Cartoon Crime Update 10 Adds Street Events and Breakable Cars as Two-Person Studio Keeps Up a Weekly Pace
- Cartoon Crime, an open-world crime sandbox made by a two-person studio in Istanbul, has received its 10th numbered update since it entered Steam Early Access on August 26, 2026.
- For a team of two, the pace has been quick.
- According to the studio’s Steam patch notes, the biggest additions are:
Cartoon Crime, an open-world crime sandbox made by a two-person studio in Istanbul, has received its 10th numbered update since it entered Steam Early Access on August 26, 2026. Update 10, posted on November 1, adds random street events, repeatable challenges, a weapon wheel, a bank and cars that lose parts in a crash.
For a team of two, the pace has been quick. By GameEmpress’s count of the game’s Steam announcements, BuBa Games has posted 11 content updates in the 67 days between launch and November 1, or roughly one every six days.
What Update 10 changes
According to the studio’s Steam patch notes, the biggest additions are:
- Random street events: eight types, including street fights, car accidents, police checkpoints, robberies and street races.
- Four repeatable challenges: vehicle destruction, hit-and-run, police takedowns and katana combat. Each win pays $5,000 to $7,000 in in-game cash and permanently adds 500 to the player’s maximum health.
- Vehicle damage: bumpers, hoods and trunks can now break off in crashes, gunfire or melee attacks.
- Weapon wheel: holding Tab, or LB/L1 on a controller, brings up a quick weapon switch.
- Banking: players can deposit and withdraw money. Cash on hand is lost at death, but money in the bank stays safe.
The update also lists lower CPU overhead, lighter particle effects and fixes for the chess difficulty settings, the PS1-style filter, basketball controls and the fire truck’s water cannon.
Desert, trains and zombies in three weeks
Update 10 follows two larger world additions in October. Update 8, on October 14, opened a Wild West-inspired desert continent with Redstone Canyon, Dustwing Airfield, a nuclear power plant and volcanic islands, along with rally cars, armored vehicles and drivable tanks. A new mission, Beneath the Sand, sends players after tunnel spiders and desert scorpions.
Six days later, Update 9 put steam trains on the desert tracks. Players can walk between the wagons and jump off at any point. The same update filled the area around the nuclear plant with zombies, lets the player become infected, and hid two underground labs with alien experiments and wrecked UFOs. Police tanks can now join a chase at five stars.
Here is how the updates have landed since launch, based on the dates of the studio’s Steam announcements:
| Date (2026) | Update | Headline additions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | Early Access launch | Open world, third-person and top-down views |
| Aug 31 | Update 1 | A cave area, new interiors and seven achievements |
| Sept 10 | Update 2 | Two quests, a bank location and a baseball mini-game |
| Sept 14 | Update 3 | Co-op, graphics and world improvements |
| Sept 17 | Unnumbered | Swimming, seaports and drivable boats |
| Sept 20 | Update 4 | Skateboards and a skatepark |
| Sept 23 | Update 5 | Coastal wildlife |
| Sept 30 | Update 6 | A new island and vehicle damage |
| Oct 4 | Update 7 | Skypark Island and new interiors |
| Oct 14 | Update 8 | Wild West desert continent |
| Oct 20 | Update 9 | Steam trains, zombies and hidden labs |
| Nov 1 | Update 10 | Street events, challenges and vehicle destruction |
Two camera styles in one world
The game’s main hook is the camera. Players can switch at any time between a close third-person view and a classic top-down view, including while driving, on missions or during a police chase. In its submission to GameEmpress, BuBa Games said the game runs on the studio’s own C++/OpenGL engine.
The Steam page lists online co-op, recruitable bodyguards, kickboxing challenges, a wanted level that escalates into full police chases, and interiors such as gun stores, gyms and cinemas, plus bowling, billiards and arcade machines.
The studio’s Steam disclosure says generative AI tools helped with some pre-generated 2D artwork, text editing, localization and development support, and that the game does not generate AI content during play. BuBa Games gave GameEmpress the same explanation.
Price, reviews and system needs
Cartoon Crime costs $2.99 on Steam and runs on Windows only. When we checked on November 2, all 10 of its user reviews were positive, and the store listed 23 supported languages and seven achievements.
The minimum specification is Windows 10, 8 GB of RAM, a GeForce 1660 Super graphics card and 3 GB of storage. The studio expects the game to stay in Early Access for about six to 12 months and says that estimate may change.
BuBa Games sent GameEmpress a Steam key for the Early Access build. This report is based on the studio’s update notes and Steam’s own data, not on hands-on play.