12 Cozy Games That Let You Live the Merchant Dream

There’s something deeply satisfying about running your own little shop, haggling with customers, and watching your shelves fill up with carefully chosen goods. These games let you live out the merchant fantasy—without the stress of real-world business.

Here are 12 titles where running a store is the ultimate form of relaxation.

Moonlighter

By day, you run a shop; by night, you dungeon crawl to restock. The perfect balance of business and adventure.

Potionomics

Brew potions, haggle with customers, and charm your way through a magical marketplace.

Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale

A classic! Manage your item shop while diving into dungeons to gather stock.

Bear and Breakfast

You’re technically running a B&B, but the guest management and upgrades totally scratch the merchant itch.

Travellers Rest

Run a tavern, brew your own drinks, and sell to customers in a warm pixel-art world.

Dinkum

Set up shop on your island, craft goods, and manage a bustling little economy in the Aussie outback.

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town

Farming, cooking, shipping goods… it’s more merchant-like than you’d think.

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

Grow, craft, and sell everything from flowers to fabric.

Spirittea

Manage a bathhouse for spirits! Though not a store in the traditional sense, you’re absolutely catering to ghostly clientele.

Merchant of the Skies

Buy, sell, and trade your way across floating islands in this light and relaxing trading sim.

Kynseed

A life sim with a dynamic economy where you can own and run various shops over generations.