Diner Dash vs Pixel Shopkeeper
Diner Dash
Diner Dash is the mobile version of the addictive time management game series of the same name that features a brand-new cooking adventure where you'll help Flo fend off Mr Big's attempt to bankrupt all the local diners, take over them, and set up his very unhealthy, Eat-Mor fast food restaurants. With 150 levels to play, you'll need to strategically seat and serve your customers while maximizing the tips you earn and the efficiency and speed at which you prepare the dishes. Satisfy the taste buds of various customers ranging from the fussy VIPs to the belligerent dine-and-dash-ers, by catering to their needs while keeping a close eye on them.Diner Dash is a game that's a long time coming but the wait is very much worth it, especially because PlayFirst has released Cooking Dash first to tide the fans over. However, if you are to compare the game with other similar games, we'd say that Diner Dash is more suitable for the hardcore time management gamer as there are seriously a lot of stuff to do - more than Cooking Dash or Cooking Fever, and definitely so much more than in Cooking Craze.
Pixel Shopkeeper
Pixel Shopkeeper is a fun, indie shop simulation and management game where you head out to raid dungeons just so you can gather items to sell and then sell them at your very own shop. The looting system in this game is immensely challenging. It has a bit of inventory management that may bring to mind dungeon crawlers like Diablo, but unlike those games, this one employs a tetris-like gameplay. So, basically, you'll be trying to bring back as many items as you can by fitting each oddly-shaped items (like tetris pieces) into your square-shaped bag. You can purchase other bags later on as well. Different bags have different grid shapes, making fitting those items a bit more challenging than usual. Some even have special grids that will double or triple the number of the item that is placed over it.Featuring nostalgic pixel graphics, this game also has a rather unique "crafting system" - if you even can call it that - whereby you can combine lower-level items to create a higher quality and hence, more valuable item. This also means that you may find yourself re-running lower level dungeons just so you can gather enough items to do your crafting.
Being a simulation game, your shop is upgradable too. You can purchase better furniture such as display shelves, tables, or cases to place more items on display. Note that only displayed items can be sold. You can also polish the items while waiting for customers just so you can get extra cash from the "Shiny" bonus. The adventurers you sell your items to may have special quests for you from time to time. Oh, and don't forget to tap on them as they pass by your shop to encourage them to check out your wares!
Despite its simple, pixel looks, Pixel Shopkeeper is a surprisingly in-depth shopkeeping simulation game with some elements of RPGs. It's very entertaining to be able to farm dungeons for the items you sell and even turn them into more profitable goods. If you enjoy a good shop simulation game and you like idle-like RPGs, then this is a game you don't want to miss!