Top Games Lists: 10 Cozy Games Like Dressmaker (in 2026)

The 00s had fashion flash-games; the ’20s has cozy fashion games. If youโ€™re a fashionista at heart, then these games like Dressmaker might spark a new trend.

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I love dressing up. Who doesn’t like looking good and feeling great?

I’ve been into fashion since I got my first Barbie way back in the late 80s. Showing my age a little but whatever. I loved clothes so much that i studied fashion in college, yep, I have a fashion diploma. Not that I’ve ever done anything with it. Largely thanks to being diagnosed with Endometriosis and Adenomyosis which left me in crippling pain.

And weirdly, missing out on making the most of my education is something one of the developers of Dressmaker and I have in common.

Sabrina Becker’s dreams of studying costume design abroad were thwarted by her diagnosis ofย hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromeย (a connective tissue disorder). Her partner, Jonathan Hau-Yoon made her dream into a game instead.

We all need a Jonathan in our lives.

With her guidance and expertise, Dressmaker has now become a roaring success, with an overwhelmingly positive review on Steam just days after its release. And you can watch my first impressions of Dressmaker on YouTube.

If you’re looking for even more games like Dressmaker I’ve included them at the bottom of this game review.

Thumbnail image from Wendy - Her Cozy Gaming on YouTube saying 'It's couture darling' and features the logo from the game Dressmaker

What is Dressmaker About?

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking. โ€” Steam

Dressmaker is a cozy fashion game about making dresses. Finally! It was about time we got a good fashion game.

Inspired by real-world dressmaking (but not requiring any prior knowledge) Dressmaker gives you creative control over every part of making dresses, from simple summer dresses to extravagant royal gowns. A variety of townsfolk commission you to make unique dresses according to their own tastes and to match events on their social calendar.

Meet a whole town of people hoping to fill their wardrobes with custom-made dresses tailored specially to important events and their individual tastes. Create dresses to impress them, or display your own designs in your shop window and sell pre-made dresses off of the rack.

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Fabric, Pattern Cutting & Sewing

While the game doesn’t specify what era the story is set in, it has a Regency or Victorian England aesthetic. So all the designs feel old-timey. There is a wide range of fabrics, including cotton, linen, wool, silk and velvet. And I found it easy to search by tag to find what i needed without going through the whole rack one by one.

Every dress starts by designing in your sketchbook. I loved being able to use the colored pencils to plan out exactly how I wanted my dress to look. I was always useless at drawing figures so I’m very happy to not have to do that for each design.

Pattern cutting is much easier in game than IRL. There’s ZERO maths involved. But placing your pieces in an orderly fashion still saves you money on wasted fabric, which I found out the hard way.

You can use the sewing machine manually, or switch Sew Assist on in the settings and sewing gets much faster. I did find out though that you can’t just unpick a few stitches if you make a mistake. Instead if you make a mistake you have to reset and start over, so go slowly if you’re a perfectionist.

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The Manniquin

Most dress-up games focus on putting clothes on a doll-like, unrealistic figure. Dressmaker has an adjustable dressmakers’ dummy. These allow you to get super specific about your measurements and tailor each dress to your client.

I was super excited to see curvier options.

Rose in Dressmaker, Dressmaker tutorial

Your Clients

The writing for each client is chef’s kiss ๐ŸคŒ Every one of them has a distinct personality, and I loved seeing how their stories (and their outfits) weave into each other.

The ladies in Twillford will ask you to commission a dress for various events. And as you level up you’ll unlock more patterns to use in your designs. You’ll design outfits for every event, from funerals to balls, weddings, pet shows, and more.

I know the focus, and the games popularity, are because of the fashion design elements but the story shouldn’t be overlooked.

Is Dressmaker Worth Playing?

I had a blast playing Dressmaker. When I was editing my gameplay video for it I had to cut out so much more giggling than you see. It was just so nice to be creative and make clothes I like in between clients. Not that I’m very good at it or anything. My dresses are more conservative compared to the elaborate ones I’ve seen others make.

I just need it to come to Switch 2 next.

10 Cozy Fashion Games Like Dressmaker

game: Quilts and cats of Calico. A ginger cat sleeps on a quilt
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Quilts & Cats of Calico

Quilts and Cats of Calico is a wholesome, award-winning complex puzzle game for 1 to 4 players. Meet adorable cats and sew the coziest quilts. โ€” Steam

The first game on this list is more textiles based than fashion. Quilts and Cats of Calico is the digital adaptation of the Calico board game, where you’re tasked with sewing a quilt from patterned fabric scraps. Combine colors and patterns with their pairs and you’ll score more points for the finished design, attract buttons, and draw in cats who each have their own taste in bedding. Just like Dressmaker, there’s a story campaign where cats have great power and influence over people’s lives. You can even create your own cat in the customizer.

Quilts & Cats of Calico is the closest in style to Dressmaker. From here on out I’ve had to get a little bit creative with the choices.

game: Fashion Dreamer on Switch
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Fashion Dreamer

Enter a virtual world of fashion fantasies made real, where coordination and communication mix like never before. Your new life as an influencer awaits! โ€” Switch

Fashion Dreamer was created by the same team that made the Style Savvy series, you play a style influencer and your main goal is to level up to be the ultimate influencer – put together outfits from over 1,400 customizable clothing and accessory items to earn Likes from other Muses. Liking someone else’s look lets you borrow their pieces for your own outfits and recommendations, and the game runs online, so other players’ Muses and their creations show up in your world too.

You can even design your own logo for your brand, create your own photo backdrop and wander around the world of Eve meeting other Muses.

If you’re waiting on Dressmaker to land on Switch, Fashion Dreamer is almost a pioneer in the dress up game genre. this is one of the better fashion games (there’s not many).

game: Model Debut 4. What games are similar to Dressmaker.
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Model Debut 4

A fashion game packed with the latest trend items! Enjoy styling, modeling jobs, and even romance as you aim to become the No.1 model. โ€” Switch

Another fashion game on Switch you might want to check out is MODEL Debut 4. In this Japanese game you build a model’s career through magazine shoots, TV appearances, and brand campaigns, matching outfits to themes and designing your own article layouts as you go, with a story about rebuilding a talent agency and working toward the series’ big annual runway show.

There’s no fashion design, but if you want a girly pop game with cute clothes the latest in the Model Debut Series has that with added glitter.

Is Infinity Nikki like Dressmaker
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Infinity Nikki

Embark on a cozy open-world adventure filled with vast landscape, mystical puzzles and unexpected platforming challenges. Dress up not just for style, but to unravel hidden mysteries. โ€” Steam

You play as Nikki, travelling across the fantasy land of Miraland and collecting an enormous wardrobe of outfits, from everyday looks to elaborate fantasy wear. Outfits aren’t just cosmetic, many of them carry magical abilities tied to how you explore, letting you float, glide, shrink, or purify your surroundings, so building the right look also unlocks new ways to move through the world. You craft new pieces from materials gathered during cozy side activities like fishing, bug catching, and animal grooming, then mix and match everything freely to build your own style.

Some outfits are earned through crafting with collected materials, while others are tied to the game’s gacha system, a random-chance method common in free-to-play games for unlocking cosmetic items, so it’s worth going in with that expectation

more games like Dressmaker are Tailor  Simulator on Steam
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Tailor Simulator

Build your workshop and turn it into a fashion business. Interact with your customers and design unique collections to sell in your store. Upgrade your workshop until you rule the fashion industry. โ€” Steam

If you liked the shop and sewing aspects of Dressmaker then try Tailor Simulator. This shop keeper game is still in early access but has potential. You start in an abandoned workshop and build it into a fashion business, taking customer orders and designing collections from fabrics like cotton and linen. Beyond the sewing, there’s a management layer too: hiring staff, organizing inventory, upgrading furniture, and tearing down walls to grow the shop’s capacity and appeal.

The developer, Zoady, has laid out an 8 to 12 month roadmap for additional content, including a clothing factory, seasonal collections, a second city, and deeper customer relationships. So there’s much more content to come.

games like Dressmaker on Steam
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Clothing Store Simulator

Are you ready to shape fashion world? Make a brand deal, order products, fill the aisles, dress the mannequins and start selling. Dresses, shirts, coats, pants, nightwear, underwear, shoes and more are waiting for you. โ€” Steam

You run everything from an in-game computer: signing brand deals to stock name-brand products, ordering inventory, and setting prices to keep customers happy. You pick up stock and arrange it yourself, placing items on shelves and hangers, filling aisles, and dressing mannequins for display. Store design is also yours to shape, with furniture, decorations, and layout choices that affect how customers respond.

The developer discloses using AI-generated content for the store’s capsule (thumbnail) images.

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Historical Fashion Dress Up

Create historically accurate outfits, customize your characters, and print charming paper dolls. โ€” Steam

Next on this list I’ve added a game you may enjoy if you liked the vintage era of Dressmaker. You design historically accurate outfits across 6 European fashion eras, the 1560s, 1680s, 1780s, 1820s, 1880s, and 1920s, with every garment researched from museum collections and period art.

Beyond picking clothes, you can customize facial features, hairstyles, and accessories, build little scenes with characters and backgrounds from any era, and save your favorite looks to a wardrobe. There’s also a print feature that turns your designs into paper dolls you can color in yourself.

upcoming fashion games like Dressmaker. This game is Fashion Mall Story by Kairosoft.
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Fashion Mall Story

A stylish fashion mall management simulator. โ€” Steam

From old games to upcoming ones, Fashion Mall Story hasn’t got a release date yet but it’s one to wishlist if you liked previous games by Kairosoft. Make clothes, attract tenants, and build a trend-setting hub!

In Fashion Mall Story you will choose from different shapes and accent features to create all-new garments, then display your creations in your stores. Besides clothing retailers, you can also build various other stores, such as nail bars and perfume stores. Build a hub for all things fashion in your very own dream mall!

Vibrant pixel-art thrift boutique scene with a clothes rack, shoes on display, and a smiling person raising a spatula; sign reads 'thrifty business' game.
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Thrifty Business

Run your very own thrift shop in this laid-back management sim! โ€” Steam

I’ve got another shop creator up next with Thrifty Business. You run a 90s-inspired thrift shop, digging through boxes of secondhand clothes, antiques, toys, and other finds, then building displays out of them across 500+ items. Organizing by color, theme, or whatever system you like earns community points toward unlocking more furniture, wallpaper, and flooring, and the shop doubles as a community hub where regulars share stories and make requests you can fulfill.

It’s bright, it’s cheerful, and a fun game to play next.

Stitch. is a textiles gameon Nintendo Switch like Dressmaker
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Stitch

Stitch. is a casual puzzle game with embroidery on a numbered grid.ย  โ€” Steam

And last on today’s list, a puzzle game… because I’ve run out of fashion and shopping games. In Stitch you fill in numbered grids with different stitches and colors to complete an embroidery hoop, Sudoku-style, where each number tells you how many squares in that row or column need filling and in what color.

Hoops range from extra small to extra-extra large, and the game eases you in with small sections before working up to bigger designs. Finished hoops unlock a Free Stitch mode where you can recolor your completed work however you like, plus weekly themed challenges and achievement tiers to unlock more.

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