Beans: The Coffee Shop Simulator

ACHIEVEMENT HUNTER WARNING: Achievements are broken - none trigger. Sub-par story and broken achievements all-around. Also very buggy. Times when the game would not allow me to place an appliance down in an open/valid spot, requiring me to hit escape twice and spam click that location for it to register. Also, when I "Exit Game" at the home screen, it freezes so I need to close it from the Taskbar (Alt-F4 doesn't even work). Surprised the Devs didn't get around to fixing the bugs given how many rough reviews they've received. Wouldn't waste the money until there are fixes.

I enjoyed the game, too buggy to recommend at the moment, sadly. Achievements fully broken.

Not bad to kill time but honestly there are better simulator type games you can play. It can be pretty dialog heavy at points with no real way to skip past it. It is also pretty buggy. I had to force quit every time I wanted to exit the game. None of the achievements worked. I finally gave up on the final(?) level when one of my purchased appliances disappeared making researching with it impossible.

I got this game from a Humble Bundle pack and on the surface it's right up my alley. It's a simulator game with an interesting enough storyline and pixel art. Unfortunately, the mechanics are boring, the game is incredibly buggy and I've never been able to play for more than 10 minutes because of how buggy it is.

Broken

Beans: The Coffee Shop Simulator is a lighthearted management and simulation game developed and published by Whitethorn Games that approaches the café-sim genre from a deliberately quirky and comedic angle. Instead of striving for realism or deep economic modeling, the game leans into parody, absurdity, and playful experimentation, framing the act of running a coffee shop as both a business challenge and a source of constant jokes. From its opening moments, it makes clear that this is a game more interested in personality and humor than in simulating the real-world complexities of café operations. The premise places you in charge of a small coffee shop with big expectations attached to it. You gradually expand from a modest setup into increasingly elaborate cafés, each with its own objectives and odd complications. Progression is structured around discrete locations and scenarios, each presenting a mix of financial goals, story beats, and unusual challenges. These scenarios often escalate in unexpected ways, introducing narrative twists that range from corporate rivalries to outright absurd confrontations, ensuring that the experience never fully settles into a predictable managem…