Games Like Farlands

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 24.3%, Agriculture 23.3% ★, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It directly addresses the space-colony farming niche, allowing you to transform a barren alien landscape into a thriving homestead.

Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.

Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Space Sim 23.2% ★, Life Sim 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Exploration 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the space-faring agricultural theme, focusing on managing a farm while exploring the stars.

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 24.7%, Agriculture 18.7% ★, Life Sim 14.2%, Fishing 8.1% ★, Crafting 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: As the definitive farming simulator, it provides the foundational gameplay loop of crop management and community building found in Farlands.

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: Cute 30.7%, Exploration 22.7%, Sandbox 20.1%, Fantasy 9.2%, Simulation 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the experience of farming and exploring on a vibrant, alien planet filled with unique creatures.

Deiland: Pocket Planet is a farming adventure where you will have to take care of your tiny planet. Farm, craft, fight and explore the universe of Deiland.

Why similar: Agriculture 23.3% ★, Farming Sim 20.2%, Collectathon 13.6%, Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core concept of managing a small, isolated planet where you must farm, craft, and survive.

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 21.4%, Agriculture 18.8% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes community and agricultural development in a unique setting, much like the progression found in Farlands.

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 26.8%, Agriculture 20.3% ★, Life Sim 15.1%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This charming, modern farming sim offers a high-quality, cozy experience with deep customization and engaging life-sim mechanics.

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 18.6% ★, Farming Sim 12.3%, Life Sim 12%, Collectathon 9.4%, Fishing 8.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its relaxing pace and town-building mechanics provide a similar sense of satisfaction as you develop your own personal space.

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 23.1% ★, Farming Sim 16.9%, Building 12.3%, Life Sim 10.8%, Crafting 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The cute aesthetic and focus on building and fishing make this a strong thematic match for the cozy vibes of Farlands.

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 19.5% ★, Fishing 17.2% ★, Farming Sim 16.9%, Life Sim 10.7%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends farming with exploration across multiple floating islands, echoing the discovery-heavy gameplay of Farlands.

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 25.1%, Agriculture 17.9% ★, Life Sim 14.4%, Fishing 11.4% ★, Crafting 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a polished, modern take on the farming genre with a heavy emphasis on environmental restoration and exploration.

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 22.4% ★, Farming Sim 19.3%, Life Sim 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game turns the stress of survival into a cozy experience, focusing on farming and building on a rooftop in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 25.5%, Agriculture 25.2% ★, Life Sim 14.7%, Sandbox 10.1%, Exploration 6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on world-tending and building, providing a relaxing and creative experience centered on restoring nature.

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 20%, Agriculture 18.6% ★, Fishing 16.2% ★, Life Sim 11.4%, Crafting 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on cleaning up a polluted world and turning it into a productive farm aligns well with the rural-life themes of Farlands.

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 24.7%, Agriculture 18.1% ★, Life Sim 16.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes building and crafting within a vibrant community, offering a similar sense of accomplishment as you improve your surroundings.

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 27.4%, Agriculture 18.5% ★, Fishing 15.3% ★, Life Sim 14.1%, Crafting 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This fantasy-themed farming sim adds magical elements to the traditional agricultural loop, offering a fresh take on the genre.

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 19.5%, Agriculture 19.4% ★, Fishing 12.1% ★, Life Sim 11.3%, Crafting 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It adds RPG elements and deep simulation mechanics to the standard farming formula, providing plenty of depth for dedicated players.

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: Agriculture 20.3% ★, Farming Sim 19.8%, Life Sim 12.2%, Fishing 11.7% ★, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a cozy farming experience with unique turn-based combat elements that add variety to the daily routine.

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 Sim 19.4%, Agriculture 18.7% ★, Fishing 18.7% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers extensive building and design tools, allowing you to customize your environment to your heart's content.

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: Agriculture 23.7% ★, Fishing 20.3% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Life Sim 11.8%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on agriculture and crafting in a beautiful, immersive world that rewards patient, long-term development.

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: Agriculture 18.2% ★, Farming Sim 17.7%, Fishing 17.6% ★, Life Sim 10.9%, Crafting 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on farming and exploration in a sky-themed world, mirroring the adventurous spirit of Farlands.

Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.

Why similar: Farming Sim 31.3%, Agriculture 22.2% ★, Life Sim 13.1%, Relaxing 8.9%, Exploration 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines farming with the exploration of a prehistoric world, focusing on befriending creatures and building a cozy sanctuary.

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 21.2% ★, Farming Sim 20.8%, Life Sim 12%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a cozy, adventure-filled farming experience that emphasizes the connection between the player and their rural home.

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 25.2%, Crafting 20.7%, Agriculture 12.6% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Resource Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory mirrors the satisfying progression found in Farlands.

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 27.1%, Life Sim 17.2%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 10.1%

Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.

Why similar: Farming Sim 39.5%, Life Sim 22.7%, Crafting 11%, Simulation 8.6%, Relaxing 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends traditional farming with a compelling narrative and life-sim elements, making it a great choice for fans of cozy games.

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

Why similar: Building 39.4%, Sandbox 25.7%, Exploration 18.9%, 2D 9%, Casual 7%

Why You'll Like It: It features deep crafting and progression systems on alien worlds, rewarding players for exploring and expanding their base.

Escape the stress of the big city and enjoy the country life. Take care of your farm, explore the open game world and create your farming paradise. Take care of your animals, cultivate the fields, produce useful and decorative items and build your dream ranch.

Why similar: Agriculture 24.3% ★, Fishing 22.2% ★, Farming Sim 22%, Life Sim 10.7%, Relaxing 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world farming sim allows for a high degree of freedom, letting you explore and build at your own pace.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Fishing 20% ★, Building 20%, Farming Sim 18.1%, Crafting 14.4%, Relaxing 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-driven, its management and exploration mechanics offer a similarly relaxing and emotional experience.

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: Fishing 26.4% ★, Agriculture 26.3% ★, Farming Sim 18%, Building 9%, Relaxing 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the social and life-sim aspects of farming, creating a warm and inviting community experience.

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 Sim 21.3%, Agriculture 19.6% ★, Fishing 17.5% ★, Life Sim 12%, Resource Management 9.4%

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: Agriculture 22.2% ★, Farming Sim 19.8%, Fishing 18.4% ★, Life Sim 12.3%, Crafting 9.7%

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: Agriculture 26% ★, Farming Sim 19.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on exploration, building, and crafting in a cute, animal-filled world makes it a perfect match for fans of Farlands.

Cute Farmer Life is a small indie farm game. Grow, craft and collect resources in a game designed to relax and enjoy the moment. Discover the secrets of the small town you have moved to.

Why similar: Agriculture 22.3% ★, Farming Sim 21.5%, Fishing 17.7% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Resource Management 8.2%

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 24.7% ★, Farming Sim 22.4%, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 8.3%

🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.

Why similar: Agriculture 22.4% ★, Farming Sim 19.4%, Life Sim 11.5%, Building 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%

Tiny Harvest is a relaxing desktop game that runs while you work, study, or browse the internet. Grow space plants, upgrade your crops, ship, home, and tools, and enjoy a cozy, minimalist experience designed to keep you company throughout your day.

Why similar: Agriculture 40.4% ★, Farming Sim 30%, Resource Management 14.3%, Casual 7.3%, Relaxing 5.9%

A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.

Why similar: Agriculture 24% ★, Farming Sim 21.4%, Life Sim 15%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 7.7%

Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!

Why similar: Agriculture 20.7% ★, Farming Sim 20.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Collectathon 9.3%, Building 8.7%

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 28.5%, Life Sim 15.5%, Building 11%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 9.6%

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Agriculture 18.2% ★, Farming Sim 16.5%, Fishing 15.6% ★, Life Sim 10.4%, Crafting 8.7%

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 23.4% ★, Farming Sim 20.9%, Life Sim 12.7%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9.3%

Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.

Why similar: Fishing 15.9% ★, Agriculture 14.4% ★, Farming Sim 11.1%, Collectathon 11%, Building 10.1%

Plow, plant, water, and harvest as you build your ancient Egyptian farm from the ground up. Begin with nothing and unlock workshops, production buildings, and temples through your own hard work.

Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Agriculture 24.3% ★, Life Sim 14.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 7.5%

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 22%, Agriculture 19.6% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 8.9%

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 29.4%, Agriculture 26.3% ★, Life Sim 17.7%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 7.3%

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 28.5%, Life Sim 16.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Relaxing 7.2%

Planetary Planter is an open-world farming game where, instead of farming normal plants, you grow celestial bodies while exploring an alien world.

Why similar: Farming Sim 33.8%, Agriculture 26.3% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Exploration 7.4%

A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Fishing 21.3% ★, Farming Sim 20.2%, Collectathon 13.5%, Life Sim 13.1%, Building 9%

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 39.5%, Agriculture 18% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Fishing 10% ★, Simulation 6.8%

Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

Why similar: Farming Sim 21.6%, Crafting 16.7%, Resource Management 15.6%, Sandbox 15%, Building 13.7%

Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.

Why similar: Agriculture 22.1% ★, Farming Sim 20.6%, Life Sim 12.8%, Crafting 10%, Building 9%

Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!

Why similar: Agriculture 40.2% ★, Farming Sim 22.4%, Building 11.7%, Relaxing 7.1%, Sandbox 7%

Attract adorable creatures to your cosy home in this life sim, where what you build shapes who arrives and who stays. Decorate, farm and fish — solo or with friends — as you craft a life in the stars that your new companions will come to love.

Why similar: Fishing 21.8% ★, Farming Sim 19.7%, Agriculture 17.1% ★, Life Sim 11.3%, Building 10.1%

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: Agriculture 22.1% ★, Farming Sim 20.9%, Life Sim 12.8%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 8.5%

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 25.1% ★, Farming Sim 15.9%, Fishing 14.8% ★, Life Sim 10.1%, Crafting 8.1%

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 34.7%, Life Sim 20.7%, Crafting 17.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Simulation 6.4%

You've washed ashore in a foreign land. With nothing to your name other than a few tools you’ll have to learn how to live off the land. Explore, grow crops, and meet the locals. How you live is up to you. Can you create a new life for yourself in the small town of Amberglen?

Why similar: Fishing 25.1% ★, Agriculture 21.5% ★, Farming Sim 21.4%, Life Sim 13.5%, Building 8.5%

HARVESTELLA, an all-new life-simulation RPG from SQUARE ENIX! Lead a life of self-sufficiency with your vibrant house as a base and cooperate with allies to overcome various threats.

Why similar: Agriculture 27.8% ★, Farming Sim 25.2%, Life Sim 13.7%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9.5%

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 27.7% ★, Farming Sim 21.1%, Collectathon 17.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 8.7%