- #1 Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 694 reviews2026
Dev: Compact Core GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Forge your destiny and craft legends. Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith is your journey into the heart of craftsmanship. Dive into the enchanting world of a blacksmith, mine ores, create legendary weapons, arm heroes and send them on quests for loot and profit. The forge awaits!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.1% ★, Job Simulator 24.9% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Medieval 12.5%, Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused simulation experience centered on the daily tasks and technical challenges of a medieval blacksmith.
- #2 Fantasy Blacksmith
97% matchMixed49% of 1,800 reviews2019
Dev: Heaven BrotherhoodPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are a blacksmith in the world of the sword, magic and war, in which any blacksmith who knows how to make even the simplest swords is in demand. You start off as a poor unskilled blacksmith, but in time you will gain experience and improve to achieve wealth, fame and power, and change this world!
Why similar: Medieval 38.1%, Crafting 21.7%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 11.3%, RPG 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, process-driven simulation of forging fantasy weapons that mirrors the core crafting loop of the seed game.
- #3 Blacksmith Master
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,580 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Medieval 47.2%, Management 37.9%, Simulation 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at combining the management of a smithy with the strategic growth of a medieval business.
- #4 My Little Blacksmith Shop
95% matchMixed70% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DasiusPub: Noble Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
Why similar: Crafting 39.6%, Medieval 32%, Simulation 10.9%, RPG 6.6%, Physics 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The physics-based approach to forging and managing a shop provides a similar tactile satisfaction to the seed game.
- #5 Gunsmith Simulator
94% matchVery Positive85% of 3,143 reviews2024
Dev: GameHuntersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.
Why similar: Management 66%, Simulation 34%
Why You'll Like It: While the setting differs, the high-fidelity modular assembly and customization mechanics are directly comparable to the seed game's design philosophy.
- #6 Saleblazers
94% matchVery Positive83% of 2,039 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Shop Keeper 32.2% ★, Job Simulator 30.5% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends open-world survival with a unique shop-keeping mechanic where you sell items you have crafted or scavenged.
- #7 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
93% matchVery Positive93% of 43,576 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 37.7%, Medieval 26%, Management 19.7%, Simulation 8.5%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, process-heavy crafting system and shop-keeping loop that emphasizes experimentation and customer satisfaction.
- #8 Blightlands Blacksmith
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Skald Software
Windows
Blightlands Blacksmith is a medieval fantasy blacksmithing simulator with exploration and combat elements. Mine, smelt, forge, assemble, grind, and rune-craft weapons to supply a legion cohort, and defend yourself as you delve into the mine for new materials. The cohort's success depends on you.
Why similar: Crafting 25%, Medieval 22.2%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Management 11.8%, RPG 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the fantasy elements of smithing and the RPG progression of a blacksmith in a dangerous world.
- #9 Blacksmith Simulator
91% matchMostly Negative35% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Potato GamesPub: ForgeGames
Windows
Become a Medieval blacksmith in this interactive blacksmithing simulator. Upgrade your forging equipment, unlock new exotic crafting materials, grow your business, and manage your customers - in addition to engaging forging mechanics. Strike while the iron is hot and hop in front of the forge now!
Why similar: Crafting 28.3%, Medieval 22.1%, Management 20.5%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a comprehensive look at the life of a medieval smith, focusing on the progression of skills and shop management.
- #10 Tavern Keeper 🍻
89% 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 67% ★, Management 14.3%, Story Rich 7%, RPG 6.2%, Simulation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep management experience within a medieval fantasy setting, focusing on building and maintaining a successful establishment.
- #11 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,457 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Management 27.9%, Shop Keeper 26.8% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Adventure 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive shop-keeping simulator that perfectly captures the balance between managing inventory and interacting with customers.
- #12 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
90% 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: Shop Keeper 56.5% ★, Crafting 19.8%, Management 18%, Simulation 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the management of a fantasy shop, including crafting items and decorating the store to attract patrons.
- #13 Enchanted Blacksmith
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Sun
Windows
Step into a cozy, first-person forge simulator where exploration and crafting go hand in hand. Discover rich mineral veins, master forgotten smithing techniques, and watch your humble workshop evolve as you craft fine wares and claim your place among the realm’s legendary artisans.
Why similar: Job Simulator 30.4% ★, Shop Keeper 28.1% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Medieval 9.6%, Immersive Sim 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It adds a layer of fantasy and mining to the traditional blacksmithing simulation loop.
- #14 The Bloodline
87% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Medieval 46.8%, Physics 32.3%, RPG 20.9%
Why You'll Like It: This RPG offers extensive crafting and combat systems that allow for deep customization of gear in a medieval world.
- #15 Weapon Shop Fantasy
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,813 reviews2017
Dev: INDIECN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A shop game with RPG? Or is it RPG with a shop? Collect materials, Craft weapons, Train your staff and defeat your enemy! This is Weapon Shop Fantasy!
Why similar: Management 34.9%, RPG 23%, Simulation 20.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the crafting of specific gear to fulfill the needs of adventurers, mirroring the customer-centric design of the seed game.
- #16 Master Bladesmith
86% matchMixed65% of 464 reviews2024
Dev: Elixir Games
Windows
This unique RPG blends VR action and progression. Mine materials, buy equipment, build your arsenal by crafting more and more powerful blades. Battle in the Time Chamber to test your creations as you progress through levels, and build your character as you upgrade your equipment.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Crafting 37.6%, Simulation 21.7%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused experience that emphasizes the physical act of shaping and forging blades.
- #17 Blade and Sorcery
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 61,213 reviews2024
Dev: WarpFrog
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
Why similar: Medieval 40.9%, Physics 30.5%, Simulation 11.6%, RPG 11.3%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the best-in-class physics-based swordplay, which complements the interest in weapon handling found in the seed game.
- #18 Travellers Rest
86% 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: Management 25.8%, Medieval 21.6%, Crafting 21.2%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, RPG 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: The game combines medieval management with crafting and brewing, creating a cozy and immersive atmosphere.
- #19 Medieval StartUp
84% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Editions Aspic Games
Windows
Medieval StartUp is a unique mix of tavern management, crafting, and exploration set in a rich medieval world. Manage your tavern, craft unique items, recruit staff, and explore a mysterious marsh full of hidden secrets and rare resources.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.8% ★, Crafting 16.9%, Medieval 14.7%, Management 13.2%, Simulation 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the early stages of building a shop, emphasizing management and casual crafting progression.
- #20 Moonlighter
85% 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 49.5%, RPG 25.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully balances dungeon crawling to gather materials with the management of a shop to sell your wares.
- #21 Teddy's Haven - A Fantasy Inspired Shop Simulator
82% 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: Shop Keeper 40.9% ★, Management 16%, Crafting 14.8%, Immersive Sim 11%, RPG 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a cozy, management-focused experience that centers on running a shop in a fantasy setting.
- #22 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
81% matchVery Positive98% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.1% ★, Medieval 14.9%, Management 12.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Physics 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a humorous take on the shop-keeping genre, focusing on inventory management and customer service.
- #23 Medieval Dynasty
81% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Crafting 30.7%, Medieval 22.1%, Management 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, RPG 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: While broader in scope, it features deep crafting and management systems set in a realistic medieval environment.
- #24 Shoppe Keep 2
83% matchMixed56% of 2,230 reviews2019
Dev: Strange FirePub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shoppe Keep returns bigger and better than ever! Build your business empire and defend it from thieves. Explore the open-world in single-player or with up to 4 players online. Renovate and design your store, cook, fish, hunt for products, charm customers, evolve the town, and make your millions.
Why similar: Management 33.3%, Medieval 30.1%, Physics 22.7%, RPG 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows players to manage a shop in a fantasy world, focusing on supply chains and customer interaction.
- #25 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
79% matchVery Positive94% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: Unbossed GamesPub: Level Up Gaming
Windows
Your father's life depends on your success. Run a medieval shop, craft goods, set prices, and build your reputation - because the King's debt collectors are coming. Farm, hunt, explore, and trade your way to freedom in this cozy but consequential shop simulation.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 51.6% ★, Crafting 20.6%, Medieval 20.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management with crafting in a relaxing, medieval-themed environment.
- #26 Medieval Shopkeeper Simulator
82% matchMixed61% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.
Why similar: Medieval 29%, Management 25.6%, RPG 16.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward management experience focused on the economy and daily operations of a medieval store.
- #27 The Last Elixir
78% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Frisbee
Windows
You are a journeyman alchemist: experiment to learn the secrets of the alchemical sciences, and leverage them to produce a diverse menu of potions for a procession of weird and spooky customers in this compact narrative puzzle experience.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.7% ★, Crafting 22.2%, Physics 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Medieval 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, puzzle-based approach to crafting within an atmospheric fantasy setting.
- #28 Potion Permit
79% 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 54%, RPG 21%, Simulation 15.2%, Adventure 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the crafting of potions and managing relationships within a community, capturing the cozy management feel.
- #29 Tabletop Game Shop Simulator
77% matchVery Positive91% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Knight Fever Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Run your own tabletop game shop! Stock shelves, glue & paint minis, battle customers on game night, and grow your store into the ultimate nerd paradise.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.9% ★, Job Simulator 29.6% ★, Management 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Simulation 5.3%
- #30 Medieval Blacksmith
77% matchVery Positive80% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: OGO Play
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Medieval Blacksmith is a blacksmithing simulation set in a magical medieval world. Play as a blacksmith with no past, craft legendary weapons from daggers to spears, and forge your path to becoming the world’s greatest. Dive into a story filled with adventure and endless creative possibilities!
Why similar: Medieval 20.6%, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Crafting 16.2%, RPG 14.7%, Simulation 10.6%
- #31 Kynseed
78% 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 40.5%, Management 30.6%, RPG 16.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim includes deep crafting and management mechanics set in a rich, evolving fantasy world.
- #32 TCG Card Shop Simulator
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 47,557 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 31.3% ★, Management 30.4%, Simulation 14.6%, Job Simulator 11.4% ★, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #33 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
76% matchVery Positive92% of 4,372 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Job Simulator 29.5% ★, Shop Keeper 29.4% ★, Management 12.3%, Medieval 11.7%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #34 Ironsmith Medieval Simulator
80% matchMostly Negative30% of 258 reviews2022
Dev: The EpicLorePub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Heroes are not born. They are forged in darkness. And who knows forging better than the ironsmith himself? Experience the hardship of making medieval weapons, armors and tools in a simulation taken with a grain of salt
Why similar: Medieval 27.3%, Crafting 23.1%, Management 20.5%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic look at the life of a blacksmith, focusing on the manual labor and technical aspects of the trade.
- #35 Loot & Ledger
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Eddy
Windows
Run your own medieval store! Stock shelves with groceries and legendary loot, set prices, serve customers, and expand your shop. Fund adventurers to explore dangerous lands and return with valuable chests full of swords, shields, and rare items and all without leaving the counter.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.1% ★, Job Simulator 27.7% ★, Management 14.1%, Medieval 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #36 Speakeasy Simulator
73% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Arcana GamesPub: Bluelily Games
Windows
Manage your own speakeasy hidden from prying eyes during Prohibition. Experiment with recipes, perfect the quality of your spirits, and transform your bar into an elegant, unique venue. Combine craftsmanship, optimization, and decoration to offer your guests an unforgettable experience.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.6% ★, Job Simulator 32.9% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 4.6%
- #37 Tidehaven: Ale & Trade
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Bunch'o'Nerds
Windows
Medieval sim meets smart idle play. Build and automate your tavern into a lively town. Make it yours with tons of decorations. Dig for ore, gamble, breed rare horses, or take risks with smuggling quests. Watch your little world grow and have the medieval town of your dreams!
Why similar: Decorating 35.8% ★, Shop Keeper 23.4% ★, Job Simulator 20.9% ★, Medieval 10.7%, Management 7.1%
- #38 Ironsmith Medieval Simulator: Prologue
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: The EpicLorePub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Ironsmith: Medieval Simulator - Prologue allows you to become the local blacksmith in medieval reality. Master your skills by ceaselessly crafting tools and weapons for various social classes.
Why similar: Medieval 46.7%, Simulation 31.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #39 Alchemy Factory
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,293 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Medieval 39.9%, Crafting 34.9%, 3D 8.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Job Simulator 7.5% ★
- #40 Crafter's Hollow
72% matchMixed56% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Wylde Wisp Games
Windows
Forge gear, run a shop, and send mercenaries into danger so you don’t have to. A cozy-but-clever crafting sim where business booms, heroes bicker, and dungeons provide all the “supply chain” problems you’ll ever need.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.7% ★, Crafting 22.4%, Management 14.8%, Medieval 8.7%, Simulation 7.3%
- #41 Blacksmith Simulator Prologue
73% matchMixed46% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Potato GamesPub: Forge Games
Windows
Forge your destiny in the Blacksmith Simulator Prologue! Craft weapons and tools, manage your workshop, and mine for resources. Serve diverse clients, grow your reputation, and master medieval craftsmanship in this free introduction to the full game. Your journey as a blacksmith begins here!
Why similar: Crafting 27.2%, Medieval 24.9%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 9.7%
- #42 Blacksmith
74% matchMixed69% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blacksmith is the definitive Blacksmithing experience. Make and sell Weapons, Armour and Tools. Send Heroes on Quests and unlock their unique potential. Grow the town of Ironwell and be a part of the community. Master the elements and bend them to your will! Find your true calling as the Blacksmith!
Why similar: RPG 55.8%, Simulation 44.2%
- #43 Half Sword
69% matchMixed67% of 23,994 reviews2026
Dev: Half Sword GamesPub: Game Seer Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.
Why similar: Medieval 43.3%, Physics 34.8%, Simulation 10.6%, 3D 7.5%, Adventure 3.8%
- #44 Blacksmith. Song of two Kings.
71% matchVery Positive81% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Leksin
Windows
In this 2D fantasy game you play a role of a blacksmith who literally handcrafts weapons, shields, armor, magic staffs and many other marvellous items.
Why similar: Crafting 37.2%, Immersive Sim 23.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Atmospheric 8%
- #45 Mirthwood
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,338 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Crafting 24.3%, Medieval 23.8%, Management 17.6%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, RPG 12.6%
- #46 Magic Forge Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows
Become the ultimate fantasy arms dealer. Forge enchanted weapons, fulfill contracts, influence wars, and shape the fate of kingdoms! Master the astral forge, upgrade your gear, use alchemy, dominate the resource market, and rise as the realm’s mythic weaponsmith.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.2% ★, Management 19.3%, Crafting 15.9%, Medieval 10.8%, Immersive Sim 8.9%
- #47 Master Forge
70% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: IT Student
Windows
Having inherited an old forge, it is now up to you to run the shop. Gain riches and fame, upgrade your forge and gain access to new resources to expand your product selection. One day, word of your skill may reach the ears of more than just commoners.
Why similar: Medieval 33.5%, Management 27.2%, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #48 Bookshop Simulator
67% 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: Shop Keeper 43.5% ★, Management 24.2%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Simulation 9.6%, 3D 6.9%
- #49 Chef RPG
68% 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: Management 26.4%, Crafting 24.7%, Immersive Sim 18%, RPG 16.2%, Simulation 7.7%
- #50 Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 531 reviews2025
Dev: Ragnarocket
Windows · Mac · Linux
Craft. Battle. Grow. Join thousands of players in the ultimate tactical RPG where every piece of gear is forged by you — and every fight tests your strategy.
Why similar: Crafting 36.6%, Medieval 33.9%, RPG 14%, 3D 9.3%, Adventure 6.3%
- #51 Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 884 reviews2026
Dev: Yaza GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Make and share the most beautiful and bizarre medieval art imaginable! Manage and grow your manuscript workshop by illustrating manuscripts, using friendly tools and a massive range of drag-and-drop artworks from the deepest reaches of history. Welcome to your very own Scriptorium!
Why similar: Decorating 42.4% ★, Design & Illustration 21.7% ★, Shop Keeper 18.2% ★, Medieval 9.9%, Immersive Sim 5.2%
- #52 Shoppe Keep
72% matchMixed62% of 2,882 reviews2016
Dev: Strange FirePub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Run an adventurers shop – a serious business in a fantasy environment. Stock your store with dangerous weapons, fancy hats, sturdy armour and magical potions.
Why similar: Management 38.5%, RPG 21.6%, Simulation 20.5%, Medieval 10.6%, Adventure 8.9%
- #53 RPG NPC Simulator VR
71% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Odooh Games
Windows
Join the RPG world as an NPC of a secret shop. Grow your reputation among players by offering better swords, shields, bows and potions to attract higher level players. Expand to blacksmiths, mine and smith unique weapons which could be found nowhere but your secret shop.
Why similar: Crafting 34%, Management 31.6%, Simulation 13.8%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 8.4%
- #54 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator
67% matchVery Positive82% of 558 reviews2025
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac
CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.
Why similar: Crafting 46%, RPG 20.3%, Story Rich 18.5%, Simulation 15.2%
- #55 Perfume Atelier
66% matchVery Positive91% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Keep The Engine GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 34.2% ★, Shop Keeper 32.9% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Management 8.2%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #56 Shop Titans
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 17,821 reviews2020
Dev: Kabam Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 182.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Shop Titans is the ultimate RPG shopkeeper simulation. Craft powerful equipment, stock your shop and sell to aspiring heroes… at a markup! Hire heroes and explore dungeons to gather valuable materials to craft with. There’s never a dull moment in the world of Shop Titans!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.9% ★, Job Simulator 26.7% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Medieval 11.9%, Management 9.7%
- #57 FORGE SIMULATOR
67% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: GreenOnionGames
Windows
You are trapped in an endless labyrinth. You must find hidden resources scattered throughout the labyrinth to craft your own sword. Overcome the dangers of the labyrinth with your crafted sword, survive, and escape.
Why similar: Crafting 35.4%, Medieval 22.7%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Simulation 11.1%, 3D 5.6%
- #58 Craft Keep VR
71% matchMixed63% of 121 reviews2017
Dev: Strange FirePub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set within a fantasy world of dragons, dungeons and foul-mouthed customers, you are an alchemist-blacksmith forging weapons and brewing potions.
Why similar: Medieval 41.9%, Simulation 36.7%, Adventure 21.4%
- #59 Alnico Smithery
67% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Pinapl
Windows
Alnico Smithery is a hand-drawn, physics-based forging simulator. Mine for ore, smelt ingots, discover alloys, forge tools, and rebuild the smithery your grandfather left behind.
Why similar: Medieval 27.4%, Immersive Sim 25.7%, Crafting 21.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%