Games Like Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop

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 34.8%, Management 22.6%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Story Rich 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines morbid humor, resource gathering, and intricate crafting mechanics in a dark management loop.

Buy, sell, and trade organs in a strange and evolving universe. Dive into the quivering innards of alien capitalism in the sci-fi body horror market tycoon game you didn't know you needed.

Why similar: Roguelite 28.5%, Crafting 26.6%, Roguelike 20.2%, Simulation 13.2%, 2D 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same satirical, grotesque capitalism and frantic management of weird sci-fi commodities.

An ironic adventure with cyberpunk aesthetics set in a world where humans have been replaced by dinosaurs. Become a top-notch repair shop mechanic: fix gadgets, have heart-to-heart talks, and offer drinks to your customers — everything to fulfill your ultimate dream.

Why similar: Crafting 29.4%, Management 18.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar narrative-driven device repair and tinkering set in a deeply atmospheric, cynical world.

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Spaceships 46.8% ★, Roguelite 18.4%, Roguelike 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Pits you against brutal roguelite space survival mechanics where keeping your ship functioning is a matter of life and death.

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world.Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes.

Why similar: Management 50.2%, Crafting 28.6%, Simulation 19.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Involves quirky shop management and iterative crafting loops with a heavy emphasis on comedic tone.

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Spaceships 66.3% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Roguelike 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers detailed, gritty spaceship salvage and mechanical repair simulation in a hard sci-fi setting.

A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.

Why similar: Dystopian 26.8%, Management 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends dystopian workplace simulation, dark humor, and high-stakes management under extreme pressure.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Dystopian 36%, Simulation 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same stressful, rule-heavy, dystopian job-simulation feel where mistakes have grim consequences.

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Management 30.1%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Simulation 18.5%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intense inspection mechanics and dangerous vehicle oversight with a gritty, atmospheric setting.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Story Rich 25.1%, Choices Matter 24.8%, Dystopian 18.8%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a heavy dose of cyberpunk narrative depth combined with intricate, hands-on beverage and item crafting.

Be the tax collector of a shady city hall in this narrative-driven resource management game. Talk to debtors, manage a team, make difficult choices, and challenge the city's moral decay. It's their money, but it's your job.

Why similar: Satire 27.7% ★, Narrative 16.5% ★, Management 11.2%, Roguelite 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a stressful, narrative-driven management sim filled with dark satire and resource juggling.

Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.

Why similar: Management 37.9%, Simulation 33.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the satisfying, granular mechanical assembly and component troubleshooting found in intricate repair loops.

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Management 40.8%, Simulation 20.8%, Roguelite 15.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the meticulous, stressful hands-on maintenance and repair of a deeply unreliable vehicle while traveling.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: Dystopian 25.5%, Management 18%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Puts you in a high-stress, rapidly escalating media job where split-second decisions dictate your survival and success.

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Crafting 49.9%, Atmospheric 22.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 6.9%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dark comedy, crafting, and survival mechanics inside a ruined, hazardous sci-fi space environment.

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: Management 48.2%, Simulation 36.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a frantic, hands-on business management experience where you constantly juggle customer demands and maintenance.

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

Why similar: Dark Humor 32.7%, Management 26.5%, Crafting 26.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Centers around running a specialized storefront where you build, customize, and sell intricate hardware to survivors.

Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?

Why similar: Crafting 100%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on upgrading, repairing, and tinkering with a beat-up vehicle using deep mechanical interactions.

Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.

Why similar: Simulation 28.6%, Roguelite 22.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Roguelike 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features claustrophobic spaceship repair and survival management where mechanical failure is always seconds away.

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: Simulation 46.4%, Management 45%, Singleplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Involves satisfying, hands-on renovation, cleaning, and mechanical fixing mechanics in a first-person view.

Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

Why similar: Crafting 34.9%, Management 29.9%, Simulation 17%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends crafting, survival, and covert management under the thumb of a paranoid, dystopian regime.

Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.

Why similar: Management 55.1%, Simulation 26.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Requires high-precision time management, tool usage, and recipe execution under intense kitchen pressure.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Simulation 56.4%, Adventure 18%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Singleplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features methodical planning, tool usage, and high-stakes environmental interaction similar to puzzle-like job loops.

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: Management 54.8%, Simulation 20.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Adventure 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers addictive business simulation and progression mechanics centered around keeping a steady flow of customers happy.

Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

Why similar: Crafting 30.6%, Management 29.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Involves tearing apart massive machinery and salvaging components in a gritty industrial environment.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Crafting 43.9%, Atmospheric 24.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an atmospheric, unforgiving survival experience where every resource and tool condition matters.

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Simulation 45.1%, Atmospheric 26.3%, Adventure 19.5%, Singleplayer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on granular mechanical thievery, tool mastery, and high-pressure logistical planning.

Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.

Why similar: Choices Matter 48.3%, Simulation 43.5%, Singleplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Immerses the player in a procedural, rule-bound job simulator where attention to detail under pressure is key.

In 1980, you land a teller job at Kertasia Bank thanks to your distant uncle. But the bank follows bizarre rules set by a foolish government. Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. Your fate is in your hands.

Why similar: Satire 18.1% ★, Narrative 15.4% ★, Dystopian 15.1%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%

Manage your own farm in the game Farm Manager 2018! To expand your farm business, produce cheap and sell your products in high prices. Control the process of land cultivation, employ the best staff, buy the most appropriate farm equipment, raise livestock and process the harvested crops.

Why similar: Management 61.1%, Simulation 24%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Demands strict logistical planning, resource optimization, and equipment upkeep to keep operations afloat.

Build your own furniture empire after getting fired from Furnox Corp 🖕. Chop down trees, process wood, automate your growing production lines and sell clever furniture sets for bonus cash. Explore a handcrafted world packed with weirdos, secrets and trees begging for violence.

Why similar: Crafting 58.1%, Simulation 19.7%, Atmospheric 18.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.3%, Roguelite 10.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Surreal 10.2%, Puzzle 9.2%

In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Why similar: Puzzle 27%, Adventure 21%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends environmental puzzle-solving and ecological management within a mysterious, story-rich underground ecosystem.

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: Management 31.8%, Dystopian 30.7%, Simulation 20.6%, Dark Humor 16.9%

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: Management 31.1%, Crafting 24.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%

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: Satire 54.7% ★, Management 19.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Story Rich 5.6%, 2D 5.4%

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: Dark Humor 35.4%, Management 30.8%, Dystopian 23.5%, Simulation 10.3%

Become a dishonest computer repairman, steal rams. Burn the motherboards!

Why similar: Simulation 74%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

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: Management 30.9%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 11%

An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.

Why similar: Dark Humor 22.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Management 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Story Rich 8.7%

Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.6%, Management 19.8%, Roguelite 18.8%, Roguelike 13.1%, Story Rich 10%

Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!

Why similar: Satire 27.3% ★, Management 23%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 9.8%

A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

Why similar: Dark Humor 27.7%, Roguelite 21.7%, Roguelike 15.6%, Surreal 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

Meat shop simulator where you play as a ZOMBIE! Sell meat to humans by day, butcher them by night, and manage a dark business through stealth and resource management all while eating BRA-A-A-INS!

Why similar: Management 27.3%, Dark Humor 27.2%, Crafting 21.8%, Simulation 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.

Why similar: Simulation 27.1%, Choices Matter 24.9%, Story Rich 24.8%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Run your own hot dog shop in the foggy town of Grimshore. Cook and serve by day, solve your meat shortage by night, and try not to ask too many questions. How far will you go to keep the grill running?

Why similar: Dark Humor 31.4%, Simulation 18.4%, Management 18%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Awaken the incompetent doctor within you! Diagnose strange patients, examine their absurd symptoms… and prescribe treatments that could change their lives… or cut them short. Your actions will have consequences.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.2%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Management 15.4%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Simulation 9.5%

Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.

Why similar: Dystopian 28.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 11.1%

The Majority of People navigate progress, politics and preposterous propulsive plans in this satirical point-and-click adventure. Featuring highly debatable democracy, problematic project managers and the belief that Anthony's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex will lead to your salvation!

Why similar: Satire 36.3% ★, Dark Humor 21.8%, Surreal 9.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%

An absurd backyard bomb-building simulator. Raise funds, plan your approach, hunt down rare parts, and assemble your atomic masterpiece while staying calm and avoiding suspicion from nosy neighbors and federal agents.

Why similar: Dark Humor 32%, Crafting 28.6%, Simulation 15.7%, Management 14.3%, Adventure 8.2%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.7%, Roguelite 17.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Surreal 11.3%

Escape from an incredibly dangerous, randomly generated tower in a slapstick, roguelite adventure that looks like a cartoon and feels like a joke. Slashy slashy!

Why similar: Dark Humor 51.1%, Roguelite 28.9%, 2D 10%, Adventure 10%

Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!

Why similar: Crafting 54.2%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 13%, 2D 10.8%, Simulation 5.4%

Alchemy with patients' lives and health insurance! A quack doctor simulation game. DON'T imitate any of this!

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.3%, Management 23.7%, Satire 12.2% ★, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

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: Management 66%, Simulation 30.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Dystopian 24%, Dark Humor 20.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 9.9%

In Idle Weaponshop, you are handed your very own weapon shop to manage. Design and sell weapons, build up your local community, hire employees, and send adventurers off into danger for fun and profit... all before prestiging to earn powerful bonuses, all so you can do it all over again.

Why similar: Management 42.6%, Crafting 22.4%, Simulation 22.2%, 2D 10.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

Why similar: Narrative 37.3% ★, Surreal 26%, Simulation 14.9%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

Why similar: Dark Humor 39.3%, Management 30.4%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%