- #1 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
97% 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 39.5%, Life Sim 16.9%, Point & Click 12.1%, Simulation 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a highly tactile crafting system and shop management mechanics that perfectly mirror the core loop of ENSCROLL.
- #2 The Magical Mixture Mill
96% matchVery Positive84% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: GlowlightPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.
Why similar: Crafting 19.3%, Life Sim 17%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Magic 14%, Cartoony 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a colorful, management-heavy experience centered on brewing magical concoctions for customers.
- #3 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,432 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: Simulation 44.1%, Fantasy 23.1%, Indie 18%, Singleplayer 11%, 2D 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title defines the shop-management genre, focusing on debt repayment and inventory management just like the seed game.
- #4 Potion Permit
95% 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: Crafting 39.1%, Life Sim 34.3%, Simulation 13.1%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines crafting, gathering, and shop-keeping with a cozy, magic-infused life simulation.
- #5 Spellcaster University
94% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Magic 34%, Immersive Sim 27.8%, Simulation 17.2%, Cartoony 13.9%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management side of magic, requiring you to build and run a school for aspiring mages.
- #6 Strange Horticulture
94% matchVery Positive95% of 15,145 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Point & Click 58.6%, Simulation 30.4%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the point-and-click, puzzle-like feel of identifying and organizing magical ingredients in a shop setting.
- #7 Potion Tycoon
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Magic 35.8%, Simulation 21.3%, Fantasy 18.4%, Cartoony 14.9%, 2D 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused simulation that tasks you with building a potion business from the ground up.
- #8 Witchy Business
92% 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: Magic 28.9%, Crafting 28.7%, Cartoony 17.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This job simulator captures the cozy, magical atmosphere of running a shop while dealing with specific customer requests.
- #9 Little Witch in the Woods
91% matchVery Positive89% of 12,303 reviews2025
Dev: SUNNY SIDE UP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.6%, Crafting 22.4%, Magic 21.8%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Simulation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim features a charming aesthetic and a focus on gathering ingredients to craft magical items for the local community.
- #10 Wytchwood
91% matchVery Positive93% of 4,561 reviews2021
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
Why similar: Crafting 43%, Magic 26.9%, Fantasy 17%, 2D 5.6%, Casual 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes crafting and exploration in a whimsical fantasy world, focusing on the creation of magical spells and items.
- #11 Garden Witch Life
90% 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 22%, Magic 19.4%, Crafting 17.5%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Fantasy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the life-sim and magic aspects, focusing on crafting and cozy shop-keeping in a fantasy setting.
- #12 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,803 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: Crafting 45.2%, Life Sim 36.3%, Simulation 15.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated shop-keeping simulator that focuses on crafting goods and managing your store's economy.
- #13 Alchemist Simulator
89% 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 17.7%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Magic 15.1%, Cartoony 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to the alchemy genre that focuses on time management and crafting recipes.
- #14 Alchemist Shop Simulator
88% 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 33.6%, Magic 22%, Simulation 13.9%, Fantasy 9.6%, Life Sim 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a direct experience in running a magical shop and managing customer economy.
- #15 Alchemy Unbound
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: KlutzyBubbles
Windows · Linux
A drag and drop crafting game that offers unbound possibilities. No limits, no direction, just pure creativity and endless crafting.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.2%, Simulation 22.6%, Point & Click 21.4%, Crafting 20.1%, 2D 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation title emphasizes the strategic and experimental side of alchemy and magical crafting.
- #16 Moonlighter
86% matchVery Positive82% of 21,581 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: Fantasy 43%, Simulation 35.2%, 2D 13.9%, Singleplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a compelling loop of dungeon exploration to find materials and managing your own shop to sell them.
- #17 Magic Inn
86% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Purpledoor Studios
Windows
Reclaim glory in Magic Inn, a charming tavern life simulator. Take on the role of an exiled wizard-turned-innkeeper, overseeing everything from menus, rooms, guests, and staff in a fully magical customizable inn. Engage in card battles to spark conversations and foster relationships with guests.
Why similar: Crafting 28.1%, Life Sim 26.6%, Magic 16.8%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management and life-sim elements with a focus on cooking and serving magical patrons.
- #18 Magic Research
85% matchVery Positive91% of 412 reviews2023
Dev: Maticolotto
Windows
Median: 24.4 hrsMean: 97.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Magic Research is a text-based incremental game about Magic. You are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic. Will you be able to lead your school to win the prestigious Tournament of Magic?
Why similar: Magic 38.4%, Crafting 23.2%, Fantasy 22.4%, Simulation 12%, 2D 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based, deep simulation that focuses on the progression and research aspects of mastering magic.
- #19 Orb of Creation
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,469 reviews2022
Dev: MarpleGames
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
Why similar: Magic 52.8%, Crafting 32.4%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, resource-management experience centered on magical progression and crafting.
- #20 The Last Elixir
84% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Frisbee
Windows
You are a journeyman alchemist: experiment to learn the secrets of the alchemical sciences, and leverage them to produce a diverse menu of potions for a procession of weird and spooky customers in this compact narrative puzzle experience.
Why similar: Crafting 59.1%, Simulation 23.8%, Fantasy 11.2%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends puzzle-solving with crafting and simulation, set in a dark-fantasy world.
- #21 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator
83% matchVery Positive82% of 542 reviews2025
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac
CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.
Why similar: Crafting 32.4%, Life Sim 23.3%, Fantasy 18%, Simulation 12.8%, 2D 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized merchant simulator that focuses on the fantasy economy and crafting goods.
- #22 Magic Forge Tycoon
82% 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 30.9%, Fantasy 20%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Cartoony 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy simulation that focuses on the fantasy crafting and shop-keeping loop.
- #23 Magical Greenhouse
81% 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 38.4%, Magic 27.9%, Simulation 13%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the gathering and crafting aspects of running a magical shop.
- #24 Blacksmith. Song of two Kings.
82% 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 39.5%, Immersive Sim 24%, Simulation 14.7%, Fantasy 8.5%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that emphasizes the crafting and sandbox elements of running a fantasy shop.
- #25 Near-Mage
81% matchVery Positive91% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Why similar: Crafting 23.7%, Point & Click 22.6%, Magic 19.2%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Fantasy 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that focuses on the narrative and magical atmosphere of a fantasy world.
- #26 Merchant of the Skies
80% matchVery Positive86% of 2,255 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 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: Simulation 44.2%, 2D 24.2%, Casual 23.7%, Singleplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the trading and management side of a fantasy economy, offering a similar sense of progression.
- #27 Idle Awakening: Mages Path
78% matchVery Positive80% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Matter Gaming
Windows
Embark on a journey of a fledgling mage. Start with nothing. Improve yourself, develop your skills through a vast tree, unlock upgrades, learn spells, gather resources, and craft unique items. Your progress never stops – it continues even while you're offline.
Why similar: Magic 31.7%, Life Sim 25.8%, Fantasy 12.8%, Casual 11.3%, Simulation 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a casual, idler-focused approach to magical progression and resource management.
- #28 Enchanted Blacksmith
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Sun
Windows
Step into the boots of an aspiring blacksmith in a first-person sandbox where exploration and forging go hand in hand. Discover rare ores, master forgotten forging arts, and craft weapons of myth as you uncover secrets lost to time and claim your place among legends.
Why similar: Crafting 39.1%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Fantasy 16.4%, Simulation 14.2%, Casual 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a simulation experience focused on the crafting and creation of magical items.
- #29 The Fool's Apprentice
79% matchMixed53% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: The Planar Danse
Windows
A wizard academy management sim where you—an obviously benevolent professor—must manage & cast spells on your many apprentices so that they might study the right spells… and perhaps even survive the researching process. Some may die, but oh well, can’t save them all!
Why similar: Magic 44.8%, Immersive Sim 20%, Simulation 19.3%, Fantasy 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a cozy management experience centered on magic and sandbox-style experimentation.
- #30 FORGE SIMULATOR
77% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: GreenOnionGames
Windows
You are trapped in an endless labyrinth. You must find hidden resources scattered throughout the labyrinth to craft your own sword. Overcome the dangers of the labyrinth with your crafted sword, survive, and escape.
Why similar: Crafting 33.3%, Life Sim 19.8%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Simulation 12.4%, Fantasy 10.4%
- #31 AI Spelcraft
75% matchVery Positive89% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: MONO ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
AI Spellcraft is a battle game where you create original spells using kanji, and an AI evaluates their damage and effects. Use your word sense to craft the ultimate spell!
Why similar: Simulation 77.5%, 2D 15.4%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #32 Blightlands Blacksmith
77% 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 34.7%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Magic 14.6%, Fantasy 14.5%, Simulation 12.8%
- #33 Magic Boutique of Royal Blue
76% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: KKANGTO STUDIO
Windows
Help Philosia the Spider Witch in debt to run a magical boutique! Craft magic outfits by exploring the world and collecting mysterious magical materials. Earn money by completing missions and decorate your boutique!✨
Why similar: Magic 32.5%, Fantasy 20%, Cartoony 18%, Simulation 17.4%, 2D 6.3%
- #34 Magecraft: Spellbuilding
74% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Violet Grimoire
Windows
Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat. Survive randomly-generated dungeon layouts by countering enemy attacks with your own spells, and make the most of the powers and scrolls you pick up along the way.
Why similar: Magic 53.5%, Fantasy 34.7%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #35 Magic Archery
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,620 reviews2024
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Why similar: Magic 33.5%, Fantasy 30.5%, Simulation 14.9%, 2D 8.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #36 Potion Shop Simulator
75% matchVery Positive83% of 83 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: Crafting 49%, Fantasy 22%, Simulation 20.2%, Casual 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #37 Crafting Idle Clicker
78% matchMixed49% of 899 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Point & Click 36.1%, Simulation 29.7%, Casual 11.8%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused clicker that emphasizes the production and management of crafted goods.
- #38 Loot Grind Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 379 reviews2020
Dev: GG Undroid Games
Windows
Loot Grind Simulator is a fantasy-themed game about completing quests and earning better loot to equip. The game is meant as satire of the current MMO and Looter Shooter trends and features idle gameplay elements with decisions about what quests to undertake and items to craft.
Why similar: Crafting 41.6%, Fantasy 16.5%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Simulation 11.3%, 2D 5.3%
- #39 Ye Guild Clerk!
70% 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: Point & Click 23.3%, Immersive Sim 21.7%, Fantasy 16.3%, Cartoony 16.2%, Simulation 11.6%
- #40 Potions: A Curious Tale
73% matchVery Positive91% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Stumbling Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Potions: A Curious Tale is an adventure & crafting game where wit is your greatest weapon and combat is not always the answer. Play as Luna, a young witch who overcomes obstacles with the potions she brews, as she gathers items from enchanted lands and conquers devious puzzles on her quest.
Why similar: Crafting 34%, Life Sim 24.5%, Magic 19.7%, Fantasy 11.3%, Casual 4.2%
- #41 Spellchanted 2D Hidden Object Puzzle Adveture Tile-Matching
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 189 reviews2024
Dev: Shaman Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Enter a magical world filled with legendary Fairy Tale characters. Become the greatest wizard. Help a young witch break an evil curse and save the Fairy Tale kingdoms!
Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Magic 24.1%, Fantasy 16.1%, Cartoony 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
- #42 Alnico Smithery
73% matchVery Positive88% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Pinapl
Windows
Alnico Smithery is a hand-drawn, physics-based forging simulator. Mine for ore, smelt ingots, discover alloys, forge tools, and rebuild the smithery your grandfather left behind.
Why similar: Life Sim 25%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Simulation 11.5%
- #43 My Little Blacksmith Shop
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,165 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 58%, Simulation 19.1%, Life Sim 12.3%, Casual 5%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #44 Mind Over Magic
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,302 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
Why similar: Crafting 52%, Fantasy 21%, Simulation 18.9%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #45 Fantasy Blacksmith
74% matchMixed49% of 1,791 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: Crafting 35.4%, Simulation 30.3%, Magic 26.2%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #46 Tiny Witch
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Hand
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Manage a minion store where demanding clientele are always at your door! As a little witch, mix the right resources to create minions so that your dungeon master clients walk away happy.
Why similar: Crafting 48.9%, Magic 33.4%, Casual 6%, Simulation 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #47 Mushroom Clicker
69% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Wizard Shrimp Games
Windows
An Idle Incremental Clicker game with cosy magical vibes. You are the newest Mushroom Wizard Initiate 🧙♂️ Cast spells 🪄 harvest mushrooms 🍄 and level up to become more powerful! Hire little creatures 🐿️ to help you harvest and unlock different types of shrooms and skills!
Why similar: Simulation 37.8%, Point & Click 23.8%, Casual 13.8%, 2D 12.2%, Indie 8.9%
- #48 Tavern Manager Simulator: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Try running a tavern for a day in Prologue.
Why similar: Crafting 26%, Simulation 25.8%, Life Sim 19.1%, Fantasy 13.2%, Casual 7.4%
- #49 Blacksmith Simulator Prologue
71% matchMixed46% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Potato GamesPub: Forge Games
Windows
Forge your destiny in the Blacksmith Simulator Prologue! Craft weapons and tools, manage your workshop, and mine for resources. Serve diverse clients, grow your reputation, and master medieval craftsmanship in this free introduction to the full game. Your journey as a blacksmith begins here!
Why similar: Crafting 36.1%, Life Sim 21.9%, Immersive Sim 19.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Casual 3.4%
- #50 Oraxum Trials
71% matchMixed70% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Prajna Concepts
Windows
Oraxum Trials is an incremental game where you conduct experiments with the Oraxum, a hexagonal board with magical properties. Harvest souls and use mystical crystals to create wild concoctions. Take on the mantle of soul alchemist and forge your fate, choosing between light and dark forces.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.9%, Magic 18.8%, Cartoony 18.7%, Fantasy 13.8%, Casual 7.3%
- #51 Figure Shop Simulator: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Gnome Games
Windows
In this free version of the game, manage your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your warehouse, complete collections, follow trends, and grow your business!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 28.5%, Life Sim 22.1%, Crafting 19.8%, Simulation 19.1%, Casual 8.1%
- #52 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
67% 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: Crafting 48%, Life Sim 34.4%, Fantasy 17.7%
- #53 Merchant in Dungeon
68% 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: Crafting 36%, Magic 23.2%, Simulation 15.3%, Fantasy 14.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #54 Writer's Rush
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 411 reviews2024
Dev: Frogstorm
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Writer's Rush is a writer life simulator where you compete with other authors for the title of the world's greatest writer. Craft articles, books, scripts, and fanfics. Complete publisher contracts, unlock new skills, and level up your literary talents.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.1%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Simulation 20.3%, 2D 7.2%, Casual 6.2%
- #55 Potion Commotion
70% matchVery Positive82% of 141 reviews2020
Dev: NerdyBird Studios
Windows
Live the CRAZY life of a Wizard’s assistant in this hilarious Clicker game! You’ll be in charge of making wacky and wonderful Potions, using ingredients produced in your garden. With plenty of twists and turns along the way, the fun never stops! Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Simulation 43.7%, Magic 18.6%, Indie 16.2%, Casual 15.2%, 2D 4.2%
- #56 Arcana Academy
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: 2A StudioPub: Luckycalf
Windows
Freely build your magic academy and choose qpprentices from over 200 traits: genius, eccentric, or perhaps a fool? Select from hundreds of wizard classes to face hundreds of different event challenges, resist the invasion of the abyss, and save the entire empire from crisis.
Why similar: Magic 39.5%, Simulation 24.3%, Fantasy 22.6%, 2D 6%, Casual 4.4%
- #57 Drafting Tales
70% matchMixed69% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Istotex
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Drafting Tales you are new writer working from your apartment. Your goal is to become a well-known and successful author!
Why similar: Simulation 44.4%, Cartoony 18%, Casual 14.6%, Indie 13.9%, 2D 5.5%
- #58 Pawnbroker Simulator
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 263 reviews2026
Dev: Next Sky GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.
Why similar: Life Sim 38%, Simulation 25.8%, Immersive Sim 25.1%, Casual 8.9%, Indie 2.2%
- #59 A Pinch of Magic
68% matchVery Positive84% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: Magic 48.7%, Fantasy 22.7%, Simulation 16.3%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 3.3%
- #60 Alchemy Garden
67% matchMixed69% of 1,067 reviews2022
Dev: MadSushi Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Craft magic potions and sell them in your own alchemy shop! Explore the world and harvest plants to discover new recipes! Take care of your own garden of alchemy and decorate the shop as you like!
Why similar: Cartoony 38.3%, Life Sim 31.4%, Crafting 30.3%