Games Like Tavernier

A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Choices Matter 24.2%, Simulation 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-focused experience that perfectly mirrors the shopkeeper-as-confidant dynamic found in Tavernier.

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choices Matter 25.1%, Simulation 15%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the visual novel aspect of running a fantasy tavern, focusing on the stories of the adventurers who visit your establishment.

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Choices Matter 31.3%, Simulation 24.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive bartending narrative game, focusing on listening to patron stories and influencing their lives through the drinks you serve.

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: Visual Novel 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Simulation 16%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same intimate, dialogue-heavy atmosphere of a shopkeeper listening to the personal struggles of a diverse cast of characters.

Award Winner: PAX 10 2019 | Winner, Momocon 2018 Indie Games Awards | "A fascinating reverse-RPG" - PC Gamer | "A cross between The Sims and a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons" - Geek & Sundry

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Simulation 16.1%, RPG 16%, Strategy 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the management of a tavern while integrating RPG elements and narrative-driven quests for your patrons.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Choices Matter 57.1%, Visual Novel 28%, Indie 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines bartending and social engineering with a deep, philosophical narrative where every choice carries significant weight.

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 18.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: If you enjoyed the 'choices-matter' aspect of Tavernier, this game offers a deep, branching narrative where every decision shapes your character's fate.

You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!

Why similar: Choices Matter 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Simulation 24.1%, RPG 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: It directly tackles the tavern management theme with a strong emphasis on dark humor and story-rich encounters.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 46.5%, Indie 30.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: While the setting is different, it excels at the same core loop of managing a job while making difficult moral choices that impact the world around you.

For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Choices Matter 26.2%, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 19%

Why You'll Like It: This political simulation focuses on managing a town and making choices that have significant narrative consequences.

In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, RPG 18.9%, Simulation 15%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the emotional connection between a shopkeeper and their customers, emphasizing conversation and atmosphere.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44%, RPG 42.2%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends management mechanics with a rich, choice-driven story set in a gritty, atmospheric world.

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Simulation 37.5%, Resource Management 33%, Strategy 22.8%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A solid management simulation that focuses on the growth and customization of your tavern business.

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.8%, RPG 19.6%, Resource Management 19.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game balances resource management with difficult narrative decisions that determine the survival of your kingdom and family.

Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?

Why similar: Resource Management 22.7%, RPG 22.6%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 17.5%

Why You'll Like It: A lore-rich management game that rewards careful investigation and decision-making within a mysterious setting.

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: RPG 40.5%, Resource Management 31.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a more traditional tavern management experience with added RPG and life-simulation elements.

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Simulation 24.6%, Strategy 23.9%, RPG 23.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the tavern management genre with a focus on building and simulation.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Choices Matter 51.5%, Simulation 48.5%

Why You'll Like It: You manage a shop while uncovering a dark, occult mystery, mirroring the investigative feel of Tavernier.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Resource Management 23.5%, RPG 20.7%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, management-heavy narrative game where you must balance resources while uncovering forbidden secrets.

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 20.4%, Resource Management 16.2%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: This survival management game features heavy narrative choices and character interactions that feel similar to the RPG elements in Tavernier.

This is a cozy strategy management game where you manage an inn placed cleverly at the mouth of a dungeon. Juggle visits and business from 2 rivaling guilds, maximize profits, but keep your double-dealing a secret! Keep everyone happy and watch your inn thrive!

Why similar: Resource Management 38.3%, Simulation 32.6%, Strategy 29.1%

Why You'll Like It: A management game with a unique narrative twist that forces you to balance competing interests in a fantasy world.

Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.

Why similar: Simulation 46.5%, Strategy 39.2%, Indie 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused simulation that captures the chaotic nature of running a fantasy tavern.

Be the tax collector of a shady city hall in this narrative-driven resource management game. Talk to debtors, manage a team, make difficult choices, and challenge the city's moral decay. It's their money, but it's your job.

Why similar: Resource Management 26.9%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 20%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features satirical narrative elements mixed with management tasks, similar to the quirky tone of Tavernier.

There is a story behind every goal. You're Rocco Galliano, the existentially troubled manager of a struggling football team. Train players, choose your own narrative, survive the drama, and play turn-based football matches via tactical cards and hard choices.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Strategy 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven management game where your choices off the field are just as important as the strategy on it.

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Choices Matter 20%, RPG 18.5%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes narrative management game where your political decisions have far-reaching consequences for the world.

As a fantasy world innkeeper, face the problems of a prematurely retired hero!

Why similar: RPG 45.3%, Simulation 37.7%, Indie 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: A time-management game that integrates story-driven chapters about running a tavern.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: RPG 53.6%, Simulation 46.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines shop management with community interaction and narrative-driven quests in a fantasy setting.

Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.

Why similar: Simulation 51.2%, RPG 48.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a saloon with a strong emphasis on the social dynamics of the town.

Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

Why similar: Resource Management 36.7%, RPG 34.8%, Simulation 28.5%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage an entire town that caters to heroes, blending management with RPG world-building.

Welcome Tavernkeep! In this D&D-inspired visual novel you will run a cozy seaside tavern, meet adventurers, gather rumours and mix fate-altering drinks to stop dreams from twisting into nightmares.

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 37%, Simulation 23.2%

You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

Why similar: Choices Matter 16.6%, RPG 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%

Build and run your own medieval tavern. Cook meals, brew drinks, design every room, hire and manage staff, serve unique guests, handle fights and chaos, and grow from a humble innkeeper into a tavern legend. This game has a Twitch Integration!

Why similar: Simulation 59.2%, RPG 40.8%

With the death of your aunt you have been left the once famous Moonstone Tavern. Unfortunately the tavern has seen better days. With only two functioning rooms, crumbling architecture, and an ever-diminishing reputation there is plenty of room for improvement.

Why similar: RPG 45%, Simulation 36.7%, Indie 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic fantasy tavern management game that focuses on crafting and RPG-style progression.

Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!

Why similar: Resource Management 54.9%, Simulation 45.1%

Rule a town in this story heavy, visual novel-like fantasy RPG! Interact with townsfolk and foreign leaders, build and expand, and tackle randomized events that affect the town and its people.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Choices Matter 22.1%, RPG 21.9%, Resource Management 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Strategy 31%, Resource Management 29.4%, Simulation 28%, Indie 11.6%

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: Visual Novel 25.7%, Choices Matter 21.8%, RPG 21.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 14.4%

Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.

Why similar: Choices Matter 28.7%, Resource Management 23%, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 10.2%

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: Simulation 26.5%, Resource Management 25%, RPG 20.7%, Choices Matter 19%, Indie 8.7%

Manage your own speakeasy hidden from prying eyes during Prohibition. Experiment with recipes, perfect the quality of your spirits, and transform your bar into an elegant, unique venue. Combine craftsmanship, optimization, and decoration to offer your guests an unforgettable experience.

Why similar: Simulation 35.8%, Strategy 34.3%, Resource Management 29.9%

Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Choices Matter 23.2%, RPG 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Simulation 12.4%

In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.

Why similar: Simulation 42.5%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 16.8%

Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, RPG 20.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%

Mix amazing cocktails while you climb the ranks as a bartender and unlock diverse bartending venues in this narrative-driven bartender simulator.

Why similar: RPG 29.3%, Simulation 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Indie 7.7%

Once upon a time, in a realm of danger and intrigue, you find yourself entrusted with the management of a quaint medieval tavern. This captivating idle game weaves a tale of daring quests, legendary heroes, and a thriving tavern that serves as the heart of a bustling community.

Why similar: Strategy 59.4%, Resource Management 40.6%

As the manager of Dusk Pub, you have to put in a lot of efforts to run your own worn-down bar and expand your business to other parts of the land Brendt. Meet a variety of cute girls and recruit them as servers, helping them develop their business talent and know them inside out.

Why similar: Simulation 42.9%, Visual Novel 34.2%, RPG 16.6%, Indie 6.4%

Take charge of your bar in Barman Simulator! Serve cocktails, manage inventory, and deal with thieves. Hire staff, decorate your establishment to your liking, and attract crowds with exciting activities. Make your bar the hottest spot in town!

Why similar: Simulation 46.4%, Resource Management 41.5%, Indie 12%

Cahors Sunset is a light-RPG in which you control the decisions of an old French man. Your goal is try to keep the main character alive for as long as you can through the decisions you make each month. Every action have wanted and unwanted effects on your character's health.

Why similar: Simulation 48.1%, RPG 37.1%, Indie 14.9%

New Leaf Traveler and Youth's Memories "is a short story RPG that involves playing the role of a young owner of a forest tavern and trying to run your own business to repay your debts. Meeting various guests and understanding their stories...

Why similar: RPG 53.4%, Simulation 46.6%

Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?

Why similar: RPG 56%, Strategy 28%, Indie 16%

"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 52.4%, Visual Novel 47.6%

Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.

Why similar: RPG 49.3%, Resource Management 30.4%, Indie 20.3%

As famous bartender working in godforsaken town, you need to save locals from the mighty explosion!

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Transform an old farmhouse in a seaside village into a luxurious inn! Meet interesting guests, unlock delicious dishes, discover new areas and hidden treasures, configure rooms and amenities, uncover secrets, and rejuvenate the struggling village in this inn-management game!

Why similar: Choices Matter 44.2%, Simulation 42.4%, Indie 13.3%

Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.

Why similar: Simulation 34.9%, RPG 28.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Resource Management 7.1%

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Why similar: RPG 38.6%, Choices Matter 32.9%, Visual Novel 28.5%

Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Why similar: Choices Matter 36.2%, Simulation 23.2%, Visual Novel 22.5%, RPG 18.1%

Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 14.7%, Simulation 11.8%

Experience working in retail with hardly any similarities to actually working in retail! Manage your time wisely to keep the shelves stocked, control the complaints of colorful and cranky customers, and be wary of the watchful eye of your manager to avoid being fired... or worse.

Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Resource Management 18.9%, RPG 14%, Indie 5.6%

Reclaim glory in Magic Inn, a charming tavern life simulator. Take on the role of an exiled wizard-turned-innkeeper, overseeing everything from menus, rooms, guests, and staff in a fully magical customizable inn. Engage in card battles to spark conversations and foster relationships with guests.

Why similar: Strategy 48%, Simulation 40.6%, Indie 11.4%