- #1 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
97% matchVery Positive92% of 1,910 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend, it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Game Development 31.4% ★, Programming 26.9% ★, Management 10.6%, Life Sim 9.6%, Grand Strategy 7.6%
- #2 Dev Inc
96% matchMixed60% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Huntah
Windows
An in depth game development simulation game
Why similar: Game Development 45.6% ★, Time Management 18.5%, Resource Management 8.1%, Management 7.2%, Point & Click 6%
- #3 Software Inc.
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,850 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Game Development 29.3% ★, Programming 23.2% ★, Time Management 12.3%, Management 11.3%, Building 10.5%
- #4 I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
95% matchVery Positive95% of 237 reviews2024
Dev: Lyko Studio
Windows · Mac
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: Game Development 46.7% ★, Time Management 25.2%, Life Sim 19.7%, 3D 4%, Simulation 2.1%
- #5 Game Dev Story
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,512 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 31.5% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Life Sim 11.9%, Management 10.8%, Building 10.7%
- #6 Game Dev Masters
93% matchVery Positive83% of 200 reviews2022
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
It's time to become the Game Developer you always wanted to be. Make use of a large array of features, and player skills to create stunning 10 / 10 games. Compete with and eventually acquire other dynamic Ai Studio's. Raise the talent of your team and studio's in an effort to dominate the market.
Why similar: Game Development 40.3% ★, Time Management 15.2%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #7 Mad Games Tycoon 2
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,827 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Game Development 37.2% ★, Programming 23.8% ★, Management 15%, Building 9.4%, Character Customization 6.2%
- #8 Startup Panic
92% matchMixed54% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: AlgorocksPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Quit your job and build an exciting startup! Survive the tech bubble, compete with rival CEOs and expand your office from bedroom programmer up to the heights of global corporate sabotage! As long as you don't get hacked... or kidnapped...
Why similar: Programming 39% ★, Time Management 18.9%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10.9%, Character Customization 10.1%
- #9 我16岁辍学做游戏!
91% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: 好好回去读书
Windows
《我16岁辍学做游戏!》是一款双结局的游戏开发模拟游戏。讲述一位16岁学生在辍学游戏开发和正常上学导致的不同结局。 制作目的是为了给对独立游戏行业一无所知的人指引一条正确的道路。
Why similar: Game Development 41.3% ★, Life Sim 15.7%, Time Management 12.5%, Resource Management 9.4%, Point & Click 5.4%
- #10 GameDev Life Simulator 🎮🕹
90% matchMixed58% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: Octo Games studio
Windows
In the Simulator of a game developer, you will be able to understand all the subtleties of this profession, understand how the game industry works and all the difficulties of one developer.
Why similar: Life Sim 44.4%, Management 35%, 3D 9.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #11 Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
89% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: DarkKnightPub: 2P Games
Windows
From nobody to famous game producer in 3 years: that’s the journey you will live! Experience the trials and tribulations of game development in this life simulation game: live through the process of founding a small team and learning how to work together to develop a successful game.
Why similar: Game Development 32.2% ★, Time Management 24.2%, Life Sim 20%, Management 14.8%, Simulation 4.1%
- #12 Web Host Simulator
89% matchMostly Negative34% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Chibum
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Web Host Simulator, you'll start your web hosting company in your small apartment, aiming to become the world's leading provider. But to do so, you must win clients, outperform competitors, and deal with cyber threats, disruptions, and challenges from an datacenter!
Why similar: Programming 39.7% ★, Life Sim 17.6%, Management 12.9%, Modern 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #13 Game Builder Tycoon
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Game Development 48.7% ★, Management 14.1%, Character Customization 11.1%, Resource Management 8.3%, Point & Click 4.5%
- #14 Office Simulator: Prologue
87% matchVery Positive81% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Tzn Games
Windows
Office Simulator: Prologue is a limited-content version designed to let you experience office management right away. Manage your employees, plan tasks, and navigate the challenges of office life!
Why similar: Time Management 23%, Life Sim 22.5%, Management 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Building 9.4%
- #15 Indie Dev Story
85% matchVery Positive83% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: CBgameDev
Windows
Indie Dev Story - Quit your job to become an indie developer and make your first game!
Why similar: Voxel 51% ★, Management 25.8%, 3D 6.8%, Simulation 6.5%, Strategy 5.8%
- #16 This Grand Life
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.
Why similar: Time Management 36.2%, Life Sim 24.5%, Management 20.2%, Character Customization 15.2%, Simulation 3.1%
- #17 Game Dev Studio
86% matchVery Positive85% of 690 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Management 46.3%, Simulation 17%, Strategy 17%, Casual 11.4%, Point & Click 6.2%
- #18 The Tenants
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,782 reviews2022
Dev: EndGameLoop Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.8%, Time Management 23.8%, Management 20.3%, Building 18.5%, Stylized 4.7%
- #19 Youtubers Life 2
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,285 reviews2021
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Start from humble beginnings and take charge of the daily life of a wannabe influencer. Balance your day between creating trend-based content, completing tasks to earn money, and building trust with your neighbors to uncover their stories. Are you ready to embark on your road to fame?
Why similar: Time Management 26.7%, Life Sim 26.1%, Character Customization 17%, Management 16.4%, Strategy 4.9%
- #20 Indie Dev Simulator
84% matchMixed64% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Strategy 53.3%, Simulation 46.7%
- #21 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
82% matchMixed63% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Game Development 41.4% ★, Programming 24.6% ★, Management 13.2%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 3.1%
- #22 Nobody - The Turnaround
82% matchMixed60% of 14,307 reviews2022
Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 24.2 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 44.5%, Management 13.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Character Customization 11.4%, Simulation 6.6%
- #23 Little Lives
81% matchVery Positive82% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Houndstooth Games
Windows
Little Lives is a fun, casual life-sim game. Balance your time between your career, education and relationships as you explore an exciting town filled with possibility.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.1%, Time Management 22.6%, Character Customization 13.9%, Management 12.9%, Modern 9.9%
- #24 Life Inc.
79% matchVery Positive89% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Sergio Garcia
Windows
You’re 16 with €500. 💼 Choose from 23 career paths. 🏠 Buy and rent property. 📈 Trade stocks. ₿ Invest in crypto. Pay taxes, manage loans, build a company into a holding, and leave a legacy for generations to come.
Why similar: Time Management 23.6%, Life Sim 23.5%, Management 17.5%, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 12.8%
- #25 Growing Up
80% matchVery Positive88% of 3,729 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 39.4%, Management 20.5%, Character Customization 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Simulation 5.9%
- #26 Youtubers Life
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,450 reviews2017
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!
Why similar: Time Management 24.1%, Life Sim 20.9%, Management 16.6%, Character Customization 14.6%, Resource Management 13.4%
- #27 Devlog: A Post-Modern College Experience
77% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Shut-in Studios
Windows
A Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Lead a chaotic development team through high-pressure deadlines and personal drama. Make choices to balance the demanding project, relationships, and ambitious goals, determining your team's ultimate success or failure.
Why similar: Modern 58.1%, Casual 35.1%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #28 HR Simulator
78% matchPositive81% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Animesme
Windows · Mac
An HR management simulator about navigating workplace dynamics, hiring and training a diverse workforce, and balancing professional growth with personal life in a bustling cityscape.
Why similar: Time Management 39.5%, Resource Management 21%, Management 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Simulation 9.2%
- #29 IT Specialist Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Step into the world of IT! Diagnose network issues, manage servers, and repair devices while handling tasks under strict SLAs. Choose your career path, from HelpDesk to IT Project Manager. Develop real IT knowledge and climb the ranks in this realistic IT simulation!
Why similar: Programming 63.9% ★, Life Sim 26.7%, Simulation 5%, Casual 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #30 Computer Tycoon
79% matchVery Positive85% of 1,023 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Computer Tycoon is a highly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Time Management 27.2%, Grand Strategy 25%, Management 17.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Stylized 7.3%
- #31 Office Simulator
76% matchVery Positive83% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Tzn Games
Windows
Ready to climb the career ladder? In Office Simulator, start as an intern and rise through the corporate ranks. Gain experience, earn promotions, and when the time comes, launch your own company to begin a new business adventure.
Why similar: Time Management 30.8%, Life Sim 26.7%, Management 10.6%, Stylized 7.9%, 3D 5.5%
- #32 Gaming Cafe Life
76% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Manage your very own gaming cafe!
Why similar: Time Management 40%, Management 23.9%, Resource Management 17.2%, 3D 7%, Simulation 5.8%
- #33 Life Simulator
78% matchMixed49% of 247 reviews2020
Dev: 鹊思网络Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Life Simulator is a simulation game with relaxed atmosphere. Players will play as a college graduate getting into the big city, you will fight for your life for four years, you can be a winner with cars, houses and soul mate, or maybe a salty fish with nothing, and you can also find love...
Why similar: Life Sim 38.3%, Time Management 34.6%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Casual 8%
- #34 Startup Company
75% matchVery Positive81% of 6,224 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 54.8%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #35 Campus Life
75% matchMostly Negative31% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: Frozen Way
Windows · Mac
In Campus Life you’ll experience your final year of college. Study, party and join campus events! Everything that happens during this one academic year will be entirely up to you.
Why similar: Time Management 37.3%, Life Sim 29.1%, Character Customization 19.3%, 3D 5.5%, Casual 3.7%
- #36 Tiny Life
73% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2023
Dev: Ellpeck GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
Why similar: Life Sim 36.8%, Building 26.4%, Character Customization 22%, Simulation 6.8%, Casual 5.5%
- #37 New Day
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,064 reviews2024
Dev: Scrapbook Studios
Windows
New Day is an upcoming life simulation game where almost anything can happen! Create your own islanders, design their apartments, and get involved with their day-to-day life as they divulge into unexpected friendships, problems, and more!
Why similar: Life Sim 33.7%, Character Customization 21.8%, Management 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Simulation 4.5%
- #38 Pawnbroker Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 414 reviews2026
Dev: Next Sky GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.
Why similar: Time Management 23.7%, Life Sim 21.3%, Building 13.2%, Modern 12.7%, Management 11.2%
- #39 Game Dev Tycoon
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,135 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Management 67.5%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Casual 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #40 E-TECH SIMULATOR
73% matchMixed54% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: empire gamesPub: CEMA GAMES
Windows
Welcome to E-TECH Simulator, the ultimate simulation game where your entrepreneurial skills will be put to the test!
Why similar: Time Management 29.1%, Life Sim 25.4%, Building 13.4%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #41 Gamer Career Tycoon
74% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2018
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be? Play your career and story. Can you become the most famous broadcaster or the best progamer in the world?
Why similar: Management 51.8%, Simulation 23.5%, Casual 20.7%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #42 Internet Cafe Simulator 2025
72% matchMixed44% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Revolt Games
Windows
Run your own internet café! Manage, upgrade, and customise every detail to create the ultimate hangout in this immersive first-person simulation.
Why similar: Time Management 25%, Life Sim 22.7%, Building 13.3%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #43 Pumping Simulator 2
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,694 reviews2023
Dev: Lance Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Why similar: Time Management 26.3%, Life Sim 22.4%, Management 14.9%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 8%
- #44 MMORPG Tycoon 2
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,154 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: Game Development 52.9% ★, Management 15.7%, Character Customization 13.3%, Stylized 7.3%, 3D 4.2%
- #45 This Grand Life 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 314 reviews2025
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
Why similar: Time Management 30.4%, Life Sim 25%, Management 14.8%, Character Customization 13.9%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #46 Mobiles Tycoon
70% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mobiles Tycoon is a brand new game about creating your mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. In the game you have to manage your company and develop your devices (smartphones and tablets), operating systems and processors
Why similar: Game Development 43% ★, Time Management 28.1%, Management 14.2%, Modern 5.7%, Strategy 3.6%
- #47 Game Tycoon 2
74% matchMixed49% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: Sunlight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Why similar: Game Development 41.2% ★, Time Management 16.4%, Life Sim 13.6%, Management 13%, Building 8.2%
- #48 Timeflow – Life Sim
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,630 reviews2019
Dev: Digital Geckos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This game will make you rich! Learn the basics of investment and life management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it.
Why similar: Time Management 38.9%, Life Sim 33.6%, Character Customization 18.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 3.5%
- #49 Doctor Life Simulator
68% matchMixed64% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Bleeding Edge StudioPub: Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC
Windows
Step into the shoes of a dedicated medical professional in Doctor Life Simulator. Experience the challenges and triumphs of running your own medical practice, from diagnosing complex illnesses to performing life-saving surgeries.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.9%, Management 18%, Time Management 17.4%, Modern 14.1%, Building 12.1%
- #50 Recipe for Disaster
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 729 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Time Management 20.1%, Life Sim 18.3%, Management 18%, Building 14%, Character Customization 9.8%
- #51 Streamer's Life
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Just Making Games
Windows
RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #52 Mad Games Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Programming 36.1% ★, Management 24%, Building 15.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Strategy 4.5%
- #53 Isolated Room
68% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: Black Hole Games
Windows
What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.
Why similar: Life Sim 33.3%, Time Management 23.2%, Point & Click 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Stylized 6.9%
- #54 To Pixelia
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,300 reviews2025
Dev: Pixeduo StudiosPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 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 37.9%, Management 22.1%, Character Customization 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Simulation 4.5%
- #55 Sinner Maker
64% matchVery Positive91% of 619 reviews2026
Dev: PantokratorPub: Metro Team
Windows
Sinner Maker allows you to create characters and simulate a society built around them. Construct homes, manage their needs, and watch as they fall in love, form friendships, and even become enemies. Manage resources and solve emerging problems if you want your soul to be saved.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.7%, Time Management 21.8%, Character Customization 17.8%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #56 Paralives
62% matchVery Positive90% of 21,575 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 38.8%, Building 26.4%, Character Customization 25.3%, Simulation 6.1%, Casual 2%
- #57 Choice of Life: Samosbor
65% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?
Why similar: Life Sim 46.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Stylized 16%, Simulation 7.4%, Casual 6.3%
- #58 ERRANTE
68% 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 44.8%, Character Customization 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Simulation 8.9%, 3D 6.6%
- #59 Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
67% matchMixed51% of 291 reviews2025
Dev: Shine ResearchPub: Nacon
Windows
Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.1%, Building 28.3%, Management 18.7%, Simulation 6.4%, 3D 6.1%