- #1 Nobody - The Turnaround
97% 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: Life Sim 33.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 12.3%, Realistic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the gritty, realistic struggle of surviving and climbing the social ladder in a modern city environment.
- #2 Kenshi
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 27.2%, Sandbox 25.5%, Survival 18.6%, RPG 12.2%, Crafting 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled sandbox freedom where you can choose any path, from a trader to a warrior, in a vast and unforgiving open world.
- #3 Landlord's Super
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,660 reviews2023
Dev: MinskworksPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.1%, Driving 17.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 12.2%, Immersive Sim 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This immersive first-person simulator captures the labor and satisfaction of building and maintaining property in a sandbox setting.
- #4 Medieval Dynasty
94% 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: Sandbox 16.5%, Open World 16.4%, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival life-sim perfectly blends building, management, and social interaction in a persistent world.
- #5 inZOI
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 30,820 reviews2025
Dev: inZOI StudioPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Every life becomes a story" Create your unique story by controlling and observing the lives of 'Zois'. Customize characters and build houses using inZOI's easy-to-use tools to live the life of your dreams and experience the different emotions of life created by its deep and detailed simulation.
Why similar: Life Sim 40.7%, Character Customization 17.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Realistic 10.8%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed life-simulation game that emphasizes character customization and realistic social interactions in a modern urban setting.
- #6 Drug Dealer Simulator 2
93% matchMixed70% of 5,783 reviews2024
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.
Why similar: Open World 21.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, RPG 10.5%, Realistic 9.6%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, first-person open-world experience focused on building an empire from the ground up in a simulated city.
- #7 Chef RPG
92% matchVery Positive88% of 2,586 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Life Sim 31.5%, Cooking 22.8%, Open World 15.4%, RPG 11.2%, Immersive Sim 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines RPG elements with a life-simulation loop, focusing on running a business and interacting with a vibrant community.
- #8 The Guild 3
91% matchMixed61% of 7,892 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Life Sim 44.7%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, RPG 11%, Simulation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A complex economic life-sim that allows you to build a dynasty and influence the politics and commerce of a medieval city.
- #9 City 20
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.2%, Sandbox 16.7%, Open World 15.3%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game where your actions within the city directly impact the economy and the lives of the inhabitants.
- #10 To Pixelia
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,228 reviews2025
Dev: Pixeduo StudiosPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.2%, Sandbox 15.5%, Open World 15.5%, Cooking 11.7%, Character Customization 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world life-sim that offers a relaxing yet deep experience with various career paths and social dynamics.
- #11 Supermarket Simulator
86% matchVery Positive92% of 82,065 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Life Sim 29.7%, Simulation 24.2%, Sandbox 13.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic and engaging look at the day-to-day operations of managing a retail business in a first-person perspective.
- #12 Metro Sim Hustle
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 390 reviews2021
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Take control of an underground commuter train and rise to the top in a bustling metropolis filled with cheap thrills, prime real estate, and a diverse community of unique characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 12.2%, Character Customization 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that blends exploration and sandbox elements with the unique experience of navigating a city's public transit system.
- #13 Streamer Life Simulator
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,834 reviews2020
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Streamer Life Simulator is a very comprehensive streamer life simulation game. Be the most popular streamer in the world.
Why similar: Life Sim 36%, Simulation 15.4%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the modern dream of building a career from home, focusing on management and social media growth.
- #14 Realife Simulator
87% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Northenlight Studios
Windows
Realife Simulator is an online life simulation where players can work, socialize, and grow by assuming different roles in a realistic city. Whether alone or with friends, freely choose a career, earn money, upgrade your vehicle, and shape city life.
Why similar: Life Sim 25%, Driving 19.3%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 9%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access title that attempts to simulate the various facets of modern life through an action-oriented, first-person lens.
- #15 House Flipper 2
85% matchVery Positive87% of 18,637 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen District
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.4%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Realistic 14.7%, First-Person 14.2%, Simulation 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A polished first-person simulation that turns home renovation into a satisfying and addictive career path.
- #16 Estate Agent Simulator
86% matchMixed68% of 654 reviews2023
Dev: Kiki Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Estate Agent Simulator lets you enter the exciting world of the real estate market. You can buy, decorate, advertise, rent or sell houses. You can buy vacant land and build houses. Environmental factors will affect the rental prices of houses.
Why similar: Driving 30.4%, Life Sim 30%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 9.3%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It allows players to engage in the real estate market, buying and selling properties in a simulated city environment.
- #17 Scrap Dealer Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Emre ŞahinPub: Survivillage
Windows
Start from scratch and rise with scrap, dig through trash, process junk, and grow your profits. Buy warehouses, machines, and vehicles to build your own recycling empire.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.4%, Driving 18.9%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, immersive-sim experience centered around the economy of recycling and trading goods.
- #18 Gas Station Simulator
84% matchVery Positive88% of 27,112 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Driving 32.5%, Open World 21.9%, Simulation 19.2%, Realistic 12.9%, First-Person 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a focused, first-person management experience that rewards players for their attention to detail and business growth.
- #19 Internet Cafe Simulator 2
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,073 reviews2022
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.
Why similar: Life Sim 27%, Sandbox 18.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Open World 9.6%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed management simulation that captures the grind of running a niche business in a busy urban environment.
- #20 My Time at Sandrock
81% matchVery Positive88% of 28,550 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Life Sim 36.2%, Sandbox 17.3%, Open World 13.6%, Character Customization 10%, RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming RPG life-sim that emphasizes community building, crafting, and economic development in a desert town.
- #21 Money Simulator: Brokeville (Free Prologue)
80% matchVery Positive86% of 1,090 reviews2025
Dev: OrganicaPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Sandbox 17.1%, Open World 13.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Driving 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that leans heavily into the theme of capitalism and the struggle to move from poverty to wealth.
- #22 Thief Simulator
82% matchVery Positive88% of 39,057 reviews2018
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.
Why similar: Open World 22.5%, Simulation 18.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, First-Person 11.5%, Realistic 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game uses first-person mechanics to let you explore and interact with a neighborhood while pursuing a specific criminal career.
- #23 Driving Life
81% matchMixed57% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: Chrysopy GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Driving Life is a hardcore driving survival game set in rural America. Earn money by driving manual cars, vans, and trucks, transport tourists, pay rent, buy fuel, and survive on a tight budget. Every dollar counts - spend wisely or go broke!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 13%, Survival 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the automobile-simulation aspect of urban life, combining exploration with vehicle maintenance.
- #24 Saloon Simulator
79% matchVery Positive91% of 915 reviews2025
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.1%, Cooking 18.1%, Sandbox 14.8%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Realistic 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This management-focused game tasks you with restoring and running a business, offering a clear progression path similar to Denizen.
- #25 Journey Of Life
82% matchMixed56% of 755 reviews2021
Dev: Hyperion Studio Limited
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
You have experienced the sudden loss of your wealth, which has compelled you to abandon your previous life and begin anew. By venturing into the game world, you can construct settlements and forge alliances with other players, ensuring that you will always have exciting challenges to undertake.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Open World 18.9%, Survival 18.4%, RPG 11.8%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused RPG that tasks players with managing their needs and resources in an open-world environment.
- #26 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Survival 31.6%, Open World 24%, Sandbox 19.9%, RPG 6.1%, Crafting 6%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on survival, its deep simulation mechanics and sandbox nature make it a premier choice for players who enjoy managing their character's life.
- #27 Storage Dealer Simulator
78% matchMixed62% of 807 reviews2025
Dev: Quadfix Games
Windows
Storage Dealer Simulator invites you to a world where your bargaining skills will be tested to the limits, and you'll never know what lies behind each door. Are you ready to become a top-tier trader? Join the warehouse adventure with Storage Dealer Simulator!
Why similar: Driving 28.1%, Life Sim 25.9%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Open World 11.1%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a first-person immersive experience centered on the trading and management of storage units.
- #28 Flatinside Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: SncI Studios
Windows
Flatinside offers a realistic simulation experience set in a vast city waiting to be explored. Work for more money, create your style, buy luxury houses and cars, flirt with women, and dive into the fun at nightclubs. In this city where everyone writes their own story, take your place!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Driving 12.7%, Open World 11.4%, Character Customization 8.6%
- #29 Bartender Hustle
78% matchVery Positive84% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mix amazing cocktails while you climb the ranks as a bartender and unlock diverse bartending venues in this narrative-driven bartender simulator.
Why similar: Cooking 20.5%, Sandbox 20%, RPG 10.8%, Simulation 9.2%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that combines RPG progression with the daily tasks of managing a bar in a sandbox world.
- #30 Storage Hustle
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,519 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Storage Hustle is a Simulation RPG where you go into storage auctions to buy different mysterious storages. Discover and sell many items, join Yard Sales and haggle your way for profit!
Why similar: Driving 23.5%, Life Sim 17.3%, Sandbox 16.1%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Open World 7.9%
- #31 Big Ambitions
75% matchVery Positive93% of 12,848 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Life Sim 38.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 12%, Open World 11.4%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
- #32 Car Dealer Simulator
74% matchVery Positive89% of 9,168 reviews2025
Dev: Garage Monkeys
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?
Why similar: Driving 25.8%, Life Sim 24.3%, Open World 14.1%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Realistic 7.9%
- #33 Paralives
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,726 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Why similar: Life Sim 40.7%, Character Customization 18.1%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%
- #34 Alaskan Road Truckers
76% matchMixed62% of 3,221 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Driving 27%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 14.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #35 Bum Simulator
74% matchVery Positive88% of 4,691 reviews2023
Dev: Ragged Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Bum Simulator is a sandbox game bursting with inappropriate humor and memorable characters. You live on the streets of Bumsville. Do you have what it takes to adapt, survive and become an urban legend?
Why similar: Open World 19.8%, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #36 Food Delivery Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 298 reviews2024
Dev: Black Sea Studios
Windows
Live the life of a food delivery driver. Deliver orders, earn money, upgrade your vehicle, explore a vast city, and make way to your success. Dive into a realistic daily adventure and level up to become the best delivery driver.
Why similar: Driving 33.8%, Life Sim 28.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Open World 7.4%
- #37 Cowboy Life Simulator
73% 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: Life Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Open World 15.2%, RPG 8.4%, Crafting 7.7%
- #38 ERRANTE
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Errant Interactive
Windows
This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.8%, Driving 17.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 12.6%, Character Customization 7.7%
- #39 Used Cars Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,085 reviews2025
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.4%, Driving 24.5%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
- #40 Junkyard Simulator
73% matchMixed65% of 2,190 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Driving 23.5%, Sandbox 20.4%, Open World 18.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Realistic 9.9%
- #41 Project Real
71% 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: Life Sim 32.3%, Sandbox 21.9%, RPG 12.7%, Open World 10.3%, Simulation 9.4%
- #42 Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
71% matchMixed62% of 5,246 reviews2024
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?
Why similar: Driving 33.3%, Open World 17.9%, Realistic 10%, Simulation 9.1%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #43 Mushroom Season
70% matchVery Positive92% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: Actus Games
Windows
Dive into Mushroom Season! Customize your character, explore lush forests, and compete in thrilling mushroom picking contest. Identify mushrooms, avoid the poisonous ones, and aim for the top trophy. Are you the ultimate forager?
Why similar: Driving 18.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Life Sim 11.9%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.6%
- #44 Drive Thru Miami - Restaurant Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
A cooking and restaurant management game designed for drive thru lovers. Build your own restaurant from scratch. Prepare mouthwatering dishes, expand your menu with unique recipes, serve customers with care, and grow into the most legendary drive thru spot in the city!
Why similar: Life Sim 23%, Cooking 21.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 10.9%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #45 Lumberjack's Dynasty
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,789 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Driving 17.3%, Open World 16.6%, Life Sim 11.4%, Crafting 8.3%
- #46 Little Sim World
68% matchVery Positive82% of 682 reviews2025
Dev: .GRAVITY
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!
Why similar: Life Sim 37.5%, Open World 16.8%, Character Customization 16.2%, RPG 11%, Simulation 8.7%
- #47 Mall Simulator
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,933 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Life Sim 34.3%, Sandbox 19.3%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Simulation 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%
- #48 Junkyard Truck
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,273 reviews2022
Dev: Keystone Knight
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.
Why similar: Driving 42.4%, Open World 29.8%, Simulation 14.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #49 Hunky City
68% matchVery Positive81% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Team R.P
Windows
You move to a new city to live with your "former" stepfather. Work, make friends, and explore the thrilling world of romance in this captivating game. Are you ready for the excitement? Let the journey begin!
Why similar: Life Sim 35.9%, Open World 27.3%, RPG 18%, Sexual Content 5.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #50 Hobo: Tough Life
69% matchVery Positive84% of 9,762 reviews2021
Dev: Perun Creative
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Open World 19.8%, Sandbox 15.1%, RPG 9.6%, Realistic 7.9%
- #51 Saleblazers
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,039 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’re a humble shopkeeper trying to live a peaceful new life, finding yourself surrounded by warring factions and dangerous creatures. Will you be able to carve out a new home for yourself and your customers in this open-world survival shopkeeping simulator?
Why similar: Open World 25.4%, Survival 22.9%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Simulation 11.3%
- #52 Football Life Simulator
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,514 reviews2025
Dev: Ludu Arts
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.
Why similar: Life Sim 40.2%, Character Customization 13.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Realistic 8.2%
- #53 Exotica: Petshop Simulator
67% matchVery Positive83% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: Konrul Game
Windows
Exotica is a simulation game where you run an exotic pet shop in the city.
Why similar: Life Sim 33.3%, Sandbox 21.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Realistic 9.3%
- #54 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: Life Sim 40.4%, Sandbox 20.6%, RPG 13.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Simulation 9%
- #55 It's a Gluttonous Life
66% matchVery Positive86% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: Loneclaw
Windows · Linux
A lewd life simulator game set in an alternate early 2000s where you have to juggle mundane responsibilities such as going to work and paying rent, while also avoiding getting eaten and digested by beautiful anthro girls.
Why similar: Life Sim 44%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Realistic 11.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #56 Urban Tale
67% 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: Life Sim 38.9%, Sandbox 23%, RPG 16.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Adventure 6.4%
- #57 Street Food Simulator
64% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: civciv
Windows
Welcome to the bustling world of street food! Grill hot dogs, sizzle hamburgers, and serve delicious snacks to hungry customers. Find best spot in the city, perfect your recipes, manage your stand and watch your reputation grow!
Why similar: Sandbox 32.7%, Cooking 24.8%, Open World 13.4%, Simulation 11.2%, First-Person 10.5%
