- #1 Going Medieval
97% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Crafting 19.9%, Sandbox 18.8%, RPG 8.9%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar medieval colony-building experience with a strong focus on base construction and survival against environmental threats.
- #2 RimWorld
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.7%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 12.1%, Open World 10%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive colony simulation that shares the deep management, survival, and emergent storytelling mechanics found in Clanfolk.
- #3 Farthest Frontier
95% matchVery Positive86% of 25,375 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: Agriculture 33% ★, Colony Sim 29%, Building 21.4%, Medieval 16.6%
Why You'll Like It: This city-builder excels at capturing the brutal reality of survival, requiring careful resource management to endure freezing winters.
- #4 Banished
96% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.7%, Medieval 11.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 8%, Building 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the foundational inspiration for Clanfolk, focusing heavily on surviving harsh winters and managing a growing population.
- #5 Norland
94% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Medieval 17.5%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex simulation of social dynamics and dynasty management within a medieval kingdom.
- #6 Lords and Villeins
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 977 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Medieval 13.5%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the social hierarchy and management of a medieval village, mirroring the community-focused gameplay of Clanfolk.
- #7 Manor Lords
92% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Medieval 32.3%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 12%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, realistic medieval city-building experience that balances village growth with survival and tactical combat.
- #8 Noble Fates
93% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, Sandbox 18.5%, Medieval 18.4%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the generational and social aspects of a medieval colony, allowing you to manage the lives and legacies of your settlers.
- #9 Medieval Dynasty
91% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.9% ★, Crafting 18.3%, Building 17.5%, Medieval 14.4%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the individual and family lineage, allowing you to build a settlement from the ground up in a realistic medieval setting.
- #10 Roots of Pacha
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,536 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.8%, Agriculture 15.7% ★, Life Sim 11.2%, Dating Sim 9%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on clan-building and community development, capturing the cooperative spirit of building a society from scratch.
- #11 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: Medieval 23.7%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 14%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features organic city-building that emphasizes community needs and the daily lives of medieval villagers.
- #12 Kynseed
90% matchVery Positive83% of 3,860 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 25.7%, Life Sim 15.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on generational gameplay and life simulation, allowing your legacy to continue through your descendants.
- #13 Settlement Survival
88% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Building 18.2%, Agriculture 16.6% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Medieval 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused city builder emphasizes trade, resource management, and adapting to changing environmental conditions.
- #14 Bellwright
87% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Medieval 21.5%, Crafting 19.7%, Open World 18.4%, Building 15%, Life Sim 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines colony management with survival and rebellion, tasking you with building a village while surviving in a hostile world.
- #15 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
89% matchMixed66% of 6,015 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.6%, Medieval 14.7%, Building 11.5%, Open World 6.6%, Simulation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that forces players to manage resources carefully to survive harsh environmental challenges.
- #16 Littlewood
86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,824 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.4% ★, Farming Sim 13.4%, Life Sim 13.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, relaxing colony management game that focuses on building a community and interacting with unique villagers.
- #17 Stardew Valley
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,074 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.9 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.4%, Agriculture 16% ★, Life Sim 12.9%, Crafting 6.5%, Sandbox 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on farming, it provides the cozy community and life-sim elements that complement the relaxing side of Clanfolk.
- #18 Fields of Mistria
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,222 reviews2026
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.4%, Agriculture 14.8% ★, Life Sim 11.7%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Crafting 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar cozy, community-focused life simulation with farming and crafting elements.
- #19 Travellers Rest
85% matchVery Positive88% of 18,025 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Life Sim 22%, Medieval 11.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the inn-management and crafting aspects found in Clanfolk, allowing you to build a hub for travelers.
- #20 Ostriv
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Farming Sim 16.1%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder with a strong focus on realistic village life and complex economic chains.
- #21 Coral Island
83% matchVery Positive89% of 27,509 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24%, Agriculture 15.7% ★, Life Sim 13.6%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a strong farming and community-building experience with a focus on environmental restoration.
- #22 Songs of Syx
84% matchVery Positive94% of 9,164 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Medieval 14.3%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A scalable colony sim that handles large populations and complex survival mechanics, perfect for those who enjoy managing a growing clan.
- #23 Sun Haven
81% matchVery Positive81% of 25,417 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.3%, Agriculture 17.4% ★, Life Sim 14.1%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game expands on the farming and life-sim mechanics with fantasy elements and a focus on community growth.
- #24 One Lonely Outpost
82% matchMixed58% of 658 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 16.6%, Colony Sim 16%, Agriculture 15.3% ★, Life Sim 9.6%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-building game with a focus on survival and resource management in a challenging, alien environment.
- #25 Havendock
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,948 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Agriculture 17.8% ★, Colony Sim 16.1%, Farming Sim 15.5%, Life Sim 10%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers colony management and survival on a small scale, requiring you to build and expand your settlement on the water.
- #26 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
79% matchVery Positive85% of 4,645 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Agriculture 20% ★, Farming Sim 17.9%, Life Sim 10.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features survival-focused base building in a unique, relaxing post-apocalyptic setting.
- #27 Echoes of the Plum Grove
79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,132 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.1%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Life Sim 16.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A generational farming sim that incorporates survival and death mechanics, requiring you to plan for the future of your family.
- #28 Stonehearth
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.1%, Building 16.4%, Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 9%, Open World 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony sim that emphasizes building and survival in a sandbox environment.
- #29 Grimshire
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,358 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.6%, Agriculture 22.5% ★, Life Sim 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Crafting 6.3%
- #30 Sky Harvest
77% matchVery Positive85% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Armored CatPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.6%, Agriculture 18.4% ★, Life Sim 11.6%, Crafting 8.6%, Dating Sim 8.4%
- #31 Cornucopia®
77% matchVery Positive88% of 659 reviews2023
Dev: David DolynnyPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cozy 2.5D farm-life RPG that runs deep. Grow living soil into legendary harvests, romance 34+ villagers, breed magical animals, cook, fish, and dive the dungeons below for loot. No forced bedtime, no stress, just your dream farm at your own pace.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19%, Agriculture 17.9% ★, Life Sim 11.1%, Crafting 7.9%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #32 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,307 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.5%, Agriculture 22.7% ★, Life Sim 16.1%, Building 6.9%, Crafting 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines farming simulation with life-sim elements, allowing you to manage a family farm across generations.
- #33 Hillshade Farm
75% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: NORTHSTAR Games
Windows
You’ve got land, time, and a whole lot to figure out. Start small, work hard, earn what you need, and build the kind of farm you’d never want to leave.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.4%, Agriculture 17.6% ★, Life Sim 14.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.3%
- #34 Circadian City
78% matchMixed58% of 170 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: Agriculture 19.7% ★, Farming Sim 18.4%, Life Sim 13%, Crafting 8.2%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A life simulation game with a focus on daily routines, social interaction, and managing your character's needs.
- #35 Pocket Harvest
76% matchVery Positive89% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.9%, Colony Sim 20%, Agriculture 19.6% ★, Life Sim 12.3%, Building 5.7%
- #36 Seeds of Calamity
72% matchVery Positive81% of 356 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 22.4%, Agriculture 21.8% ★, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 7.8%
- #37 Dream Town Island
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, Farming Sim 20.5%, Life Sim 13.7%, Building 8.3%, Agriculture 7.5% ★
- #38 Of Life and Land
73% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Farming Sim 21.7%, Medieval 13.4%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11%
- #39 Dinkum
70% matchVery Positive92% of 29,064 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Agriculture 28.3% ★, Farming Sim 18.8%, Life Sim 12%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 7.7%
- #40 Pawsome Resort
71% matchVery Positive84% of 165 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel PuffsPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Pawsome Resort is a cozy life sim where you run an animal hotel in a charming pixel-art village. Design your resort, care for cute animals, grow crops, craft things, complete quests, and bond with villagers. With farming and RPG elements, it's a perfect cozy escape.
Why similar: Agriculture 21.5% ★, Farming Sim 18.3%, Life Sim 13.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #41 8-Bit Farm
74% matchMixed67% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.7%, Agriculture 20.7% ★, Colony Sim 20.4%, Life Sim 12.4%, Building 5.7%
- #42 Farmtale
74% matchMixed67% of 262 reviews2020
Dev: Titanforged Entertainment
Windows
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
Why similar: Agriculture 23.6% ★, Farming Sim 22%, Life Sim 13.5%, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #43 Project Real
72% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: HKGamesStudioPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
The Real Project is a game where you shape your virtual life. Choose professions, build authentic relationships and explore a wide, vibrant world full of fascinating NPCs. Face challenges, explore stunning landscapes. Live a complete virtual life, full of unique adventures.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.4%, Agriculture 13.5% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #44 SAELIG
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,146 reviews2017
Dev: Atorcoppe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.
Why similar: Medieval 17.4%, Life Sim 13.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 12.8%, Open World 11.6%
- #45 Mirthwood
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,368 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.1%, Medieval 13.8%, Life Sim 13.3%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 13%
- #46 Harvest Life
75% matchMixed51% of 270 reviews2017
Dev: bumblebeePub: familyplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Show your mettle as both an aspiring organic farmer and a part-time adventurer. And then you might be in for a romantic happy ending.
Why similar: Farming Sim 44.5%, Agriculture 19.4% ★, Crafting 11%, Simulation 8.2%, Building 5.5%
- #47 Odd Realm
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 14.4%, Simulation 7%
- #48 Folklands
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Building 21.5%, Medieval 15.8%, Relaxing 10.6%, Simulation 7.6%
- #49 Staxel
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,839 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.3%, Agriculture 23.4% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.6%, Open World 7.6%
- #50 Cowboy Life Simulator
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,278 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
“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: Agriculture 19.1% ★, Farming Sim 19%, Life Sim 11.4%, Crafting 10%, Building 9.5%
- #51 Little Life: Island Tales
69% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: JIAOHU
Windows · Mac
A cozy open-world life sim set in a peaceful seaside town. Farm, dive, explore islands, build relationships, customize your home, and enjoy a slower pace of life.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.2%, Life Sim 19.2%, Open World 11.2%, Relaxing 8.9%, Crafting 7.6%
- #52 Kingdoms and Castles
69% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Medieval 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #53 Cattle Country
67% matchVery Positive86% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.2%, Agriculture 18% ★, Life Sim 12.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #54 MR FARMBOY
66% matchVery Positive85% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: mrdboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Agriculture 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 22.5%, Building 7.7%, Crafting 6.7%
- #55 Founders' Fortune
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.9%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 6.8%, Simulation 6.5%
- #56 Orange Season
68% matchMixed60% of 402 reviews2024
Dev: Innerfire StudiosPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
Make your farmer’s dream come true in Orange Season. With your parent’s help, you’ve finally saved enough money to buy a plot of land in the charming farmer’s village of Orange Town. Build a thriving farm as you grow crops, raise animals, fish, and mine materials to establish your farm in town.
Why similar: Agriculture 25.6% ★, Farming Sim 18.3%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Building 8.3%, Open World 6.5%
- #57 Ninano: Dream Ranch
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: NABI
Windows
Welcome to the Ranch, where you can raise animals! Diverse locals such as Elves, Demons, Vampires, and others await you. Collaborate with them to build new facilities and invite new neighbors to make the Village vibrant. Enjoy activities like fishing, cooking, gathering, dating, and mini-games!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.4%, Life Sim 17%, Sandbox 8.9%, Relaxing 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #58 The Wandering Village
64% matchVery Positive92% of 8,415 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Farming Sim 22.5%, Life Sim 14.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #59 Under The Yoke
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Under The Yoke is a 2D medieval peasant life-sim. Make your mark in the Domesday book as you control a family of serfs through 250 years of English history. Cultivate your lands, craft goods and hone your reputation as you navigate the tumultuous Middle Ages. Your family’s future is yours to shape!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.2%, Agriculture 19% ★, Medieval 13.7%, Life Sim 13%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #60 Land of the Vikings
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.5%, Building 19.8%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
