In the
Margins.

A cozy game about a small-town bookshop, and finding people the right book.

Coming to Steam · Windows & macOS

A sunlit cutaway view of the bookshop, with full bookshelves, reading chairs and customers visiting

Your bookshop
in Willowmere.

Elsie Marsh has retired. Her old bookshop in the riverside town of Willowmere is waiting for someone to turn the sign around.

Pull off the dust sheets, unpack the boxes, and make it yours. Fill the shelves with books you love. Learn the names of the people who stop by. There’s no fail state, and no timer to beat.

A customer asks for a comforting read while the bookseller chooses questions to learn more

“A clever mystery, not too dark.”
“Something like the last one I loved.”

Listen, ask a question or two, and find a match among over 1,400 real books across 16 genres. Read your own stock during quiet hours. The more you know, the better your recommendations.

Regulars remember your last suggestion. You’ll remember what makes them tick.

A day in Willowmere

Watch the gameplay trailer

Customers gather around a coffee bar with an espresso machine and cakes beside the bookshop

Run the shop
your way.

A reading nook by the window. A coffee bar next door. A kids’ corner that’s always a little busy.

Arrange over 170 pieces of furniture and decor, hire a helping hand, and grow into the shops along the street. Host Story Time and Book Club, and give the town a reason to gather.

Or spend a quiet afternoon restocking the shelves, with the cat for company.