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Games like Sunrise Story

If Sunrise Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Head Chef, Kitch Witch and Burger Flipper: A Fast Food Restaurant Simulator — 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 Sunrise Story: Run your own seaside homestay in a cozy pixel art life sim 🌊 Welcome travelers, cook Southeast Asian–inspired dishes, and build a peaceful life by the sea.

2027IndieSimulationRPGCasualWindowsby Astro Game Studio
Sunrise Story — Steam game cover

Players who liked Sunrise Story also play

Steam players who put hours into Sunrise Story 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. Head Chef

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sunrise Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sunrise Story.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Kitch Witch

    WHY THIS

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

    Run a magical culinary clinic in this cozy life-sim RPG. Diagnose patients, cook healing remedies through physics-based minigames, gather ingredients across five unique biomes, and make choices that shape the fate of your community.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Burger Flipper: A Fast Food Restaurant Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the Burger Flipper team! As our first hire, you’ll put a smile on customers’ faces as you prepare and serve their orders... And clean the kitchen and stock inventory. But we promote within! One day, you’ll be the manager, hiring new flippers, purchasing equipment, and choosing the menu!

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Strawberry Cafe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sunrise Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sunrise Story.

    Build your own strawberry cafe and farm in this cozy, casual management sim. Grow strawberries for customers to pick, or harvest your homegrown strawberries to cook delicious strawberry-themed food and drinks. Complete missions and keep customers happy to unlock new furniture and recipes.

    2027SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. Let's Cook

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sunrise Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sunrise Story.

    Do you want to manage the restaurant together with your friends? You can try the restaurant simulation with your friends online or locally. You can enter with a maximum of 16 people. You can play alone if you want (it will be difficult.).

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Clerks and Quirks

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sunrise Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sunrise Story.

    Run a magical shop where your appliances are alive, emotional, and doing their best to ruin your day. Tame them to unlock powerful bonuses in this chaotic co-op roguelite: cook dishes, craft gear, and serve demanding customers as you scramble through the weekly rush, solo or with up to 4 friends.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Cooking Cat-astrophe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Sunrise Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sunrise Story.

    Cooking Cat-astrophe is a cozy yet intense cooking action game where you play as a cat chef surviving the chaos of ever-changing kitchens. Cook orders fast, keep things clean, adapt on the fly, and prove you can handle the catastrophe.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. RoadHouse Manager

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sunrise Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sunrise Story.

    A rowdy roadhouse roguelite! Throngs of thirsty strangers need you to slide beers, flair bartend craft cocktails, and beat down rare goofs! A reactive villain promotes and demotes troublemakers, crafting your ARCH-NEMESIS. Find love, booze, aliens, ninja ducks, secrets, 5D power, upgrades & heroics!

    2026IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗

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 Sunrise Story.

    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 Sunrise Story.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Sunrise Story.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Sunrise Story.

    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 ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sunrise Story.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Sunrise Story.

    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 ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Sunrise Story.

    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 ↗

More from Astro Game Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by Astro Game Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Bible Trivia

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Astro Game Studio, the studio behind Sunrise Story. Shares Indie and Casual with Sunrise Story.

    Chat with Moses and answer 1,500+ questions! Discover Bible stories, unlock chapters, collect cards, and enjoy new music, enhanced visuals, and full language support.

    2023IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Flag & Country

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Astro Game Studio, the studio behind Sunrise Story. Shares Indie and Casual with Sunrise Story.

    A casual word puzzle game where flags are your clues. Identify country flags, form the correct names, and progress through relaxing, bite-sized challenges. Perfect for casual players and geography fans.

    2024IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Game Over Please

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Astro Game Studio, the studio behind Sunrise Story. Shares Indie and Casual with Sunrise Story.

    Simple like the old days: move, fail, try again. A straight, old-school challenge — tough, honest, and addictive.

    2024IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sunrise Story

Does Sunrise Story have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sunrise Story supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Sunrise Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sunrise Story are Head Chef, Kitch Witch, Burger Flipper: A Fast Food Restaurant Simulator.
Who developed Sunrise Story?
Sunrise Story was developed by Astro Game Studio.

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 Sunrise Story.

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