- #1 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
97% matchVery Positive88% of 1,830 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Shop Keeper 18.7% ★, Wholesome 13.3%, Farming Sim 13%, Cozy 12.4%, Life Sim 8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the shop-keeper experience, allowing for detailed store layout and inventory management.
- #2 Trash Goblin
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,809 reviews2025
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Why similar: Decorating 19.4% ★, Shop Keeper 18% ★, Wholesome 13.4%, Cozy 12.5%, Life Sim 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy shop-keeper game that emphasizes the relaxing process of cleaning and selling unique items to quirky customers.
- #3 Tiny Bookshop
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,823 reviews2025
Dev: neoludic gamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Shop Keeper 21.1% ★, Cozy 17.8%, Life Sim 12.3%, Collectathon 12%, Decorating 10.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: Offers a relaxing management experience centered on curating a cozy bookshop while interacting with a charming community.
- #4 Moonlighter
95% matchVery Positive81% of 24,610 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Management 41.7%, Fantasy 20%, Exploration 17.9%, Simulation 15.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly blends dungeon exploration with the rewarding loop of managing your own shop during the day.
- #5 Sugardew Island - Your cozy farm shop
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: rokaplay
Windows
In this cozy farming game, you have to run your own farm shop. Take care of your animals and your farm, sell your goods to the cute Forest Folk, upgrade the island and fulfill small orders from the Harmony Tree to fill the island with life again.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.7% ★, Farming Sim 18.8%, Cozy 16.7%, Wholesome 13.5%, Relaxing 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates farming-sim mechanics directly into the shop-keeper loop, mirroring the core gameplay of Teddy's Haven.
- #6 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,533 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: Management 26.6%, Shop Keeper 24.4% ★, Cute 19.8%, Simulation 15.4%, Fantasy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title is the definitive shop-keeper simulation that inspired many modern cozy management games.
- #7 Potion Permit
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,463 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Wholesome 22.6%, Cozy 21.8%, Life Sim 17.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Relaxing 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines life-simulation and gathering mechanics with a shop-like focus on brewing and selling potions to villagers.
- #8 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
92% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2024
Dev: Unbossed GamesPub: Level Up Gaming
Windows
Your father's life depends on your success. Run a medieval shop, craft goods, set prices, and build your reputation - because the King's debt collectors are coming. Farm, hunt, explore, and trade your way to freedom in this cozy but consequential shop simulation.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 21.9% ★, Farming Sim 16.1%, Cozy 14.5%, Life Sim 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines farming and shop management in a medieval setting, providing a similar variety of gameplay loops.
- #9 Discounty
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,815 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Shop Keeper 29.2% ★, Wholesome 16.7%, Life Sim 13.3%, Cozy 10%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A shop-keeper simulator that emphasizes the economy and management side of running a retail business.
- #10 Cat Cafe Manager
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,214 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.4% ★, Cozy 16.9%, Wholesome 15.5%, Life Sim 11.4%, Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A delightful management game where you build and run a shop while building relationships with the local community.
- #11 Magical Greenhouse
90% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Mgtt Studio
Windows · Mac
Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.5% ★, Wholesome 14.4%, Farming Sim 13.9%, Cozy 13.4%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the magical crafting and shop-keeping aspects that make Teddy's Haven feel so whimsical.
- #12 Sticky Business
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,732 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Decorating 28.3% ★, Wholesome 18%, Cozy 12.5%, Life Sim 9.3%, Relaxing 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, creative shop-keeper game where you design and sell custom stickers to customers.
- #13 My Time at Sandrock
89% matchVery Positive88% of 29,103 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.1%, Life Sim 23.9%, Building 15.5%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep life-simulation experience where managing your workshop and fulfilling commissions is central to the gameplay.
- #14 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
88% matchVery Positive93% of 44,849 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Crafting 22.4%, Farming Sim 18.8%, Life Sim 13.5%, Management 12.4%, Relaxing 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactile, creative side of shop management through unique potion-crafting mechanics.
- #15 Travellers Rest
87% matchVery Positive88% of 18,257 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Farming Sim 26.6%, Life Sim 21.4%, Management 13.2%, Collectathon 10.3%, Crafting 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A robust life-sim that tasks you with running a tavern, requiring both farming and management skills.
- #16 Chef RPG
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,819 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Life Sim 27.8%, Building 17.5%, Management 17.1%, Crafting 15%, Relaxing 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends restaurant management with exploration and gathering in a beautiful, cozy world.
- #17 Critter Café
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 18.5% ★, Cozy 15%, Wholesome 14.2%, Life Sim 12.1%, Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of creature collection and shop management in a cozy, exploration-heavy environment.
- #18 Echoes of the Plum Grove
85% matchVery Positive88% of 3,146 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22%, Cozy 19.5%, Life Sim 13.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy farming-sim that captures the peaceful, life-simulation atmosphere of living in a small, charming town.
- #19 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,715 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.2%, Cozy 22.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Relaxing 9.5%, Family Friendly 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the relaxing, creative side of gardening and plant cultivation within a cozy simulation framework.
- #20 Roots of Pacha
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,567 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.5%, Life Sim 13.8%, Cozy 13.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a community-focused life-sim experience with deep farming and crafting mechanics.
- #21 Tavern Keeper 🍻
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,694 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Decorating 34.6% ★, Cozy 13.9%, Building 11%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed management and decorating experience that rewards creativity in shop design.
- #22 Bear and Breakfast
83% matchVery Positive89% of 5,374 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
Why similar: Decorating 34.8% ★, Crafting 15%, Life Sim 14%, Management 8.7%, Relaxing 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that lets you build and run a cozy inn, emphasizing decoration and customer satisfaction.
- #23 Faire Trade
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Ready to take on the management of a fantasy shop? Faire Trade allows you to do just that! From farming, to crafting, to selling, to hiring, to expanding, to pricing, to decorating to….. Well, the world's your oyster! Stay curious, adapt, and let your blossoming shop shine!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 19.3% ★, Wholesome 13.2%, Farming Sim 12.7%, Cozy 12.1%, Life Sim 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A shop-keeper game that emphasizes crafting and base-building within a medieval fantasy setting.
- #24 Grow: Song of the Evertree
82% matchVery Positive81% of 2,572 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.3%, Wholesome 20.2%, Life Sim 12.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Management 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful world-building simulation that emphasizes exploration and the nurturing of a magical environment.
- #25 Leafy Corner
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,711 reviews2026
Dev: Fireline Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Run a cute little plant shop in this cozy and relaxing game. Grow, sell, and care for a variety of real-life plants, help customers find their dream plants, complete orders, and customize your cozy shop just the way you like!
Why similar: Decorating 23.9% ★, Cozy 16%, Shop Keeper 13.9% ★, Wholesome 8.5%, Management 7.9%
- #26 Super Mini Mart
80% matchVery Positive83% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing PandaPub: Poysky Productions
Windows
Super Mini Mart is your 100% fresh, 100% chill round-the-corner supermarket sim. Stock, supervise, manage and get to know your colorful clientele-to-be in this sweet, stress-free management game!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.1% ★, Wholesome 15.9%, Cozy 14.7%, Life Sim 10.1%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward and cozy shop-keeper simulator that focuses on the daily operations of running a small business.
- #27 Thrifty Business
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,381 reviews2026
Dev: Spellgarden Games
Windows · Mac
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: Decorating 25.8% ★, Shop Keeper 20.4% ★, Cozy 11.8%, Wholesome 10.5%, Life Sim 10.2%
- #28 Hokko Life
81% matchMixed66% of 2,673 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.9%, Wholesome 14.8%, Cozy 13.8%, Life Sim 13.5%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim game that excels in creative freedom, allowing you to design furniture and decorate your shop and town.
- #29 Littlewood
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,833 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 17%, Farming Sim 16.8%, Collectathon 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy life-sim that focuses on town building and relationship management after the world has been saved.
- #30 Stardew Valley
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,040,983 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 23.0 hrsMean: 85.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.3%, Life Sim 19.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Relaxing 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for farming and life-simulation, offering endless activities that mirror the relaxing pace of Teddy's Haven.
- #31 Bookshop Simulator
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,672 reviews2026
Dev: Blep Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Shop Keeper 23.3% ★, Cozy 19.1%, Life Sim 14%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #32 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
78% matchVery Positive95% of 53,432 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Why similar: Building 20%, Management 19.3%, Farming Sim 18.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Relaxing 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy life-sim that balances resource gathering and shop-like organization with a touching narrative.
- #33 Calico
79% matchVery Positive87% of 5,031 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.4%, Building 15.3%, Cute 15.2%, Relaxing 14%, Family Friendly 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A community-focused game that features shop management and creature collection in a very colorful, cozy world.
- #34 STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
75% matchVery Positive94% of 4,088 reviews2025
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town! Here you’ll grow crops and raise animals, get to know the locals, and sell your wares at the town's bazaar to restore it to its former glory.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17%, Wholesome 15.3%, Cozy 12.9%, Life Sim 11%, Crafting 8.9%
- #35 Tiny Eden
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 903 reviews2026
Dev: Bajka GamesPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A cozy first-person farming sim, set in the heart of a futuristic city. Grow plants, cook what you harvest, and discover new varieties as you turn your apartment into a thriving urban garden, from a small balcony to a rooftop paradise.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.2%, Cozy 15.4%, Life Sim 10.8%, Wholesome 10.2%, Crafting 8.8%
- #36 Farming & Supermarket Simulator
76% matchVery Positive79% of 896 reviews2025
Dev: EY08 Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 19.9% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Cozy 13.7%, Collectathon 9.6%, Life Sim 9%
- #37 Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
74% matchVery Positive96% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Coffee Beans Dev
Windows
Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. Progress through days and levels to unlock new items, skills, villagers, and creature visitors.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 20.1% ★, Cozy 15%, Life Sim 10.9%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8.2%
- #38 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
73% matchVery Positive98% of 358 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
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: Shop Keeper 25.2% ★, Farming Sim 17.8%, Cozy 13.8%, Life Sim 9.6%, Management 9.5%
- #39 TCG Card Shop Simulator
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,293 reviews2026
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Shop Keeper 24.2% ★, Management 21.5%, Collectathon 18.6%, Simulation 14.3%, Life Sim 11.5%
- #40 Disney Dreamlight Valley
72% matchVery Positive92% of 24,933 reviews2023
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 32.4 hrsMean: 118.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Relax in a cozy world filled with the magic of Disney and Pixar! Discover rich stories and build the perfect Valley alongside more than 50 heroes and villains in this life-sim adventure game.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.3%, Life Sim 18.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Relaxing 9.8%
- #41 OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast
72% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: North Channel
Windows
Grow the TerraBeast you live on from a tiny patch of land into a whimsical world! In this fully hand-sculpted, playful systemic sandbox, you'll explore vibrant biomes, farm, craft, build, and befriend the wild OddFauna to create a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.1%, Cozy 16.6%, Life Sim 12.4%, Collectathon 10.3%, Crafting 9.8%
- #42 Shelves and Sorcery: Tidy Up the Enchanted Shop
70% matchVery Positive95% of 728 reviews2026
Dev: Teddy Bear Games LLC
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Restore order to three ransacked fantasy shops! Organize thousands of items, master helpful sorceries and enchantments, relax at your own pace, race the global leaderboards, and unlock new ways to play. Every item has a shelf. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Collectathon 22.4%, Wholesome 19.1%, Cozy 17.3%, Relaxing 12.3%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #43 Everdream Village
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22%, Cozy 18.6%, Life Sim 12.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 8.3%
- #44 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
71% matchVery Positive92% of 4,482 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Shop Keeper 21.8% ★, Cozy 14.6%, Life Sim 12.1%, Building 11%, Management 10.2%
- #45 Campsite Hustle! - Management Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 285 reviews2026
Dev: Red Shore Games
Windows
Build your own Outdoor Store and Camping Business in the heart of Red Shore Valley! Arrange your shelves, manage your stock, construct facilities on your campsite, and take care of every guest. Grow from humble beginnings into a thriving business surrounded by nature!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.4% ★, Building 13.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Management 11.9%, Life Sim 9.2%
- #46 Everdream Valley
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 971 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.8%, Cozy 17%, Life Sim 12.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.7%
- #47 Tabletop Game Shop Simulator
69% matchVery Positive84% of 502 reviews2026
Dev: LudogramPub: Knight Fever Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Shop Keeper 39.3% ★, Collectathon 18.3%, Life Sim 15.2%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 7.7%
- #48 Totemlands
74% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.
Why similar: Cozy 13.8%, Farming Sim 10.4%, Collectathon 9.7%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 8.9%
- #49 Puni the Florist
68% matchVery Positive99% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Earthquack Games
Windows · Mac
Puni the Florist is a cozy flower shop simulation game that highlights creative expressions. Manage the shop, design unique bouquets, and join Puni on a silly, wholesome, and relatable journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Decorating 21.3% ★, Shop Keeper 14.6% ★, Wholesome 14%, Cozy 12.5%, Life Sim 8%
- #50 Snacko
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,051 reviews2025
Dev: Bluecurse StudiosPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!
Why similar: Farming Sim 16.3%, Cozy 13.8%, Building 11.7%, Life Sim 10.9%, Crafting 9.1%
- #51 Dragon Shelter
70% matchMixed68% of 231 reviews2026
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: Curve Games
Windows
Dragon Shelter is a farming sim set in a fantasy world. Become a hero who'll reignite the long-lost friendship between humans and dragons. Care for wondrous creatures, explore the magical world, and cook enchanted dishes together!
Why similar: Wholesome 23.2%, Farming Sim 17.1%, Life Sim 10.5%, Management 9.9%, Crafting 7.3%
- #52 Cowboy Life Simulator
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,303 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.4%, Cozy 16.4%, Life Sim 12.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.1%
- #53 Gaucho and the Grassland
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 547 reviews2025
Dev: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LIVE like a LATIN COWBOY as you EXPLORE, HELP others, and bring HARMONY between HUMANS and MYSTICAL BEINGS in a RELAXING COZY ADVENTURE.
Why similar: Farming Sim 15.9%, Wholesome 15.1%, Decorating 14.1% ★, Cozy 13.9%, Life Sim 8.4%
- #54 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 476 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle GamesPub: Amplified Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Wholesome 20%, Farming Sim 17.8%, Cozy 14%, Building 9.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #55 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,582 reviews2026
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Shop Keeper 46.6% ★, Management 15.4%, Building 11.7%, Relaxing 11.2%, Simulation 9.1%
- #56 Alchemist: The Potion Monger
69% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
First-person Alchemist Simulator with RPG elements. Explore the world, gather ingredients, and sell or use potions you craft to help others and fend off enemies. Adopt pets to help you with your alchemy knowledge (and to pet them). Decorate your home however you like and brew your destiny!
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.9%, Wholesome 17.3%, Life Sim 12.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #57 Pawsome Resort
66% matchVery Positive83% of 173 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel PuffsPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Pawsome Resort is a cozy life sim where you run an animal hotel in a charming pixel-art village. Design your resort, care for cute animals, grow crops, craft things, complete quests, and bond with villagers. With farming and RPG elements, it's a perfect cozy escape.
Why similar: Cozy 19.7%, Farming Sim 18.2%, Life Sim 13.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 8%
- #58 Arcane Merchant
66% matchVery Positive84% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: Findie Studios
Windows
Open your own shop in the heart of a Medieval Fantasy realm! Stock your shelves with everything from potions and swords to mysterious crystals and legendary artifacts. Set your prices, earn your customers' trust and become the richest merchant in the town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.3% ★, Collectathon 15.1%, Building 12.5%, Management 12.5%, Relaxing 8%
- #59 Tidehaven: Ale & Trade
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Bunch'o'Nerds
Windows
Medieval sim meets smart idle play. Build and automate your tavern into a lively town. Make it yours with tons of decorations. Dig for ore, gamble, breed rare horses, or take risks with smuggling quests. Watch your little world grow and have the medieval town of your dreams!
Why similar: Decorating 29% ★, Shop Keeper 22.8% ★, Cozy 15.9%, Building 11.7%, Management 7.7%
- #60 Book Bound
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: Bit66
Windows
Book Bound is a cozy bookshop simulation game. Use a range of items to decorate your shop and make it truly yours. Pick the books you would like to sell. Help customers find books they want most. Sell books in different genres.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33% ★, Cozy 24%, Building 12.1%, Management 9.6%, Cute 6.4%
