60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Management, Casual, Life Sim.
Why did the beloved game shops of our childhood fade away? Live through 25 years of gaming history (1985–2010) as a shop owner in this management sim.
Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator
Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.
Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Simulation 24%, Management 21.8%, Retro 14%, 1990's 11%
Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.
Why similar: 1980s 20.9%, Economy 17.8%, Life Sim 15.2%, Simulation 11.6%, Management 9.3%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 39.4% ★, Life Sim 14.7%, Management 11.5%, 1990's 10%, Simulation 8.2%
Gamestonk is the first roguelite shop simulator. Manage the last videogame store in town, keep up with the latest releases, trade smuggled retros, select your modifiers strategically, hire workers, and deal with pesky shoplifters.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.7%, Economy 22.1%, Capitalism 21.8%, Simulation 15.7%, Management 15.5%
From nobody to famous game producer in 3 years: that’s the journey you will live! Experience the trials and tribulations of game development in this life simulation game: live through the process of founding a small team and learning how to work together to develop a successful game.
Why similar: Game Development 28.6% ★, Life Sim 17.7%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 11.2%, Economy 10.4%
Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.3%, Economy 23.3%, Life Sim 18.9%, Simulation 17.7%, Management 15.8%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Game Development 36.8% ★, Economy 14.9%, Capitalism 14.2%, Life Sim 11.1%, Management 10.4%
inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy slice-of-life game about running a small-town convenience store, inspired by early 1990s Japan. Meet regulars, stock shelves, and watch quiet, everyday moments turn into meaningful stories.
Why similar: 1990's 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Life Sim 20.4%, Retro 16%, Simulation 15.3%
Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!
Why similar: Simulation 26.9%, Life Sim 19.9%, 1990's 17.3%, Management 14.1%, Retro 11%
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: Life Sim 36%, Simulation 24.4%, Management 17.5%, Capitalism 15.7%, 2D 3.3%
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: Economy 24.7%, Capitalism 20.8%, Life Sim 19.2%, Simulation 18.5%, Management 16%
Gamer Stop Simulator is a simulation game where you manage a video game store. Buy games and consoles from customers, repair broken devices, test games, and add rare items to your collection. Negotiate prices, expand your store, and grow your business in this exciting retail experience!
Why similar: Life Sim 28.5%, Simulation 21.7%, Economy 19.1%, Capitalism 16.9%, Retro 8.3%
Gamer Shop Simulator - business simulation game where you own a store with goods for gamers. Here you will learn everything about the operation, development of your own store.
Why similar: Simulation 49.7%, Economy 17%, Life Sim 16%, Management 12.1%, Indie 5.2%
Run a General Store in the Wild West. Customize and expand your shop. Make sure that your customers’ constantly changing needs are satisfied. Work every job yourself or let your employees stack the shelves and work the till. Find out what it feels like to own a Wild West Supermarket.
Why similar: Economy 21.4%, Capitalism 19.5%, Life Sim 16.3%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 14.7%
Live the ultimate pawn shop experience in this funny retro style tycoon game!
Why similar: Capitalism 25.2%, Economy 22.6%, Management 17.2%, Retro 16.2%, Simulation 13.9%
Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.4%, Management 19.2%, Simulation 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, 1990's 11.5%
In that unforgettable age, everything looks like childhood. This game bring you back to your childhood. This is a business game with hand-painted style, familiar old streets, primary school gate down to earth and various things that bring you back to carefree days of your childhood.
Why similar: Simulation 64.1%, Retro 24.8%, Indie 6.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
Run your very own thrift shop in this laid-back management sim! Sort through boxes to find hidden treasures and arrange nostalgic displays of clothes, antiques, toys & more. Befriend the regulars, help with their requests and expand your store into a hub for the local community!
Why similar: Life Sim 50.7%, Simulation 39.1%, 2D 4.8%, Story Rich 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
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 39.5%, Simulation 36.7%, Economy 19%, Indie 2.4%, 2D 1.6%
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.7%, Economy 19.3%, 1980s 16.1%, Capitalism 15.5%, Simulation 11.8%
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Life Sim 34.6%, Simulation 32.7%, Management 31.7%, Singleplayer 1%
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: Capitalism 23.1%, Management 21.9%, Economy 20.6%, Simulation 20.3%, Retro 9.1%
In a world where electric cars reign supreme, you are now the owner of an old gas station out in the wilderness. Establish trade, develop your business and uncover the secret of this strange place in the compact gas station simulator.
Why similar: Management 44.2%, Simulation 39.4%, 2D 7.8%, Story Rich 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
Why similar: Economy 25.8%, Life Sim 22.9%, Simulation 20.7%, Management 17.5%, 1990's 12.8%
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: Simulation 26.1%, Economy 24.1%, Management 20.5%, Capitalism 16.4%, Life Sim 12%
In Shop manager: video game tycoon your uncle entrusts you his video game shop. Your goal is to make it profitable so that one day you can inherit your business.
Why similar: Simulation 56.2%, Management 37.7%, Indie 6.1%
Ad Agency Tycoon is an Advertising Agency simulator set in the 60's. Choose the perfect combination for your propagandas, develop your company and conquer the golden age of publicity! Your advertising will come to life and face the tough market and the most feared of all: the public.
Why similar: 1980s 20.5%, Economy 18.5%, Capitalism 16.8%, 1990's 13.7%, Simulation 13.6%
Run your own tabletop game shop! Stock shelves, glue & paint minis, battle customers on game night, and grow your store into the ultimate nerd paradise.
Why similar: Capitalism 27.9%, Life Sim 26.7%, Simulation 24.7%, Management 20.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
This is a business simulation + construction game. It tells the evolution history of Internet cafes that began in the 1990s, and imagines the future of internet cafes. There are also some small emotional stories.
Why similar: Economy 35.9%, Simulation 24.5%, Management 23.4%, Emotional 9.6%, Story Rich 3.6%
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Capitalism 22.7%, Economy 22.1%, 1980s 20.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 14.3%
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Why similar: Life Sim 41.2%, Management 27.9%, Simulation 25.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.5%, Simulation 29.8%, 1990's 14%, Retro 10.2%, 2D Platformer 6.1%
Gamer Stop Simulator is a simulation game where you manage a video game store. Buy games and consoles from customers, repair broken devices, test games, and add rare items to your collection. Negotiate prices, expand your store, and grow your business in this exciting retail experience!
Why similar: Life Sim 30.8%, Economy 24.1%, Capitalism 22.3%, Simulation 21.6%, Indie 1.2%
“Game Company Simulator：back to 2000” is a game development company to establish a management game. Employ employees, balance pressure and output, develop new game types, produce highly praised games, release and earn revenue, gain game fans, and continuously sell the game to the global market.
Why similar: Simulation 56.4%, Management 35.1%, 2D 5.8%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Open your own electronics store and grow it from a small shop into a modern technology hub. Manage deliveries, prices, and store equipment, take care of customers, expand the product range, and become a master in the world of electronics retail!
Why similar: Simulation 32.5%, Capitalism 21.6%, Life Sim 17.9%, Management 15.1%, Economy 11.4%
Enter the world of shopkeepers trading in reclaimed goods! Bid for the best items at auction, prepare and clean the bought items, and then sell them in your shop. Test your skills and watch your business grow!
Why similar: Simulation 34.5%, Life Sim 33%, Economy 17.2%, Management 14.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Open your own blind box store in the anime city of Akihabara. Stock the shelves with the latest blind boxes, or unbox them to collect rare hidden editions. Create a trendy blind box shop that attracts customers and expands your business.
Why similar: Life Sim 33%, Simulation 30%, Economy 19.1%, Management 17.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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: Capitalism 24%, Economy 23%, Life Sim 21.9%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 13.8%
Run your own love shop in this quirky first-person simulator! Stock 30+ products, set up displays, hire staff, and serve customers to earn tips. Unlock new items through a spin system and grow your fun, chaotic business into the hottest spot in town. 😏
Why similar: Economy 23%, Capitalism 22.3%, Life Sim 21.6%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 15.3%
Manage your very own gaming cafe!
Why similar: Economy 33.7%, Simulation 23.2%, Management 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Story Rich 3.5%
Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.9%, Emotional 22.5%, Management 19.8%, Simulation 14.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
Revive a closed-down gaming café and build it into the ultimate gaming hub! Manage rentals, sell gaming merch, and expand with PCs, consoles, and an in-house café to prepare and sell fresh food. Attract customers with unique gaming sections. Can you turn your dream café into a bustling success?
Why similar: Life Sim 33.9%, Simulation 29.4%, Management 25.5%, Economy 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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: Economy 23.9%, Capitalism 21.2%, Life Sim 20.1%, Simulation 17.3%, Management 16.6%
An in depth game development simulation game
Why similar: Game Development 43.3% ★, 1980s 14.6%, Economy 13.3%, Simulation 11.5%, 1990's 11.1%
Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.
Why similar: Simulation 37.6%, Management 24.7%, Economy 14.8%, Capitalism 11.2%, Story Rich 4.2%
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Why similar: Game Development 38.6% ★, 1980s 14.2%, Life Sim 12.6%, Economy 11.7%, Simulation 11.1%
Build and manage your own grocery store in first person. Run the register, stock inventory, hire employees, and expand your business from a small market into a thriving retail operation.
Why similar: Economy 30.4%, Life Sim 25.4%, Simulation 22.4%, Management 20.2%, Indie 1.1%
RE0: VTuber Life is a VTuber simulation game where you manage the protagonist’s daily life, livestream schedule, friendships, gossip intake, and fan interactions—all leading to multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Life Sim 37.7%, Simulation 29%, Retro 18.3%, Emotional 7.2%, 2D 4.3%
In the Simulator of a game developer, you will be able to understand all the subtleties of this profession, understand how the game industry works and all the difficulties of one developer.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.3%, Economy 25.6%, Simulation 20.6%, Management 20.4%, Indie 2.2%
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: Game Development 44.3% ★, Economy 16.6%, Capitalism 15.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 10.9%
A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!
Why similar: Life Sim 32.2%, Simulation 29.4%, Economy 12.6%, Retro 12%, Management 10.2%
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: Simulation 34.6%, Historical 21.1%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Economy 11.4%, Management 10.9%
A simulation game where we run a pawn shop. Take the first steps to open a thrift shop in Detroit and discover the experience of running a real thrift shop. Find, restore, and sell amazing items and build your own shop kingdom!
Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, Life Sim 32.5%, Capitalism 20.3%, Management 10.4%, Indie 1.1%
FINAL PROFIT is a story driven shop-sim RPG. Gather products and find customers. Spend your hard-earned profits on upgrades and investments. Make far-reaching choices as you expand your business. And explore a world full of secrets on your quest to defeat capitalism by becoming the best at it!
Why similar: Capitalism 25.7%, Life Sim 24.5%, Economy 17.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 13.2%
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: Economy 35.4%, Life Sim 27%, Simulation 20.9%, Management 16.8%
This is a plot exploration game set in the 1990s. In the game, you will go back to the age of 15, make up for those regrets and mistakes, rewrite our story and destiny, and explore different life and destination!
Why similar: 1990's 37.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, 2D 10.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
Buy and sell art, manage employees, and grow your shop in this immersive simulator set in Europe. Curate a unique collection, attract customers, and become the premier art dealer. Transform your humble gallery into a thriving art empire!
Why similar: Economy 23.5%, Life Sim 23.4%, Capitalism 20.3%, Simulation 16.2%, Management 15.8%
Open your local game store early with the Prologue version, which includes main gameplay of the full version, but with limited progression. Stock shelves with booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, sell cards to customer.
Why similar: Economy 22.8%, Simulation 22.7%, Management 18.6%, Capitalism 18.3%, Life Sim 16.8%
Skatehouse is a small shop simulator where you manage a skate shop. Manufacture pieces, combine parts, and sell boards.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.5%, Economy 18.8%, Life Sim 16.2%, Management 15.1%, 1990's 15%
Movies Tycoon is a simulation game where you dive into the world of film-making. Start with a humble studio, scout and manage top talent, customize unique characters, and direct blockbuster films.
Why similar: Economy 20.7%, Capitalism 20.3%, 1980s 15.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 14.2%
