- #1 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,592 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Farming Sim 21.6%, Cozy 18.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the post-apocalyptic setting while focusing on cozy base-building and survival mechanics.
- #2 Fields of Mistria
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 28,509 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 24.6 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 31.7% ★, Farming Sim 25.7%, Cooking 9.3%, Crafting 7.3%, Building 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the nostalgic 90s-inspired pixel art aesthetic and cozy farming loop that defines the modern cozy genre.
- #3 Stardew Valley
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,020,318 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 84.4 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 36.9%, Fishing 12.3% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Relaxing 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: As the definitive farming-sim, it provides the core pixel-art cozy experience that serves as the foundation for Doloc Town.
- #4 No Place Like Home
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,089 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.5%, Fishing 19.7% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic world, this game focuses on cleaning up the environment and farming to restore a ruined planet.
- #5 Roots of Pacha
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,483 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.4 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 27.2%, Cozy 17.2%, Crafting 13%, Building 11.3%, Relaxing 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a unique prehistoric setting that emphasizes community building and discovery similar to the exploration in Doloc Town.
- #6 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
94% matchVery Positive92% of 5,695 reviews2020
Dev: EdelweissPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Discover the true power of rice in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Take on hordes of demons in side-scrolling combat to reclaim the land as Sakuna, a spoiled harvest goddess banished to a dangerous island. Then, return to your mountain village and tend a field full of glorious rice.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.8%, Crafting 16.2%, Platformer 12.8%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines deep, realistic rice farming simulation with side-scrolling platformer combat and exploration.
- #7 Sun Haven
93% matchVery Positive81% of 25,114 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 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 30.6%, Fishing 17.3% ★, Cooking 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This fantasy-themed farming-sim offers extensive exploration and RPG elements within a vibrant pixel-art world.
- #8 Everafter Falls
92% matchVery Positive84% of 710 reviews2024
Dev: SquareHuskyPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rediscover the simple life. Farm, fish, forge and fight to restore the peace in an all-new farming adventure. Features split-screen coop, a helpful pet, automated drones, resourceful pixies, a card-eating progression system, and dangerous dungeons to delve into!
Why similar: Farming 28.3% ★, Farming Sim 24.5%, Fishing 20.9% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Simulation 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, pixel-art farming-sim that emphasizes mystery and unique life-sim mechanics in a charming setting.
- #9 Kynseed
91% matchVery Positive83% of 3,766 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.0 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 32.5%, Crafting 16.4%, Farming 13.1% ★, Relaxing 8.8%, Exploration 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox life-sim features a beautiful pixel-art style and deep exploration mechanics that reward long-term play.
- #10 Graveyard Keeper
91% matchVery Positive85% of 54,094 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 37%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Building 17.9%, RPG 10.7%, Simulation 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a darker, more unconventional take on the farming-sim genre that fits the mysterious tone of a post-apocalyptic world.
- #11 Grimshire
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,091 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.5 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 29.9%, Cozy 24.2%, Fishing 12% ★, Cooking 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines cozy farming with a darker, survival-oriented atmosphere that complements the post-apocalyptic theme.
- #12 Forager
90% matchVery Positive90% of 43,749 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.3%, Crafting 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Building 11.9%, Exploration 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game features addictive pixel-art crafting, exploration, and platformer-like movement in a compact, rewarding world.
- #13 Moonstone Island
89% matchVery Positive84% of 4,914 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Fishing 24.3% ★, Farming Sim 23.3%, Cooking 16.6%, Building 12.5%, Relaxing 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends farming-sim mechanics with creature collection and exploration across a vast, procedurally generated world.
- #14 Echoes of the Plum Grove
87% matchVery Positive88% of 3,101 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.8 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 27.9%, Cozy 25.8%, Cooking 17.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Exploration 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, survival-focused farming-sim that features a unique art style and a focus on generational storytelling.
- #15 Littlewood
88% matchVery Positive93% of 6,812 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 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: Farming Sim 20.8%, Fishing 15.4% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Building 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the rebuilding of a world after a great conflict, emphasizing cozy, relaxing gameplay and town management.
- #16 Ooblets
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,543 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
Why similar: Farming 29.6% ★, Farming Sim 23.5%, Cooking 16.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Relaxing 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, charming game that mixes farming with creature collection and dance-battle mechanics in a colorful world.
- #17 Luma Island
84% matchVery Positive84% of 12,478 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.3%, Cozy 22.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.4%, Relaxing 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, open-world farming-sim that encourages exploration and discovery alongside traditional agricultural tasks.
- #18 Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 987 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
Why similar: Farming 28.3% ★, Farming Sim 17.9%, Cozy 15.3%, Cooking 11.4%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and survival on a mysterious island, blending farming with a focus on discovery.
- #19 Chill Town
84% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Low-Hi Tech
Windows
A unique blend of a Soothing Simulation and an Idle Game with Music, Decoration, Fishing, Cooking, Farming and more...
Why similar: Farming 24.7% ★, Farming Sim 17.6%, Fishing 17.4% ★, Cozy 15.8%, Cooking 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes a relaxing, low-stress life-sim experience with deep character customization and farming.
- #20 Everdream Valley
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 962 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Fishing 19.5% ★, Farming Sim 18.6%, Cozy 15.9%, Cooking 13.6%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of a cozy, rural farming adventure with a strong focus on animal interaction and exploration.
- #21 Len's Island
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,790 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Farming 53.4% ★, Building 16.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Exploration 6.4%, Combat 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a blend of intense exploration, dungeon crawling, and relaxing farming and building mechanics.
- #22 Tiny Terraces
81% matchVery Positive93% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cozy idle farming game, watch tiny guys do tasks around the terrace, expand, progress, and decorate your Tiny Terrace.
Why similar: Farming Sim 29%, Farming 28.1% ★, Building 9.4%, Fishing 8.9% ★, Relaxing 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D, platformer-inspired farming game that focuses on relaxing, bite-sized gameplay loops.
- #23 My Time at Portia
83% matchVery Positive92% of 44,196 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 35.5%, Crafting 18.6%, Building 11.9%, RPG 6.9%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust crafting and farming experience set in a post-apocalyptic world that is slowly being rebuilt.
- #24 Travellers Rest
82% matchVery Positive88% of 17,647 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.1 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 42%, Crafting 16%, Building 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines farming and resource gathering with tavern management in a detailed pixel-art world.
- #25 Coral Island
81% matchVery Positive89% of 27,069 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 54.5 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 38.4%, Fishing 17.4% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.2%, Relaxing 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This modern farming-sim features a heavy emphasis on environmental restoration and exploration of the surrounding ocean.
- #26 Slime Rancher
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 154,977 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Exploration 38.3%, Adventure 18.6%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Casual 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and resource management in a vibrant, alien environment that feels both cozy and adventurous.
- #27 Seeds of Calamity
77% matchVery Positive82% of 342 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 24.4%, Cozy 20.8%, Fishing 14.6% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #28 Grow: Song of the Evertree
79% matchVery Positive81% of 2,556 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Farming Sim 58.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Adventure 8%, Casual 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on world-building and nurturing nature, providing a relaxing experience centered on restoration.
- #29 Halcyon Days at Taoyuan
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,200 reviews2026
Dev: BotanXPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Welcome to Taoyuan Village to heal your loneliness. Here, you can lead a carefree, self-sufficient life: farm, tame animals, raise livestock, fish, and build a prosperous homestead. Or, immerse in village life, meet kindred spirits, find love, and influence their destinies with your choices.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.5%, Fishing 15.6% ★, Cooking 11.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Crafting 9.6%
- #30 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,005 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Building 37%, Crafting 25%, RPG 20.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Platformer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at combining post-apocalyptic world-building and farming with creative construction and exploration.
- #31 Starsand Island
74% matchVery Positive86% of 7,727 reviews2026
Dev: Seed Sparkle Lab
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tired of the city grind? Escape to Starsand Island and embrace the simple joys of country life! Live alongside capybaras, cats, and dogs, reel in a big catch, and explore the enchanting Moonlit Forest. Leave the hustle behind and experience the charm of this seaside paradise.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.5%, Building 15%, Crafting 14.4%, Cooking 12.1%, Relaxing 8%
- #32 Everholm
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 374 reviews2024
Dev: Chonky LoafPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Lilly was spirited away to a mysterious island. As her memories fade, everyone seems to know her and her quest for her missing sister. It’s time to establish a homestead, meet your friendly Everfolks, then learn their secrets and solve the mystery of Everholm, in this open-ended minimalist RPG!
Why similar: Cozy 26.7%, Farming Sim 26.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Building 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #33 Robert on Earth
76% matchVery Positive87% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: RemrofsnartPub: 2P Games
Windows
Awaken as Robert, an adorable lost robot in a machine-ruled wasteland. Grow bizarre robo-crops like gears and lightbulbs, craft gadgets, upgrade yourself with teleportation powers, and explore ruined cities to uncover Earth's dark secrets. Cozy farming meets post-apoc adventure!
Why similar: Farming 29.6% ★, Fishing 16.6% ★, Farming Sim 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Crafting 8.5%
- #34 Garden Paws
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,495 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26%, Cozy 16.9%, Building 15%, Crafting 15%, Relaxing 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a very cozy, animal-centric farming and exploration experience perfect for relaxing sessions.
- #35 Touhou Farming ~ Minoriko's Homestead Harvest
75% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Hexeye
Windows
The unofficial Touhou farm sim! Play as harvest god Minoriko Aki and grow your popularity with your home-grown produce and specialty sweet potatoes. Mingle with other gods and youkai in newly-constructed Yasaka Resort Town, explore Youkai Mountain, and maybe get into a fight or two!
Why similar: Farming 55.7% ★, Farming Sim 26.5%, Female Protagonist 5.9%, Combat 3.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #36 Pawsome Resort
74% matchVery Positive84% of 141 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: Farming 30.6% ★, Cozy 19.3%, Farming Sim 17%, Crafting 10.1%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #37 Farm to Table
73% matchVery Positive92% of 552 reviews2026
Dev: indieGiant
Windows
A farming & restaurant management sim with base building elements. Grow in backyard to cook & serve! Discover new recipes by exploring ingredients on the island; gather, fish, raise animals & produce with machines. Manage resources, hire staff & grow your organic business into a 5-star restaurant!
Why similar: Farming Sim 19%, Fishing 19% ★, Cozy 16%, Cooking 15.2%, Building 9.9%
- #38 Alchemic Cutie
78% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2021
Dev: VakioPub: CIRCLE Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemic Cutie is a wholesome relaxing RPG set on colorful Wimba Island. While taming wild jellies, you’ll meet villagers, enter jelly competitions and uncover the secrets of the island.
Why similar: Farming Sim 44.4%, Relaxing 13.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, pixel-art game focused on raising creatures and exploring a charming, relaxing island.
- #39 Everdream Village
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.8%, Cozy 22.1%, Cooking 13.7%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 9.1%
- #40 Hokko Life
75% matchMixed66% of 2,663 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Farming 26.1% ★, Farming Sim 17.2%, Fishing 16.9% ★, Cozy 12.4%, Building 6.9%
- #41 Snacko
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,027 reviews2025
Dev: Bluecurse StudiosPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!
Why similar: Fishing 25.9% ★, Farming Sim 18.5%, Cozy 16.4%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 10.1%
- #42 Firefly Village
72% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Josh Koenig GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.
Why similar: Farming 24.8% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Cozy 19.6%, Fishing 16.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #43 Call of Boba
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Tomatoast
Windows
A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.8%, Fishing 26.8% ★, Cooking 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #44 Little Life: Island Tales
72% matchVery Positive82% of 81 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 29.9% ★, Farming Sim 22%, Cozy 11.1%, Cooking 10.4%, Relaxing 7.4%
- #45 Gaucho and the Grassland
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 524 reviews2025
Dev: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LIVE like a LATIN COWBOY as you EXPLORE, HELP others, and bring HARMONY between HUMANS and MYSTICAL BEINGS in a RELAXING COZY ADVENTURE.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.8%, Fishing 20.5% ★, Cozy 19%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.8%
- #46 Dinkum
69% matchVery Positive92% of 28,918 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 28.8 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: Farming 28.5% ★, Farming Sim 18.1%, Fishing 17.3% ★, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8%
- #47 Chef RPG
70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,659 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.4 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: Cooking 30.4%, Building 15.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, RPG 7.1%
- #48 Skystead Ranch
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transform a desolate sky island into a vibrant sanctuary. Using your enchanted crook, cultivate your garden, befriend quirky creatures, build a home, and unlock secrets along the way. Each choice adds a personal touch to your unique Skystead Ranch!
Why similar: Farming 26% ★, Fishing 18.1% ★, Cozy 14.6%, Cooking 13.5%, Building 8.5%
- #49 Border Town
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 305 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Farming Sim 50.7%, Building 25.3%, RPG 9.1%, Relaxing 8.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #50 STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
68% matchVery Positive94% of 3,947 reviews2025
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town! Here you’ll grow crops and raise animals, get to know the locals, and sell your wares at the town's bazaar to restore it to its former glory.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Cozy 19.6%, Cooking 17.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 11.6%
- #51 Cropia
68% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Cropstone Studio
Windows
Cultivate crops, care for animals, fish, mine resources, and explore diverse environments while growing the local community. Invite village residents to work with you and collaborate to meet city targets, helping you achieve goals more efficiently.
Why similar: Farming 29.2% ★, Farming Sim 21.2%, Fishing 20.2% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Cozy 9.2%
- #52 Immortal Life
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,312 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Fishing 26.1% ★, Farming Sim 23.7%, Cooking 14.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 7.7%
- #53 My Time at Sandrock
67% matchVery Positive88% of 28,759 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.2 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: Farming Sim 34.5%, Building 18.8%, Crafting 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, RPG 5.4%
- #54 Totemlands
71% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.
Why similar: Fishing 21.2% ★, Cozy 20.1%, Farming Sim 14.5%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 12%
- #55 World End Diner
67% matchVery Positive93% of 423 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.4%, Cooking 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #56 Luna's Fishing Garden
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,225 reviews2021
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Luna's Fishing Garden is a short, cozy fishing and building game. Catch fish, trade it in and create the garden of your dreams by planting new trees, placing water objects and bringing animals to the archipelago.
Why similar: Fishing 30.8% ★, Farming Sim 22.8%, Cozy 13.4%, Building 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #57 Sky Harvest
66% matchVery Positive86% of 91 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: Fishing 23.6% ★, Farming Sim 23%, Cooking 15.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.2%
- #58 Hillshade Farm
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 67 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 28.3% ★, Farming Sim 26.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.2%, Relaxing 7%
- #59 Aeruta
64% matchVery Positive95% of 2,406 reviews2025
Dev: FromDawn GamesPub: GRAVITY GAME ARISE Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A bread revolution across the world now begins! Aeruta is a side-scrolling action game with a shop management twist, fight monsters for materials and use them to make breads, then finally make the deserted town popular again!
Why similar: Cooking 34.4%, Relaxing 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #60 Critter Cove
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,899 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Fishing 30.3% ★, Farming Sim 25.4%, Cooking 20.2%, Relaxing 8%, Exploration 6.1%
