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📚Bookshop Simulator
Alphabetize, shelve, and gently ruin your friendship over cafe placement.
8.7 / 10
1–4 players
🌿Chill
Players
1–4
Released
Jul 20, 2026
Developer
Blep Games
Price
$19.99
Multi-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller support
Cozy management sim where you source stock, curate shelves, and run the attached cafe of your own bookshop. The 1.0 update (early August 2026) finally added up to 4-player online co-op via simple Steam invites, and reviews jumped to 94% Very Positive on the strength of it. Zero stakes, maximum bickering over shelf organization.
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Fulfill your dream of owning and operating your own bookshop. Buy and sell inventory and use the profits to decorate and expand your shop. Build your business from a small boutique shop into a retail empire!
Buy and place bookshelves, then fill them with new books, comics, board games, and other items to sell. Run the cash register to earn revenue. As your business grows, hire employees to be cashiers and item stockers so you can focus on expansion.
Expand your reach to new locations around the world. Use your income from established shops to help set up new shops. Travel between shops to manage them and optimize your profits. Early access will launch with the France and Japan locations.
Use your profits to customize your store. Choose walls and floors. Decorate with rugs, plants, wall art, and more! Create specialized sections for your favorite genre, or build cozy book nooks.
Get boxes of used books that may contain rare mythical books. These books have powerful abilities to improve your profits and capabilities.
Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company every day in the shop. Buy food, a bed, and other items to keep the cat active and happy in the store.
🎮This one plays better on a pad — our pick: Xbox Wireless Controller
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Gear picks
Gear up for Bookshop Simulator
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A controller for the party gamesPhysics chaos, sports slop and couch-style co-op play better on a pad. Works with Steam right out of the box.Our pick: Xbox Wireless Controller →On a budget: GameSir G7 SE →
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A headset your squad can actually hearProximity chat is the whole game. Hear the footsteps behind you, and stop the crackle that gets you muted.Our pick: HyperX Cloud III →On a budget: Razer BlackShark V2 X →
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A USB mic for the shot-callerIf you're the one making the calls (or lying through social deduction), a desk mic beats any headset boom.Our pick: FIFINE AmpliGame AM8 →On a budget: TONOR TC310 USB microphone →
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A wireless mouse that won't die mid-raidSurvival-crafting and extraction runs are long. A light wireless mouse with a long battery life keeps you in it.Our pick: Logitech G305 Lightspeed →
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Mods
Player-cap and essential quality-of-life mods, curator-verified where possible.No player-cap mods tracked for this game. Know one? Submit it.
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