
Start your own photography studio! Hire staff, upgrade your interior, and manage your business to attract more customers. Transform your humble studio into a full-scale photography base. Invite models, build relationships, go on dates, and unlock exclusive private photo shoots.
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Manage and expand your photography studio, from opening to closing, with every detail under your control.

Complete various outdoor shooting tasks and specific missions in the pedestrian street to earn money and likes, boosting your shop's popularity.

Interact with NPCs on the street, increase favorability by giving gifts and completing tasks, unlocking more features and rewards.

Design and pose customer shots, adjusting every joint in detail to create unique photography works.
Serve various types of customers, including regular, VIP, and celebrity clients, fulfilling their shooting needs.

Continuously upgrade and add new photography equipment and tools by earning income and completing tasks, improving shooting quality and efficiency.

Hire staff to help manage your studio, streamlining your workflow.
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Languages: English, Simplified Chinese*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese*, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
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good grind
👍🏻不错的牛马模拟器,希望可以慢慢火起来,修复一下部分bug绝对杠杠的👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😁
好玩爱玩很漂亮能拍很多漂亮的照片,都可以直接当壁纸的,非常不错
好玩
Photo Studio Simulator, developed by JesseMJ and published by STIM GAMES, is a niche simulation title that blends business management with a surprisingly hands-on approach to photography. Rather than treating photography as a simple background mechanic, the game places it at the center of the experience, asking players not only to run a studio but to actively engage in the creative process behind each shoot. It’s an interesting mix of systems that aims to capture both the technical and artistic sides of the profession, though its ambition sometimes outpaces its refinement. The core loop revolves around building and expanding your photography studio from modest beginnings into a more professional operation. You start with basic equipment and limited resources, gradually taking on clients, earning income, and reinvesting that money into better gear and improved facilities. Progression is steady and easy to understand, with each upgrade opening up new opportunities and slightly more demanding projects. While the management side of the game is relatively straightforward, it provides enough structure to keep players moving forward and gives context to the creative aspects of the experience. What sets the game apart is how much control it gives players during photo sessions. Instead of simplifying the process into a few button presses, it allows for detailed manipulation of subjects, including posing and positioning with a high level of precision. This system encourages experimentation, letting players craft specific compositions and adjust the scene to achieve their desired results. It’s a feature that adds depth and uniqueness, but it can also feel cumbersome at times, especially for players who prefer a more streamlined approach. The learning curve here is noticeable, and mastering the tools requires patience. Beyond the studio work, the game introduces a social layer that ties into progression. Interacting with clients and building relationships unlocks new opportunities and expands the range of available projects. This adds a sense of continuity to the experience, making it feel less like a series of isolated tasks and more like an evolving career. However, the integration of these systems is not always seamless, and the balance between management, interaction, and creativity can feel uneven, with some aspects receiving more attention than others. Visually, Photo Studio Simulator prioritizes function over polish. The environments and character models are serviceable, providing a workable space for the game’s mechanics without standing out in terms of detail or style. Lighting and composition within the studio are more important than overall graphical fidelity, and the game succeeds in making these elements readable and usable. That said, the presentation can feel inconsistent at times, reflecting its status as a smaller-scale project with evolving systems. One of the game’s defining traits is its attempt to combine multiple gameplay styles into a single experience. It offers elements of business simulation, creative sandbox design, and light social interaction, but not all of these systems are equally developed. The management side lacks the depth of more established simulators, and the progression can feel somewhat shallow once the main mechanics are understood. Repetition can also set in after extended play, particularly if the player is not fully engaged with the creative tools. Despite these limitations, the game has a certain appeal rooted in its originality. Few simulation titles focus so directly on photography as an interactive process, and this alone gives it a unique identity. For players who enjoy experimenting with poses, setups, and visual composition, there is genuine satisfaction to be found in refining each shoot and seeing the results come together. In the end, Photo Studio Simulator is a game that succeeds more through its concept than its execution. It offers a distinctive blend of creativity and management that can be engaging for the right audience, even if it lacks the polish and depth of more established titles. Those willing to work with its systems and overlook its rough edges will find an experience that, while imperfect, stands out for its willingness to do something different. Rating: 7/10
I have lot of hope for this game Edit: no improvements and dlc instead
Photo Studio Sim Review junk - whatever fun there is, it is killed by junk. STUPID: -camera - cannot move camera around during everyday photos, cannot zoom in -unlocks - locked behind level grind (not money), without information how (when) you unlock them. -decorations - cannot place them outside "photoshoot area". -"missing item slot" - only 1 item can be placed in photo area. 1 light, 1 decoration. -money - broken due to unfun gambling. -tasks - models assigments last 1 day and are random. -posing - during tasks models need to be manually moved into pose, which is shown by ghost overlay WHICH DISAPEARS WHEN YOU START MOVING THEIR LIMBS - WHY -models - locked behind progression. -bar - if you purchase an expensive drink, you cannot give it to anyone or hide it in inventory. -saving - no option to save photos you took and they disapear from ingame album GRAPHICS: -textures - bugged and unoptimized, often load in in lowest quality - you can reduce resolution scaling, but games starts to look pixelated -eye adaptation - heavly impacts everything and cannot disable it -lighting - underdeveloped, everything is super bright (white models) and characters have neon glow when you customize light during photos. -settings - there's zero graphical settings available. You can brute force something via config.ini file from UnrealEngine universal code, but good luck and it doesn't fix everything. If polished - it would be ok BUT it won't be polished, so cannot recommend it.
Perfect for me, thanks to the developers.
ok so after having a really rough start on it its better when you get past the start. so its not as other games how to's it veg sparce it just says to do something then the only video that has gameplay has no voice so its a bit nuts trying to find how to do some stuff took me a few hours to figure out date and outfits. Problems with game play - 1. customers will flock to only 1 of your photo areas and your other photo area will be dead without customers. i would like to see this where they where a little more spread out right now only people want is a filmshoot so its off a tad. 2. refilling photot film and public films why cant we just set it to auto refill on all of it it takes for ever to do something because your refilling everything and it a good min to do. 3. when a photoshoot is wanted for quest or date why cant we have a private room where the host will not send people because the switch to turn that off does not work. ive have tried on everything but still will not turn off where photo shoot A will not accept people ya i guess there is a lot more in this game that i have issues with but overall once you get past it turns out to be a good game no crashes. there is a lot to fix in it but the game is worth if you like the running you own photo company. Should be added in or worked on Auto refill - Hire someone refill the cameras idk understand why the guys using the camera dont just refill it. Setting up photo areas once you get to the big section of the building and unlocked there is a giant glass top to it that bleeds in light and can at some point flip your rep around. ya i dont understand it but my staff taking pictures and or me if we take them in the light tends to glitch out npc become invisible and will give you a thumbs down on your rank
Глюки в игре делают мне больно. Переодически люди просто отказываются снимать. Сидят и ждут чего-то. И это происходит постоянно
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