Emotional shopkeeping tycoon games

Small counters and quiet back rooms hold big feelings here, as you run bookshops, bakeries and repair shops while grief, love and family play out around you.

The Last Gas Station

The Last Gas Station

You inherit a crumbling gas station in electric-car country, where the last owner vanished.

88% of 1,520 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 58$13.99
Horses of Hoofprint Bay

Horses of Hoofprint Bay

Groom, train and race your horses, breed foals with inherited colors and quirks, and grow the barn at your own gentle pace.

99% of 897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,142$22.94
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

Run a small electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo, taking apart Y2K consoles, phones, music players and cameras, cleaning them, swapping faulty…

95% of 11,378 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,791$19.99
The Piper of Dawn

The Piper of Dawn

Run an alchemy shop in a city stuck in a time loop: grow over 100 magical crops, brew them into goods, stock your shelves, and put your home-grown…

85% of 765 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 68$11.69
Taste of the Wind

Taste of the Wind

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

83% of 184 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$10.99
Sovereign Tower

Sovereign Tower

Rule a magical tower as its newly hired Sovereign. You hear petitions each morning, balance five factions and the treasury, then send your eccentric…

93% of 4,150 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 551$19.99
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection

The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection

The Sims 2 Legacy Collection hands you whole lifetimes to run: set each Sim a goal like fortune or family, steer them across generations, and watch…

72% of 4,935 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 975$29.99
Tiny Bookshop

Tiny Bookshop

Leave your old life behind and run a tiny second-hand bookshop on wheels in Bookstonbury-by-the-Sea.

96% of 7,236 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 161$19.99
War Hospital

War Hospital

Run a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, where every bed, bandage and tired surgeon is yours to manage.

59% of 1,034 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$1.49
High Times

High Times

Run a small donut shop where every donut tweaks how a customer feels.

88% of 189 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
Wax Heads

Wax Heads

Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store.

96% of 550 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Beholder: Conductor

Beholder: Conductor

You are senior conductor on the Determination Bringer, in charge of one carriage.

91% of 4,813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 68$13.99
Promise Mascot Agency

Promise Mascot Agency

Run a mascot agency in a cursed Japanese town as an exiled yakuza.

96% of 2,631 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
Spirittea

Spirittea

You run a mountain bathhouse for grumpy spirits who forgot who they are.

84% of 684 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$8.99
Punch Club 2: Fast Forward

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward

You run a fighter's whole life in a neon cyberpunk city: you schedule his training, work, food and sleep, pick his combat style and moves, and climb…

81% of 3,877 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$19.99
Kitchen Sync: Aloha!

Kitchen Sync: Aloha!

Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a cozy, story-driven cooking RPG. As head chef of your family's restaurant in Hawaii, build a trusty team of chefs and dish…

99% of 162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop

Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop

Run a one-fox spaceship repair shop on a lonely asteroid, where every fixed module pays down your rising R.E.N.T.

84% of 1,117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
Pixel Cafe

Pixel Cafe

Pixel Cafe mixes fast arcade time management with a visual novel about Pixel, a small-town cook finding her way in the big city of Karstok.

91% of 853 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$12.99
Maid Cafe on Electric Street

Maid Cafe on Electric Street

Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a leisurely maid cafe adventure set in the otaku haven of Nipponbashi, Osaka.

82% of 607 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$18.99
小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop

小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop

Help rabbit fairy Tuya grow her tiny carrot shop into a thriving online store in a monster world hit by a human trade war.

93% of 9,175 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
Punch Club

Punch Club

Punch Club is a boxing management tycoon where you run one fighter's whole life: training, work shifts, meals, sleep and fights.

81% of 12,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$9.99
To The Rescue!

To The Rescue!

Run your own dog shelter, from a garage setup to a busy adoption center.

65% of 1,874 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation

You run an energy company whose power source is monsters. Send clerks-turned-agents to work with Abnormalities you know nothing about, meet the…

94% of 53,820 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,401$24.99
My Riding Stables: Life with Horses

My Riding Stables: Life with Horses

The Riding Stables at Mill Creek are mere ruins, but you are about to change that: stables, riding hall and guesthouse are being renovated and…

88% of 246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99

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