Manage your Thrift Shop. Sell a hodgepodge of merchandise to picky customers. Set the prices, bargain with clients, and turn down suspicious offers. Order popular stock, fight off shoplifters, and manage your reputation — gain or lose it based on your choices!
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Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We want to actively develop the game with the help of the community. Your voice matters, and we are curious to know what you would like to see in it.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“6 months, but maybe more.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan to add more content. We will try adding more groceries, characters, and visual effects to improve the overall player experience. We hope to incorporate most of the feedback from the players because we value it.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game has 10 Characters, 5 Story Chapters, 3 Grind modes around 25 playable levels, and an exciting story.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to increase the price by a certain amount after the end of the Early Access.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are planning to have regular discussions on the game community page, possibly have a feedback submission form, hold playtests, and form an online community for the game players.

We value each comment, idea, and suggestion, and we may add a milestone board with ideas, including the player ones, to the flow of development.”
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Planned Release Date: 2025

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About This Game

About Shop Crush

Manage your Thrift Shop. Sell a hodgepodge of merch to picky customers. Set the prices, bargain with clients, and turn down suspicious offers. Order popular stock, fight off shoplifters, and manage your reputation — gain or lose it based on your choices!

Own a Thrift Shop

Yes, you own a Thrift Shop! Clients come every day to buy their preferred products. To keep your business profitable, you must monitor your prices and the number of products clients want.

In this choice-driven Visual Novel, you must balance the profitability of the offer with the reputational loss that every purchase can cause.

Find New Buyers

Connect with different customers and help them find what they want. Every customer has a unique personality, purchasing patterns, and preferences. Build relationships with your favorite customers, give them the best deals, and try to keep up with their needs, demands, and wishes.

Buy New Products and Refill the Supply

Order new stock in the catalog. Keep your shelves stocked so your buyers have what they need. Some products are popular with specific buyers but not in demand by others.

Selling common goods, like milk, will get you a safe income, while risking selling sin goods will cash you out.

Control the customer's rage to protect your shop's reputation. If your reputation is low, people will avoid your shop.

Enhance and Personalize Buyers

Level Up Your Customers to Improve Their Purchasing Power. Customers improve their Visit FrequencyAverage Check, and Reputation at every level.

Select a character's skin (gender) you like, and change it whenever you want during the game. There are three skin types supported: alien, female, and male.

Customers have preferences for their favorite and least favorite goods they want to buy from you.

Explore the Literal Illusions

Zoomrotate and drag the hidden pictures to uncover your customers' secrets. Every buyer has a Literal Illusion Puzzle connected to their persona. Complete all the puzzles to discover the horror your shop is hiding.

Key Features and Contents

  • Choice-based Card Game with tense and procedurally generated Core Gameplay.

  • 2D Shop Simulator and an Economy game about trading with Customers.

  • Atmospheric Visual Novel about insanity, doubt, and Reality Check.

  • Innovative Puzzle Game based on the Literal Illusion Effect.

  • 10 Unique Clients, each with their tastes and shopping styles.

  • 5 Selected locations with carefully crafted storylines.

  • 50+ Levels to Upgrade Every Customer.

  • 70+ Products to buy - from weird ones to essentials!

Meet the Customers!

Leslie, a Poor Customer

A poor customer who usually buys trash. Sometimes, you may get a good offer from them. You will always have a small profit if you sell them cheap stuff for a tiny margin.

Likes: Rubber Ducks, Bananas, Mushrooms.

Hates: Daily Care.

Chelsea, a Rich Customer

This customer likes shiny stuff and may overpay for it. If you balance profit and reputation, you may succeed. If you decline to serve Chelsea, your shop's reputation will improve.

Likes: Brand Clothes, Vegan Products, Animals.

Hates: Empty Shelves.

Brinley, a Coupon Collector

A Coupon Hunter customer. Likes good deals and cheap items. Brinley guarantees you a small margin income.

Likes: Discounted Groceries.

Hates: Full Priced Arrivals.

Zoe, an Authentic Customer

A highly passionate customer with unique values. Zoe likes people who agree with them. If you agree, Zoe might give you generous payback regarding profits and reputation.

Likes: Obedience.

Hates: Everything that's not essential.

Casey, an Enforcer Customer

An inspector playing their own game. They might confiscate some of your items, demanding a fine. If you refuse to pay, it will save you money but not your reputation.

Likes: High-value home essentials.

Hates: Refusal to cooperate.

Alex, a Mayor Customer

Entrepreneurs can rarely influence a mayor, though they enjoy good price talks. Negotiations are what made them mayors.

Likes: Natural Cosmetics, Healthy Food.

Hates: Mystical Objects.

Nata, a Hacker Customer

They might buy simple groceries to hide the offshore activity. Or make a fake purchase to exploit their taxes. Sometimes, they buy regular geek stuff and threaten to take down your store for fun.

Likes: Fun Stuff.

Hates: ??? ;)

Sibs, Family Customers

These sibs only look similar. They have opposite tastes and disagree with each other all day! Because of their unpredictability, they could be valuable clients for either profit or reputation gain.

Like: Fun and Parties!

Hate: Consensus and Routine.

Kaycey, an Assertive Customer

A prominent therapist and authoritative customer. They know how to manipulate sellers very well. If you refuse to serve them, they will take revenge. Aside from destroying your reputation, they will make you sell extra cheap.

Likes: Voodoo Dolls, Talismans

Hates: You?

Mx. Malkoff, a Creative Customer

Highly intelligent, careful, and delicate buyer. Claire has exquisite taste and expects things to impress them. Claire likes their favorites and is willing to sponsor them greatly. Rare to visit, though.

Likes: Violins, Cigarettes, Poetry.

Hates: Wine and everything that's banal.

Who's Your Favorite?

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Shop Crush uses pre-rendered AI-generated scenes with optical Illusions to better translate the game mechanics. The scenes were generated using the Think Diffusion app with explicit permission from the app developer. The professional artist optimized and repainted the scenes as a second polishing stage.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10, 11
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: gtx 550 or higher
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10, 11
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: gtx 550 or higher
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
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