- #1 Lemon Cake
97% 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: Cozy 19.4%, Time Management 18.3%, Management 16.1%, Life Sim 14.7%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the restaurant management aspect, requiring you to bake, serve, and expand your cafe in a cute, cozy setting.
- #2 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
96% 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 20.9% ★, Cozy 15.5%, Wholesome 15.1% ★, Trading 11.8%, Life Sim 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated shop-keeper simulator that emphasizes inventory management, store decoration, and customer satisfaction.
- #3 Minami Lane
96% 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: Cozy 21.1%, Life Sim 13.9%, Cats 13.3%, Management 11.3%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This charming management sim captures the same cozy, bite-sized satisfaction of running a small business in a cute neighborhood.
- #4 Bear and Breakfast
95% matchVery Positive90% of 5,261 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, Cartoon 21.4%, Management 18%, Relaxing 11.3%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar management-heavy gameplay loop where you renovate and run a business while interacting with a cast of quirky characters.
- #5 Travellers Rest
94% 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 40.1%, Management 29.6%, Building 18.3%, Simulation 5.7%, Colorful 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep tavern management loop that mirrors the cafe-building and customer-service mechanics of the seed game.
- #6 Critter Café
94% 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: Job Simulator 22.7% ★, Shop Keeper 17% ★, Cozy 15.2%, Wholesome 13.3% ★, Life Sim 10%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly combines creature collection with cafe management, directly addressing the core themes of the seed game.
- #7 Calico
93% 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: Cats 34.7%, Life Sim 18.5%, Building 12.7%, Cute 11.9%, Relaxing 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a must-play for fans of the cat-themed, cozy aesthetic, focusing on social interactions and creature care.
- #8 Chef RPG
91% 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 33.5%, Management 24.6%, Building 21.4%, Relaxing 9.4%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines restaurant management with exploration and community building, offering a more expansive take on the cafe-sim formula.
- #9 Little Kitty, Big City
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 13,413 reviews2024
Dev: Double Dagger Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
Why similar: Wholesome 26.9% ★, Cats 24.2%, Cozy 24.1%, Cute 6.6%, Cartoony 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the joy of playing as a cat in a charming, low-stakes environment that emphasizes exploration and cuteness.
- #10 Bookshop Simulator
90% 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: Cozy 16.8%, Trading 16.2%, Shop Keeper 15.9% ★, Cats 12.9%, Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar shop-keeping experience, focusing on inventory management and customer satisfaction in a cozy setting.
- #11 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
92% 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: Management 29.9%, Shop Keeper 24.5% ★, Cute 17.9%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: As a classic shop-keeping simulator, it provides the core economic management and customer interaction loop that fans of the genre will appreciate.
- #12 Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 31,721 reviews2021
Dev: 二色幽紫蝶
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Time Management 49.6%, Simulation 21.8%, Cartoon 21.3%, 2D 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly engaging restaurant management experience with a strong focus on character interactions and menu customization.
- #13 Tiny Bookshop
87% 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: Cozy 23.9%, Trading 18.5%, Life Sim 14%, Management 12.1%, Time Management 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a relaxing, management-focused experience centered around running a small, charming business.
- #14 Sticky Business
88% 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: Wholesome 30.4% ★, Cozy 23.1%, Life Sim 13.9%, Relaxing 9.6%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing shop management game that allows for creative expression through product design and customer fulfillment.
- #15 Potion Permit
89% 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: Cozy 27.1%, Wholesome 25.7% ★, Life Sim 17.6%, Relaxing 7.4%, Colorful 6%
Why You'll Like It: It blends cozy town life, resource gathering, and shop-like management in a way that feels very similar to the pacing of Cat Cafe Manager.
- #16 Cattails: Wildwood Story
86% 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: Wholesome 26% ★, Cozy 23.1%, Cats 20%, Life Sim 15.7%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim focuses on cat colonies and community building, offering a more RPG-oriented take on the feline-centric theme.
- #17 Coffee Caravan
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,423 reviews2024
Dev: Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Job Simulator 27.5% ★, Cozy 19.9%, Time Management 12.9%, Management 11.8%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It adds a time-management and strategy layer to the cafe-sim genre, perfect for those who enjoy the business side of the seed game.
- #18 Discounty
84% 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: Shop Keeper 27.8% ★, Wholesome 16.3% ★, Life Sim 11.4%, Cozy 10.3%, Time Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A shop-keeping simulator that focuses on the daily grind of running a store with a cozy, pixel-art aesthetic.
- #19 Coffee Talk
86% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Relaxing 57.4%, Simulation 33.5%, Singleplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: While less focused on management, it captures the exact cozy, atmospheric cafe vibe and customer-interaction focus of the seed game.
- #20 Witchy Business
84% 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: Job Simulator 27.2% ★, Shop Keeper 18.8% ★, Cozy 17.5%, Wholesome 16.1% ★, Cartoony 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This job-simulator offers a cozy, magic-themed management experience that fits well within the shop-keeper genre.
- #21 Not Monday Cafe
82% 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: Shop Keeper 36.5% ★, Life Sim 14.8%, Building 13.2%, Management 13%, Relaxing 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward management experience focused on the daily operations of a cafe.
- #22 Catto's Post Office
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,322 reviews2025
Dev: In Shambles Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Deliver mail as Catto, the town's dedicated Postcat, while meeting unique friends in a vibrant cozy town filled with kitty residents.
Why similar: Cozy 30.1%, Wholesome 22.5% ★, Cats 21.7%, Relaxing 6.6%, Cute 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, cozy experience that features cats and light management tasks, perfect for a quick, relaxing session.
- #23 Desktop Cat Cafe
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: samyamPub: Zippyzappy Games
Windows
Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.
Why similar: Cats 27.9%, Management 16.4%, Cozy 14.7%, Building 9.7%, Life Sim 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the automation and management of a cat-filled environment.
- #24 DAVE THE DIVER
81% 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 48.3%, Relaxing 24.6%, Simulation 16%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: The restaurant management segments are incredibly polished and provide a satisfying loop of gathering ingredients and serving customers.
- #25 Flowers And Favours: Florist Simulator
80% matchVery Positive95% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: MISK Games
Windows · Mac
Flowers And Favours is a relaxing cozy florist sim. Run your own flower shop, experiment with a stunning variety of florals, and craft unique bouquets for your adorable customers. Your floral journey begins today!
Why similar: Job Simulator 31.3% ★, Cozy 23.9%, Cats 9.4%, Management 8.7%, Relaxing 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a relaxing shop-keeping experience with a focus on aesthetic design and customer service.
- #26 Roots of Pacha
81% 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: Cozy 31.2%, Life Sim 25.5%, Building 17.4%, Relaxing 11.9%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes community and cozy management, providing a relaxing experience that rewards careful planning and social connection.
- #27 Trash Goblin
79% 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: Shop Keeper 24.6% ★, Cozy 18.8%, Wholesome 18.6% ★, Time Management 11.1%, Life Sim 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A wholesome, relaxing simulation game where you manage a shop and interact with unique customers.
- #28 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
78% 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 24.2% ★, Shop Keeper 20.6% ★, Cozy 15.2%, Life Sim 10.2%, Management 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust management experience that focuses on building and maintaining a successful business.
- #29 Stray Cats in Cozy Town
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,688 reviews2024
Dev: DevcatsPub: Travellin Cats
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Welcome to Cozy Town, where every day is International Cat Day! Be part of a village community where every stray is respected, loved and fed. Explore the charming streets and alleys to discover all the stray cats in this hidden-object game.
Why similar: Wholesome 30% ★, Cozy 27.3%, Cats 24.1%, Relaxing 8.3%, Cartoony 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the cat-themed, cozy aesthetic with hidden-object gameplay that is perfect for relaxing.
- #30 Cats & Cups
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,012 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Job Simulator 23.1% ★, Shop Keeper 18.5% ★, Cozy 14.5%, Wholesome 12.8% ★, Cats 11.9%
- #31 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
79% matchVery Positive95% of 52,284 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Why similar: Management 34.3%, Building 30.1%, Relaxing 18.6%, Cartoony 9%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: While more emotional, its management and building mechanics within a cozy, character-driven world make it a strong thematic match.
- #32 Perfume Atelier
76% 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 26.4% ★, Shop Keeper 21.7% ★, Cozy 17%, Wholesome 13.2% ★, Management 6.3%
- #33 Vending Machine Co.
76% matchVery Positive91% of 341 reviews2026
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.
Why similar: Job Simulator 22.9% ★, Shop Keeper 17.3% ★, Wholesome 15.6% ★, Cozy 14%, Trading 10.4%
- #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: Shop Keeper 27.4% ★, Cozy 22.6%, Life Sim 13.2%, Management 10.9%, Building 10%
- #35 KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,668 reviews2026
Dev: Gambir StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!
Why similar: Job Simulator 25.6% ★, Wholesome 16.9% ★, Cozy 15.4%, Time Management 10.3%, Life Sim 10.2%
- #36 Cafe Cafe: Idle Bird Collector
75% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: CHONKSOFT
Windows
A charming and cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your screen, where you'll befriend your very own flock of adorable birds. Serve delicious snacks, discover each bird's unique preferences, and watch your cafe flourish!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.7% ★, Wholesome 18.7% ★, Cozy 18.3%, Life Sim 10.3%, Management 8.9%
- #37 Boba Simulator : Idle Shop Management
77% matchVery Positive85% of 343 reviews2022
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Boba Tea shop simulator. Manage recipe, stock and customer satisfaction.
Why similar: Cats 18.4%, Shop Keeper 16.5% ★, Job Simulator 14.5% ★, Cozy 13.5%, Management 11.5%
- #38 A Building Full of Cats 2
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,113 reviews2025
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A Building Full of Cats 2 is a Hidden Object Game where you’ll search for over a thousand hidden cats while also helping the building’s residents with their daily tasks. Can you pet all the cats and make a difference in the lives of the building's residents?
Why similar: Wholesome 29.4% ★, Cozy 26.5%, Cats 24.1%, Relaxing 8.1%, Cartoony 6%
- #39 My Café Manager Simulator
74% matchMixed70% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: OUT OF THE ORDINARYPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
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: Job Simulator 35.5% ★, Wholesome 17.9% ★, Management 13.8%, Time Management 11.7%, Life Sim 9.1%
- #40 Ship, Inc.
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,158 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Job Simulator 28.2% ★, Cozy 19.5%, Wholesome 19.1% ★, Life Sim 10.7%, Management 6.7%
- #41 Sugardew Island - Your cozy farm shop
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 357 reviews2025
Dev: rokaplay
Windows
In this cozy farming game, you have to run your own farm shop. Take care of your animals and your farm, sell your goods to the cute Forest Folk, upgrade the island and fulfill small orders from the Harmony Tree to fill the island with life again.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 31.2% ★, Cozy 24.2%, Wholesome 18% ★, Management 7.8%, Relaxing 6%
- #42 MilkTea Time
72% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: 星九猫游戏-StarNineCat Games
Windows · Mac
"Milk Tea Time" is simulation business game that includes all the elements of production, deployment and construction. You need to make each cup of milk tea. Research new flavors to win customer praise. Build and decorate your milk tea shop by hand. Create your own beautiful milk tea shop!
Why similar: Job Simulator 28.7% ★, Shop Keeper 25.1% ★, Time Management 12.1%, Management 9%, Cats 8.6%
- #43 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
72% 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 26.8% ★, Cozy 19.5%, Cats 13.8%, Trading 13.8%, Life Sim 10.5%
- #44 A Shelter Full of Cats
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,183 reviews2024
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Everyone can be a hero! Help a cat rescuer take care of her rescuees and root for their adoption! Every cat deserves a chance to be loved. ❤️
Why similar: Wholesome 29% ★, Cozy 25.6%, Cats 24.7%, Relaxing 8.3%, Cute 4.7%
- #45 Bean Meets Paw
70% matchVery Positive95% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: XINGXIAN NET
Windows
Build your dream cat café! Design cozy spaces with cute furniture, bake cat-themed treats, and hire fluffy staff (baristas, bakers, cashiers). Grow from a small shop to a feline empire by unlocking bakery equipment and decorations. Attract unique cats to be your café's star attraction!
Why similar: Life Sim 34.1%, Management 27.8%, Cute 11.3%, Cartoon 11%, Simulation 9.9%
- #46 Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café
69% matchVery Positive96% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Anaïs Salla
Windows · Mac
A decoration-focused café game where you bake and brew... TO THE BEAT!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.9% ★, Wholesome 20.1% ★, Cozy 19.6%, Trading 11.6%, Life Sim 7.9%
- #47 Cats Organized Neatly
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,737 reviews2020
Dev: DU&I
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this 2D puzzle game you have the responsibility to arrange your feline friends in a way that fits the grid. Cats Organized Neatly comes with 80 different handcrafted levels and a whole bunch of cats in all shapes and sizes.
Why similar: Wholesome 26.3% ★, Cozy 25.4%, Cats 21.7%, Relaxing 7.2%, Cartoony 5.9%
- #48 Capybara Spa
71% 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: Time Management 21.7%, Management 16.8%, Cozy 16.3%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 8.8%
- #49 Book Bound
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 256 reviews2025
Dev: Bit66
Windows
Book Bound is a cozy bookshop simulation game. Use a range of items to decorate your shop and make it truly yours. Pick the books you would like to sell. Help customers find books they want most. Sell books in different genres.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.1% ★, Cozy 27.4%, Building 11.3%, Management 10.6%, Cute 5.6%
- #50 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,663 reviews2026
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.2% ★, Trading 14.5%, Management 14.3%, Building 9.3%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #51 Magical Greenhouse
69% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Mgtt Studio
Windows · Mac
Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.1% ★, Job Simulator 20.2% ★, Cozy 13.9%, Wholesome 13.7% ★, Trading 10.3%
- #52 Vending Dokan!: Kozy Kiosk
68% matchVery Positive91% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Aftabi Games
Windows
Build a vending machine empire in this cozy idle sim! Manage staff, decorate locations, and watch your business thrive. Play actively or let it run passively in the background with relaxing music to enjoy while you work or unwind.
Why similar: Job Simulator 22.7% ★, Cozy 21.4%, Shop Keeper 17.5% ★, Life Sim 11.7%, Management 10.1%
- #53 Zodiacats
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,301 reviews2022
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Follow cat Catherine on her journey for the lost astrology papyri and learn more about her job as a witch assistant for bringing good vibes into this Earth! Let Catherine guide you through the zodiac wheel, showing you about features of each solar sign. You can also learn about your cat's sign!
Why similar: Wholesome 25.1% ★, Cats 24%, Cozy 19.8%, Relaxing 8.6%, Cartoony 6.6%
- #54 An Arcade Full of Cats
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,926 reviews2023
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
Why similar: Wholesome 29.1% ★, Cats 26.2%, Cozy 25.2%, Relaxing 8.8%, Cute 5.6%
- #55 Pixel Cafe
69% matchVery Positive92% of 836 reviews2023
Dev: Baltoro Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Time Management 29.1%, Life Sim 23.9%, Management 21%, Relaxing 9.7%, Simulation 4.7%
- #56 The Last Gas Station
66% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In a world where electric cars reign supreme, you are now the owner of an old gas station out in the wilderness. Establish trade, develop your business and uncover the secret of this strange place in the compact gas station simulator.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.4% ★, Job Simulator 21% ★, Cozy 16.4%, Trading 13.6%, Management 8.5%
- #57 Chonkers
68% matchVery Positive88% of 581 reviews2024
Dev: Solar Eclipse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 34.9 hrsMean: 97.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Chonkers is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Adopt the cutest fur balls and watch them ramp up the chonk scale as you play with them. Find them a new family. They’ll pay A LOT for your hefty chonker! Complete your collection by finding all the breeds and the rarest space cats!
Why similar: Cozy 25%, Cats 21.4%, Wholesome 19.9% ★, Life Sim 13.5%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #58 A Building Full of Cats
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,398 reviews2022
Dev: Devcats
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A Building Full of Cats is a hidden object game where you need to pet all the cats in the building. Don't leave any cats behind!
Why similar: Wholesome 26.7% ★, Cats 25.4%, Cozy 24.9%, Relaxing 7.7%, Cartoony 6.7%
- #59 Supurr Cat Cafe: Sandwich Rush
67% matchVery Positive100% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: 2 Nerdy Nerds
Windows
Stack towering sandwiches with the help of cute cat friends while building up your dream cat cafe. With plenty of hungry quirky customers around, you’ll need to upgrade your cafe, find new cats to help you and up your sandwich game to keep them happy!
Why similar: Cozy 29.2%, Cats 28.6%, Shop Keeper 19.5% ★, Management 8.1%, Cute 7.8%
- #60 Happy Sheepies
67% matchVery Positive86% of 563 reviews2024
Dev: Berker Games
Windows
Happy Sheepies is a relaxing sheep farming game that includes some Crafting and Business Management elements with its simple Drag & Drop gameplay. Meet the needs of your sheepies, craft and sell your products, and grow your business!
Why similar: Job Simulator 22.6% ★, Shop Keeper 18.9% ★, Wholesome 15.5% ★, Cozy 14.4%, Life Sim 8%