Supermarket Simulator Patch Notes: Hiring, Boost and Courier Changes

October 2026 upgrade: covers the designer’s Steam statements from August 20 to October 27, 2026, inspected October 29, 2026.

Grocery store Simulator got 5 spots in between August 20 and October 27, 2026. The most significant modification is a rebuilt Hiring tab with staff member levels and a brand-new Boost system, and the latest one, spot 1.7.3, includes an Online Order Courier you can employ. Whatever listed below originates from the designer’s Steam statements.

Spot timeline given that August 2026

Staff member levels and the brand-new Boost system

Spot 1.7.0 is the one that alters how you run a shop. The Hiring tab now reveals each staff member’s level, wage and Boost status in one location, and salaries development as workers level up. The notes keep the familiar design however include the brand-new details, so you can see who costs what without opening anything else.

Increase is the part to comprehend before you invest cash on it. Increases are now dealt with from the Hiring tab and remain on till you alter the Boost level. Each level has a set day-to-day expense, however you just spend for the in-game time the worker really invests enhanced, and the wage expense reveals right on the Boost bar.

The exact same spot lets you provide staff members custom-made names, reset them to their idle positions, and toggle Work Orders for the Customer Helper and the Janitor.

The Online Order Courier

Spot 1.7.3 included a brand-new NPC to the Hiring tab: the Online Order Courier. When an online order gets here, you load it and hand it to the carrier, who looks after the rest. As your shop reaches greater levels you can use as much as 2 carriers, so more than one delivery can move simultaneously. The statement does not state at which shop level the 2nd carrier opens or what a carrier expenses.

Quality-of-life modifications from 1.6.0

Spot 1.6.0 was a UI upgrade. Readability Mode changes panels to bigger typefaces and images, which assists on little screens and handhelds. You can turn it on in Settings or with the Layout button on the marketplace Computer, and you can choose the design for each panel individually. Prices now has pre-programmed portion buttons for items and discount rates, based upon the present market value. You can likewise change Online Orders and Wholesale Orders off in Settings if you desire neither. In multiplayer, the host’s settings use to the entire session.

Steam Deck and gamepad repairs

Spot 1.7.2 featured the news that Supermarket Simulator is Steam Deck Verified. Patches 1.7.2 and 1.7.3 both repair gamepad UI and navigation problems, and 1.7.1 through 1.7.3 each address restockers getting stuck or stopping, consisting of at high levels or increase speeds.

What the notes do not state

The statements do not list wage quantities per level, Boost costs per level, or the level that opens the 2nd carrier, so any table of those numbers would be a guess. The spots before 1.6.0 are not covered here. For licenses and what each opens, see our item licenses guide, which was last inspected versus the October 27 spot notes. For earning money and cutting shipment expenses, see our guides on the fastest methods to generate income and on transportation expenses.

Image: Steam shop screenshot, Supermarket Simulator (Nokta Games). Sources: Supermarket Simulator Steam statements for spots 1.6.0 (August 20, 2026), 1.7.0 (September 28), 1.7.1 (September 29), 1.7.2 (October 12) and 1.7.3 (October 27), inspected October 29, 2026.