Games like Istikan Chai
If Istikan Chai is your kind of game, the closest matches are Head Chef, Recipe for Disaster and Farm for your Life — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Istikan Chai: Step into the bustling world of Middle Eastern bazaars as a chai vendor in this fast-paced, cozy time management game. Serve tea, master recipes, upgrade your stall, and keep customers happy in a charming cultural experience.
Players who liked Istikan Chai also play
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Head Chef
WHY THIS
Top pick for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
Head Chef is a restaurant management game. Supply the kitchen, select your staff, overcome challenges, create a delicious menu and… cook! Make your guests happy and find your way to the stars. Keep control of your team and finances, because the higher you climb, the harder you fall.
Recipe for Disaster
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Farm for your Life
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
Your community was taken down by a heavy storm which caused an apocalypse and unleashed the living dead. Together with the other survivors, it is your task to rebuild and to allow that sustainable life can still be assured. Cultivate your farm and manage your restaurant to provide food and deal with all the zombies.
Rolling Hills: Cozy Sushi Restaurant
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
Manage your own sushi restaurant! Collect and upgrade dishes, personalize your dining room, and use special abilities to serve customers in a dash.
Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.
Tavern Legends
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
Build and run your own medieval tavern. Cook meals, brew drinks, design every room, hire and manage staff, serve unique guests, handle fights and chaos, and grow from a humble innkeeper into a tavern legend.
TasteMaker
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Youtubers Life 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Istikan Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
Start from humble beginnings and take charge of the daily life of a wannabe influencer. Balance your day between creating trend-based content, completing tasks to earn money, and building trust with your neighbors to uncover their stories. Are you ready to embark on your road to fame?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Istikan Chai at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Istikan Chai.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Istikan Chai.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Istikan Chai.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Istikan Chai.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Istikan Chai.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Istikan Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Istikan Chai.
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 Istikan Chai.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
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 Istikan Chai.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Istikan Chai.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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 Istikan Chai.
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.
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More from Istikan Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Istikan Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
GENERAL IDLER
WHY THIS
Another title from Istikan Studio, the studio behind Istikan Chai. Shares Strategy and Indie with Istikan Chai.
Conquer 195 nations on a parallel Earth. Build industries, raise armies, and snowball an empire across continents — then deploy the nuke and do it faster. Three rival generals play the same map by your exact rules. Idle strategy about the map, not the clicker.
Tiny Jar Farm
WHY THIS
Another title from Istikan Studio, the studio behind Istikan Chai. Shares Indie and Simulation with Istikan Chai.
A cozy idle farming game where you grow tiny crops, merge them into stronger plants, and turn your harvest into delicious recipes. Relax, and build your perfect little farm - one jar at a time.
Bathroom Please!
WHY THIS
Another title from Istikan Studio, the studio behind Istikan Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Istikan Chai.
You have to go. RIGHT NOW. Every step is one you never get back. Cross a park, an office and a public pool on a shrinking step limit, talk your way past strangers, and reach a toilet before your luck runs out.
Frequently asked about Istikan Chai
- How much does Istikan Chai cost?
- Istikan Chai is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Istikan Chai?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Istikan Chai are Head Chef, Recipe for Disaster, Farm for your Life.
- Who developed Istikan Chai?
- Istikan Chai was developed by Istikan Studio.
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