Weed Shop 4: Highland

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Weed Shop 4: Highland is a single player and multiplayer open world management game. It was developed by Weed Games and was released on April 20, 2026. It received neutral reviews from players.

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55%Audience ScoreBased on 170 reviews

humor6 positive mentions

stability6 negative mentions

The game shows a lot of potential and the devs are actively updating and improving it, sometimes multiple times a day.
Fans of the Weed Shop series appreciate the familiar core gameplay loop and believe the game will become great as development progresses.
The game supports up to four players in co-op, which adds to the fun for groups of friends.

The current early access release is highly unpolished, buggy, and often unplayable, with broken questlines, poor performance, and missing key mechanics.
Many players are disappointed by the rushed release aiming for 4/20, feeling it should have remained in development longer before launch.
The game suffers from confusing UI, lack of direction, poor tutorial support, and an empty game world, leading to frustration and bad first impressions.

story
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18% positive mentions, 64% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions
The game's story is widely criticized for lacking direction, meaningful quests, and engaging characters, with many players finding the quest system broken or incomplete at launch. While some tutorial fixes and updates have been made, the narrative remains minimal, disjointed, and fails to capture the charm or humor of previous installments. Overall, the story is considered barebones and underdeveloped, making the game feel unfinished and difficult to follow.
- “The dev fixed the starting tutorial quest so it points you to the right spot and guides you through the growing process now, though it still needs more refinement.”
- “Yes, the game is barely playable right now as the dev said, but knowing what the dev is capable of, I would still buy it now to get it at the introductory offer and have it in your library once we start seeing major updates. Also, supporting the dev now helps get the game finished faster. On update day 2, the dev already updated and fixed the tutorial quest, added the growing process to teach you, and fixed the bugged NPCs.”
- “Upon release, the game is barebones with little to no direction and the quest system is a work in progress.”
- “Upon release, the game is barebones with little to no direction and the quest system a work in progress.”
- “Unless my game was just bugged, after the first quest telling you to go to town there is zero guidance on what to do and the quest leads to a dead town with nothing to do.”
- “Broken quest markers, empty map with no direction, glitchy movement and models, orientalist stereotypes, and AI nonsense everywhere.”
gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The gameplay is currently plagued by numerous bugs, tedious mechanics, and incomplete features, resulting in a frustrating and unpolished experience. While some see potential and acknowledge it's still early access with ongoing development, many feel the game lacks basic functionality and direction, making it hard to fully engage with the gameplay loop.
- “It reminds me of 3 in many ways, I do wish some stuff was better tuned but as the dev said they are still adding mechanics.”
- “If you are familiar with the weed shop formula then this game shows promise to follow through on what I consider to be a classic simulation gameplay loop.”
- “The dev didn't lie, it's rough and barely runs but it is possible to make a gameplay loop. I played WS3 and the patience needed to get through that game is similar to what is needed to get through the early access. The dev even said it's untested and it's still less buggy than Army of Two. I enjoy watching games develop through early access and still have high hopes for this one, and at 12 pounds I'm not going to grumble.”
- “So many unnecessary tedious mechanics, riddled with bugs everywhere, painful inventory management... overall it's just not there, not even close.”
- “Right now it’s hard to play because there’s little direction for quests, and basic mechanics (like placing seeds in pots) don’t seem to work yet.”
- “Two years after announcement and they don't even have the basic mechanics added?”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game currently suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent glitches, long loading times, poor performance even on high-end specs, and buggy gameplay, making it feel unfinished and low-quality. However, some players acknowledge its early access status and remain hopeful for improvements over time, appreciating the developer's transparency and their previous titles.
- “The boat ride right as you start is immediately disappointing with glitches and no effort in the body animations and takes a whole minute to load the world and yourself.”
- “Game is way too unfinished right now to be released or considered anything more than something comparable to an itch.io game. I'm honestly confused considering the code for Weed Shop 3 exists. Why is so much of this game poorly made? However, I hope it will get better or at least good with time and changes. As it is, sadly this game kind of sucks. Also, the performance is terrible for any FPS despite having good specs. Not to mention the blatant AI art. Despite the fact this dev has produced Weed Shop 3, a good game, the lazy use of AI art really makes me hesitant to buy this game again when the full non-buggy developed release happens. Weed Shop 3 made lots of money, pay some artists please.”
- “Was it stuttering and buggy and sending me off into one baked spiral of madness? Yes.”
humor
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The humor aspect received mixed feedback, with some users missing the clever jokes and character references from previous titles, while others found the game's humor to be unintentional or related to its glitches and typos. Overall, the humor was seen as less engaging and at times awkward, detracting from the experience for some players.
- “I booted up, walked around for five minutes, read funny shop names, and figured out what to do, bought seeds, planters, water, and elephant crap, and am starting on my adventure.”
- “I still do not recommend playing when younger kids are around as mine will still not let me live down that I was growing funny looking daffodils when they were much smaller.”
- “Yeah, their humor is about how glitchy their games can be.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions
The game suffers from significant performance issues, including frequent stutters even on low settings, making it feel unfinished and poorly optimized compared to its predecessor. Users suggest waiting for patches, as current optimization problems seriously hinder gameplay.
- “However, it has issues. My main issue is performance: even with everything all the way down, random stutters occur often, especially whenever lighting changes. If you can hold out on this game, I have faith these issues will be fixed, but as of now, maybe stick to number 3.”
- “Game is way too unfinished right now to be released or considered anything more than something comparable to an itch.io game. I'm honestly confused considering the code for Weed Shop 3 exists. Why is so much of this game poorly made? However, I hope it will get better or at least good with time and changes. As it is, sadly, this game kind of sucks. Also, the performance is terrible for any FPS despite having good specs.”
- “I don't care if the devs posted this as a '420 meme' and know it is completely poorly optimized, contentless slop.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect tedious and frustrating due to numerous bugs and cumbersome inventory management, making the experience unenjoyable and discouraging active engagement.
- “So many unnecessary tedious mechanics, riddled with bugs everywhere, painful inventory management... overall it's just not there, not even close.”
- “I guess I will wait a little longer before grinding this.”
- “Sorry for the late review but I was grinding...”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67% positive mentions, -34% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions
The graphics are occasionally appealing but generally unimpressive and plagued by issues, such as unchangeable settings that force maximum quality. Users note poor optimization, with settings failing to work properly and audio problems impacting the overall experience.
- “Does have cool graphics sometimes, although there is little else to do.”
- “Settings do not work properly; audio blasts eardrums when set to 0 and graphics settings stay at maximum.”
- “I've seen better-looking graphics... in Weed Shop 3!”
- “Settings do not work; audio blasts eardrums when set to 0 and graphics settings stay at maximum.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users praise the music, especially highlighting the main menu track as catchy and impactful.
- “Also, the main menu music slaps.”
- “The main menu music goes hard as f***.”

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Weed Shop 4: Highland is a open world management game. Common tags for Weed Shop 4: Highland include first-person, indie, life sim, early access, combat and others.

Weed Shop 4: Highland is available on PC and Windows.

Weed Shop 4: Highland was released on April 20, 2026.

Weed Shop 4: Highland was developed by Weed Games.

Weed Shop 4: Highland has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Weed Shop 4: Highland for its humor but disliked it for its story.

Weed Shop 4: Highland is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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