shanghai ghost pawnshop

By day, you're the owner of a pawnshop. Customers walk through your doors carrying jade, paintings, watches, jewelry, and sometimes items of mysterious origin. Examine the details, ask about their history, consult reference catalogs, and determine what's real and what's fake. Then make your decision: Should you take it? How much should you offer? Is the price worth the gamble?

By night, you're still the pawnbroker. Only the customers are a little... stranger.

Once a pawn ticket is signed, the story has only just begun. And what you've inherited may be more than just a pawnshop.

Buy, Lend, and Find Buyers

Buy items outright and profit from the difference, earn interest on pawn loans, drive a hard bargain, or run your business with a conscience. Every item has its own market and its own opportunities.

Upgrade your counter, expand your storage, and build relationships. With constant pressure on your cash flow, do whatever it takes to keep your hard-earned pawnshop in business.

Light the Red Lantern, Trade with the Dead

As night falls, wait for visitors from the Ghost Market. Encounter mysterious items with strange purposes and forbidden secrets.

Choose between profit and survival. Heed the warnings of your unusual customers, face your fears, and claim what is rightfully yours.

Key Features

• Run a mysterious pawnshop in Republican-era Shanghai.

• Appraise valuables, spot forgeries, and uncover the truth hidden in the details.

• Haggle and negotiate to strike the most profitable deals.

• Handle pawn loans, redemptions, and forfeited items. Every pawn ticket may lead to another story.

• Manage your cash flow and inventory before your business falls apart.

• The later the hour, the more dangerous the customers—and the more valuable their goods.

• Hang the red lantern and enter the Ghost Market, where the dead come to trade after dark.

• Settle old debts over 49 nights and determine the fate of your pawnshop—and yourself.