Games like Mall Rivals
If Mall Rivals is your kind of game, the closest matches are Archipeo, Empire Origin and Retail Rivals — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, competitive and cozy. 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 Mall Rivals: Competitive mall simulation. 1-8 players open stores in the same mall, fight for customers, crush rivals. Team up or go solo. Fair play or dirty tricks? Your call. Procedural maps, employee system,mall cops, smugglers and physical mechanics.
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Archipeo
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Top pick for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Mall Rivals.
Archipeo, a retro-inspired multiplayer city builder. Grow a single island into a sprawling empire. Optimize production chains, explore a procedurally generated ocean world, and command fleets across a living archipelago. Alone, cooperatively, or in rivalry with friends.
Empire Origin
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Multiplayer Incremental Idle tycoon with a stock market that actually works. 200 stocks, real options pricing, Fed rate decisions, 55 businesses across 10 tiers, real estate, banking, taxes, and a 530-node research tree. Multiplayer shares one market. There's also a casino.
Retail Rivals
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Build your retail empire inside a shopping mall. Open multiple stores, sabotage rivals, and play solo or with up to 8 players. Choose different match objectives or play endless mode and compete for retail domination.
Worldwide Rush
WHY THIS
Shares economy management, resource management, simulation and a competitive mood with Mall Rivals.
Ranked #4 for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
PC Cafe Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Run your own Korean PC cafe! From customer service to cooking and store management — experience life as a PC cafe owner. Start small, hire staff, expand your store, and deal with troublesome customers yourself! Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players.
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Mall Rivals.
Ranked #6 for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Dice & Figurines: Business Life Simulator
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Ranked #7 for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Mall Rivals.
A shop simulator in which you run a business with warrior and monster figures. Manage your inventory, serve your customers, create a unique atmosphere and organise strategic tabletop games. Grow your business and build the best place for figure lovers!
Supermarket Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares shop management, economy management, business management and a cozy mood with Mall Rivals.
Ranked #8 for Mall Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
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Shoppe Keep
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Mall Rivals.
Reviewers of Mall Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Run an adventurers shop – a serious business in a fantasy environment. Stock your store with dangerous weapons, fancy hats, sturdy armour and magical potions.
Supermarket Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares shop management, economy management, business management and a cozy mood with Mall Rivals.
Reviewers of Mall Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
The Tavern
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mall Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
The Tavern is an experimental dark fantasy adventure trying to find a new side of role-playing. A mix of Visual Novels and RPGs, it is very interactive and allows you to explore your surroundings and make hundreds of minor and major choices.
Tavern Master
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mall Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mall Rivals at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
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.
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Mall Rivals.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
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Priced ~83% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
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?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Mall Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
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.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Mall Rivals.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Frequently asked about Mall Rivals
- Does Mall Rivals run on Steam Deck?
- Mall Rivals is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Mall Rivals cost?
- Mall Rivals is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Mall Rivals have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Mall Rivals supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Mall Rivals?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mall Rivals are Archipeo, Empire Origin, Retail Rivals.
- Who developed Mall Rivals?
- Mall Rivals was developed by Creedon Games.
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