- #1 Going Medieval
97% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 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 36.6%, Crafting 17.8%, Sandbox 17.4%, Relaxing 10.5%, RPG 8.1%
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 239,676 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.8 hrsMean: 262.8 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 47.6%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 12.4%, Open World 10.1%, Simulation 6.9%
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 24,477 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 26.9 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 33.7% ★, Colony Sim 28.1%, Building 21.6%, Medieval 16.7%
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 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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 52.6%, Medieval 11.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Building 5.4%
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 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 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 31.4%, Medieval 17.6%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 12%
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 966 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 28.1%, Medieval 13.7%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
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 Medieval Dynasty
93% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 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 20% ★, Crafting 18.6%, Building 17.5%, Medieval 14.2%, Sandbox 10.3%
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.
- #8 Manor Lords
92% matchVery Positive84% of 87,232 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 22.1 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 32.5%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Simulation 12.6%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, realistic medieval city-building experience that balances village growth with survival and tactical combat.
- #9 Roots of Pacha
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,441 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 15.6% ★, 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.
- #10 Noble Fates
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 39.8%, Sandbox 18.8%, Medieval 18.6%, Building 16.8%, Simulation 6%
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.
- #11 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 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 23.8%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features organic city-building that emphasizes community needs and the daily lives of medieval villagers.
- #12 Kynseed
89% 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 25.7%, Life Sim 15.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 8.7%
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 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
90% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 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 49.6%, Medieval 14.9%, Building 11.7%, Open World 6.6%, Simulation 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that forces players to manage resources carefully to survive harsh environmental challenges.
- #14 Stardew Valley
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008,001 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 84.1 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 22.3%, Agriculture 16% ★, Life Sim 13%, Crafting 6.5%, Sandbox 5.7%
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.
- #15 Bellwright
87% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 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 21.2%, Crafting 19.8%, Open World 17.7%, Building 15.1%, Life Sim 13.7%
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.
- #16 Littlewood
86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,802 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 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 19.3% ★, Farming Sim 13.4%, Life Sim 13.3%, 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 Travellers Rest
86% matchVery Positive88% of 17,329 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.9 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 28.1%, Life Sim 22%, Medieval 11.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the inn-management and crafting aspects found in Clanfolk, allowing you to build a hub for travelers.
- #18 Settlement Survival
85% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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 29.3%, Agriculture 19.2% ★, Medieval 17.5%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused city builder emphasizes trade, resource management, and adapting to changing environmental conditions.
- #19 Fields of Mistria
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,781 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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%, Agriculture 14.9% ★, Life Sim 11.9%, 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.
- #20 Ostriv
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.6 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 23.6%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Farming Sim 16.3%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder with a strong focus on realistic village life and complex economic chains.
- #21 Songs of Syx
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,211 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 31.5%, Medieval 14.5%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, 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.
- #22 Coral Island
81% matchVery Positive89% of 26,525 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 53.8 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 23.7%, Agriculture 15.9% ★, Life Sim 13.7%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a strong farming and community-building experience with a focus on environmental restoration.
- #23 Sun Haven
82% matchVery Positive81% of 24,867 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 31.4 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 14.2%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Crafting 8.5%
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% matchMixed59% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 16.8%, Colony Sim 15.4%, Agriculture 15.4% ★, Life Sim 9.7%, Sandbox 7.2%
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 Positive80% of 1,898 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 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 17.9% ★, Farming Sim 15.6%, Colony Sim 15.5%, Life Sim 10.1%, Crafting 8.3%
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 4,559 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: Agriculture 19.9% ★, Farming Sim 17.9%, Life Sim 11%, Crafting 9.5%, 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 3,076 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.5 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 27.3%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Life Sim 16.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 10.5%
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 13,005 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 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 43.1%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony sim that emphasizes building and survival in a sandbox environment.
- #29 Sky Harvest
77% matchVery Positive87% of 84 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 18.7%, Agriculture 18.3% ★, Life Sim 11.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Dating Sim 8.4%
- #30 Grimshire
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,830 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 31.2%, Agriculture 22.3% ★, Life Sim 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Crafting 6.2%
- #31 Cornucopia®
77% matchVery Positive89% of 637 reviews2023
Dev: David Dolynny | Subconscious GamesPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stardew Valley meets Paper Mario in the coziest farming RPG you've never played. Romance 34+ characters, befriend 50+, raise adorable animals, and grow crops using real soil science. No forced bedtime. A handcrafted 2.5D world full of charm, secrets, and the dream life you've been waiting for.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19%, Agriculture 17.9% ★, Life Sim 11.1%, Crafting 8%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #32 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,283 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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 16.3%, 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 Circadian City
78% 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: Agriculture 19.6% ★, Farming Sim 18.3%, Life Sim 13.1%, Crafting 8.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A life simulation game with a focus on daily routines, social interaction, and managing your character's needs.
- #34 Pocket Harvest
76% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22%, Agriculture 19.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.3%, Life Sim 12.5%, Building 5.7%
- #35 Of Life and Land
73% matchVery Positive86% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 25.5%, Farming Sim 22%, Medieval 13.5%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #36 Dream Town Island
74% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 21.4%, Farming Sim 20.7%, Life Sim 14%, Building 8.3%, Agriculture 7.5% ★
- #37 Dinkum
71% matchVery Positive92% of 28,725 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 28.7 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 28.2% ★, Farming Sim 18.8%, Life Sim 12.1%, Crafting 9%, Building 7.6%
- #38 Seeds of Calamity
72% 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 22.3%, Agriculture 21.7% ★, Life Sim 14%, Crafting 9%, Building 7.8%
- #39 8-Bit Farm
74% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.9%, Agriculture 20.8% ★, Colony Sim 19.7%, Life Sim 12.6%, Building 5.8%
- #40 Project Real
73% 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 12.8%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #41 Harvest Life
76% 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 19.3% ★, Crafting 11%, Simulation 8.2%, Building 5.5%
- #42 Farmtale
75% 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 23.5% ★, Farming Sim 22.1%, Life Sim 13.6%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #43 Kingdoms and Castles
72% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 33.5%, Medieval 16.6%, Building 12%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 8.1%
- #44 Mirthwood
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,338 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 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 13.7%, Life Sim 13.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #45 SAELIG
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,110 reviews2017
Dev: Atorcoppe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 17.9%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Life Sim 12.5%, Open World 11.7%
- #46 Cowboy Life Simulator
68% 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: Agriculture 19% ★, Farming Sim 19%, Life Sim 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #47 Folklands
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 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 43.5%, Building 21.8%, Medieval 16%, Relaxing 10.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #48 Little Life: Island Tales
70% matchVery Positive85% of 79 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 19.3%, Open World 11%, Relaxing 9%, Crafting 7.7%
- #49 Staxel
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,825 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.4%, Agriculture 23.4% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.6%, Open World 7.5%
- #50 The Wandering Village
66% matchVery Positive92% of 8,187 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 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 30.3%, Farming Sim 22.8%, Life Sim 15.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #51 Cattle Country
67% matchVery Positive87% of 364 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 21.3%, Agriculture 17.9% ★, Life Sim 12.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #52 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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 50.9%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #53 Orange Season
69% matchMixed60% of 401 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 25.5% ★, Farming Sim 18.3%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Building 8.3%, Open World 6.4%
- #54 Ninano: Dream Ranch
68% 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 27.3%, Life Sim 17.1%, Sandbox 8.9%, Relaxing 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #55 MR FARMBOY
66% matchVery Positive84% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: mrdboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.9%, Agriculture 23.3% ★, Colony Sim 21.7%, Building 7.8%, Crafting 6.9%
- #56 Song Of The Prairie
67% 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: Agriculture 19.8% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Life Sim 11.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Dating Sim 8.7%
- #57 My Time at Portia
67% 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 21.8%, Agriculture 15.2% ★, Life Sim 14.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 8.7%
- #58 Under The Yoke
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 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 13.6%, Life Sim 13.1%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #59 Moonstone Island
66% 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: Agriculture 19.7% ★, Farming Sim 17.9%, Life Sim 11.6%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #60 Farming Life
69% matchMixed66% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Are you tired of corporate life? Create your own farm! Plant vegetables and fruits, harvest crops, employ workers, take care of animals. Buy farm equipment, manage employees and just relax!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.8%, Agriculture 22.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.3%, Building 7.8%, Sandbox 7.8%