How Much For It?
Manage a mysterious second-hand shop where every deal carries a risk. Inspect unusual items, uncover hidden clues with tools such as UV light and scales, negotiate with unpredictable customers, upgrade your shop, and face supernatural events shaped by the cursed objects you choose to buy.
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EVERY ITEM HAS A STORY. SOME COME AT A PRICE.
How Much For It? is a negotiation- and choice-driven shop management simulation where you run a mysterious secondhand store that stays open after dark.
Customers bring you items that may seem ordinary at first. Inspect them, listen to their stories, make an offer, and decide whether the deal is truly worth the risk.
But be careful. Some items are more than just old.
Some are cursed.
INSPECT EVERY ITEM
Every item has a past, a value, and secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Listen carefully to what your customers tell you, examine each item, and try to determine what it is really worth. Sometimes, one small detail can completely change the offer you are willing to make.
NEGOTIATE WITH CUSTOMERS
Choose your offers carefully. Go too low and you may test a customer’s patience. Pay too much and your shop could suffer the consequences.
Every customer has a different personality and level of patience. Some enjoy a long negotiation, while others may give you only one chance.
Read the person in front of you, choose the right moment, and try to turn the deal in your favor.
UPGRADE YOUR SHOP
Invest your earnings back into the shop and unlock new equipment.
Use tools such as scales, UV lights, and other inspection devices to learn more about the items your customers bring in.
Each upgrade gives you new ways to evaluate an item. As your shop grows, details you once overlooked may become impossible to ignore.
UNCOVER HIDDEN DETAILS
An item’s true value is not always visible at first glance.
Check its weight, use UV light to reveal hidden markings and suspicious stains, and search for clues that others might miss.
Compare what you discover with the customer’s story and uncover what the item is really hiding.
WITNESS THE EFFECTS OF THE CURSE
The items you buy do not simply sit on your shelves.
Certain curses can alter your surroundings, blanket the shop in fog, and affect the course of the night in unexpected ways.
The events you encounter depend on the curse carried by the items you choose to purchase. You may not know the consequences of a deal until it is already too late.
Sometimes, the most profitable-looking item brings something far darker than money into your shop.
FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR CHOICES
Not every item will make your shop richer.
Surrounded by suspicious customers, unsettling stories, and unexplained events, you must decide which items are worth buying—and which are better left behind.
Sometimes, the deal that looks the most profitable may become your biggest mistake.
FEATURES
• Item inspection and value assessment
• Dynamic negotiation mechanics that change from customer to customer
• Customers with different personalities and levels of patience
• Unlockable inspection tools, including scales and UV lights
• Purchasable shop upgrades
• An in-game computer and email system
• Mysterious and cursed items, each with its own story
• Supernatural events and environmental effects shaped by the cursed items you purchase
• A shop experience influenced by the choices you make
• Atmospheric horror woven into a shop management simulation
Every night brings a new customer. Every item brings a new story. So, how much would you pay for it?
