Games Like Not Monday Cafe

A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Farming Sim 15.9%, Idler 14.1%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive bottom-of-screen idle farming game that shares the exact cozy, hands-off management style of the seed game.

Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.2% ★, Life Sim 15.7%, Building 14%, Management 13.9%, Relaxing 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep dive into running a cozy cafe while managing staff and adorable feline customers.

Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!

Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Cooking 17.8%, Management 13.7%, Life Sim 12.9%, Cute 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cute and fast-paced cafe management game focused on baking and serving pastries to customers.

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: Farming Sim 31.1%, Life Sim 26%, Management 18.2%, Building 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly combines farming, cooking, and tavern management in a charming pixel-art world.

Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.

Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Idler 16.9%, Economy 13.2%, Management 11.9%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the unique desktop-overlay idle aesthetic that makes the seed game so convenient for multitasking.

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

Why similar: Cooking 27.6%, Life Sim 22.5%, Building 16.4%, Management 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful restaurant management game that emphasizes ingredient sourcing and cozy world exploration.

A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

Why similar: Cooking 40%, Economy 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Casual 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features extensive restaurant management mechanics alongside charming character interactions and pixel-art visuals.

Boba Tea shop simulator. Manage recipe, stock and customer satisfaction.

Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Shop Keeper 22.3% ★, Idler 21.4%, Management 14.4%, Relaxing 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the idle shop management loop with cute aesthetics and automation.

Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.3% ★, Life Sim 18.8%, Management 13.8%, Character Customization 12.4%, Relaxing 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines creature care with cafe management, mirroring the animal-focused theme of the seed game.

Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!

Why similar: Life Sim 23.3%, Economy 21.8%, Relaxing 12.9%, Cute 10.7%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy shop-keeping game that allows for deep creative customization and customer interaction.

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Why similar: Farming Sim 33.6%, Management 28.9%, Relaxing 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly addictive restaurant management loop paired with resource gathering and exploration.

A cozy management sim where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are cooler than the evening breeze, and the lake reflects your perfect escape.

Why similar: Idler 18.7%, Farming Sim 14.3%, Building 12.7%, Life Sim 12.6%, Economy 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, pixel-art resource management game with a relaxing atmosphere.

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 26.1% ★, Farming Sim 15.2%, Economy 12.1%, Life Sim 9.7%, Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the rewarding process of building, stocking, and managing your own shop.

Open your own café and create a place brimming with aroma and flavor. Serve coffee, pastries, and desserts, expand your bar, decorate the interior, and serve your guests in a way that keeps them coming back for more!

Why similar: Cooking 22.7%, Farming Sim 16.9%, Life Sim 14.6%, Economy 10.7%, Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more grounded and realistic approach to managing a coffee shop.

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: Farming Sim 29.2%, Management 22.2%, Life Sim 21.8%, Relaxing 12.5%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying shop-keeping experience centered on crafting and managing customer requests.

Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.

Why similar: Economy 33.2%, Life Sim 22%, Management 15.5%, Relaxing 8.1%, Cute 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game where you build and run a bed-and-breakfast for animal guests.

A decoration-focused café game where you bake and brew... TO THE BEAT!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.1% ★, Cooking 25.9%, Life Sim 13.3%, Relaxing 5.6%, Cute 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A wholesome cafe management game that incorporates light rhythm elements for a relaxing experience.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Relaxing 34.9%, Pixel Graphics 26.1%, Simulation 15.2%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Casual 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the cozy, relaxing atmosphere of a cafe with a focus on customer stories and drink preparation.

Serve up food, drinks, and smiles in this retro cafe management sim!

Why similar: Life Sim 28.1%, Cooking 27%, Building 13.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A Kairosoft management sim that offers deep shop-keeping mechanics and sandbox-style growth.

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

Why similar: Cooking 38.1%, Management 27.7%, Building 24.8%, Cute 7%, Casual 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A restaurant management game that introduces complex automation mechanics to help streamline your kitchen.

Relax in Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, an idle game where you join Bao Bao, a charming panda, in creating the coziest laundromat. Purchase colorful washing machines, add delightful decorations, and hire panda helpers. Watch your cozy laundromat bustle with life, even when you’re not around!

Why similar: Idler 23.3%, Automation 18.8%, Economy 12.9%, Building 11.4%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, cozy, and relaxing idle management game with a unique theme.

Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.

Why similar: Farming Sim 39.4%, Idler 38.2%, Cute 6.7%, 2D 4.4%, Simulation 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: An idle-focused gardening game that provides a relaxing sandbox experience for your desktop.

Tiny Vending Machines is an idle pixel art game that runs at the bottom of your screen. Buy and upgrade vending machines, stock them with drinks, snacks, and more, and keep customers happy. Automate your machines at higher levels and grow your vending empire while you work or study!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.4% ★, Idler 16.3%, Automation 14.9%, Economy 14.7%, Life Sim 12%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist idle management game that fits perfectly into a busy schedule.

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: Management 35.3%, Shop Keeper 31.6% ★, Cute 19.6%, Simulation 11.4%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic shop-keeping management game that remains a gold standard for the genre.

A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.

Why similar: Utilities 26.9% ★, Idler 16.8%, Farming Sim 15.9%, Building 10.9%, Management 8.4%

You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.

Why similar: Farming Sim 42.2%, Building 29.2%, Relaxing 10.3%, Cute 9.5%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features farming and shop-keeping mechanics with a heavy emphasis on cute animal characters.

The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.

Why similar: Life Sim 23.9%, Farming Sim 22.8%, Building 16.4%, Character Customization 8.9%, Relaxing 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing life-sim that focuses on town building and management in a low-stress environment.

Help the cat fairies to arrange resources, produce and harvest crops, and manage the farm. The more efficiently the farm grows, the richer your pockets become. Show some clicking skills to unwelcome visitors who occasionally appear on the farm.

Why similar: Farming Sim 21.6%, Idler 21.2%, Economy 16.4%, Management 10.6%, Life Sim 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on idle farming and management with a strong emphasis on cute cat aesthetics.

This is an idle-style casual game that appears at the bottom of your screen. In the game, you’ll hire adorable animals to work at the company you’ve founded. You be the boss and make sure they don’t slack off. The earnings can be used to renovate or expand your cozy office.

Why similar: Farming Sim 20.4%, Automation 18.9%, Idler 18.2%, Life Sim 12.3%, Building 7.8%

Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.

Why similar: Farming Sim 24.2%, Idler 19.9%, Automation 14%, Economy 11.9%, Management 8.5%

Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!

Why similar: Farming Sim 24.9%, Idler 23.3%, Building 13.7%, Management 12.8%, Relaxing 6%

A charming and cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your screen, where you'll befriend your very own flock of adorable birds. Serve delicious snacks, discover each bird's unique preferences, and watch your cafe flourish!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.6% ★, Idler 14.5%, Economy 12.6%, Cooking 10.8%, Life Sim 10.3%

Pet Idle is a simulation game where you can take care of various virtual animals! Build and manage your home to be a cozy home for many pets!

Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Dogs 17% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Cooking 12%, Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that centers on pet care and farming elements.

Run a bathhouse visited by animals! Maltese's Fluffy Onsen is a relaxing simulation game that you can enjoy while doing other tasks, as it sits at the bottom of your screen. Place baths with different temperatures and rest areas to help a variety of animal friends unwind.

Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Idler 20.5%, Life Sim 14.7%, Dogs 7.9% ★, Cute 5.8%

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: Management 57%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Simulation 12%, 2D 10%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the thrill of dungeon crawling with the management of a shop during the day.

Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.

Why similar: Farming Sim 18.5%, Automation 18.2%, Idler 18.2%, Economy 11%, Building 9.6%

A creature collection game that sits at the bottom of your screen & fits easily into your routine. Whether you're working, studying, or relaxing, Whimside is always ready to offer you a cozy escape. Capture rare creatures, create new species & decorate your whimsical space!

Why similar: Farming Sim 25%, Automation 24.1%, Management 11.5%, Utilities 8% ★, Idler 6.8%

Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. Progress through days and levels to unlock new items, skills, villagers, and creature visitors.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.9% ★, Cooking 16.7%, Life Sim 14%, Building 12.1%, Management 11%

Collect over 100 stylish little pets on your desktop! They can freely move along the bottom of your screen, or live in the little houses you've carefully decorated for them. Hmm... or perhaps send them on adventures to earn treats?

Why similar: Idler 37.7%, Building 10.4%, Cute 9.4%, Relaxing 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7%

《Fluffy Kitchen Saga》A restaurant simulation game located at the bottom of your computer screen, where both staff and customers are fluffy little animals! They’ll keep you company while you work/study. Let’s run a restaurant full of fluffiness!

Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Automation 21.5%, Idler 20.5%, Management 12.3%, Cute 4.1%

Play as a barista in a cat-inspired coffee shop, where your customers are cats! Brew coffee and various drinks. Wholesome and cozy hand-drawn art, various mini-games and a lot of cats & coffee! Learn to craft complex orders, keep your catstomers happy. 🐱☕

Why similar: Shop Keeper 56% ★, Life Sim 19.1%, Cute 6.8%, Simulation 5.7%, Relaxing 4.9%

A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Farming Sim 22.5%, Idler 20.5%, Life Sim 16.2%, Building 11.8%, Management 10.6%

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: Shop Keeper 40.5% ★, Life Sim 15.9%, Building 9.7%, Management 9.6%, Character Customization 4.8%

Create Your Own Cozy Workspace! Mini Cozy Room : Lo-Fi is a productivity game blending relaxing Lo-Fi music with room decoration. Cute avatars, pets, desktop memos, to-do lists, and a Pomodoro timer help boost your focus. Feeling lonely? Work together with friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Utilities 44.3% ★, Idler 28.2%, Character Customization 14%, Relaxing 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

A warm and cozy desktop cat companion game. Let Miino keep you company while you work or study, focus with Pomodoro, Lo-Fi, to-do lists, and white noise; collect Headgear and decorations, decorate your room, join the Online Study Room, go fishing, and build your own relaxing desktop space.

Why similar: Utilities 41.6% ★, Idler 24.3%, Character Customization 12.2%, Relaxing 6.5%, Cute 5.2%

A cozy idle farming game, watch tiny guys do tasks around the terrace, expand, progress, and decorate your Tiny Terrace.

Why similar: Farming Sim 24.4%, Idler 22.3%, Economy 12.5%, Building 9.5%, Management 9.1%

A tiny active desktop companion you can play at your own pace. Serve cute, picky customers between your daily tasks and enjoy little breaks that brighten your day. ✨ With a built-in Pomodoro mode to help you stay focused while you work, plus stream integration where your chat can place orders!

Why similar: Utilities 32.8% ★, Cooking 20.6%, Idler 20%, Management 10%, Relaxing 5.9%

An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!

Why similar: Building 31.9%, Dogs 15.2% ★, Relaxing 13.8%, Cute 10.4%, Simulation 7.9%

A relaxing and humorous idle god simulator that stays at the bottom of your screen or on a second monitor while you do other things. With physics-based dragging interactions, it feels just like playing with desk toys.

Why similar: Idler 26.4%, Life Sim 14.1%, Automation 12%, Building 10.9%, Management 8.6%

Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!

Why similar: Life Sim 20.2%, Dogs 16.3% ★, Character Customization 16.3%, Building 15.8%, Cute 11.5%

Welcome to Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi! This is a relaxing and enjoyable idle fishing game that can sit at the bottom or any corner of your screen, allowing you to enjoy a leisurely sea fishing time in your busy life.

Why similar: Idler 34.3%, Cooking 21.3%, Management 15.7%, Relaxing 8.1%, Cute 5.8%

Build, design and manage your own café in this detailed cafe management simulator. Hire staff, craft your menu, serve customers and grow your coffee shop business in a lively island city.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.6% ★, Economy 16.7%, Cooking 15.8%, Building 12.8%, Life Sim 12.3%

Build a vending machine empire in this cozy idle sim! Manage staff, decorate locations, and watch your business thrive. Play actively or let it run passively in the background with relaxing music to enjoy while you work or unwind.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.3% ★, Idler 19.8%, Automation 15.2%, Life Sim 14.3%, Management 11.9%

Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!

Why similar: Farming Sim 33.6%, Management 19.4%, Building 17%, Cute 8.2%, Relaxing 7.6%

Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.

Why similar: Cooking 27.1%, Management 18.6%, Building 17.6%, Economy 12.7%, Character Customization 6.5%

Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.6% ★, Idler 17.8%, Economy 17.3%, Management 12.9%, Relaxing 5.4%

Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.

Why similar: Cooking 29.1%, Life Sim 23.7%, Management 20%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Relaxing 7.7%

Chillquarium is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy fish and raise them in real time, then sell them to turn a profit! Customize your aquarium as you progress from a simple starter tank to your dream setup by filling your collection with rare exotic fish and ultra-rare color variants!

Why similar: Idler 35.3%, Economy 31.3%, Relaxing 8.5%, Cute 7.5%, Simulation 4.6%

A cozy crafter with tons of things to create, sell, or just have fun making. Every recipe always makes a bit of CRUFT too, so you should probably clean up after yourself!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.7% ★, Farming Sim 17.5%, Economy 11.7%, Cooking 10.4%, Building 10.1%

Idlequarium is a casual simulation game where you raise adorable little fish to earn coins, purchase decorations, and build a fully customized aquarium.The game sits anywhere on your desktop, letting you interact with your live aquarium during work or study breaks.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.1% ★, Idler 17.2%, Automation 15.4%, Economy 13.7%, Management 9.8%