Is your thrift shop ready for a little update? Some of you might already know that we’ve been a bit busy since the launch of Thrifty Business working on our other small shop simulator. 🐸 But before and after diving into the world of stickers once again, we’ve also still been deeply invested in the thrift store side of it all. And we’re quite giddy to tell you about this free Quality of Life up…
O M G!! First of all THANK YOU SO MUCH for a really really fun launch! It’s been absolutely amazing to see your reactions to our game, gush about different cute items together and see some first pictures of all your pretty shops! And then we wanted to say if you have just a couple of minutes to spare, we’d super appreciate a review on Steam . We'd love to hear your thoughts so we can make the g…
Hi everybody!!! We’re so pleased to say that Thrifty Business is now open for, well, for business! We’re super excited/terrified to put it out into the world. Go little game!! Thrifty Business is a cozy management sim where you run your very own thrift shop. Sort through boxes to find hidden treasures and arrange nostalgic displays of clothes, antiques, toys & more. Befriend the regulars, help…
Only two weeks!! Two weeks until it’s time for us to hit that release button and you all get to open up your very own thrift shops! These past few days we’ve been knee deep in the bugfixing phase, and we’ll probably continue to spend some more time here - from customers without clothing, or entirely without a body, things are certain to not get boring… But before The Day ( May 18th ) is here, w…
You might have already spotted it on the Wholesome Games socials yesterday: We have a release date for Thrifty Business - and it’s only about 6 weeks away!! 🥳 ⭐ Thrifty Business releases May 18th, 2026! ⭐ We also made a new little trailer that hints at a few new things we’ve been implementing over the last few weeks! You can watch it here: And speaking of! We wanted to share some of those upda…
Our demo has been up for about a month now and OMG! Literally thousands of you tried out the game and gave us feedback about it, thank you so much! And while we intended for the demo playtime to only be around 30 minutes just to give you an idea of what this game will be, some of you have been playing this demo for 5, 10, 50 hours??? At this point we’re worried you’ll be tired of it by the time…
Are you ready for a little bit of cozy chaos excitement? We just updated the Thrifty Business Demo to include a Twitch integration that lets viewers visit your shop, drop trash and donate unwanted items! The update also includes localization so you can now play the demo in 9 different languages and we’ve fixed a number of bugs and made smaller tweaks and improvements. You can find a full list o…
Thank you for all your amazing feedback and ideas you shared with us after we launched our demo last week! We’re already working on implementing some of the feedback and we also have some other cool things coming up, so keep your eyes peeled! For today we have a small bug fix update for you to iron out some of the more urgent problems some of you encountered: · Fixed a balancing issue with the…
Have you ever wanted to run your very own thrift store? Give nostalgic gems a second chance, meet your customers and decorate your shop exactly to your taste? Well, now might be your chance, because 💫 THE THRIFTY BUSINESS DEMO IS OUT NOW! 💫 So let’s chat about what to expect in this demo, what we’ve added since we last posted an update and what’s yet to come! About the Demo · 🛍️ What can I d…
Hi everyone! Wow, what an exciting week we had! Thank you for your comments and thoughts on our announcement trailer all over social media. We are currently at 18.000 wishlists (!!!) and we are so, so happy with how the announcement went! Before we head of into the holidays we prepared a dev log style video were we walk you through a full recap of what we did while we had to keep this project a…
Imagine running your very own cozy & aesthetic thrift shop: You sort through boxes filled with pre-loved gems, decorate & organize your shop the way YOU want and meet your customers! We’re thrilled to announce Thrifty Business ! 🛍️ ⭐ Wishlist now ⭐ and help us make this game a success! You can watch our very first trailer here: When we first sat down to brainstorm our next project together and…
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