About Café Empire

Café Empire exists because of a habit: standing in line at a good café and doing the maths. How many seats? How many flat whites an hour? Would those numbers cover rent, a barista and the beans?

That habit grew into this game. Café Empire takes the café-daydream seriously and turns it into decisions. You set prices, build a menu, hire and train people, manage stock and cash flow, and find out whether your coffee-shop idea can survive a slow Tuesday, a staff emergency and a rent negotiation.

Two ways to play

Student mode turns every sale and cost into an understandable accounting lesson: P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, with explanations and quizzes along the way. It is built for students, teachers and anyone who wants to learn the books.

Tycoon mode is the complete challenge. Grow one shop into ten cafés while rivals, seasons and reputation keep changing the calculation, and see whether you can reach €100,000 in cash with every loan repaid.

A business, not a backdrop

The café responds as one connected system. Pricing affects demand. Training costs cash before it improves service. Delivery adds revenue and vehicles add risk. There is rarely one perfect answer, only costs, trade-offs and consequences, which is exactly what makes the numbers worth learning.

Who is behind it

Café Empire is built and run by Stefan Velickovic in Berlin. If you want to say hello, report a problem or ask anything about the game, write to us through the contact page.

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