Games Like Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

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: Cooking 51.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, RPG 15.2%, Simulation 9.9%, 2D 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: It matches Mystia's mix of pixel-art town life, ingredient gathering, relationship-building, and hands-on restaurant management almost beat for beat.

A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!

Why similar: Cooking 36.9%, JRPG 18.4%, Anime 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This combines action-based ingredient hunting with running and upgrading your own restaurant, making it a natural fit for Mystia's gather-and-serve rhythm.

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: Pixel Graphics 36.7%, RPG 18.6%, Simulation 17.1%, Casual 12.9%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its addictive loop of collecting fresh ingredients during the day and running a bustling sushi restaurant at night is one of the closest mechanical matches on Steam.

Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!

Why similar: Cooking 46.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Simulation 12.5%, RPG 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a deeply satisfying restaurant management sim centered on menu building, customer appeal, and growing a beloved eatery.

Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.

Why similar: Time Management 24%, Cooking 23.6%, Capitalism 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its pixel-art presentation, order-driven time management, and heartfelt service-industry vibe make it a strong tonal and mechanical match.

Battle Chef Brigade pairs combo-based hunting and puzzle-based cooking in a hand drawn, fantasy adventure. Cook your way into the Brigade while subduing Victusia’s destructive monsters. Follow Mina and Thrash in the single-player campaign or challenge your friends in Local Multiplayer and Daily Cook-Offs.

Why similar: Cooking 48%, RPG 16.1%, Anime 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Mystia's Izakaya, it revolves around hunting ingredients and turning them into dishes, wrapped in a colorful anime-inspired fantasy setting.

Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!

Why similar: Cooking 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Simulation 15.9%, Economy 9.9%, Casual 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers another compact pixel-style restaurant sim where optimizing dishes, layout, and customer satisfaction is the whole appeal.

🌯 Shawarma Legend !! A real simulation of a shawarma restaurant !!

Why similar: Cooking 37.2%, Time Management 26.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Cartoon 8.6%, Comedy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It's a straightforward but very satisfying cooking and time-management game about prepping food fast and keeping customers happy.

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: Cooking 36.5%, Time Management 33.3%, Simulation 14.6%, RPG 8.2%, Casual 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same satisfying rush of preparing food, serving customers quickly, and steadily improving a cute food business.

The Way of the Tray is a waiter simulator with action puzzle elements in a Japanese spirit world setting. Your task is to master the skill of serving dishes and earn the trust of yokai patrons. Will you be able to prove yourself and find your way home?

Why similar: Cooking 33.6%, Time Management 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Comedy 9.9%, Simulation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its Japanese restaurant theme and direct focus on food prep, service, and cozy simulation make it especially close in spirit.

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 37.1%, JRPG 17.7%, Anime 16.6%, RPG 10.1%, Comedy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: While it's a shop instead of a restaurant, it shares Mystia's anime charm, light RPG structure, and satisfying small-business progression.

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

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.5%, Anime 17.7%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Story Rich 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Even as a bartending visual novel, it nails the appeal of serving regulars, learning their tastes, and soaking in a character-driven nightly routine.

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: Pixel Graphics 54.7%, RPG 29.5%, Simulation 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: Running a fantasy tavern, sourcing ingredients, crafting food and drinks, and improving your establishment gives it a very similar cozy-management loop.

Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.

Why similar: Cooking 44.5%, Comedy 23%, Simulation 15.5%, Casual 10.1%, 2D 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Mystia is the hectic yet rewarding food-service gameplay, this delivers that same order-juggling intensity at a higher speed.

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: Time Management 49.7%, Simulation 21.7%, Cartoon 21.2%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This leans more relaxed, but its focus on building a welcoming cafe and getting to know quirky townsfolk scratches a similar itch.

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: Cooking 41.6%, Time Management 33.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Economy 10.1%, Casual 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This offers portable cafe management with fast service decisions, upgrades, and a run-based progression loop that feels great if you enjoy optimizing food service.

Enter the world of elite gastronomy and manage your own restaurant from A to Z: hospitality, cooking, waitering, you do it all! Learn from the best chefs in the world, prepare the most delicious meals to make your customers happy and become a true cooking star.

Why similar: Cooking 49.2%, Time Management 21.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Anime 8.3%, Casual 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a simpler restaurant sim, but it still hits the core pleasures of cooking, serving, and steadily improving your venue.

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: Capitalism 35%, Time Management 22.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, RPG 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its charming cast, customer preference system, and small-business progression echo the social-management side of Mystia even though you're selling potions instead of meals.

The unofficial Touhou farm sim! Play as harvest god Minoriko Aki and grow your popularity with your home-grown produce and specialty sweet potatoes. Mingle with other gods and youkai in newly-constructed Yasaka Resort Town, explore Youkai Mountain, and maybe get into a fight or two!

Why similar: Comedy 22.7%, Anime 22.3%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Simulation 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps the izakaya for farming, but the Touhou setting and cozy day-to-day sim structure make it the best lower-ranked pick for fans of Mystia's world specifically.

Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.

Why similar: Cooking 52%, Simulation 25.6%, Capitalism 22.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses more on management than character interactions, but it's excellent for customizing dishes and building a restaurant from the ground up.

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: Pixel Graphics 35.6%, Anime 21.2%, Simulation 17.6%, Story Rich 14.8%, Casual 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the intimate appeal of preparing drinks for a memorable cast of regulars in a laid-back, conversation-driven nightly setting.

"Nono's Magic General Shop" is a collecting tycoon game.You will play as "Nono", a 16-year-old girl who helps out at grandma's magic general shop. Come and help Nono run the business!You will develop all kinds of products to achieve the ultimate goal - Become the most popular magic generl shop in town!

Why similar: Capitalism 21.3%, JRPG 15.5%, Anime 12.7%, Simulation 11.3%, RPG 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its mix of shopkeeping, RPG-style progression, and cute fantasy atmosphere makes it a reasonable pick for players who like the business-sim half of Mystia.

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

Why similar: Simulation 49.7%, Time Management 47%, Casual 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a fantasy tavern full of guests, staff, food, and upgrades offers a similar business-building fantasy from a broader management angle.

Get ready to embark on a comedic culinary quest unlike any other as you take on the role of Zest in this story-driven adventure game; from humble beginnings you will build a farm, grow delectable ingredients, craft machinery and cook your way to becoming the most Epic Chef in Ambrosia!

Why similar: Cooking 45.2%, Comedy 18.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Cartoon 9.4%, RPG 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This mixes farming, crafting, humor, and cooking progression in a whimsical RPG framework that should appeal to players who like Mystia's playful flavor.

Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!

Why similar: Cooking 62.3%, Simulation 23.5%, Casual 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly want the satisfaction of designing menus and running a specialized food-and-drink business, this is a polished option.

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: Economy 30.5%, Cartoon 25.4%, Simulation 13.7%, RPG 13.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though focused on lodging, it shares Mystia's cozy management energy and the joy of building a charming place that caters to guests' needs.

A bread revolution across the world now begins! Aeruta is a side-scrolling action game with a shop management twist, fight monsters for materials and use them to make breads, then finally make the deserted town popular again!

Why similar: Cooking 33.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Anime 12.5%, RPG 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

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: JRPG 40%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Simulation 13.1%, RPG 13.1%, Casual 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This isn't a restaurant game, but the ingredient gathering, townsfolk interactions, and routine-based cozy RPG feel line up well with Mystia's daytime exploration side.

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: Pixel Graphics 43.2%, RPG 27.1%, Simulation 20.9%, 2D 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its loop of gathering goods through adventuring and then running a shop creates the same appealing blend of light action and business progression.

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: Simulation 24.6%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, RPG 18.7%, Anime 18.1%, Casual 17%

Why You'll Like It: For players who loved the cute, low-stress, community-focused side of Mystia, this offers a similarly whimsical cafe-management experience.

Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.

Why similar: Cooking 25.1%, JRPG 24.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Anime 14.7%, RPG 13.5%

Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!

Why similar: Faith 32% ★, JRPG 21%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, RPG 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

(English Version Available) A classical Monopoly-like game with 20+ Touhou characters and 10+ official maps. Custom level editor, double resource system (money & crystal), electric dispatching, SP required dice throwing and weather system bring you a whole different game experience. Original characters are waiting for your challenge!

Why similar: Faith 68.3% ★, Anime 13.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Casual 7.5%

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy is an indie game developed by GAMEPULSE.Step into the shoes of Cirno, the Hero of Ice, as she embarks on a journey against evil, liberating Gensokyo and saving her dear princess.

Why similar: JRPG 29.6%, Anime 21.1%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, RPG 11.1%, Story Rich 8.5%

Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!

Why similar: Time Management 22.6%, JRPG 14.8%, Anime 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, RPG 11.7%

The denizens of Touhou Project in a Dungeon Crawling RPG! Gensokyo is connected to 'a certain world' and a huge dungeon by the name of 'Mazes of the Week' appears. Create your own Touhou Characters, step up to the dungeon's challenges! An 'Authentic Style' RPG inspired by Touhou Project.

Why similar: Faith 54.5% ★, JRPG 19.2%, RPG 11.9%, Anime 7.8%, Female Protagonist 6.6%

Experience a hilarious and adorable e-commerce game in a magical world where humans and monsters are at war. Help a humble rabbit fairy expand her online store selling homegrown carrots. Uncover hidden secrets while growing the business and becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Why similar: Capitalism 30%, Time Management 22.4%, Anime 13.1%, Simulation 10.2%, RPG 9.2%

Gensoukyo is a 2D top-down game set up for the stage. In the peaceful and tranquil Gensoukyo, a little girl with yellow hair who likes to borrow books everywhere has aroused Alice's anger. Therefore, she calls on everyone in Gensoukyo to gather in front of Marisa's house for a battle!!!!

Why similar: Faith 28.7% ★, Clicker 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Anime 12.8%, Casual 11.8%

A bullet hell roguelike game. Players can utilize characters with different abilities, collect and assemble powerful items. Dance through an unending barrage of bullets to save both yourself and Touhou Gensokyo from the darkness that is engulfing everything.

Why similar: Faith 37.8% ★, Cartoon 11.8%, Comedy 11.8%, Anime 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

Gensokyo Night Festival is a 2D action-exploration game set in the world of Gensokyo.Join Suika Ibuki as she wreaks havoc throughout Gensokyo against the backdrop of the festival held at Hakurei Shrine.

Why similar: Faith 53.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Anime 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Casual 6%

Touhou Project's Brand New Action Roguelite Fan Game! Strange incidents erupt in the Animal Realm and Primate Spirit Garden. Embark on an unknown journey, uncover the truth behind the anomalies, and break through this 'Touhou Dystopian'!

Why similar: Faith 53.4% ★, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Anime 14.9%, RPG 9.1%

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy Prologue is a fanmade indie game developed by GAMEPULSE.To save the Princess of Misty Lake "Daiyousei", from the evil who took her captive. You must play as the brave Hero of Ice Fairy "Cirno" and face "Remilia Scarlet" of the Kouma Castle

Why similar: JRPG 32.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Anime 13.4%, Faith 10.8% ★, Drama 9.4%

Marisa has lost all her fortune in 'Kappachinko', now she must fight other residents in Gensokyo to repay the debt she owes Reimu! Collect various items and skills, build your construct strategically, then head towards powerful opponents! She may even encounter a mysterious being in the end…

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 46.4%, Cartoon 37.5%, 2D 16%

Journey through a pixelated, isometric version of Gensoukyou in this quasi-3D action RPG! Dash and jump to avoid enemies, or shoot them down from far! Hit the right buttons at the right time to accumulate power and battle efficiently! Play as Reimu and friends and get to the bottom of the incident!

Why similar: Faith 40.4% ★, RPG 16.8%, JRPG 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Anime 8.1%

Touhou Blooming Chaos 2 is an brand new rogue shooter where you control a character of a varied cast to explore an all randomized labyrinth. Enjoy the excessive fun of reaping enemies and character training. With balanced difficulty, you can always find your place as either beginner or veteran!

Why similar: Faith 54% ★, RPG 26.3%, Anime 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Based on the "Touhou Project" world, Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- is an addictive roguelike RPG that's easy for beginners to pickup and play, but with tons of advanced options for pros! Explore dungeons with your Touhou favorites characters, collect loot, and battle over the Golden Spheres!

Why similar: Faith 58.2% ★, RPG 17.5%, Anime 10.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, JRPG 5.3%

Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a cozy, story-driven cooking RPG. As head chef of your family's restaurant in Hawaii, build a trusty team of chefs and dish up tasty Hawaiian food. Manage kitchens, build friendships, find romance, explore tropical venues, and discover the power of cooking together.

Why similar: Cooking 28.2%, Time Management 20.7%, Anime 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, RPG 8.1%

Take over a bakery! Establish production lines for farming, fishing, and baking to create delicious treats! Fulfill missions to earn rewards. Recruit helpers, expand production, and decorate the bakery and homes. Restore Starlight Island to its former glory—one delicious dessert at a time!

Why similar: Time Management 22.3%, JRPG 16.9%, Clicker 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Anime 10.6%

Beans is a sardonic 'tycoon' simulation game about hipsters running a coffee shop replete with dismal puns, coffee, chiptunes, and mystery!

Why similar: Cooking 11.6%, Time Management 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Simulation 10%, Comedy 9.4%

NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).

Why similar: Anime 44.9%, Pixel Graphics 37%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 7.6%

A clicker game revolving around Sushi! Create sushi, Sell sushi and buy upgrades in an endless cycle to continue creating infinite sushi to become the ultimate sushi chef!

Why similar: Cooking 28.7%, Clicker 13.8%, Cartoon 13.1%, Anime 12.6%, Simulation 12.1%

Relax in the world of Kemono Teatime, where animal ears are a normal part of everyday life. Here in Melodius, you can whip up whatever blends of tea you desire in your favorite cafe as you play through an adorable story. Come now and live out your bestest and cutest life—down to the last drop.

Why similar: Cooking 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Simulation 16%, Comedy 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%

You will role-play as playful fairies with unique personalities, and accomplish your own Gekokujō in Gensokyo where the strong gather! Make your own favorite fairy character the strongest with your own hands!

Why similar: Faith 43.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, 1990's 11.7%, Anime 11.6%, Comedy 10.3%

More Sushi! is a short incremental game about running a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Serve customers, buy upgrades, hire helpers, and unlock new sushi! Pay off the owner's debt, then turn used plates into stars to buy permanent upgrades.

Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, Economy 20.7%, Clicker 20.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Run your own sushi shokudo in a mysterious underworld. Satisfy the appetite of your customers, collect suspicious ingredients from bizarre fantastical creatures, and realize your dream of creating ... the legendary Chawanmushi!

Why similar: Cooking 52.7%, Time Management 35.6%, Casual 9.6%, Simulation 2.1%

秘封旅行是一款Touhou Project的同人桌宠休闲游戏。与桌面的两位秘封俱乐部少女互动，体验数值养成，在近未来京都的大地图上，尽情探索、打工、购物，来和秘封俱乐部一起享受每一天吧！

Why similar: Faith 58.3% ★, Simulation 16.1%, RPG 16.1%, Casual 9.4%

Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 51.8%, Anime 29.4%, Story Rich 18.7%

Experience a part-time job at a convenience store, make money to buy more food for your cat. "Diz iz an honor te work fur meh~ Feed meh! Hooman! Bring meh home!"

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34.1%, Simulation 24.2%, Casual 23.3%, Female Protagonist 18.4%

Patty's brother has been possessed by the God of Poverty and the whole family has become poor. Run an adventure tavern in a fantasy land with Patty to pay their dept! A turn-based RPG where you cook, eat, collect, fight and explore!

Why similar: JRPG 34%, RPG 33.1%, Casual 17.1%, Anime 15.8%

Doloc Town is a cozy pixel-art farming simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Build your dream farm from scratch and explore this mysterious wasteland. Harvest, plant, build, and uncover the untold stories of this forgotten land.

Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, RPG 10.8%