---
title: "Gratis"
description: "A shop has opened, the shopkeep has moved in, and shoppers need assistance. A quick salve, a trifle, salvation. Help them.  [From Itch.io]"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/41/111241.jpg"
---

# Gratis

![Gratis](https://t.vndb.org/cv/41/111241.jpg)

**Aliases:** Gratis: A sinister shopkeep sim

**Developer:** gamewill / Marlowe Dobbe

**Release date:** Oct 12, 2024

**Platform:** Windows, Linux

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 8.0/10 (avg, 1 votes)

## Description
A shop has opened, the shopkeep has moved in, and shoppers need assistance. A quick salve, a trifle, salvation. Help them.

[From [Itch.io](https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/gratis)]

## Characters
### Shopkeep
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Aliases:** Merchant , Pal, Peddler, Benefactor
- **Role:** Villain, Shopkeeper, Non-human, Antagonist, No Visual Appearance
- **Personality:** Pretending, Cruel, Manipulative, Sadist
- **Engages in:** Cursing, Manipulation, Proxy Murder

### Jester
- **Gender:** Female
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Body:** Unnatural Skin Tone, Makeup
- **Role:** Employee, No Name, Lonely, Comedian
- **Items:** Book
- **Clothes:** Ring, Ribbon Tie, Jester Costume, Puffy Sleeves
- **Subject of:** Psychological Trauma, Curse, Paranoia, Turndown, Mental Breakdown, Manipulation, Uncontrollable Superpowers, Guilt, Stage Fright
- **Engages in:** Shopping
- **Personality:** Romantic, Gloomy

### Knight
- **Gender:** Male
- **Engages in:** Swordsmanship, Revenge, Attempted Murder, Magic/ESP Combat
- **Role:** Hero, Knight, Popular
- **Eyes:** Black, Hidden
- **Items:** Longsword, Shield
- **Subject of:** Wounding, Curse, Eye Loss
- **Personality:** Arrogant, Stubborn, Vindictive, Ambitious
- **Clothes:** Helmet, Cape, Spaulders, Breastplate, Military Decoration

### Mercenary
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Hair:** Blue, White, Antenna, Ponytail, V Bangs, Spiky Bangs
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Engages in:** Swordsmanship, Religion, Mass Murder
- **Body:** Young-adult, Dark, Freckles, Pointed Ears, Amputee
- **Subject of:** Insanity, Amputation, Unavoidable Other Route Death, Curse, Paranoia, Betrayal, Manipulation
- **Role:** Mercenary, No Name
- **Personality:** Refined, Violent, Religious Extremist
- **Clothes:** Puffy Sleeves, Coke-bottle Glasses, Capelet

### Outcast
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Hair:** Bald
- **Body:** Scar, Pointed Ears, Ugly, Claw, Dirty
- **Clothes:** Cloak
- **Personality:** Low Self-esteem, Strange, Vindictive, Obsessive, Gloomy
- **Subject of:** Bullying, Insanity, Illness, Curse, Manipulation, Parasitism
- **Engages in:** Medication
- **Role:** Unpopular, No Name, Lonely
- **Eyes:** Slit Pupils, Unnatural Sclera

### Nun
- **Gender:** Female
- **Engages in:** Cooking, Child Abuse, Cannibalism, Religion, Shopping
- **Body:** Young-adult, Makeup
- **Clothes:** Cross Necklace, Habit
- **Personality:** Stoic, Altruistic, Religious, Savior Complex
- **Subject of:** Insanity, Curse, Manipulation
- **Role:** Non-blood-related Mother, Christian Nun
- **Items:** Cross

### Student
- **Gender:** Female
- **Role:** Student, Rival, Fish
- **Items:** Book, School Backpack
- **Subject of:** Unavoidable Other Route Death, Curse, Manipulation
- **Personality:** Smart, Vindictive, Jealous, Bookworm, Stutter, Loud, Puns
- **Engages in:** Shopping, Graduation
- **Clothes:** Turtleneck Dress, Pointed Hat, Coke-bottle Glasses
- **Hair:** Spiky, Parted in Middle

### Employee
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Violet
- **Body:** Unnatural Skin Tone, Horns, Pointed Ears, Tall
- **Clothes:** Apron, Name Tag
- **Personality:** Shy, Naive, Gloomy
- **Role:** Employee, Poor, Non-human, No Name
- **Engages in:** Manslaughter, Shopping
- **Subject of:** Manipulation

## Shops
- [Itch](https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/gratis)

## Releases
### English
- **2024-10-12**: Gratis - [Itch.io](https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/gratis)

## Tags
Horror, Shopkeeper Protagonist, Game Jam, No Hero(in)es, Ambient Sounds, No Romance Plot, No Saves, Cannibalism, Curse, Body Horror, No Skip Function, No Background Music, Dark Fantasy, No Gallery, Bloody Scenes, No Backlog, Villainous Protagonist, No Skip Read Text Option, Madness, Linear Plot, Bad Endings with Story, Only Bad Endings, Life and Death Drama

## More Games from gamewill / Marlowe Dobbe
- [Turgor](https://pinovel.net/v23876)
- [Gratis](https://pinovel.net/v57142)

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