Fix & Flick Puts You Behind the Counter of a Very Particular Festival
Congratulations. Your name was drawn in the early lottery and, in a single flick, Jimmy Flickerman goes from hiding in a storage room to being this year's officer for the SICRED SYSTEMS Game Weeks. Fix & Flick hands you keys to a family shop handed down through generations, and asks you to buy, sell, fix, and manage second-hand consoles while you keep one eye on customers and the other on a deeper mystery.
The premise is simple on the surface and strange in its details. You are officially on duty for the festival. Maintain professionalism. Follow orders. Serve customers. Yet the game promises more than tidy transactions: conversations branch, relationships develop, and secrets are tucked away in the dim corners of the shop and the nights you spend soldering and stocking.
A Job That Starts in the Garage
Jimmy's day begins with the garage. Deliveries arrive, consoles must be checked, and the tools are already waiting. By day you operate the front counter: trade consoles, haggle prices, and provide a serviceable face for SICRED. By night you return to the workbench to repair and modify devices, preparing inventory for the next round of customers.
That cycle - customers and bargaining by daylight, repairs and prep after dark - defines the tempo of Fix & Flick. It is a shop management sim with a personal angle. You are not just balancing finances; you are sustaining a family legacy, responding to human requests, and following the odd instructions of a festival-sized corporate machine.
Day and Night Workflows, With Conversations That Matter
Gameplay centers on first-person interactions and hands-on work. Expect to:
- Service customers through an interactive dialogue system where choices branch and relationships form.
- Trade and bargain for second-hand consoles, balancing profit and reputation.
- Repair and modify retro hardware at night, turning broken stock into sellable devices.
- Grow your business and increase your renown during the festival window.
- Piece together a layered narrative that unfolds as you meet unique characters and complete your duties.
The game leans into routine: small mechanical tasks, polite professionalism, and steady productivity. But routine here is a vehicle for discovery. The more you engage with customers and tinker with machines, the more hints you collect about why Jimmy was chosen and what SICRED really expects from its officers.
Repair Bench Tension and a Quiet Mystery
Fix & Flick sounds like it will appeal to players who enjoy tactile loops - trading, fixing, and optimizing - wrapped in a narrative shell. The branching dialogues and relationship building give stakes to each interaction; a bargain is more than money, a repair is more than parts, and late-night hours can reveal things the day hides.
SICRED's instructions are clear: stay loyal, stay productive, and carry out your duties. Whether you follow orders to the letter or start asking uncomfortable questions is up to you. Either way, the shop gives you plenty to do, and enough small moments to make those activities feel personal.
If you like slow-burn workplace drama with soldering irons and cassette-era consoles, Fix & Flick promises a cozy but suspicious little world to get lost in.
➡️ Check out Fix & Flick now on Steam
