Games Like Ale & Tale Tavern

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Management 43.5%, Building 25.3%, Fantasy 13.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with fantasy life-sim elements and crafting in a charming pixel-art style.

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 43.5%, Building 30.7%, Simulation 18.6%, Indie 2.1%, 3D 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the medieval tavern management and building aspects found in the seed game.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Building 25.4%, Co-op 18.2%, Management 14.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep survival and management experience set in a medieval world where you build and grow a settlement.

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.3%, Economy 15.6%, Management 14.9%, Co-op 13.5%, Sandbox 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same core loop of managing a business while engaging in hunting and building in an open world.

You’re a humble shopkeeper trying to live a peaceful new life, finding yourself surrounded by warring factions and dangerous creatures. Will you be able to carve out a new home for yourself and your customers in this open-world survival shopkeeping simulator?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.5%, Economy 28.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique open-world survival game that centers on running a shop while exploring and fighting enemies.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.6%, Building 18.3%, Co-op 14.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the same blend of fantasy exploration, hunting, fishing, and cooperative building in a vast open world.

Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!

Why similar: Cooking 23.4%, Economy 15.1%, Management 13.8%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: A direct simulation experience focused on the day-to-day operations of running a fantasy tavern.

Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!

Why similar: Cooking 40.5%, Management 12.9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Simulation 8.6%, Building 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cooking and restaurant management aspects with a strong emphasis on cooperative multiplayer.

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.8%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Fantasy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features robust building and exploration mechanics within a fantasy setting that rewards cooperative play.

Bronzebeard's Tavern is a goofy and playful restaurant manager sim where 1-8 players can work as a team with multiplayer co-op. Fulfill a number of different roles, serve a diverse range of customers and cook up delicious dwarven cuisine.

Why similar: Cooking 28.2%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative management game featuring dwarves that captures the chaotic fun of running a fantasy establishment.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.9%, Building 16.9%, Co-op 16.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and building in a mysterious fantasy environment.

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

Why similar: Cooking 34.1%, Co-op 19.5%, Management 17.9%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Building 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a frantic, highly cooperative cooking and restaurant management experience that emphasizes teamwork.

Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

Why similar: Building 35.6%, Sandbox 28.3%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and management within a vibrant world that encourages adventure and community interaction.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Management 28.8%, Sandbox 22.1%, Building 18.5%, Simulation 15%, Fantasy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a quirky, dark-fantasy management experience with deep crafting and simulation mechanics.

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.4%, Building 15.8%, Co-op 14.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features exploration and base-building mechanics with a focus on survival in a dangerous, oversized world.

Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.6%, Building 17.2%, Co-op 15.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Family Friendly 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, cooperative exploration and farming game that focuses on building and discovery.

Welcome to the world's most chaotic place! Play solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Run a fast-food restaurant, and work with your friends to expand your business. Take orders, make burgers, and increase your earnings by dealing with customers.

Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Online Co-Op 23.1%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Co-op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative cooking and management game that emphasizes speed and efficiency in a restaurant setting.

Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.2%, Co-op 17.7%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival and life-sim game that allows for cooperative building and management in a unique wilderness setting.

Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.2%, Building 21.7%, Co-op 15.7%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, multiplayer life-sim that emphasizes gathering, crafting, and building within a fantasy world.

The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.8%, Management 15.5%, Economy 14.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management simulator that emphasizes cooperative play and store expansion.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.5%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 16.7%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base building and management with intense fantasy combat and exploration in a shared world.

Lead a medieval restaurant with a team of rats like you! Cook the food, throw it at the guests, wipe the drinks under the skeletons! Become a legendary rat chef, proving to orcs and vampires that the most delicious bloody meat is served in your restaurant!

Why similar: Cooking 31.5%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Management 13.8%, Co-op 13.3%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative restaurant management game that focuses on teamwork and service in a multiplayer environment.

Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.4%, Economy 13.8%, Management 13.6%, Co-op 12.2%, Sandbox 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative management game that focuses on the logistics and customer service aspects of running a shop.

Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!

Why similar: Cooking 39.7%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Fantasy 14.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed farming and life-sim that features cooperative play and deep RPG elements.

Bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!

Why similar: Cooking 30.9%, Online Co-Op 19%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person simulation game that focuses on the specific tasks of running a bakery cafe.

The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 35.1%, Building 20%, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on cooperative development and community management in a prehistoric fantasy setting.

🌴👩‍🍳🍔 A stress-free cooking game that lets you relax! Cook up burgers for mecha cats and aliens. Play solo or with up to 7 friends!

Why similar: Cooking 34%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Co-op 13.3%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative cooking game that adds a fun, thematic twist to the standard restaurant management formula.

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Why similar: Co-op 25.8%, Online Co-Op 20.9%, Building 16.7%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Sandbox 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that revolves around building and managing a mobile base while exploring the environment.

Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.8%, Economy 17.2%, Building 16.2%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and management tasks that can be completed cooperatively with friends.

This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING!

Why similar: Cooking 28.6%, Management 13%, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 9%, Family Friendly 7.2%

Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

Why similar: Cooking 28.3%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Co-op 10.8%, Economy 9.3%, Management 9.1%

A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.

Why similar: Cooking 49.4%, Simulation 14%, Sandbox 9.4%, Co-op 7.7%, Management 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed and realistic cooking experience that serves as the foundation for many management games.

Ready to create your own world of flavor? Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players, prepare sandwiches with your friends, deliver online orders to the courier and run your sandwich restaurant. Clean, expand, and keep your customers happy!

Why similar: Cooking 26%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Co-op 10.8%, Economy 10.5%, Management 7.2%

Old Market Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you manage your market by ordering goods, growing produce, raising animals, fishing, and crafting items in your workshop, while hiring employees and expanding your business.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.1%, Management 19.3%, Economy 12.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Co-op 10.9%

Run your dream pizzeria solo or with up to 6 players in chaotic online co-op multiplayer. Cook authentic pizzas, automate your kitchen, customize your restaurant, survive disasters, invest in stocks, gamble and build the ultimate Italian restaurant empire.

Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Co-op 11.9%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 6.8%

Cook, create, and run your dream restaurant. Master realistic cooking mechanics, invent original recipes, satisfy demanding guests, and build your culinary reputation. Play solo or team up with friends in optional co-op. Become the Chef Everyone Talks About!

Why similar: Cooking 29.5%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Co-op 12.2%, Sandbox 11%, Family Friendly 7.5%

Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

Why similar: Management 22.8%, Economy 22.3%, Simulation 17%, Building 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Create and decorate your cozy cafe, where guests can enjoy delicious food and drinks. Expand your service with a supermarket offering a wide selection of fresh products, so visitors can not only have a tasty meal but also do some shopping. Play solo or with friends in cooperative mode!

Why similar: Cooking 20.4%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Management 12.9%, Building 12%, Economy 11.2%

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

Why similar: Cooking 24.7%, Management 14.4%, Economy 13.5%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.9%

Run your Parisian bistro in the heart of Paris, solo or in co-op with up to 8 players! Curate your menu, manage supplies, serve customers, and expand with new floors, a terrace, and a rooftop to become a true Parisian institution.

Why similar: Cooking 20.6%, Online Co-Op 19.8%, Management 13.4%, Co-op 12.4%, Economy 10.2%

Cozy Italian Vacation Cafe 🏖️ No timers, No stress 😌 cook traditional dishes 🍝 upgrade and customize 🏠 just drink Prosecco 🥂 relax and grow your dream cafe ✨

Why similar: Cooking 30.5%, Management 13.9%, Co-op 12.7%, Economy 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%

One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist.

Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 15.6%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Simulation 8.1%

Start bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe with prologue now! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!

Why similar: Cooking 27%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.7%

Cook, run, jump, and throw— all in the name of FoodCorp. This chaotic, physics-based spin on the classic cooking formula demands speed, strategy, and just the right amount of panic! Play with up to 4 friends and try to run the restaurant smoothly... or let it all go up in flames.

Why similar: Cooking 35.8%, Online Co-Op 25.5%, Co-op 13.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Run the world's most chaotic fast food joint! Play solo or with up to 8 friends as you take orders, make burgers, and hustle to keep customers happy. Grow your business with every shift.

Why similar: Cooking 30%, Online Co-Op 20.2%, Management 13.1%, Co-op 11.2%, Simulation 8.6%

A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.8%, Sandbox 17.6%, Building 15.1%, Co-op 14.9%, Multiplayer 9%

Deep Blue Sushi is a casual 1–5 player co-op adventure where you explore the ocean, catch fresh fish, prepare sushi, serve customers, and grow your restaurant while uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Deep Blue.

Why similar: Cooking 28%, Online Co-Op 19.6%, Management 12.9%, Co-op 10.2%, Simulation 5.6%

Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!

Why similar: Economy 17.6%, Management 16.4%, Co-op 14.2%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 12.8%

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.6%, Co-op 18.6%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 11%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Why similar: Economy 21.8%, Management 20.8%, Building 17.6%, Co-op 17%, Simulation 10.5%

Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

Why similar: Co-op 22.9%, Building 22.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Cook and serve dishes as you run your own seafood restaurant! Unlock new recipes, grow your kitchen with the help of employees, and satisfy every customer’s craving. Expand your reputation, manage resources wisely, and build a seafood restaurant that becomes the talk of the town.

Why similar: Cooking 35.4%, Simulation 13%, Sandbox 12.7%, Management 10%, Economy 7.9%

Master the art of alchemy in Potion Shop Simulator, a unique blend of simulation and strategy. Brew potions, manage your shop, and cater to a magical clientele in a single-player or co-op experience of the medieval fantasy world.

Why similar: Cooking 26.9%, Economy 15%, Management 13.3%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Co-op 11.5%

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 38.5%, Simulation 15.1%, Multiplayer 14.5%, First-Person 10.7%, Co-op 8.8%

Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

Why similar: Building 20.8%, Sandbox 18.8%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%

A co-op cleaning game where you have to clean and rearrange a dungeon before the next adventurers come to complete it again.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.5%, Co-op 24.4%, Simulation 14%, First-Person 10%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Build and run your own medieval tavern. Cook meals, brew drinks, design every room, hire and manage staff, serve unique guests, handle fights and chaos, and grow from a humble innkeeper into a tavern legend. This game has a Twitch Integration!

Why similar: Cooking 28.1%, Management 17.9%, Economy 17%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 9.2%

Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.

Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Online Co-Op 15%, Economy 13.1%, Co-op 12.2%, Management 11.1%