The Passion Industry update announced on Steam on September 24, 2026 was already live in the game when that announcement went up, and it introduces Lustia, a heroine the announcement bills as a true succubus. Her introduction paints her as a seductress who notices even the slightest hint of lust, treats desire as an art form and makes prey of anyone who looks her way. As with Anupet in July and Yumin in August, she can join your collection and take a Manager role on the field, and the announcement says she will appear in limited-time events that carry exclusive rewards.
Two changes target resources that used to sit idle. The new Surplus Lottery shows up as an icon on screen once you have built up a sizeable reserve of spare in-game resources; spending that excess opens reward cards instead of letting it pile up unused. Buildings are also no longer stuck at level 5: the cap now goes up to level 10, with larger rewards from the upgraded buildings, so extra merges and chests are no longer wasted. The announcement presents the higher cap as an answer to player requests and name-checks Couches and Generators.
Scarlett, introduced as the host of Balls Smashing Club #2 in the August 27 update, is now the event's grand prize; she gains new collection levels plus fresh Chats and Photos, and winning her over adds another Manager to your field. Separately, the team is preparing a bigger role for Industry Workers in Contracts, the system that arrived with the Anupet update in July: a new currency already sits in the Managers window and is set to become part of a future system for interacting with those workers in new ways, with details promised in later announcements.
The patch also brings wide-ranging performance and optimization work on gameplay systems plus stability fixes across all platforms, and players who still see issues are asked to contact the team. Two event bugs are gone: the “Log into the game” task now counts properly in the Studio Rush and Horny Casting events, and Abigail can no longer be claimed a second time by smashing balls after an event restart. The announcement contains no promo codes; for merge and collection basics see the game guide, and the promo codes page tracks the verified code status.