
The Swallow is open again on the Melancholy Shores. Keep the shift alive, pour under pressure, and answer for every yes, no, and glass. Regulars don't need saving - they need a bartender who stays, and a drink that tells the truth.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Life Sim, Simulation, Time Management, Management.

The Swallow is open again on the Melancholy Shores. Keep the shift alive, pour under pressure, and answer for every yes, no, and glass. Regulars don't need saving - they need a bartender who stays, and a drink that tells the truth.

Next Star
You're an idol trainee in a 100-day survival show, fighting for the coveted center spot! Manage your schedule, master 15 minigames to hone your skills, and survive five brutal eliminations. Will you debut as a star, or will you find a different path... with someone special?

Zœufs Story Academie
Raise a Zanmi egg at the "Academie des Zœufs". Care for it, choose its activities and training, and build relationships with the other students to shape its growth in this character-raising simulation. What kind of Zanmi will you raise?
You're an idol trainee in a 100-day survival show, fighting for the coveted center spot! Manage your schedule, master 15 minigames to hone your skills, and survive five brutal eliminations. Will you debut as a star, or will you find a different path... with someone special?
Why similar: Life Sim 21.8%, Time Management 16.6%, Management 15.8%, Wholesome 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Raise a Zanmi egg at the "Academie des Zœufs". Care for it, choose its activities and training, and build relationships with the other students to shape its growth in this character-raising simulation. What kind of Zanmi will you raise?
Why similar: Time Management 23.5%, Life Sim 23.3%, Wholesome 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
ParaCampus 2015 is a multi-ending college sim. You're a freshman in 2015—plan your days, shape your path. Grind for grades, master skills, or dive into clubs, part-time jobs, romance, and campus exploration. Endless side stories await.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.6%, Time Management 19.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
Build your fake tech empire on lies, buzzwords, and vaporware! Scam investors, deceive customers, and become Silicon Valley’s most infamous fraudster. Forget real innovation HYPE is everything!
Why similar: Time Management 32.2%, Life Sim 28.1%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 12.8%, Choices Matter 6.8%
A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant. Play as the owner, and manage the restaurant, form bonds with characters, and explore the lively town. Uncover the secrets behind the restaurant’s mysterious downfall.
Why similar: Time Management 23.3%, Life Sim 20.9%, Management 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.1%
You are the new postal worker! Serve customers by sending and receiving packages and letters. Check the contents of boxes for prohibited items. Every decision you make has consequences. Decide whose side you're on.
Why similar: Time Management 28.1%, Life Sim 19.5%, Management 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Simulation 7.8%
This is a challenging leisure strategy game. Players have to go to different places to get express delivery, and send them to different destinations to get the corresponding reward. Players need to get the required reward in a limited time.
Why similar: Time Management 39.2%, Life Sim 32.6%, Management 20.1%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
An adorable cooking game where you hop around many worlds, finding new ingredients to whip up new recipes. Get to meet a variety of customers of all races and background as you immerse yourself in the flow and frenzy of running a restaurant.
Why similar: Time Management 34%, Life Sim 26%, Management 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%, Simulation 6.6%
After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?! It's up to you to make this homecoming as sweet as can be in this rom-com visual novel from studio Hooksoft.
Why similar: Time Management 28.1%, Life Sim 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%
GARLAND FOR SALE! A game about a boy who earn his living by selling flower garlands to cars waiting in a traffic light at the intersection. Save enough money and follow his big dream. When the traffic light turns red, your job begins!
Why similar: Time Management 39.6%, Life Sim 25.6%, Management 21.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Stylized 4.3%
My Music Label is a music management and simulation game where you take full control of your label. Discover young talents, manage legendary artists, and shape the evolution of the music industry. Every decision influences careers and the history of music.
Why similar: Time Management 30.4%, Life Sim 27%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 13%, Choices Matter 7.9%
A cooking game with a fantasy twist! Knead the dough, spread the sauce, and prepare… the rat chunks?! Open your own pizzeria deep inside a dungeon, serving weary adventurers who come to rest and refuel between their quests and bounties.
Why similar: Wholesome 26.9%, Time Management 18.8%, Life Sim 18.1%, Management 13.8%, Choices Matter 7%
Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!
Why similar: Time Management 27.9%, Life Sim 19.7%, Management 16.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
I’ll Keep It is a first-person management game about running a neglected Mediterranean getaway. Welcome guests, plan their stays, clean, repair, restock and serve - and somehow turn the place into something worth keeping.
Why similar: Wholesome 26.5%, Life Sim 26.1%, Management 18.3%, Time Management 17%, Simulation 6.6%
Himig is a story of two kids enjoying their day-to-day lives in a peaceful town as they meet new friends, gain experiences to remember, and realize their own paths of life at the peak of youth.
Why similar: Wholesome 36.6%, Life Sim 19%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Simulation 7.7%
Game Director Story is an unflinching and satirical look behind-the-scenes at how big-budget AAA games are made. Based on first-hand accounts by industry veterans, Players experience the emotional roller coaster of guiding a team through the agonizing decisions and compromises needed to ship a game.
Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Management 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Life Sim 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!
Why similar: Time Management 27.5%, Life Sim 22.9%, Management 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
Change the future of Edmond, a desperate guy who failed his life. In this simulation, improve the town of Thésye, earn money, buy a castle, and collect cattails.
Why similar: Time Management 28%, Life Sim 23.7%, Management 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Simulation 7.8%
Manage a scrapyard bot-fighting team on the Lunar Ring World and prove your worth in brutal, high-stakes arena matches. Build machines from scrap, hire a team of engineers and programmers to give you an advantage, and wreck your opponents as you rise the ranks. Wreck - Rebuild - Repeat 'til you win.
Why similar: Time Management 31.2%, Life Sim 30.2%, Management 20.9%, Simulation 10.7%, Choices Matter 3.6%
You started a part-time job as a hotel employee. Get through the day in various ways. Maybe... maybe it's not one day, but night
Why similar: Time Management 27.7%, Life Sim 24.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
After inheriting your grandmother's old shop, you must learn the subtle art of potion-making. Balance the effects of your brew using a variety of ingredients and tools and discover the intricacies that the magic of science has to offer!
Why similar: Time Management 29.5%, Management 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
I'm Tom and I just got a job as a bartender. Now I have to wipe down the same sticky counters where I used to leave my own marks. In this dive, even the rats look like they're hungover. Alright, the boozers won't pour their own drinks - time to get back to work.
Why similar: Time Management 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Take charge of airport operations. Manage aircraft maintenance, ground support, equipment, and taxiway movements, then leave the office to inspect aircraft, investigate damage, clear FOD, respond to emergencies, and keep flights moving safely and on schedule.
Why similar: Time Management 34.8%, Management 23.6%, Life Sim 16.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%
Watch your crabs live their lives and force evolutionary changes by altering the environment in this calm, relaxing life simulator
Why similar: Time Management 34.2%, Life Sim 30%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 13.5%, Choices Matter 7%
Build your own street food business! Cook delicious meals, serve hungry customers, manage ingredients, unlock new recipes, and protect your reputation as you transform a small local food stall into a legendary destination.
Why similar: Life Sim 35.2%, Time Management 18.5%, Simulation 17.9%, Management 17.1%, Choices Matter 10%
Three jobs. One life. Zero savings. A satirical British life sim, spiritual successor to Jones in the Fast Lane. Move your marble token around a city of 16 buildings. Take jobs, study, eat, save, and dodge the weekly Algorithm. See how far you can climb!
Why similar: Time Management 32.2%, Life Sim 27.9%, Management 17.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Choices Matter 4.7%
Adopt and care for your Kukumushi, watching them grow and evolve. Feed, clean and play with your virtual pets!
Why similar: Time Management 33.2%, Life Sim 20.8%, Management 18.7%, Wholesome 14.8%, Simulation 7.9%
Build a profitable nightclub, romance a cast of dangerous women, and navigate desire, loyalty, and betrayal in this adult management sim.
Why similar: Time Management 17.9%, Management 17.3%, Life Sim 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Catching Breaks is a darkly comedic office simulator where fixing problems is easy and dealing with people is not. Repair broken machines while coworkers interrupt you with pointless conversations, fake urgency, and corporate nonsense. Keep the office running long enough to survive another workday.
Why similar: Time Management 40.4%, Life Sim 26.6%, Management 21.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Stylized 3.5%
Choose a little horror to raise then unleash it upon the world.
Why similar: Time Management 24.6%, Life Sim 24.4%, Management 17.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Machine Child is a nurturing simulation by renowned illustrator Ooyari Ashito. Raise a daughter in a charming town and guide her through heartwarming moments. Journey with her on adventures and create unforgettable memories. Choices matter, her future is yours to shape.
Why similar: Life Sim 29.6%, Time Management 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Welcome to Fantasy Friends, a world of magic and fantasy where you're responsible for taking care of fantastic creatures!
Why similar: Time Management 40.5%, Life Sim 29.4%, Management 20.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Reaching For The Star is a modern entertainment industry life simulation where you play as a rising actress. Plan your weekly schedule, improve your skills, audition for new roles, build relationships, and shape your own journey from an unknown newcomer to a legendary star.
Why similar: Time Management 29%, Life Sim 27.2%, Simulation 14%, Management 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
Take charge of your own retail outlet. Stack shelves with products, hire staff, set prices, appease the customers, manage suppliers, expand your space. Grow from a little store into a massive supermarket.
Why similar: Time Management 33.6%, Life Sim 31.4%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 13.9%, Stylized 5.4%
Commander! Manage your shelter with survivors in a abandoned nuclear power plant. Search resources to make different types of boxes, send expeditions, repair work areas, face enemies to defend your facilities, deploy drones and rc cars, prepare for special events and more. All in real-time.
Why similar: Time Management 32%, Life Sim 30%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 12.2%, Choices Matter 5.7%
Quit your job. Build apps from your bedroom. Beat the rivals, dodge the review board, and claw your way from instant-noodle indie to Silicon Valley mogul — one turn, one app, one questionable name at a time.
Why similar: Time Management 38.9%, Life Sim 26.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Management 8.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
Run a cozy izakaya in futuristic Bali. Grill skewers, serve patrons, help wandering spirits, and manage supplies to keep your evening haven alive. Every night tells a new story.
Why similar: Wholesome 30.9%, Life Sim 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
You're an NPC who gives quests to heroes. Play through 7 scenarios in this humorous narrative adventure with management sim gameplay and a real sassy manager. Now get to work!
Why similar: Wholesome 34.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Management 12.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
The ticket queue never stops. Climb 42 floors of MegaCorp, resolve absurd IT tickets against the clock, and decide whether to side with humanity or with Synergy-AI : the AI that's being so very helpful about replacing you.
Why similar: Time Management 31.2%, Management 20.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8%
Manage your own sushi restaurant! Collect and upgrade dishes, personalize your dining room, and use special abilities to serve customers in a dash.
Why similar: Wholesome 31.5%, Time Management 28%, Life Sim 18.3%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 5.3%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: Life Sim 35%, Time Management 18.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Simulation 6%
You’ve been given a chance to go back to 21. Build relationships, explore new paths, and pursue the passion you once buried. Beneath it all lies a deeper truth about the world that contains you. Or perhaps… that you contain.
Why similar: Wholesome 25.3%, Life Sim 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 9%
In academia, every decision matters. In the exam hall, it's not just about catching cheaters, but making the right call. From student relationships to career choices, every step shapes your reputation and future. Write your own academic story and decide what reaching the top is worth.
Why similar: Time Management 31.6%, Life Sim 27.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 11.3%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
No Place in the City is an urban life simulation game where you start with almost nothing. Find work, earn a living, rent a place to stay, take care of yourself, and slowly find your footing in an unfamiliar city.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.7%, Time Management 28.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Heidi's Legacy is a cozy narrative sim where you care for goats, craft mountain goods, and help villagers rebuild their lives. Experience a peaceful pastoral life, inspired by the Heidi novels, celebrating nature, healing, community, and self-discovery.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.7%, Wholesome 17.4%, Management 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
Who will you choose among twelve datable college girls while managing classes, clubs, work, and rest?
Why similar: Time Management 25.7%, Life Sim 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Management 13.4%, Multiple Endings 7%
Take control of a 90s television station in Retro TV Tycoon! Acquire rights to hit sitcoms and cult movies, schedule 24/7 broadcast grids, sign lucrative sponsor contracts, upgrade your newsroom, and expand your antenna transmission network to dominate the airwaves.
Why similar: Time Management 50.4%, Management 27.3%, Simulation 14.8%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Free Agency is the life simulation where the agents gradually become self-aware and try to find meaning in their lives. Meanwhile, you have to keep them too busy to think about it.
Why similar: Life Sim 41.9%, Time Management 29.8%, Management 20%, Simulation 7.8%, Adventure 0.3%
The game doesn't copy real life, it surpasses real life. Player is free to do whatever he wants: play on the stock exchange, get an academic degree, blogger, musician, traveler, boxing champion, create a business, find love, make real friends, or get a job for a five-day week, drink and sleep.
Why similar: Time Management 37.3%, Life Sim 36.4%, Simulation 18%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 1.4%
Run your dream shop in a town full of quirky animal neighbors. Stock 400+ products, hire staff, catch shoplifters, and build a cozy supermarket empire from humble corner store to community heart.
Why similar: Time Management 38%, Life Sim 19.6%, Management 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Simulation 7.6%
Tailor Hotel is a management simulation game where you build and run your very own one-of-a-kind hotel.
Why similar: Time Management 37.1%, Life Sim 32.2%, Simulation 16%, Management 13.7%, Indie 0.6%
An absurd censor simulator in the Committee of Public Happiness. Censor images and texts, wheel and deal, chase the money, solve problems, try not to get caught, spread your wings, and keep your sanity.
Why similar: Time Management 33.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Management 15%, Choices Matter 12%, Simulation 11.9%
Play as an aspiring software developer in a world dominated by soul-sucking corporations. Will you achieve your goals and build a career in the software industry, or will burnout crush you first?
Why similar: Time Management 31.3%, Life Sim 26.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Management 11%, Simulation 7.2%
From movie star to music icon, you run the show in Celebria. Guide your entertainer through landing roles, releasing music, touring the world, climbing global charts, chasing prestigious awards, and running a celebrity brand, all while navigating the pressures of fame.
Why similar: Life Sim 29.5%, Management 24.6%, Simulation 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Time Management 13.4%
Princess Parent is a love letter to classic life simulation games. Enjoy a new parenting simulation where you schedule her time and make her choices until she's 18. Will she become a housewife or a dragon princess?
Why similar: Life Sim 27.7%, Time Management 23.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
Play as a medieval guard who has to interrogate visitors and search them for potential contraband. Allow the visitors into the city, or throw them into the dungeon. The choice is yours. But be careful, any one of the visitors could be disguised as the assassin and try to take the king's life, again.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.3%, Time Management 21%, Management 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Choices Matter 9%
“Be My Star” is a simulation game where you experience life as a K-pop fan during a new album release. Support your favorite group while balancing the protagonist’s everyday life, all wrapped in a cozy aesthetic — while racing against the clock.
Why similar: Time Management 28.2%, Life Sim 18.5%, Simulation 16%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
Master of Balance is a workplace survival game. You play as a junior manager who becomes caught up in a bizarre, otherworldly incident. To survive, you must carefully handle both daily life and work responsibilities while uncovering the truth behind what happened.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.6%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 8.6%