Winkeltje: The Little Shop

Winkeltje: The Little Shop

Released Apr 2022

Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Winkeltje: The Little Shop launched into 1.0 on April 22, 2022 and received meaningful post-launch content: a major free update alongside the Cat Companion DLC on October 19, 2023, and a significant pathfinding overhaul on February 8, 2024. The developer has been transparent about where the game stands today. On October 9, 2025, the developer explicitly stated that Winkeltje "has been in maintenance mode for a while now" following the February 2024 pathfinding update. They explained that improvements they wanted to make were too foundational to implement in the existing game without destabilizing it, and that they made the decision to "leave Winkeltje at its peak" rather than risk breaking it further. The developer's focus has shifted entirely to Faire Trade — a successor game that launched into Early Access on October 16, 2025, built from the ground up as effectively Winkeltje 2.0. The only DLC ever released for Winkeltje (the Cat Companion DLC) shipped on October 19, 2023, and no further DLC has been announced or listed. The last substantive update to the game was the February 8, 2024 pathfinding patch. The October 2025 security patch was a routine Unity vulnerability fix, not new content. The developer has clearly communicated that active development of Winkeltje is complete and future development energy is directed at Faire Trade.
Evidence
Faire Trade (the Winkeltje sequel/successor) launches into Early Access. Developer notes that future development updates will be posted on the Faire Trade community, not the Winkeltje page.
news post · Oct 16, 2025 source development ending
high
Developer explicitly states Winkeltje 'has been in maintenance mode for a while now' since the February 2024 pathfinding update, and that they chose to 'leave Winkeltje at its peak' rather than attempt further foundational changes. Future development is directed at the sequel, Faire Trade.
news post · Oct 9, 2025 source development ending
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Oct 2023

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Sassybot
Achievements
24
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Run your own old-world fantasy shop in Winkeltje: The Little Shop! Build, decorate, craft, sell, and become the master of your own shop in this timeless management game.

As the shopkeeper of your very own shop, you are in charge of buying, selling, keeping stock of your inventory, and making a profit. Items can be bought from traders or delivered at a fee.

  • Buy low, sell high, and make sure to satisfy your customers’ demands.

  • A large variety of items: from bulk goods and resources to vegetables and other food, clothes, tools, and even alchemical elixirs!

  • Play at your own pace and open your shop when you feel ready for a day of trading.

Bring out your interior designing skills by freely placing furniture and displays. Decorate your shop well to attract even more customers.

  • Tons of different furniture options, from tables and display shelves to counters and storage pallets and crafting stations.

  • Expertly place decorations to impress your customers and sell more!

  • Fine-tuned controls allow you to arrange the furniture with the greatest ease.

Expand your shop when you have amassed enough wealth. Be your own architect when building your fantasy shop.

  • Decide the shop’s floor plan and where to place doors, windows, or archways.

  • Increase the size of your store and make it more appealing, having all the items on sale.

  • Combine different wall and floor tiles to your heart’s desire.

Gather resources and decide which items to craft for the best profit margins.

  • Craft items at dedicated crafting stations, from tailor’s desk and forges to alchemy tables.

  • Gain experience to craft higher quality items (and sell them for more!).

Expand the store’s food stocks and grow delicious artichokes, cauliflowers, potatoes and other crops from your own vegetable garden.

  • Buy seeds, plant them, give them plenty of water (and love). Harvest the crops to sell in your store.

  • Be careful about your home-grown produce. If they aren’t cared for, they might wither and die.

Be prepared for customers’ needs to change with each new season. Random events can affect the supply and demand of goods and might give you an extra challenge (or a tidy profit if you play your cards right).

Hire employees to help out when things get too much to handle on your own.

  • Browse employee applications and decide who you want to hire or fire.

  • Raise the skill of your employees and your skill as the employer to attract more talent.

  • Manage employee salaries to keep your workers happy and productive.

Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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