Games Like Artist Simulator

Run a wholesome Japanese ramen shop in the middle of the night. Midnight Ramen Shop is a cozy cooking game where you play as the chef of a small restaurant. Take orders, prepare delicious ramen bowls, and serve your customers. Upgrade your shop, unlock new toppings, and set your own prices.

Why similar: Hobby Sim 32.9% ★, Job Simulator 28.4% ★, Life Sim 17.5%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Point & Click 6.5%

When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.

Why similar: Philosophical 18.6%, Dark Humor 16.7%, Emotional 11.9%, Surreal 10.4%, Dark 10.1%

AirportSim is an Advanced Airport Ground Handling Simulator with true-to-life visuals and operations, licensed planes and vehicles, real airports and live weather conditions. Enjoy the many tasks alone or with friends, making this experience unforgettable.

Why similar: Hobby Sim 50% ★, Job Simulator 27.5% ★, Life Sim 11.5%, Immersive Sim 8.1%, Simulation 2.9%

Play as a barista in a cat-inspired coffee shop, where your customers are cats! Brew coffee and various drinks. Wholesome and cozy hand-drawn art, various mini-games and a lot of cats & coffee! Learn to craft complex orders, keep your catstomers happy. 🐱☕

Why similar: Hobby Sim 43.9% ★, Job Simulator 30.6% ★, Life Sim 10.6%, Immersive Sim 7.1%, Point & Click 4.4%

7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Philosophical 11.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Emotional 10.6%

Become an indie game developer. Create simple games for your clients. Be creative and succeed in this cozy, relaxing game.

Why similar: Hobby Sim 56.4% ★, Job Simulator 32.4% ★, Life Sim 5%, Simulation 4.6%, 2D 1.7%

Take charge of your own miniature store and create the ultimate spot for hobby! Paint and collect miniatures, buy and sell sets, and design your shop. Set prices, attract customers, follow trends, and grow your business step by step. Can you build the store that will be known by the whole community?

Why similar: Hobby Sim 49% ★, Job Simulator 28.7% ★, Life Sim 12.8%, Immersive Sim 7%, Simulation 2.5%

This is your cyber begging companion: just place a bowl on your desktop, and your road to riches officially begins. Dig through trash, flip goods for profit, network with the powerful—one day, you might even be shouting from the back of a presidential campaign truck.

Why similar: Hobby Sim 31.2% ★, Dark Humor 18.7%, Life Sim 16.3%, Job Simulator 14.4% ★, Immersive Sim 12.2%

Create, collect, and sell your stickers in your sticker shop! Sticker Business is a cozy simulation game where you run a cute sticker shop. Design and print charming stickers, open mystery boxes, manage orders, customize your shop, collect rare stickers, and find the cute thief cat!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 42.7% ★, Job Simulator 22.4% ★, Life Sim 14.3%, Hand-drawn 7.5%, Point & Click 5.8%

A dark, story-heavy puzzle game. Enter the mind of Mayu, as her soul is invaded and dug through by a seemingly evil witch. Can you stop her? What if you were able to get the upper hand, and invade her back? Would you show mercy, or destroy her? Jishogi will test you in more ways than one.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Philosophical 18.1%, Surreal 13.2%, Dark 13.1%, Emotional 12.6%

Beauty and the Beast is a narrative mystery adventure game. Explore, uncover, and unravel the mystery behind the Beast and his residence in this heartwarming take on the classic story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Philosophical 16.5%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Surreal 10.3%

Start your own toy car store! Open surprise boxes, expand your collection and start selling. A world of speed awaits you in your shop!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 47.8% ★, Job Simulator 26.8% ★, Life Sim 13.3%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Simulation 3.5%

Build your own cleaning empire! Unlock tools, take on bigger jobs, and clean your way to fame and fortune in this unique cleaning simulator.

Why similar: Job Simulator 31.6% ★, Life Sim 24.9%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Simulation 8.9%

Run a cozy bar, make cocktails for fun customers! 🍸 Mixed Spirits is a Job Simulator where you work as a bartender. Take orders, mix custom drinks, and discover secret recipes in a chill, creative night-shift experience with no timers or stress, or rush orders in Happy Hour mode!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 44.1% ★, Job Simulator 35.8% ★, Life Sim 10.7%, Point & Click 4.6%, Simulation 3.8%

The Memphis Chronicles is a first-person, story-rich tragicomedy set in a world between worlds. Explore a mysterious city layered with interconnected details, in which memories creep up on you. No one there to hold your hand. The only way is forward. This is the trip of a lifetime.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Dark Humor 22.3%, Philosophical 22.2%, Surreal 10.6%, Emotional 10.5%

Start your own gardening service in a charming neighborhood! 🌱 Take on relaxing jobs like mowing lawns, planting flowers, blowing leaves, cleaning backyard pools, and more with bite-sized mini-games. Earn money to upgrade your tools, unlock plants, and decorate your own garden between jobs!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 57% ★, Job Simulator 37.4% ★, Simulation 4.3%, 2D 1.2%

A minimalist journey though life.

Why similar: Philosophical 25.7%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Emotional 17%, Surreal 13.9%, Dark 7.8%

Just Another Life is a narrative-driven "life simulation" visual novel mixed with adventure game puzzle elements. Play as John Doe, just another life in the little town of Hope. Help John learn the stories of the various characters of Hope, and help him overcome the hurdles to his own happiness.

Why similar: Philosophical 21.8%, Life Sim 14.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%

Run a wholesome shipping business! Ship, Inc. is a cozy job simulator where you are a packaging employee in a parcel shipment company. Follow the shipment orders, choose the package size, and prepare parcels. Upgrade your office, deliver orders safely and quickly!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 45.1% ★, Job Simulator 30.5% ★, Life Sim 14.1%, Point & Click 5.2%, Simulation 3.9%

My Child Lebensborn is a story-driven nurture game based on real events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through alongside them. Balance your time and resources wisely, while helping your child cope with the effects of hatred.

Why similar: Life Sim 35.5%, Emotional 23.7%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%

What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.

Why similar: Life Sim 19.1%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Emotional 11.6%

You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.

Why similar: Philosophical 15.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Point & Click 10.2%

You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!

Why similar: Philosophical 22.9%, Emotional 15.5%, Dark Humor 15%, Surreal 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

You work for a device company and your job is to verify paperwork of customers before handing their repaired device to them. Check, interrogate and confirm their identity. Beware of scammers in disguise coming to claim devices that are not theirs.

Why similar: Job Simulator 48.9% ★, Life Sim 16.4%, Point & Click 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%

A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Emotional 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Surreal 13.1%, Philosophical 11.5%

A surreal dream exploration game, both beautiful and terrifying.

Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Dark 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Emotional 11.3%

Live the ultimate pawn shop experience in this funny retro style tycoon game!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 52.4% ★, Job Simulator 29.8% ★, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Choices Matter 4.1%, Simulation 2.9%

Assume the role of a Robot vacuum and roll around cleaning up messes in this short 3rd person adventure!

Why similar: Life Sim 28%, Emotional 24.8%, Dark 20.9%, Immersive Sim 17%, Simulation 9.3%

Parent Ted, your own childhood. On this journey, you will have the chance to discover your inner child and better understand the trauma and emotions of your childhood.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.7%, Philosophical 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Emotional 12.5%

Last Christmas" is a short, dark point-and-click adventure. Join Frankie at a remote mountain cabin as he prepares the perfect Christmas for his girlfriend, Betty. But beware, things are not as they seem, and the festive cheer hides something far more sinister...

Why similar: Dark Humor 18.5%, Emotional 13.7%, Dark 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%

It's June 2023 in Columbus, Ohio -- 10 years since Neal and Jack graduated, and 8 years since they last spoke. Follow two once-best friends' reluctant descent through classrooms and memories in Our Dirge, a game about growing up in a certain place & time, and making up for the time we lost.

Why similar: Dark Humor 20.8%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Surreal 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark 6.7%

Death has taken a well-deserved vacation in Cancun and left George in charge! He'll have to learn to deal with Destiny and decide who should continue their journey in the land of the living. But beware, wrong choices lead to undesirable consequences!

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Dark 12.2%, Simulation 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 51.7% ★, Job Simulator 33.2% ★, Immersive Sim 8.2%, Simulation 2.5%, 2D 2.3%

Craft and sell charming postcards to your customers in a relaxing sandbox full of color and creativity. Carefully Stamped is a cozy job simulator where you are a postcard designer. Take on new orders, craft the cutest mail, write a wholesome note and collect stamps to send your postcards 🎟️✉️

Why similar: Hobby Sim 40.4% ★, Job Simulator 27% ★, Life Sim 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Point & Click 4.1%

You're fired! Who needs game writers when AI can do the job? …What? You want to join the Resistance? Don't make me laugh — that's just an urban legend!

Why similar: Philosophical 26.7%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Surreal 11.6%, Emotional 9.2%

A meditative, non-combative point-and-click mystery set in a surreal, stop-motion inspired world. Explore dreamlike environments, uncover hidden objects, and piece together quiet clues to unravel fragments of forgotten meaning. Designed for players seeking a thoughtful, atmospheric experience.

Why similar: Philosophical 25.1%, Emotional 15.1%, Surreal 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Point & Click 10.6%

Start your own diecast store! Unbox surprise car packs, expand your collection, oin exciting races with customers on the tracks, and play online trading games. A world full of speed and excitement is waiting for you in your store!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 48.1% ★, Job Simulator 24.7% ★, Life Sim 13.6%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Simulation 3.8%

I am Mizu Ren Nanami... As a resident of the land of Ren, the time has come for me to embark on a mission to win the hearts of the people in Rostania, the city to which I’ve been assigned. Here, I’ll uncover secrets I never knew existed.

Why similar: Life Sim 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Immersive Sim 8.5%

Explore your new Vert-X 64 in this four-part horror puzzle adventure. Play games, connect to a local BBS, and solve your cutting-edge computer's technical problems with the help of strangers. And maybe help some folks along the way. Just don't get lost in this strange new world of technology.

Why similar: Emotional 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Dark 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

A first-person psychological horror with walking simulator elements, where every decision has consequences. Ascend a staircase of memories, reliving key moments of a life shaped by guilt, fear, and inner judgment in a dark, surreal world with multiple endings.

Why similar: Philosophical 26.8%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Emotional 11.8%, Dark 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11.5%

A game as beautiful and unpredictable as life. Navigate what fate throws at you and explore what a life well lived can mean in this minimalist roguelite role playing life simulation. Life is wild and then you die – a thousand times over.

Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Emotional 18.9%, Philosophical 14.8%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Ready to build your own figure empire? Open surprise boxes, collect rare warriors, and manage your shop. Set up your table, master strategic tabletop battles, and become the city's ultimate collector!

Why similar: Hobby Sim 47.4% ★, Job Simulator 24.7% ★, Life Sim 14.3%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Simulation 3.8%

Abyssal Reflections is short Atmospheric depressing "non-jumpscare" game where you go through a total of 8 different time periods. You'll have to take care of your owners and how you relate to them is up to you.

Why similar: Philosophical 21.2%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Point & Click 11.9%

Become a Fortune Teller in this Narrative Life-sim set in a Neo-futuristic Moon Colony. Read Tarot Cards and influence people, manage your Time and Money, Pay your Bills, and Make Decisions that would change your life and the lives of the people around you.

Why similar: Job Simulator 36.6% ★, Life Sim 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Point & Click 7.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

Single-player puzzle adventure with a beautiful, distinctive art style and a genuinely emotional story. As a lonely dog wandering the afterlife searching for his dead master, 'Don't Disturb' explores traditional Asian views on death and the underworld.

Why similar: Philosophical 23%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Emotional 14%, Point & Click 10.5%, Hand-drawn 7.7%

"Create the games you want, at the time you want, and live doing only what you love." In this realistic life simulation game, an independent game developer dreams of such a life, struggling with money and time while paying taxes until death. Whether this life is happy or truly lonely, you decide.

Why similar: Job Simulator 33.9% ★, Life Sim 21.9%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Immersive Sim 9%, Dark 7.2%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.6%, Walking Simulator 20%, Dark Humor 19.5%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Surreal 12.4%

You and your daughter are in a conflict zone and running low on food, you must travel to the border and try to enter the neighboring country. The path to the border is full of other refugees asking for your help. The more refugees you accept in your party, the tougher will be your journey.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.3%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Philosophical 19.6%, Emotional 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.6%

My Child New Beginnings is a parenting simulator where you go through everyday life of growth. After a series of traumatic events that you and your child went through, you now get to rebuild life together in a new region of Norway.

Why similar: Life Sim 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Emotional 17%, Simulation 14.1%, Story Rich 5.5%

Horror Stories: PLEASE COMPLY is a short interactive horror experience with a dark twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that will leave a long lasting chill down your spine. The only hope of escape its to comply. But how much are you ready to give up for a chance of freedom?

Why similar: Philosophical 22.6%, Life Sim 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 9.6%

A meditative incremental simulation where you weave dreams, gather memories, and dive ever deeper into the dreamscape.

Why similar: Life Sim 26.1%, Philosophical 24.9%, Emotional 15%, Surreal 13.4%, Hand-drawn 9.2%

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Why similar: Dark Humor 19.3%, Philosophical 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Dark 8%

You are a park bench. Watch strangers sit, talk, break down, fall in love, argue, and reveal their secrets in a story-rich narrative simulation where your smallest reactions can change everything.

Why similar: Life Sim 23.5%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Philosophical 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.2%

Welcome to Awkward Valley! Plan your day, tackle strange activities, and unlock bizarre new options as you go. Gym? Therapy? Vending machine snacks? It’s up to you! Featuring Awkward Yeti’s weird and wonderful characters in a totally normal town.

Why similar: Life Sim 27%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Point & Click 14.5%, Emotional 13.7%, Simulation 7%

Modern life's greatest horror: waiting for takeout. You've got 40 minutes to kill before your order arrives. Stare, pace, join a cult, block a toilet—whatever it takes. Miss the delivery and face eternal hunger. The survival horror game nobody asked for.

Why similar: Life Sim 31.5%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Point & Click 14.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Choices Matter 7%

Contact Protocol is a starship job simulator. When passing other ships on the way to Jupiter, you’ll check their details against company records and facilitate safe passage, but be wary - there are corporate competitors, smugglers, and more in the space lanes…

Why similar: Job Simulator 34.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Point & Click 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%

A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.

Why similar: Philosophical 34.5%, Walking Simulator 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Minimalist 7.8%

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. “Four Months Earlier” is part one of the Linda & Joan story.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.2%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Life Sim 17%, Emotional 16.3%, Point & Click 8.8%

Blend fragrances in your cozy perfume atelier! 🌸 Craft unique scents by mixing essences, design beautiful bottles, and try to sell your creations to curious customers. Decorate your workshop, unlock new recipes, and grow your reputation in the art of fragrance.

Why similar: Job Simulator 40.8% ★, Hobby Sim 40.8% ★, Immersive Sim 6.9%, Point & Click 5.3%, Simulation 4.4%

Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

Why similar: Emotional 17.2%, Surreal 16.9%, Dark 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Walking Simulator 11.1%