Print Shop Manager

Start small. Build something bigger.

Turn a small print shop into a growing custom-apparel and promotional-products business. Win your first orders, invest in better machines, hire your team and expand your workshop, one week at a time.

Print Shop Manager draws on firsthand experience running a real print shop. Your decisions connect the whole business: attracting customers is only the beginning—delivering their orders is how you grow.

Choose your management style.

• Simplified: streamlined finances and team management, with sales, production, marketing and workshop growth at the heart of the experience.
• Complete: deeper business decisions involving payment terms, cash flow, employee skills, morale, stress and customer relationships.

Choose your mode when starting a new game. Both let you build your business; Complete offers the full range of scenarios.

Win orders. Deliver on your promises.

Quote printing and embroidery jobs, adjust your price and assess your chances of winning the order. Negotiate counteroffers and decide which contracts fit your capacity and margins.

Plan textile printing, embroidery, patches, DTG and outsourced promotional products. Prioritize orders and balance speed with quality. Machines can break down and departments can become bottlenecks: a busy order book needs a workable production plan.

Launch marketing campaigns and take part in business events to reach new customers. Then make sure your workshop can handle the growth. Review weekly results to see what earned money and where to invest next.

Make the business yours.

Create your company logo and design your staff shirts. Arrange machines, desks, storage and packing stations, open new departments and move into larger premises as your company develops. Watch employees and deliveries bring your workshop to life.

Different businesses. Different challenges.

In Complete mode, build a customizable sandbox business or take over an aging shop, an overextended company, a family business, a disaster-recovery operation or a B2B-only production workshop.

Specialize, expand or build a balanced company that lasts. Your shop. Your decisions. Your next big order.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need business-management experience?
No. Start with Simplified mode for lighter management and learn as you build your first workshop.

What is the difference between Simplified and Complete?
Simplified reduces financial and team micromanagement. Complete adds payment terms, more detailed cash flow, employee management and customer follow-up. Both modes keep sales, production, marketing and business growth.

How does time progress?
The business progresses week by week. Plan your orders and investments, then advance the week to see the results. You make decisions before moving to the next week.

What can I customize?
Create your company logo, choose its colors, design T-shirts or long-sleeved shirts for your staff and arrange your workshop's machines and workspaces.

Are there different scenarios?
Complete mode includes a customizable sandbox and business scenarios, such as an aging workshop, a family business or a B2B production operation. Simplified mode starts with a small workshop focused on growth.

Which platforms and languages are supported?
Print Shop Manager is a single-player game for 64-bit Windows. The interface is available in English, French, Spanish (Spain), Italian and Portuguese (Portugal). You can change the language in the game menu.