Games Like The Walking Trade

Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

Why similar: Economy 26.3%, Management 20.9%, Capitalism 14.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core mechanics of running a retail business, including stocking, pricing, and customer management.

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 73.9%, Simulation 24.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines shop management during the day with dangerous dungeon exploration at night, capturing the risk-reward loop of the seed game.

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a base and scavenge for resources in a real-world post-apocalyptic setting overrun by zombies.

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: Economy 28.8%, Management 26.1%, Capitalism 21.9%, Simulation 14.7%, Immersive Sim 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed shop-management experience with a focus on inventory and economic growth.

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: Capitalism 75.3%, Management 16%, Simulation 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: The classic shop-management simulation that perfectly balances inventory control and customer interaction.

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Base Building 15%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-management game that forces you to survive the end of the world while building a functional base.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Crafting 15.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the brutal reality of survival and resource management in a war-torn, post-apocalyptic urban environment.

Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!

Why similar: Capitalism 21.8%, Economy 21.1%, Management 16.2%, Building 11%, Immersive Sim 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the large-scale management of retail spaces and economic strategy.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Survival 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most comprehensive zombie survival experience with deep crafting, building, and management mechanics.

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 29.4%, Management 21.9%, Capitalism 21.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique crafting and selling system that emphasizes the tactile nature of running a niche shop.

You're in charge of managing the pawn shop in this weird galaxy. Make deals with strange customers, flip items, attend auctions and keep the shop going!

Why similar: FPS 31.6%, Management 26.3%, Simulation 22.2%, Shooter 13.6%, Stylized 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the trading and negotiation aspects of running a shop, which is central to the seed game's economy.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Crafting 27.6%, Management 21.6%, Sandbox 18.6%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines management and crafting with a dark, morbid theme that fits the tone of a zombie-infested world.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 15.4%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 13%

Why You'll Like It: A premier FPS survival game that emphasizes base building and fortification against zombie hordes.

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 22.8%, Economy 20%, Management 15.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated shop-management simulator that focuses on crafting goods and decorating your store to attract customers.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 18.2%, Management 13%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic management game where you must keep your family alive in a bunker while scavenging for supplies.

Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.

Why similar: Economy 18.7%, Capitalism 18%, Management 13%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic and financial management aspects of running a business.

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 23.8%, Capitalism 21.9%, Management 16.8%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward shop-management game that emphasizes the economic side of retail.

Are you ready to shape fashion world? Make a brand deal, order products, fill the aisles, dress the mannequins and start selling. Dresses, shirts, coats, pants, nightwear, underwear, shoes and more are waiting for you.

Why similar: Economy 23.7%, Capitalism 20.7%, Management 17.5%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Building 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused retail management experience with an emphasis on inventory and store design.

Build and manage your own tech store! Sell products like keyboards, mice, and gaming chairs. Hire employees, grow your shop, and make it the best place for gamers to shop. Can you become the top tech store?

Why similar: Economy 27.7%, Management 16.2%, Building 16.2%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, FPS 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that tasks you with running a specialized electronics store.

In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

Why similar: Economy 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Management 13.2%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building and management game that tasks you with curing zombies rather than just fighting them.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Economy 27%, Management 19.2%, Building 17.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Base Building 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person management loop where you renovate and run a business in a desolate, isolated location.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Base Building 26.6%, Survival 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Zombies 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends base management with third-person zombie survival, requiring you to balance resources and community needs.

Dive into the vibrant world of aquatic retail with Aquatic Store Simulator! Take on the challenge of managing your underwater-themed supermarket, blending business management with the beauty of marine life. Stock shelves with exotic fish, decorations, set prices, take payments and maintain aquariums

Why similar: Economy 24.1%, Management 17.8%, Capitalism 14.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a niche retail management experience centered on specialized inventory and customer service.

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Why similar: Management 53.2%, Crafting 28.1%, Simulation 17.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a compelling mix of exploration and restaurant management that mirrors the dual-gameplay loop of the seed game.

The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!

Why similar: Capitalism 21%, Economy 19.5%, Management 14.4%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep dive into the logistics and management of running a retail business.

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: Management 35%, Building 20.9%, Crafting 20.4%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with crafting and farming, providing a satisfying loop of production and service.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Management 20.3%, Sandbox 18%, Survival 15.2%, Building 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: A complex colony-management sim that allows for deep survival strategies in harsh, unpredictable environments.

Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and run Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toy & Grocery departments.

Why similar: Economy 19.9%, Management 16.2%, Capitalism 14.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11%

Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!

Why similar: Economy 33.7%, Management 24.1%, Crafting 18.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Dark Humor 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to the shop-management genre with a focus on crafting and economy.

Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Management 14.6%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 10.1%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

Why similar: Management 15.8%, Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, FPS 10.2%

With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!

Why similar: Economy 23.4%, Management 18.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and crafting aspects of running a specialized music retail shop.

Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive

Why similar: Capitalism 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Management 11.2%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%

Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!

Why similar: Capitalism 15.4%, Economy 15.1%, Management 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Building 9.5%

Run your own Shooting Range. Manage your supplies, rent guns, and sell ammo packs. Expand and upgrade your shop; level up your popularity to get even better equipment. Open various cases and sell the skins you got from them. Join shooting tournaments and much more!

Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Capitalism 20.7%, Management 15.5%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Building 11.3%

Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!

Why similar: Economy 18.7%, Management 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Sandbox 13%, Building 11.7%

Start running your own supermarket with Prologue already. Stock shelves, handle cashier tasks, process online orders, design & expand. Set the prices based on the market. Be prepared to face the consequences if you fail to make the nightly repayment to the gangs.

Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Capitalism 20.2%, Management 15.3%, Building 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.7%

Run your own Shooting Range. Manage your supplies, rent guns, and sell ammo packs. Expand and upgrade your shop; level up your popularity to get even better equipment. Open various cases and sell the skins you got from them. Join shooting tournaments and much more!

Why similar: Capitalism 21.1%, Economy 18.9%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 13%, Management 12.9%

Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?

Why similar: Management 39.5%, Immersive Sim 32%, Simulation 21.1%, 3D 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.

Why similar: Capitalism 30.5%, Economy 16.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 11.8%

Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.

Why similar: Economy 16.1%, Capitalism 15.4%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 10.5%

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 22.5%, Capitalism 21.8%, Management 16.9%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%

DESIGN, SELL & EXPAND – YOUR SUCCESS IS IN YOUR HANDS. Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in Shop Simulator: Supermarket. Immerse yourself in the world of retail and start your own business today!

Why similar: Economy 19.6%, Capitalism 17.9%, Management 14.4%, Building 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.6%

Run your own tabletop game shop! Stock shelves, glue & paint minis, battle customers on game night, and grow your store into the ultimate nerd paradise.

Why similar: Capitalism 35.8%, Management 25.9%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Simulation 14%, 3D 3.5%

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 28.1%, Capitalism 28%, Management 21%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Simulation 9.8%

This is a game to manage a supermarket. Set up shelves, arrange products, and make your store bigger and bigger! Sell your goods to the remaining people, animals, and robots in the last place on earth just before the human race is exterminated.

Why similar: Economy 19.2%, Management 19%, Sandbox 17.2%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Building 11.9%

Open your own Liquor Store! Buy goods, manage your store, hire staff. Who knows, maybe you will be able to make a real alcohol empire out of a small store.

Why similar: Economy 25.2%, Capitalism 21.7%, Management 19%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 12.3%

Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.

Why similar: Economy 26.3%, Management 20.3%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 9.6%

Pirate Cove Simulator will have you run a shop and tavern on the Island of the Damned, to get rich and buy your way out of the pirate afterlife. Trade with restless undead pirates, run your own distillery and turn local plants into potent drinks, search for hidden treasures, or just go fishing.

Why similar: Economy 34%, Management 23.5%, Crafting 16.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Dark Humor 8.4%

You've just bought your first Pub. First steps are to clean it, stock it, set your markup and let in the Patrons. Keep the drinks flowing and try not to shortchange anyone! If you keep it going long enough you might just earn enough to spruce up the place, hire staff and expand the premises.

Why similar: Capitalism 23%, Economy 22.2%, Management 15.7%, Building 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.8%

BUILD YOUR VIRTUAL WEED EMPIRE: Grow the hottest strains & crossbreed new ones, roll your own Blunts, sell Bongs, hire Growers, make Solventless Concentrates, handle Rival Dealers, befriend Influencers, smoke Dabs, ride a Dolphin, and More! WELCOME TO WEED SHOP 3!

Why similar: Economy 21%, Management 16%, Building 14.3%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Crafting 12%

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 28.4%, Management 20.9%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 11.6%

Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!

Why similar: Economy 20.3%, Building 14.7%, Management 14.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.2%

Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.

Why similar: Sandbox 21.7%, Economy 18.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Building 12.9%

Build your workshop and turn it into a fashion business. Interact with your customers and design unique collections to sell in your store. Upgrade your workshop until you rule the fashion industry.

Why similar: Economy 19.6%, Capitalism 18.8%, Management 14%, Immersive Sim 11%, Sandbox 10.9%

Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.2%, Economy 21%, Management 16%, Building 10.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%

Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!

Why similar: Economy 27.4%, Management 23.1%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 11.1%

With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!

Why similar: Economy 17.9%, Sandbox 17%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.3%

Build your business! control every aspect of a thriving vending machine business. Buy, place, and restock machines to increase profits. Do you have what it takes to manage, expand, and dominate the vending industry?

Why similar: Economy 27.3%, Capitalism 23%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, FPS 11.9%, Sandbox 10.9%