60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Management, Singleplayer, Economy.
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!
Game Store Chronicle
Run a video game store through decades of gaming history. Read demand, stock landmark releases, hire staff, set prices, and grow a tiny 1980s shop into a thriving gaming destination.
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: Simulation 25.3%, Economy 24.9%, Management 21.1%, Retro 14.8%, 1990's 11.8%
Run a video game store through decades of gaming history. Read demand, stock landmark releases, hire staff, set prices, and grow a tiny 1980s shop into a thriving gaming destination.
Why similar: 1980s 16.7%, 1990's 12.5%, Economy 12.2%, Historical 11.9%, Capitalism 9.9%
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 21.7%, Economy 17%, Life Sim 15.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Management 9.2%
What's it like to open a shop in Akihabara? Sourcing, displaying, hiring(Staff & Robots), setting your own prices. From a little shop to a legendary otaku shop filled with rare figures. Conquer Akihabara with your gacha business skills. (and sometimes physical means too)!
Why similar: Economy 23%, Capitalism 21.3%, Simulation 19.7%, Life Sim 18.6%, Management 16%
Build and manage your ultimate retro arcade! Buy classic Arcade Machines, Galaxy Pinball, and Gift Claw games, or invest in Cinema 8D, Go-Karts, and Racing Simulators. Manage the economy, hire staff, and repair your machines to keep the tokens rolling in!
Why similar: Simulation 35%, Life Sim 34.1%, Economy 19.1%, Management 10.9%, Indie 0.9%
Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo. Grow your business by carefully restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones, music players, and other nostalgic devices. Talk to customers, hear their stories, and see how your decisions impact both their lives and your shop.
Why similar: Economy 35.2%, Management 26.1%, Simulation 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Story Rich 2.5%
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: Capitalism 26.5%, Economy 26%, Management 17.9%, Simulation 15.2%, Emotional 9%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 40.3% ★, Life Sim 14.6%, Management 11%, 1990's 10%, Simulation 8.1%
CD Market is a music industry management sim where you build a record label on your own terms, from vinyl to digital. Stay small, or grow into something bigger. Discover artists, shape careers, and survive decades of changing formats, trends, rivals, and crises.
Why similar: Simulation 22.1%, Capitalism 18.9%, 1990's 17.3%, Economy 17%, Management 14.7%
Relive the golden age of old-school video game stores! Sell hit games, deliver orders, trade and collect retros, hire staff, decorate and grow your store to be the best in town! Disclaimer: some game title parodies might crack you up!
Why similar: Capitalism 29.3%, Economy 28.8%, Simulation 20.8%, Management 20.2%, Singleplayer 1%
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 24.4%, Economy 22.6%, Life Sim 19.3%, Simulation 18.1%, Management 15.7%
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 29.8% ★, Life Sim 17.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 10.9%, Capitalism 10%
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 38.1% ★, Economy 14%, Capitalism 13.9%, Life Sim 11.1%, Management 10.2%
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 28.9%, Simulation 21.9%, Economy 18.3%, Capitalism 16.8%, Retro 8.5%
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 26.4%, Life Sim 22.4%, Retro 18%, Simulation 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%
Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!
Why similar: Simulation 26.8%, Life Sim 19.8%, 1990's 17.5%, Management 13.7%, Retro 11.2%
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 20.6%, Capitalism 19.4%, Life Sim 16.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 14.5%
Step into a neon-lit 1980s disco! Under the Disco Lights lets you manage the bar, serve drinks, read customers, and uncover secrets - all in first-person. Featuring stylized visuals, reactive characters, and a fully original 1980s-inspired soundtrack that keeps the night alive.
Why similar: 1980s 25.3%, Life Sim 23%, Simulation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Retro 9.1%
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 36.1%, Simulation 24.5%, Management 17.3%, Capitalism 15.6%, 2D 3.2%
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%, Capitalism 20.9%, Life Sim 19.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Management 16%
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 49.8%, Simulation 39.9%, 2D 4.7%, Story Rich 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Live the ultimate pawn shop experience in this funny retro style tycoon game!
Why similar: Capitalism 25.1%, Economy 21.8%, Management 17.1%, Retro 16.9%, Simulation 14.1%
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 50.2%, Economy 16.4%, Life Sim 16.2%, Management 12%, Indie 5.3%
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 21.5%, Management 18.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, 1990's 11.7%
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 43.7%, Simulation 39.6%, 2D 7.8%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
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 27.4%, Economy 23.5%, Management 20.1%, Capitalism 16.1%, Life Sim 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 34.8%, Simulation 32.9%, Management 31.2%, Singleplayer 1%
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 63.5%, Retro 25.3%, Indie 6.3%, Story Rich 4.9%
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 20.9%, Economy 18.5%, 1980s 16.8%, Capitalism 15.4%, Simulation 11.9%
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 56.6%, Management 37.2%, Indie 6.2%
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 31.3%, Economy 23.3%, Capitalism 22.2%, Simulation 21.9%, Indie 1.3%
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 33.9%, Life Sim 27.2%, Simulation 21.7%, Management 16.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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%, Life Sim 23.1%, Simulation 21%, Management 17.3%, 1990's 13.1%
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 27.5%, Life Sim 26.9%, Simulation 25.1%, Management 20.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 21.4%, Economy 17.7%, Capitalism 16.6%, 1990's 14%, Simulation 13.6%
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 22.9%, Capitalism 22.2%, Life Sim 21.7%, Simulation 16.6%, Management 15.8%
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 42.2%, Management 27.2%, Simulation 24.8%, Story Rich 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 22.6%, Economy 21.3%, 1980s 21.2%, Simulation 15.1%, Management 14%
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 21.8%, Simulation 20.7%, Economy 19.9%, Retro 9.5%
“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 56.8%, Management 34.6%, 2D 5.8%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 39.4%, Simulation 37.1%, Economy 18.5%, Indie 2.5%, 2D 1.6%
Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.3%, Simulation 29.5%, 1990's 14.1%, Retro 10.4%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
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 32.7%, Capitalism 21.4%, Life Sim 18.2%, Management 14.9%, Economy 11.2%
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: Capitalism 22.3%, Economy 22.3%, Life Sim 22.1%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 15.5%
You're the last remaining video rental store. From humble VHS clerk to rental racketeer - run your video store and explore Reshoot Springs, building an underground empire. Expand with upgrades, side hustles, store membership, and more. Whatever it takes to survive - solo or in up to 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Simulation 32.1%, Life Sim 30.7%, 1990's 20%, Management 17.3%
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%, Life Sim 22.4%, Economy 22.2%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 14%
Manage your very own gaming cafe!
Why similar: Economy 32.7%, Simulation 23.6%, Management 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Story Rich 3.7%
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 22.9%, Management 19.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Story Rich 9.7%
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 32.6%, Simulation 31.1%, Economy 18%, Management 17.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 34.8%, Life Sim 33.5%, Economy 16.5%, Management 14.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 34.1%, Simulation 29.6%, Management 25.2%, Economy 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 37.7%, Management 24.7%, Economy 14.5%, Capitalism 11.2%, Story Rich 4.3%
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 37.5%, Simulation 28.7%, Retro 18.7%, Emotional 7.3%, 2D 4.2%
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: Simulation 34.5%, Historical 21.6%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Economy 10.9%, Management 10.6%
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 30.8%, Economy 24.8%, Simulation 20.9%, Management 20.3%, Indie 2.2%
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 39.7% ★, 1980s 14.5%, Life Sim 12.5%, Economy 11%, Simulation 10.9%
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 46% ★, Economy 15.8%, Capitalism 15%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 10.6%
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 29.4%, Life Sim 26%, Simulation 22.8%, Management 20.1%, Indie 1.1%
A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!
Why similar: Life Sim 32.5%, Simulation 29.5%, Retro 12.4%, Economy 12.1%, Management 10%
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 25.6%, Life Sim 25%, Economy 17.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 13.1%
