Games like 海边的忘川亭

If 海边的忘川亭 left you wanting something story-driven and mysterious, you have options. These games could fill that gap nicely.

Memory Brew: Tales of Underworld
一款带有模拟经营元素的纯狱系调饮类视觉小说。玩家扮演新孟婆“小孟娘”，在熟悉又陌生的现代地府中经营汤屋，招待来自三界形形色色的客户。通过熬制各种特调汤品，解决各式千奇八怪脑洞大开的遗忘需求，并逐渐了解到自己失忆和老孟婆失踪的真相……欢迎来到孟婆靓汤！这里的宗旨是——“忘陈莫急”！
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
95% of 240 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$10.99
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
You are Mystia Lorelei, a night-sparrow youkai starting over with a mobile izakaya and a pile of debt. Gather ingredients by day across Gensokyo, then cook to order by night for regulars and familiar faces with very specific tastes. It is a warm, funny restaurant sim with pixel art, great music, and a lot of recipes to learn.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Emotional
97% of 30,710 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
无常
Wu Chang is a 2D RPG+simulation game. Guide souls in the afterlife. Mine, fish, build islands, run a tavern. Explore worlds, personal stories. Customize afterlife, build, decorate, engage. Unique journey in immersive game.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
80% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
第五件遗留物
With some special reasons, Tang Sheng, a human being, fell into a world of monsters between the underworld and the human world. At the same time, he found that he had lost his memory. He learned that he had to find all the " belongings " when he fell down to return to the world.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
88% of 381 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Midnight Ramen
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Emotional
95% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$11.99
Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
Run the Wayfarer's Inn, a tavern in a fantasy land where the drinks are magical and the gossip is dangerous. Chat with adventurers, mix potions that change their fates, and turn rumors into quests. A cozy, hand-drawn visual novel about listening well.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Emotional
87% of 1,469 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$17.99
Taste of the Wind
A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant. Play as the owner, and manage the restaurant, form bonds with characters, and explore the lively town. Uncover the secrets behind the restaurant’s mysterious downfall.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
83% of 184 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$10.99
Kemono Teatime
Run a tiny tea cafe in Melodius, a town where animal ears are everyday life. Blend teas from 9 black teas, 15 herbs and secret ingredients, serve the kemomimi customers who wander in, and get to know them over cake and conversation. It looks like pure coziness. It is also a story about goodbyes, and it will get you.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Emotional
94% of 1,690 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$12.99
The Rewinder
A pixel adventure built on Chinese folklore, where you play Yun, the last Rewinder. He enters memories, nudges people's intentions and changes what happened seven years ago in a village full of resentful spirits. Short, atmospheric and full of quiet ghosts.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
95% of 6,861 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
95% of 661 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
~Be a maid in the Demon World~ The Secret Café of the Demon Angel Hero.
The protagonist who Reincarnated to the Demon World became a black mascot, in order to restore his original appearance. Use the knowledge of the "different world" to transform the little devil's tavern into a maid cafe, and aim for the first maid cafe in the demon world!
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Funny
74% of 320 Steam reviews are positive$18.99
彼岸画廊/Nether Gallery
《Nether Gallery》 is a cross-section puzzle-solving horror game in which players play a social animal and solve puzzles in the interlaced environment of dreams and reality. The style of background art is similar to that of contemporary China, and the living condition of the protagonist has a lot of resonance with the young people of...
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
85% of 139 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Cheaper than 海边的忘川亭

Memory Brew: Tales of Underworld

一款带有模拟经营元素的纯狱系调饮类视觉小说。玩家扮演新孟婆“小孟娘”，在熟悉又陌生的现代地府中经营汤屋，招待来自三界形形色色的客户。通过熬制各种特调汤品，解决各式千奇八怪脑洞大开的遗忘需求，并逐渐了解到自己失忆和老孟婆失踪的真相……欢迎来到孟婆靓汤！这里的宗旨是——“忘陈莫急”！

$10.99

Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

You are Mystia Lorelei, a night-sparrow youkai starting over with a mobile izakaya and a pile of debt.

$5.99

无常

Wu Chang is a 2D RPG+simulation game. Guide souls in the afterlife. Mine, fish, build islands, run a tavern. Explore worlds, personal stories.

$5.99

第五件遗留物

With some special reasons, Tang Sheng, a human being, fell into a world of monsters between the underworld and the human world.

$4.99

Taste of the Wind

A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant.

$10.99

Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～

An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.

$9.99

彼岸画廊/Nether Gallery

《Nether Gallery》 is a cross-section puzzle-solving horror game in which players play a social animal and solve puzzles in the interlaced environment…

$6.99

Yog-Sothoth’s Yard

Turn your inherited haunted villa into a busy hotel, hire strange staff, and chase 23 endings across a hand-drawn story.

$10.99

品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales

PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.

$3.99

A TAVERN FOR TEA

A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.

$2.99

我在忘川有個活

A Chinese underworld-themed TD game. Alter paths with anchors, build towers freely.

$5.99

Under the River

Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots.

$5.99

Hidden gems like 海边的忘川亭

Chinese Street Food Legend

Cook grilled cold noodles at your own night market stall, chat with the people who stop by, and grow your little food business at a relaxed pace.

$3.99

Memory Brew: Tales of Underworld

$10.99

Under the River

Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots.

$5.99

Such a guy

Join two close friends in building a cozy seaside B&B. Every choice affects the story and your relationships.

$12.99

Kemono Teatime

Blend the perfect cup for the animal-eared regulars of a gentle little town, and let their stories stay with you long after the cups are empty.

$12.99

狂想！夏日盛宴

"Play a lighthearted interactive movie game as college student Li Lei! Spend a summer at Ms. Han's B&B with 4 quirky friends.

$6.99

A Night Filled With the Sound of Rain

A rainy night brings you to a small bar. When you step inside, you're met with soothing music. Your eyes land on a beautiful woman by the counter.

$3.99

Mixed Spirits: Bartender

Run a small bar at your own pace: chat with charming guests, craft each cocktail from scratch and find the drink that fits the person in front of you.

$12.99