Games Like Cinderheat Chocolate

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 45.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Cute 4.8%

Craft totems and talismans inspired by real witchcraft practices. Help the people of a quietly strange town carry their burdens. See their souls. Uncover what's hiding underneath.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 62.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.6%, Supernatural 7.4%, Simulation 6.6%, Female Protagonist 4.9%

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 56.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Casual 0.9%

As a merchant in a city caught between warring powers, build relationships with unforgettable characters, navigate moral gray zones, and discover how far you'll go to protect your business, and the people around it.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 48% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Fantasy 6.3%, Simulation 2.9%

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 70.8% ★, Visual Novel 20.3%, Fantasy 7.5%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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 64.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%, Casual 1.5%

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 68.5% ★, Simulation 10.6%, Fantasy 6.5%, Stylized 4.2%, Resource Management 3.4%

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 68.7% ★, Simulation 8.9%, Cute 5.3%, Fantasy 4.9%, Female Protagonist 4.3%

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 80.1% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Resource Management 4.7%, 3D 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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

Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Simulation 5.3%

Become the Ocean’s Ultimate Dive Master

Why similar: Shop Keeper 78.6% ★, Simulation 16.1%, 3D 3.7%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Welcome to Kokoro No Kimono! Step into the gentle rhythm of Japan, where every fold tells a story. Create exquisite kimonos for your guests, master the art of tying Obi belts, and lose yourself in the quiet charm of an authentic kimono shop.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 70.8% ★, Simulation 15%, Cute 6.1%, Casual 3.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%

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 67.2% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Fantasy 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Casual 4%

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 77% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Cute 6.3%, Casual 3.3%, Resource Management 3.1%

You accepted a simple job: working the graveyard shift at a roadside gas station. Low traffic. Few deliveries. Strange rules. But nobody works here for very long.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 63% ★, Interactive Fiction 24%, Simulation 10%, 3D 1.9%, Indie 0.8%

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 53.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Cute 4.9%, Simulation 4.8%

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: Shop Keeper 81.7% ★, Simulation 8.9%, Resource Management 3.9%, 3D 3.1%, Casual 1.3%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Cute 8%

Spirits and Secrets is a Bartender Simulator Murder Mystery game set in a medieval fantasy world. Talk to patrons, make their orders, and solve their mysteries by piecing together clues.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 60.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 1.7%, Casual 1.1%

Build, manage, and design your own casino empire from the ground up. Turn the city's junk into profit in this detailed management simulation, rising from rags to riches. Set up Blackjack tables and slots, hire staff, and furnish your venue with luxurious decor to become the ultimate boss.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 85% ★, Simulation 11.1%, 3D 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

A cosy fish market simulator where you cut fresh fish, turn them into products like sushi, and collect rare species. Build a peaceful market, master satisfying preparation mechanics, and grow your seafood business at your own pace.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 73.2% ★, Simulation 15%, Cute 7.1%, 3D 3.4%, Indie 0.9%

Run a cozy izakaya in futuristic Bali. Grill skewers, serve patrons, help wandering spirits, and manage supplies to keep your evening haven alive. Every night tells a new story.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 66.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Casual 2.9%

"Penniless Chef" is a game where you run and grow your own restaurant. Run and grow your restaurant, and get to know the villagers!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 73.9% ★, Simulation 7.8%, Cute 7.2%, Fantasy 3.2%, Resource Management 2.9%

Run your own electronics store chain. Buy phones, tablets, computers, fridges, and more in bulk, transport them with your truck, and sell them at prices you choose. Manage up to 4 stores with hired employees, but fail to plan well and you won’t be able to pay rent, bills, or salaries.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 82.9% ★, Simulation 12.5%, 3D 2.1%, Casual 1.3%, Indie 0.9%

Run the motel by day. Solve the paranormal cases by night

Why similar: Shop Keeper 69.9% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Cute 5.5%, Casual 4.3%, Stylized 3.3%

You'll open a potion shop in Sacred Heart City and learn about the reasons for the decline of Sacred Heart City by meeting a wide variety of customers. This is a story-based business simulation game, the main gameplay is that the customer asks you to make the right potion according to the request.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 77.6% ★, Simulation 8.4%, Female Protagonist 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Cute 3.5%

Shop simulator. Open your own shop in a picturesque beach resort, earn money, and get rich. Run multiple shops, hire employees, and do business!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 83.1% ★, Simulation 9.3%, 3D 3.4%, Casual 2.7%, Indie 1.2%

Run your own sandwich shop! Stock your ingredients, prepare delicious sandwiches, take payments, customize and expand your store, and become the best sandwich shop in town!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 80.1% ★, Simulation 8%, Cute 5.3%, 3D 3.1%, Casual 2.5%

Forge your legacy as both merchant and hero. Explore Zoldar, battle monsters for rare materials, and craft epic gear. Team up with friends to build a thriving shop in the village markets or arm yourselves to conquer the dangerous depths of the wild.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 78.1% ★, Simulation 7.5%, Fantasy 6.6%, Stylized 3.3%, Third Person 2.5%

Bring Anna's dream to life! In this charming, hand-drawn bakery shop simulation, meet over 100 unique customers, prepare 10+ distinct dessert recipes, and personalize your shop. Shape customer relationships with your choices. A peaceful and flavorful adventure awaits you!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 81.8% ★, Simulation 8.2%, Cute 7.3%, Casual 1.6%, Indie 0.8%

"Can you survive the rush at a K-Ramyeon shop?" Become a part-timer in a Ramyeon Store kitchen. Cook perfect bowls, manage multiple pots, and maximize your earnings to unlock different endings. Move fast—your total revenue determines your fate!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 78.6% ★, Simulation 17.3%, 3D 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Japanese Style is a cozy shop management simulation game where you run an anime-themed toy store, manage products, serve customers, and expand your business in a Japanese-inspired environment.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 79% ★, Simulation 15.7%, 3D 3.7%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

建造并经营你的按摩店，雇佣伊莲、阴婷、贝塔柔、肌肉男等员工为你工作，自定义装饰你的按摩店，应付警察的审查，打造出属于你的独特按摩店吧！

Why similar: Shop Keeper 64.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 18%, Simulation 13.6%, 3D 1.5%, Casual 1.2%

Grow a failing gym. Expand the facility, order and move equipment, run the gym shop. Hire staff and coaches. Train your own character. Compete in fitness contest to reach 5 stars.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 74.9% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Resource Management 4.8%, 3D 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Set up gaming consoles, manage games, set prices, serve customers, hire staff, and grow your café to become the city's most popular gaming hub.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 68.5% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Cute 5.4%, Casual 4.1%, 3D 3.2%

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 32.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Resource Management 5.4%

Play as Luna, a girl caught in a fight between armed insurgents and spies. Help her navigate her way to saving her friend. Explore a laboratory dedicated to the production of new materials. Enjoy a lighthearted and chaotic story of a girl out of her depth in an espionage mission.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.8%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Casual 3.4%

Welcome to Anssoloin's new postman! After years of hard work, you've finally been able to buy your own post office by the sea. Learn more about the village and its residents through your work. Will you be able to fit in your new community? Sort the mail, discover new things, chat, and relax.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 71.1% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Resource Management 4.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%

Forgefolk is a blacksmithing simulator set in the workshop of a master dwarf. Gather resources, smelt, forge, and complete orders. Upgrade your workshop, craft better tools, and earn gold. If you’re looking for a calm yet satisfying gameplay loop, step up to the anvil.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 77.2% ★, Simulation 8.4%, Fantasy 3.9%, Resource Management 3.5%, 3D 2.7%

Embark on a Magical Shopkeeper RPG! Make strategic choices and face various challenges as you establish your store in Flame Plaza. Craft any type of potion. Fight enemies and complete quests to find new resources. Get ready for twists, and discover new ways of profit.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 66.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Resource Management 2.1%, Casual 1.6%

Moonlight Apothecary is a visual novel and potion brewing simulator set in the witchy world of Ravensport. Meet, talk to, and help customers in search of fantasy-themed concoctions and a listening ear.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 31.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Fantasy 7.1%

#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+ 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Fantasy 8.3%

Set up your own lemonade stand and make a name for yourself across the entire city! Plant saplings, grow your own fruit, produce refreshing beverages, and expand your stand. Acquire more space to increase your output and boost your sales!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 80.5% ★, Simulation 10.6%, Casual 2.8%, Resource Management 2.4%, 3D 1.9%

Run your own butcher shop! Cut, weigh, package, and sell fresh meat while managing stock, customers, and hygiene. Master the knife, keep the fridge cold, and grow a small neighborhood butcher into a thriving meat empire. Play solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 79.5% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Casual 2.5%, 3D 1.5%, Indie 0.9%

Run Your Game Cafe in This Funny, 2D, Pixel Art, Game Cafe Tycoon Manager Simulator, Meet Funny Friends , Make new Customers, Keep old Ones Happy, Make Money , Pay Power Bill & Rent Every day , Buy New Games , Update Old Games , Repair Devices , Keep Business Going, Don't Get Bankrupted!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 79.3% ★, Simulation 9.1%, Resource Management 4.6%, Cute 4.2%, Pixel Graphics 1.5%

This isn’t a bread-making game. Listen carefully to customers’ strange requests, discover many kinds of bread, and satisfy even the most picky tastes — from strawberry to chocolate, whole wheat to nuts.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 77.9% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Cute 8.5%, Casual 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Manage your own shop in a tiny toy town that comes to life! Grow crops, raise animals, craft handmade goods, and expand your market in this relaxing yet engaging management simulator that keeps evolving over time.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 71.2% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Cute 7%, 3D 3.4%, 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+ 41.3%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, Casual 1.7%

Help Granny run a successful bakeshop in this exciting puzzle matching adventure!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 64.7% ★, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Supernatural 8%, Cute 6%, Simulation 5.1%

Paperback is a short horror game that takes place in a public library at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity where you take on the role of the newly hired novice librarian, Max.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 67.1% ★, Supernatural 11.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8%, 3D 2.6%

Slaying dragons? Leave that to the knights. You'll sell potions to that knight and make a fortune! Set up your stall, boil your cauldron, build your empire. Fight in caves, produce in your garden, rule in your shop. Bottle your destiny, turn trade into art with Alchemist Business Simulation!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 65.1% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Cute 4.9%, Casual 4.5%, Fantasy 3.4%

In Coffee Shop: Daily Shift, meet new customers each day, brew orders fast, and grow your café. Keep quality high during rush hour, upgrade equipment, manage baristas, and build the best coffee shop in town.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 74% ★, Simulation 15.5%, Casual 5.2%, Resource Management 4%, Indie 1%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Cute 6.5%

Open your own blind box store in the anime city of Akihabara. Stock the shelves with the latest blind boxes, or unbox them to collect rare hidden editions. Create a trendy blind box shop that attracts customers and expands your business.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 80.6% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Resource Management 3%, Casual 2.9%, 3D 1.8%

Run your own gun store! In GunMan you have the freedom to manage and customize your store however you like, earn your way forward by buying and selling weapons, spend your earnings on new furniture and store essentials. You have full freedom to move and place furniture and essentials as you please.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 82.5% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Casual 3.5%, 3D 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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+ 40.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Fantasy 11%, Cute 5.3%

Bank 2000 is a retro Windows-style banking sim. Approve or refuse account requests, manage clients, fees and loans, and handle daily and monthly money flows to keep your bank afloat.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 73.5% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Casual 5.2%, Resource Management 4.4%, Indie 1%

In Tales of Trade, you are much more than just a shop owner. You manage an economy in a fantastical world where the power of items comes not from the sharpness of a sword, but from the ancient spells imbued within them.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 72.2% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Casual 5.1%, Resource Management 4.3%, 3D 2.7%

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+ 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Fantasy 5.2%

Take Japan by storm with your series of stores, vending machines, arcades and more! Open multiple shops, each customized to your personal specifications and invest in your community.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 80.3% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Resource Management 7.1%, Exploration 2.1%, 3D 1.9%