Games Like Currents of War

Yaoguai Compendium is a strategic roguelike idle game featuring equipment synthesis, build crafting, and tower climbing. It delivers a light-paced, casual experience while offering solid strategic.A strange Yaoguai aura suddenly sweeps across Shenzhou. Cultivation sects march out to roam the world.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Casual 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 9.8%

Dreamer's Canal is a backpack management Roguelike about buying and selling items along the mythical Dreamer's Canal. Explore the fantastical world of the canal with Peb the penguin at your own pace. Make enough profit to thrive in the Dreamer's Canal!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.5%

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 42.6% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Casual 15.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 6.1%

Keep the last forge burning. Buy iron, hammer blades, sell to the travellers who walk in — and every spark you throw makes the dark see you further. Arm your neighbours, direct turn-based battles, and cut ten expeditions into the Long Night. Nothing advances while you are away.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Medieval 6.5%

Become the Ocean’s Ultimate Dive Master

Why similar: Shop Keeper 54% ★, Simulation 20.8%, Arcade 13.3%, Management 6.6%, Choices Matter 4.4%

A character-driven card management game about rebuilding a small shop in 30 turns. Choose cards, grow your money, reputation, and popularity, and aim for better outcomes together with a partner who reacts to your business decisions.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Strategy 9.7%

Scout the battlefield, outmaneuver enemy forces, and capture their flag in a minimalist turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Casual 13.9%, Medieval 8.7%

In this short yet memorable puzzle game You will take on the role of a chess pawn with unique abilities! Navigate through territories of enemy pieces, testing your ability to think ahead and utilize your surroundings. Find new friends, eat your enemies, and strive for victory!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Casual 19.5%, Arcade 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Strategy 7%

Run a clothing shop in a small town, stock outfits and accessories, set prices, decorate your space, participate in fashion shows, and grow your reputation as you turn an empty storefront into a thriving boutique.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.1% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Casual 14.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 9.4%

Experience the charm of a Thai convenience store! Earn your customers' trust, unlock classic products and expand your business into the wider community.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.1% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Casual 11.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Pack your customers’ inventories, build clever item combinations, and earn enough points to keep your cozy medieval shop alive. Every item, every space, every decision counts!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 50.7% ★, Casual 11.9%, Arcade 10.1%, Medieval 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Mine ore, run the store, unlock tech, and push a modest shop to its limit. Start with click mining, then automate; balance inventory, traffic, and sales through the tech tree for efficiency—from manual play to the peak.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 48% ★, Casual 10.5%, Medieval 9.4%, Strategy 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

King's Trader is a medieval trading tycoon with a combo system. Buy low, sell high, and stack combos to multiply your profit. Pay the king's tax, unlock new markets, and build the perfect basket.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Medieval 10.1%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 5.9%

游戏以回合的节奏推进，复刻当代年轻人真实成长轨迹：外出务工、职场内卷、跳槽创业、相亲婚恋、买房安家、人情世故悉数还原。区别于普通人生模拟，本作彻底解决后期无聊痛点，即便生活步入正轨、收入稳定，也将迎来中年危机、父母养老、子女教育、资产波动、行业裁员等现实压力，让人生永远没有一劳永逸的躺平时刻。

Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Simulation 16.2%, Casual 15.1%, Strategy 10.4%

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 51.1% ★, Casual 16.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Cute 5.6%, Fantasy 4.9%

2D turn-based puzzle game with a medieval setting and two game phases. Allied and enemy characters will behave automatically after setting them up in the edit phase. you can see the outcome of the different iterations of the level in the game phase.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 29.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.5%, Management 11.2%, Medieval 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Lonelode is a turn-based, placement-focused mining battle game. Each turn, you randomly receive a mining tool; rotate it and choose the right position to dig, competing for control of lonelodes—watch out for hidden mines, which can blow up your tool.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 30.9%, Casual 15.9%, Strategy 14.1%, 2D 5.1%

Cause chaos from the sky and profit underground. Drop poop on pedestrians to send them rushing to Bob's laundromat. Collect coins, upgrade machines, unlock explosive abilities, and build a bizarre laundry empire one splat at a time.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.4% ★, Arcade 12.6%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 6.7%, Casual 5.9%

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 51.2% ★, Simulation 18.9%, Casual 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, 2D 4.6%

Design and run the arcade you always dreamed of owning in this ’80s-inspired management simulator. Fill your floor with games, keep your machines running, grow your reputation, and turn your neighborhood arcade into the ultimate quarter-crunching hangout!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.1% ★, Arcade 16%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 11.5%, Casual 10.3%

Blessings of the Forge is a blacksmithing sim where every choice you make affects the final sword. Experiment with mixing metals, master blade smithing, and tailor your craft to meet the growing demands of your clients.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.4% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Casual 13.8%, Management 10.8%, Medieval 5%

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

Why similar: Shop Keeper 61.5% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Relaxing 5.5%

Behind every successful adventure is a well-packed bag, and behind every bag is a Dungeon Vacation Planner. Craft, merge, break down, and arrange gear to optimize space and prepare for the worst. Some adventures live and some will die, but the information you gather will be valuable for future runs.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.7% ★, Medieval 10.4%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Casual 8.5%

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

Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.7% ★, Simulation 16.6%, Casual 15.5%, Medieval 6.1%, Cute 5.8%

Your job is simple: collect trash bags and burn them in the furnace to generate energy and keep the massive Shaft spinning.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.6% ★, Simulation 16%, Arcade 15.2%, Casual 11.1%, Management 7.9%

Kicked out by his father for not becoming fully human, the protagonist is left in charge of a neglected guild. Guildream is a casual and comedic simulation game where anyone can enjoy managing a quirky guild.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.6% ★, Management 12.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Cute 6.5%, Casual 6.4%

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 47.2% ★, Simulation 18.8%, Casual 17.7%, Management 7.3%, Relaxing 4.4%

Run a sweet tea stand in this 2D pixel-art business simulator inspired by tycoon classics. Manage inventory, adjust your recipe, hire staff, invest in upgrades, and pick locations to maximize profits. Build a lasting business in endless Career mode, or chase high scores in a 30-day Challenge mode.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 51.6% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Management 9.6%, Casual 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%

PENOUT: The Desktop Battle Royale! Flick and strike to be the last pen standing! Battle 10 friends in a chaotic race across wooden and ice tables. Master 3 pen types and unleash wild power-ups like Freeze, Size Shift, and Double Flick to sabotage rivals in this nostalgic schoolyard showdown!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Arcade 16.8%, Casual 16.6%, Strategy 12%

An addictive retro strategy simulation! Simple rules with deep strategy. A powerful, highly flexible map editor. Built by a developer who has sunk countless hours into strategy games, with one concept in mind: the perfect companion for an immortal life.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Medieval 7.3%

Run your own hot dog food truck! Grill, toast, top and serve before your customers lose patience. Chop toppings, refill sauces, and watch out for the thief eyeing your tips. Earn stars, hire staff, and grow from a quiet city corner all the way to the Eiffel Tower.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.5% ★, Simulation 19.4%, Casual 15.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Cute 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 51.4% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Casual 11.4%, Management 9.6%, Cute 8.4%

A game about the struggles of an office worker in an anachronistic medieval fantasy setting. Strategically employ monsters and cursed items to keep adventurers away from your dungeon.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 12.3%, Medieval 7.8%

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

Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.2% ★, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Casual 10.4%, Cute 5.8%

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

Why similar: Shop Keeper 58% ★, Simulation 17.2%, Casual 7.7%, Medieval 7%, Fantasy 3.8%

Pizza Sim Business is a pizza simulation game where you manage your own pizzeria in the city, prepare pizzas, serve customers, and compete against rival pizzerias. Set up your restaurant, prepare orders, deliver them, and survive your rivals’ sabotage.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.4% ★, Simulation 19%, Casual 17.8%, Arcade 16.1%, Strategy 8.3%

Become the king of the grill in the world's first Espetero Simulator! Master the art of skewering sardines, control the fire on the sand, and manage the rush hour of a busy chiringuito in the heart of the Costa del Sol. Can you handle the August heat, or will your business go up in smoke?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 44% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Arcade 15.2%, Casual 14.7%, Management 5%

Every RPG has someone handing out quests. In Questmonger, that someone is you. Run a crumbling adventurer’s guild, match heroes to dangerous jobs, lend them gear, and live with the outcome. Heroes die. Rent comes due. The royal inspector remembers every failure.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.2% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Casual 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, Cute 4.8%

Manage your very own tavern as a wizard! Host guests from diverse races. Brew special magical drinks with potions and herbs, and serve delicious meals. Keep your customers happy with quick and quality service. Build your reputation, earn money, and take your tavern to the top!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.6% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Management 11.3%, Medieval 8.8%, Casual 7.5%

As a review responder for an e-commerce store, you face various customer complaints and must make critical decisions. Will you sincerely apologize, firmly refute, or skillfully defuse the situation? Every choice impacts your store's performance and determines the course of your career.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 31.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.5%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 6%

Turn-based board game. Each player has two numbers, which can be changed by combining with the numbers of other players to activate the chosen hero skill or general skill. There is only one condition for victory: eliminate all players who are not in the same faction as the player

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 34.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 32.4%, Casual 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Strategy 5.6%

As the boss, evaluate the proposals that come your way. Manage your nightclub’s reputation. Beat up thieves and put out fires.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 54.5% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Casual 12.1%, Management 12.1%, Cute 4.5%

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

Why similar: Shop Keeper 74.9% ★, Management 17.1%, Simulation 6.5%, Relaxing 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Run your own medieval shop in a fantasy world. Manage your stock, deal with strange customers and magical items. And try to pay off a debt of 99,999,999,980 gold left by your grandfather. One deal at a time.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.7% ★, Simulation 18.8%, Casual 17.7%, Medieval 7.6%, Management 6.6%

Run a weaponsmith shop in dark medieval city of Greyhaven. Sell weapons, manage gold, debt, materials, and fame, while customers, beggars, bandits, and rumors reveal the consequences of every choice.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 55.7% ★, Management 10.5%, Medieval 10.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%

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 55.2% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Casual 12.4%, Management 12.1%, Relaxing 4.6%

Lead a party of 12 hero classes through tactical turn-based battles, evolve each into one of two powerful subclasses, and shape every run through strategic choices. Upgrade your expedition, unlock permanent perks, conquer 100 stages, and push further across multiple game modes.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Casual 5.6%

Drowned in the Light: Gloom is a high-difficulty, real-time turn-based, story-driven character development game. Players will explore the unknown world.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Fantasy 8.9%, 2D 6.3%

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 59.4% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Cute 8.5%, Casual 7.9%, Relaxing 5.9%

It looks deep, but plays simple. A turn-based strategy game where you can unify the continent in 1-2 hours per run. Become the ruler of a nation in a war-torn land, master domestic affairs, diplomacy and intrigue, and recruit, headhunt, and capture from 168 officers to carve out your own conquest.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Fantasy 6.6%

Era of Survival is a turn-based strategy survival game blending resource management and 攻防 (offensive-defensive) gameplay. As a frontier settler, you’ll build a wilderness stronghold and fend off 30 waves of relentless enemies, proving your strategic skill through shrewd tactics.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Simulation 18.4%, Casual 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 11.8%

A cozy bookshop management game where customers step out of classic literature. Curate your shelves, recommend the perfect book, and unlock new items and mechanics as your shop grows into a living collection of stories.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.7% ★, Casual 14.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

A turn-based fantasy strategy game where you command powerful factions, build your forces, and outmaneuver enemies across tactical grid-based battles in a rich narrative campaign. Make use of tactics, terrain, and unit abilities win your battles!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Medieval 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Run a 2000s internet cafe. Hire a literal ghost apprentice, survive the city inspector, break up brawling groups — and end each day in MAIL.EXE, where every message has a price. Seven playable arcade cabinets, three difficulties, free demo.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.8% ★, Management 13.2%, Simulation 8%, Casual 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Take command of a deep space trading outpost in this infinitely scaling, terminal-based economy simulator. Buy low, sell high, construct powerful station modules, manage trade fleets, and defend against deadly pirate raids. Can you build the wealthiest station in the galaxy?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Simulation 15.6%, Casual 10.7%, Strategy 10.1%

A crafting potions & turn-based strategy game

Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

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 57.5% ★, Management 12.4%, Simulation 10.7%, Casual 9.6%, Cute 5.6%

Retro Shop: Tidy Up the Game Store! — Sort games, consoles, and accessories in a retro game store. Restore messy shelves, unlock useful upgrades, and enjoy turning chaos into perfect order.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.1% ★, Simulation 18.3%, Casual 17.1%, Relaxing 6.2%, Arcade 4.6%

Welcome to Hotel Paradise — a cozy low-poly hotel simulator where the ocean, sunshine, and your very own business await. Build the resort every tourist dreams of, manage your staff, earn money, and grow your empire step by step.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.6% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Arcade 12.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 7.9%

This game is focused on turn based tactical combats. The complexity of the game comes from having to carefully manage your various formations in order to defeat your enemies. Carefully plan your actions to win the battle.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 34.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Medieval 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7%