Co-op horror-comedy · 1-4 players · Steam · Nov 1
Run a 24-hour pawn shop where the customers are monsters. Haggle with Bigfoot. Read the paper to learn which monster isn't a costume. Hit the lockdown button, last 30 seconds, and punch the money out of every real monster inside before the Little Men in Black take them away. And when the vampire asks about the stake: that's not for sale.
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Security footage · real in-game captures
CAM 01 · COUNTERCAM 02 · REGISTER
CAM 03 · LOCKDOWN
CAM 04 · SALES FLOOR
CAM 05 · SHELF A
CAM 06 · SHELF B
CAM 07 · STREET
CAM 08 · FRONT WINDOW
CAM 09 · LOCKDOWN
CAM 10 · AISLE
CAM 11 · AISLE
CAM 12 · COUNTER
CAM 13 · AISLE
CAM 14 · COUNTER
CAM 15 · COUNTER
CAM 16 · SALES FLOOR
CAM 17 · LOCKDOWN
CAM 18 · SHELF C
CAM 19 · AISLE
CAM 20 · BOOTH
CAM 21 · STREET
CAM 22 · SECURITY
CAM 23 · DOOR
CAM 24 · DOOR
CAM 25 · DOOR
CAM 27 · HOCKEY
CAM 28 · COMPUTER
CAM 29 · DAY BOOK
CAM 30 · COUNTER
CAM 31 · SHOPThe night shift
Buy low, sell at retail, make rent. Most of the monsters in line are con-goers in costume from the Monster Con across the street. One of each kind is real. The lockdown button is how it becomes somebody else's problem.
CAM 01 · COUNTER
Three buttons: Lowball, Fair offer, Sweeten the deal. A tag over every customer says whether they are selling or buying, before they reach the till. Every customer has a temper. Push the wrong one too far and he grabs a fistful of your drawer and runs for the door. There's a button for that too: one at every register.
CAM 03 · LOCKDOWN
The paper says how to spot the real monster, and the one thing it's scared of this game. Hit a lockdown button (every register has one, and so does the security booth): the doors lock for 30 seconds, and every real monster inside drops the act, turns red and comes for you, each in its own way. A shape on the floor shows where every strike will land, and the chase is a stamina duel, so keep a shelf between you (hold C to crouch behind it). Punch it, bat it, golf-club it, tase it, spray it or give it both barrels: every hit pays, and the better the weapon, the more it pays. Nobody has health, only a knockdown gauge. Still standing at zero? A pair of Little Men in Black takes each monster away for good, and each arrest pays. (Lock in a guy in a foam suit and Officer Duggan writes you a fine.)
CAM 02 · REGISTER
Somebody always wants the one thing you need: the thing a monster is scared of, your only bat, or whatever Gnomez's guy is paying for. Hold N to refuse. They take it personally. You keep it.
CAM 05 · SHELF A
Bought a haunted doll? When she starts humming, grab her, or every shelf ends up on the floor. Then sell her to the Raccoons in a Trench Coat. Now there's a fourth raccoon. It stares.
Pop quiz · 3:12 AM
Two Garys at your counter. Same TV. Same smile. One of them has been practicing. Check the glass: the copy's reflection runs about a second late.
Spot the fake. Play free in your browser
CAM 06 · SHELF B
Your business partner
A homeless garden gnome lives in a box behind your counter, insists he's your business partner, and really wants to be an elf. The traffic cone is a pretend elf hat. The mustache is all his. He practices by "restocking" your best stuff onto the shelves, so you'll be telling customers it's not for sale.
"It was so pretty on the shelf."
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Humans, cryptids, aliens, ghosts, a vampire who waits to be invited in, and things that are pretending to be Gary. Every one wants to buy, sell or eat something.
Pawns the same TV every night.
Tell: Scratches on the TV. Fixes his hair in the mirror.
Same TV. No scratches. Knows your name.
CAUGHT ON CAMERATell: No scratches. A reflection that runs a second late.
Fake mustache. It is crooked. He knows.
CAUGHT ON CAMERATell: The mustache. Always the mustache.
After 2 AM. Waits to be invited in.
CAUGHT ON CAMERATell: Will not cross the doorway until you invite him.
Shiny garbage. Sometimes a real ring.
CAUGHT ON CAMERATell: Count the heads. Then count them again.
Alien. Collects human objects. Asks about spoons.
Tell: Antennae twitch when he lies about spoons.
Warns of disasters. Really loves your lamp.
Tell: Stares at the lamp. Do not sell the lamp.
Spider in a mom wig. Wants the manager.
Tell: Eight legs, one wig. Wants your manager.
Alligator in a hoodie. Do not lowball.
Tell: Lowball him once. Only once.
Five rats. One crown. Many opinions.
Tell: The crown is real. The rats disagree.
Antlers. Hunger. Do not refuse rudely.
Tell: Never refuse him rudely.
Gnomez's estranged family. Protection racket.
Tell: Offers protection. From themselves.
Swamp Hag, Chupacabra, the Haunted Mime, Medusa, a Genie, the Headless Horseman, Death, the Landlord, a Loan Shark (literally) and the Devil, who reads the fine print.
PLAY TO UNLOCKOnline co-op · browser and Steam
Never invite the vampire in. Invite 3 friends instead, by invite link in your browser or through Steam. Everyone works a register and sells from the same stock, so you'll hear one sentence a lot.
YOU SOLD THE STAKE?!
Free in your browser · or $9.99 a copy on Steam, a crew of 4 for less than a pizza night
The host is the boss: only they open the shop for the night and buy the upgrades. The host's save carries the crew: same shop, same debts, same cursed doll. One of you can sit in the security booth and watch the cameras. When the doors lock, somebody gets knocked down, and a friend can get them back up sooner. They don't have to. Invite by link in the browser, or through Steam.
From back alley to the Grand Exchange
Arrest every kind of monster that visits your shop and the union gives you an award: from then on you can pay the fee and move up on any day. At the new place every monster is back, and you catch them all again. What you learned about them stays with you. Pay rent every week or get evicted down a rung. Five storefronts, each a much bigger room than the last: more aisles to hide behind, worse things to hide from. Gnomez's mustache keeps up.
Coming to Steam Early Access
Steam emails you the moment the shop opens, and launch week is 10% off ($8.99). Every wishlist also pushes a solo dev's game further up Steam's charts on launch day.
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Sold only on Steam, in Early Access. Made by one person at Little King Studio. *The game itself follows Steam's refund policy. The cursed items do not.