ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs hands you a screwdriver, a cluttered workbench, and a tiny shopfront on a busy street in mid-2000s Tokyo. Every scratched flip phone, dusty handheld, and dead music player that lands on your counter comes with a customer attached — and the choices you make about their devices ripple into their lives. It is a cozy simulation game on Steam that turns cleaning circuit boards into something weirdly hard to put down.
At a Glance
- Release Date: 6 Aug 2026
- Genre: Cozy Shop Management / Simulation / Story-Rich
- Platform: PC (Steam) — Windows and macOS
- Cost: $19.99 USD
- Developer/Publisher: Mandragora / tinyBuild
- Store Link: Get ReStory on Steam →
The Concept
ReStory comes from Mandragora, the studio behind I Am Future, and it swaps that game’s rooftop survival for something far quieter: a small electronics repair shop and the neighbourhood that keeps it in business. You greet customers at the counter, take in their broken gadgets, hunt down spare parts, and hand back devices that work again.
Core Gameplay Features
1. In-Depth Device Restoration
The repair system is the heart of the game, and it is far more tactile than a progress bar.
- Take gadgets apart screw by screw with a full toolset
- Clean away years of grime, then replace faulty components
- Reassemble, test, and handle any custom requests the owner made
- Includes officially licensed Atari consoles alongside devices inspired by iconic 2000s phones, handhelds, cameras, and music players
2. Running the Shop
Repairs only pay off if the business behind them holds together.
- Manage finances, pricing, and your parts inventory
- Surf a period-accurate Y2K-era web browser to source components
- Juggle walk-in counter jobs against online orders
3. Choices That Stick
Conversations are not filler between repairs — they are the second half of the game.
- Customers with unique dialogue and personal storylines
- Decisions that change lives and steer the ending you get
- A replayable, nonlinear narrative built for multiple playthroughs
Who Is This For?
If PowerWash Simulator or House Flipper scratched an itch for you but you wanted an actual story underneath, ReStory is an easy recommendation. It also lands hard for anyone who grew up with the hardware it is riffing on — the Tamagotchi-alikes, the candy-bar Nokias, the chunky portable players. The reception has been unusually strong, with reviews sitting at Overwhelmingly Positive, and the main story runs well past fifteen hours depending on how thorough you are. It is single-player only, and it runs on both Windows and Mac.
Pro Tip
Do not rush the disassembly. Cleaning and inspecting every component before you start swapping parts usually reveals the actual fault, and guessing wrong costs you parts you may not have spares for. Keep a small buffer of common components ordered from the in-game browser before you take on a busy day — running out mid-repair is the fastest way to sink your shop’s rating.
