Games Like Cafe Master Story

Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.

Why similar: Cooking 22%, City Builder 14.6%, Life Sim 11.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Colony Sim 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the exact same Kairosoft DNA, focusing on restaurant management, menu creation, and staff optimization.

Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, Cooking 18.3%, City Builder 16.5%, Life Sim 13.2%, 2D Platformer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Another Kairosoft classic that tasks you with running a successful restaurant chain through strategic menu planning and staff management.

Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!

Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Life Sim 18.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Building 9%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the quintessential Kairosoft management sim that established the addictive loop and pixel-art style found in Cafe Master Story.

Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Cooking 16.9%, Life Sim 15.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep dive into the culinary management genre with the signature Kairosoft charm and pixelated aesthetic.

Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, Cooking 19.2%, Life Sim 11.4%, City Builder 10.7%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar restaurant management experience where you must design the layout and menu to attract customers.

Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, City Builder 12.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Life Sim 11.5%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title translates the management mechanics of Cafe Master Story into the retail sector with similar addictive progression.

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 35.6%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 15.1%, Cute 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the cozy atmosphere of running a cafe while adding management and shop-keeping mechanics.

A brand new business sim! Build cafés, movie theaters, aquariums, and more!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Life Sim 14.6%, City Builder 12.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title expands the scale of your management efforts to an entire mall while keeping the familiar 2D interface.

A "hot" new hot springs resort sim with a ton of new exclusive features!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Life Sim 14.3%, Cooking 9.8%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic Kairosoft management game that focuses on building and maintaining a relaxing resort with deep strategic elements.

Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.

Why similar: Cooking 32.2%, Life Sim 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines time-management mechanics with a cozy, story-rich narrative and beautiful pixel graphics.

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 49.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This tavern management sim features pixel art and a satisfying progression loop similar to Kairosoft's business builders.

A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

Why similar: Cooking 43.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Simulation 20.1%, Casual 11%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art restaurant management game that emphasizes menu variety and customer satisfaction.

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 17.4%, Life Sim 12.6%, Sandbox 7.4%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features the same addictive city-building and management systems found in other Kairosoft titles.

Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.

Why similar: Cooking 35%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Top-Down 9%, Casual 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management simulator that lets you build and customize your own coffee shop from the ground up.

It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, City Builder 21.3%, Simulation 10.2%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Casual 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing management experience with the signature Kairosoft pixel art and deep simulation mechanics.

Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!

Why similar: Cooking 25.7%, Life Sim 16.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more detailed 3D approach to the cafe management genre while retaining the core tycoon gameplay.

A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon

Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Life Sim 22.5%, Simulation 16.9%, Cooking 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A collaboration title that brings the Kairosoft management formula to a charming, story-driven shop-keeping experience.

Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!

Why similar: Life Sim 17.8%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 14.5%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title applies the same management and staff-building mechanics to the world of animation production.

Movie Studio Management Simulation Produce blockbusters and earn world-wide fame

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, Life Sim 13.8%, City Builder 13.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the same strategic depth and pixelated charm as Cafe Master Story, focused on the film industry.

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: Pixel Graphics 34%, Simulation 24.4%, Casual 16.8%, Crafting 15.9%, 2D 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a highly addictive restaurant management loop alongside exploration, mirroring the multi-faceted gameplay of Kairosoft titles.

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 52.4%, Building 15.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Cute 8.1%, Top-Down 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a fast-paced, roguelite take on restaurant management that is highly rewarding for fans of the genre.

Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!

Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, City Builder 16.6%, Simulation 12%, Colony Sim 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Why You'll Like It: A life-sim management game from Kairosoft that focuses on building and managing a residential property.

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: Life Sim 27.1%, Sandbox 23%, Crafting 19.8%, Simulation 17.6%, Casual 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the shop-keeping and crafting aspects of management with a unique and charming art style.

Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, City Builder 16.2%, Life Sim 15%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title brings the management loop to a farming setting, perfect for fans of the developer's style.

A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, Life Sim 18.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Why You'll Like It: A retail-focused management sim by Kairosoft that shares the same UI and progression feel as Cafe Master Story.

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Simulation 30.1%, Building 20.1%, Sandbox 18.7%, City Builder 15.9%, Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeper management sim that retains the humor and satisfying building mechanics found in smaller-scale tycoon games.

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: Simulation 44.9%, Cute 33.4%, Strategy 15.8%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic shop-keeping management game that balances business strategy with dungeon-crawling elements.

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Simulation 47.9%, Strategy 22.5%, Sandbox 13%, Casual 11.2%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic tycoon experience that focuses on business growth and product development, similar to Kairosoft's core loop.

Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.

Why similar: Cooking 44.2%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Casual 10.9%, 2D 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the high-intensity cooking and management aspects of running a food business.

Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.

Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Life Sim 14.4%, Simulation 9%, Building 8.2%

Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 19.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Life Sim 11.8%, Strategy 10.3%

Run any store you like to build up your own buzzing business burg!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 18%, Life Sim 11.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 9.3%

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Casual 6.5%

Make a fantastic, dazzling water park!

Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Life Sim 10.8%, Simulation 10.4%, Colony Sim 9.4%, Strategy 7.8%

Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 14.7%, Life Sim 13.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 10.3%

Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 15.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Casual 7.7%

Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 18.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.9%, 2D Platformer 6.9%

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: Cooking 27.2%, Life Sim 26.4%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 17.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Life Sim 11.6%, 2D Platformer 8.1%

Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 15.7%, Life Sim 15.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 8%

Create the gaming paradise of your dreams! Reach 5-stars and host tournaments!

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, City Builder 13.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Life Sim 11.1%, Strategy 10.1%

Enjoy building and running a ski resort in this cool simulation game!

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7%

Attract customers, train stars, and win the Grand Slam in this tennis club sim!

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 14.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Life Sim 12%, Casual 6.1%

Create shows, sign stars, and dominate the airwaves in this TV studio sim.

Why similar: Life Sim 31.1%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Simulation 15.6%, Casual 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 21.9%, Life Sim 11.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 8.5%

Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, City Builder 23.8%, 2D Platformer 10%, Simulation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.

Why similar: Cooking 44.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Building 13.4%, Cute 8%

Coffie Simulator is a coffee simulator game. Run your own café, serve 500+ unique customers, and master the art of coffee-making! Customize, upgrade, and manage your shop while handling orders with precision. Every choice matters—your reputation shapes the experience. Can you succeed?

Why similar: Cooking 29%, Life Sim 24.3%, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 13%, Cute 8.5%

Cozy café store management simulator: renovate and decorate, stock shelves, and run the checkout. Roll in deliveries with a cart, set up promotions and hire staff as you expand from a tiny shop into a bustling café.

Why similar: Cooking 47%, Sandbox 27.4%, Life Sim 19.5%, Simulation 4.8%, Casual 1.1%

Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, City Builder 18.7%, Life Sim 12.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.2%

Build, design and manage your own café in this detailed cafe management simulator. Hire staff, craft your menu, serve customers and grow your coffee shop business in a lively island city.

Why similar: Cooking 31.8%, Life Sim 24.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 12.1%

Build your own spectacular, multi-story station for your favorite trains!

Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Simulation 14.5%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Life Sim 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

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: Cooking 25.4%, Life Sim 20.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 8.6%

Basketball Team Management Sim Coach a custom team and dunk your way to glory!

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Simulation 15.4%, City Builder 14.8%, Life Sim 12.8%, Casual 5.9%

Open your own café and create a place brimming with aroma and flavor. Serve coffee, pastries, and desserts, expand your bar, decorate the interior, and serve your guests in a way that keeps them coming back for more!

Why similar: Cooking 37.4%, Life Sim 23.5%, Simulation 20.4%, Casual 9.2%, Cute 4.8%

Make your wildest ice dreams come true with this skating rink management game.

Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Life Sim 21.7%, Simulation 16.4%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Casual 9.2%

Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 18.1%, Life Sim 13.1%, Simulation 6.7%, 2D Platformer 6.2%

Build up your very own Cafe. Make a variety of Coffees to keep your customers happy. Keep your Coffee shop well-stocked, money flowing, and you will quickly expand and build the Cafe of your dreams.

Why similar: Cooking 52.6%, Crafting 20.8%, Simulation 16.8%, Casual 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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: Cooking 43.8%, Life Sim 32%, Simulation 15.8%, Casual 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, City Builder 19.5%, Life Sim 14.8%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%