Creep Shop Tycoon: a free shop tycoon game with twikoi's creatures on tees and mugs

What is Creep Shop Tycoon?

Creep Shop Tycoon is a free business sim in the style of Big Ambitions, made entirely of twikoi's drawings. You start with a little market stall and 800 ink coins of play money.

Every product is one of her creatures printed on a plain blank: a tee, a mug, a sticker sheet, a tote, a pin, an art print or a plush box. Her creatures are also your customers. They walk along the street with a bubble showing what they want, and every day a new trend is in fashion.

Set your prices, serve at the till, hire helpers, run poster campaigns with her pictures, decorate your shop and rent shops on five more streets. Climb the goals from your first sale to a Creep Empire.

How to play

Make products: tap Products, pick one of her creatures and a blank. Match today's trend (🔥) to sell more.
Set a fair price in ink coins (play money). Too cheap sells a lot but earns little; too pricey and people say "Too pricey!" and your stars drop.
Tap Open shop. Customers come in, browse and line up. Tap the till (or Serve) to ring them up faster.
Restock before things sell out, or keep auto-restock on so the supplier refills at night.
Hire helpers with traits (fast, friendly, chatty, sleepy...). A shop you're not in needs a helper to stay open.
Grow: unlock designs, add decor, run ads, borrow from the bank, rent shops on new streets and make them bigger.

Features

Six streets, each with its own crowd, wealth and favourite styles, from Market Lane to Moonlit Market.
Seven kinds of products and three quality levels, with her drawing printed on every one.
Customers who decide by price, stars, trend, queue length and whether their own face is on the shelf.
Helpers with traits, VIP shoppers who tip, rival shops that open next door, rainy days, tour buses and festivals.
An end-of-day report with charts and tips, a weekly best seller, and fourteen goals up to a Creep Empire.
Saves by itself, even in the middle of a day. An idle mode runs the days for you.

Modes, levels and unlocks

Career: Start with a stall and grow to a shop on every street. A good run to the Creep Empire takes about an hour, and you can keep building after.
Trend of the day: One seeded day, the same for everyone: a corner shop, a budget and six designs. Beat the shop bot's profit for a medal and share your score.

Tips

Look at tomorrow's trend in the night report and get a matching product ready in the morning.
Lots of "Bargain!" bubbles mean you could ask a little more. Lots of "Too pricey!" means come down.
A creature buys more readily when its own face is on the shelf, so variety pays.
Long lines lose customers: tap the till, hire a fast helper or grow the shop.
When a rival opens next door, a poster campaign keeps your crowd coming.

Who will like Creep Shop Tycoon?

Creep Shop Tycoon is for anyone who likes running a little business: making things, setting prices and watching the shop get busier. A day takes about a minute, so it's easy to play in short bursts.

It is also for fans of twikoi's art: every creature you meet can be printed, and the design book links to each one on her site.

Questions

Is Creep Shop Tycoon free?

Yes. Creep Shop Tycoon is free to play in your web browser. No sign-up, no ads. The ink coins in the game are play money and can't be bought or spent outside it.

Does it work on phones?

Yes. It is made for phones first: big buttons, menus that slide up from the bottom and a big Serve button for your thumb. On a computer you can also use the keyboard (space to serve, 1 to 5 for the menus).