Pubertator
Haggle, hustle, and survive at a post-Soviet flea market. Appraise scrap, talk down oddball customers, and ride a beat-up motorcycle to scavenge for loot — a dark-comedy trading sim about running your own junk stall.
Set up your own stall at the flea market, size up the junk people bring you, and don't let anyone pull one over on you — in Pubertator, you ARE that flinty market soul who knows the price of every rusty scrap of metal.
Customers come in all shapes — from a broke bum with three coins to his name to a collector willing to overpay for something rare. Haggle, talk the price up or down, and watch your rating — one botched negotiation and the customer storms off.
Key features:
Flea market economy: multiple rarity tiers of goods, buyers and sellers from a whole range of social classes — from the homeless to the collector
Real risk in the haggling mechanic — a failed attempt to talk down the price can cost you rating
A catalog packed with post-Soviet household items, each with its own ironic flavor text — from faceted glasses to Soviet-era curiosities
Lafa — a scrap-metal neighbor with a motorcycle, who'll trade you loot if you can survive riding his motorcycle past open manholes
Sonya — an antique dealer and streamer running spot 40, buying up whatever the flea market won't appraise
Full localization: Russian, Ukrainian, and English — with authentic surzhyk dialect in customer dialogue where it fits
No political correctness here — just cheapskate haggling, surzhyk slang, and the smell of rust.