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About Payout: Shop Simulator
Payout: Shop Simulator is a management game from Bigos Games that dropped on November 7, 2025. It tasks you with building a store, hiring staff, and using physics-based vehicles like vans, forklifts, and trucks to deliver goods. The goal is to balance shop upgrades with delivery efficiency. It’s a straightforward sim with a focus on logistics and resource management. No open worlds or storylines, just running a business with a twist of real-time physics. Good for players who enjoy methodical planning and grinding towards incremental progress.
Gameplay
You spend most sessions arranging shelves, restocking inventory, and assigning workers to tasks. Deliveries require using vehicles with realistic physics, stacking crates in a van means calculating weight distribution to avoid spills. Forklifts handle warehouse tasks, while trucks tackle long-distance hauls. Controls are basic but responsive, leaning on point-and-click simplicity for management. Each delivery adds to profits, which you reinvest in bigger shops and more employees. The pace is slow; sessions often drag if you’re stuck waiting for workers to finish tasks. Still, the physics puzzles and balancing act between income and expansion keep it engaging for casual playthroughs.
What Players Think
Critic reviews average 82/100, while user ratings hit 85%. Players log 15, 20 hours on average, with 65% completing the main story. Community moods are 70% positive, 20% neutral, and 10% negative. Achievement completion is 78% on average, with 50+ trophies rewarding efficient delivery routes and shop upgrades. Reviews highlight the “satisfying feedback loop of growth” but complain about repetitive early-game tasks. One user wrote, “Physics puzzles make deliveries fun, but hiring workers feels like a chore.” Others note it’s “a solid sim for downtime, but not a must-buy.”
PlayPile's Take
Payout: Shop Simulator works best for fans of slow-burn management games. At $29.99, it’s affordable but offers little beyond its core loop of expansion and delivery. The physics elements add novelty, but the repetitive nature might wear thin after 20 hours. With 50+ achievements, it’s good for completionists, but solo players might find it too monotonous. If you crave a relaxing sim with minimal stress and a focus on logistics, this is worth a try. Otherwise, skip it.
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