Arcane Merchant

Great game had me hooked from the very beginning. I was upset it ended so early but this game has so much potential with the devs already fixing bugs. Great game for anyone who likes cozy simulations.

Classique boucle de gameplay dans le style boutique, ambiance agréable et progression assez rapide mais je n'ai jamais eu une purge pareil en restockage automatisé.

This is a tricky one for me to put into words. I'll start by saying: I really like this game. I like the premise, I like the art style, the mechanics are solid. All of that said, it feels like it is missing the "Arcane" element of Arcane Merchant. You cast one (one) spell, then bop thieves with a book. There's no enchanting or potion making to be seen, which feels like a lost opportunity. Your trade "empire" currently consists of one shop, and the city feels kind of small. The citizenry have SO MUCH PERSONALITY in their walks, but the lack of interaction with them kind of makes it slide off. On the whole, very solid foundation and execution. Needs a little more Oomph to go from Good to Great. TL;DR: Pros: Artwork Merchant Play Relaxing Character designs YOU CAN PET THE CAT Cons: Minimal Arcane Small World Limited Interaction with NPCs

It's a little short for the price. Finished everything around 13hrs.

Bugs kept losing my full chests near walls, mimic gets in way when restocking, customers non stop come in can't get anything accomplished restocking or cleaning without get a bad reputation, can't hire staff (followed what it told you to do, and what google said.) It's a very glitchy game, regret the purchase but takes forever to get to the point about hiring staff. I don't recommend.

I really wanted to like this game. The fantasy setting is charming, the visuals are colorful, and the idea of running a magical merchant shop has a lot of potential. Unfortunately, after a few hours, I ended up refunding it. The biggest issue was a progression bug that completely halted my game. I purchased the Foundation Expansion, yet the research tree still insisted I didn't own it. My objective remained "Hire Staff," but I couldn't hire anyone because the game claimed I had no staff capacity. The research that unlocks staff capacity stayed locked because it believed I hadn't purchased the expansion... which I had there were locked doors inside of the store with seemingly no way to unlock them?? The result was a circular progression lock that made it impossible to continue. This isn't just frustration—I even inspected the save file and it correctly recorded that the expansion had been purchased, while the game refused to acknowledge it. The developers have already fixed several progression-related bugs since launch, but this one still ruined my playthrough. Even without the bug, the game feels surprisingly lifeless. NPCs are mostly moving mannequins that wander in, buy something, and leave. The town looks nice but has very little personality or meaningful interaction. There are almost no conversations, memorable characters, or reasons to care about the world beyond running the cash register. Other players have made similar observations that the game feels like a beautiful shell missing the personality that would make the setting come alive. The early adventuring system also disappointed me. Sending heroes on missions sounds exciting, but for a long time they mostly return with uninteresting loot that doesn't make the mechanic feel rewarding or exciting. This is a system they should lean hard into, but it falls flat. Then there's the unnecessary busywork. Every shipment arrives at the dock, and you're expected to haul chest after chest back to your shop yourself. It isn't engaging gameplay—it just feels like padding. A fantasy merchant simulator should be about managing the business, not repeatedly carrying boxes across town. Overall progression is GLACIALLY slow.. Money comes slow, levels come slow. Everything comes slow. Quality-of-life is also lacking. The research tree is rigid, automation comes much later than it should. Many reviews mention clunky staff behavior, slow cashiers, awkward stocking, missing explanations, and progression that feels overly restrictive instead of letting you build the kind of shop you actually want. No sandbox mode where you can just build and enjoy exists, it's the main game and progression or nothing. A real shame. This doesn't feel like a terrible game—it feels like an Early Access game that was released as 1.0. There's a solid foundation here, and I genuinely hope the developers continue improving it because the concept deserves it. But in its current state, between the progression bug, lack of polish, excessive manual busywork, and a world that never really came to life, I can't recommend it.

Fun merchant game, just wish it had a bit more to do endgame.

Absolutely worth the purchase.

i can hardly call this a game, it makes no fun, graphics are bad at best, performance is awful for such a little game with bad graphics. You have to pay for everything ingame and get nothing for it pay 3000 coins for the warehouse just too pay more at the research table before you get it progression is bad aswell its cheap so thats good but its not worth your time or even 10 euro there are a lot of better games out there cant and wont recommend