- #1 Retirement Simulator
97% matchMostly Negative35% of 3,957 reviews2022
Dev: DoubleThink Studio
Windows · Mac
Retirement Simulator is a game that simulates the retirement life. Customize your retirement and realize your ultimate goals: become a world traveller, an influencer, a KungFu Master or more. Through discovering stories and events, you will also deepen your bonds with your familiy and the community.
Why similar: Simulation 50.4%, RPG 35.6%, Indie 14%
- #2 Kairos'Light
96% matchVery Positive95% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Manon CarrierPub: Assoc. Let's Develop Change
Windows
Change the future of Edmond, a desperate guy who failed his life. In this simulation, improve the town of Thésye, earn money, buy a castle, and collect cattails.
Why similar: Simulation 77.6%, Indie 22.4%
- #3 Streamer's Life
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Just Making Games
Windows
RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.
Why similar: Simulation 53.5%, RPG 32.5%, Indie 14%
- #4 Light of Reversing Destiny
95% matchVery Positive81% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: HKBOI
Windows
"Light of Reversing Destiny" is a live - action interactive movie game, skillfully blending role - playing and plot choices. Players follow the protagonist's perspective throughout, immerse in the ups - and - downs of the story, with interspersed mini - games bringing a new interactive feel.
Why similar: Simulation 58.6%, RPG 41.4%
- #5 Indie Dev Simulator
94% matchMixed65% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Simulation 78.7%, Indie 21.3%
- #6 This Grand Life
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.
Why similar: Simulation 53.6%, RPG 46.4%
- #7 Urban Tale
93% matchMixed69% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: WASD Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Urban Tale is a realistic, vibrant and unique RPG that will allow you to fulfil your dreams, and pursue your most wanted goals in life. You start from scratch, having nothing in the city where you can meet a lot of people, that can help you throughout your adventure. Your goal is to succeed in life.
Why similar: Simulation 50.9%, RPG 35.2%, Indie 13.8%
- #8 Tavernier
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 175 reviews2016
Dev: From The Bard
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Tavernier is a mix between a tavern-management game and an interactive fiction. You'll play as a barkeeper managing his tavern, coping with events, good and bad alike, in a (not so peaceful) town. A town that keeps a dark secret...
Why similar: Simulation 48.5%, RPG 36.6%, Indie 14.9%
- #9 A guard walks into a tavern
91% matchVery Positive85% of 420 reviews2023
Dev: SuQing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Why similar: Simulation 71%, RPG 29%
- #10 Olaguna Chronicles
91% matchVery Positive81% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: SELeft StudioPub: Lycian Studio
Windows
In Olaguna Chronicles Every character in the game will have a profile, and some will change their lives because of the decisions you make! Their records will be different! Maybe it's a friend, maybe it's an enemy...
Why similar: RPG 63.1%, Indie 26%, Simulation 10.9%
- #11 Normis Simulator
90% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: PropilGames
Windows
Playing as Normis, you are a typical representative of the mainstream with a traditional stable life, ironically referring to youth subcultures, avoiding conflicts and extreme actions, preferring routine and social adaptation.
Why similar: Simulation 56%, RPG 37.5%, Indie 6.5%
- #12 Esports History
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!
Why similar: Simulation 56%, RPG 29.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #13 Keep Driving
86% matchVery Positive94% of 6,029 reviews2025
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.
Why similar: RPG 49.5%, Simulation 32.7%, Indie 17.8%
- #14 Destined to Die
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2021
Dev: SuncatsPub: Suncats
Windows · Mac
Destined to Die is a task managing game about depression, containing over 200+ pieces of physical and digital art. What's the point in life, if all paths lead to death. Choose your actions, and learn how to live. All paths lead to death, but how long can you live?
Why similar: RPG 78.2%, Simulation 16%, Indie 5.7%
- #15 Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant
88% matchVery Positive80% of 239 reviews2019
Dev: Citizen of Life Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Life sim set in the Ancient Roman Republic. Experience life and events in Ancient Rome through multiple generations of a family, helping them grow from lowly commoners to mighty Senators. Long live the Republic!
Why similar: Simulation 59.8%, RPG 40.2%
- #16 This Grand Life 2
85% matchVery Positive89% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
Why similar: Simulation 69.6%, RPG 30.4%
- #17 Redemption: Eternal Quest
87% matchMixed59% of 202 reviews2015
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Redemption: Eternal Quest is a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics. You become the leader of a band of adventurers, guiding them through quests, watching them grow and signing them to pacts while keeping your gold pouch filled.
Why similar: RPG 53.2%, Simulation 25.2%, Indie 21.6%
- #18 Esports History: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History: Prologue is a free RPG simulator about the era of the birth of eSports. Start from scratch and work your way up to an eSports career. Use your resources and time wisely to develop a unique character and win tournaments.
Why similar: Simulation 57.6%, RPG 28%, Indie 14.4%
- #19 Artist Life Simulator
83% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2022
Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
Windows
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Simulation 46.5%, RPG 38.9%, Indie 14.6%
- #20 Idle Reincarnator
82% matchMixed68% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: RyuseGames
Windows
An incremental RPG where you reincarnate through lifetimes, mastering professions, unlocking skills, and exploring mystical realms.
Why similar: Simulation 59.3%, RPG 40.7%
- #21 Changeover: Decisions
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: KHB-Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #22 Nobody - The Turnaround
81% matchMixed60% of 14,298 reviews2022
Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #23 You are the Judge!
81% matchMixed70% of 258 reviews2023
Dev: Steel Games
Windows
As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?
Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, RPG 38.8%, Indie 19.7%
- #24 Midnight Ramen
79% matchVery Positive97% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Why similar: Simulation 48.3%, RPG 38.2%, Indie 13.4%
- #25 Doctor Life Simulator
80% matchMixed67% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Bleeding Edge StudioPub: Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC
Windows
Step into the shoes of a dedicated medical professional in Doctor Life Simulator. Experience the challenges and triumphs of running your own medical practice, from diagnosing complex illnesses to performing life-saving surgeries.
Why similar: Simulation 77%, RPG 12.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #26 Cavern of Time
82% matchMixed68% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Aldorlea Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Cavern of Time is an RPG/Adventure game where you guide the journey of a young girl. Can you find the magical locket in this perilous realm and cure your beloved grandmother's illness? Visit the Cavern of Time and find out!
Why similar: Simulation 48%, RPG 36.5%, Indie 15.5%
- #27 Lights and Shadow
79% matchVery Positive80% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Jiahe Studio 茄盒互动
Windows
The player will take on the role of Shen Hao, experiencing a journey from being a bullied student to dropping out and starting a live streaming career. The surge in digital currencies makes you an overnight millionaire. How will you choose your path and carve out a unique life story?
Why similar: RPG 85.4%, Simulation 14.6%
- #28 The Westport Independent
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 334 reviews2016
Dev: Double Zero One Zero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...
Why similar: Simulation 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #29 The Next Journey Of Life
76% matchMixed69% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: FOREVER GAME
Windows
"The Next Journey of Life"is a simulation management game. You, who work in the real estate industry, are unemployed due to the company's "optimization".A lost horse is not a blessing, as long as we have hope for life, we can walk "The next journey of life" well
Why similar: Simulation 60.1%, RPG 39.9%
- #30 Deadwater Saloon
77% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Tanglefoot GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Why similar: Simulation 62.6%, RPG 37.4%
- #31 Short Life
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 194 reviews2018
Dev: gametornado
Windows
Choose your hero and get to the finish without losing your head :) Avoid obstacles and try to complete the levels with all your body parts.
Why similar: Simulation 76.4%, Indie 23.6%
- #32 The Succession of Changing Kings
73% matchVery Positive88% of 509 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Simulation 67.1%, RPG 32.9%
- #33 Loser Simulator
75% matchVery Positive89% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Frosted Wings Studio
Windows
The game "Loser Simulator" invites players to plunge into the life of an ordinary person named Bari, for whom everything goes awry. We have to help him overcome a series of failures and ridiculous situations in one day.
Why similar: Simulation 56.4%, RPG 42%, Indie 1.6%
- #34 Trainee Death Simulator
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,964 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
Why similar: Simulation 51.2%, RPG 33.3%, Indie 15.5%
- #35 逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
76% matchMixed52% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Beijing Changyou Chuangxiang Software Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: Changyou.com HK Limited
Windows
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #36 you're just imagining it
73% matchVery Positive96% of 454 reviews2024
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Simulation 88.1%, Indie 11.9%
- #37 Legend of Homebody
75% matchVery Positive83% of 451 reviews2021
Dev: 疯王子Pub: CrazyPrince
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality. This is a somewhat serious and heavy game, so don't be fooled by appearances.)
Why similar: Simulation 50.4%, RPG 32.2%, Indie 17.4%
- #38 Project Tarvotan
77% matchMixed59% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?
Why similar: Simulation 77.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #39 Role Player: Full Immersion
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 215 reviews2021
Dev: Ot Vinta
Windows
Role Player is an Interactive movie game, you have to choose options and decide the fate of the main character. Our hero loves to play RPG games on the topic of technological disasters and post-Apocalypse, but he wants more entourage and adrenaline! Let's see how he`ll like it
Why similar: RPG 84%, Indie 16%
- #40 21 Days
74% matchVery Positive79% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Hardtalk Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
21 Days is a simulation adventure game in which you experience the life of a Syrian refugee. Though you escaped the war in Syria, your family still has a hard journey ahead of them. Over 21 days, you must manage money, time, hunger and mental status. For yourself, and for the hope of saving your family.
Why similar: Simulation 78.5%, Indie 21.5%
- #41 Growing Up
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,623 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Simulation 59.1%, RPG 40.9%
- #42 Noble's Life: Kingdom Reborn - Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle GriffonsPub: Concept Lab Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.
Why similar: Simulation 57.7%, RPG 42.3%
- #43 Death and Taxes
69% matchVery Positive86% of 8,276 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Simulation 82.3%, Indie 17.7%
- #44 Indie Dream
71% matchVery Positive85% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Laolu Productions
Windows · Mac
This is just the story of a young and naive indie dev.
Why similar: Simulation 48.8%, RPG 35.4%, Indie 15.9%
- #45 城市生存计划 / City Survival Project
72% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: HAN GUANG
Windows · Mac
The player will play as someone trying to make it in the big city. Within 90 days, the game abstracts the difficulties, pressures, and choices in the form of continuous decision making. This decision-making game is based on a combination of talented and professional pathways, there are over dozens of career paths to advance and over 50...
Why similar: Simulation 77.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #46 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: Simulation 62.4%, RPG 31.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #47 Your Quest
72% matchMixed60% of 164 reviews2015
Dev: Oblivionburn Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Your Quest is a casual 2D Strategy/RPG with progressive gameplay where you gather resources to construct a village, craft new weapons and armor, and try to survive the depths of a procedurally generated dungeon under the surface.
Why similar: Simulation 49.4%, RPG 34.8%, Indie 15.8%
- #48 Parisian Brasserie Simulator
66% matchVery Positive94% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Quark Studios
Windows
Manage your own brasserie in Paris and turn it into the place to be! Create menus, serve customers, and master every detail to grow your restaurant. Manage supplies, ensure top-notch service, and make your mark on the city of lights. Will you become the next Parisian brasserie institution?
Why similar: Simulation 97%, Indie 3%
- #49 Idle Iktah
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: Grounded Games
Windows · Mac
Idle Iktah is a game about leveling up in the Pacific Northwest. It features local plants and animals, 18 skills, 5+ minigames, items affected by the phase of the moon, and even a real-time Oregon coast tide tracker. If you like idle RPGs, give this one a shot!
Why similar: Simulation 54.4%, RPG 43.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #50 Nautical Life
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Alphaquest GamesPub: Alphaquest Games
Windows
Buy yachts and customize the interior with furniture, besides fishing around the world!
Why similar: Simulation 49.4%, RPG 34.3%, Indie 16.3%
- #51 Nova-Life: Amboise
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,769 reviews2019
Dev: TeamNova
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Nova-Life: Amboise is a multiplayer role-play simulation video game. Create your character and start your second life!
Why similar: Simulation 69.4%, Indie 18.2%, RPG 12.4%
- #52 A Legionary's Life
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,478 reviews2019
Dev: Alessandro Roberti
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.
Why similar: RPG 46.8%, Simulation 41.5%, Indie 11.6%
- #53 Oneiro Man
67% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Izi Studios
Windows
Oneiro is an office worker who is forced to stay up all night writing reports to avoid losing his job. The game combines typing mechanics with various mini-games. It’s a 30-40 minute experience with multiple endings depending on your performance.
Why similar: Simulation 92.2%, Indie 7.8%
- #54 Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
65% matchVery Positive88% of 4,501 reviews2024
Dev: 木焱工作室Pub: Wave Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.
Why similar: RPG 45.5%, Simulation 40.4%, Indie 14%
- #55 Jesus Simulator
66% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: VRCFORGE STUDIOS
Windows
Jesus Simulator is a narrative driven game that retells the earthly life of Jesus Christ through the events of the Gospel. Become a witness to sermons, miracles, and encounters that explore love, mercy, faith, forgiveness, and sacrifice.
Why similar: Simulation 56%, RPG 44%
- #56 be you
68% matchVery Positive82% of 210 reviews2019
Dev: louis morel
Windows
HELLO i made weird game visual novel thingy Your character develops different personality types depending on your choices, so they respond uniquely to different situations. With around three different choices to make and three unique lines of dialogue for each of them there's around nine different texts you can see and six endings.
Why similar: Simulation 49.8%, RPG 32.7%, Indie 17.5%
- #57 Circadian City
69% matchMixed59% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Nowhere StudiosPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.
Why similar: Simulation 47.8%, RPG 39.4%, Indie 12.8%
- #58 修仙实操手册
66% matchMixed60% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: SourceIn Games
Windows
《修仙实操手册》是一款拥有丰富剧情的都市修真题材养成游戏。身患绝症的主人公尝试修炼一本叫"修仙实操手册"的养生功法,于是一个生活在现代都市的大好青年开始了每日打坐、炼丹、算命、看风水...的“神仙”生活。
Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, RPG 40.9%, Indie 11.4%
- #59 Potato Survival
65% matchVery Positive99% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Potato Survival is a short story game about a character who lives alone on the open sea. Collect potatoes and try to survive for 21 days with the knowledge you gain daily. Unlock new skills to create a more meaningful day to day life!
Why similar: Simulation 81.6%, Indie 18.4%