{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f3f7b595cd3a6acf5f5a4154","clusterId":"c_1f488594afa733ad058f45f8","slug":"anime-shop-simulator-launches-on-steam-with-co-op-and-card-decks","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Anime Shop Simulator Launches On Steam With Co-Op And Card Decks","summary":"One More Time and Polnoch released Anime Shop Simulator for Windows on Steam, with Japanese support and four-player co-op. Players stock manga, figures, and trading cards, run the register, and open booster packs to build decks for card matches. At writing time it held a Mostly Positive rating with 75% of 167 reviews recommending it. It is 1,800 yen, discounted to 1,530 yen until September 26.","whyItMatters":"The Steam page frames this as a management sim that bleeds into a card game, letting players open booster packs and battle with built decks, so the storefront sim and trading card genre now feed each other in one product, in a crowded field where a Japanese-language launch had uneven font and notation issues.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game sells manga, figures, and trading cards, but players can keep incoming booster packs and open them instead of putting them on the shelf. Decks pulled from those collections can then be used in PvP card games. Steam listings also describe stock with manga genres and customer preferences, ID checks at the register for 18-and-over products, character customization for co-op, and disruptive customers such as litterers, thieves, and graffiti vandals.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Anime Shop Simulator bundles booster-pack opening and deck building into a retail sim, so the card game is a playable system rather than shelf decoration. That is the part most shop sims skip.","twitterPost":"Anime Shop Simulator makes booster packs playable: open them, build a deck, then run the register. The sim is two games in one.","threadsPost":"Anime Shop Simulator turns its own merchandise into mechanics. Players open booster packs and build decks for card matches, which means the trading cards are a playable system rather than shelf decoration. Most shop sims stop at stocking and pricing; this one gives the stock a second life.","newsletterBlurb":"One More Time and Polnoch have released Anime Shop Simulator for Windows on Steam, with Japanese support and four-player co-op. Players stock manga, figures, and trading cards, work the register, and can open incoming booster packs themselves to build decks for card matches. At writing time it sat at Mostly Positive with 75% of 167 reviews recommending it, and it is 1,530 yen until September 26.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/12/172176.html\",\"title\":\"Anime Shop Management Sim 'Anime Shop Simulator' Released on Steam - You Can Open Trading Card Packs Yourself and Build Decks\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4673,"outputTokens":602,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789207163,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T09:53:37.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-12T09:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T09:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1f488594afa733ad058f45f8","canonicalTitle":"マンガやフィギュアを販売する経営シム『Anime Shop Simulator』Steamで発売―トレカは自分で開けてデッキを組める","representativeArticleId":"a_85d45fdd581882c3be9faed3","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Anime Shop Simulator\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-12T09:07:32.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-12T09:07:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T09:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/12/172176.html","title":"マンガやフィギュアを販売する経営シム『Anime Shop Simulator』Steamで発売―トレカは自分で開けてデッキを組める"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Anime Shop Simulator"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}