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Build a vending-machine business across a Japanese-style city by choosing stock, setting prices, restocking, and upgrading machines.
Released 25 Apr 2026
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Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.
Developed by Rogue Duck Interactive · Published by Rogue Duck Interactive, Gamersky Games
You run a small vending-machine company in a Japanese-style city, starting with a few machines and expanding into neighborhoods with different customers and product preferences.
Buy products, load them into your truck, and restock your machines around town. Set prices, watch for changing local trends, collect sales, and clean or repair machines as needed.
Use your earnings to add machines, unlock districts, and improve capacity and features such as heating or cooling. Minigames and side activities—including fishing—offer other ways to earn money as your business grows.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its cute visual style, relaxing management loop, and satisfying cycle of stocking machines and unlocking upgrades; several describe it as easy to lose hours to. Minigames and the music also appeal to some. Other reviewers find that the routine becomes repetitive and time-consuming as the business expands, with frequent restocking and machine upkeep adding chores; opinions differ on how cozy or engaging the experience feels.
Vending Machine Co. is a cozy management and job simulator where you build your own vending machine business across a lively Japanese-style city. Stock your machines, set prices, explore new areas, and enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.
Start small with just a few machines and limited items. Pick your first area. Will you begin in the calm streets of Komorebi Homes or the busy, colorful Otaku Alley?
Grow your business across the city. Each area has different people and different needs. Office workers want quick drinks, tourists look for fun items, and every spot gives you new ways to earn money.
🗾 Unlock new areas with different customer types
🛠️ Place and upgrade vending machines around the city
🛒 Buy items like ramen, drinks, gadgets, and gachapon toys
💸 Set your prices or let the game help you
📦 Upgrade machines with heaters, coolers, and new features
🎮 Play minigames and side activities to earn more money
As you grow, you will unlock more items and better strategies. Put the right products in the right places and keep up with daily trends to earn more profit.
🚚 Manage your truck and restock machines in a simple and satisfying way
⚡ Shift + Click or Double Click boxes to restock vending machines or quickly move them into your truck
🎨 Change your truck color and add fun stickers
🏮 Add special upgrades in areas like Yakuza Row for unique effects
🎴 Buy charms in Temple Grounds that give daily bonuses
🐟 Go fishing at Harbor Market to earn extra money during slow days
Play your way. Focus on making the most money, or relax and enjoy the simple loop of stocking, selling, and upgrading.
With better balance, smoother progression, and more ways to earn money through contracts and side activities, Vending Machine Co. is easy to pick up and fun to master.
Build your vending machine business, grow at your own pace, and enjoy a cozy and relaxing experience.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 141 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
