- #1 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,682 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Conversation 16%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #2 Calico
96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,968 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.0 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 30%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Character Customization 12.1%, Life Sim 11.1%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #3 Coffee Talk
96% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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: Conversation 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Relaxing 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%
- #4 Witchy Business
94% matchVery Positive89% of 755 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Crafting 31.5%, Relaxing 17.3%, Simulation 16.8%, RPG 15%, Story Rich 13.2%
- #5 Mineko's Night Market
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Meowza GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Mineko’s Night Market is a narrative-driven, social simulation adventure game that celebrates Japanese culture and invites players to craft whimsical items, eat delicious snacks, and ultimately enjoy all the cats.
Why similar: Cats 39.5%, Crafting 19.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Fantasy 7.9%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #6 Pekoe
94% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Kitten Cup Studio
Windows · Mac
Blend tea and friendship in the flavourful world of Pekoe, a cozy cat-filled tea-making simulator about taking the time for self-care and connecting with what makes you happy. Build relationships, upgrade your teahouse, and discover new recipes as you work towards creating a place you can call home.
Why similar: Cats 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Life Sim 14.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Conversation 13.7%
- #7 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
92% matchVery Positive93% of 42,947 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 29.3%, Life Sim 16%, Relaxing 15.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Simulation 9.5%
- #8 Whisker Waters
93% matchMixed46% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Underbite GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Whisker Waters is the ultimate RPG adventure that blends light fantasy and the art of fishing into a mesmerizing world. As a player, you'll create and play as your very own Cat character and embark on a whimsical fishing journey like never before.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Crafting 18.1%, Relaxing 13.3%, RPG 12.3%, Character Customization 11.4%
- #9 The Witch's Cauldron
91% matchVery Positive92% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: Harvey games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.
Why similar: Conversation 15.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Stylized 8.8%
- #10 Cattails: Wildwood Story
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,823 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.9 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: Cats 38%, Life Sim 20.8%, Character Customization 16.2%, Relaxing 8.9%, RPG 8.4%
- #11 Cattails | Become a Cat!
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,660 reviews2017
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Become a cat! Cattails is a unique animal simulation RPG. Hunt for food, fight invading cats, explore to gather herbs, and socialize with other cats in an expansive open world. Get married and raise a family of kittens, befriend your neighbors, and learn to live in the dangerous wilderness!
Why similar: Cats 38.3%, Life Sim 18.7%, Character Customization 13.8%, RPG 7.9%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #12 Crafter's Hollow
89% matchMixed57% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Wylde Wisp Games
Windows
Forge gear, run a shop, and send mercenaries into danger so you don’t have to. A cozy-but-clever crafting sim where business booms, heroes bicker, and dungeons provide all the “supply chain” problems you’ll ever need.
Why similar: Crafting 38.6%, Simulation 18.2%, Fantasy 12.9%, Character Customization 12.6%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #13 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
89% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Conversation 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%
- #14 Amber Isle
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,938 reviews2024
Dev: Ambertail GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the village back to life and welcome even more prehistoric pals!
Why similar: Crafting 19.6%, Life Sim 18.9%, Conversation 17.6%, Character Customization 16.2%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #15 Witchy Life Story
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,190 reviews2022
Dev: Sundew Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!
Why similar: Crafting 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Character Customization 12.8%, Conversation 11.1%
- #16 Critter Cove
86% matchVery Positive95% of 1,823 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Cats 29.6%, Life Sim 16.8%, Character Customization 15.3%, Stylized 13.4%, Relaxing 10.6%
- #17 Critter Café
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 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: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Life Sim 21.1%, Character Customization 18.8%, Relaxing 12.1%, Fantasy 11.6%
- #18 Ye Guild Clerk!
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,828 reviews2025
Dev: Devclerk
Windows
The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.5%, Choices Matter 23.2%, Fantasy 18.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #19 Alchemist: The Potion Monger
85% matchVery Positive86% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
First-person Alchemist Simulator with RPG elements. Explore the world, gather ingredients, and sell or use potions you craft to help others and fend off enemies. Adopt pets to help you with your alchemy knowledge (and to pet them). Decorate your home however you like and brew your destiny!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.5%, Crafting 21.3%, Stylized 15.4%, Relaxing 14.8%, RPG 9.9%
- #20 Teddy's Haven - A Fantasy Inspired Shop Simulator
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,044 reviews2025
Dev: Teddy Bear Games LLC
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Teddy’s Haven is a cozy shop sim filled with magic and charm. Sell over 400 items, decorate with 250+ decorations, and create the shop of your dreams. Meet mythical creatures, level up your skills, harvest the land, and uncover the peaceful wonders of life on Ursa.
Why similar: Crafting 25.4%, Life Sim 25.2%, Simulation 15.3%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 14%
- #21 Potionomics
83% matchVery Positive91% of 7,207 reviews2022
Dev: Voracious GamesPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Why similar: Crafting 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Fantasy 17%, Life Sim 14.4%, Simulation 11.9%
- #22 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
84% matchMixed69% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: Crafting 25%, Character Customization 21.4%, RPG 13.2%, Stylized 13.2%, Fantasy 13%
- #23 Magical Greenhouse
82% matchVery Positive95% of 56 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: Crafting 36.4%, Relaxing 21.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Casual 5.3%
- #24 Tiny Bookshop
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,591 reviews2025
Dev: neoludic gamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Life Sim 20.7%, Character Customization 15.1%, Relaxing 13%, Stylized 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #25 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
81% matchVery Positive94% of 307 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: Cats 34.1%, Crafting 19.4%, Life Sim 17.8%, Relaxing 11.7%, Fantasy 10.1%
- #26 Potion Permit
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,226 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 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: Life Sim 22.3%, Crafting 19.8%, Character Customization 17.5%, Relaxing 12.6%, RPG 8.4%
- #27 Bladesong
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,118 reviews2026
Dev: SUN AND SERPENT creationsPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The ultimate swordmaking game. Forge unique weapons with freeform blade shaping and modular hilts, perfectly balanced to your customers’ needs. Master the art of smithing and uncover the secrets of Eren Keep, a last haven of a dying world – or so they say.
Why similar: Crafting 35.2%, Relaxing 18.6%, RPG 15.5%, Story Rich 14.2%, Simulation 13%
- #28 A TAVERN FOR TEA
78% matchVery Positive92% of 145 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: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Relaxing 11.2%
- #29 Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 162 reviews2021
Dev: Rideon,Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Fantasy 16.2%, Character Customization 15.5%, RPG 13.2%
- #30 Cat Cafe Manager
78% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Cats 37%, Life Sim 21.8%, Relaxing 13%, Stylized 11.2%, Simulation 10%
- #31 Faire Trade
77% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Ready to take on the management of a fantasy shop? Faire Trade allows you to do just that! From farming, to crafting, to selling, to hiring, to expanding, to pricing, to decorating to….. Well, the world's your oyster! Stay curious, adapt, and let your blossoming shop shine!
Why similar: Crafting 27.8%, Life Sim 24.3%, Character Customization 23.5%, Fantasy 12.9%, Simulation 7.4%
- #32 Cozy Caravan
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,169 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Lives Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!
Why similar: Crafting 32.2%, Life Sim 24.3%, Stylized 15.6%, Character Customization 11.7%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #33 Sun Haven
75% matchVery Positive81% of 24,588 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Life Sim 23.3%, Character Customization 19.1%, Crafting 16.4%, Relaxing 12.1%, Fantasy 10.3%
- #34 RPG NPC Simulator VR
79% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Odooh Games
Windows
Join the RPG world as an NPC of a secret shop. Grow your reputation among players by offering better swords, shields, bows and potions to attract higher level players. Expand to blacksmiths, mine and smith unique weapons which could be found nowhere but your secret shop.
Why similar: Crafting 25.5%, Relaxing 17.6%, Fantasy 16.8%, Simulation 14.9%, RPG 9.9%
- #35 Magic Forge Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows
Become the ultimate fantasy arms dealer. Forge enchanted weapons, fulfill contracts, influence wars, and shape the fate of kingdoms! Master the astral forge, upgrade your gear, use alchemy, dominate the resource market, and rise as the realm’s mythic weaponsmith.
Why similar: Crafting 26.7%, Relaxing 24.9%, Fantasy 24.3%, Simulation 17.2%, Casual 6.8%
- #36 Alchemy Story
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 196 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!
Why similar: Crafting 21.9%, Life Sim 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Relaxing 13.4%, Simulation 10.2%
- #37 Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,409 reviews2024
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: Riot Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story is a crafting RPG set in the whimsical world of Bandle City. After a party goes wrong, the portals that connect your home collapse and throw everything into chaos! Using your knitting magic and backpack house, restore the portals to reunite Bandle City.
Why similar: Crafting 41.7%, Fantasy 20.2%, RPG 17.6%, Simulation 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #38 Blightlands Blacksmith
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Skald Software
Windows
Blightlands Blacksmith is a medieval fantasy blacksmithing simulator with exploration and combat elements. Mine, smelt, forge, assemble, grind, and rune-craft weapons to supply a legion cohort, and defend yourself as you delve into the mine for new materials. The cohort's success depends on you.
Why similar: Crafting 29.1%, Stylized 18.5%, Fantasy 17.1%, Simulation 13%, RPG 12.8%
- #39 Cats & Cups
71% matchVery Positive90% of 839 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Cats 51.9%, Life Sim 20%, Simulation 11.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, Casual 5.4%
- #40 Little Sim World
72% matchVery Positive82% of 671 reviews2025
Dev: .GRAVITY
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.7%, Character Customization 20.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Relaxing 12.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #41 Shop Legends
75% matchMixed44% of 198 reviews2024
Dev: Cloudcade
Windows
Immerse yourself in an Idle Simulation Tycoon RPG like no other, where you are tasked with managing a thriving item shop, crafting legendary gear for customers, commanding mighty heroes to loot rare artifacts & blueprints all while challenging top-ranked shopkeepers in an epic business adventure!
Why similar: Crafting 29.6%, Character Customization 19.5%, Relaxing 13.4%, RPG 13.4%, Simulation 13%
- #42 Garden Witch Life
73% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Life Sim 21%, Character Customization 18.4%, Crafting 13%, Fantasy 11.9%, Stylized 11.5%
- #43 Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith
71% matchVery Positive81% of 449 reviews2025
Dev: Compact Core GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge your destiny and craft legends. Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith is your journey into the heart of craftsmanship. Dive into the enchanting world of a blacksmith, mine ores, create legendary weapons, arm heroes and send them on quests for loot and profit. The forge awaits!
Why similar: Crafting 38.4%, Life Sim 35.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 4%
- #44 Alchemist Shop Simulator
71% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!
Why similar: Crafting 27.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Relaxing 13.4%, Stylized 11.2%, Fantasy 10.9%
- #45 Kemono Teatime
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,328 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Lalala
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Relax in the world of Kemono Teatime, where animal ears are a normal part of everyday life. Here in Melodius, you can whip up whatever blends of tea you desire in your favorite cafe as you play through an adorable story. Come now and live out your bestest and cutest life—down to the last drop.
Why similar: Cats 22.9%, Multiple Endings 21.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Conversation 19.4%, Simulation 12.4%
- #46 Mirthwood
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Crafting 25.8%, Life Sim 22.2%, Character Customization 18.1%, RPG 14.6%, Stylized 9.9%
- #47 MilkTea Time
69% matchVery Positive84% of 132 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: Cats 29.6%, Crafting 25.4%, Character Customization 16.6%, Simulation 12.3%, RPG 11.4%
- #48 Crown Delights Deli
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: baconeggandcheese
Windows · Mac
Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.
Why similar: Conversation 19%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Life Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 11%
- #49 Medieval Blacksmith
69% matchVery Positive81% of 571 reviews2025
Dev: OGO Play
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Medieval Blacksmith is a blacksmithing simulation set in a magical medieval world. Play as a blacksmith with no past, craft legendary weapons from daggers to spears, and forge your path to becoming the world’s greatest. Dive into a story filled with adventure and endless creative possibilities!
Why similar: Life Sim 33.2%, Crafting 17.1%, RPG 16.8%, Simulation 16.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #50 Volcano Princess
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 47,364 reviews2023
Dev: 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.2%, Multiple Endings 19%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Visual Novel 13%, RPG 8.2%
- #51 Trash Goblin
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Crafting 24.8%, Relaxing 20.3%, Life Sim 18.2%, Fantasy 14.5%, Simulation 12.8%
- #52 Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
67% matchVery Positive98% of 201 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: Life Sim 27.1%, Crafting 24.3%, Relaxing 17.8%, Fantasy 11.9%, Simulation 11.4%
- #53 Alchemist Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Become the mystical alchemist, choose your contracts wisely as they will shape the world around you, discover the long forgotten magical recipes, upgrade your lab and become the most powerful alchemist of all times.
Why similar: Crafting 23.2%, Life Sim 22.6%, Stylized 14.2%, Relaxing 13.6%, Fantasy 11.2%
- #54 Perfume Atelier
67% matchVery Positive90% of 170 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: Crafting 39.2%, Relaxing 19%, Simulation 18.5%, Casual 9.1%, RPG 8.8%
- #55 Hokko Life
70% matchMixed66% of 2,650 reviews2022
Dev: Gizmo GardenPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Life Sim 26%, Crafting 17.2%, Character Customization 16.5%, Relaxing 12.2%, Simulation 10.1%
- #56 The Last Alchemist
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.
Why similar: Crafting 27.8%, Life Sim 24.1%, Relaxing 18.3%, Fantasy 17.5%, Simulation 12.3%
- #57 My Time at Sandrock
66% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Life Sim 32.4%, Crafting 22.5%, Character Customization 17.3%, RPG 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 8.4%
- #58 Blacksmith. Song of two Kings.
68% matchVery Positive81% of 293 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Leksin
Windows
In this 2D fantasy game you play a role of a blacksmith who literally handcrafts weapons, shields, armor, magic staffs and many other marvellous items.
Why similar: Crafting 25.7%, Conversation 20.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #59 Ritual of Raven
66% matchVery Positive91% of 297 reviews2025
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim - but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skills to perform powerful rituals to stabilize the portals that are causing trouble for the village.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Life Sim 20.9%, Character Customization 16.6%, Relaxing 12.7%, Simulation 9.8%