"While not the first 'cosy' game, Stardew Valley has been massively influential and has given rise to multiple games that want to follow in its muddy bootprints. Discounty is its own game, but there's undeniably a lot of Stardew Valley 's DNA in its design, right down to the main character moving to a little town in the middle of nowhere to start a whole new life. Except this time, it's a supermarket you're running and not a farm."
"The meat and potatoes of the game is the day-to-day running of Discounty itself. Operating the shop is a matter of laying down shelves and coolers which hold the various products you want to stock. In the backroom, you'll store all the crates containing your goods, and order up new deliveries. Figuring out the ideal layout is a part of the fun, because customers will come in with a set shopping list but will also make impulse purchases too, based on what they see, its appeal level, the advertising posters you've put up around town."
Discounty places the player in Blomkest to run and expand a small-town supermarket, adopting cosy-sim conventions such as moving to start a new life and uncovering residents' stories. Gameplay centers on shop layout: placing shelves and coolers, managing backroom crates, ordering deliveries, and unlocking new products as the store grows. Customers arrive with set shopping lists and make impulse buys influenced by product appeal and local advertising. The town features friendly inhabitants with secrets revealed across roughly eight to twelve hours of play. The game is available on PC, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 5, and Switch.
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