Cooking Fever vs Pixel Shopkeeper
Cooking Fever
Cooking Fever is not only an insanely fun, restaurant-themed, time management game by Nordcurrent; it is also a game that’s fair to its players. Granted that you'll eventually need to spend the game's so-called "premium currency" or gems on either kitchen or shop upgrades, in order to get a 3-star rating for all levels, or even on unlocking a new restaurant, the game provides you with multiple ways to earn these gems for free. Not to mention, Cooking Fever's exciting gameplay is based on the popular, and hectic, Diner Dash game where you'll need to prepare the ingredients and cook the food before serving it to your waiting customers. The game also offers plenty of variety when it comes to the types of restaurants and cuisines as well as both forms of upgrades.Cooking Fever is the long-awaited time management game that fans of Diner Dash or other similar games would really enjoy. It's incredibly addictive, so be sure to clear up at least an hour of your time before booting up the game for the first time!
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!