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Book Bound

Book Bound is a cozy bookshop simulation game. Use a range of items to decorate your shop and make it truly yours. Pick the books you would like to sell. Help customers find books they want most. Sell books in different genres.

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March 6, 2025
1 year and 194 days ago
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About the Game

In Book Bound you run a small charming bookshop in by a bustling city. In this pixel art game you do everything that is required to run a bookshop, from decorating to helping customers and of course selling books.

  • Choose from a range of items to decorate your shop

  • Decorate your shop based on genre themes (SciFi, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller and Non Fiction)

  • Freely place bookshelves, art pieces, large decoration and small decoration (on tables and shelves)

  • Sell each book in a genre at least once to unlock bonuses

  • Decide which books to sell

  • Expand your book catalogue at the end of each day

  • Advertise to people in the city

  • Help guests find the books they are looking for

  • Sell books to customers

  • Collect inspiration around you

  • Use inspiration to create your own books (decide your own title, cover, chapter titles and genre)

  • Sell your published books

  • Meet new cast of characters

  • Each with a unique backstory and dialogue

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