Checkout: Cashier Simulator

Cute, fun, short! I really enjoyed the story and will probably keep playing endless mode or overtime shift.

+ guter einfacher Kassier Simulator + Pixelgrafik + kleine Story + Arcade-Stil + Sticker sammeln bei 5 Sterne Level

The satisfying, puzzle-like scanning, huge product variety, and charming humour make this a well-made cashier sim. However, the increasingly stressful story mode and fiddly produce-code system made it less relaxing and enjoyable for me than I’d hoped. Ultimately, it wasn't my type of game, but I'd still recommend it for others as it's well made, if this sounds good to you. Full review below. I use a plus + and minus - system for how significantly each item improved or affected my experience. +++ Mechanics of scanning feel pretty satisfying. It plays like a puzzle / tetris type game. You're scored on speed and matching categories of items. There is also a small "staging area" so you can rearrange things if you need to, as you can only see/access a small amount of items at a time. It was very enjoyable to get big combos of items. +++ Lots of different products to scan. Huge variety. ++ Audio and visuals are charming. They got the "doot" just right. ++ Humour is amusing and on point; I think the developer was a cashier in the past. There is lots of dialogue and personality if you explore between shifts. + There is a mode with no time limit for those that need it. - The story mode feels a bit… stressful. It almost has an "endless zombie survival" type feeling to it, where you "will" get fired eventually, and you're banding together with your coworkers against the rising tide of customers. Customers get more and more difficult, with less and less time to complete the checkout; it's just a matter of holding on as long as possible. None of the employees are actually happy or really want to be there, and they're treated pretty badly. It's a good social commentary, but for me the vibe was a bit off for a relaxing game. - Manually scanning the produce items is very difficult compared to the rest of the items. You have to consult The Tome, and manually find the correct 4 digit code matching the small pixel art in the checkout. There's no name provided and it's alphabetical in a huge list, so you need to keep scrolling until you find it. For example, I failed a customer because I was trying to find "spinach" when it was actually "basil". All leafy greens look same. Maybe it gets better once you start to memorise all the common item codes, but they're pretty random and hard to memorise. Disclaimer: My reviews are based on my personal opinions and experiences. They’re not intended to be objective statements about the game, so it’s perfectly fine if your experience and opinion are different from mine.