Idle Coffee Shop Tycoon is a free simulation game from Codigames that lets you manage your very own coffee shop. It combines the concepts of restaurant management with idle gameplay to create a game that requires proper strategizing while still giving you leeway to play casually.

Unlike games like Diner Dash, Idle Coffee Shop Tycoon allows you to take it easy by granting you the ability to hire employees to manage various tasks around your coffee shop. The latter also grants you more abilities to manage other aspects of your business, such as your ingredients and the drinks you sell.

Meet unique customers along the way

Learning the ropes in Idle Coffee Shop Tycoon is pretty easy to do, especially with the detailed tutorial provided for you at the beginning of the game. As previously mentioned, it’s up to you what types of drinks you want to research and sell, as well as what ingredients you want to grow to put in your products. You have to do all of this while also managing customers.

While running the coffee shop is serious business, you can also look forward to some lighthearted and hilarious interactions with your customers, as well as with other characters. Over time, you’ll be able to unlock new areas and open franchises of your shop, as well. The game also makes use of high-quality graphics that better immerse you in the experience. 

However, there are some notable issues regarding the appearance of ads that players should keep in mind. Many of these pop-ups are nearly impossible to close, even after watching them in full, and will often end up causing your game to crash. Some devices will also have trouble loading their saved files so they can’t continue right where they left off in the game.

Serve them while they’re hot

Idle Coffee Shop Tycoon lets players experience a new way to play your typical restaurant management games. With more abilities to manage your shop from production to selling, you can get a more hands-on experience of how everything works. However, there’s still a lot of room for improvement, especially when it comes to bugs that cause the game to crash unexpectedly and prevent you from opening your saved game files.