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Games like The Art Collector

If The Art Collector is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mini Shopkeeper, Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator and MilkTea Time — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Art Collector: 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.

2024StrategySimulationRPGCasual12.99 USDWindowsby Shyborg Games
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Steam players who put hours into The Art Collector 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. Mini Shopkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Art Collector.

    Run your cozy little shop from the bottom of your screen, decorate to attract unique customers, hire assistants, and send adventurers for rare treasures - all in a lively, charming management sim!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Art Collector.

    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 ↗
  3. MilkTea Time

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Art Collector.

    "Milk Tea Time" is simulation business game that includes all the elements of production, deployment and construction. You need to make each cup of milk tea. Research new flavors to win customer praise. Build and decorate your milk tea shop by hand. Create your own beautiful milk tea shop!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Console Shop Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

    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 ↗
  5. Pub Sim

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

    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 ↗
  6. King of Retail

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

    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 ↗
  7. Gun Factory Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with The Art Collector.

    Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dealer's Life 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Art Collector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

    Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Art Collector at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

    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 ~62% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares RPG and Casual with The Art Collector.

    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. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Art Collector.

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

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Art Collector.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Art Collector.

    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 ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Art Collector.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Art Collector.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under The Art Collector on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Art Collector.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Art Collector.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Art Collector.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Art Collector.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with The Art Collector.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Art Collector.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Art Collector

How much does The Art Collector cost?
The Art Collector is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Art Collector?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Art Collector are Mini Shopkeeper, Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator, MilkTea Time.
Who developed The Art Collector?
The Art Collector was developed by Shyborg 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 The Art Collector.

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