Duty Free Shop Simulator tasks you with stocking shelves, serving customers, and catching smugglers in an airport retail setting. The game has a solid management loop at its core, though current performance issues and unpolished mechanics significantly hamper the experience. It's best suited for early access enthusiasts willing to tolerate rough edges in hopes of future refinement.
About this game
Run your own airport duty free shop, manage stocks, catch smugglers, sell & grow!
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What players are saying
▼ Not recommended0 hrs
In its current state, the game feels broken and unplayable. I was wondering why it was so cheap, and after about 10 minutes of playing I can see why. I wouldn’t play this game even if it was free, and I will be refunding it immediately.
The tutorial starts by telling you to open the shop and serve customers when you have no stock on the shelves. So I try to order stock, but the items that arrive aren’t even what I selected. For example, ordering chewing gum somehow results in powdered sugar being delivered instead.
On top of that, customers just stand around the shop not doing anything, and some claim they can’t find items on the shelves when I literally can’t even place the correct items because the game gives me the wrong products.
Overall it feels very poorly made and unfinished. It really shouldn’t have been released in this state. It’s a broken mess and I wouldn’t recommend wasting your time or money on it.
Has potential, but it’s pretty rough right now. The core gameplay and atmosphere are actually solid, but bugs and optimization issues can really mess with the flow sometimes. Still, if the dev keeps updating and polishing it, this could turn into a really good indie sim game. Definitely feels Early Access, but not in a hopeless way.
People just stand in your store, open or closed. Their feet float back and forth while they stand still. No organic walking in. you can see your next customer walking from across the airport. The "women" have dad bods in fatigues. the sun doesn't move in the sky. the tiles in the store don't line up with the walls. I was excited once, when I thought the shelves had grid placement. This isn't fit to sell. Anyone who leaves a positive review at this... stage... should not be allowed to leave reviews. This developer needed money for a quarter pounder, so they released this. 1/10.
Hello shopkeepers! Thank you so much for playing Duty Free Shop Simulator. We have been reading every review and comment, and today we are releasing our biggest update so far. Store Customization New CUSTOMIZATION tab on the store computer 29 finishes for walls, floors, ceilings and wall bases, from Sage Green Plaster and Walnut Veneer to Herringbone Parquet, Terrazzo and Checkerboard Marble New finishes unlock as you level up, so there is always something new to buy Full interior makeover: no more plain white walls, new lighting with soft shadows and ambient occlusion, and better placed decorations Steam Achievements 10 achievements to unlock, from your First Sale all the way to Duty Free Legend at level 30 Already made progress? Load your save and the milestones you have reached (level, expansions, licenses, cashier) unlock automatically Menus & Interface Redesigned main menu, a new pause menu (Resume, Settings, Controls, Save & Quit) and loading screens New Controls screen and improved gamepad support Resolution, display mode (Fullscreen, Windowed, Exclusive Fullscreen) and VSync options, plus a sensible default quality for your hardware Task cards, the price window, cash desk screens and the HUD are restyled and easier to read Mouse sensitivity and Invert Y now work correctly Gameplay & Balance Reworked task chain: 32 tasks that follow the order in which content unlocks, with a clearer first day Faster progression: about 30% less XP needed to reach level 30 Daily events such as Flight Delays now really change customer traffic Autosave at the start of every day Products still in shoppers' carts are no longer lost when the day ends or you quit; they go back into stock Customers Customers now walk into the East Wing and the Grand Hall after you buy them Shoppers no longer get stuck at a self checkout you picked up, or vanish at the exit Opening and closing the store no longer spawns extra travelers Typing the exact total at the card terminal (for example 1,140.00) ...
Hey everyone 👋The game is now live in Early Access.First of all, sorry about the bugs and rough parts you might run into right now. I know there are issues and I’m already working on fixing them as fast as I can.I’m a solo indie developer and this is my first game, so I’m still learning as I go and improving things step by step with updates.Thanks a lot to everyone who’s supporting and giving feedback, it really helps.More updates and fixes are coming soon ❤️
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