, that turns sloppy-but-successful builds into a visible cost.","twitterPost":"ODDCORE's Star Meter scores runs by cleanliness, not survival. Mall 33 now pays you in viewers for playing safe.","threadsPost":"ODDCORE's Star Meter ties viewer count to combat performance, so a messy run that still clears Mall 33 reads as worse than a clean one. The game is grading style, and Subscribers are the payout.","newsletterBlurb":"ODDCORE shipped its Mall 33 update, adding a harder Roulette mode where your combat performance is scored as an in-game stream. Higher viewer counts convert into Subscribers, the currency for the new Mall 33 shops and the eight pets at ODDPAWS.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609242d\",\"title\":\"Retro x psychedelic 90s-style roguelike FPS 'ODDCORE' releases major update 'Mall 33'. Perform well and your 'viewers' grow\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260924-469737/\",\"title\":\"Backrooms-style roguelike FPS 'ODDCORE' Gets Major Update, Adding a \\\"Debuff Stacking Hell\\\" New Mode - Endless Otherworld Warping Where You're Forced Into Demonic Either/Or Choices, Releasing Brain Juice\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":7504,"outputTokens":1023,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791045374,"createdAt":"2026-10-03T16:28:52.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T16:33:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T16:33:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f2feb5a92386f02cf581dcc2","canonicalTitle":"レトロ×サイケデリックな90年代風ローグライクFPS『ODDCORE』大型アップデート「モール33」を配信。優れたパフォーマンスを発揮すると“視聴者”が増えていく","representativeArticleId":"a_798cf3840d4b6fa8fcd7640c","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ODDCORE\"],\"studios\":[\"Scarecrow Arts\",\"ODDCORP\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-24T09:00:39.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-24T09:00:39.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T16:33:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609242d","title":"レトロ×サイケデリックな90年代風ローグライクFPS『ODDCORE』大型アップデート「モール33」を配信。優れたパフォーマンスを発揮すると“視聴者”が増えていく"},{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260924-469737/","title":"バックルーム系ローグライクFPS『ODDCORE』大型アプデで、“デバフ上乗せ地獄”新モード実装。鬼の2択を迫られ続ける、脳汁放出エンドレス異世界ワープ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ODDCORE"],"studios":["Scarecrow Arts","ODDCORP"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["ODDCORE is developed by ODDCORP and published by Scarecrow Arts and Korgi Digital.","The Mall 33 update adds the Roulette mode, the Star Meter, and the Subscribers currency.","Mall 33 adds the ODDPAWS pet shop with eight pet types, six new music tracks, and two hidden areas.","Three global leaderboards track fastest to 1,000 viewers, highest season reached, and total subscribers.","ODDCORE is in early access on PC via Steam and is 20 percent off at 1,119 yen until October 2."]}