Bills Must Be Paid is a short active incremental game by Rike Games (Roxy & Mike) where you smash piggy banks for coins, pay overdue bills, and stop a collector who skims your earnings.

You can play a free demo in-browser via CrazyGames and itch.io, and a separate Steam demo is available; the full Steam release is planned for July 2026. Controls are mouse-driven on PC and browser, with no keyboard shortcuts required.

Bills Must Be Paid is a short active incremental by indie studio Rike Games, the two-person team Roxy & Mike. You smash piggy banks for random coin drops, pay bills as they appear, and avoid a collector who taxes your earnings if debts go unpaid.

The full game is planned for Steam in July 2026, with free demos already available on Steam, itch.io, and a CrazyGames build.

The genre tags on Steam list it as Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy, with community tags emphasizing Clicker, Strategy, Idler, and Capitalism. A run ends when stamina runs out, which keeps sessions tight rather than open-ended.

Hands-On Verdict: "On Chromium-based browsers the demo runs cleanly; one player report flags loading issues in Firefox, so Chrome or Edge is the safer choice on the itch.io and CrazyGames builds." Active incremental with run-based pacing.

Mouse-heavy clicking with strategic perk drafts—closer to a roguelite-flavored clicker than a passive idle. Rike Games is the two-person studio behind it (Roxy & Mike).

Steam lists Rike Games as both developer and publisher, with English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish interface support and Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing categories.

To play, click piggy banks to smash them and collect random coin drops, watch for bills that appear during the run, pay each bill before the collector starts taking a cut of your income, then pick 1-of-3 perks every time you clear a debt.

Stamina drains with each smash, so the run ends when your hand tires. The win condition is becoming debt-free.