Alongside the simplified management of a convenience store, Inkonbini asks players to help a small cast of regular shoppers with not only their shopping but problems in their personal lives. | NAGAI INDUSTRIES

Japan’s konbini (convenience stores) are a ubiquitous part of daily life for residents, but the stores have so many overseas admirers that tour operators offer guided jaunts through their brightly lit aisles.

Now, a new game offers the chance to soak in konbini ambience in all its cozy comfort.

Available from April 30, Inkonbini is the debut game by Tokyo-based indie studio Nagai Industries. It puts you in the shoes of Makoto, a college student on summer vacation who is helping out on the night shift at a branch of Honki Ponki, the konbini her aunt runs in an unnamed rural Japanese town during the 1990s.…