- #1 Travellers Rest
97% matchVery Positive88% of 17,329 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Life Sim 32.2%, Crafting 20.3%, Management 18.9%, Resource Management 10.9%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a fantasy tavern, focusing on building, brewing, and serving customers in a way that feels very similar to running B&Bs.
- #2 Cat Cafe Manager
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,138 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, Cartoon 21.4%, Management 18%, Relaxing 11.3%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the business management aspect of running a cozy establishment while interacting with cute animals.
- #3 DAVE THE DIVER
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 150,346 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Management 24.2%, Crafting 23.2%, Relaxing 16.1%, RPG 10.2%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the loop of exploring to gather resources during the day and managing a restaurant business at night.
- #4 Amber Isle
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,976 reviews2024
Dev: Ambertail GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the village back to life and welcome even more prehistoric pals!
Why similar: Crafting 24.2%, Life Sim 21%, Management 14.4%, Relaxing 8.7%, Family Friendly 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a shop in a world populated by dinosaurs, requiring similar inventory and customer management skills.
- #5 Minami Lane
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,452 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Relaxing 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game where you build and customize a street, focusing on the same relaxing, aesthetic-driven management.
- #6 My Time at Sandrock
94% matchVery Positive88% of 28,550 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Life Sim 44.2%, Crafting 35.1%, RPG 10.3%, Simulation 5.7%, Casual 3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep building and crafting mechanics within a charming, narrative-driven world that rewards effective management.
- #7 Sticky Business
93% matchVery Positive94% of 7,447 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Decorating 44.7% ★, Economy 11.7%, Life Sim 10.5%, Relaxing 7.6%, Family Friendly 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly creative management game where you run a sticker shop, focusing on customer orders and business growth.
- #8 Littlewood
92% matchVery Positive93% of 6,802 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.8%, Crafting 27.8%, Relaxing 13.6%, RPG 9.5%, Simulation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The focus is on rebuilding a town and managing the lives of its inhabitants in a relaxing, low-stress environment.
- #9 Graveyard Keeper
91% matchVery Positive86% of 52,820 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Crafting 48.7%, Management 20.5%, RPG 13.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Story Rich 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: While darker in tone, the core gameplay loop of managing a facility and optimizing production is very similar to Bear and Breakfast.
- #10 Tiny Bookshop
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,001 reviews2025
Dev: neoludic gamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.2%, Management 12.5%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Nature 11.8%, Resource Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the cozy, small-scale management feel of running a shop while interacting with a charming community.
- #11 Potion Permit
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,276 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Crafting 25.3%, Life Sim 24.9%, Relaxing 10.9%, Colorful 9.6%, RPG 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends life-sim elements with a management-style loop of gathering ingredients and crafting items for the townspeople.
- #12 Spirittea
90% matchVery Positive85% of 775 reviews2023
Dev: Cheesemaster GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Hey human, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublesome spirits, and you're the only one who can see them. You'd better get that old bathhouse up and running, maybe that'll help them chill out!
Why similar: Life Sim 31.4%, Relaxing 13.3%, RPG 11%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a bathhouse for spirits, which requires similar attention to facility maintenance and customer satisfaction.
- #13 Chef RPG
88% matchVery Positive88% of 2,586 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Life Sim 26.3%, Crafting 18.8%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 12.3%, RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the management of a restaurant and exploration, capturing the same 'cozy professional' vibe.
- #14 Moonlighter
89% matchVery Positive82% of 21,741 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Management 49.6%, RPG 25.7%, Simulation 18.3%, Singleplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines dungeon exploration with the satisfying management of a shop, mirroring the two-sided gameplay of the seed game.
- #15 Let's Build a Zoo
87% matchVery Positive89% of 4,050 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: Management 20.9%, Economy 20.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Animals 12.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep management and building mechanics with a cute aesthetic, perfect for those who enjoy the construction side of Bear and Breakfast.
- #16 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,814 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Crafting 20.2%, Life Sim 18.3%, Management 14.1%, Family Friendly 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pure shop-keeping management game that focuses on crafting, decorating, and selling goods to customers.
- #17 Coral Island
85% matchVery Positive89% of 26,525 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 53.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Why similar: Life Sim 37.1%, Crafting 25.1%, Relaxing 15.1%, Simulation 8.9%, RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A polished life-sim that includes significant management and building elements alongside a relaxing island atmosphere.
- #18 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,599 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.2%, Management 16%, Resource Management 15%, Family Friendly 12%, Relaxing 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more realistic take on restaurant management, focusing on the intricacies of running a kitchen and dining area.
- #19 Cozy Grove
84% matchVery Positive90% of 8,378 reviews2021
Dev: Spry FoxPub: Spry Fox
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.2%, Relaxing 18.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Management 11%, Cute 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, story-rich game that focuses on helping spirits, perfect for those who enjoy the slower, cozy pace of the seed game.
- #20 Critter Café
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!
Why similar: Life Sim 27.6%, Management 16.8%, Relaxing 12.2%, Family Friendly 11.9%, Cute 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a café for magical creatures, combining exploration with the management of a cozy space.
- #21 Ooblets
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,534 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
Why similar: Crafting 32.1%, Family Friendly 14.9%, Relaxing 14.2%, RPG 11.9%, Cute 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines creature collection with farming and town management, offering a similarly whimsical and cute experience.
- #22 Lemon Cake
83% matchVery Positive85% of 2,027 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.2%, Management 16.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Cute 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced management game where you run a bakery, focusing on cute aesthetics and satisfying service loops.
- #23 Capybara Spa
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,664 reviews2022
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!
Why similar: Management 20.3%, Family Friendly 16.5%, Nature 14.2%, Relaxing 12.5%, Simulation 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a spa for capybaras, which shares the same 'animal-run business' charm as Bear and Breakfast.
- #24 Fields of Mistria
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,781 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Life Sim 33.4%, Crafting 21.7%, Relaxing 13%, RPG 11.6%, Cute 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A charming life-sim with strong building and community-management elements that feel very familiar to fans of the genre.
- #25 Cattails: Wildwood Story
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
Why similar: Animals 43.7% ★, Life Sim 16.4%, Nature 11.4%, Family Friendly 7.3%, Cute 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique perspective on life-sims by playing as a cat, focusing on community and territory management.
- #26 Dinkum
78% matchVery Positive92% of 28,725 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Life Sim 30.3%, Crafting 30.2%, Relaxing 15%, RPG 8.8%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It allows for significant town building and management in an Australian-inspired wilderness setting.
- #27 Roots of Pacha
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,441 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Crafting 29.5%, Life Sim 28.5%, Relaxing 13.9%, RPG 9.3%, Cute 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A community-focused life-sim that emphasizes building and development in a prehistoric, cozy setting.
- #28 Disney Dreamlight Valley
78% matchVery Positive92% of 23,997 reviews2023
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 32.4 hrsMean: 114.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.8%, Crafting 22.6%, Relaxing 14.8%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-production-value game that excels in building, decorating, and managing a cozy town.
- #29 Garden Paws
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,489 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Crafting 36.3%, Relaxing 14.5%, Family Friendly 14.2%, Cute 11.3%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: You play as an animal and manage a shop, focusing on crafting, exploration, and building your own home.
- #30 Winter Burrow
77% matchVery Positive90% of 2,906 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
Why similar: Crafting 20.7%, Life Sim 14.5%, Nature 13.3%, Cartoon 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #31 Aka
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 676 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo GattoPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Find inner peace in a small, open-world game. On these carefully handcrafted islands, you can take a nap on a giant monster, feed baby dragons, take care of the fauna and flora... ...but demons from your past might come back to remind you what you want to forget.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, Crafting 18.6%, Nature 12.7%, Relaxing 8.7%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A very relaxing, exploration-focused life-sim that captures the same peaceful, cozy atmosphere as the seed game.
- #32 Teddy's Haven - A Fantasy Inspired Shop Simulator
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,416 reviews2025
Dev: Teddy Bear Games LLC
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Teddy’s Haven is a cozy shop sim filled with magic and charm. Sell over 400 items, decorate with 250+ decorations, and create the shop of your dreams. Meet mythical creatures, level up your skills, harvest the land, and uncover the peaceful wonders of life on Ursa.
Why similar: Economy 25.1%, Crafting 16%, Life Sim 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Nature 12%
- #33 Snacko
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,019 reviews2025
Dev: Bluecurse StudiosPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!
Why similar: Crafting 22.8%, Life Sim 20.9%, Family Friendly 13.6%, Cute 10.6%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #34 Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
75% matchVery Positive98% of 218 reviews2026
Dev: Coffee Beans Dev
Windows
Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. Progress through days and levels to unlock new items, skills, villagers, and creature visitors.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Life Sim 17.6%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #35 Hello Kitty Island Adventure
74% matchVery Positive94% of 11,553 reviews2025
Dev: Sunblink
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.
Why similar: Life Sim 25%, Crafting 20.8%, Relaxing 9.9%, Family Friendly 9.5%, Cute 9.4%
- #36 Two Point Museum
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,825 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: Economy 23.8%, Life Sim 22.4%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 10.3%, Family Friendly 7.3%
- #37 Calico
77% matchVery Positive87% of 4,975 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.2%, Cute 16%, Relaxing 14.9%, Family Friendly 12.7%, Simulation 11.4%
- #38 Not Monday Cafe
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 565 reviews2025
Dev: Sunny Syrup StudioPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 40.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Cozy idle cafe management that keeps you company while you work. Grow fresh ingredients, cook, and serve delicious food to adorable animal customers. Build your dream cafe that sits at the bottom of your screen.
Why similar: Economy 30.6%, Life Sim 20.3%, Management 14.1%, Relaxing 9%, Cute 6.9%
- #39 My Hotel Simulator
74% matchMixed48% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Build and manage your own hotel, from a small property to a luxury resort. Design rooms, maintain cleanliness, develop amenities, and offer guests unforgettable experiences at your hotel!
Why similar: Life Sim 23.5%, Management 14.7%, Economy 12.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Relaxing 9.8%
- #40 Trash Goblin
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,680 reviews2025
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Why similar: Decorating 42.4% ★, Crafting 15%, Life Sim 13.5%, Relaxing 6.9%, Family Friendly 5.9%
- #41 Hokko Life
75% matchMixed66% of 2,658 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Life Sim 26.6%, Crafting 19.9%, Relaxing 9.6%, Family Friendly 9.5%, Simulation 8%
- #42 APICO
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,989 reviews2022
Dev: ellraiserPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.
Why similar: Nature 23.6%, Management 20.9%, Relaxing 13.7%, Cute 10.3%, Family Friendly 9.6%
- #43 Whisper of the House
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,036 reviews2025
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...
Why similar: Life Sim 27.9%, Relaxing 17.4%, Story Rich 11%, Cute 10%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #44 Nekokami - The Human Restoration Project
70% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Rocket-in-Bottle
Windows
Start an epic world-building adventure with Nekokami! Architect beautiful, peaceful worlds in a far-future universe ruled by Cats. Befriend wondrous yet whimsical spirits of nature. Restore and manage extinct Humans. With Cats in charge, what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Why similar: Animals 36.2% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Nature 11.8%, Hand-drawn 6.5%, Cute 6%
- #45 Bookshop Simulator
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,208 reviews2025
Dev: Blep Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company along the way!
Why similar: Economy 35.6%, Life Sim 21.2%, Management 17.8%, Simulation 9%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #46 The Magical Mixture Mill
72% matchVery Positive84% of 602 reviews2024
Dev: GlowlightPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.
Why similar: Crafting 19.8%, Life Sim 19.5%, Management 18.8%, Nature 14.3%, Relaxing 9.6%
- #47 Echoes of the Plum Grove
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,076 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Crafting 20.2%, Life Sim 19.5%, Management 13%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Family Friendly 8.7%
- #48 Tavern Keeper 🍻
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,453 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Decorating 50.1% ★, Economy 17%, Management 9.6%, Family Friendly 6.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #49 Cozy Caravan
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,235 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Lives Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!
Why similar: Crafting 36.6%, Life Sim 24.4%, Cute 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%, Colorful 8.6%
- #50 Witchy Business
69% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Crafting 25.5%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Relaxing 9.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Family Friendly 9.3%
- #51 Bed and BEAKfast
71% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Operation Breadcrumbs
Windows · Mac
A DEMO of "Sincerely, Robin" -- our upcoming management, cooking, and narrative game currently in development! Play as Robin and return to your hometown to regrow your late grandfather's bed and breakfast. Cook meals, connect with the community, and forge lasting relationships!
Why similar: Crafting 16.8%, Management 14.5%, Cartoon 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Nature 11.4%
- #52 My Time at Portia
71% matchVery Positive92% of 44,122 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Crafting 33.1%, Life Sim 33.1%, RPG 11.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #53 Kynseed
70% matchVery Positive83% of 3,685 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Crafting 28.7%, Life Sim 26.4%, Management 16.6%, Relaxing 11.8%, RPG 8.8%
- #54 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,559 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Crafting 31.2%, Life Sim 27%, Relaxing 13.2%, RPG 9.9%, Simulation 9.1%
- #55 Discounty
67% matchVery Positive82% of 2,494 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?
Why similar: Life Sim 32.1%, Management 15.9%, Relaxing 11.8%, Simulation 10.7%, RPG 9.4%
- #56 Locomoto
67% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2025
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Customise and manage your train, tend to quirky passengers, gather resources, craft decorations, and upgrade your conductors style all accompanied by soft lo-fi tunes. Become a conductor and save your hometown Barrenpyre from environmental disaster!
Why similar: Crafting 24.3%, Life Sim 20.7%, Resource Management 11.3%, Relaxing 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #57 Piece by Piece
66% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2026
Dev: GamkatPub: No More Robots
Windows
It's time to open shop! Inherit your family's repair shop, and roll up your sleeves. Fix up the prized possessions of the forest folk, paint yourself a masterpiece to sell and make your family shop all your own with decorations, furniture and cookies!
Why similar: Nature 21.8%, Management 12.5%, Relaxing 12%, Family Friendly 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%
- #58 Cinnabunny
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 526 reviews2025
Dev: Reky Studios
Windows
Cinnabunny is a cozy life simulator game where you play as a bunny who runs a bakery. Unlock new recipes, go birdwatching, collect mushrooms, and charm your community. Save up enough carrots to help your family move.
Why similar: Cartoon 19.9%, Life Sim 19.6%, Nature 10.1%, Management 9.8%, Family Friendly 9.5%
- #59 Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat
66% matchVery Positive85% of 413 reviews2025
Dev: Destroyer Doggo
Windows · Mac
Relax in Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, an idle game where you join Bao Bao, a charming panda, in creating the coziest laundromat. Purchase colorful washing machines, add delightful decorations, and hire panda helpers. Watch your cozy laundromat bustle with life, even when you’re not around!
Why similar: Economy 32.3%, Relaxing 15.8%, Management 13.4%, Cute 12.8%, Simulation 10%
- #60 Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,421 reviews2024
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: Riot Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story is a crafting RPG set in the whimsical world of Bandle City. After a party goes wrong, the portals that connect your home collapse and throw everything into chaos! Using your knitting magic and backpack house, restore the portals to reunite Bandle City.
Why similar: Crafting 32.9%, Nature 17.8%, Family Friendly 11.4%, RPG 9.8%, Cute 8.9%