HotPot Story: Malatang Shop

Cozy idle restaurant tycoon

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

A tiny malatang shop behind a single noren curtain. That's your shop. Stock the shelves, and customers pick their favorite ingredients and dig in at their seats. Spend your earnings on tables and rooms until both floors are packed and the whole town is lining up. Glass noodles, bok choy, tofu, mushrooms, fish balls, beef, napa cabbage, quail eggs, shrimp, lamb. As your shop grows, crab balls, tofu skin, snow fungus, and bunmoja join the shelves. ■■ Can you welcome the whole tour group? ■■ ・When word comes that a big group has booked, it's time to get ready ・Clear seats, load up the shelves, and wait for them to arrive ・Both floors fill up with hungry guests ・Welcome everyone, and gems and a pile of 5-star reviews come rolling in ・Hire an upstairs busser to free up seats even faster ■■ Turn a 2-star review into a 5-star one ■■ ・Low-star reviews say what customers really think, like "the wait was too long" ・Answer them with your shop: faster staff, more seats, matching decor ・Grant their wish, and they'll come back and rewrite it as 5 stars ・The more you listen, the closer your rating gets to 5 stars ■■ From a noren curtain to a golden sign ■■ ・Wooden tables become round tables, and little pots become big golden ones ・Floors and walls go from red pillars to jade to gold trim ・Even the fridge cases get fancier to match your decor ・Match your tiers and customers will say, "Love how it all comes together!" ・Add counter seats, a fish tank, and a drink bar ■■ Lively customers ■■ ・Regulars show up for their usual favorites ・Some will call out, "Boss, love the glass noodles here!" and you can answer back ・Some love the upstairs seats and head up the stairs on their own ・Stray cats wander in, and sudden rain sends folks ducking inside ・Meet a rare guest and they're added to your Customer Book ■■ Peek in every day ■■ ・Put a stocker, busser, and cashier on the job and the shop runs itself ・Sales keep piling up even while the app is closed ・Swap the ingredients on your shelves from Lineup on the shop computer ・Daily Bonus and daily quests ・Global Ranking is all about bowls served today, and you'll get a notice if you climb while you play In Settings, you can calm down the screen movement and the floor patterns. Plays on iPhone and iPad. Free to play, with ads and optional in-app purchases (gems and Remove Ads). From your very first bowl, grow your shop into a two-story hit. Questions or feedback: https://maratan.appful.tokyo/en/support --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://maratan.appful.tokyo/en/privacy

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HotPot Story 1.3 is our biggest update yet. NEW WAYS TO PLAY ・Lucky Bags: Pull with gems, or with the money you earn while running your shop. 30 items in all: ingredients, decor, and outfits. No blanks, and duplicates turn into shards. Get the same ingredient 3 times and its level cap goes up. See what can come out, and the odds, under "What you can get and odds" on the bag screen. ・Friends' Shops: Visit a friend's shop with your own manager and send a like. You become friends only when you send a request and they accept. Requests from people you don't know are off by default. ・Visitor events: While you're open, 18 kinds of guests, such as regulars and critics, stop by to chat. Your answer changes your money, reviews, or visitors a little. ・Cafe Chapter: Once you open your 2nd shop, you can enter the Cafe Chapter from the title screen. ・Help chat with the Area Manager ("Elimane"): Ask a question and get an answer. If it can't help, you can send your question to the developer. YOUR SHOP GROWS ・Customers now pick their spice level and noodles, and 6 new ingredients are in ・"Shop Rank" gives you more to spend money on. Higher ranks bring rare guests more often and raise the price of each bowl ・After you open more space, new goals guide you through bags, upgrades, hiring and more. Clear them for gems, and your first bag is free ・You can open up to 3 shops (a manager deputy's wage is charged while you're away from a shop) ・Place your decor anywhere you like ・Quests now have 9 levels of difficulty, plus new lasting quests NOTICE ・An internet connection is now required to play in the shop. The title screen and Settings open without a connection. Players who bought Remove Ads can play offline. FIXES ・Deluxe tables now show on counters, booth seats, and round tables ・The buyer now orders the ingredients you're running low on first ・The staff next to the register now hand out water to waiting customers ・Fixed restocker spots, the path around the return counter, and the fridge case that could not be bought ・You can now see your manager when standing behind equipment ・Customer speech bubbles are bigger and stay for 9 seconds ・Reduced stuttering when the shop is crowded or the upgrade screen is open ・Fixed cards and buttons whose left and right edges looked cut off ・New look for gems and the gem shop ・Minor bug fixes

The developer, Ryusei Okamoto, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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Seller
appful Inc.
Size
250.9 MB
Category
Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and Japanese
Age Rating
9+
In-App Purchases
Yes
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  • はじめてパック $2.99
  • 広告削除 $5.99
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