CoffeeShop Simulator

CoffeeShop Simulator puts you in charge of a neighborhood café, where you prepare drinks, serve customers and build a business from your first espresso onward. You work alone behind the counter, from opening preparations through the day’s service and closing time.

Make drinks by hand

Prepare each drink using the café’s equipment: grind and tamp the coffee, lock in the portafilter and pull a shot. The machine has espresso, lungo and filter coffee programs, and stops automatically at the right dose. You can steam and aerate milk under the wand, then pour latte art. Each cup receives a score out of 100, with tips for improving next time.

The menu includes 13 coffees: espresso, lungo, americano, filter coffee, macchiato, cappuccino, latte, vanilla latte, mocha, café chantilly, honey-speculoos latte, iced americano and iced latte. You can also serve hot and iced teas, hot chocolate, Viennese chocolate, chai latte, lemonade, smoothies, frappés, milkshakes, fresh orange juice, hot or iced matcha lattes, bubble teas, pastries and meals such as croissants, donuts, muffins, cookies, sandwiches, salads and bowls.

Run the service

Customers queue, order at the till and pay by card or cash; cash orders require you to give the correct change. You juggle several drinks, serve them at the pass and keep the till moving before customers lose patience. Some customers take their orders to go, while others sit down and leave cups and crumbs behind. Clear tables, wash dishes, rack cups, wipe surfaces and sort the trash.

Get the café ready before opening, serve customers throughout the day, call last orders and close up. After the workday, night falls over the neighborhood and the windows light up.

Grow the business

Set prices, order from suppliers, shelve deliveries and keep track of costs and margins. Each evening, review a report covering sales, waste, satisfaction and cash. A bad day can be turned around rather than causing sudden bankruptcy, and skill unlocks five tiers leading to the “Neighborhood Café” goal. Regulars return for their favorite drinks.

Kits add equipment and menu options, including cappuccino, syrups, iced drinks, a tea bar and pastries, a blender and a citrus press. You can also acquire a two-group machine, an improved grinder and steam wand, a pass rail and a dishwasher.

Design your café

Build mode lets you move counters, appliances, tables, chairs, plants and lights. You can put up walls, open doorways, expand into the neighboring room and paint the café to your taste. Choose among three addresses—Linden Street, Artisans Square or Market Avenue—each with its own furnished café.