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Games like Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator

If Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING SYSTEM, Blockchain Tycoon and Console Shop Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, lighthearted and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator: Open your own Card shop by the seaside! Buy, trade and sell Cards, OR keep them for your own collection! Earn reputation with customers, beat your shop goals, unlock new decorations, and host exciting events to bring everyone to the best Card shop in town!

2022StrategyIndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Henry's House, Oscar Brittain, Rob Gross
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator — Steam game cover
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Collect vibrant card art across dozens of setsProfit from market trends by buying low and selling highReact to in game events that shift card valuesChillLightheartedRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING SYSTEM

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    This Stock Trading Simulator is the most comprehensive trading system created. This game is so uncomplicated that anyone can play this simulation. The game is highly recommended for the novice trader and more seasoned traders. Buy and sell over 65 different stocks in 10 different sectors.

    2018StrategySimulationCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Blockchain Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Blockchain Tycoon is the cryptocurrency simulation game where you build and manage your own mining operation. Create your own coin, mine it, invest in other coins, upgrade and overclock GPUs or you can just HODL.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Console Shop Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Third-strongest match for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Metro Mini Market Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Manage and grow your mini market in the metro station in Metro Mini Market Simulator! Expand your product variety and multiply your revenues with strategic decisions. Become a successful entrepreneur in this fun simulation world!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Art Collector

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    You're an artist tasked with taking over an art gallery in order to help your mentor. Customize your gallery and home, befriend local artists while you get them the exposure they need, and master the fine art of selling fine art in this Roguelite, Shopkeeper, Capitalism-Management, Sim.

    2024StrategySimulationRPG12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pub Sim

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Ranked #6 for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    You've just bought your first Pub. First steps are to clean it, stock it, set your markup and let in the Patrons. Keep the drinks flowing and try not to shortchange anyone! If you keep it going long enough you might just earn enough to spruce up the place, hire staff and expand the premises.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual13.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Peter the Stash Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    A business sim + looting + strategy hybrid. Outbid rival hunters at storage auctions, ransack what you win, then run the shop that bankrolls Peter's search for his missing grandfather. Sabotage cards, Dutch vs English bidding, harpoon chases. Every box could hide a secret.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. My Supermarket

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Ranked #8 for Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Manage your own supermarket, serving different types of customers and making the most profit you can! 🛒 Order products, restock shelves, play with your friends in co-op mode, chase thieves, hire employees, and grow your empire!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents. Magic 2013 features ten customizable decks, individual records, new items & more!

    2012StrategySteam ↗
  2. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Build your Deck from over 10,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series through Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!

    2020Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic: The Gathering Arena

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!

    2023StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator

Does Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator run on Steam Deck?
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator cost?
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator are ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING SYSTEM, Blockchain Tycoon, Console Shop Simulator.
Who developed Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator?
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator was developed by Henry's House, Oscar Brittain, Rob Gross and published by Akupara Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator.

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