Wax Heads is good
Wax Heads is a game by Patattie Games about selling and recommending records. Around that core loop you have a host of interesting and compelling characters. And of course there is a larger story full of music, commentary on the actual music industry and lots of rad art.
Once upon a time there was a famous band. The band disbanded in bad blood and one of the band members now has a record store called Repeater. You are the new kid at the store and learning the ropes. Surrounded by the typical record store oddballs you recommend vinyl to all kinds of people. Some want the newest record by some jazz band others something for their dad. Or they want to impress the women in line after them and only have a T-Shirt to go on. Typical situations that call for good recommendations. You find the records around the store. They have some simple info attached to them.
For example one customer wants a record for her dad. She knows he likes the stuff a certain critic recommends. So you look at the local music blog to find the critic and then at the available records to find a pull quote. The puzzles are engaging and simple enough, although possibly tiresome if the amount of information you have to retain grows too much. For me it brought back pleasant feelings of working in a bookshop, remembering random but helpful information about just the right book.
Add to that the amazing artwork, the cool music and the way all of this game just oozes cool and you are in for a good time. I am not good at keeping up with games, but I might just take another look when the game is released on the 5th of May.