Tiny Bookshop

The people of this town think that Tolstoy isn't poetic, that films aren't a pastime, and that Verne's 'At the Earth's Core' isn't fantasy. I've heard it all now — customers are the worst, amirightorwhat?!

很療癒的遊戲:D

This is a sweet, cozy, "community helps community" kind of game with a lot of love for diversity, themes of friendship, family, and chosen family, and settling in a new place that you want to call home. There's a lot of great quests for different characters, a cool selection of books and genres, and locations, and it's fun dressing up your little mobile bookshop for different locations (the presets function is incredible). There's no negative consequences for getting a Rec wrong (and sometimes you really won't have anything that suits, though make sure to always look outside of the genre they're asking for first!), and you can pretty heavily customise and tweak accessibility in ways that suit you. Some cons include the fact that every time I recommended a story on feminism/LGBT theory or Black theory to a customer asking for something "political" they'd go "that's not very political." Which is uh, incorrect, and a bit weird for a game that clearly does showcase diversity and different themes. I could never quite wrap my head around the fact that Black women fighting for their rights was not considered political, even though the book listing and blurb was right there. It felt jarring and tonedeaf for the game itself. (I could understand it in a game that wasn't going out of its way to depict this kind of diversity, but in one that is??) I appreciated the cast of characters, they were each allowed to be flawed (and sometimes annoying depending on what you like/don't like) in their own ways. Generally speaking it was not buggy/glitchy, and it never crashed for me, and every achievement triggered properly (except for one, which I think bugged out and then eventually corrected itself). Ultimately I also got a nice little reading list out of it! And it was incredibly fun to see titles from my own shelves, like Ace, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, etc. along with many beloved classics and some really interesting crime / fantasy etc. I definitely recommend this game to folks looking for a cozy, gentle game with good pacing, and a lot of meaningful cosmetic adjustments along the way! It was fun collecting every item. :D

I adore this game! Initally I started playing it here on steam through family share, but then I decided I needed it on the Switch so I could play it on the move and on the lounge. I have 15+ hours on the Switch and still love playing it. I wanted a game that didn't stress me out with skill trees and timed challenges. It's perfect for that kind of relaxing, still progressive and story driven, but low intensity game play. I love the decoration options and collectibles and especially love that you can save the different designs as presets. The different genres and the fact the books are all real titles is so fun. I like finding books I've read and getting excited to recommend them to people. With that in mind, I have found in very rare cases that sometimes a book is rejected despite being a perfect match in my opinion. It has only happened maybe twice but it did annoy me when I know that I've read the title, and what theyre asking for is a slam dunk. I think this style of game and premise could lead into another lovely game from your studio that is like a match maker type game. Meeting people through the book store or a different type of store, learning their likes and dislikes and lining them up for dates in the store with other customers you've server previously. I kept thinking about it in this game (I want to match Fern and Klaus!) about who should meet who, and who would make good friends or partners. My only true qualm is that there is only one map that wants kids books, and then customers only buy like 5. I am inundated! I have almost 300 kids books, I need another outlet for them! lol An otherwise perfect game. Sometimes I do want to throw hands with Maryam though...

Very cute and satisfying management game. The pace is nice and slow. Very cozy. Love it!

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