Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator

Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator is a casual independent simulation game from Blood Pact Studios. You open your own video rental shop set in the 1990s and start small with basic rentals and sales, then grow the business step by step. It captures the feel of browsing shelves for a movie to watch on a weekend night.

The core loop is day-to-day store management. You scan returned tapes into the system, rewind them on a rewind machine, and hold reserved titles for customers who are waiting. You also collect late fees, track down tapes that come back damaged, and deal with customers who haggle or complain. As the business grows you can hire staff to handle routine chores, recommend movies to shoppers, and prepare snacks for them.

Stock comes from an old computer that lets you order new releases, or from a shady underground dealer who sells exclusive pirated titles. Every week, new releases arrive that pay tribute to real classic films from the 80s and 90s. Your shelves can hold thousands of tapes, each with its own title, genre and hand-drawn cover, and the layout is yours to change. You can customize walls and floors, hang classic posters and movie merchandise, and expand the store over time.

The seasons, weather and holidays matter. Each season brings its own holidays and festivities, and they shape both how the game plays and which movies customers want to rent. A rainy Friday night can turn the store into a rush, so staying prepared is part of the fun.

• Stock thousands of individually named VHS tapes, each with its own genre and hand-drawn cover art.
• Handle returns by scanning barcodes, rewinding tapes and holding reserved titles for waiting customers.
• Charge late fees and damage compensation while handling customer haggling and complaints.
• Customize walls and floors, hang classic posters, and expand your store layout as it grows.
• Seasons, weather and holidays change both the gameplay and what customers want to rent.
• Steam achievements, trading cards, Steam Cloud saves and Family Sharing are supported, and you can save at any time.

Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator carries an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam (壓倒性好評 on the Taiwan store), with 95% of its reviews positive. That is a strong result, and it comes from a review base in the tens of thousands rather than a handful, so the percentage carries real weight.

On Steam, the review label is driven by the share of positive reviews and the total number of reviews together. A label in this top range with a large volume usually means that the great majority of reviewers were pleased with the game. Smaller review counts can swing sharply, so the large volume here makes the signal more dependable than the early reviews of a new release. Reviews still reflect personal taste, so it is worth checking whether the 1990s rental-store premise appeals to you.

These are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. The game is currently NT$ 229, which is 30% off its regular NT$ 328. That current price is also the lowest we have recorded so far, and we logged it on the first day we tracked the game.

The game is discounted often, but our price record is still short, so this verdict is tentative. We have not recorded any free-to-keep promotion for this game, so the current discount is the main offer we have seen.

Is now a good time? The price matches our recorded low and sits 30% below the regular price, which makes it an attractive offer for anyone who likes the premise. Because our history is still limited, we cannot yet say whether it will dip lower. If you are unsure, wishlisting the game and watching the price trend is a sensible middle path.

1. Sign in to your Steam account on the website or the desktop client.
2. Search for Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator and open its store page.
3. Compare the current NT$ 229 price with the regular NT$ 328 price to decide whether it is worth buying now.
4. Purchase the game if you are ready, or click the wishlist button if you prefer to wait.
5. Turn on wishlist sale notifications in your Steam settings so you hear about future discounts.
6. Check back here for the price trend before you buy.

Traditional Chinese and English are both listed as supported languages for this game. No adult content warning applies to it. The prices quoted here are Taiwan-region figures in NT$ and may differ in other regions. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.