Games like TV Studio Story
If TV Studio Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dream House Days DX, Coffee For Cthulhu and Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and lighthearted. 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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Players who liked TV Studio Story also play
Steam players who put hours into TV Studio Story 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.
Dream House Days DX
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Top pick for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!
Coffee For Cthulhu
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with TV Studio Story.
Coffee For Cthulhu is a Lovecraftian Comfy Coffee Shop Simulator. During the day, you serve customers, brew coffee, and keep the various coffee machines from exploding or attacking customers.
Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story
WHY THIS
Shares resource management, management and a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Third-strongest match for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with TV Studio Story.
A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon
Scalpers' Spoils
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
A chaotic action and management sim about scalping limited releases: sprint to drops, snag online releases, haggle in your store, risk opening packs, grow your crew, and play solo or with up to 4 players.
Windwoven
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with TV Studio Story.
You inherit forest edge land. Daily, till soil with your hoe grow radishes, rear chicks, bond with oddball neighbors. Spring seeds yield summer gardens; autumn's firelit pumpkins reveal woodland mysteries. Nighttime under trees, fireflies dance like starlit constellations, this is your idyllic life.
My Gambian Boyfriend
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
A mature visual novel exploring the relationships between elderly English women and young Gambian men, blending humor and drama while examining desire and humanity.
Cafeteria Nipponica
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with TV Studio Story.
Ranked #7 for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Train Traffic Manager
WHY THIS
Shares cozy with TV Studio Story.
Ranked #8 for TV Studio Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
All aboard the chaos express! In Train Traffic Manager, you're the maestro of mayhem, directing an orchestra of trains, drawbridges, and cataclysms. Keep your cool, your trains on track, and your sense of humor intact!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below TV Studio Story at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with TV Studio Story.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with TV Studio Story.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with TV Studio Story.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TV Studio Story.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with TV Studio Story.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with TV Studio Story.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under TV Studio Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with TV Studio Story.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 TV Studio Story.
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.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TV Studio Story.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with TV Studio Story.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TV Studio Story.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 TV Studio Story.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TV Studio Story.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Game Dev Story
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Dungeon Village
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!
Dungeon Village 2
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Ninja Village
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a lighthearted mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Lead a ninja clan in the war to unify feudal Japan!
High Sea Saga DX
WHY THIS
Shares resource management, tycoon and a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!
Dream Town Island
WHY THIS
Shares simulation, resource management, management and a chill mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story
WHY THIS
Shares resource management, management and a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Simulation with TV Studio Story.
A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon
The Sushi Spinnery
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with TV Studio Story.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind TV Studio Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with TV Studio Story.
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Frequently asked about TV Studio Story
- Is TV Studio Story verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — TV Studio Story is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does TV Studio Story cost?
- TV Studio Story is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to TV Studio Story?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TV Studio Story are Dream House Days DX, Coffee For Cthulhu, Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story.
- Who developed TV Studio Story?
- TV Studio Story was developed by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd.
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 TV Studio Story.
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