Sauce Boss

Sauce Boss is the all-ages version of WeedSpot. Same engine, same shop tycoon, reskinned from top to bottom around chili peppers and hot sauce. If you already own WeedSpot, this is the same game with peppers instead. If you want the grow-and-sell loop without the cannabis theme, this is the one.

Your first seed costs $20. Your first customer walks in two minutes later. Everything after that is up to you.

A pixel-art shop tycoon about the whole chain: germinate it, water it, harvest it in the golden window, bottle it, and read the customer walking through your door well enough to sell it.

What's in it

• Grow: water, feed and defend 16 pots across two rooms. Harvest inside the golden PERFECT window for a yield bonus
• 57 peppers, 28 of them hidden: 25 base peppers, four seasonal crops and 28 crossbreeds you find at the Breeding Bench
• Craft: a Drying Rack, a Sauce Kitchen and an Extract Lab turn raw pods into flakes, rubs, hot sauce, pepper jelly and more
• Know your customers: eight customer types, twelve named regulars, hagglers, shoplifters, a health inspector and a rival vendor
• Build the empire: a research tree, daily quests, staff, seasons, the yearly Pepper Cup, a second shop at the Beach Kiosk, franchise and prestige
• Secrets: a stray cat, a wall safe, a news TV, and a trapdoor in the floor
• Offline progress up to 8 hours, three save slots, a guided tutorial, a four-track soundtrack

The itch.io version

• No ads. No in-app purchases. The full game, once.
• Windows and Linux downloads. Mouse and keyboard: Esc goes back, F11 toggles fullscreen.
• A portrait window sized to your screen, which you can resize.
• Free browser demo: play the first season (Spring, 9 in-game days, about 15 minutes) right on this page.

Credits

Pixel art: LimeZu (limezu.itch.io), Modern Interiors and Modern Exteriors.