Nugem Studio is preparing to reopen the Taskbar Hero market on June 25, 2026, with restrictions on top-grade items, after a suspension caused by server overload and cheating. The game has peaked at 500,000 concurrent players.
Nugem Studio released the free-to-play idle RPG Task Bar Hero on Steam on May 27, 2026, in partnership with Tesseract Studio. The game quickly drew over 15,000 concurrent players and positive reviews. Cheaters exploiting the Steam Marketplace received permanent bans, and a hotfix was deployed.
Within days, the player count surged past 140,000 concurrent users, overwhelming Steam's servers. On June 1, Nugem and Tesseract announced drastic limits on item trading: most equipment grades and low-level items were removed from the Steam Market, and the trading requirement was raised to Cube level 10. Steam had requested the reduction after server load hit its limit, partly due to malicious abnormal requests. The developers apologized for insufficient technical consideration and gave away six paid DLC costumes as compensation.
The market was suspended entirely. On June 23, Nugem announced it would resume on June 25, with items of the top three grades temporarily restricted from listing to ensure stability. Gradual unblocking is planned. The game has since peaked at 500,000 concurrent players, and the studio is working to restore the core real-money trading loop while preventing a repeat of the server meltdown that tanked user reviews to 48% positive.
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Nugem Studio announced the market for the idle RPG Taskbar Hero will resume on June 25 after a suspension due to server overload and cheat program issues. Items of the top three grades will be temporarily restricted from listing to ensure stability, with gradual unblocking planned. The game recently peaked at 500,000 concurrent players.
Nugem Studio and Tesseract Studio announced on June 1 that they are drastically limiting item trading in the free idle RPG Task Bar Hero, which hit over 140,000 concurrent players on Steam. The change removes most equipment grades and low-level items from the Steam Market, and raises the trading requirement to Cube level 10. Steam requested the reduction after server load hit its limit, partly due to malicious actors sending abnormal requests. The developers apologized for insufficient technical consideration and will give away six paid DLC costumes as compensation.
Nugem Studio and Tesseract Studio released Task Bar Hero on Steam as a free-to-play desktop idle RPG on May 27. The game quickly drew over 15,000 concurrent players and positive reviews. Cheaters using programs to exploit the Steam Marketplace received permanent bans, and a hotfix was deployed.