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Ministry of Stoic

A short, chill game about managing a ramen stall-front to distribute contraband 'cute-ware' to the masses in rebellion against a nation-wide strict anti-aesthetic policy.

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r4kujin
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r4kujin
Release
October 21, 2025
285 days ago
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Synopsis

A short, chill game about managing a ramen stall-front to distribute contraband 'cute-ware' to the masses in rebellion against a nation-wide strict anti-aesthetic policy.

In a year ushering in peace after a large civil war broke out and claimed millions of lives in the city, the triumphant party declared a nation-wide policy of anti-aesthetics, leading a propaganda campaign to blame the war on 'vapid aesthetics' and 'excessive emphasis on frivolous positivity'.

Any article found to be cute will immediately be deemed contraband and illegal to possess. You are tasked by the Rebellion to subvert the Ministry's narrative by distributing various 'cute-ware' to the masses via a ramen stall front.

Features

  • Collect a wide variety of items from various gachapon machines to supply your agenda

  • Optimize your sales by figuring the best possible configuration of items to be put on your stall's sale grid

  • Discover many combinations of items that can be used to forge better items

  • Strategize how to maximize your sales by making use of the various sales effects that forged items possess

  • Automate the various processes in the production pipeline to improve productivity

  • Expand your rebellion's influence in the area by adding more stalls and gachapon machines to your disposal

  • Whole new Arcade mode!

Trailer music and BGM OST by takkundayoo

JGVE Achievement Icons Art by Titio

PS. Psst, you might meet some special people throughout the course of your playthrough!

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