Moonshine Inc – Review

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Like a Meerkat in the desert, I’m always looking around for new management and simulation games to sink my teeth into, but it’s not often I see a truck full of moonshine racing towards me.

After heading to the big city and making some dodgy business decisions with the wrong crowd, in Moonshine Inc a police raid while you’re away forces you to stay out of town and build a new business empire, thanks to your trust great uncle, Moonshine is the order of the day, so it’s time to throw some ingredients into a bowl and create your own dodgy alcohol to sell in the local area.

You’ll start off with a base in one of a handful of areas, where you’ll first grab a few pieces of equipment and sugar to create your first drink, after working through various other steps, you’ll eventually bottle up your new beverage before heading out to deliver it. As you create more successful recipes, you’ll open up a wider range of equipment and ingredients as your moonshine empire slowly grows from strength to strength. You’ll also have to be mindful of threats such as the local police force who are always happy to busy up an illegal operation, but the fear of your operation getting closed down, never felt as strong as it could have been.

The overall presentation is a little hit and miss, there’s a top-down view which leaves things awkward to see, or you can zoom in closer and see your workers wandering around the base performing various moonshine-brewing activities, zoomed in so close is something I’d only really use in titles like Cities Skylines or Planet Coaster to see how individuals go about their day-to-day lives, but with Moonshine inc, they’re not the best animations and unfortunately I found myself still defaulting to this view for