Bookstore Incremental

Bookstore Incremental is an incremental game in which the player prints and sells books. The game begins with one slow printer and a small bookshelf, and the objective is to grow the business into a profitable bookstore by steadily expanding the shop and its stock.

Progress is driven by upgrades. These cover new book types, additional customers, staff members, a coffee machine, bus stops and other additions to the store. The upgrades are arranged in a skill tree containing more than 500 nodes and over 2,700 total upgrades, with no fixed paths, so the player chooses their own route through it. Upgrade nodes themselves can also be upgraded to unlock further options. Alongside this, the player deals with events in the shop, including thieves, customers making a mess, reporters who offer exposure in exchange for payment, and a continuous queue at the till. A dynamic weather system affects the store in various ways.

The developer describes it as a short active incremental game lasting around five to six hours. A New Game+ mode allows the game to be replayed repeatedly, granting a permanent 20% income bonus for each completion.