Games like Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator

The Squirrel's verdictPotionomics centers on two mechanics Hundred Days doesn't have: a deckbuilder drives the potion-brewing process, and a full dating-sim romance track runs alongside the shopkeeping. The production loop — combine ingredients against recipe constraints, sell to customers, manage a shop — is present, but wrapped in character-heavy dialogue and relationship systems. At 36.9 hours median playtime, it's substantially longer and more mechanically layered.

Not for you if you want ingredient management without a deckbuilder system or a romance layer threaded through the core loop.

The Squirrel's verdictOld Market Simulator is built around cooperative stall management: up to several players handle different stations while reputation and pricing systems determine success. Median playtime is 24.6 hours and the price is $9.99. The game cannot be paused, which reviewers describe as a deliberate co-op design choice that becomes a friction point in solo play.

Not for you if you plan to play solo — the no-pause design and workload distribution are built around having multiple players.

The Squirrel's verdictAle Abbey is a straight tycoon game built around a brewing production chain: manage recipes, ingredients, monk workers, and output quality across a monastery setting. There's no puzzle-logic or text-heavy narrative driving it — the work is in optimizing the operation. Worker morale requires manual checking on each monk individually, which reviews flag as a friction point. Median playtime is 16.5 hours.

Not for you if manual worker mood checks frustrate you, or you want automated alerts for when staff morale drops.

The Squirrel's verdictWeedcraft Inc trades grapes for cannabis but keeps the same production-chain-into-business-sim shape: grow rooms, strain crossbreeding, and a market to sell into, minus Hundred Days' text-heavy story mode. Reviews split hard between players who find automating the empire satisfying and those who call the loop repetitive clicking with thin rewards. Best for players who wanted more system, less narrative, from their production sim.

Not for you if you liked Hundred Days for its story and characters rather than its production puzzle, or want deep strategic depth without repetitive clicking.

The Squirrel's verdictAlchemist Simulator is a short, fixed crafting puzzle: combine ingredients through set steps to fill potion orders, with a hard cap of seven ingredients and no recipe exceeding four aspects. Puzzles don't escalate into economy management — reviews consistently note the difficulty plateaus well before the five-hour median runtime. It suits players who want the recipe-solving side of Hundred Days in a calm, visually polished package.

Not for you if you want crafting complexity that keeps increasing, or you came to Hundred Days for its business systems and story.

The Squirrel's verdictPlayers who want the production-chain management loop in a lighter, comedic package will find Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! fits that need: gather materials, forge weapons, sell to heroes, reinvest. The humor runs entirely on pop-culture and gaming references, and reviews note the gameplay grows repetitive if binged. At 13 hours median playtime and $9.99, it covers the operational loop without any educational or craft-research layer.

Not for you if you want depth beyond the management loop or find constant referential jokes more grating than amusing.

The Squirrel's verdictTerroir trades Hundred Days' puzzle-and-narrative structure for a straight tycoon frame: manage grapes, financials, and loans on a tile-based vineyard with less story text and more economic management. It suits players who wanted the winemaking detail without the visual-novel dialogue, and who don't mind rougher edges around the money systems.

Not for you if you want the finance and loan mechanics to actually work reliably rather than needing workarounds.