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Games like Jiaozi & Shopkeeper

If Jiaozi & Shopkeeper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tiny Bookshop, Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game and Burger Bois — 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 Jiaozi & Shopkeeper: "Jiaozi & Shopkeeper" is a simulation game themed around cooking dumplings. You will become a dumpling shop owner, making dumplings, managing the shop, and improving your skills; you'll encounter friendly fellow shop owners and comfortably grow your business from a novice to a thriving business.

2026SimulationCasualEarly Access6.29 USDWindows · macOSby JialeGames
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Players who liked Jiaozi & Shopkeeper also play

Steam players who put hours into Jiaozi & Shopkeeper 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. Tiny Bookshop

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Burger Bois

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Become Patty, the accidental owner of a failing food business. Craft tasty (or nasty) burgers, discover new ingredients, and work hard(ish) to redeem your reputation on the way to the best parking spot of all time. Play with your food in this cozy food truck simulator!

    SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Burger Typer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Type Burgers | Make BIG Money | Upgrade Your Restaurant | Include Your Twitch Viewers | BURGER TYPER

    2024IndieSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. HarvestCo.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    HarvestCo is a farming incremental idle game where a small field turns into an increasingly efficient money-making machine. Harvest crops, buy upgrades, grow passive income, automate production, and discover rare golden crops and strange field events.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Galaxy Burger

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    🌴👩‍🍳🍔 A stress-free cooking game that lets you relax! Cook up burgers for mecha cats and aliens. Play solo or with up to 7 friends!

    2024IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Townseek

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Take to the skies on a whimsical voyage across Explora and uncover the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston! Trade, fish, mine, and farm, meet a unique cast of characters and explore vibrant towns along the way. The whole world is your sea now, so set sail and see all it has to offer!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Hidden Capybaras with Orange

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Jiaozi & Shopkeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Set out on an adventurous journey, searching for capybaras with orange during both day and night in this exceptional hidden object game.

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jiaozi & Shopkeeper at current Steam store prices.

  1. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Superflight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Jiaozi & Shopkeeper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!

    2017ActionSportsIndie2.99 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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Tiny Bookshop

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hidden Capybaras with Orange

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

    Set out on an adventurous journey, searching for capybaras with orange during both day and night in this exceptional hidden object game.

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Jiaozi & Shopkeeper

How much does Jiaozi & Shopkeeper cost?
Jiaozi & Shopkeeper is listed on Steam at 6.29 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jiaozi & Shopkeeper?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jiaozi & Shopkeeper are Tiny Bookshop, Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game, Burger Bois.
Who developed Jiaozi & Shopkeeper?
Jiaozi & Shopkeeper was developed by JialeGames.

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 Jiaozi & Shopkeeper.

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