- #1 Minami Lane
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,680 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: Cozy 24.1%, Life Sim 17.8%, Management 13.2%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Relaxing 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the cozy, management-focused gameplay loop of running a small, cute shop while interacting with a charming neighborhood.
- #2 Sticky Business
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,667 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: Cozy 25.7%, Decorating 21.8% ★, Life Sim 17.4%, Relaxing 12.9%, Cute 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the creative, relaxing shop-management experience where you curate products and build relationships with your customers.
- #3 Cat Cafe Manager
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,203 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 21.6% ★, Cozy 19.6%, Trading 14.7%, Life Sim 12.1%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management mechanics with community building and a cozy aesthetic that aligns well with the vibe of Tiny Bookshop.
- #4 Strange Horticulture
95% matchVery Positive94% of 16,007 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 56.8%, Relaxing 18%, Story Rich 12.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar shopkeeper experience centered on managing a unique inventory while uncovering a deep, cozy narrative mystery.
- #5 Trash Goblin
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,784 reviews2025
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 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: Shop Keeper 25.7% ★, Cozy 22.2%, Life Sim 13.9%, Decorating 13% ★, Relaxing 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The wholesome, relaxing nature of cleaning and selling unique items makes this a great companion to the Tiny Bookshop experience.
- #6 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,827 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.0 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 25.4% ★, Cozy 21.1%, Trading 18.6%, Life Sim 12.4%, Management 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is a quintessential shop-management game that captures the same spirit of building and maintaining a cozy storefront.
- #7 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
93% matchVery Positive93% of 44,514 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: Trading 23%, Life Sim 17%, Management 16.4%, Relaxing 13%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: The tactile, hands-on approach to managing a shop and fulfilling customer requests provides a very similar satisfying gameplay rhythm.
- #8 Coffee Talk
92% matchVery Positive95% of 12,534 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Relaxing 40.8%, Story Rich 26.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Casual 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like Tiny Bookshop, it emphasizes the narrative connection between a shopkeeper and the locals who visit for comfort and conversation.
- #9 Book Bound
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 269 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 33.8% ★, Cozy 30.7%, Management 12.1%, Cute 7%, Relaxing 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly mirrors the book-themed shop management and design elements found in Tiny Bookshop.
- #10 Potionomics
91% matchVery Positive90% of 7,357 reviews2022
Dev: Voracious GamesPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.6%, Management 25%, Simulation 16.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Time Management 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends deep shop management with a strong narrative and character-driven interactions, much like the experience of getting to know locals.
- #11 Bear and Breakfast
90% matchVery Positive89% of 5,338 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17% ★, Life Sim 16.6%, Nature 11.1%, Management 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on managing a cozy establishment with a unique, charming aesthetic makes it a natural fit for fans of Tiny Bookshop.
- #12 Lemon Cake
89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,062 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Why similar: Cozy 21.5%, Life Sim 18.4%, Management 18.3%, Time Management 9.4%, Cute 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: The cute, management-heavy gameplay loop of running a bakery provides a similar relaxing and rewarding experience.
- #13 Discounty
87% matchVery Positive83% of 2,758 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 32.3% ★, Life Sim 16.9%, Cozy 13.8%, Management 9.6%, Relaxing 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a focused shop-keeper experience with a charming, casual atmosphere.
- #14 Cozy Grove
89% matchVery Positive90% of 8,494 reviews2021
Dev: Spry FoxPub: Spry Fox
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!
Why similar: Cozy 27.1%, Collectathon 20.3%, Life Sim 14.4%, Relaxing 13.1%, Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at the life-sim and collectathon aspects, offering a relaxing, story-rich environment that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #15 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,130 reviews2026
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 14.3 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 31.7% ★, Inventory Management 15.2%, Trading 14.5%, Management 12.8%, Relaxing 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar shop-keeper management loop with a nostalgic and relaxing aesthetic.
- #16 Travellers Rest
88% matchVery Positive88% of 18,025 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.6 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: Life Sim 33.8%, Management 22.3%, Collectathon 18.5%, Inventory Management 13.1%, Resource Management 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeper management simulation while maintaining the cozy, community-focused atmosphere of a small business.
- #17 inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,061 reviews2026
Dev: Nagai Industries
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy slice-of-life game about running a small-town convenience store, inspired by early 1990s Japan. Meet regulars, stock shelves, and watch quiet, everyday moments turn into meaningful stories.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.8% ★, Cozy 25.5%, Life Sim 15.3%, Relaxing 8.7%, Stylized 7%
Why You'll Like It: The emphasis on dialogue-heavy narrative within a shop setting makes it a strong thematic parallel.
- #18 Unpacking
86% matchVery Positive93% of 40,663 reviews2021
Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Why similar: Relaxing 25.3%, Life Sim 21.5%, Inventory Management 17.1%, Cute 13.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on organization, its narrative-through-objects approach captures the same cozy, reflective feeling as managing a bookshop.
- #19 Cat Mail Co.
84% matchVery Positive92% of 6,321 reviews2026
Dev: Maracas Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Run a cozy cat post office. Sort and deliver parcels from the daily boat, organizing everything your way. At night, the moon reveals hidden truths about packages. Clear a strange backlog, help locals, and unlock new abilities and destinations.
Why similar: Cozy 31.5%, Management 17.5%, Life Sim 16.5%, Relaxing 14.3%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The relaxing management loop combined with a cute, cozy theme makes it a great alternative for fans of the genre.
- #20 SUMMERHOUSE
84% matchVery Positive93% of 3,362 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: Relaxing 38.2%, Cozy 20.7%, Stylized 14.2%, Casual 12.6%, Simulation 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on beautiful, relaxing, and creative building makes it a perfect aesthetic match for the cozy nature of Tiny Bookshop.
- #21 Teddy's Haven
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,836 reviews2025
Dev: Teddy Bear Games LLC
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Teddy’s Haven is a cozy shop sim filled with magic and charm. Sell over 400 items, decorate with 250+ decorations, and create the shop of your dreams. Meet mythical creatures, level up your skills, harvest the land, and uncover the peaceful wonders of life on Ursa.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 21.4% ★, Cozy 18.4%, Life Sim 11.9%, Collectathon 11.8%, Decorating 11.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the cozy shop-keeper and simulation elements that define the relaxing nature of the seed game.
- #22 The Last Gas Station
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,299 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 27.4% ★, Cozy 22.8%, Trading 21.6%, Management 11.9%, Cute 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The combination of shop management and mystery elements offers a slightly more narrative-driven take on the shopkeeper genre.
- #23 ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,613 reviews2026
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo. Grow your business by carefully restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones, music players, and other nostalgic devices. Talk to customers, hear their stories, and see how your decisions impact both their lives and your shop.
Why similar: Cozy 36.8%, Shop Keeper 28.7% ★, Management 17.1%, Relaxing 9%, Simulation 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on restoring items and managing a small shop provides a similar relaxing and satisfying gameplay loop.
- #24 Witchy Business
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,009 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Cozy 31.4%, Shop Keeper 29.7% ★, Relaxing 7.3%, Hand-drawn 6.8%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The cozy, job-simulator aspects and magical theme provide a fun, relaxing management experience.
- #25 Vending Machine Co.
80% matchVery Positive87% of 488 reviews2026
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 19% ★, Cozy 17.7%, Trading 15%, Inventory Management 12.2%, Decorating 10.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a casual, wholesome management experience that is easy to pick up and play.
- #26 Littlewood
82% matchVery Positive93% of 6,824 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 33.7%, Collectathon 27.5%, Relaxing 15.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Cute 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim offers a peaceful, low-stress environment where you can focus on building a community and managing your surroundings.
- #27 Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,317 reviews2020
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.
Why similar: Cozy 39.1%, Nature 21%, Collectathon 19.9%, Cute 7.1%, Story Rich 7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same gentle, heartwarming, and scenic exploration vibe that makes Tiny Bookshop so relaxing.
- #28 Ship, Inc.
79% matchVery Positive84% of 2,396 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Run a wholesome shipping business! Ship, Inc. is a cozy job simulator where you are a packaging employee in a parcel shipment company. Follow the shipment orders, choose the package size, and prepare parcels. Upgrade your office, deliver orders safely and quickly!
Why similar: Cozy 39.3%, Life Sim 24.4%, Management 13.9%, Simulation 9%, Relaxing 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: The wholesome, job-simulator nature of this game fits well within the cozy management sub-genre.
- #29 Leafy Corner
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,123 reviews2026
Dev: Fireline Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Cozy 21.9%, Shop Keeper 15.3% ★, Decorating 12.4% ★, Management 10.4%, Nature 9.1%
- #30 Bookshop Simulator
77% matchVery Positive93% of 1,577 reviews2026
Dev: Blep Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Trading 21.8%, Cozy 20.5%, Shop Keeper 20.1% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Management 11.9%
- #31 Thrifty Business
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,265 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: Shop Keeper 25.1% ★, Cozy 18.7%, Decorating 15.3% ★, Life Sim 14.7%, Relaxing 8%
- #32 Whisper of the House
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,495 reviews2025
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...
Why similar: Cozy 35.4%, Life Sim 22.7%, Relaxing 15.1%, Story Rich 8%, Simulation 7%
- #33 A Short Hike
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 22,603 reviews2019
Dev: adamgryu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Why similar: Relaxing 26.9%, Nature 24.2%, Cozy 23.7%, Cute 18.1%, Casual 6%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for relaxing, narrative-driven exploration that shares the same cozy, low-stakes appeal.
- #34 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,224 reviews2025
Dev: Merge Conflict Studio
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mine, refine, and sell gemstones in Gemporium, a cute, fast-paced shop management game. Upgrade your tools, expand your store, and master the daily rhythm of digging, polishing, and turning a profit to pay off your debt, one gem at a time.
Why similar: Cozy 17.9%, Life Sim 16.2%, Inventory Management 11.6%, Management 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #35 Winter Burrow
75% matchVery Positive90% of 3,187 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 32.9%, Life Sim 16.5%, Nature 14.7%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #36 Hozy
74% matchVery Positive81% of 4,666 reviews2026
Dev: Come On StudioPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.
Why similar: Cozy 44.5%, Relaxing 17.2%, Management 10.5%, Cute 8.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #37 Garden Paws
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,498 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Cozy 42.5%, Relaxing 19.5%, Cute 15%, Simulation 10.9%, Casual 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: The blend of shop management, cute aesthetics, and life-sim elements provides a very similar gameplay experience.
- #38 Cozy Caravan
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,377 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Lives Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!
Why similar: Cozy 34.8%, Trading 29.1%, Life Sim 15.5%, Cute 8.2%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #39 Twinkleby
74% matchVery Positive93% of 320 reviews2025
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Twinkleby is a cozy decoration game where you map out an archipelago of floating islands and build dioramas for a society of spacefaring Neighbours. Expand your collection, discover antique secrets, decorate, and when you change your mind – evict everyone and throw their furniture into space!
Why similar: Cozy 22.9%, Collectathon 17.2%, Life Sim 12.6%, Nature 10.5%, Management 10%
- #40 Piece by Piece
73% matchVery Positive90% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: GamkatPub: No More Robots
Windows
It's time to open shop! Inherit your family's repair shop, and roll up your sleeves. Fix up the prized possessions of the forest folk, paint yourself a masterpiece to sell and make your family shop all your own with decorations, furniture and cookies!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.8% ★, Cozy 25.3%, Nature 12.1%, Management 8%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #41 Arcane Merchant
72% matchVery Positive85% of 279 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 25% ★, Trading 17.8%, Life Sim 12.4%, Collectathon 11.9%, Management 10.9%
- #42 Treasure Beach
72% matchVery Positive83% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Scavenge the beach and run a cozy trinket shop by the sea! Find hidden treasures or trash, clean and repair your finds, put them up for sale, and upgrade your workshop. Dig deeper and faster to make more money and buy back the beach from the greedy hotel.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 21.6% ★, Cozy 19.4%, Collectathon 11.6%, Life Sim 11.6%, Trading 9.8%
- #43 Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
71% matchVery Positive97% of 262 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 24.1% ★, Cozy 22.6%, Life Sim 15%, Management 11.1%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #44 Is This Seat Taken?
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,468 reviews2025
Dev: Poti Poti StudioPub: Wholesome Games Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Is This Seat Taken? is a logic puzzle game where you play matchmaker for groups of hilariously particular people. Each character has pet peeves that make seating them a delightful challenge. Find the perfect spot for each person to unlock new levels in this cozy, silly, and relatable experience.
Why similar: Cozy 50.2%, Relaxing 23.9%, Cute 14.8%, Casual 10.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #45 Paralives
69% matchVery Positive90% of 20,976 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Why similar: Life Sim 50.9%, Cozy 17.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Relaxing 9.4%, Cute 4.4%
- #46 Cats & Cups
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,205 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Play as a barista in a cat-inspired coffee shop, where your customers are cats! Brew coffee and various drinks. Wholesome and cozy hand-drawn art, various mini-games and a lot of cats & coffee! Learn to craft complex orders, keep your catstomers happy. 🐱☕
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.5% ★, Cozy 29.4%, Life Sim 15.2%, Simulation 6.2%, Cute 6.1%
- #47 Sugardew Island - Your cozy farm shop
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 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 30.6% ★, Cozy 27%, Nature 11.6%, Management 8.8%, Relaxing 8%
- #48 Super Mini Mart
71% matchVery Positive83% of 145 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 24.6% ★, Cozy 20.5%, Inventory Management 13.1%, Life Sim 12.9%, Management 10.5%
- #49 Magical Greenhouse
70% matchVery Positive95% of 74 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 25.4% ★, Cozy 17.3%, Trading 14.8%, Nature 8.3%, Management 7.2%
- #50 Flowers And Favours: Florist Simulator
70% matchVery Positive94% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: MISK Games
Windows · Mac
Flowers And Favours is a relaxing cozy florist sim. Run your own flower shop, experiment with a stunning variety of florals, and craft unique bouquets for your adorable customers. Your floral journey begins today!
Why similar: Cozy 32.5%, Nature 14.2%, Management 12.2%, Relaxing 11.1%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #51 Strange Antiquities
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,487 reviews2025
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 55.6%, Relaxing 18.6%, Story Rich 13%, Simulation 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #52 Organized Inside
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,095 reviews2025
Dev: Meox Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A slow-paced life simulation and tidying up game about a cat, passion, transformation and growth. Categorizing cluttered everyday household items, navigating ever-changing life experiences, while gradually uncovering the joys and meaning of life through methodical space organization.
Why similar: Life Sim 37%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Simulation 14%, Cute 11.9%, Cozy 8.8%
- #53 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
69% matchVery Positive94% of 328 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 24.4% ★, Cozy 20.2%, Trading 16.5%, Inventory Management 12.7%, Life Sim 12.3%
- #54 Coffee Caravan
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,483 reviews2024
Dev: Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.
Why similar: Cozy 37.2%, Management 22.4%, Time Management 10.9%, Relaxing 9.7%, Cute 8.2%
- #55 Two Point Museum
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,230 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: Life Sim 31.4%, Management 22.4%, Simulation 13.7%, Nature 9.9%, Cute 9.2%
- #56 Fields of Mistria
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,222 reviews2026
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Life Sim 47%, Relaxing 18.8%, Cute 14.9%, Simulation 12.7%, RPG 6.7%
- #57 Cast n Chill
66% matchVery Positive95% of 8,579 reviews2025
Dev: Wombat Brawler
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Cast n Chill is a relaxing fishing game where you explore serene lakes, rivers, and oceans. Catch rare fish, upgrade your gear and reel in legendary catches - all with your loyal companion by your side.
Why similar: Cozy 44.2%, Nature 19.1%, Relaxing 17%, Resource Management 7.7%, Simulation 7%
- #58 Puni the Florist
66% matchVery Positive99% of 170 reviews2026
Dev: Earthquack Games
Windows
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: Cozy 17.7%, Shop Keeper 16.4% ★, Decorating 11.3% ★, Life Sim 10.3%, Nature 9.2%
- #59 My Little Life
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,152 reviews2025
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Collectathon 26.5%, Life Sim 26.1%, Management 16%, Relaxing 11.5%, Cute 8.2%
- #60 Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
64% matchVery Positive95% of 24,205 reviews2026
Dev: ArtRising
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! is a single-player simulation. You need return scattered books to proper places in an Arcane Library. As completed rows of bookshelves, you can learn ability to improve your efficiency. Use your skills and strategies to shelve 3,072 books as quick as you can.
Why similar: Collectathon 52.9%, Relaxing 29.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Casual 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
