
Paperback is a short horror game that takes place in a public library at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity where you take on the role of the newly hired novice librarian, Max.
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Paperback is a short horror game that takes place in a public library at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity where you take on the role of the newly hired novice librarian, Max.

Corner Shop: NightShift
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.

The Last Lodge
The Last Lodge is a medieval psychological horror game where you work as an innkeeper. Listen closely to your patrons' stories, prepare their orders, and ultimately, choose which traveller has visited their very last lodge.
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.3% ★, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Horror 9.2%, Realistic 7.2%, Dark 6.4%
The Last Lodge is a medieval psychological horror game where you work as an innkeeper. Listen closely to your patrons' stories, prepare their orders, and ultimately, choose which traveller has visited their very last lodge.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.1% ★, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Horror 7.8%, Simulation 6.9%, First-Person 5.5%
Run a night-shift bakery inside a quarantine zone. Every customer looks human at first. Check their symptoms, fill the report, and make the call — bread, medicine, or the knife. Keep your supplies stocked and beware what waits outside the glass.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.5% ★, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Choices Matter 8%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Supernatural 13.8%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Realistic 8.6%
You're a new employee at the “Bezdna” pickup point. Work carefully and quickly. Don't keep the customer waiting! And God forbid the mimic creature eats them. WTF? LOL?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, Supernatural 8.5%, First-Person 6.2%
Dark fantasy shop sim in ancient Kyoto. 4 chapters, 28 turns. On the city's bleak fringes, a disgraced Onmyoji trades cursed goods. Avoid bankruptcy and madness—survive tough resource management. No customer returns. Your sister's secret. Can you withstand the truth? Reach the True End.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.2% ★, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Dark 10.5%
A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.7% ★, Horror 18.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
Work the night shift in an underground sorting facility. Weigh packages, compare their contents, and meet your quota by 6 AM. But beware, some packages hide dark secrets. Identify bad batches, earn cash, and survive the night in this tense PSX-style horror job simulator.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.7% ★, Horror 12.3%, Supernatural 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 9%
Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.9%, Horror 15.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Realistic 12.1%, Dark 11.4%
Order up! DONUT PANIC is an anomaly horror game with a cooking sim twist. Take customer orders. Prepare and serve up delicious donuts. But when the hallucinations appear, run for your life. Your panic room is there for a reason...
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.1% ★, Horror 15.8%, Simulation 12%, Dark 9.3%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.7%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Dark 9.5%
A first-person psychological horror game inspired by The Hat Man urban legend, focusing on sleep paralysis, fear, and the terror of being unable to move.
Why similar: Horror 18%, Supernatural 14.8%, Realistic 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 8.9%
You don't ask where the evidence comes from. You just decide what disappears. Inspect packages, destroy bloody materials with machines, or return clean ones. A dark management game in a corrupt pharmaceutical giant's basement, until the wrong package makes you question everything.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.4%, Physics 15.7%, Realistic 8.7%, Mystery 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Checkout Midnight is a supermarket night-shift simulator with horror elements. A simple job - scanning groceries in a half-empty supermarket - gradually turns into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.7% ★, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11%, Supernatural 9.3%, Simulation 8.5%
Apartment 22 is a bite-sized horror game about being trapped in a loop. You look out for clues left by the previous resident or possibly by you to escape the apartment.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.6%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 9.4%, Simulation 9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Explore a terrifyingly realistic "5th dimension" through the eyes of a VHS camcorder and unearth dark secrets along the way.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.2%, Physics 19.5%, Horror 11.1%, Simulation 10.7%, First-Person 8.2%
Goo Deer is a dark first-person gas station management game set in a foggy world addicted to the strange drink Goo Deer. Craft and sell new flavors, manage inventory, hire employees, and hunt deer in the misty forest for ingredients while something dangerous stalks the fog.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.7% ★, Physics 11%, Horror 10.9%, Supernatural 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
A life sim where you grind late-night jobs to pay off debt. Manage hunger and fatigue as you work. Want a shot at turning your life around? Scratch and pray!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.9% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Physics 8.4%, Realistic 7.9%
Build your hardware empire from scratch! Experience real business with product sourcing, dynamic pricing, online orders, and delivery management. Boost your popularity, expand your store, and become the country's most successful hardware merchant!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.4% ★, Immersive Sim 16%, Simulation 16%, Realistic 9%, First-Person 6.2%
You are a random person trapped in an empty concrete room under the watchful eye of a camera. The only way out is to risk pressing the forbidden button, after which more buttons appear. Each press brings you closer to the exit or to your demise.
Why similar: Horror 14.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Puzzle 10.9%
Clean, restore, and manage hotel rooms under pressure. Remove messes, satisfy guests, and keep ratings high in Hotel Cleaner Simulator.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43% ★, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Simulation 17.2%, Physics 8.6%, First-Person 6.3%
House of Lost Souls is a story-driven horror game about Jack, who returns to his old family home in search of answers. Explore distorted memories, uncover dark secrets, and learn the truth about the tragedy that changed his life forever.
Why similar: Horror 12.4%, Supernatural 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11%, Dark 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%
Take control of a motel in Winston Springs! Design unique interiors, care for guests, earn and invest in a hotel network. Plan room layouts and furnishings, and hire staff. Transform outdated spaces into luxurious apartments with attention to every detail. Will you create the hotel of your dreams?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.3% ★, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Realistic 11.8%, First-Person 4.1%
Manage your own grocery store. In this simulator, you have the opportunity to run your own business in challenging times of the past. Order products, decorate the interior, serve impatient customers, fight off thieves, build your reputation, and survive unpredictable events.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 50% ★, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Realistic 7.3%, First-Person 5.9%
Vow is a mystical game about a cursed village frozen between sunset and night. Explore abandoned houses, read birch bark letters, and observe ancient rituals to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of its inhabitants — and your own fate.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.4%, Supernatural 14.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Realistic 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%
Become the Ocean’s Ultimate Dive Master
Why similar: Shop Keeper 62.8% ★, Simulation 20.6%, Choices Matter 7%, 3D 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
When an alcoholic opens a liquor store… what could go wrong? Run, manage, and grow your own liquor empire in a dynamic market where prices change daily, trends shift overnight, and your reputation lives or dies on social media. This isn’t just another shop simulator. Welcome to OnlyBooze.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.6% ★, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Simulation 14.7%, Realistic 7.8%, First-Person 6.1%
Coney's is a 1 or 2 player online co-op game in which you work at an ice cream parlor that specializes in cones! Bake cones! Scoop ice cream! Serve with a smile! And at the end of your shift, don’t forget to clean up the store before you head home! Nothing bad will happen 🍦
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.8% ★, Horror 15.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Supernatural 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore your childhood home, solve symbolic puzzles, and uncover a family curse that slowly takes control of your actions.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 15.2%, Supernatural 11.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 10.8%
Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?
Why similar: Supernatural 20.2%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Dark 11.1%, Realistic 9.4%
A retrieved obscure software from the late 90's that supposedly "renders anomalies in signals’ frequency spectra as 3D simulations".
Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 15.1%, Simulation 14.6%, Supernatural 14.3%, Mystery 13.2%
A typical shawarma stand. But the game notices where you're looking... and what you're ignoring. Endless shifts, a physics simulator, and a horror that only happens when you're not prepared.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.4% ★, Supernatural 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Physics 11.6%, Horror 10.4%
In a postwar world where even memories can be used as collateral, you become the owner of a small pawnshop. Speak with customers, judge the value of their memories and belongings, and over 30 days of running the shop, uncover forgotten truths and the story of the protagonist.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 66.5% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 5.1%, Indie 1.6%
Survive the 10-day pre-relocation phase as the sole night shift custodian at a rural PT. Degung branch. Maintain the facility, follow protocol, and endure 2000s-style PS1 retro horror. You are not a hero; you are an employee. Whatever you do, do not acknowledge the disturbances.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18%, Horror 16%, Supernatural 14.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
Build, manage, and design your own casino empire from the ground up. Turn the city's junk into profit in this detailed management simulation, rising from rags to riches. Set up Blackjack tables and slots, hire staff, and furnish your venue with luxurious decor to become the ultimate boss.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 63.1% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Realistic 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%, 3D 5.4%
Trapped in an infinite shift, you are the sole clerk of purgatory’s only convenience store. Manage stock, pay your taxes and keep nightmarish creatures at bay as you uncover the secret of why your shift never ends. Clock in. Serve the dead. Survive the shift.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.7% ★, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Simulation 7.3%, First-Person 6.5%
The Host's deadly games is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a mysterious house, uncover its dark past, and solve puzzles to survive.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.5%, Horror 20%, Mystery 11.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Dark 10%
Run a co-op night shift at a roadside gas station. Fuel cars, run the register, repair vehicles, stop thieves, and investigate suspicious customers before the night gets out of control.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.1% ★, Simulation 15%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Realistic 7%, First-Person 5.5%
Run a cozy bar with friends by day. Serve strange customers and survive the horror by night.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.8% ★, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Physics 10.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Horror 6.2%
Work in a gloomy little supermarket during the pandemic. Do your job and keep the boss satisfied. Or maybe you would rather flip burgers in a small kiosk run by your grandpa? But perhaps you just want to take the bus home, one that is packed with anomalies
Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.6% ★, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%, First-Person 7.4%
You're the newest steward of Thoth Observatory, tasked with researching the strange Kerr black hole SJ-1765—the Sejanus Singularity. The data gathered here is invaluable, so maintain the installation and preserve your sanity until your rotation ends in this deteriorating station.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.4%, Simulation 19.7%, Physics 12.1%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%
Forced into a corporate-mandated work program, you must run a noodle shop in a dying cyberpunk city to pay off your crushing debt. Prepare orders fast, manage your ingredients, and upgrade your operation while keeping up with relentless customer drones.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.2% ★, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Simulation 16.6%, Physics 8.6%, Realistic 6.7%
Build and run your own hobby shop in this first-person store management sim. Order stock, fill shelves, set prices, match kits with paints through the Hobby Basket System, and let customers bring their projects to life at Build Tables.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.6% ★, Simulation 16%, Immersive Sim 15%, Realistic 7.7%, First-Person 6.1%
"Can you survive the rush at a K-Ramyeon shop?" Become a part-timer in a Ramyeon Store kitchen. Cook perfect bowls, manage multiple pots, and maximize your earnings to unlock different endings. Move fast—your total revenue determines your fate!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 57.3% ★, Simulation 20.1%, First-Person 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, 3D 5.6%
Brew coffee in wartime Kyiv in this cozy and narrative-heavy coffee brewing simulator. Master tactile coffee brewing technics and become a quiet refuge for people carrying both ordinary worries and painful stories.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 50.4% ★, Immersive Sim 19%, Puzzle 12.1%, Choices Matter 5.3%, Simulation 4.9%
A psychological horror job sim. Complete security maintenance in a sprawling, desolate mall while surviving creeping, unpredictable threats. Manage electrical systems, monitor CCTV cameras, and survive a night shift where you never know what is lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.4%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Simulation 8.5%
Welcome to X Burger! Today is May 28th, World Burger Day. Tomorrow is May 28th. And the day after that. The celebration never ends here. Until the party is over and the 'bill' comes due. Just smile and keep working.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.2% ★, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Horror 11.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Mystery 7.4%
Step behind the counter of your very own sorcery shop. Witch Shop Simulator is a cozy first-person shop management game where you invent and brew custom potions, manage your stock, and keep your shelves full of magical wonders for customers to buy.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 58.9% ★, Physics 15.6%, Simulation 14.2%, First-Person 5.9%, 3D 3.7%
You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.
Why similar: Horror 17%, Dark 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%, First-Person 10%
Your new duty is to inspect properties before move-in. It does not matter what waits inside — all responsibility will rest on your shoulders alone. Do the job well, and there is a good chance this inspection will not be your last...
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Puzzle 8.4%
You thought moving to a peaceful Japanese village and starting a new life was a good idea, well was it? Inspired by eerie real life events and Japanese folklore, this immersive first person horror will have you explore Nichishima but you will soon realize that every shadow might hide your fate.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.2%, Horror 18.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
An ancient cult lurks in an old apartment; a mother sacrifices her daughter. A decade later, her son enters the Netherworld to save his family from a deity’s torment, evading spirits to reach "Penglai Island" and destroy the Soul-Refining Furnace. Uncanny Abode blends 1990s Taiwan with cult horror.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Supernatural 17.6%, Realistic 15.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Puzzle 11.7%
Search the world for hidden treasures with untapped potential. Haggle, restore, or even forge items to turn a profit. Upgrade your skills, expand your shop, hire employees, and rise to become a master treasure hunter. Survive amid the escalating conflict between the government and rebel forces.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.4% ★, Immersive Sim 20.9%, Simulation 13.4%, First-Person 5%, Realistic 4.6%
Story-driven Mystery Horror / Comedic Takeaway Simulator. Deep-fry pizzas and live the Scottish dream. Voice-acted in Scottish Gaelic; subtitles in English or Gaelic.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.9% ★, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, First-Person 5.8%, Simulation 5.4%
Play as a paranormal investigator and explore dark, atmospheric locations where lost spirits still lurk in the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Mystery 16%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, First-Person 12.4%
Soramimi-Inspired Walking Horror GameDecipher the voices. Your survival depends on your ability to listen.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Mystery 15.2%, Realistic 14.9%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Simulation 12.5%
Shop simulator. Open your own shop in a picturesque beach resort, earn money, and get rich. Run multiple shops, hire employees, and do business!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 62.1% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Realistic 10.9%, First-Person 7.8%, 3D 5.3%
Manage your own shop, buy and sell products, negotiate with customers, and grow your business by balancing risk, trust, and profit. At the same time, uncover the truth behind your father's disappearance.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.4% ★, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Simulation 13%, First-Person 5%, Indie 2.4%
Night shifts at a cursed 24/7 diner. Every night — new rules and unsettling events. Fulfill orders, don't annoy the bizarre monster in the mascot's body, and maybe you'll have a chance to survive until dawn.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.2% ★, Horror 12.5%, Supernatural 9.7%, Mystery 8.2%, Simulation 6.8%
Congratulations! You have been selected as this year's officer for the SICRED SYSTEMS Game Weeks. Your assignment is to buy, sell, and fix second-hand consoles while managing your shop. Serve customers. Uncover secrets. Complete your duties. We look forward to your outstanding service.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.7% ★, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Mystery 10%, Supernatural 7.6%, Simulation 7%