60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Atmospheric, Mystery, Shop Keeper.
Craft uncanny totems. Aid troubled townsfolk. Uncover the darkness below. The Totemist is a narrative-driven occult shop sim set in a quietly strange town, where you craft charms inspired by real witchcraft, aid troubled townspeople, and uncover the ancient force festering beneath them.
Cups and Curses
A cozy magic coffee shop sim. Invent drinks from ingredients whose effects you discover by using them, chalk them on the board, and offer them to the people at your counter. No timer and no fail state. Regulars come back, sit down, and tell you things.
Lovecraft Tavern
Take over as the manager of a cozy, cosmic-horror tavern. Mix anomalous ingredients into custom cocktails and test them on your unsuspecting patrons. Watch your recipes trigger grotesque Lovecraftian transformations, bend minds, and rewrite the reality of whoever takes a sip.
A cozy magic coffee shop sim. Invent drinks from ingredients whose effects you discover by using them, chalk them on the board, and offer them to the people at your counter. No timer and no fail state. Regulars come back, sit down, and tell you things.
Why similar: Cozy 26.5%, Crafting 16%, Mystery 12.4%, Supernatural 12.4%, Dark 11.2%
Take over as the manager of a cozy, cosmic-horror tavern. Mix anomalous ingredients into custom cocktails and test them on your unsuspecting patrons. Watch your recipes trigger grotesque Lovecraftian transformations, bend minds, and rewrite the reality of whoever takes a sip.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.2% ★, Lovecraftian 25.4%, Cozy 22.5%, Female Protagonist 4.3%, Simulation 4%
You are a journeyman alchemist: experiment to learn the secrets of the alchemical sciences, and leverage them to produce a diverse menu of potions for a procession of weird and spooky customers in this compact narrative puzzle experience.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.5% ★, Crafting 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Manage a magical tea shop, explore mysterious worlds for rare ingredients, and uncover ancient secrets in a cozy fantasy adventure.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.9% ★, Cozy 25.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
Run a secondhand bookshop in London, 1994. Every book remembers who owned it before — pressed flowers, letters, notes in the margins. Across books that should never have met, the same hand keeps writing. You inherited the rules with the shop: shelve carefully, and do not read the margins.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 31.5% ★, Cozy 23.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Supernatural 12.6%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
Play as a young witch named Willow, who has just inherited a bookstore from her grandmother in the magical town of Lindow. Learn magic, help the townsfolk with their problems, and run the bookstore. There’s a lot to learn about selling not just books, but potions too!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.6% ★, Cozy 32.4%, Crafting 10%, Story Rich 6.7%, Female Protagonist 4.2%
Yokai Mart is a cozy shop simulation game full of mysterious stories. Help your grandmother run her konbini. The supernatural visitors who come at night and the customers from the village need your help. Little by little, you’ll get to know the place and improve the lives of your guests.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.9% ★, Cozy 22.6%, Supernatural 13.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
You, are a lowly sandwich maker. Coming from beyond the fog to run Sylvecchia's very first CrudWay. There is nothing more to your story. Stay, Serve, and Do Not Listen to the Dross...
Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.7% ★, Gothic 17.8% ★, Supernatural 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Dark 9.1%
An idle RPG of dark academia and spellcasting dread. You signed the indenture, the page is still warm. Scry the mirror, stoke the umbra, attend your disciplines, and survive ten years. Do not feed the staircase.
Why similar: Gothic 16.2% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Dark 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
Welcome to Kokoro No Kimono! Step into the gentle rhythm of Japan, where every fold tells a story. Create exquisite kimonos for your guests, master the art of tying Obi belts, and lose yourself in the quiet charm of an authentic kimono shop.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 51.3% ★, Cozy 12.4%, Puzzle 11.8%, Story Rich 6%, Simulation 5.4%
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 27.2% ★, Mystery 18.9%, Dark 14.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%
A cozy ASMR antique restoration shop sim. Clean dust and rust, mend cracks with gold lacquer, and reassemble broken treasures across five hand-crafted tools. Then haggle with quirky collectors at your counter — every restored heirloom holds a story left unsaid.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.4% ★, Cozy 33.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Atmospheric 3.7%
Paperback is a short horror game that takes place in a public library at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity where you take on the role of the newly hired novice librarian, Max.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.6% ★, Mystery 14.7%, Supernatural 11.5%, Dark 10.1%, Puzzle 10%
A creepy-cozy 3D adventure game about solving puzzles, rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!
Why similar: Cozy 23.9%, Crafting 15%, Mystery 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Puzzle 11.9%
Appraise cursed objects in a Japanese horror pawnshop sim. Five tools examine the object itself, and what you find is your evidence. Call an item cursed and take it in: right, and it becomes a vessel for the final night; wrong, and you are stuck with junk you overpaid for. The call is always yours.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.8% ★, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 9.9%, Simulation 9.8%
Checkout Midnight is a supermarket night-shift simulator with horror elements. A simple job - scanning groceries in a half-empty supermarket - gradually turns into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.8% ★, Mystery 14.3%, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Supernatural 9%, Dark 7.9%
People come to the shop on Halsey Row to sell the memories they can't carry and buy the ones they can't live without. Appraise what they bring. Decide what it's worth, and who you'll sell it to. Run an honest shop, or a darker one, and piece together what this street is hiding.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.8% ★, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Gothic 22.8% ★, Lovecraftian 19.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle 7.5%
A cozy bookshop management game where customers step out of classic literature. Curate your shelves, recommend the perfect book, and unlock new items and mechanics as your shop grows into a living collection of stories.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.7% ★, Cozy 36.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, RPG 5.3%
Trapped in an infinite shift, you are the sole clerk of purgatory’s only convenience store. Manage stock, pay your taxes and keep nightmarish creatures at bay as you uncover the secret of why your shift never ends. Clock in. Serve the dead. Survive the shift.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.7% ★, Cozy 25.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 8.6%, Puzzle 5.6%
Tend a cemetery for the dearly departed in this cozy but macabre decorating game. Fulfill final requests, craft personalized graves, shape the grounds your way, and uncover the mystery of Daisy’s own death.
Why similar: Gothic 25.7% ★, Cozy 19%, Crafting 15.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Dark 9.5%
Rei, a protagonist who has become a ghost, and Chris, a mysterious girl who cannot speak. Switch between their forms and unique abilities as you journey through a secret world inhabited by extinct creatures in this cute yet slightly unsettling gothic exploration adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 32.1% ★, Mystery 16.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Dark 8.8%
A cozy supernatural mystery about listening to your customers' stories, uncovering the yokai troubling them through divination and deduction, and finding the right ritual to set things right.
Why similar: Cozy 25.8%, Shop Keeper 18.5% ★, Mystery 18%, Supernatural 17.2%, Puzzle 7.6%
A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
Why similar: Gothic 28.6% ★, Mystery 18.5%, Dark 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Dark 16%, Puzzle 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
What lurks in the darkest corners of the mansion? Westmark Manor is a journey into the occult, a mind-bending survival horror game, with a heavy focus on solving puzzles and exploration, inspired by the formidable H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Mystery 15.3%, Dark 15.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Gothic 14.2% ★
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Gothic 23.7% ★, Lovecraftian 17.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Puzzle 9.6%, Dark 8.9%
Become a blacksmith and run a rhythm-based forge! Craft magical items to the music, meet mythical Nordic creatures, and rise to fame as a legendary forge master to break the Cinderling curse.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.2% ★, Cozy 25.2%, Crafting 21.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Story Rich 5.5%
Step into the darkness with Ashley, a college dropout lost in a mysterious world devoid of light. Traverse eerie liminal locales and evade lurking monsters to unravel the mysteries of this chilling 2D game with horror elements. Can you lead Ashley to safety, or will the shadows consume her?
Why similar: Puzzle 14.7%, Dark 13.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Supernatural 11.9%, RPG 11.7%
Own and run a workshop in a steampunk fantasy world! Craft, fix and sell items to make a living while meeting countless townsfolk and listen to their stories.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 54.4% ★, Crafting 21.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Simulation 8.2%, 2D 3.7%
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Gothic 16.4% ★, Mystery 12.7%, Supernatural 12.4%, Story Rich 6.3%
Solve riddles from ancient tomes — Two friends gather at a summoning circle, embracing the supernatural in an attempt to achieve the impossible. Unravel mystic poems to discover the correct combination of symbols to draw, and summon demons that can aid these friends in their dark quest.
Why similar: Gothic 27.3% ★, Supernatural 13.8%, Dark 11.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 9.9%
Manage your own fireworks store in Tokyo! Buy, sell, and ignite dazzling fireworks, organize spectacular night shows, and craft custom pyrotechnics in this cozy simulation game. Build your small shop into the city's ultimate fireworks empire!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.2% ★, Cozy 24.4%, Crafting 17.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%
A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.
Why similar: Gothic 19% ★, Mystery 17.9%, Dark 14.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
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: Cozy 24.3%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Dark 12.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
Why similar: Gothic 26.9% ★, Mystery 15.3%, Supernatural 15.1%, Lovecraftian 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Discover what it is to be a Lightsmith, build up your Lightory, and help the townsfolk of Gloomsdale to turn a fragile settlement into a thriving beacon of hope in a world shrouded in darkness. Because in this dark and gloomy world we must forge our own light...
Why similar: Cozy 28.8%, Crafting 16.2%, Dark 10.6%, Supernatural 10.5%, Simulation 6.3%
Two worlds, one nightmare. Step inside a brutal orphanage and uncover the dark secrets of Québec’s Great Darkness. Solve puzzles related to an inexplicable phenomenon and dive into the depths of dreams to uncover otherworldly horrors. An Abyss of Dreams is a cosmic horror point-and-click game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Gothic 19.1% ★, Mystery 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Puzzle 9%
The darkness surrounding the Odyssey Coffee House is undeniable, but what’s the connection behind these unusual occurrences? Who’s the culprit? Dark Brew is a mystery/thriller cafe simulator set amongst the stars. Play as Leon the racoon, and manage the coffee house while talking to patrons.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36% ★, Mystery 17.7%, Dark 12.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
Manage and grow your cozy café from scratch in a world full of adorable talking cats. Craft authentic coffee drinks inspired by real barista techniques, upgrade your shop, serve your fluffy customers, and become beloved by all.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.4% ★, Cozy 20.5%, Dark 12.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
Food makes everything better in this cozy café business simulator. Discover recipes and set your menu to rake in those tips and five-star reviews. Solve your fuzzy clientele’s problems with the power of good cookin’ and earn the favor of satisfied customers.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.8% ★, Cozy 25.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Puzzle 5.1%
At your grandfather's old tea house, every customer who walks in has a story worth hearing. Brew drinks, serve an odd cast of regulars, build deep connections — and maybe find love along the way. Years of family secrets are waiting to surface.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 24% ★, Cozy 22.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 29.7% ★, Cozy 17.5%, Supernatural 17.5%, Dark 14.2%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
All your coworkers are gone and the halls are quiet, except for the pitter-patter of rain on the window. Explore a desolate laboratory as a creature stalks you, always watching. Run and hide as you solve puzzles and learn more about what happened to the facility and its secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Mystery 17.5%, Dark 13.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
Retro Shop: Tidy Up the Game Store! — Sort games, consoles, and accessories in a retro game store. Restore messy shelves, unlock useful upgrades, and enjoy turning chaos into perfect order.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.5% ★, Cozy 25.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Atmospheric 3.5%
You are the new night librarian at Ashwood. Shelve the impossible returns, answer notes left by a patron who appears in no register, and piece together what the library remembers. A short, atmospheric mystery told over five nights and twenty-two puzzles.
Why similar: Cozy 40.9%, Mystery 21.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Mystery 16%, Puzzle 10.9%, Dark 9.8%, Supernatural 9.6%
Manage a hotel straddling the border between worlds. Use deduction to identify Eldritch guests, solve abstract puzzles, and manage staff to survive the weekly Chaos invasion. A dark humor management sim where you must keep the hotel running... and your sanity intact.
Why similar: Gothic 30.2% ★, Lovecraftian 27.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Puzzle 8.4%, Simulation 6.2%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Cozy 23.7%, Lovecraftian 18.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Dark 12.4%, Puzzle 8.3%
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: Shop Keeper 34.8% ★, Cozy 24.3%, Mystery 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Atmospheric 4.9%
You run the last store in a ruined world. Clean and restore your shop, get the generator running, restock the shelves, and open your doors to the survivors who still come knocking. A survival and shopkeeping sim where every customer arrives with a story of their own.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.8% ★, Cozy 22%, Dark 14.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Simulation 6.2%
Your Grandma has willed you a collection of rocks deep in the woods, but when you arrive, you find that the rocks are strewn across the floor. Armed with your Grandma's journal, a determination to clean the collection, and the tools she left behind, you begin sorting through thousands of rocks.
Why similar: Cozy 43.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Supernatural 15.6%, Dark 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
Offering is a relaxing, discovery-driven crafting game. Experiment with materials, uncover hidden recipes, and decide how to serve the mysterious deity who watches over you.
Why similar: Cozy 27.6%, Crafting 22.2%, Mystery 17.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, Simulation 7.3%
Run a shop in a town where your customers might not all be human. Stock the shelves, name your price, and haggle with everyone who walks in. Watch out for shady buyers trying to pay with fake coins. Arrange your shelves, decorate your shop, brew potions, and hunt for ingredients in town.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.4% ★, Cozy 21%, Supernatural 12.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Dark 11.8%
Run your own gem shop with a warm cup of coffee by your side ✨ Find rough stones, polish them into beautiful gems, and sell them to customers you can form meaningful friendships with ✨
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48% ★, Crafting 18.6%, Cozy 14.7%, Simulation 7%, Mystery 5.8%
Assist clients in matters of Ritomancy. Devise powerful esoteric rituals by scouring forgotten tomes and unearthing forgotten grimoires in this uniquely text-based and lore-driven lovecraftian mystery game.
Why similar: Gothic 29.7% ★, Lovecraftian 23.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Dark 8.2%, Puzzle 7.3%
Step into a beautifully stylized fantasy world as a village herbalist in Boticaria. Discover rare ingredients, master tactile brewing mechanics, and manage your cozy apothecary. Listen to your quirky customers, curate your inventory, and uncover the ancient secrets lingering beneath the lies.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45% ★, Cozy 25.7%, Crafting 17.2%, Simulation 7%, Atmospheric 4.1%
June. No matter what you do—or don’t—days keep moving. But some choices stay. Some things don’t come back. This is that kind of story.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.8% ★, Mystery 15.8%, Dark 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
The iconic game The 7th Guest has been brought back to life with modern technology, delivering an atmospheric story like no other. Explore a foreboding mansion, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets. The 7th Guest is the ultimate mystery adventure, reimagined for modern platforms.
Why similar: Mystery 23.2%, Supernatural 15.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, Gothic 14.2% ★, Dark 9.3%
