Run your own neighborhood lemonade stand in this first-person business sim. Mix drinks, set your prices, serve customers, explore the neighborhood, upgrade your equipment, and work toward your dream of building a backyard pool.

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“I’m releasing this game in Early Access because the core experience is already fun and fully playable, but there’s still room to refine the pacing, balance, and long-term progression with real player feedback. As a solo developer, Early Access lets me gather input on things like recipe tuning, customer behavior, weather effects, and neighborhood activities while continuing to polish the world and add new features.

The foundation is solid, and Early Access gives me the chance to shape the final version alongside players who enjoy the game, without locking myself into assumptions before seeing how people actually play.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“My current goal is less than one year. However, if community feedback leads to bigger features or re-balancing, the timeline may shift slightly. I want to avoid rushing and make sure the full version feels complete.”

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

“The full release is planned to expand the sandbox-style neighborhood experience while deepening the lemonade stand systems. My current roadmap includes:

More interactive objects and locations in the neighborhood

Small “neighborhood events” (e.g., garage sales where players can find new equipment)

Additional drinks and recipes beyond lemonade

More equipment upgrades and daily progression options

UI polish, more animations, additional sound/music, and general quality-of-life improvements

Refinements to customer behavior, satisfaction, and weather-based systems

All planned features may evolve based on player feedback.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version is fully playable, with all core systems working and both 7-day and 14-day game modes available from start to finish. Players can:

Run their lemonade stand through complete multi-day sessions

Explore a cozy suburban neighborhood with a couple interactable points of interest

Cut and juice lemons, adjust recipes, serve drinks

Manage pricing, ingredients, and upgrades

Experience a full customer queue system with satisfaction, tipping, and feedback

Deal with daily weather that affects ingredient amounts, recipe balance, and customer demand

Unlock equipment and permanent progression goals, including the backyard pool

Save and load progress between days

Almost everything in the “About This Game” section is already implemented. Remaining work focuses on polish, balance tuning, UI improvements, additional side activities, and bug fixing.”

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

“No. I do not plan to change the price after Early Access. The price is intended to stay the same for both the Early Access version and the full release.”

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

“Community feedback will help guide balancing, bug fixing, and future improvements. I’ll be actively monitoring:

The Steam Community forums

Feedback posted in Steam reviews

Bug reports and suggestions shared by players

I plan to post regular updates on Steam to show progress and highlight upcoming improvements.”
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About This Game

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade is a first-person business simulator about turning a simple garage lemonade stand into the neighborhood's favorite place for a cold drink—and earning enough to build the ultimate summer reward: your very own pool.

Each day, you'll decide what to make, set your prices, stock your stand, and serve as many customers as you can before closing time. When the rush is over, head into the neighborhood to gather ingredients, pickup collectibles, help your neighbors, and prepare for the next day.

Running a successful stand isn't just about squeezing lemons. Weather, ingredient costs, customer satisfaction, equipment, and your prices all affect how the day plays out. Keep things simple with reliable favorites, invest in better equipment to improve your stand, or build a bigger menu and find the strategy that works for you.

☀️ Make the Most of Every Summer

Weather affects both your customers and the ingredients available around the neighborhood. A scorching afternoon can bring plenty of thirsty customers, while a cool or rainy day might call for a different approach.

Choose between 7-day and 14-day runs, earn permanent rewards, and come back with new options and new strategies. Progress is saved after each day, so you can play a full run or enjoy the summer one day at a time.

📖 Unlock New Recipes and Upgrades

Your first menu won't be your last.

Complete milestones, help your neighbors, and grow your business to unlock new ingredients, garnishes, recipes, equipment, and upgrades. With more options available, you can start building your menu around the way you want to play.

🍋 Mix Up Your Menu

Start with the classics and gradually expand your menu with fruit punches, citrus blends, mint drinks, garnishes, and more.

Every recipe has its own ingredient costs, satisfaction bonuses, and pricing potential. A simple drink might be cheap and dependable, while a more complicated recipe can give you different ways to build satisfaction or turn a bigger profit.

💵 Set Your Own Prices

You decide what every drink costs.

Keep prices reasonable to make customers happy, or push them higher when you think the extra profit is worth it. As your neighborhood's satisfaction grows, customers become willing to pay more, opening up new strategies for your stand.

Finding the sweet spot between happy customers and healthy profits is up to you.

🛠️ Upgrade Your Equipment

A growing business needs better tools.

Use your earnings to upgrade your lemonade stand and improve the way you work. Better equipment can help you prepare drinks more efficiently, serve more customers, and handle busier days as your stand becomes more popular.

Choose which upgrades to prioritize based on your strategy. Invest in speed, capacity, convenience, or other improvements that help your stand keep up with demand.

🏡 Explore the Neighborhood

Closing the stand doesn't mean the day is over.

Walk around the neighborhood to harvest ingredients, visit shops, find collectibles, and see what's happening around town. Lemons are easy to come by, but other ingredients depend on the weather, so what you can find changes from day to day.

🤝 Help Your Neighbors

Keep an eye out for community events while you're exploring. Your neighbors might need help finding something they've lost, gathering supplies, preparing for a party, or handling another small neighborhood emergency.

Helping out can earn you money, ingredients, and even unlock entirely new recipes for your stand.

🏊 Build Your Dream Pool

Every successful day brings you closer to the biggest goal of the summer: building a pool in your backyard.

Save your earnings, grow your business, and invest in the improvements you need to reach your target. The pool is more than just a decoration—it's the reward for turning a small neighborhood stand into a thriving summer business.

How quickly you reach it depends on how you run your stand, what you sell, and how wisely you spend your money along the way.

Features

  • 🍋 Craft more than a dozen different drinks

  • 💵 Set your own prices and balance satisfaction against profit

  • 🛠️ Upgrade your equipment to serve customers more efficiently

  • 🏡 Explore a colorful low-poly neighborhood between serving sessions

  • 🌤 Adapt to changing weather and ingredient availability

  • 🤝 Complete community events and help your neighbors

  • 📖 Unlock new recipes, ingredients, garnishes, equipment, and upgrades

  • 🏊 Work toward building your own backyard pool

  • ⭐ Choose between replayable 7-day and 14-day runs

  • 🎯 Earn permanent rewards that carry into future runs

A Small Stand with Big Possibilities

Optimize every cent. Experiment with new recipes. Upgrade your equipment. Help out around the neighborhood. Save toward your pool. Or just pour some lemonade and see where the summer takes you.

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade gives you a small business, a neighborhood full of things to discover, and one big summer goal: turn your lemonade stand into a poolside success.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i3 (4th gen) or AMD equivalent (e.g., AMD FX-series)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated GPU (Intel HD 4000 or newer) or dedicated GPU equivalent to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 260X
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit) /
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 (6th gen or newer) or AMD Ryzen 3/5 equivalent
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 560 / RX 580 (or modern integrated Vega/Radeon iGPU)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
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