Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet

Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet

Released Aug 2021

Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!

76% positive · 405 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Shop Tycoon: Prepare Your Wallet launched on August 25, 2021 as a finished product. The only DLC is a soundtrack that was released on the same day as the game itself. There have been no major content updates to this game since launch — the developer's news posts are almost entirely announcements for other games in their catalog. The most relevant signal for this game comes from the developer's own June 26, 2025 overview post, where they directly addressed Shop Tycoon's future: they are currently working on Shop Tycoon 2 as a separate game, and once that is finished, they "might" port Shop Tycoon 1 to a new engine with HD visuals — but only after consulting the community, and with no firm commitment. This is not a promise of content updates to the existing game; it's a vague possibility of a port, contingent on finishing a sequel first. The game launched as a complete package with no post-launch content cycle, no announced updates, and no unreleased DLC. The developer's own statement confirms that their attention for this IP has moved on to a sequel. Shop Tycoon 1 is a finished product.
Evidence
Developer's multi-game overview post states they are currently working on Shop Tycoon 2: Revenge of the Bandytko Gang. Any update to Shop Tycoon 1 (a possible engine port with HD visuals) is speculative, contingent on finishing the sequel, and subject to community feedback — not a committed update.
news post · Jun 26, 2025 source development ending
high
The only DLC is a soundtrack released on launch day. No additional DLC has been released or announced since.
dlc listing · Aug 25, 2021 source content shipped
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Aug 2021

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Airem
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Information

Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Start with a small store, then build a huge store with parking lots, offices for employees, a huge fleet of cars.

Shop Tycoon can be played either as a relaxed fun game with no competition or as a brutal and unforgiving shop simulator where a Gang of "Bandytko" is just waiting to get your money or hurt you.

Build a supermarket, game store, sex shop or trade good Polish vodka. Build parking lots so that more and more customers come to the store, and you generate more and more income.

Expand your car fleet to increase the turnover of your store. You can also hire managers to control your fleet and employees.

Build a bus parking lot, attract even more customers to your wonderful store to increase your income. Also, you can raise the level of the bus and other elements in the game.

At the beginning, you have to do everything yourself (like a one-person studio Airem), but over time you can start hiring employees, e.g. managers who will perform various activities for you (they will check the products, expiry date etc.), or also security staff who will catch thieves in store. Automate your business and make more money.

Expand your chain of stores around the world, advertise your store on the Internet, TV or radio. Organize sales and combine it with advertising on the Internet/TV/Radio. When you get into trouble, you can get a loan in various ways.... or close the shop permanently!

Provide your customers with many amenities such as mobile payments, baskets, club cards and much more.

Manage employees who can get sick or go on vacation, fire the bastard ([spoiler]xD[/spoiler]) if he wants a raise... or if he deserves it, give it to him.

PROS

  • Steam Trading Cards, emots etc.

  • Celebrities

  • Make your own store

  • Highscores

  • 4 endings

  • 29 languages + Belarusian

  • Own logo (shop, car fleet, etc.)

  • Steam Achievements

  • Steam Cloud

  • Supported gamepad, mouse or You can use only keyboard

  • Sell vodka (you can sell to kids)

  • Watch out for the sanitary and epidemiological station

  • Save your business from bankruptcy and create a successful, lasting brand for your store.

  • Relaxing music and sounds

CONS

  • You have to pay rent every month, taxes etc. :-/

  • Bandytko gang, make life difficult etc :-(

The full game has many other features that are not listed here as there is a character limit in the description.

Last evaluated Jun 24, 2026
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