Winkeltje: The Little Shop
This is a great little shop management game!
I look forward to seeing how it develops over its time in Early Access.
Things done great:
- The villager AI is spot on! I haven’t had anyone get stuck in my store. I also like how the expectations of the customers seems to align with the items your store offers over time. I was worried when I moved away from produce toward a tailor that customers would’t get the picture, but after a couple of days they stopped hounding me for apples!
– Real player with 111.5 hrs in game
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This game is a gem, plain and simple. It’s made for a very narrow spectrum of gamers though, you’ll probably know if it’s for you by just looking at the screenshots and reading the description, but I encourage everyone who is even a little intrigued or who enjoys relaxing sandbox style games to give this game a shot. Everything you see and read about it is what you’ll get when you buy this game. Nothing more, nothing less. If you bought this game and don’t like it, it’s because you didn’t pay attention or had unfounded and unrealistic expectations.
– Real player with 85.0 hrs in game
Death: The Ascension
Certainly not for everyone, confusing at first, but has plenty of unique mechanics after you get past the learning curve
– Real player with 285.1 hrs in game
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Update:
After a few ascensions, I have a better idea now how the mechanics and concepts fit into this creative new game developed by a very friendly and responsive indie-developer who has updated the game in quick response to suggestions on the discussion forum.
What is it?
I would describe Death: The Ascension as a card/puzzle life-choice simulator in which you aim to optimize your chances of a successful ascension by manipulating event probabilities. It has a deck-building type of mechanic in which you add cards to your deck, but the deck is not a draw-deck. Cards in your “deck” influence the chances of drawing cards into the player’s five card hand from an infinite pool. In other words, if you have only one card in your “deck”, you have a 100% chance of drawing five cards of that type. You are playing cards against Death as your opponent. Death has their own deck that has similar draw mechanics, but only draws one card per turn. Each turn one card from each deck is played with four possible events dictated by the player’s card with varying probabilities for each event known ahead of time.
– Real player with 83.4 hrs in game
Caravan Trade Tycoon
Erased my entire game. Also pretty monotonous because you just go from town to town without events. I never got attacked.
– Real player with 24.4 hrs in game
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good game , but still have need more fix, high price
– Real player with 18.6 hrs in game
Oi, Innkeep!
#### Enter a world of food and magic! You’re the owner of an old, rundown magical tavern and it’s up to you to clean the place up and restore it to it’s former glory. Let Geoff the Magic Painting guide you as you cook, farm, manage, decorate, and get to know what makes your customers tick as they keep coming back and slowly become regulars.
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Turn your rundown Inn into a thriving business!
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Keep customers coming back by cooking delicious meals and serving drinks!
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Customize your place with heaps of different themed furniture and decor!
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Get to know your customers and their problems.
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Grow your own crops and use them in cooking.
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Experiment with combining ingredients and cooking stations to discover loads of new recipes!
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Rent out rooms to weary customers!
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Keep the place tidy by making beds, wiping cobwebs, clearing dishes, and cleaning up various messes your customers make.
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Unlock new rooms to grow your space!
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Change your food menu to reflect the time of day, season, and weather!
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Deal with drunk, troublesome guests!
Enchanted Blacksmith
Enchanted Blacksmith is a casual blacksmith simulation game where you sell weapons made by your own hands.
Take on the role of a blacksmith in the world of the sword and magic. Use your workbench to craft/modify/repair weapons and sell them at your shop.
Craft Weapons
Crafting system allows for creating unique weapons. Customize them by choosing from a variety of Blades, Crossguards, Hilts and Runes. Make blades and other items from materials like copper, steel, etc.
Enchanted Weapons
Use runes with various elements such as fire, poison, lightning, etc. to enchant your weapon with magic.
Upgrades and Quests
Earn experience points and gold by completing quests and orders. Level up your character and workshop to unlock new tools, resources and recipes.
Craft legendary weapons to seek fortune and Forge Your Legend!
Final Profit: A Shop RPG
You are Biz, former Queen of Faeona.
An organisation called the Bureau of Business has pushed your kingdom to the brink.
Starting from scratch, can you earn enough money to take them on and save your people? Or will you lose sight of your goal on the way?
Run your shop as you try to become a Lord of Business!
AN RPG WITHOUT COMBAT: Earn XP by making money!
FIND OPPORTUNITIES: Seek out new products and customers to expand your shop! Some will take more work than others.
UPGRADES: There are many ways to improve and even automate your business!
DEBT: The Bureau of Business will try to keep you down, prove yourself by overcoming many challenges!
CHOICES: The decisions you make might lead to an early end, or different opportunities!
Drinks Company Tycoon
Begin your own company story and show’em how to cook and sell.
Combine ingredients and categories to create your product. Vary the price and the taste. Build your image. Advance the technology. Adjust to market and customer needs, but dont forget about your rivals.
This is the time to open up to the world. Show it your heart or your wallet. Orange soda or cherry juice.
Everyone will find something different here.
Key features:
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shoppers with individual needs and requests
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Genuine competition
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Well thought-out price and production policy
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12 specific distribution markets
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Fine-tuned beverages
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48 different ingredients ,24 distinctive categories
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Generated product image with unique selling points
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Creation of a wide variety of combinations
All of this and even more is waiting for you in Drinks Company Tycoon.
Can you survive the competition and win people’s hearts? It’s up to you. Give the world the perfect drink
Potion Tycoon
Have you ever wondered where all those magic potions in RPGs come from?
Build and manage your very own magic shop in this witchin’ management simulator: acquire resources, build and manage production lines, mix potions and design the bottles to sell them in your shop. Experiment with new recipes, grow your business and become the leading potion business in the Magical Lands!
BUILD, PRODUCE, SELL, EXPAND
Compete for the best ingredient deals or grow your own magical plants and fungi. Meanwhile, build and expand your shop and set up production lines to get potion production going.
But that’s not all: You should present your products nicely to make sure shoppers enjoy their stay. Nice furniture and a lovely smell all help to turn your customers into big spenders!
EXPERIMENT, RESEARCH, MANAGE
Experiment with ingredients and combine them in different ways to create new potion types: healing, summoning, invisibility – create everything that the adventurers need!
Research and construct new furniture and machinery. Uncover new ingredient types or send out search parties to collect new ingredients from all over the world.
Hire new staff and level up your crew to maximize the efficiency of your business. Research, improve and expand your magic shop empire to leave the competition behind!
VIP REQUESTS, BECOME FAMOUS, FIND FORTUNE
Answer risky special requests from VIP customers to increase your profits and build your fame. But be careful: Failing to fulfill a VIP requests can hurt your business just as much!
Build your brand with each potion you make and each decision you take. Increase your brand value to ensure adventurers trust in your potions. Remember: only a highly regarded and prestigious brand can convince them to pay premium prices!
FEATURES
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A tycoon game with a witchy twist: Build and grow your own magic shop.
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Deep management simulation: Manage production, prices and staff to build an efficient business.
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Research, construct and innovate: Develop your potion empire all the way from humble beginnings to high-end store.
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Elaborate alchemy system: Experiment with tons of ingredients and combinations to create new and improved potions.
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Profound market simulation: Dynamic events, market trends and competing companies to keep you on your toes.
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Playful 2D hand-drawn style: Enjoy watching the bustling life in your shop as automated production lines work hard and customers visit your store!
Shoppe Keep
Summary
Shoppe Keep is a simulation management game. It puts the player in possession of a shoppe, and gives the player the ability to furnish their shoppe with displays / a small selection of decor, and the ability to sell what they want from a huge collection of items.
At this stage, the game is not polished but looks good regardless :: For an indie, built by a three person team, it was very well made and can only continue to get better as updates arrive.
Pros
- The game can be addictive as you play due to the upgrade / skill system. As the player unlocks different displays to use, they can continue to organize and setup their shoppe any way they want. The player can sell whatever they want be it weapons, armors, hats / helmets, potions, or a combination of any.
– Real player with 127.8 hrs in game
UPDATE
I gave the game another shot by restarting entirely and it seems like I just had horrible luck in my first game. I did a few things differently. I read the tutorials more carefully and spent some time on the first couple days generating interest in my store by selling things directly to the NPCs. On the third day people started coming to my store to buy stuff!
Is it still clunky? Sure, but eventually you grow accustomed to the clunkiness(or not in other people’s cases sadly) and the game kind of flows from there.
– Real player with 63.1 hrs in game
Potion Party
I received this game as a birthday gitf. My friends and I have agreed not to buy multiplayer/party games as a group, since our schedules rarely allow us to actually play something together. So, I left Potion Party on my wishlist, afraid to waste money on yet another game I wouldn’t get to play with anyone. I was actually quite happy to receive it, tho, and more so when I realized I could use the remote play together to invite others to play with me. I didn’t felt like burning my PC while playing with friends, so I’d say it’s quite fun. It’s challenging, but just enough not to cause frustration or annoyance when someone makes a mistake. You can also play it alone just fine, and some strategies work better when you’re by yourself or part of a duo instead of a quartet. It’s a great game and I’m very happy with it. 3
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
First of all, I absolutely adore this game.
The art is cute and it’s pretty fun to play. I spent hours playing it with my friends and had a blast.
That being said, I have an issue with the multiplayer in this game. This game is only couch co-op (meaning local) or is remote play. I had to do the remote play as all my friends that wanted to play were online, which made playing the game difficult. The game was extremely laggy for my friends and it made playing the game very challenging at times. VS mode is pointless to us, because it just lags too much for it to be fun.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game