Discounty is a supermarket management simulator with an intriguing plot set in the tiny town of Blomkest. Read our review to see what it did well, what it didn't do well, and if it's worth buying.
Discounty Review Overview
What is Discounty?
In Discounty, players are sent off to the quaint little harbor town of Blomkest to help out their Aunt Tellar with her growing supermarket business. As the manager of the newly opened Discounty in town, players take on the task of handling the store by keeping products stocked, organizing the shop, manning the register, and cleaning up. However, not everyone in town is welcoming of newcomers, especially those who come in and threaten their peace.
Juggle responsibilities of keeping Discounty open and running while also establishing connections with the locals—whether good or bad. The fate of Blomkest is in your capable hands. Will you pursue your aunt’s profit-oriented goals, or will you side with peace and camaraderie with the townspeople?
Discounty features:
⚫︎ Your Own Discount Supermarket!
⚫︎ Small Town Drama
⚫︎ An Intriguing Mystery
⚫︎ Townspeople to Meet
⚫︎ Fishmas Sticks!
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Discounty Pros & Cons
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 "Cozy" Gameplay Charming Pixel Art Intriguing Storyline |
Frame Drops Here & There Controllers Can Be Finicky |
Discounty Overall Score - 78/100
Discounty is a charming "cozy" supermarket management simulator with an intriguing narrative, simple but fun gameplay and a colorful cast of characters. There are a few bugs and glitches here and there as well as a repetitive soundtrack, but overall it’s a decent story-driven supermarket management title that brings more to the table beyond just simply running a shop.
Discounty Story - 8/10
Don’t let the bright and cute art fool you—the town of Blomkest is anything but nice and warm. There’s something clearly going on behind the scenes and the townspeople are not very welcoming of the sudden wave of change brought about by your arrival. The drama and the intrigue of the unknown is compelling enough to make you want to get to the bottom of it all, and will keep you on your toes for quite some time. It admittedly feels cliché sometimes, but the pacing and how it all plays out is intriguing.
Discounty Gameplay - 8/10
Its gameplay is cozy, and not terribly complex nor punishing—it’s routine, but satisfying nonetheless. Your daily life in Discounty revolves around managing the Discounty supermarket in town as its sole manager, janitor, and cashier. Afterwards, you are free to explore the town as you see fit, establishing connections with the townspeople through either trade deals or through customer relations. Controls are smoother and more intuitive on keyboard and mouse than it is on the controller.
Discounty Visuals - 8/10
Its pixel-art style echoes other titles in its genre of cozy management simulators, and even with its generally darker color palette, it’s still pleasant and easy on the eyes. There are a bit of frame lags here and there that are especially evident when you’re running around the entire town (which, in itself, isn’t that big anyway), but it’s nothing game-breaking.
Discounty Audio - 7/10
Audio and sound design is satisfactory—nothing special, but not bad either. The background tracks are catchy enough to not be terribly annoying, but there’s little variety. There’s the town exploration music, the "despair" music when something bad is about to happen, the main supermarket music when working…and those are the ones you’d encounter most of the time. The supermarket sounds are great though—the tone of the cash register and the mundane sounds of stocking shelves are nice ASMR-like sounds to listen to.
Discounty Value for Money - 8/10
For $20, it has a decent amount of content and an intriguing plot to keep your attention for hours. The pacing of the game is just right without dragging on for too long, and will surely keep you entertained for 20 hours or more, especially if you’re the completionist type—a good bang for your buck.
Discounty Review: Doesn’t Discount On The Fun and Drama
Discounty definitely fooled me with its brightly-colored promotional materials and the prospect of a supermarket management simulator. The pixel art, the popping colors, the image of the townspeople going about their day in the header…everything screams cozy. However, looks can be pretty deceiving—when I picked up the game, it was far from being just a cozy simulator in an idyllic little town.
There’s evidently something going on behind the scenes, and the townspeople aren’t so keen on letting you stay and find out. That in itself compelled me to stay and learn more about the tiny town of Blomkest—while also managing the town’s only supermarket.
Routine Supermarket Work, But Still Fun
It’s marketed as a supermarket simulator, so let’s get to the gameplay first. If you’ve played (or watched the gameplay of) either Supermarket Simulator or Supermarket Together (or both), then the cyclical routine of store management here in Discounty would be familiar to you. It’s kind of the same, but simplified and less taxing to do. You handle product stock, furniture like shelves and product boosters, the cash register—the works.
At 6AM on the dot, you begin the day by heading to your lovely supermarket and restocking all the products on the shelves. The first hour usually goes by with you managing stock through the computer, taking them to the storage room, and refilling all your store shelves. At 9AM, your supermarket will open automatically, and thus starts the day. You’re the only employee in this joint, so throughout the day, you’ll be juggling restocking shelves, mopping up grime off the floor, and ringing up customers’ purchases on the cash register—all until 5PM.
And you do this routine every single day—except Sunday, of course. It sounds daunting on paper, but strangely enough, Discounty makes it feel rather cozy at times. After all, you’re in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, so you don’t have a terribly large amount of customers to deal with anyway. Your customers walk slowly as well, giving you time to go through their purchases without much consequence. My absolute favorite part of every Discounty day is ringing up items on the cash register—the DING! and the scanning sounds are like music to my ears.
It’s a satisfying cycle that doesn’t severely punish—it’s supposed to be stressful, retail is stressful, but Discounty makes it actually fun. Customers are rather patient even if I’m being the slowest cashier ever, and if you mistype or misclick a price for an item, it doesn’t drag down your score and instead just lets you do it again without a deduction. If an item is out-of-stock, customers will wait a bit longer, just in time for you to restock and let them get what they wanted. Cozy supermarket management, am I right? I’d also like to think that they let you get away with it because you’re the sole employee running the entire market and are more forgiving, but that’s just my headcanon.
Intriguing Story—This Town Isn’t What It Seems
With that said, even if the townspeople are pretty chill as customers of your "humble" supermarket, they’re not exactly the most welcoming of neighbors. I don’t want to delve too much into spoilers, but there is quite a bit of drama in its narrative. As the supermarket grows in size and profit, the locals grow more wary of your plans and may even start feeling that you’re a threat to their peaceful society…and more.
The story is tied to the growth of the Discounty supermarket, so you actually need to be that big bad corpo to progress the main plotline. And darn, it tugged at my heartstrings to be forced to be such an antagonist, especially with the overbearing aunty who has her own ulterior motives breathing down my neck at every move.
Corporate and capitalism versus a quaint and humble town turning to ruin—the dynamics may be cliché, it might be expected, but the storyline and the characters are compelling enough to make you want to see it through. Will you actually give in to corporate greed or will you find a compromise to it all? And who is that mysterious shadowy figure watching me from afar? So many questions, all needing answers.
Characters Feel Pretty Fleshed Out
Speaking of the characters, Discounty thankfully has a colorful, varied cast of characters that make the town feel more alive. While I admit they’re not superbly amazing given the game’s runtime (the game itself goes quickly and ends at around 3 chapters), they’re decent enough to not be flat or boring.
For one thing, not everyone is nice from the get go, even wary of your sudden entrance into their small town. After all, there seems to be something brewing behind the scenes and there’s a bit of hostility coming from the other residents. It’s actually a bit refreshing to have a bit more "drama" than having everyone welcome you with open arms in other cozy-like games.
When you get past that initial wariness, each of the characters have their own personal issues and problems that you can talk to them about in an attempt to get to know them better and to establish camaraderie. However, it only plays out across three individual "affection" events (I just call them affection events, but keep in mind there’s no romance here at all), barely enough to really feel like it’s a deeper connection. Nevertheless, they’re not boring, and some can even be relatable.
A Few Glitches and Typos Here and There
As an indie title, it’s no surprise that there may be some snags here and there that can momentarily take you away from the gameplay. For instance, there are some sudden frame rate stutters when I’m exploring the main Blomkest area. It’s not an incredibly damning thing, but it is evident especially when you’re running quite a distance, like from the hardware store to your supermarket. The minimum and recommended specs for the game aren’t incredibly resource-heavy as well, so these stutters coming out of nowhere were a bit surprising.
Then, there are some dialogue bugs as well at the most random of places. I was in a customer relation event (or affection event) with Hilda at her bar, and it was going into deeper, more personal territory…then suddenly a random dialogue box from an unrelated character (cough Derek cough) comes out of nowhere and starts talking about his wife.
There’s also the issue of typos popping up every so often, but that is more of a minor occurrence than anything, and they’re not as noticeable as the ones above. However, it’s still something to take note of.
Is Discounty Worth It?
Worth The Gameplay and Drama
Discounty is a solid supermarket management game at $20. It presents itself as just a supermarket simulator, but in reality, there’s more content than just endlessly toiling through the days to make a profit. The compelling storyline, the callout to capitalism versus culture-kind of dynamic, simple but engaging and fun gameplay—there’s quite a bit to like about the game.
It’s not the most amazing game to date especially with the optimization issues, but it’s decent enough to make a mark on you longer than you’d expect, and my time with Discounty and the town of Blomkest was lovely even if I felt like I was dying on the inside from being forced to be the mean and aggressive corpo—curse you, Aunt Tellar! Anyhow, I’ll be going back to hear the lovely sounds of the cash register now.
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Discounty FAQ
When is Discounty releasing?
Discounty releases on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on August 20, 2025.
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Discounty Product Information
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| Title | Discounty |
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| Release Date | August 21, 2025 |
| Developer | Crinkle Cut Games |
| Publisher | PQube |
| Supported Platforms | PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S |
| Genre | Casual, RPG, Simulation |
| Number of Players | 1 |
| ESRB Rating | RP |
| Official Website | Discounty Official Website |
