Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start

Shop management simulation centered on making and selling sweets

Games Incubator · Published by Games Incubator, PlayWay S.A. · Released Aug 25, 2025

Reviews: Mixed; 65% of 146
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Sep 8, 2025
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 780; 8 GB RAM · 8 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start?

A free, first-person business sim about starting a small confectionery shop. You prepare pastries, serve customers, and manage sales in a standalone introduction to the larger Candy Shop Simulator.

For you if...

+you prefer relaxed, self-paced shopkeeping and cooking

Not for you if...

−you want extensive recipes and advanced business management

What players say

65% of 146 reviews are positive

Players praise the candy-making premise and relaxed pace. They criticize bugs, awkward controls, and imagery they describe as AI-generated, while recent reviews also report crashes.

Screenshots and trailer

Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start screenshot 1

Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 780, 8 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 780
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: Recommend installation on an SSD drive

Does Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 5
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.

Does Candy Shop Simulator: Sweet Start use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

AI is used for some in game graphics also in-game character portrait art creation and they were finally processed by the graphic designer

The statement mentions: Art

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam