Moonshine Inc.

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Simulation
Publisher: Klabater
Developer: Klabater
Release Date: Dec. 1, 2022

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'Moonshine Inc.' Will Be Getting Sandbox Mode Next Week, Accepting Beta Test Sign-ups

by Rainier on Feb. 17, 2023 @ 2:30 p.m. PST

Moonshine Inc. is an isometric economic simulator with RPG elements, in which you will develop your character, hire multiple companions, and build your moonshining empire from the ground up.

Put your best distilling foot forward by crafting produce in 4 distinct categories of alcohol, trace the 5 flavour profiles (Sweet, Acrid, Sour, Salty, Bitter), change proportions between 50+ ingredients and modify fermentation method in order to recreate & tweak over 100+ cult recipes that borrow from the legends of moonshining.

Harness the real-life adapted chemistry processes behind distillation, and make your mash from scratch, differentiate heating with gas or open fire, choose the correct alcohol factions (Heads vs. Hearts vs. Tails), toy with the final alcohol concentration for your profit: water down or give the best to the clientele? The choice and consequence is all yours!

Open up the artistry behind moonshine distillation and unveil a rich technology tree to create eclectic, varied and nuanced batches of booze for the thirsty masses suffering from sobriety - the more variety, fair pricing, exciting flavours, the longer you’ll stay in business with customers ready to do anything to keep tasting your produce!

Hire only the best, manage their weaknesses and strengths, and build up your centre of operation in full 3D view of your base in 5 distinct locations (Forest, Swamps, Small City, City) with 30+ different distillation apparatuses to make sure your produce is top quality, accessible to process and varied enough the make the business profitable.

Make sure your business has solid foundations in correct prices, demand generation and more! Your actions have in-game consequences and every little decision counts - whether it’s producing a slightly different batch, tweaking the alcohol content, stashing all alcohol in one place or diversifying.

From choosing the final price, alcohol content, fulfilling or denying locals their cravings - the more careless you are, the harder it will be to succeed and some milestones, oh boy! They might be tough to accomplish without a cheering squad backing you up!

Choose between earning a quick buck at the risk of getting caught or look after the long-term prosperity of your unlawful operation by keeping a low profile and building the business brick by brick in the shadows.

The original in-game Red Flag Police system means game over whenever the Feds catch a whiff of you and put the final target on your back - evade the law by finding the delicate balance between fair pricing, big enough output and variety of routes you take to accomplish success.

Storyline missions, side missions, randomized events and your own thirst for success will make it all worth your while. You'll be harassed by corrupt sheriffs, a particular ATF agent, and even a corrupt governor! But with the help of your younger sister Elly-Jane and old grand-uncle Donald, you’ll fight the odds, the competition, and Johnny Law all at once.

Klabater is inviting the fans of sandbox games to participate in beta testing of the upcoming Moonshine Inc. Sandbox expansion.

The seventh patch planned to be released on February 23rd, will include the sandbox mode. After its primary in-house QA testing, Klabater is opening a weekend-long beta testing to the sandbox fans and inviting them to play it early and share their impressions.

The Sandbox allows several options to choose from:

  • the region,
  • starting money,
  • Police Alert on/off,
  • the pace for production and crafting,
  • the discoverability of the technologies and recipes - which mostly determines the sandbox game style.

The chosen region, be it the Mountains, the Forest, the Swamps, Small Town or the City, defines the base you will operate in and the store you’ll be shopping at - it will be the center of your operations. You will see no other bases or stores on the map. All your deliveries will start from the chosen base.

What is more, the Technologies, Side Quests, Police Quests, and Events aren’t region locked anymore. The whole map unlocks and becomes fully accessible at all times. All stashes are open from the get-go and you are no longer limited to the type of alcohol you’re producing, as it is designed in the Campaign mode.

Another significant difference from the Campaign, is that you can deliver your alcohol to more than three stashes at a time.

  • STARTING MONEY: If you were given the chance to choose from $20 000, $50 000, $100 000 or $100 000 000 - how much would you take? Check out for yourself what kind of operations you can kick off being the Big Fish.
  • POLICE ALERT: We allowed deactivating the Game Over and Alert Level systems. If you decide to do it, all the Events related to the specific Alert Level will also be deactivated. In that case, we must update our tagline: Ain't nothin' illegal, cause you don't get caught!
  • PRODUCTION AND CRAFTING: Sandbox also allows selecting the pace for production and crafting. You can keep it in Real Time, at Normal mode, or you can twist the reality and either speed it up with Fast mode or make it happen even instantaneously. We believe this will allow more dynamic gameplay.
  • TECHNOLOGY AND RECIPES: If you choose to unlock all the technologies - your gameplay will focus on discovering the recipes - it will be way easier and faster than in the campaign mode because the unlocked technologies will automatically unlock all the ingredients and equipment required for the specific recipes.

Some of you might like it the other way around. For those, we have an option with all recipes unlocked. This setting is for Players, who enjoy a slower approach to maximizing the recipes by unlocking the technology and ingredients step by step while having the knowledge of what we can do with them.

If you’re more into business management, you can choose to have the recipes and technologies already unlocked, and start with full know-how. Just focus on base management, distribution, and counting your monies.

Our recommendation though is to leave this option as All undiscovered - here’s where you’ll discover the simulation and core loop of moonshining! Here’s where you can learn the know-how and see what it takes to make the shines.

A group of experts in the field of physical chemistry and economics is involved in the production. Thanks to their help Klabater development team has built a credible economic model for trading in illegal alcohol and accurately reproduced the chemical processes related to the fermentation and distillation. In addition, players will be captivated by an original story full of references to cult series and movies such as Breaking Bad or Ozark. For Moonshine Inc., the studio has also developed an innovative 'Red Flag Police' mechanic, which dynamically reacts to the player's actions and, depending on the results of those, controls the behavior of the police and federal agents.

Key Features:

  • A unique blend of isometric strategy and RPG
  • Create apparatus and recipes, both your own and those “borrowed” from legendary moonshiners who walked the Appalachian mountains before you.
  • Buy, expand and upgrade your illegal, hidden bases across a huge map.
  • Hire people and build an empire of independent moonshiners, the ‘last American heroes.’ Manage your employees and your delivery network to produce and sell thousands of liters of moonshine!
  • Manage the production and distribution of the moonshine - Craft and modify fermentation and distillation equipment! Use the real chemistry and concepts behind fermentation and distillation to create top-of-the-notch alcohols.
  • Unveil rich technology tree. Unlock new modifications for your equipment and create the most complex recipes.
  • A story full of twists and colorful characters which you start by making the biggest mistake of your life - and then it only gets worse.
  • The Red Flag Police system, specially developed for the game, intelligently controlling the behavior of the police and federal agents.
  • Don’t get arrested. Police and the feds are waiting for your slip-up.
  • Over 40 different ingredients and recipes to discover and produce!
  • More than 30 different moonshining machines and apparatuses and their modifications with a complete crafting system.
  • A five-chapter long plot
  • 5 geographically diverse gameplay areas: Rocky mountains, Woods, Wetlands - swamp, Town, and a grand finale in a City that never sleeps!

Currently available for PC (Steam), Moonshine Inc. is coming to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5 at a later time.


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