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Shopping Cart Pusher: Deliberately Frustrating Cart Sim — $5.99 Out Now

Shopping Cart Pusher is out now at $5.99 - find 50 carts with deliberately hard physics, arm yourself with soda rockets, and fight angry mall customers.

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Baseline date: 2026-09-28. Always confirm in-game for anything time-sensitive.

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Shopping Cart Pusher released on Steam on September 27, 2026 at $5.99, developed by Jack Li.

VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 4038570), checked 2026-09-28

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The cart controls are deliberately difficult - the developer states the friction, collisions and inertia were tuned to raise your blood pressure - and troublemakers include the Hot Dog Man, the French Fries Man and a Fishing Guy showing off a shark.

VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 4038570), checked 2026-09-28

FAQ

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Is Shopping Cart Pusher hard to control?

Deliberately - the developer states the cart's friction, collisions and inertia were tuned to raise your blood pressure.

What weapons can you use?

Weapons made from store products, including the Chips Shotgun, the Soda Rocket and the Fan Saw.

Who fights you in the mall?

Troublemakers like the Hot Dog Man, the French Fries Man and a Fishing Guy with a shark, brought in by angry customers.

How much is it?

$5.99 on Steam.

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What the game is

Shopping Cart Pusher is a physics-based mall game released September 27, 2026 at $5.99, self-described as the supermarket version of Grand Theft "Shopping Cart" (BOUNDED: official Steam description, checked 2026-09-28).

Find the 50 missing shopping carts hidden across the parking lot, shops, supermarket and even the rooftop of a physics-driven mall.

Friction, collisions and inertia all make the cart hard to control - and the developer says that difficulty is the point.

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The troublemakers

Fail to find the carts and the mall's angry customers draw in worse: the Hot Dog Man wielding a giant hot dog, the French Fries Man who fires fries from his back, and a Fishing Guy showing off a hooked shark.

You earn money by any means: recovering carts, knocking down customers and picking up what they drop, and completing NPC tasks like the Shopping Cart Race and Kunkun's Basketball Challenge.

Money buys weapons made from store products - a Chips Shotgun, a Soda Rocket, a Fan Saw - to fight back.

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Who it is for

It is a comedy chaos game in the loose tradition of physics-sandbox open-world games, with the twist that precise control is deliberately withheld.

Hidden items and endings reward poking around the whole mall rather than just grinding the main loop.

Customers arrive with distinct personalities, and anything lying around can become a weapon - the tone is slapstick, not simulation.

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store.steampowered.com/app/4038570

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Last checked: 2026-09-28

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