Bookshop Simulator
Managers & Passive Income Explained
How managers, manager desks, passive income and expansion fit together.
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Game Guides
I spend a lot of time playing simulator and horror games, usually while making the worst possible decisions. These are the useful versions of what I learned. No giant wiki dump. Just the stuff I would actually want to know before starting.
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Deep-dive utility guides
Specific answers for the games I have covered heavily, built around the questions I actually had while playing.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
Employees & Automation Guide
When to hire, what to automate first and how staff changes the shop.
Read the guide →Gacha Capsule Shop Simulator
Shop Setup & Money Tips
Machines, coin capacity, demand, collecting and when to expand.
Read the guide →Gacha Capsule Shop Simulator
Staff & Automation Guide
When staff and machine upgrades start saving enough time to matter.
Read the guide →Ultimate Theater Simulator
Money, Upgrades & What to Focus On First
How I read bottlenecks and decide what deserves the next dollar.
Read the guide →Ultimate Theater Simulator
Staff Guide
Cashiers, janitors, payroll and when staff should come before expansion.
Read the guide →Simulator Guides
Shops, jobs, management games and all the systems I probably should have understood before breaking them.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
Beginner Guide: How I Would Start a New Shop
My casual TCG Card Shop Simulator beginner guide covering money, stock, shop expansion, staff, tables, card opening and the mistakes that can slow a new store down.
Read the guide →Retro Rewind
Beginner Guide: How to Run the Video Store Without Losing Your Mind
A casual Retro Rewind beginner guide covering shelves, returns, employees, new releases, reservations, late fees and the easiest way to keep the video store under control.
Read the guide →Gacha Capsule Shop Simulator
Beginner Guide: How to Grow Your Shop in Akihabara
My casual Gacha Capsule Shop Simulator beginner guide covering machines, stock, rare figures, staff, shop expansion and what I would focus on first in Akihabara.
Read the guide →Ultimate Theater Simulator
Beginner Guide: How to Keep the Theater Under Control
My casual Ultimate Theater Simulator beginner guide covering staff, concessions, theater expansion, upgrades and the strange problems that show up once customers arrive.
Read the guide →Bookshop Simulator
Beginner Guide: Managers, Passive Income and What to Focus on First
My casual Bookshop Simulator beginner guide covering stock, managers, passive income, new locations, cafes and the things I would focus on before expanding too fast.
Read the guide →Alien Market Simulator
Beginner Guide: What to Upgrade First on Your Space Station
My casual Alien Market Simulator beginner guide covering the shop, fuel, food, staff, cleaning, the loan and how I would expand the space station without creating chaos.
Read the guide →Sunset Motel
Beginner Guide: How to Get the Motel Running Without Doing Everything at Once
My casual Sunset Motel beginner guide covering room renovation, guest needs, staff, supplies, facilities and the best way to grow without turning the motel into nonstop chores.
Read the guide →Supermarket Simulator
Beginner Guide: How to Grow Without Going Broke
My casual Supermarket Simulator beginner guide covering prices, stock, licenses, storage, restockers, cashiers and why expanding the store too early can make everything harder.
Read the guide →Waterpark Simulator
Beginner Guide: What to Build, Upgrade and Hire First
My casual Waterpark Simulator beginner guide covering early attractions, staff, cleaning, repairs, research, upgrades and how to grow the park without creating nonstop chaos.
Read the guide →Worming from Home
Beginner Guide: How to Survive Your First Office Days as a Worm
My casual Worming from Home beginner guide covering movement, office tasks, the printer, messages, video calls and how to make the physics slightly less impossible.
Read the guide →Horror Guides
Puzzles, survival tips, strange rules and the stuff I wish I knew before walking into the scary place.
Poppy Playtime Chapter 1
Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 Guide: GrabPack, Power Puzzles and Huggy Wuggy
My casual Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 guide covering the GrabPack, power puzzles, Make A Friend and surviving the Huggy Wuggy chase.
Read the guide →Choo Choo Charles
Choo Choo Charles Beginner Guide: Scraps, Train Upgrades and Surviving Charles
My casual Choo Choo Charles beginner guide covering scrap, train upgrades, quests, weapons and getting ready for the final fight.
Read the guide →BIGFOOT
BIGFOOT Solo Guide: Cameras, Traps, Supplies and Staying Alive
My casual BIGFOOT solo guide covering scouting, cameras, traps, supplies, healing and how I would approach the hunt alone.
Read the guide →The Classrooms
The Classrooms Beginner Guide: Microphone, Procedural Levels and Surviving Entities
My casual The Classrooms beginner guide covering procedural layouts, microphone input, entities, inventory and staying oriented between runs.
Read the guide →Happy’s Humble Burger Farm
Happy’s Humble Burger Farm Guide: Orders, Infractions and Surviving the Night Shift
My casual Happy’s Humble Burger Farm guide covering orders, infractions, kitchen setup, upgrades and surviving the night shift.
Read the guide →Dreamcore Dead Mall
Dreamcore Dead Mall Guide: How to Explore Without Getting Completely Lost
My casual Dreamcore Dead Mall guide with simple navigation tips for exploring the mall, using landmarks and finding your way through the level.
Read the guide →BrokenLore: LOW
BrokenLore: LOW Guide: Village Exploration, Gashadokuro and the Secret Ending
My casual BrokenLore: LOW guide covering the Japanese village, exploration, surviving Gashadokuro and what to know about the secret ending collectibles.
Read the guide →The Cabin Factory
The Cabin Factory Guide: What Counts as Haunted and How to Finish a Shift
My casual The Cabin Factory anomaly guide covering what counts as haunted, how to inspect cabins and how the eight correct inspections work.
Read the guide →Who’s at the Door?
Who’s at the Door? Guide: When to Open the Door and When to Take Medicine
My casual Who’s at the Door? guide explaining hallucinations, the medicine decision, the eight day loop and how the hidden doll pieces connect to the true ending.
Read the guide →SENARA: The Sacrament
SENARA: The Sacrament Beginner Guide: Inventory, RFID Cards and Surviving the Ship
My casual SENARA: The Sacrament beginner guide covering inventory space, documents, RFID access cards, puzzles and surviving the ship.
Read the guide →New deep-dive guides
More answers for the strongest game clusters
Focused pages for the specific questions that are too important to bury inside one giant beginner guide.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
Tables vs Retail: What Should You Focus On?
How I decide how much floor space goes to play tables versus the retail side.
Read the guide →TCG Card Shop Simulator
Money & Progression Tips
The stock, payroll, tables and collecting priorities I use to keep progression moving.
Read the guide →Bookshop Simulator
When Should You Open Another Location?
The manager, cash-buffer and stability checks I use before expanding.
Read the guide →Bookshop Simulator
Café Expansion Guide
Why I treat the café like a second business inside the bookstore and when I would add it.
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