Simulator games like Grind Up

Did Grind Up leave you in a retro and relaxing frame of mind? These simulator games could fill that gap nicely.

Cash Cleaner Simulator
You are the low-level criminal who makes dirty money squeaky clean. Take jobs from underworld contacts, wash, dry, count and pack stained bills, skim a little off the top, and spend it on better machines and a cozier lab. Calm, repetitive and oddly wholesome work for shady clients.
Relaxing
92% of 7,490 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 291$19.99
Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
You run a small mole-run gem shop left to you with a large debt. Each day you dig gems from the mines, polish them at the refinement table, then sell them to customers before the shop closes. Upgrades make tools faster and days easier, and Cozy Mode removes the timer for simulator games fans who want a calm routine.
Relaxing
93% of 1,180 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$9.99
Cash is King! Business Simulator
Start with nothing in sunny Miami Beach and build a business empire from the ground up. This first-person simulator lets you sell lemonade, run vending machines, and automate your companies. It is a colorful, low-pressure way to manage your wealth and turn small side jobs into big profits.
Relaxing
90% of 50 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 400$14.39
Bookstore Incremental
You run a tiny bookstore with one slow printer and one shelf, then print books, serve a growing cashier queue, shoo thieves and sweep up messes until staff and machines take over the chores. Hundreds of upgrades turn the shop into a profitable little machine. Short, busy and cozy.
Retro, Relaxing
89% of 135 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$7.99
Console Shop Simulator
Run your own video game store: stock the shelves, haggle over trade-ins, repair scratched discs and broken consoles, and stream your shop life for extra income.
Relaxing
92% of 532 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$15.99
Nicotine Merchant Simulator™
You run a small nicotine shop in first person: craft cigarettes at the workbench, pack them, stock the shelves, and take cash at the till. Then you automate the line and scale from improvised setup to large enterprise. Relaxed, repetitive, and easy to play alongside something else.
Relaxing
86% of 90 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.35
Laundromat Simulator
Furnish, Manage, and Maintain multiple stores in Laundromat Simulator! Collect and Count your hard-earned pennies and improve your stores to keep customers happy and maximize your profits. Expand your business, improve customer experience, and make your laundromat the best in town!
Relaxing
55% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Pawn Simulator
A simulation game where we run a pawn shop. Take the first steps to open a thrift shop in Detroit and discover the experience of running a real thrift shop. Find, restore, and sell amazing items and build your own shop kingdom!
Relaxing
51% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Junkyard Builder
You inherit a run-down scrapyard and turn trash into money: haul junk home, crush and sort it, restore cars and furniture, then buy better machines and grow the yard into a recycling empire. Hands-on, scrappy, and satisfying for simulator games fans.
Relaxing
68% of 238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99
Weed Shop 3
You turn a shuttered joke shop into a working cannabis dispensary, starting with plants in the toilet and ditch weed for burnouts. Grow stronger strains, roll pre-rolls, press concentrates, stock bongs, hire staff, and expand across Sunless Beach. Long, grindy, and deliberately silly, it keeps handing you one more upgrade to chase.
Relaxing
93% of 3,959 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$19.99
Clean It Up!
Manage your cleaning store where you clean and polish every last smudge of dirt. Use the profits to upgrade your supplies and keep everything clean.
Relaxing
80% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Hay! One Billion!
You dropped your favorite needle in a barn holding exactly one billion pieces of hay. Dig in with your bare hands, find coins, buy better tools, and eventually burn your way down to one very small needle. A silly, soothing incremental job about doing one absurd task well.
Relaxing
65% of 155 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$5.99

Cheaper than Grind Up

Trailer Shop Simulator

In this game, you run a shady roadside stall selling outlawed everyday goods while staying one step ahead of the law.

$0.99

Internet Cafe Owner

Build and manage your own internet café, starting with second-hand computers and growing into a local hotspot for gamers and students.

$0.89

Dog Brew

You are a dog with a debt and a brewery. In Dog Brew you grow vegetables, raise fish, mix strange brews, and sell them to picky island residents…

$0.73

Fluffy Kitchen Saga

A tiny restaurant lives at the bottom of your screen, staffed and visited by fluffy cats, dogs, rabbits and other round customers.

$0.83

Ship Graveyard Simulator

Pick a wreck on a beach covered in dead ships, then take it apart piece by piece.

$1.04

Pizza Shop Simulator

I finally made the game I’ve always dreamed of. It’s probably the world’s silliest pizza simulator.

$0.74

Town Market Simulator 2025

Step into the world of Town Market Simulator 2025 and become the ultimate market manager!

$0.99

Food Store Simulator

Run your own food store! Buy products, stock shelves, serve customers, and expand your shop into a bigger business.

$4.99

Supermarket Empire Together

Build a supermarket empire solo or with up to 4 friends. Stock the shelves, set your own prices, work the register by hand, chase down shoplifters…

$0.49

Okinawa Soba Simulator

A 3D simulation game where you run an Okinawa soba shop by yourself, handling orders, cooking, serving, and payments efficiently.

$0.99

Medieval Shop Simulator

Shop simulator in a medieval setting. You need to create products for sale, along the way equipping and improving your store and your skills.

$0.99

BUY SELL

BUY SELL은 물건을 사고파는 덱빌딩 로그라이크 게임입니다. 최대한 좋은 상품을 조합하고, 손님과의 거래를 통해 수익을 올려 악덕 상회로부터 가게를 지켜내세요!

$0.99

Hidden gems like Grind Up

Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim

You run a small mole-run gem shop left to you with a large debt.

$9.99

Retro Arcade Shop Simulator

Build and manage your ultimate retro arcade! Buy classic Arcade Machines, Galaxy Pinball, and Gift Claw games, or invest in Cinema 8D, Go-Karts, and…

$9.99

Bookstore Incremental

You run a tiny bookstore with one slow printer and one shelf, then print books, serve a growing cashier queue, shoo thieves and sweep up messes…

$7.99

Console Shop Simulator

From trade-in haggles to streaming your shop life, run the little console shop the way you want it.

$15.99

Tabletop Game Shop Simulator

Run your own tabletop game shop: stock shelves with minis, dice and mystery packs, set prices, paint tiny armies, then battle your own customers on…

$12.99

Tobacco Shop Simulator

Run a small tobacco shop in first person and grow it into a busy store. Solo or in co-op for up to four, with staff to hire and a bigger shop to earn.

$11.99