Shelf Indulgence
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A cosy idle game for Android
Light the lamps, put the kettle on and open your doors. Serve picky readers, collect 125 cheeky parody books, decorate every room and write a bestseller of your own.
Want to play early? Testers join through our Discord.
What’s on the shelves
Play in quick five-minute visits or settle in for the evening. Your shop keeps earning while you’re away.
Every customer wants something. Ask what kept them up last night, spot the clues in their outfit and fill their basket. Easy readers want one book; experts want five and glow when they walk in.
From Fifty Shades of Beige to A Brief History of Thyme, every title is a pun on a book you know. Collect them across 23 genres, from Dad Jokes to Nail-Biters, and hunt down a secret book in each one.
Drag armchairs, lamps, rugs and a crackling fire into place. Open a café corner, a rainy reading nook and the Velvet Vault, each with its own look and its own perk. Then give your shop a name.
Find the book a companion is named after and they’ll move into your shop, from Waddleship Down to Lord Byron Bear. Give them a pat when you visit: happy companions work harder.
Pick a genre, three tropes and a title, then watch the royalties roll in.
Shop assistants serve readers while you’re busy, and get better with training.
Pack a stall, set your prices and haggle under the moon.
Race the clock to refile misplaced books. Combos pay extra.
Weekly rewards for everything you do in the shop.
Leaderboards for combos, perfect baskets and books written.
Take a look around
Pull up a chair
A guided tour of the shop in two and a half minutes, with captions explaining everything on screen. The short clips show some favourite moments.
Join our Discord for patch notes, sneak peeks, tester invites and a friendly chat about books. Suggest the next genre, or tell us which pun made you groan.
Good questions
Yes. Shelf Indulgence is free to play. You can buy velvet coins if you’d like to, and short optional videos give you a little velvet too, but you never need to spend anything.
The game is in testing on Google Play right now. Join our Discord to hear the moment it opens to everyone, or become a tester and play it before anyone else.
Join our Discord and ask to become a tester. We’ll add the Google account you use on your Android phone to the test list, then send you a link to install the game from Google Play. Testers get new versions first, and their feedback shapes what we build next. It’s free, and you can leave the test any time.
Yes. Your shop runs offline and keeps earning while you’re away. A connection is only needed for things like purchases, cloud saves and the Hall of Fame.
They’re affectionate parodies. Every title is a pun on a well-known book, and the game keeps a list of the originals so new ones never repeat.
