Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
As players earn more money and fans, they unlock new drink recipes, roasting capabilities, and the ability to expand to new locations. This steady drip of new features and challenges keeps the gameplay fresh and engaging.
Players can choose from over 1,000 real-world coffee bean varieties, each with unique flavor profiles. By experimenting with roasting times and temperatures, players can create their own custom coffee blends, unlocking new specialty drinks to offer customers. This depth appeals to coffee enthusiasts and adds an addictive layer of complexity to the management.
Players must hire, train, and assign staff to tasks like brewing coffee, manning the counter, and more. As employees level up their skills, players can delegate more responsibilities to them, streamlining operations. Finding the right balance between employee skills and automating tasks is crucial to maintaining a profitable and efficient coffee shop.
The game encourages players to adapt their menus to seasonal trends and customer preferences. Certain drinks perform better in different seasons, so players must plan their offerings accordingly. Additionally, the game tracks popular "trending" drinks, challenging players to quickly develop new specialty beverages to capitalize on customer demand.
Players can invest in the stock market, purchase rival coffee shops, and even attempt to create a legal coffee monopoly. These optional progression paths give players more ways to optimize their business and achieve their goals.