- #1 49DAYS
97% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 22.9% ★, Cooking 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 20%, Life Sim 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
- #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 31.6% ★, Cooking 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Life Sim 10.4%
- #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 20.5%, Cooking 18.8%, Shop Keeper 14.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Visual Novel 7.1%
- #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 31.5%, Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%, 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 27.8%, Shop Keeper 21% ★, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Cooking 10%
- #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 28% ★, Dialogue Heavy 24.7%, Cooking 12.9%, Immersive Sim 9%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #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 39.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 26%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #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 35.5% ★, Cooking 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Adventure 4.6%
- #9 Underground Business
90% 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 31.8%, Shop Keeper 29.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Immersive Sim 9%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
- #10 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 36.8% ★, Cooking 19.4%, Life Sim 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #11 Afterglow Bytes: Reverie by the Shore
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Engram Interactive
Windows · 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 27.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Shop Keeper 16.1% ★, Life Sim 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
- #12 Living on Plain Pasta
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows
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%, Cooking 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #13 Divine Diner
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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 30.6%, Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #14 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 28.5% ★, Cooking 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 6.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #15 Maid Cafe Simulator
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Accelix
Windows · Mac
Run a maid café with five charming kemonomimi maids! Make drinks, serve customers, and tackle troublemakers in this first-person management sim. Get to know the girls behind the aprons as you turn a rundown café into a thriving business and aim for three Maidchelin stars.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.1% ★, Cooking 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Life Sim 8.9%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
- #16 Rice & Rest
87% 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 29.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Magic 6.2%
- #17 The Last Lodge
85% matchPositive97% of 37 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 31.1% ★, Cooking 25.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #18 Penniless Chef
84% matchNo user reviews53% 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 43.5% ★, Cooking 28.6%, Life Sim 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, 2D 2.9%
- #19 Buddington
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlphaGal Works
Windows
Buddington is a 2D life sim blending restaurant management, light action combat, and story adventure. Battle pests for ingredients by day, then plan the menu and run the canteen with friends come sundown.
Why similar: Cooking 35.9%, Shop Keeper 35.3% ★, Life Sim 12.4%, Story Rich 6.4%, Comedy 3.8%
- #20 Midnight Ramen
86% matchVery Positive96% of 411 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 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 31.8%, Dialogue Heavy 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Visual Novel 9%
- #21 赫斯提的餐桌
82% 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 32.9%, Shop Keeper 19.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Immersive Sim 6.7%
- #22 Ramen Shop in the Floating Slums
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: あるみど
Windows
Penniless after losing your job, you open a small ramen shop in a floating slum. Source ingredients and equipment, fish and scavenge for resources, and create your ideal bowl. A ramen shop management and life sim where you meet locals and experience another life in a slightly retro floating city.
Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Shop Keeper 31.8% ★, Life Sim 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #23 Harbourlight
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TaoAndChalk_
Windows
Open your own diner and start a quieter life. Grow what you cook and tailor it to what the guest needs. Upgrade your kitchen and improve as a chef. Watch the harbour grow throughout the years. Friendship, romance and Michelin awards await in this cosy farm-to-table restaurant sim.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.4% ★, Cooking 26.9%, Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Life Sim 9.8%, Story Rich 6%
- #24 Neighbor's Tea
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BearTricks Games Studio
Windows
At your grandfather's old tea house, every customer who walks in has a story worth hearing. Brew drinks, serve an odd cast of regulars, build deep connections — and maybe find love along the way. Years of family secrets are waiting to surface.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.3%, Shop Keeper 21.3% ★, Life Sim 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #25 The Recipe for Life. A Journey Through Silent Apocalypses
79% 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 26.7%, Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Story Rich 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #26 High Times
77% matchVery Positive92% of 218 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: Cooking 25.4%, Shop Keeper 24.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Visual Novel 6.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #27 Prosa Café
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LichenStudio
Windows
Discover the flavours of the Brazilian countryside in this cozy cooking game! Combine ingredients to serve customers, unlock recipes and decorate your café, all while uncovering stories from the people of this peculiar small town. Will you be remarkable enough to become part of the local folklore?
Why similar: Cooking 36.5%, Shop Keeper 31.5% ★, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Life Sim 8.8%, Casual 4.7%
- #28 Above the Haze
78% 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 45.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #29 Cliffside Cafe
77% 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 48.1% ★, Cooking 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Casual 7.1%, 2D 3.3%
- #30 The Archipelago
83% matchVery Positive91% of 116 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 30.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 8.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.8%
- #31 Poslor City
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gua Studio
Windows
Play as an Innkeeper in a fantasy world !
Why similar: Cooking 61.9%, Life Sim 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Casual 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #32 Circuit Shop
75% 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 41.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Story Rich 5%
- #33 Drive Thru Miami Prologue
79% 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 30.6%, Shop Keeper 28.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Life Sim 11.2%
- #34 烧烤列车
76% 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 47%, Shop Keeper 32.9% ★, Life Sim 13.3%, Casual 5.2%, Indie 0.8%
- #35 Maid Cafe Together
74% 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 34.5% ★, Cooking 28.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Life Sim 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #36 Kimbap Heaven Simulator
73% matchPositive87% of 30 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 35.2% ★, Cooking 32.9%, Life Sim 16.2%, Immersive Sim 6.6%, Modern 5.6%
- #37 Chinese Pancake Simulator
74% 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 37.6% ★, Cooking 33.1%, Life Sim 14.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Casual 2.2%
- #38 Hotdog Killer
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: imranazizPub: Neuroticfly Games
Windows
A serial killer nicknamed "The Hotdog Killer" is suffocating victims on the streets. Recruited by an FBI agent, you must run your late-night hotdog cart and closely observe suspicious customer behavior to identify the murderer before he strikes again.
Why similar: Cooking 43.5%, Shop Keeper 39.3% ★, Life Sim 11%, Choices Matter 4.9%, Indie 0.8%
- #39 Baker Business 3
81% matchVery Positive87% of 67 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 36.6% ★, Cooking 36.3%, Life Sim 10.7%, Immersive Sim 10%, Casual 3.7%
- #40 Happy Happy Little Shop
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NerveSingerStudio
Windows
Run a little shop that fixes people's moods. Serve customers, deal with six difficult siblings, and make choices that shape your shop, your family, and the whole town.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.4% ★, Life Sim 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Adventure 5.1%, Choices Matter 4.8%
- #41 Squidy and the Devourers
71% 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 33.1%, Shop Keeper 29.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Choices Matter 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #42 Tea for Sana
71% matchPositive100% of 29 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 31.7%, Dialogue Heavy 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Story Rich 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #43 Dubai Chewy Cookie Simulator
70% 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 45% ★, Cooking 35.3%, Life Sim 18%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #44 Merchants of Rosewall
73% 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 34.8% ★, Cooking 28.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #45 DON'T OPEN
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 52 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 42.1% ★, Cooking 27.7%, Life Sim 14.6%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Story Rich 5%
- #46 The Wandering Wyrm
70% 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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Choices Matter 10%
- #47 inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,119 reviews2026
Dev: Nagai Industries
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Shop Keeper 30.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 23.7%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Life Sim 9.9%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #48 Quarter Note Cafe
69% matchNo user reviews2026
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 44%, Shop Keeper 39.9% ★, Story Rich 6.2%, Casual 5.9%, Fantasy 2.8%
- #49 Coastline Courier
69% 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 44.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Visual Novel 6.2%
- #50 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,805 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 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 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #51 Croissant Simulator
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: C51 Games
Windows
Manage your own croissant restaurant. Take orders, prepare fresh croissants, purchase ingredients, manage your inventory, and keep your customers happy. No distractions—just a focused, single-player croissant simulation.
Why similar: Cooking 39.6%, Shop Keeper 39.1% ★, Life Sim 9.5%, Immersive Sim 7%, Casual 2.5%
- #52 Gunja Tteokbokki
68% matchPositive86% of 49 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 42.6%, Shop Keeper 37.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Casual 2.5%, 2D 1.8%
- #53 Burger Daily Mate
71% 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 53.4%, Shop Keeper 44.4% ★, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 0.9%
- #54 Whispering Ledger
66% matchPositive97% of 28 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 40.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #55 Saint George's Tavern
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 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 46.7% ★, Cooking 25.5%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Comedy 5.8%, Life Sim 4.1%
- #56 India 89
67% 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%, Dialogue Heavy 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #57 你的所屬之花
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AliceJi
Windows
In the game, players will be given a series of questions to test them. They will continuously interact with the examiner and make decisions, ultimately discovering the flower that represents them.Welcome to play.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 47.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Casual 2.7%
- #58 Haddie's Pizzeria
66% 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 43.4%, Dialogue Heavy 24.6%, Life Sim 15.1%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #59 Pip's Potion Shop
67% 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 45.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Casual 5.9%
- #60 Bobarista: One Cup at a Time
66% 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.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.6% ★, Cooking 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Story Rich 5.7%