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Bookshop Simulator

Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and…

20 July 2026

Bookshop Simulator is an indie developed by Blep Games, released 20 July 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Bookshop Simulator is

Bookshop Simulator is an indie game developed by Blep Games and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity 6.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company along the way!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Bookshop Simulator launched on 20 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Bookshop Simulator come out?
Bookshop Simulator was released on 20 July 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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