Would you report the disturbing thing you found inside a former gangster’s phone, or quietly fix it and hand it back? Choices like that sit behind every repair in ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, a cozy shop simulator set in mid-2000s Tokyo where you take apart flip phones, virtual pets, music players, and officially licensed Atari consoles. The screwdriver work is relaxing, but the customers bring stories that shape a branching plot with multiple endings.
| Genre | Repair simulation, narrative shop management |
| Platform | PC |
| Setting | Tokyo in the mid-2000s |
| Story | Branching, with multiple endings |
Every job follows a tactile loop: take the device apart, clean dust and grime with the brush, replace faulty parts, and screw everything back together. You start with little more than a screwdriver, a brush, a barely working computer, and some shelf space in a tiny kiosk. Rent to your sketchy landlord is 2000 yen a week, so every repair counts.
Beginners often rush reassembly and forget a small component, which means reopening the whole device. Laying parts out in the order you removed them saves a lot of frustration.
Players who love methodical, hands-on tasks will find this loop deeply satisfying, especially on devices packed with tiny screws.
When you need spare parts, you search for them through an in-game web browser styled after early internet sites. It is a small detail that does a lot for the atmosphere, and ordering parts ahead of time keeps customers from waiting.
Earnings let you buy licenses to handle a wider variety of hardware, along with tool upgrades and decorations. A sensible order for spending is:
Jobs also arrive through the computer as well as at the counter, so the shop stays busy in two directions. Checking the inbox before opening each morning helps you order the right parts in one batch instead of several small ones.
Regulars drop by with devices and gossip, including the mail delivery guy, a weird cop, repeat customers, and your landlord. Helping a lovestruck student confess to his crush or deciding what to do with evidence in a phone can ripple out to other characters later.
Story-focused players will enjoy these conversations the most, while pure sim fans sometimes skip dialogue and miss how choices affect the ending. Reading everything is worth it at least once.
Customization with stickers and paint also gets a lot of love from the community, letting you personalize devices before handing them back.
The honest criticism is repetition. Cleaning screens and removing the same screws can feel slow in long sessions, and several players say the game works best with a podcast or show running in the background.
Collectors of retro hardware tend to forgive that, because recognizing the barely renamed versions of real phones and handhelds is a big part of the appeal. The Atari consoles in particular stand out since they appear under their real names.
Shorter sessions keep the loop fresh. Two or three in-game days at a time is a comfortable pace for most players.
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs is a calm game with a quiet emotional core, where a brush, a screwdriver, and the landlord’s weekly rent frame every choice you make at the counter. Fix the virtual pets, read the customers carefully, and see which ending your kiosk earns.
