- #1 Dustland Delivery
97% matchVery Positive88% of 1,290 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Trading 45.4%, Sandbox 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic survival trading game mirrors Tradesman's heavy focus on logistics, vehicle upgrades, and dangerous routes.
- #2 Caravaneer 2
96% matchVery Positive95% of 547 reviews2020
Dev: Dmitry Zheltobriukhov
Windows
A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.
Why similar: Trading 67.5%, Open World 26.2%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Like Tradesman, it combines deep economic trading, caravan management, and perilous tactical combat across a harsh open world.
- #3 The Walking Trade
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,903 reviews2026
Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Why similar: Sandbox 80%, Simulation 18.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same premise of foot-based or vehicular trade navigation through sandbox environments where every journey carries high risk.
- #4 Merchants of Kaidan
95% matchMixed79% of 817 reviews2014
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Regain your riches, restore your honor and avenge your father's murder. A challenging trading game with lots of RPG elements.
Why similar: Trading 52.9%, Medieval 14.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Fantasy 8.6%, Simulation 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A trading-heavy adventure game where you travel dangerous roads to buy low and sell high while managing random encounters and quests.
- #5 Merchant of the Six Kingdoms
94% matchVery Positive91% of 225 reviews2023
Dev: Cory LongPub: GooseGames
Windows
Become a medieval merchant and master the arts of bartering, haggling, and investing, Explore 20 markets, barter with 200 characters, and trade in over 1,800 items in a dynamic bartering and haggling system that will challenge and reward.
Why similar: Trading 51.6%, Medieval 17.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Fantasy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a comparable blend of economic strategy and role-playing elements centered entirely around moving goods between treacherous locations.
- #6 Dune Strider
94% matchMixed61% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Dust BunniesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Dune Strider is an Adventure-Strategy Game in which you, the player, take command of a merchant controlling a Sand-Barge in a desert and use it to travel and explore the land around you. The road to settlements to sell your goods is filled with dangers and opportunities. Can you handle it?
Why similar: Trading 43.4%, Sandbox 20.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Open World 12%, Colorful 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the open-world exploration and perilous cargo management loop found in Tradesman, set against a harsh desert backdrop.
- #7 九州：商旅（Nine Provinces: Caravan）
92% matchVery Positive91% of 1,146 reviews2021
Dev: BigLight.Games
Windows
On the ancient nine province continent, you may become a businessman, get to know others, expand caravans, and free trade and exploration.
Why similar: Trading 53.5%, Open World 21.8%, Exploration 12.7%, 2D 5.8%, Simulation 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses intensely on open-world caravan trading, exploring regions, and surviving economic pressures just like the seed game.
- #8 A Merchant's Promise
91% matchVery Positive86% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: Game Draft Studio
Windows
Medieval Trading & Transport with Physics-Based Items. Start as a Worthless Merchant and work your way up as you carefully handle your goods through a Medieval World!
Why similar: Trading 24.9%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Sandbox 15.6%, Medieval 15.1%, Open World 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines slow-paced walking-simulator mechanics with shopkeeping and exploration elements reminiscent of Tradesman's lighter travel phases.
- #9 This Merchant Life
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 186 reviews2019
Dev: Inexplicable Games
Windows
This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!
Why similar: Trading 55.3%, Medieval 28.1%, Fantasy 9.4%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: It turns the life of a traveling merchant into a challenging economic struggle filled with management and hazard-filled escapades.
- #10 Dealer's Life 2
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,237 reviews2022
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!
Why similar: Trading 77.9%, 2D 7.4%, Colorful 7.2%, Simulation 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the core trading, bargaining, and economic survival mechanics, though focused on running a pawn shop rather than open-world transport.
- #11 East Trade Tycoon: Inheritance
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,099 reviews2024
Dev: PandaUpStudio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Eastern Trade Tycoon: Inheritance is a trading simulator game.In the game,you can from zero to hero.By trading markets, build a business,earn money,level up, investing accurately, and manage family to become a trading tycoon!
Why similar: Trading 57.7%, Open World 20.1%, 2D 7.8%, Exploration 7.8%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down trading simulation that challenges you to build a commercial empire through risky long-distance shipping.
- #12 Medieval Shopkeeper Simulator
90% matchMixed61% of 282 reviews2018
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.
Why similar: Trading 40.9%, Medieval 18.8%, Open World 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Simulation 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a grounded economic simulation where managing stock and dealing with the public is central to your survival.
- #13 Car Trader Simulator
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 522 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Do you know how to profit from trading cars while maintaining a good reputation? Car Trader Simulator lets you play the role of an American car dealer. Your goal is to get rich. How you do it depends entirely on you.
Why similar: Trading 64.6%, Open World 10.1%, 2D 9.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Engages players in the grueling logistics and bargain-hunting aspects of buying, hauling, and flipping inventory for survival.
- #14 Boots Quest DX
86% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Harrison LemkePub: Discount Realms
Windows · Mac
An offbeat adventure game about traveling to the ends of the earth in search of the Best Boots. Solve puzzles, complete quests, collect items, and don weird hats as a hapless young boot enthusiast in a compact open world full of strange friends and foes. You can even jump.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Comedy 22.5%, Open World 18.3%, Exploration 14.4%, Fantasy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the quirky comedy, pixel-graphics style, and exploration-heavy walking-simulator pacing found in Tradesman.
- #15 Shoppe Keep 2
87% matchMixed56% of 2,236 reviews2019
Dev: Strange FirePub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shoppe Keep returns bigger and better than ever! Build your business empire and defend it from thieves. Explore the open-world in single-player or with up to 4 players online. Renovate and design your store, cook, fish, hunt for products, charm customers, evolve the town, and make your millions.
Why similar: Trading 37.1%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 14.2%, Medieval 12.3%, Comedy 12%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an open-world sandbox experience centered on managing inventory, dealing with customers, and protecting your wares.
- #16 Lords and Villeins
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 979 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Medieval 26%, Sandbox 23%, Open World 19%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, 2D 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the top-down management and micro-economic simulation focus, dealing with peasant labor and resource supply chains.
- #17 Pixel Shopkeeper
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 35.3%, Sandbox 21.2%, 2D 14.1%, Simulation 13.6%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features pixel-art aesthetics and a resource management loop centered around acquiring and selling distinct item properties.
- #18 The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom
84% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Bearplane
Windows
You are an NPC and shopkeeper in a simulated MMORPG world. Trade, craft and manage a guild to acquire powerful gear and face dangerous dungeons, world bosses, rare spawns and up to 40-man raids while following the campaign to aid in the protection of the ancient and powerful Elemental Stones.
Why similar: Auto Battler 39.9%, Medieval 18.6%, Exploration 12.4%, Fantasy 8.7%, Combat 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Mixes traditional RPG adventure mechanics with store management and logistical progression through dungeon-adjacent zones.
- #19 Mirthwood
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Sandbox 32.3%, Medieval 29.1%, Open World 18.5%, Exploration 14.6%, Simulation 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a medieval sandbox RPG experience with open-world exploration, farming, and trading elements in a living world.
- #20 Dealer's Life Legend
82% matchVery Positive83% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Welcome to the Pecunian Empire, travelling merchant! Head between our many cities, expand your collection of wares and grow your riches. If your talent and skill are sharp enough, you may be in with a shot of winning the Wandering Merchant Quest and proving that YOU are the best dealer in town!
Why similar: Trading 64.4%, Fantasy 13.8%, Simulation 8.5%, 2D 6.8%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the stressful negotiations and inventory management of running a trading business against the clock.
- #21 Royal Merchant
84% matchMixed62% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Badim
Windows · Mac
Manage your team of Heroes and Crafters while upgrading your Castle in Royal Merchant! A blend of RPG, clicker, idler, and management gameplay with epic quests, crafting, and conquering bosses. Master the trade, outfit your Heroes, and grow your trade empire.
Why similar: Auto Battler 53.2%, Medieval 26.2%, Colorful 8.9%, 2D 7.3%, Simulation 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the addictive loop of gathering resources, trading, and managing heroes who embark on dangerous quests for loot.
- #22 Goblin Vyke: The Thief Tycoon
81% matchMixed70% of 1,542 reviews2026
Dev: Art Thieves
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
By night, you’re a thief, sneaking into dungeons to steal valuable items. By day, you’re a merchant, haggling to sell your loot at high prices. Master stealth, steal the Demon Lord’s hidden treasures, recruit employees, and expand your business. Rise from a penniless goblin to a black-market tycoon!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Medieval 18.9%, Fantasy 17.1%, 2D 12.7%, Simulation 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar pixel-art presentation and shop-keeper management loop, though augmented with stealth and thievery.
- #23 Merchant 64
82% matchMixed68% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: SuitNtie
Windows
Merchant 64 a tiny retro inspired traveling merchant game! Take control of Merchant as you buy goods at low prices and sell them in different towns at higher prices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45%, Exploration 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Simulation 9%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual exploration and simulation title that leans heavily into leisurely wandering while managing a merchant lifestyle.
- #24 Alchemist Shop Simulator
81% matchVery Positive80% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
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: Trading 59.3%, Medieval 21.6%, Fantasy 7.6%, Simulation 6.3%, Indie 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Centers around crafting, pricing, and selling unique items with specialized properties within a tight economic simulation.
- #25 Between Adventures IDLE
79% matchMixed69% of 375 reviews2026
Dev: Loop ForgePub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac
A visual Idle RPG where you hunt creatures for rare loot, enchant your equipment, and build your hero. Master 11 skills, trade with merchants, and progress even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Why similar: Trading 31.9%, Auto Battler 30%, Medieval 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Fantasy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a background progression system that complements the loot and resource-gathering loops of management-heavy games.
- #26 Plebby Quest: The Crusades
80% matchVery Positive85% of 2,909 reviews2020
Dev: PiedPipers TeamPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
Why similar: Medieval 52%, Simulation 13.4%, Adventure 12.1%, 2D 12.1%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines medieval strategy and economic management where your survival depends on clever trading and political positioning.
- #27 The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles
78% matchVery Positive84% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Fix-a-Bug
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hyper‑Dungeon awaits! Explore an evershifting labyrinth where classic dungeon‑crawling meets exhilarating action. Challenge yourself in turn-based combat with a real‑time, arcade‑inspired twist and befriend an eccentric cast of dungeon dwellers on the quest for the legendary Sacred Groowl!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 22.3%, Exploration 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Fantasy 12.9%, Combat 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the indie 2D aesthetic and adventurous questing feel, focusing heavily on dungeon exploration and combat progression.
- #28 Indemon Tales
79% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Luzian
Windows · Mac · Linux
Earn the respect of a guild full of monsters and demons as a lone human by taking part in dangerous dungeon adventures and uncover secrets behind the mysterious demon kingdom of Tarborea.
Why similar: Exploration 26.4%, Comedy 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, 2D 13%, Adventure 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D adventure game featuring pixel graphics and exploration that appeals to the quest-driven aspect of Tradesman.
- #29 Dig & Deal
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: ToYa Games
Windows
Dig & Deal is a game where you dig underground to find valuable items and bargain with customers to sell what you find. Upgrade your tools, grow your shop, and make the best deals to build your fortune.
Why similar: Trading 44.5%, Sandbox 19%, Exploration 13.2%, Open World 11.1%, Colorful 5.7%
- #30 Car Dealer Simulator
74% matchVery Positive89% of 10,629 reviews2025
Dev: Garage Monkeys
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Trading 63.9%, Open World 24.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #31 Let Them Trade
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,191 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: Trading 55%, Medieval 27.2%, Colorful 9.2%, Simulation 4.7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #32 Storage Dealer Simulator
76% matchMixed62% of 820 reviews2025
Dev: Quadfix Games
Windows
Storage Dealer Simulator invites you to a world where your bargaining skills will be tested to the limits, and you'll never know what lies behind each door. Are you ready to become a top-tier trader? Join the warehouse adventure with Storage Dealer Simulator!
Why similar: Open World 65.3%, Simulation 24.8%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #33 Legend of Merchant
78% matchVery Positive83% of 661 reviews2016
Dev: 疯王子Pub: CrazyPrince
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Legend of Merchant is a mini-game about trading goods. You will play an ancient eastern merchant, make descisions and make money in limited time. Game has some randomness and you can always start all over again and try to achieve a higher score.
Why similar: Simulation 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward indie simulation title that keeps the focus squarely on buying low, selling high, and managing basic trade.
- #34 Weapon Shop Fantasy
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,837 reviews2017
Dev: INDIECN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A shop game with RPG? Or is it RPG with a shop? Collect materials, Craft weapons, Train your staff and defeat your enemy! This is Weapon Shop Fantasy!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 45%, Simulation 26.7%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 7%
- #35 Creator Chronicles
73% matchMixed69% of 702 reviews2026
Dev: Origin Studio
Windows · Mac
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
Why similar: Trading 56.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Fantasy 10.3%, 2D 7.4%, Simulation 5.1%
- #36 Craftlands Workshoppe
76% matchMixed63% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: Arvydas ŽemaitisPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
From the out-there imagination behind the Shoppe Keep series comes a brand-new fantasy business adventure set in the clouds. Craftlands Workshoppe is hiring! But can you run your store, master three noble crafts and solve the former owner’s mysterious disappearance?
Why similar: Trading 86%, Adventure 5.2%, Simulation 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #37 Car Dealer
75% matchMixed67% of 231 reviews2020
Dev: piratecat games
Windows
Buy and sell, manage the world's most popular auto gallery.
Why similar: Simulation 40.3%, Open World 23.9%, Indie 18.2%, Exploration 15.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #38 Used Cars Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,197 reviews2025
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!
Why similar: Trading 45.4%, Open World 18.5%, Sandbox 18.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Simulation 4.2%
- #39 BIG LOOT
70% matchMostly Positive69% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Reverie Clouds
Windows
Roguelike caravan survival game about risk, loot, and smart trading. Every run is a journey of hard choices, clever upgrades, and the eternal question: Do I play it safe... or go for the BIG LOOT?
Why similar: Trading 40.5%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 15.9%, Exploration 13.8%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #40 Storage Hustle
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,564 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Storage Hustle is a Simulation RPG where you go into storage auctions to buy different mysterious storages. Discover and sell many items, join Yard Sales and haggle your way for profit!
Why similar: Trading 55.1%, Sandbox 25.7%, Open World 12.6%, Simulation 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #41 Village Merchant
71% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Beast Games S. A.
Windows
Run and expand your own medieval shop! Sell weapons, armor, food, and rare goods to peasants and lords alike in the immersive medieval store simulator.
Why similar: Trading 57%, Medieval 21%, Walking Simulator 16%, Simulation 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #42 Blasting Courier
72% matchVery Positive88% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: VOIGON
Windows
Find the castle as a medieval courier while avoiding the deadly mines.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Mystery Dungeon 26.4%, Exploration 16.6%, Medieval 13.2%, Colorful 6.9%
- #43 Shop Legends
73% matchMixed43% of 212 reviews2024
Dev: Cloudcade
Windows
Immerse yourself in an Idle Simulation Tycoon RPG like no other, where you are tasked with managing a thriving item shop, crafting legendary gear for customers, commanding mighty heroes to loot rare artifacts & blueprints all while challenging top-ranked shopkeepers in an epic business adventure!
Why similar: Trading 65.5%, Combat 13.1%, 2D 8.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #44 Cosmonautica
74% matchMixed48% of 1,190 reviews2015
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Why similar: Trading 49.9%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 13.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Simulation 4.5%
- #45 Merchant in Dungeon
70% matchVery Positive80% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: HexGameStudio
Windows
Merchant in Dungeon is about managing shops.Hercules enters Dark Gate Town solo, aiming to repay his father's debt. Starting with a store, he grows capital, hires, expands shops, and manages relationships with diverse female NPCs. Dominating the business scene? Quite a challenge!
Why similar: Fantasy 30.3%, 2D 22.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 6.6%
- #46 Merchant
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 607 reviews2018
Dev: Retora Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Merchant blends traditional RPG systems and tycoon style mechanics. No gems, no consumables, all purchases are DLC! Great for second screen gaming! Merchant reimagines the classic RPG experience from the perspective of a Merchant. Hire Heroes and Crafters to do your bidding for you.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 61.5%, Simulation 22.9%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #47 Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 615 reviews2025
Dev: Ragnarocket
Windows · Mac · Linux
Craft. Battle. Grow. Join thousands of players in the ultimate tactical RPG where every piece of gear is forged by you — and every fight tests your strategy.
Why similar: Trading 28.1%, Auto Battler 24.3%, Medieval 13.3%, Tactical 11.9%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #48 The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
69% matchVery Positive82% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: MuccyGames
Windows · Mac
Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!
Why similar: Medieval 36.5%, Exploration 28.7%, Simulation 14.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #49 Crafter's Hollow
70% matchMixed54% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Wylde Wisp Games
Windows
Forge gear, run a shop, and send mercenaries into danger so you don’t have to. A cozy-but-clever crafting sim where business booms, heroes bicker, and dungeons provide all the “supply chain” problems you’ll ever need.
Why similar: Medieval 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Fantasy 15.4%, Simulation 14.3%, 2D 12.3%
- #50 The Last Gas Station
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,464 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Trading 44.9%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Colorful 9.2%, 2D 6.6%
- #51 Yard Sale Simulator
68% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Queenfish Games
Windows
An open world yard sale simulator. Buy, repair and sell your way to the top. Shop yard sales, hold your own yard sale, buy a market stand, upgrade your stand or open a shop in town to sell all your newly acquired valuables.
Why similar: Trading 37.6%, Comedy 21.1%, Open World 20.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Simulation 4.7%
- #52 World of Talesworth: Idle MMO Simulator
69% matchMixed70% of 463 reviews2022
Dev: Talesworth Game Studio
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore new lands, slay monsters, gather loot and level up in this idle MMO simulation experience. Packed with unique and meaningful upgrades, moments of discovery, and gaming nostalgia, World of Talesworth is an homage to all our favorite RPGs.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24%, Medieval 15.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Colorful 10.9%, Adventure 10.9%
- #53 Traveller's Hymn
67% matchVery Positive94% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Aquatic Ranger Studio
Windows
Traveller's Hymn is a top-down, grid-based, open-world adventure game. Explore a vast land, battle monsters, collect loot, help locals and cook hearty meals while unraveling the mystery behind the land's curse.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27.7%, Medieval 22.2%, Open World 16.7%, Exploration 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #54 A guard walks into a tavern
67% matchVery Positive84% of 435 reviews2023
Dev: SuQing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Why similar: Medieval 57.2%, Fantasy 22.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Adventure 9%
- #55 Border Town
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.7%, Open World 35.2%, Fantasy 9.6%, 2D 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%
- #56 Trailer Shop Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: GidAzGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
In this game, you run a shady roadside stall selling outlawed everyday goods while staying one step ahead of the law. Prices rise, tension builds — will you cash in or get shut down in a midnight raid?
Why similar: Colorful 62.5%, Simulation 37.5%
- #57 Faire Trade
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Ready to take on the management of a fantasy shop? Faire Trade allows you to do just that! From farming, to crafting, to selling, to hiring, to expanding, to pricing, to decorating to….. Well, the world's your oyster! Stay curious, adapt, and let your blossoming shop shine!
Why similar: Trading 50.9%, Medieval 27%, Colorful 9.5%, Fantasy 9.2%, Simulation 3.5%
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64% matchVery Positive84% of 2,815 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 51.6%, 2D 21.2%, Simulation 19.9%, Singleplayer 7.3%
