- #1 Potion Permit
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,276 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Wholesome 29.2% ★, Life Sim 19.3%, Crafting 15%, Relaxing 8.9%, Cute 6.5%
- #2 No Place Like Home
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,066 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Dogs 28% ★, Farming Sim 20.6%, Life Sim 11.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 5.1%
- #3 The Last Alchemist
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 165 reviews2024
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.
Why similar: Wholesome 22.8% ★, Farming Sim 19.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Life Sim 11.4%, Management 8.9%
- #4 Alchemy Garden
95% matchMixed69% of 1,071 reviews2022
Dev: MadSushi Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Craft magic potions and sell them in your own alchemy shop! Explore the world and harvest plants to discover new recipes! Take care of your own garden of alchemy and decorate the shop as you like!
Why similar: Economy 16.5%, Wholesome 14.8% ★, Farming Sim 14.4%, Management 13.2%, Cartoony 13.2%
- #5 Everdream Valley
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 953 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Dogs 36.2% ★, Farming Sim 17%, Life Sim 9.9%, Crafting 8.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #6 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
93% matchVery Positive93% of 43,576 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 20.9%, Farming Sim 18.4%, Life Sim 12.9%, Management 11.8%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #7 Alchemist Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Become the mystical alchemist, choose your contracts wisely as they will shape the world around you, discover the long forgotten magical recipes, upgrade your lab and become the most powerful alchemist of all times.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.6%, Crafting 23.9%, Cartoony 14.2%, Relaxing 13%, Simulation 10%
- #8 Alchemist Shop Simulator
91% matchVery Positive82% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!
Why similar: Economy 25.4%, Crafting 17.9%, Management 17.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #9 Alchemy Story
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.8%, Crafting 14%, Life Sim 13%, Cartoony 8.7%, Relaxing 8%
- #10 Garden Paws
91% matchVery Positive90% of 2,489 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.4%, Wholesome 17.3% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Open World 8%
- #11 Big Farm Story
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,343 reviews2021
Dev: Goodgame Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your dream farm with your friends & animals in Big Farm Story. Grow crops, tend your fields, craft and explore the world in this farming adventure. Meet new friends around each corner, shape your own community and have fun writing your own story.
Why similar: Dogs 25.9% ★, Farming Sim 19.7%, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 8.7%, Cartoony 6.2%
- #12 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 464 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Wholesome 26.7% ★, Farming Sim 20.9%, Cartoony 11.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #13 My Time at Portia
89% matchVery Positive92% of 44,122 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.5%, Life Sim 17.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #14 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
87% matchVery Positive85% of 4,559 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.6%, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 9.4%
- #15 Dog Brew
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,602 reviews2024
Dev: Yuliy Oneshko
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dog Brew - a light indie adventure where the main character, burdened by debts, decides to settle them through the art of brewing beer.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.8%, Dogs 15.2% ★, Economy 13.9%, Crafting 12%, Life Sim 11.8%
- #16 Grow: Song of the Evertree
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,549 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Wholesome 22.4% ★, Farming Sim 19.8%, Life Sim 11.6%, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 8.4%
- #17 Potion Shop Simulator
85% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Pebbles Games
Windows
Master the art of alchemy in Potion Shop Simulator, a unique blend of simulation and strategy. Brew potions, manage your shop, and cater to a magical clientele in a single-player or co-op experience of the medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.7%, Economy 21.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Management 14.4%, Relaxing 9%
- #18 Potion Brew: Co-op
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Soulwarmers Games
Windows
You need this game to forget about your life cares and become the best alchemist of this fantasy world with your friends! An alchemy shop keeper game offers you to brew potions for your customers, loot the ingredients in the forest, trade with sellers and compete with rivals.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.7%, Life Sim 15.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 10.6%
- #19 Alchemist's Garden
84% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Lumis Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Alchemist's Garden is a cozy and relaxing incremental crafting game. Forage to uncover hidden ingredients across mystical lands. Experiment with them at your crucible to discover potions and items, stock your shop's shelves, and watch your potion shop grow!
Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Crafting 22.3%, Management 18.5%, Relaxing 11.3%, Cute 9%
- #20 Animal Shelter
84% matchVery Positive88% of 4,060 reviews2022
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
Why similar: Dogs 41.9% ★, Life Sim 20%, Management 9%, Cute 6.3%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #21 Animalkind
82% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Uncommon Games
Windows
Forage, frolic and zoomie as an intelligent, aww-dorable animal who discovers an ancient mech. Pilot the mech and use a suite of powerful tools to gather resources, shape the land, and build your ideal town alongside a growing cast of characters—solo or with up to three friends.
Why similar: Dogs 25.5% ★, Farming Sim 16.3%, Life Sim 10.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #22 Pet Shop Simulator
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 329 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Run your own pet shop in Pet Shop Simulator! Find new homes for pets, thus fulfilling the dreams of your customers. Take care of the needs of animals by selling the right items and get involved in matters related to the pets' home life!
Why similar: Dogs 37.8% ★, Life Sim 17.3%, Management 15.7%, Cute 8.7%, Simulation 8.6%
- #23 Everdream Village
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.
Why similar: Dogs 24.9% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Life Sim 10.8%, Sandbox 7.7%, Crafting 7.1%
- #24 Gaucho and the Grassland
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LIVE like a LATIN COWBOY as you EXPLORE, HELP others, and bring HARMONY between HUMANS and MYSTICAL BEINGS in a RELAXING COZY ADVENTURE.
Why similar: Dogs 40.5% ★, Farming Sim 20%, Life Sim 11.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #25 The Magical Mixture Mill
81% matchVery Positive84% of 602 reviews2024
Dev: GlowlightPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.
Why similar: Management 17.6%, Life Sim 16.8%, Cartoony 14.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 11%
- #26 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
78% matchVery Positive92% of 4,372 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Economy 23.1%, Life Sim 18.7%, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Relaxing 9.3%
- #27 Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,221 reviews2022
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Brew your perfect beer in this relaxing home brewing sim. Use a realistic chemistry simulation to brew hoppy IPAs to creamy stouts. Customise your brewing space, create recipes and label your beer, unlock new equipment and enter competitions. Learn to brew, refine your craft and become a Brewmaster!
Why similar: Wholesome 22.1% ★, Economy 16.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Management 10.9%
- #28 Aquarist
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,112 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you perform various, even strange, aquarium-related tasks on very diverse levels. As an Aquarist you must create and manage a home to amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬. Aquarium is their world and life. Make it worth...
Why similar: Farming Sim 24%, Life Sim 16.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Management 14.9%, Relaxing 9.9%
- #29 Calico
79% matchVery Positive87% of 4,975 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Why similar: Dogs 24.9% ★, Life Sim 15.6%, Open World 14.4%, Cute 11%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #30 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,814 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Wholesome 21.9% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Economy 12.5%, Life Sim 11.3%, Crafting 9.6%
- #31 Forage & Brew
76% matchMixed63% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Forage & BrewPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Forage & Brew is a game where you play as a Cat witch in her potion workshop. Explore the forest, gather ingredients and brew magical potions in order to help the many clients that will come for your aid. How will you decide to live it out each passing day?
Why similar: Relaxing 22.1%, Life Sim 18.4%, Cute 16.5%, Crafting 14.8%, Simulation 11.6%
- #32 Hokko Life
78% matchMixed66% of 2,658 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Wholesome 21.1% ★, Life Sim 16.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #33 Witchy Business
74% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Wholesome 35.4% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Cartoony 15.1%, Relaxing 8%, Simulation 7.8%
- #34 Magical Greenhouse
74% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Mgtt Studio
Windows · Mac
Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation!
Why similar: Wholesome 26% ★, Farming Sim 22%, Crafting 17%, Relaxing 9.5%, Management 9%
- #35 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
72% matchVery Positive98% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.2%, Management 16.6%, Life Sim 16.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Simulation 8%
- #36 Fruitbus
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,111 reviews2024
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A journey of flavors and friendships awaits you in your cozy, customisable food truck! Forage for fresh ingredients to create your own menu, then feed tummies and souls with home-cooked meals. Change the world, one apple at a time.
Why similar: Wholesome 27.4% ★, Management 10%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.5%
- #37 Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
77% matchVery Positive82% of 3,210 reviews2017
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24%, Open World 18.4%, Crafting 15%, Relaxing 9.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #38 Garden Witch Life
75% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.7%, Life Sim 18.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Management 7.9%, RPG 7.3%
- #39 Critter Crops
76% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Skyreach Studio
Windows
Enter the world of Mutter Island as Sylvie, a newfound witch with the ability to grow magical Critters. Restore the island, welcome the unwelcome, and uncover the mystery of Sylvie's past!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.3%, Crafting 13.4%, Open World 10.8%, Cartoony 9.9%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #40 Wobbledogs
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,650 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.
Why similar: Dogs 34% ★, Wholesome 27.8% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Life Sim 11.1%, Cute 6.1%
- #41 Cowboy Life Simulator
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,162 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.3%, Life Sim 14.1%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 9.9%
- #42 Whisker Waters
75% matchMixed46% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Underbite GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Whisker Waters is the ultimate RPG adventure that blends light fantasy and the art of fishing into a mesmerizing world. As a player, you'll create and play as your very own Cat character and embark on a whimsical fishing journey like never before.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Farming Sim 11.8%, Relaxing 10%, RPG 9.6%
- #43 Kynseed
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,685 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 9.6%
- #44 Moonstone Island
72% matchVery Positive84% of 4,783 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.2%, Life Sim 20.1%, Sandbox 15.6%, Relaxing 10.3%, Cute 8.6%
- #45 Seeds of Calamity
70% matchVery Positive83% of 321 reviews2026
Dev: Laborious Lark StudiosPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28%, Life Sim 17.5%, Wholesome 16.6% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Relaxing 8%
- #46 Amber Isle
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,976 reviews2024
Dev: Ambertail GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the village back to life and welcome even more prehistoric pals!
Why similar: Life Sim 20%, Crafting 17.7%, Management 14.9%, Relaxing 8.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #47 Garden Buddies
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: JamPicsPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26%, Life Sim 16.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #48 Alchemist: Journey of the Soul
68% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
First-person adventure game, playable solo or co-op with up to 4 players. Use your magical abilities to solve puzzles or navigate through areas! Explore, use items, brew potions and unlock your full alchemical potential. Are you willing to do what it takes to claim a soul of your own?
Why similar: Relaxing 25.6%, Cute 20%, Puzzle 19.9%, Exploration 13.8%, 3D 13%
- #49 Monster Lab Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 533 reviews2026
Dev: Round 3 Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.7%, Economy 15.7%, Management 15.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Relaxing 10.9%
- #50 Bookshop Simulator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,208 reviews2025
Dev: Blep Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company along the way!
Why similar: Economy 25.1%, Life Sim 19.9%, Management 18.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #51 Critter Café
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!
Why similar: Wholesome 26.6% ★, Life Sim 19.3%, Management 12.8%, Relaxing 9%, Exploration 7.5%
- #52 Restore Your Island
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,153 reviews2026
Dev: Paiband Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Heal a scarred island, rebuild habitats, play with your dog, design your sanctuary, and relax by the fire. Turn this broken, trash-filled island into a thriving sanctuary — one clean sweep at a time.
Why similar: Dogs 45.5% ★, Economy 13.2%, Life Sim 11.9%, Relaxing 7.2%, Exploration 5.5%
- #53 Chocolate Factory Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of your automaton assistant Nougat.
Why similar: Economy 30.9%, Simulation 15.5%, Cute 15.4%, Relaxing 12.5%, Crafting 11.3%
- #54 Pets Hotel
70% matchVery Positive83% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome to Pets Hotel, a place where you can start the business you always dreamed of! Pets Hotel gives you a unique opportunity to build, design, and run a place where pets can feel at home. Cats, dogs, turtles, and many other animals are waiting for you to take care of them!
Why similar: Dogs 44.7% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Cute 9%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #55 Perfume Atelier
67% matchVery Positive91% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Keep The Engine GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blend fragrances in your cozy perfume atelier! 🌸 Craft unique scents by mixing essences, design beautiful bottles, and try to sell your creations to curious customers. Decorate your workshop, unlock new recipes, and grow your reputation in the art of fragrance.
Why similar: Wholesome 33.5% ★, Crafting 19.2%, Management 13.4%, Relaxing 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%
- #56 Animal Trainer Simulator
70% matchMixed52% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Become a real-life animal trainer! Manage and develop your animal training center, create a safe and happy place for them! Train different types of animals, and give them a lot of attention and they will surely become calmer and more cooperative with their owners.
Why similar: Dogs 43.6% ★, Life Sim 15.1%, Relaxing 9.3%, Simulation 8.7%, Cute 7.6%
- #57 The Last Elixir
66% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Frisbee
Windows
You are a journeyman alchemist: experiment to learn the secrets of the alchemical sciences, and leverage them to produce a diverse menu of potions for a procession of weird and spooky customers in this compact narrative puzzle experience.
Why similar: Crafting 43.1%, Puzzle 24.7%, Simulation 19.3%, 3D 9.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #58 Critter Cove
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,868 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.9%, Life Sim 16.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 11.4%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #59 Totemlands
69% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.
Why similar: Farming Sim 15%, Wholesome 13.5% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.6%
- #60 Song Of The Prairie
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,513 reviews2024
Dev: The Droplet StudioPub: AOE Plus
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Song of The Prairie is a 3D relaxing farm game. A hero who defeat the demon begins a new rural life. Experiencing the fun of exploration to the town. Harvesting giant fruits and crops. Taking care fantastic animals. Dating with someone you like. Just enjoy the farming life only belongs to you!
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.3%, Life Sim 15.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 8.9%