Games like Shrimp Keeping Simulator
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Grow, feed and care for your shrimp pals. Watch your shrimp multiply and sell your colony when they become too numerous.
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FreeDaily Botanica
Sep 2 · Cyvana
Both: Idler · Relaxing · Nature
Daily Botanica is a relaxing desktop idler about raising mysterious plants. Pet and water each seedling, discover what makes it flourish, and arrange a living collection around your screen - even while you work, study, or step away.
Desktop CompanionCasualIdlerSimulationRelaxingIncrementalCollectathonNatureLife SimFree to Play
-15%$5.94Moon Garden
10 days ago · Kairos Games LLC
Both: Idler · Building · Relaxing
A cozy incremental game about growing your way home. Strategically plant flowers, optimize machinery, and grow your tree tall enough to escape!
IdlerStrategyIncrementalResource ManagementBuildingManagementRelaxingCuteAtmosphericCasual
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Both: Life Sim · Building
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
$4.99Frog It Up
4 days ago · Starfall Games
Both: Idler
Frog It Up is an incremental clicker game where you lure frogs to a pond and help them build their own cozy little city. As the pond grows, you’ll decide which upgrades to unlock, shaping how the city expands over time and steering progress in the direction you prefer.
IncrementalIdlerCasualCuteColorfulCartoonyScore AttackEconomyManagementStrategy
-20%$3.19Fantasy Bird Woods
8 days ago · SouthBoat Games
Both: Idler · Creature Collector · Relaxing
Fantasy Bird Woods is a desktop idle game. Observe and guide mystical birds on the right side of your screen. They evolve alongside your work or study without window-switching. Enjoy light interaction and a sense of companionship during breaks with these evolving digital pets.
IncrementalIdlerCreature CollectorTabletopFarming Sim2DCuteRelaxingWholesomeComic Book
-10%$3.59Little Ghosties
Sep 7 · Acrylic Pixel Games
Both: Idler · Relaxing · Nature
Little Ghosties is a cozy 2D idle desktop companion game where adorable ghosts live inside a terrarium on your desktop. Hatch, raise, and collect unique ghosts as they grow from eggs into fully grown adult ghosts.
Early AccessDesktop CompanionIdlerRelaxingCozyCasualUtilitiesIncrementalNatureCollectathon
$5.00GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab
Aug 23 · GLITCHED MATRIX
Both: Creature Collector · Education
Play a major role in an evolving simulation of simulations. Explore endless 2D and 3D dimensions spanning nearly every game genre, with 50+ experimental prototypes and stories whose worlds, systems, discoveries, and ideas can become part of the greater experience.
Action RoguelikeExplorationFPSCreature CollectorDungeon CrawlerColony SimSandboxUtilitiesEducationArcade
-10%$13.49Nightwater
3 days ago · Studio Ashty
Both: Idler · Relaxing
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Open WorldAutomationResource ManagementIncrementalIdlerCraftingSandboxRelaxingSimulationStrategy
-15%$12.74Anime Shop Simulator ✨
10 days ago · One More Time
Both: Life Sim
Manage your own anime shop 🎌. Play solo or team up with friends 🤝 in 4-player co-op mode to grow your business 📈 Stock shelves with manga, figures, and collectible cards in this immersive first-person game 🕹️.
SimulationAnimeOnline Co-OpCard GameCasualManagementFirst-PersonShop KeeperLife SimSingleplayer👍 645
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Life Sim
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
-15%$16.14Alex & Arty
5 days ago · ROLLDBOX GAMES
Both: Creature Collector · Nature · Relaxing
Restore a dying alien world through the bond between Alex and Arty. Use Alex’s tech to cleanse corruption, help Arty bring light back to each region, and watch the planet transform through your actions.
ExplorationAdventureCreature CollectorNatureRelaxingColorfulAtmosphericEmotionalCuteStylized
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Education
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
-15%$11.89TaskPaw
8 days ago · Singular Sunshine Studios
Both: Idler · Relaxing
Let a cute little cat keep you company while you work. Watch them walk or run across your desktop, dress them up, and enjoy different places from day to night.
CasualIdler3DCuteRelaxingDesktop CompanionWalking SimulatorSide ScrollerTypingCats
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Relaxing
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
-15%$12.74Biovoid
3 days ago · Dzedou
Both: Nature · Building
Biovoid is a creature-building roguelike game where you slay hordes of hostile aliens. Combine a variety of cells and mutations to create game-breaking builds and evolve from a fragile hatchling to a deadly predator.
Action RoguelikeSimulationSandboxNatureSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuildingPerma DeathDifficultAliens
FreeBrixonia
4 days ago · FaintVeil Games
Both: Building
A cozy multiplayer building sandbox where every world is shared and persistent. Place and break blocks, farm crops, fish, craft gear, and decorate your space alongside other players. No combat, no death penalty, just building at your own pace.
Side Scroller2D PlatformerSandboxBuildingCasualSimulationCraftingAgricultureMassively MultiplayerEconomy
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Building
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
3 days ago · JOrbits Games
Both: Idler
A short incremental siege game centered around growing and strengthening an army to defend your kingdom. Seize the crown from an endless wave of enemies for your best chance at survival!
IncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualIdlerActionHack and SlashMedievalSimulationStrategy
FreeCozy Fishing Life
4 days ago · TINYCELL
A cozy little fishing game that lives on your desktop. Adorable animals fish on your wallpaper while you work — collect 300+ fish, grow an aquarium, build your boat fleet, and relax. Idle-friendly, wholesome, always cozy.
CasualSimulation2DCuteMinimalistAnimalsFamily FriendlyResource ManagementSingleplayerCozy
-15%$16.99TCG Card Shop Simulator
7 days ago · OPNeon Games
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerCollectathonTrading Card GameCapitalismCard GameShop KeeperTrading👍 47,485
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Building
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
-20%$3.99Vibe Lab: Idle Dev Sim
3 days ago · Green Growth Digital
Both: Idler
A cozy idle game about vibe-coding with AI. Hire a crew of agents, climb a five-branch upgrade tree, and dress the whole lab from 80 cosmetics across five tiers. Progress lands in minutes, not days — no subscriptions, no daily check-in. Numbers go up, vibes stay immaculate.
IdlerCasualSimulationResource ManagementPixel GraphicsRetroRobotsSingleplayerArcade2D
-10%$1.79100 Goldmine Cats
3 days ago · 100 Cozy Games, Cats
Both: Relaxing
🐾 Join the cutest adventure in themed locations full of cats! 😻 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of special places and try to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🐈🕵️♂️ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈
CasualCatsHidden ObjectIndiePoint & ClickPuzzleCozyWholesomeRelaxingCute
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11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Building
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
-10%$10.79Medieval Juice Crafter
6 days ago · Timeless Rush
Both: Life Sim · Nature
Craft your special recipe juices and sell them in medieval villages. Expand your business with new recipes, machines, properties, and workers. Play online with your friend or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your business.
CraftingLife SimOnline Co-OpMedievalSimulationManagementNatureBase BuildingCharacter CustomizationOpen World
-15%$5.09Master Of Pottery
11 days ago · AZGames
Both: Relaxing
Master of Pottery is a pottery-themed creation + simulation game. Make pottery, open exhibitions, complete orders, train apprentices, run your own showroom and start a relaxing pottery journey.
SimulationCasualIndieCraftingRelaxingSingleplayerRealisticEarly AccessAtmospheric👍 2,744
$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Both: Building
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
-10%$8.99Epochlings
3 days ago · ShoninyasTube
Both: Creature Collector
Collect, raise and fuse 99 creatures inspired by organisms that once lived on Earth. Journey across 11 ancient eras, build powerful teams, face an era boss at the end of each age and preserve your collection beyond extinction.
Early AccessCreature CollectorAuto BattlerRPGStrategyRogueliteStrategy RPGTeam-BasedPvETime Manipulation
FreeWhere Are My Cats?
3 days ago · Ozy Cozy Games
Both: Relaxing · Creature Collector
🐱 Explore different regions, find hidden cats, and unlock new areas! Discover all 100 cats across 5 main regions while enjoying a relaxing exploration experience with cozy sounds.
CatsHidden ObjectWholesomeCasualPoint & ClickCozyRelaxingPuzzleCreature CollectorMinimalist
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
Both: Idler
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
-15%$6.79Between Adventures IDLE
13 days ago · Loop Forge
Both: Idler
A visual Idle RPG where you hunt creatures for rare loot, enchant your equipment, and build your hero. Master 11 skills, trade with merchants, and progress even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Early AccessStrategyIdlerRPGLootInventory ManagementStrategy RPGMedievalMagicFantasy👍 331
-10%$4.49Gridmax
3 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Building
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Base BuildingSurvivalManagementColony SimBuildingCraftingSandboxAutomationSimulation2D
$14.99A Little Age
Aug 28 · Benerot
Both: Relaxing · Building
A cozy minimalist settlement builder about growing a network of settlements, each with its own little economy. Manage the flow of resources between them at your own pace, pause at any time, and watch a civilization emerge as your settlements work together to raise a great temple and claim the land.
RelaxingCozyCasualBuildingMinimalistCuteReal-Time with PauseProcedural GenerationCity BuilderSimulation
-20%$7.99Driving Test Simulator
5 days ago · aitchGames
Both: Education
Master the art of driving! Enjoy 50+ handcrafted levels with 9 vehicles and realistic car physics. No traffic — just pure driving skills. Unlock cars, test your skills in mini-games, or just drive casually without any worries!
DrivingAutomobile SimSimulationIndieSingleplayer3DVRFirst-PersonEducationExploration
-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
2 days ago · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
High intensity co-op roguelite space adventure party game for 2–4 players (or bots). Take on crew jobs, keep a failing ship alive, and survive procedural missions with endless exploration, light RPG progression, and real-time crisis gameplay.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeExplorationStrategyRoguelitePvEArcadeParty GameAction-AdventureRoguelike
