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Console Shop Simulator

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92%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
92% User Score Based on 209 reviews

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About Console Shop Simulator

Console Shop Simulator is a single player casual management game with economy and business themes. It was developed by Lance Games and was released on July 20, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

Run your own game store business. Design your shelves with consoles and games, set prices, manage communication with companies, handle customer support, and grow your brand. Online sales, rival companies, marketing strategies, and tech upgrades are coming soon.

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Reviews

92%Audience ScoreBased on 209 reviews
gameplay9 positive mentions
stability6 negative mentions
  • Highly immersive and addicting console shop simulator with extensive gameplay features including buying, selling, repairing, bargaining, and streaming.
  • Active developer support with frequent updates, quick bug fixes, and good community engagement, enhancing the overall game experience.
  • Robust Steam Workshop integration offering vast mod support and custom content, allowing for extended replayability and personalization.
  • Progression can be slow and grind-heavy, with balancing issues around pricing, employee management, and stock replenishment causing frustration.
  • The game suffers from bugs and gameplay glitches such as AI employee inefficiency, buggy shelving mechanics, and occasional save/load issues.
  • Some systems like crypto trading, streaming integration, and in-game economy feel underdeveloped or unnecessary, impacting overall game focus and enjoyment.

  • gameplay

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally smooth, engaging, and addictive, with a versatile loop enhanced by frequent updates and strong mod support. However, some mechanics feel underdeveloped or confusing, and the progression can be slow or repetitive at times. Overall, it captures the simulator experience well, though occasional bugs and animation issues detract from the immersion.

    • “The regular release schedule for games and the random store raids by the publishers keep the gameplay loop interesting, and the Steam Workshop integration is pretty nice too.”
    • “It's got quite a slow progression which extends gameplay and you can easily go wrong if you try to expand or jump ahead too quickly, so thinking about upgrades and where to place them is important.”
    • “I can confidently say they captured the mood perfectly and this game, as a result of its great gameplay loop and mechanics along with the real life sim aspect, has knocked it out of the park.”
    • “Unfortunately, it is plagued with bugs, confusing mechanics, and really weird walking animations.”
    • “A lot of mechanics are underbaked and clearly have been implemented because they were in other popular simulator games.”
    • “The gameplay has become repetitive, with little left to achieve.”

  • graphics

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    44% positive mentions, 23% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally considered adequate and fitting for the genre, effectively creating a cozy local game store atmosphere despite being somewhat generic. While not visually stunning or award-winning, they are praised for their art style and suitability to the gameplay experience. Overall, the visuals are fair and complement the game's charm without overshadowing its other strengths.

    • “For the price tag, the graphics are more than fair and do a great job of creating that 'local game store' atmosphere.”
    • “The graphics are great, and if you have suggestions or ideas, the support team is always ready to listen and help out.”
    • “Pretty ok shop simulator game, the gameplay is fluent, the graphics are ok and the assets are fitting together pretty fine.”
    • “Seems good so far, despite some generic looking graphics and art design.”
    • “The game definitely doesn't have the best graphics, but it has so much more that is worth 1000 times more.”
    • “The graphics are ok and the assets are fitting together pretty fine.”

  • stability

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent bugs and glitches, particularly with employee movement, trading, repairs, and the online store, which negatively impacts gameplay stability. These issues have led some players to refund the game due to frustration and lack of polish.

    • “The game is still very buggy, which ultimately led me to refund it due to lack of identity and frequent bugs.”
    • “The employees often bug out and stop moving, even in large stores. There are many glitches that need to be fixed.”
    • “Trading and repairs seem buggy; for example, I had to move traded-in CDs to another place for workers to repair them.”

  • grinding

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is described as quite tedious and repetitive, involving slow and cumbersome item management that could benefit from improved controls and quality-of-life updates. Despite this, the overall experience remains enjoyable, though some users find the grinding aspect a noticeable drawback.

    • “Game is interesting and I'd like to revisit at some point, but it's very tedious.”
    • “Buy a surprise pack of games, they go into your game folder. If you want to sell them, you have to open your folder, select it, press X to take, press right mouse button to put in a case, put on the shelf... rinse, repeat, sooooo tedious.”
    • “To take the game to the next level, I’d love to see the modding support continue to grow alongside some vital quality-of-life tweaks; specifically, updating the controls so left-clicking opens boxes and right-clicking extracts items would be much less tedious than spamming the 'F' key for CDs.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features clever and entertaining humor, especially through its amusing game titles, making it highly enjoyable for fans of simulation shop games. Users appreciate the comedic elements and hope for more funny parodies in future updates.

    • “Game is super fun and also really funny with some of the game titles, lmao. If you love sim shop games, you will love this one.”
    • “I hope more funny game parodies will be added.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is praised for effectively capturing the feel of a local game store, with graphics that exceed expectations given the price.

    • “For the price tag, the graphics are more than fair and do a great job of creating that 'local game store' atmosphere.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users highlight strong replayability, emphasizing that the game provides a lot of fun across multiple playthroughs.

    • “Having a lot of fun with replay value.”
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Play Times

31h Median play time
28h Average play time
18-40h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 4 analyzed playthroughs
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Console Shop Simulator is a casual management game with economy and business themes. Common tags for Console Shop Simulator include first-person, indie, trading, educational, life sim and others.

Console Shop Simulator is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 28 hours playing Console Shop Simulator.

Console Shop Simulator was released on July 20, 2025.

Console Shop Simulator was developed by Lance Games.

Console Shop Simulator has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Console Shop Simulator for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Console Shop Simulator is a single player game.

Similar games include Supermarket Simulator, Megastore Simulator, TCG Card Shop Simulator, Mall Simulator, Retro Rewind: Video Store Simulator and others.