[3][4] Every day, Michelle (the player) wakes up to go to her dead-end job with a boss she is either ambivalent towards, or hates.

You don’t actively participate in her job because it’s just a means to an end - to pay rent, to buy food, but most importantly, to engage in her community.

Her day begins the moment the sun goes down, when she pulls down the shutters on the shop and prowls the streets of her London borough.

[5] Sorry We're Closed is the debut title of Bournemouth-based à la mode games, a two-person indie developer composed of creative director C. Bedford and technical director Tom Bedford.

[6]Sorry We're Closed was exhibited at PAX East in March 2024,[7] with a demo for the game released during Steam Next Fest in June 2024.