Games Like Rock Star Manager

Start your rock band and master songwriting, rehearsals and gigs while working a day job to pay the bills. Shop for records, instruments, and groceries, recruit musicians around the city, and earn your place in the Hall of Fame.

Why similar: Rock Music 27.8% ★, Time Management 19.9%, Management 16.9%, Life Sim 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%

Step into the chair of a therapist in Therapy Simulator! Guide your patients through emotional journeys with branching dialogue choices. Balance humor, humanity, and the chaos of therapy!

Why similar: Parody 18.4% ★, Conversation 16.1%, Management 13.7%, Comedy 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.3%

An immersive simulator of a phone techno-prankster. Find the victims phone numbers, communicate with them using their own phrases and put on a show, pitting them against each other!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 33% ★, Conversation 18%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Comedy 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Gordy and her punk band, Dead Pets, haven't hit it big but they will any day now! Go to band practice, crush a diner shift, chat with friends and manage Gordy’s mess of a life. Unleash your inner demon in a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy narrative rhythm game!

Why similar: Rock Music 58.2% ★, Conversation 15.2%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Choices Matter 5.6%, Immersive Sim 5.3%

Shouldermen is a puzzle game that uses your voice as the controller. Help an angel and a devil escape a virtual reality prison by helping them guess the password. The fate of the world hangs in the balance until they are free to stand on shoulders and guide people towards right and wrong.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 43% ★, Conversation 25.6%, Dark Humor 19.6%, Immersive Sim 7.4%, Casual 4.4%

The world's ultimate (only) roguelite high school sim. Puzzle out how to overcome your lackluster social skills and build yourself a high school life.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.7% ★, Conversation 17.1%, Nonlinear 17%, Comedy 10.2%, 1990's 8.9%

Random Raiders puts you in charge of a newly-started raiding guild in the fictional MMORPG 'World of Guild Quest'. Recruit the best players you can find - balance their classes, volatile personalities and overcome the inevitable drama in order to become the best guild on the server.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 30.9% ★, Parody 19.3% ★, Dark Humor 15.7%, Time Management 9%, Management 9%

Rockstar Life is a casual life simulation game. In this game you get to write songs, organize tours, record singles and albums while you deal with the everyday drama of a wannabe Rockstar through random events.

Why similar: Rock Music 56.3% ★, Time Management 9.8%, Life Sim 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Simulation 6.3%

An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 32.2% ★, Dark Humor 20.6%, Conversation 12.1%, Management 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Go on adventures as you take on a modern world in an old-school style puzzle RPG about being a cashier! ... Or so it would seem!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27% ★, Nonlinear 16.4%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Management 12.6%, Choices Matter 7%

Your tongue can be deadlier than your blade. Forget the silent hero - you’re Fayme, a loudmouth who can trash-talk a wizard mid-fireball and still live to tell the tale. In this unique fantasy adventure, you’ll speak as much as you fight.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 37.7% ★, Conversation 18.9%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Comedy 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Secretly playing your Generic-90s-Handheld-Video-Game-Console during a first date? Shame on you!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.5% ★, Conversation 23.9%, Comedy 16.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%

This is an adventure novel game. Movement and object selection are possible using only keyboard input and mouse clicks on a PC. Experience the story of a girl strolling through the night town, enhanced by captivating movies and music.

Why similar: Rock Music 82.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Casual 3.4%, Choices Matter 2.2%, 2D 2.1%

A rock-and-roll management RPG where you guide a 90s grunge band from garage obscurity to stadium glory. Set up gigs, manage egos, and navigate the music industry in an alternative America inhabited by larger-than-life anthropomorphic characters. Make it big without selling out.

Why similar: Rock Music 50.5% ★, Management 15.2%, Comedy 10.5%, 1990's 9%, Choices Matter 9%

Play as an aspiring software developer in a world dominated by soul-sucking corporations. Will you achieve your goals and build a career in the software industry, or will burnout crush you first?

Why similar: Time Management 19.5%, Dark Humor 18%, Life Sim 10.7%, Management 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Welcome to The Lost Hotel, a story-based pixel art game where you take on the role of a hotelier, saving the hotel from an endless time loop. Explore the hotel and interact with a diverse cast of characters. Uncover secrets and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery of the hotel's past.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.9% ★, Time Management 18.7%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Conversation 13.8%, Management 9.4%

Manage your very own gaming cafe!

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.5%, Conversation 18.5%, Time Management 17.5%, Management 16%, Comedy 12.5%

Step back to the era of dial-up and WinGoals SP. As a black-hat developer, manage the delicate balance of detection probability versus payout potential. Will you build a silent botnet for profit or a worm designed to destroy? Avoid the feds and conquer the web in this nostalgic management sim.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.9% ★, Nonlinear 16.4%, Time Management 15.9%, Management 13.8%, Immersive Sim 9.9%

Set in a South Korean elementary school in 1999, 『Come to my party!』 follows 10-year-old Jimin's quest for her first-ever birthday party. Through multiple endings filled with laughs and heart, step into a story that might remind you of your own childhood.

Why similar: Parody 19.7% ★, Dark Humor 18%, Conversation 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%

🍖 Fry meat, stack buns, and serve sketchy customers fast. 💵 Set prices, upsell extras, or pocket shady bribes. 🕶️ Handle weirdos who want ketchup… or chaos. 📼 A gritty, lo-fi PS2-style hotdog sim with janky charm.

Why similar: Time Management 18%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Management 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Comedy 10.7%

Another job simulator at the top of Steam, seriously? Piss on work and a bunch of dumbass simulators in this game!

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.8%, Parody 20.7% ★, Management 17.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Comedy 8.1%

Meet Troy, the new Gatekeeper. His job is simple - close the gates at a desolate railway crossing for one month. This is his last chance to earn back his wife's trust. To prove he can stay sober. To become a better man. Join him at the Tower in the middle of nowhere. Help Troy fix his life.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.6% ★, Nonlinear 18.5%, Time Management 15.5%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Life Sim 10.5%

In Laundry Store Simulator, you'll start small and work your way up, upgrading your equipment, designing a stylish store, and expanding your services! Are you ready to own the best Laundry Store in the world?

Why similar: Time Management 21.2%, Management 21.1%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Conversation 15.7%, Comedy 14.9%

A short, free high-score chasing 2D shooter set to a punk rock soundtrack.

Why similar: Rock Music 85.6% ★, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Casual 5%, 2D 3.1%

Step into The Mirage, a haunted cinema where you'll serve snacks, upgrade your shop, and meet chilling quotas—all while dodging the eerie gaze of Manny the Clown, the masked killer and cinema manager!

Why similar: Dark Humor 19.6%, Time Management 16.9%, Parody 14.8% ★, Management 11.2%, Immersive Sim 11%

"Why would you waste your time making this? Couldn't you have made something fun instead? Games are supposed to be fun..." - The Game Developer's Dad

Why similar: Parody 18.2% ★, Comedy 13.5%, Management 12.2%, Time Management 12%, Immersive Sim 11.6%

Get up? Or stay in your bed just a few more minutes? A peaceful, small-scale life sim. Go through your mornings and forge your fate with the consequences of your everyday choices.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.2% ★, Nonlinear 22.1%, Time Management 18.7%, Life Sim 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Step into the shoes of a young merchant on a journey where you'll trade goods, recruit a diverse array of mercenaries, engage in tactical combat, and make critical decisions that shape both your path and the unfolding story.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 38.2% ★, Management 16.7%, Time Management 15.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Immersive Sim 8.5%

You are the new postal worker! Serve customers by sending and receiving packages and letters. Check the contents of boxes for prohibited items. Every decision you make has consequences. Decide whose side you're on.

Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Management 19.5%, Conversation 16.3%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Simulation 10.3%

From the developer of the Shady O'Grady's™ Rising Star series comes a band sim game with more attitude than a teenager hyped up on energy drinks. This roguelike deckbuilder lets you step into the shoes of a startup rock band - write songs, buy instruments, and play gigs from bars to festivals.

Why similar: Rock Music 66.6% ★, Management 12.6%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 4.1%, Choices Matter 3.3%

A quasi-documentary trip that leads to a phone booth in 2002, where feelings of nostalgia and pain from broken parental relationships intertwine.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 32.9% ★, Conversation 17.3%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Parody 16.4% ★, Life Sim 7.2%

The Blue Cut Hook blends cozy tavern management with subtle adventure. You're no hero, just a humble tavern keeper, but your food, gear, and advice quietly shape the adventurers who pass through. They make the choices, take the glory, and face the danger, but your influence might keeps them alive.

Why similar: Management 22.3%, Nonlinear 20.3%, Comedy 16.2%, 1990's 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Manage your very own comic book store! You can unlock over 70+ unique comic licenses, each having 5 volumes for you to sell to your customers! Upgrade your tools, hire staffs, and expand your store so you can have the best comic book store in the world!

Why similar: Time Management 24.4%, Conversation 17.6%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Management 15%, Comedy 14.6%

The Last Mile: Delivery Simulator is a door-to-door delivery simulation where wrong addresses, fragile packages, and unpredictable people turn every drop-off into a challenge. Every delivery is simple — until something goes wrong.

Why similar: Time Management 19.5%, Dynamic Narration 16.5% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Management 12.5%, Life Sim 11.6%

NOW HIRING: Station Manager! Run a totally-legit* space biz in Sector 7-G. Farm alien crops, refuel shady ships, and sell dangerously edible snacks. Perks: gloves, oxygen insurance**, and mild relevance. No exp needed. Apply today! *Legit status not valid in all sectors. **Terms apply.

Why similar: Parody 18.5% ★, Dark Humor 18.4%, Time Management 18.3%, Management 16.7%, Immersive Sim 11.9%

Beans is a sardonic 'tycoon' simulation game about hipsters running a coffee shop replete with dismal puns, coffee, chiptunes, and mystery!

Why similar: Management 23.5%, Dark Humor 20.5%, Comedy 13.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Time Management 10.8%

Become the new manager of a run-down maid cafe. Rebuild it with unique kemonomimi maids, each with their own secrets and personalities. Manage ingredients, serve customers, expand your shop, and chase the ultimate dream: the legendary Maidchelin 3-Star!

Why similar: Management 21.5%, Conversation 20.3%, Time Management 14.5%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Simulation 12%

Oswego Quest for the Golden Pin is a retro adventure game where you play as a failing student, exploring your college campus looking for a mythical pin that will supposedly help him pass his final exams.

Why similar: Conversation 24.4%, Nonlinear 24.1%, Comedy 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Casual 8.8%

Experience the hilarious 360º platformer, 'Beer and Rush: Non-VR Edition', where you must find a bathroom in a dream world after having a few beers. Based on a personal experience, this short game is a platformer packed with humor, great music, and challenges.

Why similar: Rock Music 63.2% ★, Parody 23.3% ★, Comedy 8.9%, Colorful 2.5%, Casual 2.2%

Hospice is a kinetic visual novel game about pure brother without his little sister, a men with no hope, a place with no home.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 38.5% ★, Dark Humor 21.3%, Conversation 15.2%, Comedy 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

BLOODSAINT 2 is the most recent, barely playable, fast-paced, retro-hardcore, top-down arena-shooter minigame from Walter Machado.

Why similar: Rock Music 87.2% ★, 1990's 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, 2D 2.7%

Start a new life in cozy Hearthstone Bay! Restore your grandmother’s cafe, sharpen your barista skills, and build bonds with the locals as you uncover the town’s hidden secrets! Enjoy festivals, explore nature, and bring warmth back to Hearthstone Bay, one cup and connection at a time.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.2% ★, Conversation 21.9%, Management 19.4%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Life Sim 10.2%

A struggling book company has decided to hire you, a baby, to be the new CEO? All you need to do is manage the budget, keep the company brand strong and make the employees happy. You can't talk? No problem! Give a thumbs up or down and try your best.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 32.6% ★, Conversation 21.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Comedy 12%, Time Management 10.9%

EverWorld is a procedurally generated adventure life sim with deeply simulated artificial intelligence.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 32.5% ★, Conversation 21.7%, Nonlinear 19.2%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Life Sim 10.3%

La Dimensione Interna (The Dimension Within) is a third person 3D narrative adventure game in which you'll play as Giorgio, a journalist living in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, during his worst moment in life.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 43.5% ★, Nonlinear 25.2%, Conversation 19.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%

Totally Secure Airport is a chaotic co-op sim where you play as an airport security guard. Search through weird luggage and decide who flies and who cries. Documents? Check. Suitcases? Shuffle. Find troublemakers with your friends, but be quick - the airplane is taking off soon!

Why similar: Dark Humor 29.5%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 11.8%, Immersive Sim 9.7%

Happy is a sweet little cat who needs you, even when you're away. He waits to play, eat, chat… so don’t leave him alone too long. He might feel forgotten.

Why similar: Conversation 25.8%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Simulation 12%, Life Sim 11%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Inspired by an old classic. Project - Fish shop takes place in your own personal fish aquarium. Raise baby fish while fighting off a cast of dangerous fish enemies. Once grown you'll be rewarded with coins or gems they find, to upgrade your tank or buy the fated egg.

Why similar: Parody 24.7% ★, Dark Humor 17.1%, Time Management 16.7%, Management 12.6%, Comedy 10.4%

👁️👄👁️ GABEN: Elevator Pitch Simulator is a comedy where you become a game developer. Unleash your imagination and convince Gaben to publish YOUR game!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.9% ★, Parody 22.7% ★, Nonlinear 15.5%, Comedy 15%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.

Why similar: Time Management 19.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Life Sim 12.7%, Management 10.7%

Who will you choose among twelve datable college girls while managing classes, clubs, work, and rest?

Why similar: Conversation 20.9%, Time Management 18.6%, Dark Humor 16.8%, Management 14.9%, Life Sim 8.5%

I'm Tom and I just got a job as a bartender. Now I have to wipe down the same sticky counters where I used to leave my own marks. In this dive, even the rats look like they're hungover. Alright, the boozers won't pour their own drinks - time to get back to work.

Why similar: Conversation 20.8%, Simulation 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Time Management 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%

Order Up, Chef! Grow a ragtag goblin kitchen crew and cook disgusting dishes for detestable diners, where mistakes don't just cost time, they cost a goblin's life! Can you keep your crew from getting 86'd?

Why similar: Time Management 27.3%, Immersive Sim 17%, Life Sim 13%, Comedy 12.3%, Management 8.7%

An adorable cooking game where you hop around many worlds, finding new ingredients to whip up new recipes. Get to meet a variety of customers of all races and background as you immerse yourself in the flow and frenzy of running a restaurant.

Why similar: Time Management 27.9%, Management 25.9%, Life Sim 13.8%, Conversation 9.9%, Simulation 9.2%

Ever wondered what it would be like to have an elephant the size of a softball as a friend? Elfie is a unique and cozy experience that combines elements of pet simulators, minigame collections and visual novels to answer just that! Enjoy the company and hobbies of your new rotund friend!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 47% ★, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Life Sim 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Simulation 5.5%

Enter your name and start your own dynasty. Rule your empire and choose between developing technology or culture, governing diligently or lazily. Through a series of memorials and decisions, you will determine the fate of your nation.

Why similar: Conversation 23.5%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Simulation 11.8%, Comedy 11.8%

Hotel Clover is a hotel management simulation where stories come to life. Decorate guest rooms, cook with ingredients you’ve gathered yourself, and talk to guests to form special bonds. Can you protect the hotel your father left behind?

Why similar: Conversation 19.9%, Time Management 19.8%, Management 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Simulation 9.3%

An absurd backyard bomb-building simulator. Raise funds, plan your approach, hunt down rare parts, and assemble your atomic masterpiece while staying calm and avoiding suspicion from nosy neighbors and federal agents.

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.4%, Parody 20% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Management 12.7%, Time Management 10.4%

Friend! I need your help to run my Kebab business, take care of placing the orders, keep the place clean, serve customers properly, try to have positive reviews, improve the place And, beware those of health!

Why similar: Dark Humor 20.8%, Management 16.2%, Dynamic Narration 16.1% ★, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Comedy 14.3%

A Exorcism Simulator! Take the role of an Xpressorcist (Express Exorcist) and exorcise as many people as possible with out running out of time and accidentally blowing them up!!

Why similar: Time Management 20.7%, Dark Humor 20.5%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Comedy 11.9%, Simulation 11.8%