15+ Must Play Cozy Management Sims for a Calming, Fun Challenge
One of my favourite game genres has to be a good management sim, there’s just something so satisfying about building up a business, expanding it, and watching it thrive. Whether it's serving pastries, designing your own Japanese street, or managing a dinosaur park, I love the buzz of juggling tasks and upgrading systems to make things run better.
It might sound chaotic to some, but for me, the plate-spinning is the fun part, organising, improving, and seeing real progress. If that sounds like your kind of vibe too, you’re going to love this list of cozy and creative management sims!
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Tiny Bookshop
Developer Image: neoludic games
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Cost: €19.99
A cozy management sim that gets what makes bookshops special. In Tiny Bookshop, you’re not just selling titles, you’re matching stories to people, one thoughtful recommendation at a time. With its watercolour art style, relaxed pace, and surprisingly thoughtful mechanics, it’s a perfect pick for bookworms, cozy gamers, or anyone craving a quiet, meaningful escape.
Developer Image: Crinkle Cut Games
Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch
Cost: €19.99
A quirky and colourful shop sim where you don’t just run the register, you build trade deals, stock strategically, and navigate the charm and chaos of running a store in a small town. With a satisfying checkout mechanic, evolving narrative, and cozy pixel art, Discounty puts a fresh spin on the genre while keeping that satisfying “one more day” loop.
Related: Ready to start playing Discounty?
Check out my full review here!
Two Point Hospital
Developer Image: Two Point Studios
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Amazon* Physical Copies: Nintendo Switch, PS4
Cost: €29.99
Possibly one of the most popular management simulations is Two Point Hospital, where you need to complete challenges to design hospitals, from different wards to interactive waiting rooms, while healing patients from a bunch of peculiar conditions.
Minami Lane
Developer Image: Doot, Blibloop
Available on: Steam
Cost: €4.99
A shop management game where you build your own Japanese inspired street of shops and attractions from boba shops to Kareoke bars. Manage customer’s feedback to unlock upgrades, new shops and attract cats!
Related: Want to know more about Minami Lane before playing?
Check out my full review here!
Bear and Breakfast
Developer Image: Gummy Cat
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation
Amazon* Physical Copies: Nintendo Switch
Cost: €19.99
In Bear and Breakfast you play a bear, beginning a new life setting up Bed and Breakfasts in a vatiety of different towns with varying climates and clientelle. Meet quirky characters, craft items for your guest rooms and forage for ingredients for recipes to delight your customers at breakfast.
SpiritTea
Developer Image: Cheesemaster Games
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox
Amazon* Physical Copies: Nintendo Switch
Cost: €19.99 or included on Xbox Gamepass
Spirittea is a charming roleplaying game with elements of life and management simulation where you a writer that moves into a town plagued by mischievous spirits challenging the peaceful balance of the townsfolk. Restore the town’s bathhouse, upgrading to fill with as many spirits as you can manage to please the spirits and befriend and solve the townsfolk’s puzzles to create harmony with humans and spirits alike.
Related: Want to know more about SpiritTea?
Check out my full review here!
Rolling Hills Make Sushi Make Friends
Developer Image: Catch and Release LLC
Cost: €14.99 or Included in Xbox Gamepass
Play as a sushi master robot opening your own sushi restaurant. Buy ingredients for better recipes, furniture to decorate your restaurant and chat with the residents to uncover the secrets of the town while you manage your restaurant serving customers sushi.
Related: Fancy running your own Sushi Restaurant?
Check out my full Rolling Hills: Make Sushi Make Friends here!
Sticky Business
Developer Image: Spellgarden Games
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch
Cost: €9.99
Become your own boss by creating a sticker printing company in the management simulation Sticky Business. Create original sticker designs with over 100 elements to delight customers, post them on your website, print and pack your orders before the day ends to earn money to buy new design elements, treats for your customers and make more stickers!
Related: Want to start getting creative?
Check out my full Sticky Business Review here!
Parkasaurus
Developer Image: Washbear Studio
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Cost: €20.99
Parkasaurus is a Tycoon Management Simulation where you must create a series of exhibits to house your dinosaurs based on their specific requirements. Complete tasks and delight your customers with a large variety of dinosaurs that you care for, and earn money to grow your park.
Lemon Cake
Developer Image: Cozy Bee Games
Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Amazon* Physical Copies: Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X
Cost: €12.99
Create cakes, sweets and pastries as you restore an abandoned bakery to serve to customers in your shop. Grow your own vegetables and manage your daily menu as you juggle serving your customers with taking care of your animals and vegetables in your greenhouse.
Travellers Rest
Developer Image: Isolated Games
Available on: PC
Cost: €17.99
Run your own cozy tavern, brewing beer, cooking meals, decorating rooms, and welcoming guests. It's a relaxed but satisfying life sim with plenty of charm and slow-burn depth, perfect if you enjoy progression without pressure.
Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Developer Image: TapBlaze
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Physical copies also available on Amazon*
Cost: €9.75
Take orders, prep pizzas, and manage your own pizzeria. The art is cute, the customer interactions are fun, and there’s more strategy here than first meets the eye. A great pick if you want a bite-sized, food-focused sim.
The Wandering Village
Developer Image: Stray Fawn Studio
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €29.99
In The Wandering Village, you build and manage a settlement on the back of a giant, roaming creature. Balancing the needs of the village with the well-being of the host creature is crucial for survival in this unique city-building simulation.
Coffee Caravan
Developer Image: Broccoli Games
Cat Cafe Manager
Developer Image: Roost Games
Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch
Cost: €19.99
Rebuild your Grandmother’s cat cafe in a sleepy village by renovating, decorating and expanding it as you befriend a variety of cats to eventually adopt and live in your cafe. Manage the day to day of the cafe and chat with the locals to uncover the mysteries of the town.
Arcade Paradise
Developer Image: Nosebleed Interactive
Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €19.99
Transform your dad’s dull laundromat into a booming retro arcade. Juggle laundry duties with arcade upgrades and playable mini-games. It's quirky, nostalgic, and oddly satisfying, with more depth than you'd expect behind the neon lights.
APICO
Developer Image:
ellraiser, TNgineers
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €16.99
Part beekeeping sim, part conservation game, APICO has you breeding bees, managing hives, and selling honey in a peaceful, pixel perfect world. It’s thoughtful, educational, and way more engaging than you’d think!
Potion Craft
Developer Image: niceplay games
Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €19.99
Run your own alchemist’s shop where you create new recipes, attract customers and experiment with ingredients in any way you like with an physically interactive mechanic to stiring, grinding and brewing your ingredients as you help the townsfolk and travelling merchants.
News Tower
Developer Image: Sparrow Night
Available on: PC
Cost: €19.99
Build and manage a bustling 1930s newspaper empire. Assign reporters, deal with deadlines, and balance business growth with editorial ethics. It’s got a unique setting and a surprisingly addictive loop for anyone who likes their management sims with a twist.
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