Players Like...

❤ Shop Management and Progression

Players can build and customize their shop exactly how they want, strategically placing items like trash cans, toilets, sinks, lights, and ATMs to create their ideal retail space. Reviewers praise the ability to hire NPC employees to run the store, install automation like self-checkout machines, and generally make the shop a self-sustaining business. As players make money by selling goods, they can use those funds to unlock new shop upgrades, technology, and employees, allowing them to further optimize and scale their operation. Reviewers highlight how this shop-centric progression loop is engaging and provides a clear sense of advancement.

❤ Exploration, Combat, and Survival

The game also features an open-world environment for players to explore, spanning multiple biomes. Reviewers praise the size and detail of the game world, which allows them to venture out from their shop to gather resources, complete quests, and battle enemies. The combat system, while not the main focus, is described as satisfying, with players able to wield a variety of weapons, from swords and shields to guns and spellbooks. Reviewers note that the combat, while not overly complex, serves its purpose in the context of the game's survival elements, where players must defend their shop from nightly horrors. The survival aspects, such as farming, fishing, and crafting, are also highlighted as engaging by reviewers. The need to gather resources and manage the shop's supplies creates a compelling gameplay loop that encourages players to balance their time between exploration, combat, and shop management.

❤ Cooperative and Emergent Gameplay

Cooperative multiplayer, which allows up to 8 players to share the open-world experience, is a significant draw. Reviewers praise the ability to work together, with each player potentially taking on different roles, such as one player focusing on combat while another runs the shop. Additionally, reviewers describe the game's systems as creating opportunities for emergent gameplay, where players can come up with creative and unexpected strategies to succeed, such as using automated turrets to defend their shops while they sleep, or engaging in a "gangster" playstyle by stealing goods and using their shop as a front.