Bookshop Simulator

Before I write this review, Let me say something some people don't know or understand There are 2 types of simulator games: 1. Hyper-realistic where you can manage every element to finally tune a store that takes hours to make progress in 2. A simulator that sells you the Fantasy of doing the thing you want to do. This game is the second one and it does it very well. People buy a lot of books at once and you always have foot traffic because it set a steady pacing. You can buy more stock that appears almost instantly and restock everything mid-day Cashiering is fun and easy without too much hassle. you can decorate and make the shop really yours on the cheap and easily. This game relies on you having SOME suspension of disbelief, like all videos games do If you're looking for a super real management simulator, this isn't the game for you. In fact, I don't think there is a super realistic bookstore simulator because it wouldn't be fun and would end in you failing every run for literal days worth of hours. running a niche business like a book store is difficult in a realistic setting and would force the player to be bored for literal hours at a time looking at spreadsheets with little pay off. This game has used book boxes you can buy with in-game money(Bleps) to open for rare and special edition books you can sell at a mark-up. there is also a chance for legendary books as well. This game was made to be fun and cozy, with minimal deeper management to help sell the fantasy of owning a bookshop.

I don't get the positive reviews. There is no depth to this game. 1) Buy books 2) Sell 100s of books a day and watch women buy the same book 3-4x. There is nothing else ..... well I guess you can buy a cat. It's not a bad game if you like this kind of thing. But there are a couple of book games waaaay better then this one. It's the TCG game with less. **Shrugs**

No joke. I'm a bookseller for 24 years now. I stumbled across this game by chance. Let's take a look at it. So, welcome to BOOKSHOP SIMULATOR! As I said, I've been a bookseller for 24 years. My tasks include everything there is to do in a bookstore: ordering, unpacking, handling the cash register, smiling, etc., etc., etc. So what does BOOKSHOP SIMULATOR has with my Job in common. Let´s see. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3776040848 In the beginning you start with nothing. You own a Little empty Shop and have the Dream of Building up a Little Book Empire. A good tutorial guides you from the very beginning and shows you in a few steps everything you need to know to get closer to your dream. You buy the first furniture and licenses for the first books. Yes, you read that right. Licenses. The books aren’t available from the start, you have to unlock them to be able to buy and sell them. So for example Count Dracula changes into Count Vladula. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3776041052 Open your Store and your Customers will enter your Shop. Your Job is to order Books, umpack them and sell them using a cash register. In the Beginning you have to do it by yourself. The more you sell the more you Level up and soon you are able to hire store staff. You can decide whether they stock books or work the checkout. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3776041357 But becareful, they are low Level, they are slow. They also need to Level up to become faster. Later you can expand your shop to put up more shelves and sell more. You can also open Bookstores in other places in the World for example in Tokyo. You see, I wasn't exaggerating when I said at the beginning "Book Empire". The more you Level the more you unlock for selling. Board Games, Comics, Mangas, Bookmarks, Sweets and Drinks. That’s that about the game itself. The Graphics are charming and typical Simulation Style. The Sounds are nice and the Controlls are fluid and easy to learn. You get into the game quickly. So what can i say? I have over 15 Hours now and i really enjoy the Game. It is so much Fun rising my Little Book Empire. Is it realistic? No. So many Customers handing over so many Books of the same Kind, i mean 5 Times the same book, each one for each Family member, i presume? And i order Books, and 1 second later they are in front of the Store. Man, i wish that Kind of Delivery for my shop. ^^ Anyway, the main Reason to Play it is the Fun. I totally love it running day by day in my Bookstore(s) and rising them. You know: ordering, unpacking, handling the cash register, smiling, etc., etc., etc., like in Real life. Now i do it at Work AND at home. Yay. If you want that fun, too, what are you waiting for? Thank you for reading. [h1][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/26335619-Adult-World-Gamers/] You like this Review? You want more? Visit and follow our AWG Curator! You`re always welcome. We do not bite. Wyvern Word of honour! [/url]

A low to no effort reskin of Retro Rewind - with even less features, customization, and ultimately, depth. Skip this one.

Сильно-сильно простенький; Сильно-сильно залипательный; Сильно-сильно не хватает дождя за окном хотя бы иногда внутри игры, чтобы добавить уютной атмосферы и вечернего читательного вайба, учитывая, что вы можете для покупателей делать отдельные специализированные зоны. Симпатичный визуально - тоже да.

[h1]変わり映えのない「つよくてニューゲーム」をやりたいわけではない[/h1] 長いアーリーアクセスを経ての正式リリースなので、全体的に洗練されているショップシミュレーターだ。 それでも痒いところに手が届いていないところや、新しいことをやろうとして失敗している部分もあるが、まともにプレイできない競合作品を何作も触れている身としては相対的に本作はまともに遊べる部類にあたる。 [h1]競合と比較した利便性[/h1] ・クレジットカードにAUTOの支払いがある ・本を置く際にラベリングされた棚が緑で表示される ・注文時に右クリックで即座に在庫追加できる ・送料、維持費、迷惑客、汚れなどがない ・在庫確認は棚と段ボールの両方の個数が表示 ・レジスタッフと入れ替わって対応後、自分が離れると自動的にレジスタッフが戻る ・在庫スタッフは届いた段ボールからすぐ補充してくれる ・本の複数スキャンは左クリック長押しに対応している 幾つかは競合作品で取り入れているものもあるが、2026年7月時点で未だにこれらを導入していない出来の悪い競合作品もあるので利便性を追求した本作の遊びやすさは上々。 ただし、一方で ・タブレット周りの操作がキーボード限定のものが多く、地味に不便 ・チラシ配り、カスタマーを従業員に割り当てられない といった不満もあり、前者はマウス操作に対応している競合作品も多いので疑問に覚えた。 チラシ配りはプレイヤーにしか行えず、チラシを渡すことで大量の来客が訪れるようになるが、その間スタッフにレジを任せていてもどこまでいてもCPUなのでプレイヤーより速度が遅くなることもあって[b]「自分でやったほうが速い」[/b]というのがよろしくなかった。 このせいで 　・自分でチラシを配る 　　・行列ができたら自分でレジ対応 　　　・行列がはけたらチラシ配りに戻る というレジスタッフを雇う意味があまりないというダメなバランスになっている。 [b]レジが遅いならせめてチラシを配って客を増やしてくれよ！[/b] [h1]本作独自機能の失敗について[/h1] 店舗レベルが上がると本作では別店舗の出店ができる。 すると新しい店舗での再スタートとなり、ここまで手に入れた所持金を使って初期段階から大量の本を置いた状態で商売を始めることができるが、いわゆる「つよくてニューゲーム」でしかなく、 　・本を発注する 　・棚を配置する を最初からやらされても楽しくはない。 厄介なのはこの別店舗で再びレベル上げをしないと[u]「漫画」「雑誌」などのライセンスがアンロックされない[/u]ので、それらを販売するためにやらないといけないのが面倒くさい。 別店舗に出店するまでは「標準的なショップシミュレーターだが、利便性が高くて遊びやすい」という評価だったが、別店舗に出店後は一気に[b]「ただ面倒くさい。何が悲しくてまた最初からやらなければならないのか」[/b]というプレイ体験となって、一気にプレイの熱が冷めた。 これで初期段階のプレイが楽になったり、新しいプレイ体験が用意されているならともかく、そういったものは一切ないので「同じことをもう一度やる」だけのものでしかないのだ。 こんなものが面白いわけないのは当たり前の話だと思うのだが、残念ながら制作者の中では変わり映えがなくてももう一度最初から同じことをやるのは楽しい行為らしい。多分、ひたすら土を掘ってその土を戻す無意味な行為すら楽しめるのではなかろうか。 [h1]まとめ[/h1] 本のデザインやバリエーションの多さなど、本屋ならではのアートワークは目を楽しませるものだった。 遊びやすさも悪くはなく、出来の悪い競合作品に比べると非常に遊びやすい。 ただ、[u]新しいことを試みてそれが失敗した。[/u] そういう作品。 これさえなければな、と思わずにはいられない。 ガチャもあってベース自体は面白いので、[b]新しいプレイ体験を用意できないなら一店舗だけでひたすら拡張させてほしかった。[/b] 惜しい。 ゲーム自体は値段分楽しめるのでサムズアップしているが、別店舗出店で急速に熱が冷めてしまって、ちょっとやる気が起きない。

It's good. Runs on my potato PC . Good vibe type of game, not overly complicated game mechanics.

I like this game but i would not recommend until some of these bugs get fixed. I changed the color of the store door, but every time i log in from a saved file, the color of my door would go back to the default green color EVERY TIME. I recently opened the japan location, i have a stocker, cashier and a manager at my starter location so i can manage the japan site, however when i would go check on the starter location store in the middle of a work day, it would close on its own, without me closing the japan store or the starter... I fully stocked my starter location shelves, bookmarks, etc at the start of the day and open up. i would go to my japan site and manage there, then when closing time would come, i go back to the starter site and NO books or bookmarks or anything would be gone. i can't order more inventory for that site because the shelves would be the same, but the passive income would come in. im paying the stocker employee to just stand there basically...