It starts off nice, but quickly becomes rather dull and boring. You end up automating all the minigames later on, along with an AI auto buyer and 3 workers. This results in you standing around doing nothing because there is nothing to do for you anymore. There's a Retro switcher at the end of the last shop upgrade that allows you to turn off automation and do the minigames again for a tip. But it costs 30k and is the most expensive upgrade you can buy. Meaning it's likely the last thing you will buy and makes it absolutely pointless at that point.

Then there's the story and it's mysteries as the secondary hook to the game. But the issue is that the story kinda culminates into a pretty boring conclusion. And it doesn't really solve anything because being a mystery is the whole point.

There's also this weird undertone of one customer ranting about electric cars, one character at a tire dump going on about how tires on EV vehicles wear out faster and can't be disposed of fast and properly. (Which is true apparently)
And then if you lean more towards "Civilization" instead of the local legends and myths as a stat, you get the bad ending where you straight up die / disappear.
It really comes off a bit like the game has this "technology bad" subtext.

TL:DR; If you're looking for a good mystery or a chill minigame / job simulator, look elsewhere.

I love management games, and I'm a big fan of the Pacific Northwest setting, so this game was right up my alley. What I wasn't expecting was the mystery element and how interesting the story turned out to be!

The gameplay can feel a little repetitive in the middle, but as you unlock more upgrades and decorations, you keep getting new story moments that make it worth pushing through. I had a great time with it and would definitely recommend it!

Pretty good game, pretty chill, not too hard. A good experience overall, I'd recommend it. I'll probably come back for the few achievements that exist and that can't be unlocked in-game yet.

Edit: I came back to get the last achievements released in the newest update. It's pretty good, but with me having finished the game before it, it just turned into waiting for cars to pass by, hoping I'll be able to photograph them. Took me 16 days (in-game) to complete the album. If you do it while you play the game organically, it's another easy task to take care of as you play along and improve your gas station, it's great.