About the Game
Fulfill your dream of owning and operating your own bookshop. Buy and sell inventory and use the profits to decorate and expand your shop. Build your business from a small boutique shop into a retail empire!
Buy and place bookshelves, then fill them with new books, comics, board games, and other items to sell. Run the cash register to earn revenue. As your business grows, hire employees to be cashiers and item stockers so you can focus on expansion.
Expand your reach to new locations around the world. Use your income from established shops to help set up new shops. Travel between shops to manage them and optimize your profits. Early access will launch with the France and Japan locations.
Use your profits to customize your store. Choose walls and floors. Decorate with rugs, plants, wall art, and more! Create specialized sections for your favorite genre, or build cozy book nooks.
Get boxes of used books that may contain rare mythical books. These books have powerful abilities to improve your profits and capabilities.
Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company every day in the shop. Buy food, a bed, and other items to keep the cat active and happy in the store.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Change Log 1.1.1258:
Fixed:
- Save migration breaking loading in a certain case
- New bookshelves not showing for clients in Multiplayer
- Scanner not showing UI on first unboxing
- Coffee cup crashes if thrown away
- Certain achievements not triggering
Change Log 1.0.1230
Fixed:
- Clients will now be rewarded achievements when connected to a host in Multiplayer
- Issue with Location switching clearing certain data
- Teleporter losing legendaries
- Cable for hanging signs going through Cotswolds floor
- Ambient sound switching to outside sounds when entering storage rooms
- Additional protection added to prevent first customer spot queue issue
- Series achievement granting should now work again
- Instant Add UI button should no longer show up unexpectedly
- Looking at a unique item will no longer lock it in store if not purchased
- Fixed edge case that allowed unsupported boxes to be placed on racks they shouldn't be allowed on (Pastry boxes on normal racks, normal boxes on pastry racks)
- Client inventory properly clears on switching locations
- Box dispenser customizations fixed and NPCs will no longer walk through it
- NPCs will no longer walk through the triple display stand
- Fixed invite only button preventing hosts from inviting others
Change log 1.0.1224:
Fixed:
- Stop board game material properly shows now
- Door in Paris is now properly solid
- Lyon pathing issues causing teleporting NPCs should be fixed
- Magazine shelf should appear properly for multiplayer clients
- Throwing away a paint can or floor tile will no longer cause any colored tiles/walls to get unloaded
- Flyers handed out stat properly tracks between sessions
Change log 0.12.1130
Added:
- Added loading messages, especially for loading Steam Workshop items
- Added check on registers for stuck queues when a player/employee takes over
Changed:
- Reduced file names for certain assets that may have been causing path too long issues for some users
Fixed:
- Large workshop items textures missing and turning white
- Case allowing the game to be started before Steam Workshop items have finished loading
- Rare case of customers being told to leave the store after queueing for a checkout counter causing register queues to get stuck
Change log V0.12.1125:
Fixed:
- Resolves some lag issues caused by Steam Workshop books from the change in loading
- Load times may also be slightly improved
Change Log V0.11.1090
Fixed:
- Certain settings should now properly persist
- Geometry issue in Paris that may have caused rare crashes on load
- Cafe pastries will sell properly when set to lower markups and chance for customers to want pastries increased
- Reduced icon sizes that were unnecessarily large
Hello everyone,
We've got a few minor fixes and improvements that we didn't want to hold until the next larger update for workshop related items. Due to the popularity of the workshop and a lot of people wanting to bring a lot of workshop items into existing saves, we've decided to do a quick re-balance on license grants. Up until Player Level 49, licenses will work exactly as they have before - 3 starting licenses at level 1 and an additional license every level until 49. At level 50, you will now receive 2 licenses per level. This is retroactive and will be applied to all players at or above level 50 so if you are above level 50, you will have more licenses available on starting your save. Short changelog of the full changes is below:
Change Log V0.10.1050:
Changed:
- Changed license grants - Player level 50 and up will now grant 2 licenses rather than 1
Fixed:
- Box label icons will now be the same size regardless of texture size for workshop items
- Unsubscribing from a workshop item will no longer cause a hang on load in certain circumstances
- Brushing Scammed power can now choose from workshop books as well as in-built books you have unlocked
Change Log V0.10.1046
Fixed:
- Recommended items will ring up at set price now rather than market price
- Stocking Helper Outlines not showing up for some users
- Modded childrens books showing 0 price in UI
- Modded icons being too small on box labels
- Modded books not counting against licenses and tutorial
Changed:
- Changed rotations on cafe counter variations 2 and 3. Placed corner counters of those will need picked up and rotated, other cafe furniture shouldn't need re-placed.
- Balanced cafe furniture prices
Fixed:
- Incorrect material texture for certain counter 2 variations
- Cafe achievements should all now trigger properly
Added:
- Added missing customization for coffee machine counter
Fixed:
- Fixed issue with customers not leaving cafe queue properly rarely
- Added additional protections against stuck customers
Fixed
Fixed issue with cats freezing the game in crowded stores/storage rooms
Current Release
Build 25278775
Uploaded Sep 16, 2026
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How to Install
Bookshop Simulator.exe to play
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• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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