- #1 49DAYS
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Pelican
Windows
Become the host of an afterlife teahouse. For 49 days, serve the final cup to the departed. Experience a deep brewing system based on authentic traditions. Listen to the secrets of unique spirits, change their fates, and face the truth of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.9% ★, Cooking 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Life Sim 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #2 Coffee & Fox
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PineappleMint Fox
Windows
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 32.9% ★, Cooking 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Life Sim 10.2%
- #3 Moonlight Apothecary
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: tinymuse studio
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Cooking 18.8%, Shop Keeper 15.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Visual Novel 7%
- #4 Black Dog Bar
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #5 Shake It: Lycoris
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exceedium Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shake It: Lycoris is a bartender simulator where cozy vibes, smooth jazz, and a wide variety of cocktails blend into one unique atmosphere.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.5%, Shop Keeper 22.1% ★, Immersive Sim 11%, Cooking 10%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #6 Iris and the Moonlight Bakery
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gunoha Games
Windows · Mac
Play as Iris, a burnt-out goddess who opens a midnight bakery in a sleepless city. Read customers’ emotions as color and craft cakes to comfort them, while hiding from the gods searching for her.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 24.3%, Cooking 12.8%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Visual Novel 7.5%
- #7 Video Nightz
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Kraze
Windows
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 40.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #8 Station Between
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Garage 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 36.9% ★, Cooking 22%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Adventure 4.5%
- #9 SoulBite
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peak MythPub: RENZHEWEIREN
Windows
SoulBite is a 2D pixel-art restaurant sim. You're the chef of a small diner where guests share stories and secrets. Listen to their words, figure out what they truly crave, and serve the perfect dish. A cozy, heartwarming experience where every meal tells a story. Welcome, Chef.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.1% ★, Cooking 19%, Life Sim 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #10 The Last Lodge
90% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Kusppy Studios
Windows
The Last Lodge is a medieval psychological horror game where you work as an innkeeper. Listen closely to your patrons' stories, prepare their orders, and ultimately, choose which traveller has visited their very last lodge.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.3% ★, Cooking 22.4%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choices Matter 5%
- #11 Underground Business
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Two-MoonsPub: Samuel Dufour
Windows
Underground Business is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for a rural town at a pizzeria kiosk. Take orders, cook pizza, investigate the suspicious pizzeria underground and run for your life in high-intensity chases!
Why similar: Cooking 31.5%, Shop Keeper 30.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 3%
- #12 Afterglow Bytes: Reverie by the Shore
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Engram Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Cooking 27.1%, Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Shop Keeper 16.9% ★, Life Sim 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #13 A TAVERN FOR TEA
91% matchVery Positive92% of 155 reviews2023
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.7% ★, Cooking 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Visual Novel 6.8%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #14 Divine Diner
88% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ambrosia Interactive LLC
Windows
A Greek Myth-based, heartfelt narrative game where you're a demigod named Aelius trying to find your godly father and re-forge your family.
Why similar: Cooking 30.9%, Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #15 Living on Plain Pasta
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows · Mac
A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.1%, Cooking 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #16 Penniless Chef
86% matchNo user reviews50% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Team Zerobase
Windows
"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 44.8% ★, Cooking 28%, Life Sim 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, 2D 2.8%
- #17 Rice & Rest
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Squirreled Away Games
Windows
Rice & Rest is a cozy narrative game where running a food truck leads to unexpected friendships. Cook meals and chat with quirky, heartfelt, and weird characters in a modern-fantasy city. Stuck far from home, you’ll soon find that food has a way of bringing people together.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.4%, Cooking 29.7%, Visual Novel 9%, Story Rich 8%, Magic 6.2%
- #18 inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,029 reviews2026
Dev: Nagai Industries
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy slice-of-life game about running a small-town convenience store, inspired by early 1990s Japan. Meet regulars, stock shelves, and watch quiet, everyday moments turn into meaningful stories.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 36.5%, Shop Keeper 26% ★, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Life Sim 8.1%, Choices Matter 6%
- #19 赫斯提的餐桌
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青礼社Bendetizoin
Windows
"Table of Hesti" is a simulation management game with themes of restaurants and farms. From planting, animal husbandry, fishing, to cooking, you will learn everything about food and drink from scratch, gradually understanding the people and life on this land.
Why similar: Cooking 32.8%, Shop Keeper 20.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Immersive Sim 6.6%
- #20 Maid Cafe Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Accelix
Windows · Mac
Become the new manager of a run-down maid cafe. Rebuild it with unique kemonomimi maids, each with their own secrets and personalities. Manage ingredients, serve customers, expand your shop, and chase the ultimate dream: the legendary Maidchelin 3-Star!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.1% ★, Cooking 22%, Dialogue Heavy 19%, Life Sim 8.9%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #21 Midnight Ramen
83% matchVery Positive96% of 402 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Why similar: Cooking 32%, Dialogue Heavy 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #22 Cliffside Cafe
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PufferfishGames
Windows
Cliffside Cafe is a casual point-and-click cooking game where you play as a barista running your very own cafe! With tons of recipes, ingredients, and upgrades to unlock, will you become the ultimate barista?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.5% ★, Cooking 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Casual 6.9%, 2D 3.2%
- #23 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,770 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 46%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Choices Matter 7%
- #24 High Times
78% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: Yangyang Mobile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your own cafe and become a donut therapist in this cozy dating/cooking sim. Cook mood-changing donuts, decorate your shop, and help customers navigate life, love, and heartbreak—one bite at a time.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 25.3% ★, Cooking 25.2%, Dialogue Heavy 21.2%, Visual Novel 6.7%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #25 The Recipe for Life. A Journey Through Silent Apocalypses
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a quietly dying world in your RV, helping people with suicidal thoughts. Dive into the icebergs of their trauma and decide whether each of them deserves salvation — and whether you deserve it too.
Why similar: Cooking 26.9%, Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Story Rich 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #26 Baker Business 3
85% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Living Code Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your very own bakery. Discover recipes, bake tasty treats and sell them to your customers. Unlock upgrades such as ovens and display shelves to expand your bakery. Customize the interior and exterior style to create your dream bakery.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.8% ★, Cooking 35.6%, Life Sim 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Casual 3.6%
- #27 Circuit Shop
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RobotBobotGames
Windows · Linux
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 43% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #28 烧烤列车
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YouxinPub: RUSH STUDIO
Windows
Barbecue Train: Wild Flavors on the Go Embark on a thrilling, fate-changing adventure—and enjoy a skewer of barbecue along the way! Take customers’ orders, handle ingredients in different ways, and finally master the heat to serve sizzling, aromatic grilled delicacies.
Why similar: Cooking 46.3%, Shop Keeper 34.1% ★, Life Sim 13.1%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 0.8%
- #29 Chinese Pancake Simulator
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Furnace Hound Games
Windows
Start with a humble pancake stand, purchase ingredients, cook pancakes, serve customers, and upgrade your equipment as you grow your business day by day.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.9% ★, Cooking 32.6%, Life Sim 13.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Casual 2.1%
- #30 Above the Haze
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vrutup
Windows
A choice-driven visual novel centered on addiction, happiness, and the search for meaning. As a bartender in a rapidly decaying world, serve drinks and substances that shape your customers' fates. Experience their stories through minimalist 1-bit pixel art and an atmospheric liquid DnB soundtrack.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 45.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Story Rich 9%
- #31 Poslor City
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gua Studio
Windows
Play as an Innkeeper in a fantasy world !
Why similar: Cooking 62%, Life Sim 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Casual 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #32 Kimbap Heaven Simulator
74% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Joyful Jo
Windows
Run your own Korean restaurant in Kimbap Heaven Simulator. Dive into a realistic cooking experience—wash, blanch, and roll your way to success. Satisfy customers with delicious recipes, manage your finances, and expand your business to build a culinary empire.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.4% ★, Cooking 32.4%, Life Sim 15.9%, Immersive Sim 6.5%, Modern 5.4%
- #33 Maid Cafe Together
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HOGO Games
Windows
Maid Cafe Together is a chaotic co-op maid cafe game for you and your friends! Run your cafe, serve customers, manage your maids, and grow your business together. Work as a team, make a mess, and become the most popular maid cafe in town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.8% ★, Cooking 27.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Life Sim 9.6%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
- #34 The Archipelago
81% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2022
Dev: Never Done Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Archipelago is a visual novel about brewing tea. The teas you choose determine who you encounter in the midst of a vibrant and changing world.
Why similar: Cooking 30.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%, LGBTQ+ 7.7%
- #35 Squidy and the Devourers
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GentleSquid
Windows
A cozy 2d game where you and a friend explore the ocean floor to gather various recipes and ingredients to run your own restaurant! Take orders, cook, serve and learn new stories from your clients.
Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, Shop Keeper 30.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Choices Matter 5%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #36 DON'T OPEN
73% matchMostly Positive67% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: REVO Team'sPub: STuNT
Windows
DONT OPEN is a PSX-style horror game about routine that falls apart before your eyes. A normal shift at a taco bar, an empty stairwell, and a persistent knock on the door that's impossible to ignore. Based on real events.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.4% ★, Cooking 27.1%, Life Sim 14.3%, Choices Matter 5.4%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #37 Dubai Chewy Cookie Simulator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hope Simulation Studio
Windows
Craving something sweet? Play Dubai Chewy Cookie Simulator now! Experience the ultimate chewy, sugary delight. The catch? The developer has never actually baked one in real life. Dive in and enjoy!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.2% ★, Cooking 34.5%, Life Sim 17.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #38 Merchants of Rosewall
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Big Blue Sky Games
Windows
As a new Merchant in the bustling city of Rosewall you'll manage your own shop, craft artisan goods, hire Companions, and even unravel a mystery of the city! Immerse yourself in a fantasy world where conflict is a thing of the past in this visual novel meets shopkeeper simulator.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.1% ★, Cooking 28.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #39 Burger Daily Mate
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Tunatwo
Windows
햄버거 가게 사장이 되어보세요. 패티 굽기, 감자튀김, 음료 추출 등 모든 조리 과정에 직접 개입하여 생생한 '손맛'을 느낄 수 있습니다. 7일 안에 월세를 내기 위해 매일의 가혹한 매출 데드라인을 달성해야 합니다. 제한된 시간 속에서 주방을 마스터하고 나만의 가게를 지켜내는 성취감을 느껴보세요.
Why similar: Cooking 52.2%, Shop Keeper 45.6% ★, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 0.9%
- #40 Drive Thru Miami Prologue
76% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
A simulation of running and expanding a drive-thru shop where players take orders, prepare various beverages and foods, manage supplies, and serve customers efficiently.
Why similar: Cooking 30.2%, Shop Keeper 29.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Life Sim 11%
- #41 Quarter Note Cafe
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimm End Studios
Windows
Serve Coffee to cultists, instruments and the regular passerby from your coffee shop in a city filled with all sorts of weird, kind and potentially dangerous people.
Why similar: Cooking 43.1%, Shop Keeper 41.2% ★, Story Rich 6%, Casual 5.8%, Fantasy 2.7%
- #42 Gunja Tteokbokki
71% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Milky ExpeditionPub: Sejong Univ. PandoraCube
Windows
Orders pouring in, broth bubbling over, and the daily pressure of balancing the books! Manage your ingredients, cook tteokbokki to perfection, and run your very own shop in this culinary tycoon simulation game.
Why similar: Cooking 41.9%, Shop Keeper 38.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Casual 2.4%, 2D 1.8%
- #43 Coastline Courier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salamander Paper
Windows
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 45.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Visual Novel 6%
- #44 Tea for Sana
72% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Pillow Soup
Windows
Tea for Sana is a story-driven exploration game set in a Slavic-inspired fantasy world. You play as Vesna, a spirit healer who is losing her memory. Discover recipes, find new ingredients, and cook traditional dishes to restore the balance between the mountain spirits and the villagers.
Why similar: Cooking 31.9%, Dialogue Heavy 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #45 Saint George's Tavern
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Fowler Forge GamesPub: Sonja Fowler
Windows
Saint George's Tavern is a hilarious tavern simulator set in the early 1800's during the ending of the reign of King George III (the Mad King). This game is about more than just pouring ales and cooking food, It's full of fun, laughs and mini games!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.1% ★, Cooking 25%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Comedy 5.7%, Life Sim 4%
- #46 Whispering Ledger
69% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: WispDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 41.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #47 The Wandering Wyrm
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Critical Sprite Games
Windows
Wandering Wyrm is a high-fantasy visual novel with a focus on cooking. Run a tavern on the back of a dragon and serve a variety of unique adventurers. Influence the story with the food you serve!
Why similar: Cooking 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Choices Matter 10%
- #48 Pip's Potion Shop
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Temple 7 Studios
Windows
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 46.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Casual 5.7%
- #49 Breakfast Shop Legend
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kklaughPub: KK workshop
Windows
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 51.6% ★, Cooking 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Casual 7%, 2D 3.4%
- #50 Sushi Simulator
68% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: C51 Games
Windows
Manage your own sushi restaurant. Take orders, prepare fresh sushi, purchase ingredients, manage stock, and keep your customers happy. No distractions, just a focused single-player sushi simulation.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.6% ★, Cooking 37.1%, Life Sim 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Casual 1.9%
- #51 Bobarista: One Cup at a Time
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mental Jam
Windows
A cozy narrative simulation game where you craft bubble tea, guide heartfelt conversations, and play character-driven mini-games that explore mental wellbeing through meaningful choices and gentle, story-rich gameplay.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.1% ★, Cooking 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #52 Cigkofte Empire
68% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: chambazGames
Windows
A chaotic 1-4 player tycoon centered on Turkey’s iconic Çiğ Köfte! Step behind the counter, serve hungry customers, and upgrade your equipment. Diversify your menu to build the neighborhood’s most prestigious restaurant. Be fast, stay organized, and don't let anyone leave hungry!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.8% ★, Cooking 39.2%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Life Sim 5.8%, Casual 3%
- #53 DishDash
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantum Box
Windows · Mac · Linux
DishDash is a single-player time management restaurant game where you prepare meals, serve customers, and manage limited resources under constant time pressure, turning kitchen chaos into smooth rhythm through speed, focus, and smart decision-making.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.2% ★, Cooking 25.7%, Life Sim 13%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #54 MageTender
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team TAAAZED
Windows
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 40% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #55 Haddie's Pizzeria
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonmana
Windows
Extremely realistic cooking simulator. Experience life as a true chef in this cozy game. Work in a stylish apartment, cook delicious pizzas using real-life recipes. Select various ingredients, perfect your techniques, and immerse yourself in the process. Become the best pizzaiolo!
Why similar: Cooking 43.6%, Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Life Sim 15.1%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #56 Summer Delicious Simulator
66% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: BitRaiders Games
Windows · Mac
Start your career on the bustling city streets as an ice cream or hotdog vendor! Upgrade your cart, outsmart your rivals, and compete with friends to become the most popular seller in town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.3% ★, Cooking 36.1%, Life Sim 10.8%, Immersive Sim 3.8%, Casual 1.8%
- #57 Sandwich Shop Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PaintedDuck Games
Windows
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 54% ★, Cooking 25.9%, Life Sim 15.4%, Casual 3.5%, Indie 0.7%
- #58 NEET
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: neetdevPub: NEET Games
Windows
Alone on Halloween? How pathetic. Learn and choose how to live your sorry life, talk to a series of surreal visitors and witness the unspeakable in this highly interactive, soulful and atmospheric life simulator.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 44.6%, Cooking 24.5%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Life Sim 11.2%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #59 Blue Remembered Hills: A Miscellany of Wayfarers from Yeyu
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meander Placid
Windows
Blue Remembered Hills: A Miscellany of Wayfarers from Yeyu is a narrative management game set in southwestern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. You keep a mountain inn—running the business, receiving travelers, and witnessing and shaping their stories.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.8% ★, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Life Sim 9.7%
- #60 India 89
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bhaumik Patel
Windows
India ’89 is a story based cooking game, where you are a 10 year old from the UK experiencing a small village in India in 1989. You cook various dishes as a street food vendor in different locations. Explore the joy of village life, family and cooking.
Why similar: Cooking 39.3%, Dialogue Heavy 29%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Story Rich 3.9%