Press Kit
About
Self-Checkout Tycoon is a free satirical browser game where you try to steal as much as possible from self-checkout without getting caught. It’s about modern retail, where corporations replaced cashiers with unpaid customer labor, then added donation and tip prompts. Made by Labby Labs.
Fact Sheet
- Developer
- Labby Labs
- Based in
- Denver, Colorado
- Release date
- March 11, 2026
- Platform
- Web browser (mobile + desktop)
- Price
- Free
- Website
- SelfCheckoutTycoon.com
Tagline
The fast-paced grocery stealing game
Alternate hook
“Steal groceries, dodge security, don't get caught. Self-Checkout Tycoon by Labby Labs.”
Descriptors
Features
- Default Mode — 60-second runs against a global leaderboard. Daily and all-time rankings.
- Featured Daily Challenge — Same items and timeline for all. Challenge friends with a shareable link and compare scores head-to-head.
- Anti-cheat replay validation — Server-side deterministic replay of every run submitted to the leaderboard.
- Share cards — Dynamic images with achievement tiers. Share your score, rank, or spectacular failure.
Characters
The Manager is the game’s only on-screen character. A checked-out teen who represents corporate oversight and passive surveillance. A minimum-wage avatar of a billion dollar system. The primary manager variant is a Black teen: a deliberate subversion, placing the player (the thief) under the watchful eye of the figure society stereotypes as the suspect.
Gameplay Clips
Landscape · 1600×900 · MP4
Download MP4 (1600×900)Landscape · 2560×1440 · MP4
Download MP4 (2560×1440)Portrait · 1000×1250 (4:5) · MP4
Download MP4 (1000×1250)Screenshots
Landscape · 1920×1080 · PNG
Logo & Wordmark
Monetization Permission
Labby Labs allows the contents of Self-Checkout Tycoon to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from Self-Checkout Tycoon is legally and explicitly allowed by Labby Labs.
About Labby Labs
We create joy, mischief, and insight through games, memes, social experiments, and interactive art on the internet and blockchain.
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