- #1 Nobody - The Turnaround
97% matchMixed60% of 14,289 reviews2022
Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 23.9 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 36.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, Simulation 15%, Realistic 12.5%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed life simulator that focuses on the gritty, realistic struggle of surviving and succeeding in a modern urban environment.
- #2 Retirement Simulator
96% matchMostly Negative35% of 3,957 reviews2022
Dev: DoubleThink Studio
Windows · Mac
Retirement Simulator is a game that simulates the retirement life. Customize your retirement and realize your ultimate goals: become a world traveller, an influencer, a KungFu Master or more. Through discovering stories and events, you will also deepen your bonds with your familiy and the community.
Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, Life Sim 18%, Strategy RPG 15.9%, Simulation 10.3%, RPG 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar focus on managing life goals and personal development, specifically centered on the later stages of life.
- #3 Immortal Family
96% matchMixed54% of 1,352 reviews2024
Dev: 一起来修仙工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
玩家扮演一位家族老祖,开创一个家族,然后在一片海域中,占领一个修仙小岛,带领家族逐渐壮大发展的故事,在壮大过程中你可以攻占其他修真小岛,探索深海,秘境探宝等等。
Why similar: Word Game 37.9%, Strategy RPG 23.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 9.5%, RPG 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines life simulation with strategy and word-game elements to manage the growth and legacy of a family over generations.
- #4 我来自江湖 From Jianghu
95% matchVery Positive82% of 2,501 reviews2020
Dev: Gamexel StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
《我来自江湖》是一款结合武侠、角色扮演、模拟经营多种元素的独立游戏。在游戏中,你需要扮演一个小势力的掌门,带领弟子在开放的江湖里自由探索,发展自己的势力,经营不同产业,在风云诡谲的江湖里生存下去。
Why similar: Word Game 37%, Simulation 21.3%, RPG 16.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox simulation that blends life management with adventure and martial arts progression in a vast world.
- #5 Chinese Parents
94% matchVery Positive91% of 26,604 reviews2018
Dev: 墨鱼玩游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Why similar: Life Sim 50.4%, Simulation 20.6%, RPG 10.8%, Casual 9.8%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the essence of life-stage progression and stat management as you raise a child from birth to adulthood.
- #6 The Scroll Of Taiwu
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 62,126 reviews2018
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, RPG 18.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Roguelite 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex sandbox simulation that allows for immense freedom in building your character's legacy and influence.
- #7 古代人生 Ancient Life
93% matchMixed48% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Wingjoy Games
Windows
Ancient Life is a game that simulates the life of ancient people. The game contains various events that may have occurred in ancient times. Players can choose to farm, be an official, craftsman, be a hunter, be a merchant, and have different occupations.
Why similar: Word Game 34.7%, Life Sim 20.1%, Simulation 13.1%, RPG 10%, Casual 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based life simulator that provides a historical perspective on the ups and downs of a single life journey.
- #8 This Grand Life
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 237 reviews2018
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Life Sim 59.4%, Simulation 20.6%, RPG 20%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic and time-management aspects of life, mirroring the career and financial progression found in the seed game.
- #9 Life Simulator
91% 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 47.1%, Simulation 30%, Casual 18.8%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, casual approach to managing time and life goals in a sandbox setting.
- #10 浮生箓 Floating Life
91% matchMixed49% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: 心流工作室(Heart Stream Studio)
Windows
《浮生箓》是一款剧情重开模拟游戏,互动式轻量小说游戏。支持创意工坊自由编辑与上传自己的剧本,融合如修仙、武侠、玄幻等小说题材的背景,可自由选择出生的剧本,体验千变万化的人生,从出生开始让你体验到丰富多变的剧情,多种多样的选择,不同选择带来不同的变化,各种有趣的梗。来吧,开始你的浮生之旅,随着进程生成自己的浮生箓!
Why similar: Word Game 48.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Life Sim 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Casual 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, drama-filled simulation that focuses on the narrative experience of living through a complex life.
- #11 中年失业模拟器When a man lose his job
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 366 reviews2021
Dev: Kwing works
Windows
You are a 35-years-old man who struggling in a huge city, the mortgage is pressing you to work day and night. Suddenly ,you got fired! Without income, you have to pay mortgage (15000 G /month) and raise 2 kids! How can you do that? Come on ! Earn money and save your family!
Why similar: Life Sim 34.3%, Strategy RPG 33.4%, RPG 12.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Indie 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the realistic, often stressful, and humorous nature of navigating life's unexpected setbacks and career changes.
- #12 Legend of Homebody
89% matchVery Positive83% of 449 reviews2021
Dev: 疯王子Pub: CrazyPrince
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality. This is a somewhat serious and heavy game, so don't be fooled by appearances.)
Why similar: Life Sim 33.6%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Simulation 13%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, RPG 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of daily life and survival, mirroring the 'homebody' aspects of the seed game.
- #13 Project Real
88% matchVery Positive89% of 64 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 28.6%, Sandbox 21.7%, Simulation 15.1%, RPG 12.7%, Casual 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that aims to replicate the various facets of a realistic life journey.
- #14 Wildermyth
87% matchVery Positive95% of 18,060 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Roguelite 24.8%, Hand-drawn 24.1%, Story Rich 16.9%, RPG 16.5%, Strategy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a procedural storytelling experience where character lives and legacies are built through meaningful choices.
- #15 MyCompany996
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 385 reviews2020
Dev: Evilwind StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows · Mac · Linux
在《我的公司996》中,你会遇到各种典型职场人物和职场事件,公司危机四伏,如果想要保住饭碗,你需要“机灵点”,与同事维护好关系,哄的老板心花怒放,更快升职、加薪。当然,游戏里可以自由选择,你可以另辟蹊径,制霸职场…… 20余种迥异的大结局,近百种成就,等待你来解锁。
Why similar: Word Game 51.4%, Simulation 23%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 8.6%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical simulation of work-life balance that resonates with the career-focused themes of the seed game.
- #16 Artist Life Simulator
86% matchVery Positive83% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
Windows
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.1%, Roguelite 14.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 13.1%, RPG 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Uses card-based strategy to simulate the specific career path and life challenges of an artist.
- #17 Graveyard Keeper
84% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Sandbox 33.8%, Simulation 23.4%, RPG 22.9%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Adds dark humor and management elements to a life-simulation framework, similar to the quirky tone of the seed game.
- #18 Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏)
86% matchVery Positive82% of 180 reviews2019
Dev: FunLab骆驼Pub: WhiteLakeStudio
Windows
Make a Game Company for your self!Get it work,Run for Rich!
Why similar: Strategy 23.3%, Simulation 19.2%, Casual 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Roguelite 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and simulation of a specific career path, mirroring the career-building aspects of the seed game.
- #19 Reigns
85% matchVery Positive87% of 8,051 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Simulation 10.3%, RPG 9.8%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, text-based game where every choice significantly impacts the longevity and success of your rule.
- #20 Kenshi
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 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: Sandbox 45.2%, RPG 21.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 10%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: An extreme sandbox experience that allows for total freedom in defining your character's life and struggle in a harsh world.
- #21 Papers, Please
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Dystopian 38.4%, Simulation 25.6%, Indie 15.2%, Strategy 6.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, job-focused simulation that forces players to make difficult life and moral choices under pressure.
- #22 RimWorld
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.3%, Simulation 23.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep colony simulation that focuses on the individual lives and stories of characters within a sandbox environment.
- #23 觅长生
82% matchVery Positive93% of 30,994 reviews2023
Dev: Chalcedony Network
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里,你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅,也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境,更可以和游戏中的角色互动,与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。
Why similar: RPG 26.2%, Strategy RPG 24.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Roguelite 11.9%, Simulation 11.6%
- #24 School Days
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,352 reviews2026
Dev: 白雨工作室
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中,从入学一路走到高考,与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长,互相陪伴。你的养成和选择,不但会决定你的人生,也会影响到朋友们的未来。
Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Immersive Sim 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #25 我的人生
81% matchMixed66% of 510 reviews2025
Dev: ZZ GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This is a wild and unpredictable life simulator, filled with laughter, banter, and endless possibilities. A strategy game that blends deck-building roguelike mechanics with Luck Be a Landlord-style gameplay. Shape your own life story from 400+ unique events and a deck of 380+ cards!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.4%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Roguelite 12.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
- #26 英雄黄昏-文字三国志&曹贼模拟器
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,476 reviews2021
Dev: 三国迷.隐隐狗
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
这是三国玩家的童话世界,新奇而独特,虽然其貌不扬,但内在很丰富。在游戏里扮演着类似穿越者的角色,在三国世界可以自由地实现各种幻想,甚至可以体验当曹贼的乐趣,另外还可以挂机摸鱼。它的缺点除了没有画面和上手较难,还没有团队,只有业余的作者一人,因热爱而坚持,若有反馈可以联系作者。
Why similar: Word Game 60.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Indie 5.7%, Life Sim 5.6%
- #27 The Next Journey Of Life
79% matchMixed70% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: FOREVER GAME
Windows
"The Next Journey of Life"is a simulation management game. You, who work in the real estate industry, are unemployed due to the company's "optimization".A lost horse is not a blessing, as long as we have hope for life, we can walk "The next journey of life" well
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 15.3%, RPG 14.4%, Casual 12.3%
- #28 Office Life
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,039 reviews2024
Dev: LeiYun GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 48.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
Why similar: Life Sim 42%, Simulation 13.5%, Realistic 12%, RPG 11.3%, Strategy 10.9%
- #29 轮回修仙传
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: Collider StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
想书写你的龙傲天修仙人生吗?《轮回修仙传》是一款以修仙为题材的多结局多周目轮回式Roguelike人生模拟类游戏。沉浸式体验「我命由我不由天」的逆袭剧本,经历一世又一世的劫难,轮回点化作登仙台阶,结识修仙路上的红颜道侣,合理规划你的修炼和行动,不断突破境界,直到你一拳轰碎这天道约束!
Why similar: Word Game 29.6%, Life Sim 18.2%, Roguelite 13.2%, Simulation 13%, RPG 11%
- #30 回到2001买房子
77% matchMixed64% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: 新起点制作组
Windows
在游戏中,玩家作为一个买不起房子的普通人,因为偶然的机会穿越到2001年。你是否能利用这次机会,用传越者的知识来重拾当年错过的投资机会,实现财富自由,进而实现人生价值。
Why similar: Simulation 63.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, Realistic 13.7%, RPG 8.3%
- #31 xiuzhen idle
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 112.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)
Why similar: Word Game 51.6%, Simulation 12%, RPG 11.3%, Casual 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #32 龙胤立志传
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,787 reviews2026
Dev: TPP StudioPub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 22.0 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上,你可以自由驰骋,历经奇遇,修炼神功,踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路,也可以经营自己的门派,攻城略地,称霸一方,最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 31.8%, Simulation 26.5%, RPG 25.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #33 Untitled Crossing Record
78% matchMixed66% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: NekoPad StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
未命名穿越记录是一款异世界题材的团队养成策略游戏,讲述一名小说家意外穿越到自己的作品中,在与自己创作的背景似是而非的世界里建立自己的公会、探险并获得足以影响世界的力量、揭露时空扭曲的真相并寻找同样迷失在异世界中的青梅竹马的故事。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Roguelite 13.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 10.4%
- #34 末法时代
79% matchMixed55% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: 末法时代制作组
Windows
踏上你的修仙旅途,用自己的方式,得道正果。寻找自己的仇人,为家门复仇。在探索中慢慢揭开世界之谜的神秘面纱,最终飞升成仙。这也许不是一个拯救世界的故事,但你可以。
Why similar: Simulation 28.2%, Strategy 23.6%, RPG 23.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 11.3%
- #35 江湖余生:缘起
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 733 reviews2021
Dev: 柚子丁工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
那年今日 少年剑未佩妥 出门便是江湖 只身独行快意恩仇 有风花雪月的初遇 也有刻苦铭心的诀别 更有荡气回肠的沙场 但在告别前尘往事归隐山林时 愿你都能以梦为马 不负余生....
Why similar: Simulation 35.4%, RPG 31.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 12.3%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #36 修仙实操手册
74% matchMixed60% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: SourceIn Games
Windows
《修仙实操手册》是一款拥有丰富剧情的都市修真题材养成游戏。身患绝症的主人公尝试修炼一本叫"修仙实操手册"的养生功法,于是一个生活在现代都市的大好青年开始了每日打坐、炼丹、算命、看风水...的“神仙”生活。
Why similar: Life Sim 43.5%, Simulation 15.8%, RPG 15.2%, Casual 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #37 Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
72% matchVery Positive89% of 7,704 reviews2025
Dev: Free Wing
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, Strategy RPG 19.3%, Immersive Sim 12%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9%
- #38 Nerd Simulator
73% matchMixed61% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Radikate
Windows
You're forty, living with your mom, and your life is one big meme. Time to change that! See if you can get your act together and become independent in this absurd mash-up of a simulator and an RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Simulation 12.4%, RPG 11.5%, Casual 8%
- #39 风信楼
73% matchVery Positive94% of 3,645 reviews2021
Dev: Pingfang Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
昏君误国,怨声载道,无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下,你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉,等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局,尽在你的选择之中。
Why similar: Word Game 55.3%, Simulation 13.9%, RPG 11.6%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 6.2%
- #40 灵墟
73% matchVery Positive86% of 977 reviews2023
Dev: HappyTall Game
Windows
这是一款以仙侠为背景的开放世界单机游戏。在这个玄幻的仙侠世界里,有种类繁多的江湖任务,庞大复杂的世界结构,各具特色的英魂记忆,丰富多样的动态装备,耐人寻味的奇人奇事,实时变幻的日夜天气。在这里,你可以利用任何方式进行提升,成为什么样的人,做什么样的事,通通由你自己决定!
Why similar: Word Game 47.4%, Strategy RPG 19.7%, RPG 12.4%, Story Rich 7.7%, Indie 6.4%
- #41 House of Legacy
71% matchVery Positive83% of 3,616 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Life Sim 21%, Simulation 15.6%, RPG 14.2%, Strategy 12.2%
- #42 汉尘:腐草为萤
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 400 reviews2025
Dev: 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
“The last day of Han dynasty”It is a survival simulation business game based on the background of the end of the Han Dynasty in China. From the perspective of ordinary people, you can spend a difficult but warm time, and keep warm together with the characters you know in the troubled times.
Why similar: Life Sim 36.8%, RPG 14.8%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 12.1%
- #43 This Grand Life 2
70% matchVery Positive89% of 288 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: Life Sim 31.4%, Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy RPG 14%, RPG 8.6%
- #44 大宋广记
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: 希望城
Windows
在北宋世界之中,找寻历史的变数! 玩家将扮演一位流民,嘉佑二年科举入仕。经历了仁宗朝的安稳守成、英宗朝的党争初现......最终在神宗朝迎来了轰轰烈烈的熙丰变法。 江山如画,王安石、蔡挺、文彦博、司马光轮番登场。 天下纷纷,跻身宰执的你能否以一己之力扭转华夏乾坤?
Why similar: Life Sim 35.5%, Simulation 18.7%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Casual 11.8%
- #45 大老爷
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 209 reviews2019
Dev: Shanghai XunXIn
Windows
无论在家中还是朝中都努力向成为大老爷迈进吧!在这个过程中有许多取舍,成功的过程扮演君子或人渣,请做出你的选择。 PS:游戏内容较为复杂,需要思考,探索与发现。
Why similar: Simulation 34.6%, RPG 28.5%, Casual 20.2%, Adventure 16.7%
- #46 Streamer Life Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,769 reviews2020
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Streamer Life Simulator is a very comprehensive streamer life simulation game. Be the most popular streamer in the world.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.4%, Simulation 23.5%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Casual 8.1%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #47 Chushpan Simulator
69% matchVery Positive85% of 2,762 reviews2024
Dev: Sebasa Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A game in which you have to go from an insignificant person to the king of the world
Why similar: Life Sim 54%, Simulation 21.4%, RPG 10.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #48 Growing Up
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, RPG 10.3%
- #49 A guard walks into a tavern
69% matchVery Positive85% of 413 reviews2023
Dev: SuQing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Strategy RPG 21.5%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #50 Football Life Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,459 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 39.4%, Immersive Sim 22.6%, Simulation 20.2%, Realistic 10.5%, Indie 7.3%
- #51 Save the Earth
70% matchVery Positive83% of 133 reviews2023
Dev: GameFirst
Windows
Green world simulator. Build good nature strategy. Save the World sandbox game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.6% ★, Life Sim 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 9.2%
- #52 Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
67% matchVery Positive88% of 4,461 reviews2024
Dev: 木焱工作室Pub: Wave Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.
Why similar: Word Game 29.6%, Life Sim 17.3%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, RPG 13.4%, Simulation 10.7%
- #53 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
68% matchMixed62% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: Word Game 34.8%, Life Sim 20.9%, Dystopian 11.6%, Simulation 11.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #54 TIME TO STARⅡ偶像之路终极版
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: 随便做做游戏组
Windows · Mac
A female-led star training game where players aim to win the TTS Starlight King Award. Features include open-world exploration, unique romance systems, and diverse career choices.
Why similar: Word Game 41.2%, Life Sim 29.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Story Rich 4.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 3.5%
- #55 Flatinside Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 77 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 30.2%, Sandbox 21.7%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Realistic 13%, RPG 12.3%
- #56 大宋英雄传(SongHeros)
66% matchVery Positive81% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: LazyManGameStudio
Windows
以宋朝为架空背景的策略武侠游戏,作为一个普通人进入江湖,体验生与死、善与恶,游历、结交、战斗、蜕变,获取资源,不断成长,针对敌人搭配技能,克敌制胜。每一次开始都是新的,做出不同选择,体验一段段史诗故事!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, Strategy 26.4%, RPG 23.6%, Roguelite 12.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #57 万象群侠传
64% matchVery Positive86% of 729 reviews2026
Dev: 火天工作室
Windows
《万象群侠传》是一款轻量型的PC单机武侠角色扮演小游戏。我们构建了一个轻松纯粹的武侠江湖。在这里,你可以邂逅红颜知己,结交各路英侠,修炼各家武学,踏上一段段充满奇遇的江湖之旅。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.1%, RPG 29.7%, Adventure 16.1%, Story Rich 16.1%, Indie 8%
- #58 Urban Tale
69% 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 24%, Sandbox 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Simulation 14.6%, RPG 11.4%
- #59 Earthling's Undertaking
66% matchMixed66% of 998 reviews2023
Dev: Current Games
Windows
《天地归虚》是一款中国上古神话题材的修仙RPG+策略战棋游戏。玩家扮演一名落魄宗门的掌门人,游历神秘莫测的太初世界,经营门派培养弟子,寻仙求道提升修为,探索太初世界天道倾斜的原因,揭露诸仙背后隐藏的阴谋,打破命运的樊笼,谱写属于自己的神话传说。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, RPG 17.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 7%