Wares & Wonders: Fantasy Shop Simulator

Wares & Wonders is a cozy first-person fantasy shop simulator where every customer and every item matters.

Customers, Not a Crowd

     The people of Mirapol come into your shop with a purpose. A cook may be looking for ingredients for a banquet, an adventurer for potions before setting out, and a dwarf for a blade they won't be ashamed to carry. What this visitor needs, though, you'll pick up from their words, habits, and reactions to your wares.

• Learn the habits of the locals — magical and otherwise.

• Take their profession, their means, and what they need today into account.

• Remember your regulars: next time, they may be looking for something completely different.

• Explore the city and run a shop people come back to — not just for goods, but with problems money can't solve.

Every Item Has Its Place

     You do everything by hand here: carry it, set it down, move it around — and try not to break it.

     Weapons look better on racks, armor on mannequins, and jewelry behind glass. The right display helps an item find the right customer. A sword on the floor is still a sword, of course. It just doesn't make quite the same impression.

Good Business Starts with Paying Attention

• Notice what people are after — and why they leave empty-handed.

• Choose what to sell: one rare item can be worth more than a whole crate of common goods if the right buyer walks in.

• Set and adjust your prices: events around the city can reshape demand in a single day.

• Change your displays, selection, and the quality of your stock: even the finest goods will gather dust on the shelves if customers never notice them.

• Work the counter, grow your business, and hire helpers: decide who to trust with the register, the stockroom, or the garden.

Beyond the Door, a Story Begins

     Explore Mirapol, meet its residents, take on quests, and pick up rumors. A conversation with a merchant can help you learn more about an item, a strange request can lead to a new story, and a familiar face may come back with an order you'd never expect.

     Find out why the shop ended up in your hands — and what you'll have to do to keep it from closing.

One Shop, Four Pairs of Hands

     Play alone or run a shared shop with friends. One player buys stock, another serves customers, while a third arranges the displays… and wrecks half the shop in the process, leaving the fourth plenty to do with a broom.

     There's work for everyone: working the counter, buying stock, managing the stockroom, tending the garden, making deliveries, and running errands around the city.

Everything can be picked up. Almost everything can be broken. Every new visitor comes in with something specific in mind. Figuring out exactly what — that's your job.
Shall we?