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Games like We Are Open

Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to We Are Open for fans of indie, simulation, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in We Are Open also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About We Are Open: We Are Open is a shopping simulator game, that makes you rely on your memory and skills to successfully help everyone complete their shopping lists. Can you beat the rival AI? The stocks are randomly generated, so demands change up each round as well. And guess what? The shops swap their places too!

2021IndieSimulationCasualEarly Access14.99 USDWindowsby Dominik Bolla
We Are Open — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    CryptoRIG — Steam game cover

    CryptoRIG

    Top pick for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    CryptoRIG is a semi-idle server management game focussed on cryptocurrency mining and trading.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Console Shop Simulator — Steam game cover

    Console Shop Simulator

    Second-strongest match for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    Valet Simulator: Parking & Business — Steam game cover

    Valet Simulator: Parking & Business

    Third-strongest match for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    Run your own valet company. Start as a beginner and rise to become the best in town. Park cars with precision, deliver exceptional customer service, and expand your business. Compete with rival valet services and dominate valet market with your top-tier valet skills.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Pub Sim — Steam game cover

    Pub Sim

    Ranked #4 for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    King of Retail — Steam game cover

    King of Retail

    Ranked #5 for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual25.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Mall Simulator — Steam game cover

    Mall Simulator

    Ranked #6 for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator — Steam game cover

    Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator

    Ranked #7 for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    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!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Megastore Simulator — Steam game cover

    Megastore Simulator

    Ranked #8 for We Are Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and manage departments like Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toys, Grocery, Seafood, and Vending Machines

    2026IndieSimulationCasual13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below We Are Open at current Steam store prices.

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    Garry's Mod — Steam game cover

    Garry's Mod

    Priced ~67% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

    Priced ~67% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    R.E.P.O. — Steam game cover

    R.E.P.O.

    Priced ~53% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with We Are Open.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    PEAK — Steam game cover

    PEAK

    Priced ~47% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    Slay the Spire — Steam game cover

    Slay the Spire

    Priced ~58% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Inscryption — Steam game cover

    Inscryption

    Priced ~47% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Cookie Clicker — Steam game cover

    Cookie Clicker

    Priced ~67% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    WEBFISHING — Steam game cover

    WEBFISHING

    Priced ~67% under We Are Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with We Are Open.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Are Open.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

    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 ↗
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Are Open.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about We Are Open

How much does We Are Open cost?
We Are Open is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to We Are Open?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside We Are Open are CryptoRIG, Console Shop Simulator, Valet Simulator: Parking & Business.
Who developed We Are Open?
We Are Open was developed by Dominik Bolla.

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 We Are Open.

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