Shishiro Botan Learns the Ropes of a Dystopian Shop in Probably Stolen

HOLOLIVE — Shishiro Botan of Hololive’s fifth generation (holoFive) spent a Friday stream learning Probably Stolen, a shop-keeping game set in a dystopian space station. By the time she called it a night, Botan had finished the game’s tutorial, put a batch of wine on to ferment in the shop and called the game pretty addictive.

Botan opened by explaining that the game had reportedly been played by only about 30 people at launch before sales suddenly took off, to a figure she gave as 750,000 copies, and compared it to the indie hit Vampire Survivors. She chose the beginner-friendly apprentice start and the normal difficulty. A mentor character then fed her rules through notes left on the counter: buy stock from customers, let the game add its default 15% markup, and keep food and water on hand. Rent of 200 credits was due in six days.

“Man, this game is pretty addictive.” — Shishiro Botan, near the end of the night

The game’s tricks kept coming. A security officer handed over a list of wanted people and explained that a false report on the emergency button brings a fine. When a wanted man begged not to be reported and offered 100 credits to speak well of Botan among the revolutionaries, Botan let him go and saw the shop’s reputation rise. Botan also learned to hold a magnifying glass to counterfeit cigarettes, spotted an opened security seal on one box and got a 15% discount for pointing it out. A nighttime scavenging trip to the dump turned up mostly junk and cost a customer the next day.

Water became a running thread. Botan wavered between water and wine as the first shop upgrade and chose water, then spent a long stretch testing purity, relabeling “ghost water” and trying filters and purifying tablets, while thieves took the tablets one at a time. Botan also took on appraisal work and said she could happily live off appraisals alone. Botan stopped after the tutorial wrapped and a wine kit was ordered, saying the brew would take two days.

Chat greeted the opening with a wall of the channel’s emotes and, as the shopkeeping went on, joked about gambling and about thieves. Botan read out a long list of names for membership milestones and birthdays and thanked the 27 Super Chats and Stickers. Botan said another stream was planned for Saturday at around 6 p.m. and that the game would be announced on X.