Tiny Bookshop

I loved it, at least for the 60-70% of the playtime I have in this game. It was cozy, charming. I learnt about books, and I was able to recommend books. The characters you meet in the fictional coastal village of Bookstonbury are all very sweet and you help them with their worries, and celebrate endings and beginnings with them. You go through all four seasons, there several hotspots to sell books, and tons of items you can decorate your tiny bookshop with to help you sell more books, etc. But the closer I got to completion of the game I got burnt out. It started to become less fun. I had so many items and upgrades that I could sell anything anywhere, but the customers felt slow in their browsing of books (wish there was a way to increase the speed here, x2 would be nice, or even more.), and near the end their wishes just made no sense to me. Customer wanted a book that had X and Y and Z (themes, etc), I couldn't find any books matching all three so I recommended a book that had X and Z, but then they complained about the lack of Y. Other times the same thing worked, so I couldn't make sense of it. But all in all I would say I am happy with the experience, I am glad I played through it, but if you are a completionist you better have a lot of patience for the slow gameplay. Edit: After thinking more about this game there is another thing I would love to see changed, and it's the sizing of the books in comparison to their real life amount of pages. Trying to find a book with 700-1000 pages for someone that wants a long read would be way more pleasant if I could judge the length based on book size, because having the biggest book being the 44-pager and the thinnest little thing being a 600 page epic make little to no sense.

Tiny Bookshop is one of those games that really helps to calm me down after work. I breathe SUCH a huge sigh of relief when I start opening up my bookshop for the day and watching as customers browse my inventory. I always have such a pleasant time in the game and I cannot recommend it enough. What I like: * The different books and their synopsis that you can read and maybe find something you actually want to read in real life as well * The locations where you can set up shop are all very cozy and I love watching the day pass by * The gameplay is simple and it feels good when you have a book recommendation you can offer to a customer who is looking for assistance * The quests are pretty easy in the sense where they usually just get a little time to fulfill and being more mindful of where you set up and what inventory you stock * I like how the decorations give you buffs to specific genres and also cost a small maintenance fee to have. It's really small so it's not a big deal, but I do like the thought of having it so you have to strategize what decorations you want. What I wish were different * I don't really wish there was anything different, I really enjoy the game for what it is If you're looking for a small and cozy bookshop simulation game, then you'll definitely find it in Tiny Bookshop. This is not a fast paced management game where you're trying to maximize your earnings at all. Rather, it's a nice slow sip of your favorite beverage as you watch customers find their next read.

Finally, a game that understands my priorities: avoiding my TBR by expanding it. Tiny Bookshop is the perfect cosy game for people who love books but somehow spend all their free time playing games instead. Now you can do both. Play a game about selling books instead of reading them.