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Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim

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60%Game Brain Score
gameplay, story
stability, grinding
71% User Score Based on 35 reviews

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Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim is a single player casual management game. It was developed by LostAbroad and was released on December 30, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Ever wanted to work abroad? Open a business? Work in a coffee shop? Learn a new language? Lost Abroad Café combines all of these into one fun language learning game. Lost Abroad Café is a management sim game where players open a coffee shop in another country, and must learn the language in order to purchase equipment, serve their customers, and grow their business. Lost Abroad Café is currently i…

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71%
Audience ScoreBased on 35 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
stability4 negative mentions
  • Innovative and engaging concept that immerses players in realistic language learning scenarios, making vocabulary and sentence structure practical and memorable.
  • Effective teaching methods including repetition in natural contexts, clickable words with audio in multiple speeds, and instant feedback based on customer satisfaction.
  • Developers are responsive and actively improving the game, with supportive community interaction and additional language and cultural content outside the game.
  • Frequent and persistent bugs severely impact gameplay, including silent or non-communicative customers, missing dialogue options, unresponsive UI elements, and text/voice issues.
  • Limited vocabulary and content that can feel repetitive and bare-bones, with progression capping quickly and lack of variety in language challenges or cultural authenticity across languages.
  • Some technical and quality issues such as inconsistent achievements, poor graphics/UI polish, occasional incorrect language display, and usability problems with mouse controls.
  • stability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from frequent bugs that disrupt gameplay, such as unresponsive customer interactions and overlapping text, leading to the need to restart often. While the concept is appreciated, these stability issues significantly hinder the overall experience.

    • “Too buggy, have to quit and restart quite often due to various bugs including customers standing in front of me but the greet options not showing up.”
    • “I love the idea of this game, but it's too buggy to recommend.”
    • “It's a bit buggy (voice sometimes doesn't play, text can overlap), and very limited (just a few drinks and snacks) but it's cheap.”
  • gameplay
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is praised for its innovative language-learning mechanic and enjoyable casual play, but is held back by minor bugs, UI issues, and underdeveloped mechanics. While the core idea is solid, the language learning aspect is limited to a small set of repetitive words, reducing its overall effectiveness.

    • “I love the mechanic and think this game could help language learners everywhere.”
    • “Lac has good ideas and the gameplay itself is pretty cute and good when you play a couple of minutes every once in a while.”
    • “It's a shame because again, the gameplay idea is good.”
    • “It has many minor bugs, the UI has issues, some mechanics are not fleshed out or polished, etc. Language learning is nothing more than a small amount of words that keep getting repeated.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect is minimal, with users wishing for more narrative elements like daily conversations beyond the main gameplay. However, the Chinese version includes a tutorial mission and "fun facts" that provide background stories and helpful tips, which are appreciated.

    • “For Chinese, there is a tutorial mission and I really love it!”
    • “It also comes with some 'fun facts' that give you a cool background story and some tips to remember the word.”
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics receive generally positive feedback for their style and concept, though some users find them a bit rough and acknowledge they may improve as the game develops further.

    • “Love the graphics and style of this game.”
    • “Although the game is still early and clearly there is still a ways to go for features and graphics, this is an amazing concept for language learning.”
    • “The graphics and UI are a bit rough, but that's literally the only reasonable complaint.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the grinding aspect to be quite tedious even after a short amount of gameplay.

    • “I only played a bit and it is already quite tedious.”
  • humor
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is well-received, with several videos being described as genuinely hilarious and worth watching.

    • “It's worth checking out actually as some of the videos are hilarious!”
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Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim is a casual management game.

Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim was released on December 30, 2022.

Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim was developed by LostAbroad.

Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Lost Abroad Café: A Language Learning Management Sim is a single player game.

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