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Grocery Store Simulator

2024Experiment OnePC (Microsoft Windows)

Run your own grocery store. Scan items, place and stock shelves, set prices, order products, manage your warehouse, and customize your store. Play solo or team up with friends in a 4 player co-op mode to expand your business in this first-person game.

What it feels like

A relaxing, family-friendly management game with low stakes and comforting gameplay loop around a familiar everyday setting. The casual, accessible tone of running a store avoids drama or high pressure, keeping the mood unburdened.

Cozy60%
Lighthearted50%

What it's about

Building and optimizing a profitable business model centers on economic systems and labor management.

Capitalism & Labor40%

How it plays

The core loop of building a profitable business, managing revenue, costs, and expansion is definitional to the experience. Managing inventory, stock levels, warehouse space, and budgets under scarcity is a central system. Setting prices, buying from suppliers, and managing market dynamics to maximize profit are core mechanics.

Tycoon90%
Resource Management85%
Trading & Economy75%
Inventory Management70%
Time Management55%
Deep Simulation45%
Party Management40%

How it looks and sounds

The game is explicitly first-person, with the player inhabiting the store and interacting directly with shelves and items. Scanning items and managing stock suggests UI elements integrated into the world rather than floating overlays.

First-Person75%
Diegetic UI35%

How it's structured

The game offers a solo play mode where players can run their grocery store independently. Up to 4 players can cooperate online to manage and expand the store together, a core advertised feature. Running and expanding a grocery business creates a bounded progression arc with defined goals and growth milestones.

Single-Player85%
Online Co-op80%
Campaign65%

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