The First Million combines idle progression with deckbuilding mechanics, letting you unlock cards and upgrades that compound into exponentially more powerful strategies. You'll chase each breakthrough discovery that multiplies your wealth, then reset with accumulated bonuses to climb higher. It's built for players who enjoy watching systems interact and unfold without constant active management.
About this game
An idle deckbuilder where you constantly unlock new cards and upgrades and discover one game-breaking strategy after another to make THE FIRST MILLION — and then many more!
Hey everyone!I'm still totally blown away by how many of you are playing the game and having fun with it! Thank you all for giving us so much feedback, too. I was working on this patch for next week actually, but one bug turned out to be more critical than I thought, that's why I turned this into a hotfix for today. As such, it does not include localization for the text changes. Here's a complete list of the changes that I managed to finish until now:Added self-healing for save files corrupted from attempting to buy an upgrade too many times during a soft-crashAdded a final tutorial screen telling players about feature unlocks and not to spend it all on cardsWhen buying an upgrade during a run, the correct value is applied nowBeta testers can now properly unlock the prestige upgradeThe ACADEMIC challenge now properly unlocks when cards increase cycles, not just upon stackingAsset and Support cards now show the stack on the cardWhen winning a run, only the one asset card with the most profit gets the "recent winner" debuffStreamlined descriptions so UNIQUE cards are easier to understandI hope you like these changes and have a great weekend making millions!ehmprah
First off: we're blown away by all of you digging this game. A thousand people buying our little indie game within a couple of hours after the release, that's the dream!Thank you all for your feedback, which we will address in time. There was one issue that needed urgent fixing though: The controller focus was lost when starting a new game after unlocking the upgrade which allows to disable cards. This is now fixed, so Steam Deck users, you're back in business!We hope you continue to have fun with this
Our tiny team of (currently) two people is very happy to announce the launch date for THE FIRST MILLION! It's going to be available on June 26, 2026 at 5pm CEST.We can't wait to see which clever card combos you come up with, how much you will earn in the daily trial, and how fast you will make it from a million to a billion! All the progress you make until then in the demo will carry over to the full game if you want to get a head start.And if you like the game, do recommend it to a friend who might like it or share it online, for a bootstrapped little indie outfit like ours this makes a huge difference!
Posts come from Steam's official announcements feed.
