- #1 Weed Shop 3
97% matchVery Positive94% of 4,106 reviews2022
Dev: Weed GamesPub: Weed Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Farming Sim 17%, Economy 15.7%, Management 12.6%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the illicit-adjacent shop management and adult-goods focus found in the seed game.
- #2 Liquor Store Simulator
96% matchVery Positive88% of 514 reviews2025
Dev: Tovarishch GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Trading 25% ★, Economy 18.3%, Management 14.6%, Life Sim 11.8%, Shop Keeper 11.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: Features direct management of an alcohol-focused shop with similar economic mechanics.
- #3 Tobacco Shop Simulator
96% matchVery Positive90% of 858 reviews2025
Dev: Business Tycoon
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Run your tobacco shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Why similar: Economy 21.7%, Life Sim 20.1%, Shop Keeper 14.7% ★, Trading 13.8% ★, Management 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a dedicated shop-keeping experience centered on tobacco products.
- #4 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,463 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Why similar: Trading 18.1% ★, Farming Sim 15%, Economy 13.9%, Management 12%, Dark Humor 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines legitimate business management with a criminal underworld theme.
- #5 Supermarket Simulator
94% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 23.6%, Trading 21.1% ★, Management 19.9%, Life Sim 10.3%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished shop management experience that mirrors the core retail mechanics of the seed game.
- #6 Booze Masters: Freezing Moonshine
94% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2023
Dev: Asmodev
Windows
Freezing Moonshine is a unsettling first-person adventure game with elements of plant cultivation, puzzles, and lots of high-proof beverages. To survive, you'll need to gather harvests, take photos, and craft a wide variety of spirits.
Why similar: Trading 20.3% ★, Dark Humor 16.1%, Economy 15%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the production and management of alcohol with a similar dark-humor tone.
- #7 Wanted Raccoon
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 781 reviews2021
Dev: MAD Sprouts
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
WANTED RACCOON is a 3rd person raccoon simulator with a storyline and extensive research space. Steal food, ride a skateboard, be inconspicuous, fight with people, create equipment, upgrade skills, lead resistance and find a kidnapped family!
Why similar: Crafting 34.1%, Building 26.7%, Family Friendly 16.5%, Comedy 13.9%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a raccoon protagonist and emphasizes crafting and survival in a human world.
- #8 Bear and Breakfast
91% matchVery Positive90% of 5,218 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 20.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Life Sim 13.8%, Management 11.8%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features animal-led management gameplay with a focus on building and cozy aesthetics.
- #9 Moonshine Inc.
92% matchMixed65% of 205 reviews2022
Dev: Klabater
Windows
We love moonshin’. Now, you get to play a story-rich management game focused on crafting moonshine, brandy, whisky, and vodka. You’ll ferment, distill, then name your booze how you want it. You’ll run that business big. Smart, yet discreetly. Cause ain’t nothin’ illegal... ‘til you get caught!
Why similar: Trading 27.5% ★, Economy 19.1%, Building 18.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Management 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a detailed simulation of moonshine production and distribution, matching the alcohol theme.
- #10 Dealer's Life
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,304 reviews2019
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Live the ultimate pawn shop experience in this funny retro style tycoon game!
Why similar: Trading 34.9% ★, Economy 20.6%, Management 18.1%, Shop Keeper 14% ★, Funny 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes trading and negotiation aspects of running a shop.
- #11 Soda Story - Brewing Tycoon
90% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Upper Class Walrus
Windows
Take on the challenge of running a Soda brewing operation, all while participating in the current season of the hit reality TV show “Prisoneers.” Will you win your freedom?
Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Farming Sim 21.4%, Building 17.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Management 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the crafting and management of beverages in a tycoon-style format.
- #12 Drug Dealer Simulator
89% matchVery Positive86% of 20,822 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Trading 32% ★, Crafting 20.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Management 16.1%, Resource Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the management of illicit goods in a gritty, urban environment.
- #13 Graveyard Keeper
88% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 37.9%, Management 23%, Building 16.7%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends dark humor, crafting, and management in a way that feels tonally similar to the seed game.
- #14 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
89% matchMixed67% of 832 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Management 63.8%, Simulation 18.9%, Building 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on managing a tavern and serving alcohol, echoing the management style of the seed game.
- #15 Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry
86% matchVery Positive83% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: Ritual Interactive
Windows
Laundering Simulator puts you in charge of a two-faced enterprise – a hidden counterfeiting workshop with a laundromat as its front! Help Eddie Wiser run this crazy show and deal with small-business management, a criminal underground, nosy authorities, and a rage-inducing grandmother!
Why similar: Trading 19.4% ★, Time Management 16.7%, Economy 13.7%, Building 10.6%, Life Sim 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a business used to hide illicit activities.
- #16 Travellers Rest
86% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 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: Farming Sim 27%, Life Sim 21.5%, Management 18%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with crafting and farming, perfect for fans of the ranch-sim aspect.
- #17 A Little Shop in Squirrel Town
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Superluminal Cat
Windows
You will become the shopkeeper of grocery shop in Squirrel Town to run your own shop, replenish your stock, sell, make a profit, kill monsters, manufacture outfits, engage in agriculture, angle, cook delicious food, feed monsters and save Monster Forest controlled by the evil crystal.
Why similar: Trading 21.2% ★, Economy 14.6%, Farming Sim 14.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features animal-themed shop management and trading mechanics.
- #18 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
85% matchVery Positive88% of 1,803 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 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: Trading 15.3% ★, Farming Sim 13.3%, Economy 10.8%, Time Management 9.9%, Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated shop-keeping sim that focuses on crafting and inventory management.
- #19 Gas Station Simulator
84% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 31.1%, Management 23.3%, Building 23%, Simulation 11.7%, Funny 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust management experience centered on a roadside business.
- #20 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
82% matchVery Positive93% of 42,947 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.9 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: Crafting 24.8%, Trading 20% ★, Farming Sim 16.6%, Management 14.3%, Life Sim 12%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the crafting and shop-keeping loop with a unique visual style.
- #21 Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage
83% matchVery Positive94% of 307 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: Farming Sim 17.7%, Trading 17.6% ★, Economy 14.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Life Sim 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of farming and shop management in a cozy setting.
- #22 Blooming Business: Casino
84% matchMixed70% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Homo Ludens
Windows
Build your casino empire in Las Venas alongside cute animals! Blooming Business: Casino is a cosy management game. Build and run your casino in a bustling world full of drama. Complete quests and manage your clientele. Keep everyone happy, from the clients, to the employees (and beware of the bear).
Why similar: Moddable 22.2% ★, Management 14%, Economy 13.2%, Building 13.1%, Life Sim 13%
Why You'll Like It: Features management gameplay with quirky, stylized characters.
- #23 DAVE THE DIVER
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 147,999 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Farming Sim 31.8%, Management 30.5%, Crafting 20.8%, Funny 8.5%, Simulation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of shop management and quirky character interactions in a charming setting.
- #24 Farming & Supermarket Simulator: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Bull Games
Windows
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.5%, Time Management 16.7%, Economy 13.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines farming and retail management in a single simulation loop.
- #25 Candy & Toys Store Simulator
81% matchVery Positive84% of 189 reviews2024
Dev: Ox Games
Windows
Run your own candy and toys store. Order supplies, receive deliveries, stock shelves, hire employees, set prices, and expand your business. Unlock a Gaming Club across the street, place arcade machines and billiard tables, set profits, and collect earnings.
Why similar: Economy 22.2%, Management 16.5%, Time Management 16.4%, Life Sim 16%, Family Friendly 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a straightforward shop management experience with a focus on inventory.
- #26 Husbandry
81% matchVery Positive80% of 141 reviews2020
Dev: Average Games
Windows · Mac
As an entrepreneur from a far away galaxy, raise and breed the exotic creatures of Earth, then sell them back to your home world.
Why similar: Management 41.6%, Funny 18.2%, Family Friendly 16.2%, Cute 13.5%, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A farming-sim that emphasizes management and animal care.
- #27 House Flipper
78% matchVery Positive94% of 101,908 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
Why similar: Building 27.4%, Economy 18.3%, Moddable 15.7% ★, Management 14.1%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for the renovation and management of properties, including trailer-style homes.
- #28 Internet Cafe Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 10,142 reviews2019
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café in the world!
Why similar: Management 36.2%, Economy 31.2%, Simulation 20.3%, Funny 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty, management-heavy shop experience in a modern setting.
- #29 Animal Shelter
78% matchVery Positive88% of 3,985 reviews2022
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
Why similar: Life Sim 30.7%, Management 18.3%, Family Friendly 17.1%, Building 15.7%, Cute 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on animal-related management and care in a simulation format.
- #30 Discounty
76% matchVery Positive83% of 2,410 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 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: Life Sim 17.4%, Satire 17% ★, Time Management 16.9%, Shop Keeper 15.2% ★, Management 12.4%
- #31 Blood Bar Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 781 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!
Why similar: Economy 17.3%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Life Sim 14.6%, Building 14.5%, Management 13%
- #32 Pirate Cove Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
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: Trading 21.4% ★, Economy 18.7%, Management 13.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Dark Humor 8.4%
- #33 Farm Frenzy: Refreshed
79% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: GameOn ProductionPub: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Grow and make resources to trade with the city, care for animals, and build your dream ranch in Alawar's famous Frenzy Farm with a modern twist!
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.3%, Time Management 26.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic time-management farming game that focuses on production and economy.
- #34 Dog Brew
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,592 reviews2024
Dev: Yuliy Oneshko
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dog Brew - a light indie adventure where the main character, burdened by debts, decides to settle them through the art of brewing beer.
Why similar: Trading 16.7% ★, Time Management 16.3%, Farming Sim 12.6%, Economy 12%, Crafting 11.3%
- #35 Alchemist Shop Simulator
76% matchVery Positive83% of 156 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 23.5% ★, Economy 17.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Management 13.2%, Dark Humor 9.1%
- #36 Ranch Farm and Store Simulator
75% matchVery Positive88% of 287 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Enjoy the experience of running your own ranch and store from the ground up. Grow crops, raise livestock, and keep your customers stocked with fresh products. Defend your farm from wild animal attacks. Hire employees and grow from a humble beginning into a thriving business.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.9%, Time Management 18.5%, Life Sim 14.2%, Economy 13.5%, Shop Keeper 11.8% ★
- #37 Faire Trade
73% matchVery Positive85% of 59 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 17.5% ★, Farming Sim 14.3%, Crafting 12%, Economy 10.5%, Management 9.5%
- #38 Plump! Dumb Frog Pond
73% matchVery Positive98% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: FHNBHJPub: 2P Games
Windows
The future is chaos - frog attacks everywhere! You're a frog farmer in Potato Pioneer Town, build pond setups to attract different ugly frogs, then snatch them up in your bucket - Yoink! Toss your catches into tanks, fatten them up, and sell for big bucks.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.2%, Management 15.5%, Economy 15.2%, Life Sim 15%, Dark Humor 14.8%
- #39 Bookshop Simulator
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,007 reviews2025
Dev: Blep Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25.4% ★, Economy 18.3%, Management 14.6%, Life Sim 12%, Building 8.8%
- #40 Speakeasy Simulator
72% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Arcana GamesPub: Bluelily Games
Windows
Manage your own speakeasy hidden from prying eyes during Prohibition. Experiment with recipes, perfect the quality of your spirits, and transform your bar into an elegant, unique venue. Combine craftsmanship, optimization, and decoration to offer your guests an unforgettable experience.
Why similar: Trading 21.6% ★, Economy 15.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Management 12.1%, Life Sim 11.8%
- #41 CRUFT
71% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Go On Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A cozy crafter with tons of things to create, sell, or just have fun making. Every recipe always makes a bit of CRUFT too, so you should probably clean up after yourself!
Why similar: Time Management 17.6%, Farming Sim 17.5%, Economy 12.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.2%
- #42 Fuel Station Simulator
73% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: QuantumPlay Studios
Windows
Take control of your very own fuel station and transform it into a bustling business hub! Experience the perfect mix of management, customization, and exciting challenges as you serve customers, expand your services, and build your empire.
Why similar: Economy 19.1%, Building 14.4%, Life Sim 13.7%, Time Management 12.4%, Management 12.1%
- #43 The Walking Trade
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,435 reviews2026
Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Economy 25.7%, Management 20.4%, Crafting 18.4%, Building 17.6%, Dark Humor 9.1%
- #44 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
70% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.2%, Time Management 17.5%, Shop Keeper 14.5% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Life Sim 13.2%
- #45 Trailer Shop Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 281 reviews2021
Dev: GidAzGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Crafting 29.6%, Life Sim 28.3%, Management 26.8%, Simulation 8.4%, 3D 6.9%
- #46 Pawn Planet
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 273 reviews2025
Dev: Gambol Games
Windows
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: Trading 43.3% ★, Shop Keeper 18.7% ★, Management 11.5%, Life Sim 9.9%, Funny 9%
- #47 Waterpark Simulator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Economy 19.6%, Management 15.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 14.3%, Life Sim 14%
- #48 Potion Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Management 20.5%, Economy 19.9%, Building 17.2%, Trading 15.9% ★, Shop Keeper 13% ★
- #49 Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 393 reviews2021
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!
Why similar: Moddable 32% ★, Time Management 23.2%, Economy 19.2%, Management 18.9%, Simulation 5.8%
- #50 Gamestonk Simulator: Gone Rogue
69% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: simsum
Windows
Gamestonk is the first roguelite shop simulator. Manage the last videogame store in town, keep up with the latest releases, trade smuggled retros, select your modifiers strategically, hire workers, and deal with pesky shoplifters.
Why similar: Economy 27.6%, Life Sim 22.4%, Management 22.3%, Shop Keeper 12.2% ★, Funny 7.7%
- #51 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 44,721 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.6%, Trading 25.4% ★, Economy 18.1%, Management 14%, Simulation 8.1%
- #52 Farming & Supermarket Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 815 reviews2025
Dev: Bull Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.6%, Economy 18.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Management 14.2%, Building 12.7%
- #53 Yard Sale Simulator
70% matchVery Positive97% of 66 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 29% ★, Economy 18.7%, Life Sim 14.5%, Management 12.7%, Family Friendly 6.7%
- #54 Legitimate Space Corp Simulator LLC
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: VHornet GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
NOW HIRING: Station Manager! Run a totally-legit* space biz in Sector 7-G. Farm alien crops, refuel shady ships, and sell dangerously edible snacks. Perks: gloves, oxygen insurance**, and mild relevance. No exp needed. Apply today! *Legit status not valid in all sectors. **Terms apply.
Why similar: Time Management 24.4%, Economy 20.3%, Management 15%, Life Sim 14.4%, Dark Humor 13.1%
- #55 Dealer's Life 2
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,118 reviews2022
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.1 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 38.8% ★, Economy 19.3%, Management 19%, Shop Keeper 13.2% ★, Funny 5.7%
- #56 Echoes of the Plum Grove
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.9%, Crafting 17.7%, Life Sim 17.3%, Management 16.5%, Family Friendly 10.1%
- #57 Alien Market Simulator
66% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Sloth StudiosPub: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers. Experience the challenge of managing a business in space and growing your market
Why similar: Time Management 20.5%, Economy 20.1%, Management 15%, Life Sim 14.8%, Building 11.2%
- #58 Figure Shop Simulator
65% matchVery Positive89% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: Gnome Games
Windows
Run your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your storage, expand and design your store. Try to complete collection sets, follow market trends, and grow your business!
Why similar: Trading 22.3% ★, Time Management 18.5%, Economy 16.6%, Life Sim 10%, Management 9.1%
- #59 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
64% matchVery Positive92% of 4,300 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Economy 23.3%, Management 18%, Building 17.1%, Life Sim 15.5%, Shop Keeper 10.9% ★