Refunded - it's WAY too grindy, and that's coming from someone who loves the grind in games. I thought it was just like that in the beginning and then you unlock employees, but apparently you only unlock a cashier and you still have to run around, place your order, wait for it to arrive, pick up the box, open the box, go to a display, place 9-12 items individually, then throw the box away OUTSIDE your shop. And you just keep doing this, then running to scoop fish out and then running to the cash register to check people out. There's little variety and to top it all off, there are weird bugs. For example, I put a display by my door but no one was buying anything from it. I had to move it to the other side of the shop and all of a sudden, people snatched up everything on it. So half of your shop isn't usable.

I considered keeping it in hopes that they improve upon it, but then I started seeing all of these "X store simulator" games that have exactly the same graphics, same concepts of the whole opening the box, throwing out the box, etc. but they are all supposedly by different devs? Something is fishy with this whole series and it concerns me that they are putting out subpar games with no intention of improving them for a fast buck. Buyer beware!

GREAT game i cant wait for more new content

I don't know why there are reviews saying that the grind is too much. I've played nearly every retail sim that came out in the last year, and this actually has the least grind of any of them. Your shop goes up levels at an almost alarming rate, and you get everything unlocked in no time.

That last point is important, though, because there isn't that much to unlock. And what you do unlock has strange restrictions on them. For instance, almost none of the decorations can be used in the salt water tanks. Also, there are only 3 different aquariums, and they are pretty nondescript.

I've actually enjoyed the game quite a bit, but there needs to be more of everything. More fish, more aquariums, more decorations, etc. Of course, this is early access, so hopefully that will happen.

There are a few bugs. An odd one is that if you set an aquarium too close to the outside wall then no one will come into your shop. Another one is that the game doesn't save how you've painted your store. Every time you open the game up it reverts to white walls. Also, hitting escape to go to the main menu causes the game to freeze up for a minute.

Nevertheless, as I said, I've enjoyed the game. If you like keeping fish, you'll probably like this