CoffeeBiz Tycoon Reviews

I feel like this game does not get the credit it deserves, sure it is hard as a management game but in contrast to all the other games i found it just the right amount of difficulty for me. Money is hard to come by but still it does not feel like a constant grind. The idea is nice, the design is nice and it is not as empty as a barista simulator.

I`ve been playing this game since last year and I think It`s absolutely amazing! you have an opportunity to feel like an entrepreneur without real risks! btw i really love my small business Thanks to developers and can`t wait to become a billionare!

Great potential for a really serious and in-depth economic simulator. If you miss the great economic simulators of the old, and looking for a challenging game, this could be it! A bit rough around the edges at the moment, but the dev seems pretty involved, so hoping for some quality of life updates soon.

It's a real cute little game, but the developer keeps saying he's working on it about once a year, but there hasn't been an update in more than like 2 years now? Don't buy it expecting much, or for it to ever be finished.

Original review from 11/2022: I bought this years ago in early _early_ stages. Didn't like it much, but kept it to wait and see what happens with it. What's happening is, the dev keeps disappearing for months at a time, to come back to promise stuff, just before disappearing again. Bummer. Know what this is in case you want to buy it. Edit 4/2024: There has been no activity on this early access project since 6/2021.

Positioned somewhere in between of Industrial Giant 2 and casual Your Strategy Needs a Strategy from BCG, CoffeBiz provides intense gameplay full of challange and fun. You need to try it several times to start earning money but than you will become obsessed :) The only economic simulator with true economics in it. P&L and CF, management of intangable assets, marketing, HR management, R&D, expansion, customer profiles - all is in there. Totally recommend for all economic nerds.

I preface this by saying I liked the game and concept. It reminds me of games I played when I was young. The game is in fairly early alpha right now, by a single developer. It is quite buggy, for example, you can't unpause using the GUI speed buttons, but you can with the number keys 1-3. Also, for some reason NPCs spawn and get stuck after playing a game for quite a while. It's an alpha so you know...There are also several features not yet implemented. This includes the inability to auto repair broken coffee machines and auto service them, even though the check boxes exist. Some work is needed, as an example office staff never have energy, and even decrease in energy when they have nothing todo (0 work on research and 0 on management tasks, totalling 0% workload). I cannot rightfully recommend a game that is in the current state this many years into development. They claim it isn't their focus right now, but the game still costs more than 10 pounds (5 for me due to a sale). Really wish the developer luck, and hope the game has some actual turnaround. There is potential, but early access games don't always reach potential.

Game is dead, no updates for over a year. At its current stage it is definetly not worth buying.

I like the concept of a serious strategy game, where you can loose after a couple of mistakes. Early Access version has some bugs and seems lack of content but for me its OK for such price and fact that its made by a single person. Graphics also are very nice. But if you want a polished product, better wait for some updates. I hope developer won’t abandon the game and continue development. I see some potential here.

I really tried to like this game, because I'm also a developer, and I love tycoons. It's just.. I won't judge it for bugs, because it's of course an alpha, but I will judge it's gameplay. First of all, I don't like playing scenarios in this kind of games, so I went straight for sandbox. I've chosen 40.000$ for start, rented the moderate place, hired moderate worker, bought moderate coffe machine, bought ingredients.. And if it's all moderate, (not cheap at all) then it should be quite alright, shouldn't be? But then suddenly my worker at his first day of work got ill, his performance dropped to 5%, energy to 0. The next day he was okey, but as the night came my kiosk got vandalized, and after that night my worker got ill again. 2 days after - kiosk got vandalized again. It's just.. If it's a tycoon, give a little room to breathe, I would like to see my first income. (Opinions were B so it wasn't bad but sales were horrible). And I tried couple of times.. It's always the same, workers are ill 2-3 times a week and kiosk is being vandalized in same frequency. And about leveling up workers, experience grows way to slow..