E-Shop Tycoon
Developer Aeolian Games
Embark on an e-commerce startup journey in E-Shop Tycoon! Optimize warehouse logistics, hire and train staff, and design unique office spaces as your business grows. Handle industry events and marketing crises. Come grow your startup into an e-commerce giant! From the Steam store page
99 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 29, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
69 positive · 30 negative
95% range 60–78%
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60 of 99 · most liked firstIf I could give this a "neutral" review, I would. Initially the full-version of the game was unbalanced and thus too difficult. However, after a couple of updates, they fixed most of those issues. But now, the major issues are forklifts bugging out & not working (check the Discussion threads), as well as E-SHOP TYCOON being too linear, at least for most people who play tycoon games (business management/strategy) like this. I am hopeful for the future, but the devs still have their work cut…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Concept is fun, at the mid of the game it's automated, shortly after that, fun falls. Game is played through in ~2-3 hours, not worth the price (yet)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game isn't bad, but it starts to get boring after a while. By the second warehouse, I reached a point where I was looking for the actual "Tycoon" aspect of the game. It just feels like "buy stock and don't go bankrupt." By the third warehouse, once I set up automatic restocking, it becomes just an automatic clicker game, and the only thing keeping me interested is seeing how the story unfolds. What sucks is that the warehouse workers can't keep up with stocking the shelves. I end up with a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is very shallow. Theres little you can do, its basically look at your stock, if something is missing then buy it. There is not much else to it. Yes there are time events on the callender like christmas, but first it doesent tell you which items will be more on demand, you just have to guess, and secound it doesen`t really spice up anything. Just buy and sell the same stuff, and you dont even have controll on what you`re selling. If its in stock someone buys it and its automatically packaged…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun Idea, But Not Enough Content The game is decent for what it is, but unfortunately there's just not enough content to keep things interesting for very long. After around four hours, I felt like I'd already seen pretty much everything the game currently has to offer. Once you've reached that point, the gameplay loop becomes fairly repetitive. You're mostly waiting for enough money to come in, buying an upgrade, and then doing the same thing again. There's not much variety or depth to keep…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the demo was pretty easy, and the progression felt really smooth. but in the full release, the difficulty jumps up a lot. it feels a bit too hard compared to the demo. I think it would be great if you added an option to adjust the profit margin for each product. that way, players could tweak the difficulty a bit and play at their own pace.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game for the first 2 hours, after that it falls off quickly. Game is done in like 5 hours if you don't want to grind the overseas warehouses for another hour that do next to nothing to the game. Main Issues with gameplay: You have huge warehouses. But you don't have enough workforce to keep them stocked. After 2 hours gameplay: your product arrives and it's just instantly sold and out of the warehouse. So you only need 1 storage rack and that's it. In and out all day all night. You want…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has a good concept but needs some things improved on it. Once you get further into the game you are buying so much stuff and getting sales where it is not even going on the storage racks. Game is pretty easy to beat. I think some extra functions could be added in. Plus not being able to have more than 1 contact at a time to get money faster is annoying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game, beat it in a few hours. I can tell the devs put a lot of effort into the game. Runs smooth, plays smooth. Pick it up to support the small dev team.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun at first but after 1-2hrs it feels like a mobile afk sim game.. the only thing that interferes are the weird "story" pop ups.. no matter what you do once u got the money going initially u literally cant "loose" u just scale.. the sales are happening so fast, the workers dont even store the goods anymore. instead they instantly put them inside delivery boxes.. took me about 4 hrs to finish the game The money is propably better spent by getting some icecream and touching grass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, really well made. I hope they add more content in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like to manage and watch the operations of the Business like I do then this game is for you, I dont do many reviews but when I do I want to spread the word. Some reviews I read say you cant understand or make sense of the operations but it was really simple, The Refund requests are funny and there is constantly something to do. It got to the point in the game I had 1700 avaliable in stock space i filled it up then i blinked and bam sold out already. 1 thing i would love is if Stock…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, it's very buggy, repetitive, and boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Messi wins everything Really cool and fun, you start from the bottom in your garage (literally) and start building and growing all the way to the top of the chain if you can. You manage staff, customers claims, inventory etc. The mechanics are simple and easy to learn, it's addicting because all the things you can do, improve, research and that just makes you want to play until the next upgrade every time. Now if you're wondering about the review headline.... those who already played the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →end game is terrible. is almost like unfinished product.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is too linear and lacks freedom
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a super addictive business simulator! Building your company from scratch is incredibly satisfying. It offers a great balance of fun and strategy while still maintaining the tycoon feel. I'd highly recommended this game to any tycoon fan!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game seems challenging at first, but once you figure out the way the game wants you to play, it's basically just a waiting game until you are literally too big to fail. It's engaging, has a lot of fun elements to it and is something I enjoyed playing. However, the reason for the negative review is the end game. You get to a point which feels like it's mid game, you've got most things figured out, your company is profitable, and you're getting to the grind part of the game where you are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is pretty cool and a rarity for this genre. Overall, a solid 7/10. Please fix the storage system—the products don’t even make it to the racks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished the game in one sitting,reached the endgame in about 14 hours. What I want to say about the game is that having its own mystery and a small story is really nice; it pulls you into the world and makes it easier to feel part of the universe. It's enjoyable, and especially early on, the feeling of growing your company is much stronger you need to make strategic decisions and manage your money well, and that part is really fun. However, once you reach a certain level, the game starts to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was looking forward to this game since the demo was very fun. Problem is the difficulty increased exponentially from the demo. Was hoping for a semi chill game but thats not what this is anymore
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Costs are too high, you don't choose what you sell (have to sell everything unlocked unlike every other shop game ever), and nothing lines up with reality. This is basically "what if someone who wasn't successful at e-commerce made a game about it".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma... stand up. The real boss has arrived.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very simple and not really much gameplay in this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the demo version 3 months ago. After that I thought maybe I could start an e-commerce business and sell stuff on etsy. I designed a few t-shirts and quit my job since it was really easy in the game to find customers. I sold 3 t-shirts in a month and after that closed that online shop. After that I couldn't find a job. My wife left me. My family don't want me to meet them. My friends think I'm a freak. I haven't paid my bills for 2 months and probably they will shut down my electricity…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I lost track of time Addictive :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun good game altogether. It could always use some more content, but in its current state it's a fun little tycoon that gives you your money's worth
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably the longest review I've written, and that's not a good thing. This game is not good. For a management game it is soulless and empty. My best description is that it feels as though it was made by 5 people who never spoke to each other during development. Nothing seems to work together; it is all individual pieces working towards their own goal only. Nothing seems fleshed out; R&D is there to earn points to unlock bonuses, once they're all unlocked fire them all and recoup the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First play The game was quite fun at the start, but it became very boring in the mid-to-late stages; it turned into nothing more than hitting the 3x speed button just to farm money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game. not that much creativity as its pretty one sided progression. not lots of choices to be made. eventually game plays itself. my achievements are glitched so i couldn't 100%
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun for a few hours. Needs a lot of work to be anything more than that, I mostly left it running in the background to finish it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game really fails to entertain you after half an hour of gameplay, gets very dry
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Out of all the games I've played, this is easily the most addictive tycoon game. I honestly thought I wasn't into this genre, but this game completely hooked me. There's a ton of content, and for a tycoon game, it's surprisingly long. I definitely recommend it. I jumped in thinking I'd play for like 30 minutes, and I couldn't stop. It gives you such a satisfying sense of progression it's basically a dopamine machine. The fact that it was made by just two people makes me want to support it even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ill make this very short. Game demo Fun AF game be NOT now is just not it. you will have problems trying to get up and running and if u follow anything you did in the demo you wont make it.Its a mid lvl game at the moment. In do time i will get better but at moment HARD PASS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game but for the love of God, fix the damn storage system.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. its simple and a time killer. i have already put nearly 5hrs into it. looking forward to the updates so i can advance further.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun and lots of content in it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is more or less an overpriced incremental idler. pretty much got endgame in 12 to 15 hours and it just feels empty and unfinished. i guess i do like it though. wish there was a in between ratting. pros: shoot cant think of any guess you don't have to load the trucks and stuff. cons: global warehouses does little here i thought they'd be an extension to the main warehouse where you set it up select the invitatory and such but no its build and leave. i got all of them open and capped at 9…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, but wish it was longer and less linear.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it was a fun game! I wish the story was a little easier to follow and that sales/marketing made more sense. I struggled with understanding what items equaled what holidays and more often than not, failed most of my contracts. I made more money taking out loans and upgrading than doing any contracts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the constant pinapple reference are cringe AF,
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the price of the game, it's pretty good ($16 CAD at the time of writing). The early game you are much more involved, but once you start getting to mid-game, it really does become a glorified incremental/idle game. I am hopeful more content, and updates will be coming!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth it, Boring after 2 hours
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is what it is. If I could give it a neutral review I would. It was apparently interesting enough that I got as far as I did but it defiantly isn't interesting enough for me to get the final 2 achievements. The tax system is especially annoying especially once you have "finished" the game as it prevents you from idling as you need to frequently go back into the game to accept paying the tax. Additionally the game pauses when you tab out of the game which is very annoying. The game itself…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So overall I liked the game, As other reviews have pointed out, there are balancing issues towards the endgame (although for me they started in the first warehouse ) and I would like to note that the devs are trying to address this. In general the game is not that big, you will get through the game rather fast. It is fun while you go through it, though. Just don't bet on it giving you months of entertainment. Graphics are really nice and fit the game well. I would like the game to get some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a really easy and short game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game and has potential for more - I enjoyed this game very much after I was able to get a grip on the mechanics. When I started this game I went in all guns blazing and ended up going bankrupt 5-6 times. I would be ok in the starter level however once I ended up in the next size office that is where I hit a brick wall. I was taking out loan after loan to cover costs etc. Then once a new update came in, I started again - this is where the BomAzon empire was created. I managed to play it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game, have a lot of potential!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🍍 E-SHOP TYCOON — Recommended ✅ 6+ hours in and still coming back for more 🏆 TL;DR: Genuinely fun tycoon experience with a story that actually kept me hooked. Yes it has rough edges, but the potential is there and the devs are already talking about more content. 📈 What I loved: 🏢 The story is way more interesting than I expected for this genre 💰 That addictive "just one more order" loop — the money keeps calling 📊 Actual management decisions matter (despite what some reviews say!) The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →repeatable and had no proper manegment dydtem pluse the wearhouse was in a big miss need to to be improved
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its very easy on the first level then once you get to the second level you get slap hard in the face with a lot more expenses , but if you B line it and upgrade quickly to profit product you will have a easer time also stack up at least 20k before moving to the next place. other than that im trying to get the last achievement and was fun having to use my brain for once :).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On your first gameplay, it might be overwhelming and call impossible to strive because of the challenges you will face but once you're familiar with the mechanics and its economy, your tycoon will flourish. I'm surprised that this has a story and got to finish it by clocking 7-8 hours in.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Game, those who said its to hard need to go back to roblox the game is quite simple and easy to manage,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So here’s what I have to say about this game, I think it’s a great concept I love the art style for it and the mechanics I could see them doing a lot with this game but at the moment it seems like it’s a bit overly hard I think with this being a Tycoon we should at least have some difficulty options or something because it almost makes it not fun with its current difficulty state. I have a lot of hope for this and I will recommend it because it’s only $9 but I do hope they fix that issue soon.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game. Not a ton of content yet, but hopefully it'll get more fleshed out with time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is very shallow. Theres little you can do, its basically look at your stock, if something is missing then buy it. There is not much else to it. Yes there are time events on the callender like christmas, but first it doesent tell you which items will be more on demand, you just have to guess, and secound it doesen`t really spice up anything. Just buy and sell the same stuff, and you dont even have controll on what you`re selling. If its in stock someone buys it and its automatically packaged…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun 4-5 hour game, a bit expensive for what it is. Also some balancing issues, very hard in the beginning and as soon as you are over the hill, it's just smooth sailing from there. Ran into a couple of bugs but nothing too groundbreaking. Also I got to a point where I just sold so much that no matter what I did, they would pick up my cargo fast enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good and fun game. Recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice Game On the Whole , keeps you Engaged and also quiet Challenging enough so that you Learn and comeback again so you dont repeat the Mistakes . Very Addictive Gameplay , nice Music , Great Tycoon Game .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game espec on price and upcoming content. Also works like a dream on steamdeck
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