Thrifty Business demo lets you arrange tiny treasures on cozy shelves

The demo for Thrifty Business is available now, offering a cozy shop sim centred on arranging little items across many shelves. Spellgarden Games, the studio behind Sticky Business, calls it a "laid-back management sim" focused on pixel pushing rather than profit min‑maxing, haggling minigames, or rushing to serve customers.

Its tactile focus will appeal to players who enjoy fiddling with objects in games like Potion Craft or sorting shop shelves in Tiny Bookshop. You buy mystery boxes of used goods, then puzzle over where each bobble belongs, deciding how to theme and arrange displays.

Each item carries tags — for purpose ('kitchen', 'toy'), style ('vintage', 'y2k') and color — and grouping similar pieces boosts a store organization rating. The demo offers a few in‑game days and events such as a grand opening and a queer dating night, plus many items to unbox and sort.

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