- #1 Potion Tycoon
97% 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: Shop Keeper 21.6% ★, Management 15.6%, Capitalism 15.2%, Economy 14.3%, Trading 9.8%
- #2 Alchemist Shop Simulator
96% 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: Trading 23%, Economy 19.7%, Management 15.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #3 Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith
95% 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: Shop Keeper 22.6% ★, Trading 21.1%, Management 15.9%, Crafting 12%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #4 Shop Legends
96% 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: Trading 20.2%, Capitalism 15.7%, Economy 13.5%, Management 11.8%, Crafting 10%
- #5 Master Forge
94% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: IT Student
Windows
Having inherited an old forge, it is now up to you to run the shop. Gain riches and fame, upgrade your forge and gain access to new resources to expand your product selection. One day, word of your skill may reach the ears of more than just commoners.
Why similar: Trading 20.4%, Economy 20.1%, Management 18.5%, Medieval 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #6 Crafter's Hollow
93% 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: Shop Keeper 25.7% ★, Economy 14.2%, Management 14.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Capitalism 10.1%
- #7 RPG NPC Simulator VR
94% 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: Trading 19.4%, Economy 18.8%, Management 16%, Crafting 10.1%, Relaxing 8.6%
- #8 Blacksmith Master
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,580 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Economy 31.8%, Management 26.6%, Medieval 13.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #9 Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!
92% 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 49.2%, Crafting 19.7%, Simulation 18.2%, Funny 7%, Casual 5.9%
- #10 Blacksmith Simulator
91% matchMostly Negative35% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Potato GamesPub: ForgeGames
Windows
Become a Medieval blacksmith in this interactive blacksmithing simulator. Upgrade your forging equipment, unlock new exotic crafting materials, grow your business, and manage your customers - in addition to engaging forging mechanics. Strike while the iron is hot and hop in front of the forge now!
Why similar: Management 24.4%, Crafting 19.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Relaxing 12.2%, Medieval 11%
- #11 Gun Factory Simulator
90% matchMixed66% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.
Why similar: Economy 26.6%, Trading 26.2%, Management 22.9%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #12 Faire Trade
89% matchVery Positive84% of 64 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: Shop Keeper 23.8% ★, Trading 18.1%, Economy 12.6%, Management 12.1%, Crafting 9.8%
- #13 Potion Shop Simulator
89% 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: Capitalism 17.5%, Economy 16.6%, Shop Keeper 15.8% ★, Management 13.2%, Crafting 8.7%
- #14 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 594 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 23.6%, Capitalism 13.2%, Trading 12.3%, Economy 12%, Crafting 9.3%
- #15 Dealer's Life Legend
86% matchVery Positive83% of 276 reviews2025
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Welcome to the Pecunian Empire, travelling merchant! Head between our many cities, expand your collection of wares and grow your riches. If your talent and skill are sharp enough, you may be in with a shot of winning the Wandering Merchant Quest and proving that YOU are the best dealer in town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 18.4% ★, Trading 13.6%, Capitalism 13.2%, Economy 12.7%, Relaxing 10.1%
- #16 Idle Weaponshop
87% matchMixed58% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Deki
Windows
In Idle Weaponshop, you are handed your very own weapon shop to manage. Design and sell weapons, build up your local community, hire employees, and send adventurers off into danger for fun and profit... all before prestiging to earn powerful bonuses, all so you can do it all over again.
Why similar: Capitalism 33.3%, Management 22%, Simulation 10.9%, Fantasy 10.1%, Crafting 8%
- #17 Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,849 reviews2025
Dev: Flipline Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Fire up the forge and craft your finest weapons in Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors, a reforged adventure! Equip the local warriors with custom swords, bows, shields and more in your hands-on blacksmith shop. Follow the soldiers into battle as you push onward toward the evil wizard Dudley!
Why similar: Crafting 26.5%, Management 19.3%, Medieval 14.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #18 Enchanted Blacksmith
86% 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: Trading 25.9%, Shop Keeper 25.3% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Management 9.1%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #19 Military Incremental Complex
84% matchVery Positive85% of 672 reviews2025
Dev: Space Kraken Studios
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.1%, Economy 19.1%, Trading 18.6%, Management 15.2%, Crafting 9.6%
- #20 Alchemist Simulator
85% 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: Trading 28%, Crafting 13.9%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Relaxing 10.1%, Simulation 8.3%
- #21 Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge
81% 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: Crafting 46.8%, Simulation 33.2%, Casual 20%
- #22 Shop Titans
81% 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: Shop Keeper 23.1% ★, Trading 19.1%, Economy 15.4%, Management 12.6%, Crafting 9.4%
- #23 Soul Smith of the Kingdom
83% matchMixed60% of 149 reviews2018
Dev: Inu to NekoPub: Starship Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Soul Smith of the Kingdom is a business idle game involving smith workshop business. Play as Nine,heiress of the unparalleled Andelioar Workshop in the kingdom,instruct smiths and adventurers and make perfect weapons--all to revitalize the workshop!
Why similar: Simulation 41.4%, Strategy 36.6%, Casual 22.1%
- #24 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
80% 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: Shop Keeper 22.4% ★, Trading 17%, Capitalism 16.8%, Economy 14%, Management 12.3%
- #25 Inn Tycoon
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Capitalism 21.4%, Management 20.2%, Economy 19%, Relaxing 9.8%, Medieval 9.8%
- #26 Dungeon Tycoon
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,830 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: Economy 27.4%, Management 24.5%, Fantasy 11.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Medieval 9.1%
- #27 Blacksmith
82% matchMixed69% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blacksmith is the definitive Blacksmithing experience. Make and sell Weapons, Armour and Tools. Send Heroes on Quests and unlock their unique potential. Grow the town of Ironwell and be a part of the community. Master the elements and bend them to your will! Find your true calling as the Blacksmith!
Why similar: Simulation 64.8%, Casual 35.2%
- #28 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
78% matchVery Positive94% of 316 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: Shop Keeper 22.7% ★, Capitalism 17%, Trading 15.7%, Economy 14.6%, Crafting 9.1%
- #29 Witchy Business
77% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Shop Keeper 34.7% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Cartoony 10.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Relaxing 9.9%
- #30 Toy Shop Simulator
76% matchVery Positive81% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Run your own toy store! Arrange shelves, set prices, process payments, and manage staff. Expand and design your shop, handle online orders, deliver with a scooter, trade rare toys, and ensure security. Create a magical shopping experience in Toy Shop Simulator!
Why similar: Trading 22.3%, Economy 20.5%, Capitalism 19.9%, Management 16.1%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #31 Loot & Ledger
75% 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: Shop Keeper 20% ★, Economy 19.3%, Management 16.2%, Trading 11.9%, Capitalism 10.4%
- #32 Figure Shop Simulator
74% matchVery Positive87% of 294 reviews2025
Dev: Gnome Games
Windows
Run 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 storage, expand and design your store. Try to complete collection sets, follow market trends, and grow your business!
Why similar: Trading 25.7%, Economy 22.3%, Management 12.8%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #33 Shoppe Keep
78% 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 35.1%, Simulation 21.1%, Economy 18.3%, Capitalism 9.7%, Trading 6.2%
- #34 King of Retail
74% matchVery Positive88% of 3,551 reviews2022
Dev: Freaking GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 18.6% ★, Trading 16.4%, Capitalism 15.7%, Economy 13.7%, Management 11.4%
- #35 Fantasy Blacksmith
77% 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: Simulation 30.6%, Medieval 27.6%, Crafting 22.1%, Management 19.6%
- #36 Bookshop Simulator
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,208 reviews2025
Dev: Blep Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company along the way!
Why similar: Trading 18.7%, Capitalism 16%, Economy 15.6%, Shop Keeper 13.7% ★, Management 13.2%
- #37 My Little Blacksmith Shop
73% 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 32.9%, Relaxing 23.1%, Medieval 19%, Simulation 17.6%, Casual 7.4%
- #38 Mad Games Tycoon
75% matchVery Positive91% of 4,416 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Management 22.6%, Economy 18.4%, Trading 17.6%, Capitalism 16.7%, Crafting 8.6%
- #39 Shooting Range Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 187 reviews2026
Dev: Buffed GamesPub: KNGL Studio
Windows
Run your own Shooting Range. Manage your supplies, rent guns, and sell ammo packs. Expand and upgrade your shop; level up your popularity to get even better equipment. Open various cases and sell the skins you got from them. Join shooting tournaments and much more!
Why similar: Trading 19.4%, Economy 17.7%, Capitalism 17.7%, Management 14%, Shop Keeper 12.5% ★
- #40 Bladesong
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,291 reviews2026
Dev: SUN AND SERPENT creationsPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Shop Keeper 38.2% ★, Management 19.3%, Crafting 15.9%, Medieval 10.8%, Immersive Sim 8.9%
- #41 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
70% 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: Trading 18.5%, Crafting 18.4%, Management 16.4%, Capitalism 14.8%, Relaxing 12%
- #42 Idle Medieval Tavern
73% matchMixed48% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: A-GamesPub: Matryoshka
Windows · Mac
Once upon a time, in a realm of danger and intrigue, you find yourself entrusted with the management of a quaint medieval tavern. This captivating idle game weaves a tale of daring quests, legendary heroes, and a thriving tavern that serves as the heart of a bustling community.
Why similar: Capitalism 25.2%, Economy 23.9%, Management 18.2%, Fantasy 6.6%, Strategy 6.4%
- #43 Blightlands Blacksmith
72% 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: Crafting 22.7%, Management 18.3%, Fantasy 15.5%, Medieval 14.3%, Simulation 13.6%
- #44 Game Builder Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Capitalism 26.4%, Economy 24.7%, Management 19.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #45 Teddy's Haven - A Fantasy Inspired Shop Simulator
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,416 reviews2025
Dev: Teddy Bear Games LLC
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.3 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: Shop Keeper 23.8% ★, Economy 18%, Management 16.1%, Capitalism 13.7%, Crafting 8.7%
- #46 Weapon Shop Fantasy
73% 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 47.2%, Simulation 30.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Casual 9.9%
- #47 Magic Archery
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,889 reviews2024
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Economy 39%, Fantasy 17.9%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Colorful 8.4%
- #48 Factory Town Idle
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,215 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 73.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Capitalism 24.7%, Management 24.1%, Crafting 18.3%, Fantasy 14.7%, Casual 7.1%
- #49 Game Dev Tycoon
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,810 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Management 47.8%, Simulation 19%, Economy 18.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Casual 4.4%
- #50 TCG Card Shop Simulator
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 47,557 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Why similar: Management 20.3%, Economy 19.6%, Capitalism 15.4%, Trading 12.8%, Shop Keeper 12.1% ★
- #51 Tailor Simulator
66% matchVery Positive92% of 311 reviews2026
Dev: Zoady
Windows
Build your workshop and turn it into a fashion business. Interact with your customers and design unique collections to sell in your store. Upgrade your workshop until you rule the fashion industry.
Why similar: Capitalism 24%, Economy 23.7%, Management 18.9%, Immersive Sim 11%, Relaxing 11%
- #52 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
66% 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: Management 23.3%, Capitalism 21.7%, Economy 18.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Relaxing 9%
- #53 Little Big Workshop
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,371 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 27.1%, Economy 23%, Simulation 20.9%, Strategy 15.9%, Crafting 7.4%
- #54 Medieval StartUp
66% 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: Shop Keeper 24.1% ★, Trading 18.2%, Economy 14.8%, Management 12.5%, Crafting 9.4%
- #55 Ironsmith Medieval Simulator
71% matchMostly Negative30% of 258 reviews2022
Dev: The EpicLorePub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Heroes are not born. They are forged in darkness. And who knows forging better than the ironsmith himself? Experience the hardship of making medieval weapons, armors and tools in a simulation taken with a grain of salt
Why similar: Trading 24.4%, Economy 21.8%, Management 17%, Crafting 11.2%, Medieval 9.4%
- #56 Emma's Armaments
70% matchMixed49% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows
Emma's Weapons Shop is a management simulation game in which players collect items while conquering dungeons, smelt them, and sell them at higher prices to increase sales.
Why similar: Crafting 30.9%, Medieval 19.4%, Simulation 19%, Fantasy 12.4%, Strategy 11.9%
- #57 Just A Humble Swordsmith
67% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2022
Dev: Just Some Humble Game SmithsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Craft swords from a variety of styles and materials in order to best equip the adventurers who come into your sword smithing shop. Strategize and watch the adventurers fight their way through a dungeon full of monsters in this idle battler!
Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Crafting 17.9%, Fantasy 14%, Cartoony 13.9%, Medieval 12.8%
- #58 Pixel Shopkeeper
69% 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 24.6%, Capitalism 24.6%, Economy 19%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 9.7%