Anime Shop Simulator vs TCG Card Shop Simulator
Why people compare them
On Google Trends, “tcg card shop simulator” is the third most common related search for Anime Shop Simulator over the last three months. On the Steam forums, some players call Anime Shop Simulator a reskin of it. Those are players’ opinions. The store pages list different developers: One More Time for Anime Shop Simulator and OPNeon Games for TCG Card Shop Simulator.
Side by side
| Anime Shop Simulator | TCG Card Shop Simulator | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | One More Time | OPNeon Games |
| Released | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2024 |
| Price (US) | $14.99 ($12.74 until Sep 25) | $19.99 |
| Players | Solo or 4-player online co-op | Single-player |
| Card game | Arcanis, with PvP against other players | Tetramon |
| Other stock | Manga with genres, figures, keychains, pins, dakimakura | Cards and card-game accessories |
| Controller | No native support | Full controller support |
| Steam Cloud | Listed, not syncing yet | Yes |
| Steam reviews | 475, 72.6% positive (Mostly Positive) | 49,523, 96.5% positive (Overwhelmingly Positive) |
| Mods | No Nexus page; one community lobby mod | 740 mods on Nexus Mods |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
Figures read from Steam and Nexus search results on September 14, 2026. TCG Card Shop Simulator’s review count reflects two years on sale, so it isn’t a fair quality comparison with a three-day-old game.
Which one should you get?
- You want to play with friends: Anime Shop Simulator. It is the one with co-op, and you can battle each other with cards you pulled.
- You play with a controller or on Steam Deck: TCG Card Shop Simulator. Anime Shop Simulator has no native controller support and no working cloud saves yet.
- You want a stable, finished game with mods: TCG Card Shop Simulator has had two years of updates and a large modding scene. Anime Shop Simulator shipped with launch bugs, patched twice in three days, and has almost no mods.
- You want manga and anime merch, not only cards: Anime Shop Simulator. Manga genres, the 18+ shelf with ID checks, figures and dakimakura are its own angle. The popular “anime mod” searches for TCG Card Shop Simulator suggest players have wanted this.
From the same developer
One More Time’s earlier game is Tavern Manager Simulator (August 2024, about 4,000 Steam reviews), which forum players bring up as their reason to trust the studio. Their Steam page also lists Fantasy Shop Simulator (coming soon) and Kaiju Cleaner Simulator (to be announced).
If you are deciding whether this one is worth it, the reviews page has the complaint and praise breakdown, and the known issues page shows what is still broken.
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