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Games like CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator

If CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel, Venture Pals and Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, cozy 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator: CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.

2025IndieSimulationRPGCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Placeholder Gameworks, Pineapple Works
CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator — Steam game cover
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Crafting bespoke items for eccentric clientsDeep character customization with unique racesEndless mode expands creative freedomChallengingCozyRelaxing

Players who liked CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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. Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Top pick for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Venture Pals

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Choose your own Pal and venture out to grind skills and gather loot right from your desktop. Forge powerful gear, cook and brew invigorating meals and potions, and discover rare cosmetics. Manage energy, cleanliness, and training to grow... or go AFK and risk Pal-Death!

    2026IndieRPGCasualSteam ↗
  3. Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Third-strongest match for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.

    2023IndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Calico

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Ranked #4 for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!

    2020IndieSimulationRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. I'm Making a Monster

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Arcadie II: Cold Lands

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  7. Witchy Life Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares character customization and a cozy mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Ranked #7 for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!

    2022IndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Pekoe

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Ranked #8 for CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Blend tea and friendship in the flavourful world of Pekoe, a cozy cat-filled tea-making simulator about taking the time for self-care and connecting with what makes you happy. Build relationships, upgrade your teahouse, and discover new recipes as you work towards creating a place you can call home.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.

    2023IndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Calico

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator.

    Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!

    2020IndieSimulationRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator

Does CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator run on Steam Deck?
CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant 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 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator cost?
CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator are Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel, Venture Pals, Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain.
Who developed CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator?
CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator was developed by Placeholder Gameworks, Pineapple Works and published by Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games.

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