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Games like Shop Life Simulator

If Shop Life Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Inn Keeper, Bug Cleaners and Whistle Stop — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its capitalism themed gameplay, city exploration feels rewarding and challenging. 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 Shop Life Simulator: A shop life simulator and management, From owning a small room above the store to selling exclusive products as the highest rated shop, or scratch lottery tickets to try your luck at winning big, In a 24/7 shop, Manage alone or with friends.

2025IndieSimulationCasualEarly Access9.99 USDWindowsby AIONWARE LTD
Shop Life Simulator — Steam game cover
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Capitalism themed gameplayCity exploration feels rewardingExplore the city and interact with npcsChallengingContemplativeCozy

Players who liked Shop Life Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into Shop Life 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. Inn Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shop Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

    Embody an innkeeper in a unique first-person management game set in a medieval-fantasy world. Build your inn, adapt to your clientele and establish a thriving economy.

    IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  2. Bug Cleaners

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shop Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

    Ready to stop the bug infestation? Grab your wildest tools, go solo or team up with up to 4 players for chaotic missions, work together or totally troll the team! Bug cleaning has never been this fun and crazy!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Whistle Stop

    WHY THIS

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

    Lay track one hex at a time. Haul wood, brick and smoked fish out to towns that grow hungrier the better you serve them, and stay ahead of the Providential Bank's interest. In co-op you share one company, which means you share the bankruptcy too.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Motor Town: Behind The Wheel

    WHY THIS

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

    Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Truck & Logistics Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shop Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Shop Life Simulator.

    Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.

    2023StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cafemart Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares business management, shop management, casual and a cozy mood with Shop Life Simulator.

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

    Create and decorate your cozy cafe, where guests can enjoy delicious food and drinks. Expand your service with a supermarket offering a wide selection of fresh products, so visitors can not only have a tasty meal but also do some shopping. Play solo or with friends in cooperative mode!

    2025IndieSimulationEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Baggage Handler Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares co op multiplayer, resource management, management and a stressful mood with Shop Life Simulator.

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

    BH Simulator is a fun and immersive airport logistics game. As a baggage hub manager, build efficient conveyor systems to sort, unload, and load luggage. Plan smart routes, avoid bottlenecks, and prove you're the boss of the baggage game. Can you turn chaos into perfect order?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Euro Truck Simulator 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shop Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

    Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

    2012IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shop Life Simulator at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life 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 ~50% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Shop Life 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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life 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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Shop Life Simulator.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shop Life Simulator.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shop Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Shop Life Simulator.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life 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 ↗
  2. 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 Shop Life Simulator.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shop Life 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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from AIONWARE LTD

Other recommendable Steam games by AIONWARE LTD, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Descending The Woods

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management, resource management, indie and a tense mood with Shop Life Simulator.

    Another title from AIONWARE LTD, the studio behind Shop Life Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

    By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. LIGHTNING

    WHY THIS

    Another title from AIONWARE LTD, the studio behind Shop Life Simulator. Shares Early Access with Shop Life Simulator.

    Fast-paced competitive FPS with character abilities. Combining realistic settings with superpowers. Geared toward ESPORT with In-game Map Editor. Organize tournaments, customize weapons and characters, replay matches, manage your team, variety of modes and exclusive attention to gunplay.

    2023ActionEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Warfare Ultimatum

    WHY THIS

    Another title from AIONWARE LTD, the studio behind Shop Life Simulator. Shares Simulation with Shop Life Simulator.

    Modern FPS/RTS hybrid, Large-scale battles from the depth of the sea all the way to space! Either play the standard 64-player non-stop battle using Air/Land/Sea vehicles or drop in a thriller, long game of Diplomacy Warfare, experience sabotage, betrayal, war crime, organized operations and more

    2026ActionStrategySimulationSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shop Life Simulator

How much does Shop Life Simulator cost?
Shop Life Simulator is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Shop Life Simulator have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Shop Life Simulator supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Shop Life Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shop Life Simulator are Inn Keeper, Bug Cleaners, Whistle Stop.
Who developed Shop Life Simulator?
Shop Life Simulator was developed by AIONWARE 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 Shop Life Simulator.

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