Order
Browse the wholesale Market on the office computer. Quotes drift with demand, and cases arrive at the loading bay the next morning.
Game Store Simulator
Open the doors, stock the shelves and turn a corner shop into the town's favourite video game store.
Windows PC
Single player
First-person shop sim
Your store, your rules
$1,000 and an empty shop
You start with one Game Shelf, a glass console case, a checkout and three boxes of stock in the back room. Everything after that is up to you: what to order, where the shelves go, who to hire and how much to pay for that dusty old cartridge a collector just brought in.
Walk your store in first person. Carry boxes in from the stockroom, fill the cubbies, scan games at the till and count out change. Then go to the office computer and plan tomorrow.
6fictional consoles
90new and pre-owned products
17unlocks to earn
20levels of shopkeeping
A day at the shop
Open. Sell. Restock. Repeat.
Every day runs from opening at 8am to closing time, then the daily report shows exactly where the money went.
Stock
Carry boxes onto the floor and fill the shelves: new games in cubbies, consoles in the glass case, used stock on its own rack.
Sell
Scan each item, then take cash and count the change or key in the card total. Keep the queue moving or customers walk out.
Review
Close up and read the daily report: sales, trade-ins, wages, rent and tax. Earn XP, level up and unlock what comes next.
Shelves to fill
Every case has a cover
Street Racer, Zombie Kill, Snow Xtreme, Puppy Pals, Galaxy Raiders and more, each in its platform's own box. Several titles share a board, and shoppers pick what suits their console and their budget.
- Games, consoles, controllers, memory cards, headsets, PC gear, VR and energy drinks
- Shoppers only buy for consoles they own, so stock for your street
- Empty shelves cost sales: the report counts missed demand
Trade-ins
Haggle for the good stuff
Install the Trade-In Desk and collectors start bringing in their old games and consoles. Offer a share of the current used value: too low twice and they storm out. Pay in cash or store credit, then price the pre-owned stock for a healthy margin.
- Retro values climb once a console stops being made
- Refurbish damaged finds on the Repair Bench for a better price
- Collector requests and a one-day collector fair reward a well-stocked used shelf
Staff
Hire a crew
When the queue gets long, hire help. Cashiers run the till on their own and stockers carry deliveries from the back room to the shelves, then bin the empty boxes. Set their shifts by the hour and the day, and pay their wages at closing.
- Cashiers scan, take payment and even accept trade-ins
- Stockers unload cases, restock and tidy the stockroom
- A weekly schedule per employee
Console generations
Six consoles. Four generations.
All brands are made up, but the market isn't. Consoles launch, peak and go retro while you play, and demand for their games moves with them.
Pixel
The original 8-bit box. Long retired, and its cartridges are collector bait.
Voltage 16
The 16-bit classic with Sci Fi Space 16 and Moto Rush 16. A staple of the retro shelf.
Pocket Pixel
The pocket handheld everyone once owned, and everyone now wants back.
Nexus 2
Today's best seller when you open. Enjoy it while it lasts: it goes retro around day 20.
Nexus 5
The new flagship, still climbing towards its peak. Big-ticket consoles, thin margins.
Voltage X
Launches on day 8 with three days of launch hype. Have it on the shelves when the doors open.
Screenshots
Step inside
From the neon sign out front to the price tags on the shelves.
Grand opening soon
Game Store Simulator is coming to Windows PC. Wishlist it to hear when the doors open.