Indie · July 13, 2015
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! (2015)
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world. Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes. You will meet more than 70 potato heroes, forge more than 200 weapons, expand your business into 20 wacky areas, manage 30 zany potato smiths, discover 10 legendary pop culture heroes . . . and even adopt a potato dog! Inspired by games such as Game Dev Story, Weapon Shop De Omasse and Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale , Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is designed to provide an exciting new gameplay experience to fans of this emerging game genre. The game score is composed by the legendary Kimura Masahiko, who worked on the original score for the Genso Suikoden Series and the Castlevania Series . Features: Research and forge hundreds of weapons Manage and train 30 potato smiths Sell weapons to questing heroes and build customer loyalty to learn more about these adorable potato people Encounter random events and weather conditions Explore the potato world for materials, relics and enchantments Customize and enhance workshop equipment Forge unique weapons for legendary pop culture heroes
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32 Indie titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.
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Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 2.0k Steam reviews | Top 94% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 72% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 93% |
| Metacritic | 69/100 | Genre average 77 — top 91% of Indie titles |
| Engagement hours | 9 h average | Top 64% for session depth among Indie |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Management · 68
- Simulation · 61
- Indie · 59
- Casual · 39
- Crafting · 36
- Funny · 29
- Singleplayer · 27
- RPG · 20
- Economy · 5
Reception Metrics
Steam community
72%Mostly Positive · 2.0k reviews
1.5k positive · 571 negative
Metacritic
69/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
1.2k
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (7)
- English volume_up
- Japanese
- French
- German
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish - Spain volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Spanish - Spain
Press Quotes
“This is one of those games you could easily get addicted to.” Markiplier “If you are looking for a fun little experience, then I think that you can absolutely find it here.” Total Biscuit “It ticks all the boxes for me. I love this type of gameplay.” Sips
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
9h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
Achievements
50
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jul 13, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Daylight Studios |
| Publisher | Daedalic Entertainment, Daylight Studios |
| Base price | $0.99 -90% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Editions & Packages
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