Games Like Cinderheat Chocolate

You are a Venetian maskmaker in 1797. Craft stunning masks for picky patrons, upgrade your shop and discover branching story lines.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Simulation 10.9%

Run a kiosk in 1980s communist Poland. Check ration cards, distribute rationed goods, and dabble in illegal trade to support your family. Every decision can bring profit or trouble.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 58.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 22%, Simulation 8%, Resource Management 6.1%, 3D 2.7%

In a postwar world where even memories can be used as collateral, you become the owner of a small pawnshop. Speak with customers, judge the value of their memories and belongings, and over 30 days of running the shop, uncover forgotten truths and the story of the protagonist.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 66.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Simulation 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Indie 0.9%

Infusion is a cozy, narrative-focused, coffee-making sim with branching storylines that takes place in a fantasy world full of magic and intrigue. Make different types of coffee, get to know your patrons, help them solve their dilemmas and become the best barista the Cordara has ever seen!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Simulation 11.3%, Cute 5.2%, Fantasy 4.6%

A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Cute 5.3%

A calm, story-driven simulator where every crafted part matters. Run your tiny workshop, meet other robots, and discover how even the smallest detail can change a life in this forgotten city of machines.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 51.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Casual 1%

Build your dream magical shop in SpellMart! Stock modern potions, set competitive prices, and manage a quirky team of Monster Girls in a vibrant neon world. A stylish tycoon simulator where retail strategy meets anime charm. Can you turn magic into big business?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 55.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Simulation 7.1%, Cute 4.9%, Fantasy 3%

A fantasy curse-casting adventure. Make curses that can only be undone by true love's kiss!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Cute 4.4%

As a merchant in a city caught between warring powers, build relationships with unique characters, expand your store, and discover the true price of doing business.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Simulation 5.4%, Fantasy 4.8%

Run a fantasy lost-and-found shop where every item has a story. Inspect belongings, follow clues, question customers, return items to the right owners, manage your reputation, upgrade the guild, and uncover special encounters across 50 increasingly busy days.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 67.6% ★, Simulation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Fantasy 5.3%, 3D 1.9%

Manage your own shop, buy and sell products, negotiate with customers, and grow your business by balancing risk, trust, and profit. At the same time, uncover the truth behind your father's disappearance.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 63% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Simulation 10.3%, Stylized 2.6%, Casual 2.6%

Tarvern Days is a single-player game made with RPG Maker MV. Become a bar owner in a fantasy world and run a tarvern for 14 days. Find out how your choices determine the fate of your characters. (Almost) everything is in your hands.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 66.3% ★, Visual Novel 23.5%, Fantasy 8.6%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

An adult visual novel about growth, intimacy, and the price of getting by. Accompany Yurou from eighteen to thirty-five: learn skills, plan monthly services, and meet people beyond the shop as she finds her way between money, desire, and her own boundaries.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 57.2% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Simulation 16.3%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Indie 1%

It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%, Casual 1.7%

With a brand spanking new degree in Literalchemy, use your witchy powers to change stories, craft tales, run a bookshop, and even find love in this puzzle, visual novel, shopkeeping sim!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Simulation 5.8%, Cute 5.2%

Run a witch's shop in this cozy fantasy store simulator while brewing potions, fulfilling orders, and organizing your tower to your liking!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 64.6% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Fantasy 7.5%, Stylized 4.6%, Resource Management 3.6%

A cozy, small-scale, coffee shop and talking simulator. As a raccoon barista, you have a gift for warming people’s hearts: brew coffee, match flavours to your customers and discover their stories. Help travellers sort out their final errands before they catch their last train.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 54.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Cute 5.5%, Simulation 4.1%, Stylized 3.9%

A character focused, flower shop, dating sim where YOUR choices shape the town's future.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Simulation 5.7%

兩名少年在平靜而異常的日常之中，依靠彼此，並逐漸觸及被掩埋的過去。

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.8%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Indie 1.2%

Discover magical creatures while exploring a fantasy world in this whimsical, art-filled visual novel!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Cute 8%

A cozy narrative simulation game where you craft bubble tea, guide heartfelt conversations, and play character-driven mini-games.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 52% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Simulation 5.8%, Cute 5.5%

Run a chaotic potion shop for one week in this cozy roguelike. Discover recipes through experimentation, serve unpredictable customers, and balance gold and reputation—while your snarky cat keeps watch.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 64.6% ★, Simulation 10%, Cute 5.9%, Fantasy 5.7%, Female Protagonist 5.1%

Under a snowy overpass, people gather around warm lights. In this cozy management simulation game, run your own POJANGMACHA and serve Korean street foods like tteokbokki and ramyun. Handle quirky events and grow your tiny stall into a street food success!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 63.6% ★, Snow 25.3% ★, Simulation 5.1%, Casual 2.5%, 3D 2.3%

Manage your café, meet new friends, and serve unique drinks as new stories unfold every day in Coffee & Fox! Can you handle everything this place has to offer?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 53.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Simulation 5.6%, Cute 5.2%

A first-person shopkeeper extraction game where you run a mysterious antique store by day and explore dangerous locations by night in search of rare and valuable oddities. Extract with you're loot, grow your shop and decide what is worth selling - and what is worth keeping.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 65.9% ★, Supernatural 14.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Fantasy 2.6%, Stylized 1.9%

MageTender is a fantasy bartending game where you serve customers with different moods and quirks. Mix drinks using magical ingredients that shift emotions in different ways! If your concoction misses the mark, be ready to defend your bar with spells and quick typing!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 50.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Simulation 8%, Cute 6.3%, Fantasy 5.6%

Build, manage, and grow your own cozy campground. Stock supplies, set prices, help campers, and watch your peaceful wilderness business come to life—one campfire at a time.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 77.4% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Resource Management 5.1%, 3D 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Become the Ocean’s Ultimate Dive Master

Why similar: Shop Keeper 75.4% ★, Simulation 18.4%, 3D 4.3%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Lounge Café is an atmospheric coffee shop simulator where you play as Sara from Lucerne, running a small café in Binoville. Choose beans, craft drinks, and compete in the city’s major coffee tournament to become the best.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 91.9% ★, Simulation 5%, Stylized 1.1%, Indie 1%, 3D 0.8%

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Fantasy 6.7%

A phone-widget life sim that lives on your real desktop. Work supermarket shifts, text your crush, then watch them show up outside the game window

Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Female Protagonist 5.4%

A tiny gimbap café in a back alley, lights on until 4 a.m. Lured by oddly high pay, you take the night shift — greet customers, cook, walk home through the dark. Night by night, something slips out of place. Where did the last clerk go?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Female Protagonist 3.6%, 3D 2.7%

A PSX-style first-person horror game about a quiet night shift in a bar that slowly turns into something deeply wrong.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Stylized 6.5%, 3D 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%

#mir3.exec is a subprocess in {mir3 nervOuS}_{which simulates a reincarnating world}. #a fit model is expected through an iterative method. #version 230527, created/modified by mira.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Fantasy 8.3%

A kinetic yuri visual novel starting in a world of angels waiting for humanity to be born.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Fantasy 6.2%

With your shop on the line, meet unique characters and craft potions of every flavor in this short, light-hearted game. From giant constructs to quirky little creatures, listen to their troubles and mix the right ingredients to create a potion that soothes their hearts and satisfies their cravings!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 62.5% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Fantasy 6%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Casual 4.5%

A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 58.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Simulation 11.1%, 3D 2.1%, Indie 0.9%

A bite-sized visual novel about going on dates with some absolutely disastrous goblins.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Cute 6.5%

Going Once! is a cozy art gallery / auction house management game. Appraise and buy art, display it in your gallery and auction it off to the highest bidder!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 76.7% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Cute 6.2%, 3D 3.3%, Casual 3.1%

Step into the shoes of a brand-new jar shop owner! Create and sell jars to over 200+ unique customers! Be careful though, some jar shop owners don't take lightly to new competitors...

Why similar: Shop Keeper 73.7% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Cute 7.4%, Casual 3.8%, Resource Management 3.3%

What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.7%, Visual Novel 27%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%, Casual 1.7%

A visual novel set in Japan in 1999. You relive a single day in the lives of Haruka and Shiho, two high school sophomores.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Fantasy 5.2%

Simple money-making simulation that captures the essence of grinding in RPGs.Buy low at cheap shops, sell high at profitable ones, and use your gains to upgrade facilities for even greater efficiency. A breezy experience that can be cleared in under an hour once you get the hang of it.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 76% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Fantasy 4.6%, Casual 2.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%

欢迎来到碗镇。这是一则虚构的现实故事，讲述了少数群体的困境和自救。碗镇的居民几乎都是是兽人，如果你仔细观察会发现，他们在历史和现实中都有自己的名字，他们的故事也似曾相识。你是偶然逃到碗镇的兽人厨师，在碗镇流动设宴款待居民，在食物与交谈之中，完成自我和居民的治愈。

Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Resource Management 5.3%

Dreams of an Exile is a yuri story with exploration elements. Play as Lyra, Explore the world, Meet other exiled girls, Experience your first love, Use a super boot to jump the pits, Cut the trees, Break stones, Swim, and much more. Everything in a cute pixel art style.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Fantasy 10.9%, Cute 5.2%

A cozy life sim set on a sun-soaked tropical island. Run a seaside café, explore the island, and enjoy the slow rhythm of island life as Bella

Why similar: Shop Keeper 62.4% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Female Protagonist 6.6%, Casual 4.9%, Third Person 3.9%

Brew concoctions, befriend Ravensport's many fantasy inhabitants, and unravel the mystery of the Evernight as the newest apprentice of the Moonlight Apothecary.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Fantasy 7.6%

Start your very own ice cream empire in this 2D business/dating simulator! Meet new people, find true love, and build alongside your local community!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Simulation 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Cute 5.2%

Tinheung & Sayuri is a game of visual novel. This is a short Yuri story across age, nationality and gender.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 Meat Girl is a lesbian visual novel about a girl searching for her mentally ill roommate in cold mountains filled with meat 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, LGBTQ+ 27%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

Confections & Conversations is a cozy bakery simulator about baking sweet treats, managing a small business, most importantly getting to know a cast of colorful customers, and helping guide them through heartfelt conversations all in a modern isekai fantasy world.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 52% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

Run your own hardware store. Stock the shelves, set your prices, serve customers at the checkout, and reinvest your profits to grow the business. Order tools, restock the warehouse, and build the DIY shop of your dreams, one sale at a time.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 79.2% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Resource Management 3.9%, 3D 2.7%, Indie 1.8%

Run a Taiwanese breakfast shop in this fast-paced time-management sim! Fry egg crepes, deep-fry nuggets, and mix drinks by hand. Every round ends in a frantic Rush Hour. Serve 31 customer types, catch dine-and-dashers, survive health inspections, and grow a roadside stall into a legend.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 71.1% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Casual 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Indie 1.1%

Follow along with the adventures of Dulce as she finds new friends, new fun, and maybe even romance in the world of Dragon Connection, a hot new augmented reality mobile game.A, short, sweet free all-ages GxG visual novel featuring cute girls, friendship, and romance!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.5%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Cute 5.1%, Casual 4.7%

Run your own tavern in a cozy fantasy valley. Mix cocktails, garnish drinks, get to know your regulars and hire a helping hand. Pay off your debt, furnish your hall and earn royal recognition.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 69.3% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Fantasy 6.6%, Resource Management 4.5%, Casual 3.2%

Alice and Sophie finally have the time to go on an onsen retreat. However, their trip gets inturrupted by mysterious magic. The last straw: "MY FOOD!!!" Will the couple be able to find the culprit and finally enjoy their vacation?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Cute 5.6%

Grab your tools and start mowing! A Game About Cutting Grass is a cozy, relaxing mowing sim where you cut lawn after lawn, upgrade your tools, unlock new zones, and play at your own pace. Relax, or chase your best times and become the fastest grass cutter!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 62.3% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Cute 6.8%, Casual 5.1%, Stylized 3.6%

The only bar left on the old road is a curious place. You're the bartender. Chat with the rare guests who've found their way here. Mix them fulfilling drinks accompanied by ASMR-grade soundscapes. Will you solve the mysteries of a world inspired by magical realism?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 57.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Supernatural 7.1%, Simulation 6.2%, 3D 2.5%

This is an adult gay bara (Male/Male) detective RPG. Use the protagonist's transformation abilities to solve mysterious cases and seduce men throughout the city. Manage your own public bathhouse and create the erotic bathhouse of your dreams. Enjoy over 45 high-quality animated adult scenes!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 32.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Exploration 1.9%