Gear up for black Friday with our game of the month for November, Board Game Top Shop released for the Sony PlayStation in the early 2000s. It’s a bit like a digital version of Monopoly with cute anime style characters set in an 80s or 90s style shopping mall. You goal is to bankrupt the other players or acquire a certain amount of assets, becoming a mall store mogul. There’s also a weird story mode.
Top Shop was released by a company that specialized in various “budget” titles. These sorts of games and their associated business models were a bit more common at that time, but at this point “indie” games by a dedicated solo developer or a small team have kind of replaced this sort of game in the marketplace and many of these small games are forgotten.
Give it a try, and if it’s too weird or awkward for your taste… we’ve also got the official PlayStation version of Monopoly!
