Games Like Shop Crush

June. No matter what you do—or don’t—days keep moving. But some choices stay. Some things don’t come back. This is that kind of story.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 31% ★, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Life Sim 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.5%

inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy slice-of-life game about running a small-town convenience store, inspired by early 1990s Japan. Meet regulars, stock shelves, and watch quiet, everyday moments turn into meaningful stories.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.8%, Shop Keeper 25.6% ★, Life Sim 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.3%, 1990's 6.7%

Play as Iris, a burnt-out goddess who opens a midnight bakery in a sleepless city. Read customers’ emotions as color and craft cakes to comfort them, while hiding from the gods searching for her.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Emotional 7.8%, Story Rich 5.8%

Run a night-shift bakery inside a quarantine zone. Every customer looks human at first. Check their symptoms, fill the report, and make the call — bread, medicine, or the knife. Keep your supplies stocked and beware what waits outside the glass.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.4% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Management 12.8%, Life Sim 11.8%, Retro 8%

Kicked out by his father for not becoming fully human, the protagonist is left in charge of a neglected guild. Guildream is a casual and comedic simulation game where anyone can enjoy managing a quirky guild.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.8% ★, Management 18.7%, Life Sim 15.4%, Point & Click 7%, Cute 6.5%

It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 6.9%, 1990's 3.5%

Run a cozy store as a grandma in a forgotten town where the living and the dead collide. Grow your shop by serving customers, fulfilling requests, and managing daily life. Talk to townsfolk and wandering spirits, hear their stories, and help them find purpose and peace.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 31% ★, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Emotional 12.6%, Management 11.9%, Life Sim 9.9%

Become the host of an afterlife teahouse. For 49 days, serve the final cup to the departed. Experience a deep brewing system based on authentic traditions. Listen to the secrets of unique spirits, change their fates, and face the truth of your forgotten past.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Life Sim 11.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%

A narrative 2D single-player game about working in an underground tobacco shop, funding a collapsing film project, taking on tasks, exploring a dangerous city, and watching reality gradually break apart.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Management 12.5%, Surreal 10.3%, Visual Novel 7.8%

You play as Hicha — a shut-in girl whose only reason to live is her virtual avatar, Virai. Help her escape the depressive nightmare before it consumes her completely.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Life Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Emotional 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

Run Your Game Cafe in This Funny, 2D, Pixel Art, Game Cafe Tycoon Manager Simulator, Meet Funny Friends , Make new Customers, Keep old Ones Happy, Make Money , Pay Power Bill & Rent Every day , Buy New Games , Update Old Games , Repair Devices , Keep Business Going, Don't Get Bankrupted!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.9% ★, Life Sim 17%, Management 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Cute 4.3%

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Surreal 10.1%

Going Once! is a cozy art gallery / auction house management game. Appraise and buy art, display it in your gallery and auction it off to the highest bidder!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.6% ★, Management 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Cute 6.1%

The darkness surrounding the Odyssey Coffee House is undeniable, but what’s the connection behind these unusual occurrences? Who’s the culprit? Dark Brew is a mystery/thriller cafe simulator set amongst the stars. Play as Leon the racoon, and manage the coffee house while talking to patrons.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 6.8%, Dark 6.5%

可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Point & Click 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%

Manage your café, meet new friends, and serve unique drinks as new stories unfold every day in Coffee & Fox! Can you handle everything this place has to offer?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.4% ★, Life Sim 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Management 8.2%

Face your fears, Alice. This time, you're not alone. This is the last chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Surreal 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Emotional 10.7%

You'll open a potion shop in Sacred Heart City and learn about the reasons for the decline of Sacred Heart City by meeting a wide variety of customers. This is a story-based business simulation game, the main gameplay is that the customer asks you to make the right potion according to the request.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.3% ★, Life Sim 18.6%, Emotional 9.4%, Story Rich 6.2%, Retro 4.9%

Shake It: Lycoris is a bartender simulator where cozy vibes, smooth jazz, and a wide variety of cocktails blend into one unique atmosphere.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 28.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 7.8%, Point & Click 7.7%

Buy mysterious (possibly cursed) goods from the dark web by night, then sell them in your curio shop by day. Balance profit against consequence and assemble an artifact capable of causing the apocalypse. All in a day’s work.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.2% ★, Management 20%, Life Sim 16.7%, Dark 4.8%, 2D 2.3%

Run your own pub in this atmospheric and story-rich job simulator. Featuring a full brewing pipeline, dynamic NPCs, side quests, bar upgrades and expansions, branching dialogue, a freely explorable city, and a deep narrative set in dystopian Napolis City.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Management 9.2%, Retro 8.3%

"Kiki & Ana - The Child" is a cute story experience. Focused on story, art, and music. Must avoid hazards which some people find difficult. Takes about an hour to complete. WARNING: flashing lights, light gore.

Why similar: Emotional 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Cute 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

With a brand spanking new degree in Literalchemy, use your witchy powers to change stories, craft tales, run a bookshop, and even find love in this puzzle, visual novel, shopkeeping sim!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 40% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Management 12.3%, Cute 5.9%

Confections & Conversations is a cozy bakery simulator about baking sweet treats, managing a small business, most importantly getting to know a cast of colorful customers, and helping guide them through heartfelt conversations all in a modern isekai fantasy world.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 27.3%, Life Sim 10.1%, Visual Novel 9%, Story Rich 6.2%

Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.4%, Emotional 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%

A cozy horror game where you craft plants for late-night customers while you manage a small plant shop. Expand your plant collection, upgrade your shop & grow your business.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.3% ★, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Management 13.6%, Female Protagonist 5.9%

🧺 A cozy 2D life sim about running a small-town laundry. Wash, dry, and iron clothes for townfolks. Upgrade your shop, decorate your space, and discover heartwarming stories behind every piece of clothing.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.3% ★, Life Sim 20.3%, Management 14.5%, Point & Click 9%, Cute 7.1%

Welcome to Anssoloin's new postman! After years of hard work, you've finally been able to buy your own post office by the sea. Learn more about the village and its residents through your work. Will you be able to fit in your new community? Sort the mail, discover new things, chat, and relax.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Emotional 10.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Point & Click 7.3%

Death, redemption, distortion, love, and... you are the reason.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Emotional 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Cute 9.5%

Run your own sandwich shop! Stock your ingredients, prepare delicious sandwiches, take payments, customize and expand your store, and become the best sandwich shop in town!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.4% ★, Management 19.9%, Life Sim 17.7%, Cute 6.1%

Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%

A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Emotional 16%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.4% ★, Psychological Horror 13.6%, 1990's 12.1%, Retro 11.9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Emotional 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Hand-drawn 8.5%

A calm, story-driven simulator where every crafted part matters. Run your tiny workshop, meet other robots, and discover how even the smallest detail can change a life in this forgotten city of machines.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Story Rich 4.9%, Choices Matter 3.6%

You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Emotional 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark 8.1%

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: Life Sim 18.7%, Emotional 17.1%, Management 13.4%, Visual Novel 11%, 1990's 9.1%

Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Management 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.4%

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: Shop Keeper 34.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Management 13.6%, Life Sim 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%

Run a weaponsmith shop in dark medieval city of Greyhaven. Sell weapons, manage gold, debt, materials, and fame, while customers, beggars, bandits, and rumors reveal the consequences of every choice.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.9% ★, Management 17.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 8%, Atmospheric 3.9%

Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.3%, Emotional 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 15.1%, Surreal 8.3%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

A psychological horror game set in an old roadside motel. Clean rooms, fix broken things, and welcome weird customers. Try to go your normal routine while struggling with your mental health

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49% ★, Management 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 4%

How about running your own pastel stand across Brazil? Fry your customers’ pastéis and be careful not to burn yourself! Travel through different regions of the country, discover new ingredients, and upgrade your stand to attract more and more customers along the way.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.1% ★, Management 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Point & Click 7.4%, Cute 6%

Brew coffee in wartime Kyiv in this cozy and narrative-heavy coffee brewing simulator. Master tactile coffee brewing technics and become a quiet refuge for people carrying both ordinary worries and painful stories.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 50.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Emotional 13%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Choices Matter 5.1%

Night shift alone at a cursed gas station. Pump gas, stock shelves, clean, and work the register. But you are not alone. An authentic job simulator fused with psychological horror where you must maintain the routine to survive the anomalies watching you.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, 1990's 11.5%, Surreal 9.6%, Retro 8.2%

2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10%, 1990's 9.8%, Surreal 9.4%

You used to help the hollow maid take care of herself. This time, she's missing & the front-facing UI has disappeared, giving way to a whole new environment. Find your friend.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Emotional 17.7%, Surreal 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Point & Click 9.8%

Linda & Joan is a narrative game about a British family. You play as Russell, Linda, and Joan — son, mother, and grandmother — switching between them to help the family cope with a series of traumatic events. Based on a true story. Prologue available now. Main game is in development.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Emotional 17.7%, Life Sim 14.9%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%

As a merchant in a city caught between warring powers, build relationships with unique characters, expand your store, and discover the true price of doing business.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Management 16.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 26% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 7%

With your shop on the line, meet unique characters and craft potions of every flavor in this short, light-hearted game. From giant constructs to quirky little creatures, listen to their troubles and mix the right ingredients to create a potion that soothes their hearts and satisfies their cravings!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Point & Click 6.7%, Story Rich 5%

Wander from room to room in this whimsical and dark visual novel as you follow five friends trapped during a freak storm. Listen while they have hard conversations and tough realizations as they confront the conflict in their lives. For what is a house but a box with windows?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Emotional 16.6%, Surreal 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

A 1990s body-horror management sim. Buy alien corpses off the black market, harvest their organs at a basement autopsy table, and sell to rival factions. Bank $1.5 million in 30 days, and keep the heat off your back.

Why similar: Management 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, 1990's 14.4%, Shop Keeper 12.2% ★, Point & Click 7.7%

Under a snowy overpass, people gather around warm lights. In this cozy management simulation game, run your own POJANGMACHA and serve Korean street foods like tteokbokki and ramyun. Handle quirky events and grow your tiny stall into a street food success!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 57.5% ★, Management 20.6%, Life Sim 18.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.9%, Life Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Cute 7.7%

Find your resolve, despite the challenges of the future. 30 Days: A Sobriety Simulator is an emotionally compelling cyberpunk visual novel grappling with themes of addiction, control, resilience, recovery, and community. The first thirty days are the hardest; how will you walk towards sobriety?

Why similar: Emotional 17.5%, Life Sim 16.9%, Management 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Run your own Baqala corner store in a nostalgic local neighborhood in 2002 Dubai. Stock your shelves with your favorite items from childhood. Complete quests and build relationships to unlock special in-game items. Team up with friends to deliver the goods and use BB Guns to stop shoplifters.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.9% ★, Management 21%, Life Sim 8.9%, Retro 7.7%, 1990's 5.4%

A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.

Why similar: Emotional 21.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Surreal 10.3%