- #1 Weapon Shop Fantasy
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,813 reviews2017
Dev: INDIECN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A shop game with RPG? Or is it RPG with a shop? Collect materials, Craft weapons, Train your staff and defeat your enemy! This is Weapon Shop Fantasy!
Why similar: Management 27.5%, Simulation 20%, RPG 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a shop by crafting gear and sending adventurers into dungeons to collect rare materials.
- #2 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,457 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 42.4%, Management 19.6%, RPG 19.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title perfectly balances dungeon crawling for loot with the management of a retail shop.
- #3 Travellers Rest
96% matchVery Positive88% of 17,329 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Management 22.8%, Crafting 17.4%, Inventory Management 16.5%, Medieval 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines tavern management with crafting and farming, offering a similar cozy yet productive loop.
- #4 Moonlighter
95% matchVery Positive82% of 21,741 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.1%, Management 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, RPG 11.6%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: You explore dangerous dungeons by night to gather goods and manage your shop by day to sell them.
- #5 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,814 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Economy 32.6%, Crafting 24.9%, Management 24.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cozy aspects of shop management, including crafting, decorating, and trading.
- #6 Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,073 reviews2015
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world.Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes.
Why similar: Management 42.9%, Crafting 27.2%, Simulation 17.6%, RPG 5.9%, Casual 4%
Why You'll Like It: This quirky management sim focuses on forging weapons and selling them to heroes in a charming fantasy world.
- #7 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
93% matchVery Positive93% of 43,576 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 11.0 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 29.5%, Medieval 18.3%, Management 16.6%, Relaxing 11.7%, Simulation 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique crafting system where you experiment with ingredients to create products for your customers.
- #8 Shoppe Keep
92% matchMixed62% of 2,882 reviews2016
Dev: Strange FirePub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Run an adventurers shop – a serious business in a fantasy environment. Stock your store with dangerous weapons, fancy hats, sturdy armour and magical potions.
Why similar: Management 32.9%, Simulation 22.1%, Economy 20.2%, RPG 16.3%, Medieval 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D shop simulation that tasks you with stocking shelves and defending your store from unruly adventurers.
- #9 Goblin's Shop
91% matchMixed62% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows
This is a pixel-art simulation game in which the player runs a shop, together with RPG adventures. In Goblin’s Shop, the player is a goblin who has been bullied by humans and he always wants to get it even. So he decided to sell weapons, armors and potions to other monsters.
Why similar: Simulation 27.2%, RPG 22.2%, Strategy 16%, Management 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management game where you run a shop for monsters, crafting items to help them survive their adventures.
- #10 Potion Tycoon
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 719 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Economy 24.9%, Management 23%, Inventory Management 16.1%, Medieval 13.8%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation where you build and run a potion shop, focusing on production lines and market demand.
- #11 My Little Blacksmith Shop
89% matchMixed70% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DasiusPub: Noble Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
Why similar: Crafting 28.7%, Medieval 20.8%, Mining 16.6% ★, Relaxing 12.4%, Simulation 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a hands-on approach to blacksmithing where you forge items from scratch to sell to customers.
- #12 Medieval Shopkeeper Simulator
91% matchMixed61% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.
Why similar: Inventory Management 22.3%, Management 20.8%, Medieval 19.6%, Simulation 12.8%, RPG 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation of running a medieval store, including haggling and managing inventory.
- #13 Shop Titans
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 17,821 reviews2020
Dev: Kabam Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 182.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Shop Titans is the ultimate RPG shopkeeper simulation. Craft powerful equipment, stock your shop and sell to aspiring heroes… at a markup! Hire heroes and explore dungeons to gather valuable materials to craft with. There’s never a dull moment in the world of Shop Titans!
Why similar: Economy 21.5%, Crafting 17.6%, Idler 15.1%, Medieval 15.1%, Management 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused shop simulation where you craft gear for heroes and manage your store's layout.
- #14 Pixel Shopkeeper
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Management 22.3%, Economy 20.2%, Crafting 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art management game that emphasizes inventory organization and customer service.
- #15 Idle Cave Miner
86% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Hours
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 128.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Idler 13.8%, Management 13%, Incremental 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a simplified mining experience that mirrors the resource-gathering aspect of the seed game.
- #16 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,558 reviews2026
Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Why similar: Dwarves 75.8% ★, Inventory Management 9.3%, Strategy RPG 4.8%, RPG 3.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features dwarf-themed combat and progression that complements the management style of Dwarf Shop.
- #17 Dragon Cliff
86% matchVery Positive89% of 8,115 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Interaction
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Why similar: Idler 18%, RPG 14.4%, Incremental 13.6%, Management 12.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG that features deep party management and loot collection, similar to the adventuring side of Dwarf Shop.
- #18 Blightlands Blacksmith
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 74 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: Mining 23.2% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Inventory Management 15.6%, Medieval 14.8%, Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A focused simulation game centered on crafting and managing a blacksmith shop in a fantasy setting.
- #19 Crafter's Hollow
84% matchMixed56% of 66 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: Inventory Management 22.1%, Crafting 16.2%, Economy 13.7%, Management 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated crafting and management game that emphasizes inventory and shop-keeping mechanics.
- #20 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
83% matchMixed70% of 178 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: Inventory Management 18.5%, Strategy RPG 15%, Economy 14.7%, Crafting 13.9%, Medieval 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a town that supports adventurers, including crafting gear and providing services.
- #21 Alchemist Shop Simulator
82% matchVery Positive82% of 157 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: Economy 27.2%, Crafting 19.2%, Management 18.4%, Medieval 13.5%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Tasks you with managing an alchemy shop, from gathering herbs to brewing complex potions.
- #22 Merchant in Dungeon
81% matchVery Positive80% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: HexGameStudio
Windows
Merchant in Dungeon is about managing shops.Hercules enters Dark Gate Town solo, aiming to repay his father's debt. Starting with a store, he grows capital, hires, expands shops, and manages relationships with diverse female NPCs. Dominating the business scene? Quite a challenge!
Why similar: Inventory Management 17.3%, Economy 15.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Management 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A shop management game that integrates RPG elements and dungeon exploration to source inventory.
- #23 Idle Pixel Fantasy
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 835 reviews2025
Dev: Max Ritters
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit hard-working helpers and magical creatures that automatically collect gold and crystals. Unlock new levels, invest in stronger units, and work your way up to the powerful dragon boss at the top. A relaxing pixel-style idle clicker!
Why similar: Incremental 26.6%, Economy 24.5%, Management 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Idler 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, pixel-art game that focuses on progression and gathering, fitting the aesthetic of the seed game.
- #24 Fantasy Blacksmith
82% matchMixed49% of 1,800 reviews2019
Dev: Heaven BrotherhoodPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are a blacksmith in the world of the sword, magic and war, in which any blacksmith who knows how to make even the simplest swords is in demand. You start off as a poor unskilled blacksmith, but in time you will gain experience and improve to achieve wealth, fame and power, and change this world!
Why similar: Medieval 30.7%, Crafting 19.5%, Simulation 19%, Inventory Management 14.5%, Management 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the technical process of forging weapons and selling them to adventurers.
- #25 Merchant of the Skies
80% matchVery Positive86% of 2,268 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
Why similar: Economy 33.6%, Management 24.4%, Relaxing 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Simulation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A trading and management game where you build a merchant empire while exploring a fantasy world.
- #26 Novice Dungeon Master
79% matchVery Positive90% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: LazyCnD
Windows
[Novice Dungeon Master] is a dungeon management simulation set in a fantasy world of dungeons and adventures. Turn your beginner dungeon into the ultimate dungeon of your dreams. Greet adventurers who come to visit your dungeon, grow herbs, summon monsters, and more!
Why similar: Management 30%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Relaxing 16.4%, Simulation 16.3%, 2D 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management game where you oversee dungeon operations, which feels like the inverse of the shop-keeping loop.
- #27 Dwarf Eats Mountain
78% matchVery Positive81% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: Green Wizard
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
Why similar: Dwarves 39.8% ★, Mining 15.4% ★, Economy 10.4%, Idler 8.8%, Incremental 8.1%
- #28 Dwarfs!?
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,075 reviews2011
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!
Why similar: Dwarves 58.1% ★, Mining 17.2% ★, Management 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, Simulation 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-management game that captures the chaotic and industrious nature of working with dwarves.
- #29 TerraForge
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: OverjoyedGameDevs
Windows · Linux
TerraForge is a mining simulation game mixed with a bit of shop management. You dig for ores, craft items, research new blueprints, improve your shop, sell your items and slowly grow your own little mining town.
Why similar: Mining 30.7% ★, Economy 21%, Management 14.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Relaxing 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on mining and resource management in a relaxing, cozy environment.
- #30 Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 694 reviews2026
Dev: Compact Core GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Dwarves 33.9% ★, Mining 13.9% ★, Inventory Management 12.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Strategy RPG 8%
- #31 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
74% matchVery Positive98% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Management 26.5%, Medieval 25.4%, Crafting 20.5%, Simulation 13%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #32 Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Floodgate CrewPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge is a mix of a simulator, strategy, and auto-battler. Become a master smith, craft various weapons, and enhance them with magical runes. Equip a team of adventurers with your hand-made tools, send them on missions, gather loot to upgrade your forge, and save the land!
Why similar: Dwarves 72.2% ★, Crafting 14%, Simulation 6.9%, 2D 3.3%, Casual 2.9%
- #33 Skeleseller
74% matchVery Positive93% of 365 reviews2026
Dev: Xtonomous
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!
Why similar: Idler 23.5%, Management 20.4%, Simulation 12.6%, RPG 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #34 Shop Legends
76% matchMixed44% of 203 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: Inventory Management 17%, Economy 16.2%, Crafting 16.2%, Management 12%, Idler 10.2%
- #35 Adventurer Manager
77% matchMixed60% of 576 reviews2014
Dev: Vigilant Addiction StudiosPub: BBEW BBEW, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Reunite the kingdom of Adventuria and defeat the evil Illusionist Miraj by recruiting Adventurers to send on Adventures for epic loot and rewards in this RPG/Management Sim with tons of depth, randomization, and customization options!
Why similar: Dwarves 43.5% ★, RPG 18.5%, Management 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Simulation 6%
- #36 Rock and Stone
73% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Pinecone Studios
Windows
Rock and Stone is an idle background mining game where you play as a dwarf, mining rocks for valuable loot. You can sell your loot on the community market for profit or use it to get new gear and gold. Equip different gear—from common to legendary—to boost your stats and mine even more effectively.
Why similar: Incremental 25.6%, Idler 24.2%, Inventory Management 17.4%, RPG 14.7%, Relaxing 8.8%
- #37 Craft The World
73% matchVery Positive88% of 16,888 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Dwarves 72.5% ★, Crafting 16.9%, Strategy 3%, Simulation 2.8%, RPG 2.7%
- #38 Swag and Sorcery
75% matchMixed54% of 3,242 reviews2019
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery - a new streamlined RPG from the creators of Punch Club and Graveyard Keeper.
Why similar: Crafting 20.6%, Management 20%, Incremental 16.3%, Idler 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #39 (the) Gnorp Apologue
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,673 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
Why similar: Incremental 22.2%, Mining 18.1% ★, Economy 17.2%, Idler 14.8%, Management 11.2%
- #40 Medieval StartUp
70% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Editions Aspic Games
Windows
Medieval StartUp is a unique mix of tavern management, crafting, and exploration set in a rich medieval world. Manage your tavern, craft unique items, recruit staff, and explore a mysterious marsh full of hidden secrets and rare resources.
Why similar: Economy 19.4%, Inventory Management 18.9%, Crafting 16.6%, Management 13.9%, Medieval 12.9%
- #41 Anvil Saga
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,803 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Economy 19.3%, Management 18.7%, Medieval 16.4%, Crafting 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #42 Discounty
69% matchVery Positive82% of 2,494 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?
Why similar: Management 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Simulation 16.2%, Relaxing 14.6%, RPG 12.7%
- #43 Budgie's Bug Shop
69% matchVery Positive97% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Moon Lagoon
Windows · Mac
A short incremental game about catching bugs and running a shop filled with parakeets. Upgrade equipment, purchase game-breaking abilities, and maximize the profits of your Budgie-powered empire!
Why similar: Economy 21.3%, Management 16.8%, Idler 16.6%, Incremental 16.3%, Simulation 10.1%
- #44 Potion Shop Simulator
70% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Pebbles Games
Windows
Master the art of alchemy in Potion Shop Simulator, a unique blend of simulation and strategy. Brew potions, manage your shop, and cater to a magical clientele in a single-player or co-op experience of the medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Economy 25.6%, Crafting 18.1%, Management 17.3%, Medieval 17.1%, Relaxing 9%
- #45 Cadria Item Shop
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,584 reviews2018
Dev: Moehaus Co. LtdPub: BEST KIRIN GLOBAL LIMITED
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 313.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cadria Item Shop is a casual simulation game with RPG elements. Craft legendary items, hire heroes, and expand your shop to rebuild the town. Join a mighty guild, fight together in faction wars and send your heroes to explore the mystic lands of Cadria! All of this and much more awaits you!
Why similar: Crafting 31.7%, Simulation 30.2%, RPG 26.8%, Casual 11.3%
- #46 Hammerting
72% matchMixed57% of 2,582 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Mining 22.1% ★, Inventory Management 19.5%, Economy 17.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Management 12.4%
- #47 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,035 reviews2025
Dev: Merge Conflict Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mine, refine, and sell gemstones in Gemporium, a cute, fast-paced shop management game. Upgrade your tools, expand your store, and master the daily rhythm of digging, polishing, and turning a profit to pay off your debt, one gem at a time.
Why similar: Mining 33.8% ★, Inventory Management 18.5%, Management 15%, Economy 14.4%, Simulation 8.1%
- #48 RPG NPC Simulator VR
72% 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: Economy 27%, Management 19.6%, Crafting 19.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Relaxing 10.3%
- #49 Loot Tycoon
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 387 reviews2026
Dev: Parallel Portal
Windows
You are not the Hero—you are the Merchant who bleeds them dry! Dive into a unique mix of Hack & Slash and Shop Simulation. Farm dungeons with fully automated combat, loot legendary artifacts, and crash the market. Build your shop from a dirty rug to a medieval monopoly.
Why similar: Inventory Management 27.4%, Medieval 23%, Idler 22.5%, Economy 15%, Simulation 6.4%
- #50 A Little Shop in Squirrel Town
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Superluminal Cat
Windows
You will become the shopkeeper of grocery shop in Squirrel Town to run your own shop, replenish your stock, sell, make a profit, kill monsters, manufacture outfits, engage in agriculture, angle, cook delicious food, feed monsters and save Monster Forest controlled by the evil crystal.
Why similar: Economy 23.1%, Crafting 18.2%, Management 14.3%, Medieval 13.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #51 Enchanted Blacksmith
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Sun
Windows
Step into a cozy, first-person forge simulator where exploration and crafting go hand in hand. Discover rich mineral veins, master forgotten smithing techniques, and watch your humble workshop evolve as you craft fine wares and claim your place among the realm’s legendary artisans.
Why similar: Mining 39.5% ★, Crafting 22.8%, Medieval 15.2%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #52 Loot & Ledger
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Eddy
Windows
Run your own medieval store! Stock shelves with groceries and legendary loot, set prices, serve customers, and expand your shop. Fund adventurers to explore dangerous lands and return with valuable chests full of swords, shields, and rare items and all without leaving the counter.
Why similar: Economy 37.7%, Management 26.9%, Medieval 15.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Casual 4.1%
- #53 Keep on Mining!
64% matchVery Positive94% of 7,974 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!
Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Incremental 22.2%, Idler 16.6%, Economy 13.9%, Relaxing 8.9%
- #54 Gargadusa's Tower
65% matchVery Positive88% of 173 reviews2026
Dev: The Math Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
D&D meets Franchise Manager, Gargadusa’s Tower is a supremely deep guild management simulation that spans generations. Build your adventurer guild from nothing. Recruit heroes, complete quests, and descend the mysterious tower to confront the power that lies within.
Why similar: Dwarves 26.8% ★, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Simulation 9.9%, RPG 8.3%
- #55 A Game of Dwarves
71% matchMixed63% of 553 reviews2012
Dev: Zeal Game StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.
Why similar: Dwarves 84.3% ★, Crafting 5.3%, Strategy 5.2%, Simulation 2.7%, Casual 2%
- #56 Dwarf Fortress
64% matchVery Positive95% of 31,055 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Dwarves 68.2% ★, Management 14.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 4.9%, Economy 3.1%
- #57 Art Shop Simulator
66% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Lovheim Studios
Windows
Buy and sell art, manage employees, and grow your shop in this immersive simulator set in Europe. Curate a unique collection, attract customers, and become the premier art dealer. Transform your humble gallery into a thriving art empire!
Why similar: Inventory Management 29.1%, Economy 28.6%, Management 19.8%, Relaxing 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%
- #58 Shopping Empire Tycoon
68% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.
Why similar: Economy 24.3%, Inventory Management 23%, Management 17.4%, Incremental 13.4%, Simulation 8.7%