- #1 Bug & Seek
97% matchVery Positive91% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: So Peculiar
Windows · Mac
Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen.
Why similar: Creature Collector 38.7%, Collectathon 33.2%, Nature 20.1%, Simulation 5.3%, Casual 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the engaging core loop of collecting and displaying various insects, appealing to the same bug-catching enthusiast vibe.
- #2 Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
96% matchVery Positive90% of 3,948 reviews2020
Dev: HideChara
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.
Why similar: Creature Collector 47.9%, Roguelite 26.1%, Strategy 10.3%, RPG 5.9%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creature-collection and auto-battler strategy where you breed and evolve units to conquer challenging leagues.
- #3 Cat God Ranch
96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,203 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyPotato Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!
Why similar: Creature Collector 47.3%, Roguelite 23.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 9.4%, RPG 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This management roguelike features randomized creature drafting and team building reminiscent of organizing your cricket squad for battle.
- #4 Disc Creatures
95% matchVery Positive83% of 237 reviews2019
Dev: PICORINNE SOFTPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Capture and battle over 200 unique creatures in this retro-inspired monster-collecting RPG. Copy their powers with the revolutionary DiscKid and build your dream team. Explore a vibrant world where humans live alongside mysterious creatures in an unforgettable adventure full of secrets and strategy.
Why similar: Creature Collector 42.1%, Collectathon 28.8%, 1980s 19.8%, RPG 5%, Adventure 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A creature-collector RPG that focuses deeply on capturing, training, and battling a wide roster of distinct monsters.
- #5 A Perfect Day
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,834 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Nostalgia 46% ★, 1990's 19.2%, Investigation 16.9%, Stylized 6.5%, Colorful 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact same 1990s Chinese nostalgic atmosphere and slice-of-life youth culture found in the seed game.
- #6 Yaoling: Mythical Journey
93% matchVery Positive90% of 3,517 reviews2025
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Yaoling: Mythical Journey is a creature collecting Eastern fantasy RPG featuring an world filled with rich stories and unique Yaolings. Tasked to uncover a mysterious evil, you embark on a journey with your Yaolings, forming new friendships, engage in intense battles, and face countless challenges!
Why similar: Creature Collector 53%, Stylized 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 7.3%, RPG 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world adventure centered on capturing and training mythological creatures with strategic combat elements.
- #7 Retirement Simulator
94% 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: Life Sim 40.3%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 15.6%, RPG 12.4%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep simulation mechanics and stat management centered around everyday hobbies and life paths in a distinctly cultural setting.
- #8 Bugaboo Pocket
91% matchVery Positive87% of 341 reviews2025
Dev: Elytra Games
Windows · Mac
A relaxing, semi-idle pet game starring bugs from land, air and sea! Play as a research scientist living in a cabin with just your bugs and a penpal for company. Spoil them with pets, minigames, food and furniture. Raise and release bugs to help Beetleback Ridge recover from a devastating fire.
Why similar: Creature Collector 30.7%, Collectathon 19.9%, Life Sim 12.8%, 1990's 12.3%, Nature 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy simulation focused on collecting and caring for small creatures in a casual, charming setting.
- #9 Immortal Family
92% matchMixed54% of 1,413 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: Simulation 28.3%, Strategy 27.4%, Colorful 14.2%, RPG 12.7%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation and strategy game about building up a legacy and managing generations, mirroring the progression loops of raising champion bloodlines.
- #10 My Little Spider
90% matchVery Positive94% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 55.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Adopt a cute pet spider that lives anywhere on your desktop! Team up to discover unique bugs, decorate their web, and unlock adorable spider hats as you work or relax.
Why similar: Creature Collector 38.1%, Collectathon 27.7%, Nature 16.5%, Colorful 5.7%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A desktop companion and collection game that embraces the fascination of raising small, unconventional creatures.
- #11 Kabuto Park
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,675 reviews2025
Dev: DootPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Enjoy summer in Kabuto Park! Catch the cutest bugs, train them and win the Summer Beetle Battles Championship in this tiny bug collection game! Upgrade your equipment to find rarer, stronger and shinier little friends.
Why similar: Creature Collector 49.8%, Nature 21.9%, Colorful 8.1%, Strategy 6.7%, RPG 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Centers around beetle culture, collection, and breeding, making it a direct thematic parallel to cricket fighting.
- #12 Inn Legend
91% matchVery Positive81% of 268 reviews2020
Dev: AppleCoffee
Windows
一款经典的客栈经营类游戏。在想法设法发展客栈的同时,还要处理好人际关系,最终将自己的客栈从破产的边缘拯救回来。
Why similar: Collectathon 56.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Colorful 11.5%, RPG 6.5%, Singleplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers detailed management and simulation gameplay set within a historical Chinese context, appealing to fans of strategic optimization.
- #13 Croakoloco
89% matchVery Positive91% of 524 reviews2024
Dev: Ryan Forrester
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Croakoloco is a relaxing frog collecting idle game. Watch them jump, croak, and eat delicious flies. Grow frogs, feed frogs, or take control of one in “Froggy Mode” for a more active play style!
Why similar: Creature Collector 48%, Collectathon 23.4%, Nature 11.6%, Simulation 6.7%, Colorful 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A creature-collection incremental game focused on discovering and collecting unique little animals.
- #14 Shrimp Keeping Simulator
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Kunstaat
Windows
Grow, feed and care for your shrimp pals. Watch your shrimp multiply and sell your colony when they become too numerous.
Why similar: Creature Collector 40.1%, Nature 31.3%, Life Sim 14.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Casual 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the meticulous hobbyist aspect of breeding and caring for small aquatic pets, similar to tending to prize crickets.
- #15 Ooblets
87% matchVery Positive91% of 1,557 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Creature Collector 74.2%, Colorful 12.6%, RPG 9.5%, Casual 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creature collection, farming, and quirky dance-battles with a charming and colorful aesthetic.
- #16 Slime Rancher
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 157,673 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Colorful 37.3%, Simulation 21.4%, Adventure 19%, Singleplayer 10.7%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant exploration and creature-collection game centered on raising and breeding whimsical critters.
- #17 Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,149 reviews2021
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The legendary monster training duology, “Monster Rancher” and “Monster Rancher 2”, is back!
Why similar: Creature Collector 73.9%, Simulation 15.5%, RPG 9.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential monster-raising simulation where you train, feed, and prepare creatures for tournament combat.
- #18 Siralim Ultimate
85% matchVery Positive93% of 2,548 reviews2021
Dev: Thylacine StudiosPub: Thylacine Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
Why similar: Creature Collector 50%, Collectathon 34.7%, Strategy 7.9%, RPG 5.3%, Indie 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A massive monster-catching RPG with deep team-building strategy and endless collection possibilities.
- #19 Monster Sanctuary
84% matchVery Positive91% of 12,704 reviews2020
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Why similar: Creature Collector 77.2%, Strategy 8.1%, RPG 5.7%, Adventure 4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends creature collection with Metroidvania exploration and deep 3v3 tactical RPG combat.
- #20 Coromon
84% matchVery Positive84% of 8,092 reviews2022
Dev: TRAGsoftPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a complete 30+ hour monster-taming RPG adventure, now remastered for PC! Catch and train more than 120 Coromon, explore six diverse biomes, and master strategic turn-based battles as you unravel a mystery that could change Velua forever.
Why similar: Creature Collector 54.2%, Collectathon 26.7%, Strategy 6.8%, Colorful 5.3%, RPG 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on traditional monster-taming games featuring classic creature collection and strategic combat.
- #21 Temtem
83% matchVery Positive81% of 39,324 reviews2022
Dev: CremaPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!
Why similar: Creature Collector 60%, Collectathon 25.1%, Colorful 6.2%, RPG 5.3%, Adventure 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A creature-collection massively multiplayer game focused on breeding, training, and tactical turn-based battles.
- #22 Roots of Pacha
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,567 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: Life Sim 56.1%, Simulation 15.2%, RPG 13.9%, Indie 9.8%, Casual 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A stone-age community simulation focused on discovery, domestication, and growing your civilization's culture.
- #23 One Lonely Outpost
82% matchMixed58% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Life Sim 59.8%, Simulation 14.1%, RPG 12.9%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A colony life simulation that incorporates crafting, exploration, and nurturing life in a new environment.
- #24 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,817 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Life Sim 39.9%, Stylized 19.3%, Simulation 16.4%, Colorful 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Appeals to simulation fans who enjoy granular management, optimization, and striving for perfection in a specialized craft.
- #25 Super Auto Pets
80% matchVery Positive90% of 36,218 reviews2021
Dev: Team Wood Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 55.8%, Colorful 25.4%, Combat 11.9%, Casual 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced strategic auto-battler focused on building synergistic teams of animals for tournament success.
- #26 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,830 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Life Sim 56.3%, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Singleplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A shopkeeping simulation where you manage inventory, cater to customers, and grow your business enterprise.
- #27 ANIMAL WELL
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,672 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Adventure 45.9%, Indie 34.2%, Singleplayer 19.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game packed with hidden secrets and a deep fascination with wildlife and creepy-crawlies.
- #28 Bugtopia
77% matchVery Positive93% of 1,003 reviews2025
Dev: Nocturnal GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐
Why similar: Creature Collector 42.5%, Collectathon 31.6%, Nature 19.2%, Simulation 4.6%, Casual 1.4%
- #29 Moonlighter
79% matchVery Positive81% of 24,610 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Roguelite 58.4%, Simulation 14.7%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Balances shop management simulation by day with dungeon exploration and resource gathering by night.
- #30 Graveyard Keeper
79% matchVery Positive85% of 56,175 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 27.8 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: Simulation 37.9%, RPG 31.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 10.9%, Singleplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A darkly comedic management simulation all about optimization, resource gathering, and building up a unique enterprise.
- #31 挂机手游模拟器
77% matchVery Positive92% of 1,125 reviews2025
Dev: 天光
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Idle farming for treasures, summoning heroes, collecting compendiums, crafting equipment, unlocking formations, researching technologies, sweeping maps, and competing for resources!
Why similar: Roguelite 40.1%, Strategy 27.3%, Simulation 14.2%, Colorful 8.1%, Casual 6.3%
- #32 Let's Build a Zoo
78% matchVery Positive89% of 4,118 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: Creature Collector 62.5%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Colorful 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management and simulation game where you collect, breed, and care for a wide variety of animals to attract visitors.
- #33 Desk Paws
75% matchVery Positive88% of 586 reviews2025
Dev: GinkgoGamesPub: Captcha Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.8 hrsMean: 81.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Collect over 100 stylish little pets on your desktop! They can freely move along the bottom of your screen, or live in the little houses you've carefully decorated for them. Hmm... or perhaps send them on adventures to earn treats?
Why similar: Creature Collector 52%, Collectathon 32.3%, Simulation 7%, Colorful 4.6%, Casual 2.6%
- #34 Monster Lab Simulator: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Round3 StudiosPub: Kiki Games
Windows
Monster Lab Simulator is a creature collector where you create, raise, and battle monsters in your own lab. Synthesize essences, hatch eggs, expand your collection, and build the ultimate team!
Why similar: Creature Collector 38.9%, Collectathon 24.9%, Life Sim 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 5%
- #35 Mothkeep
74% matchVery Positive97% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Ivette Schmidt
Windows
Mothkeep is a short singleplayer moth documenting game where you step into a peaceful nature sanctuary and discover its native moths, one journal entry at a time. ✒️🦋
Why similar: Creature Collector 51.7%, Nature 23.1%, Collectathon 10%, Colorful 4.9%, Simulation 3.2%
- #36 汉尘:腐草为萤
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 422 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: Creature Collector 36.4%, Life Sim 29.3%, Strategy 9.9%, RPG 8%, Simulation 8%
- #37 Egg Chicken Farm
74% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: 慢慢虫 LazyWorm
Windows
This is a casual idle simulation game. Nurturing chicks and collecting different chicken species. You will start with an egg, Watch the chicks grow. Use the breeding house to produce new eggs. Earn coins to upgrade facilities, gradually expand your farm, and unlock more content.
Why similar: Creature Collector 43.1%, Collectathon 31.9%, Nature 19.2%, Casual 2.3%, Indie 1.9%
- #38 神魔山海经 Gods Monster
75% matchMixed64% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 红尘背包客
Windows
A pet-catching game with an idle mode. The protagonist possesses the potential of monsters, including heroes from different planes. Collect equipment, pets, and skills from each plane through battle. Enjoy the fun of idle mode!
Why similar: Creature Collector 43.9%, Collectathon 37.6%, RPG 6.7%, Adventure 4%, Casual 2.3%
- #39 小小侠客模拟器
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,157 reviews2025
Dev: 小小游戏
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
《小小侠客模拟器》是一款以古代武侠世界为背景的 Roguelike 回合制策略游戏。玩家将通过上百种武学招式和计略构筑独特流派,应对上百个随机事件和多种敌人的挑战。游戏注重策略性和多样性,每次冒险都将为您带来不同的体验。
Why similar: Roguelite 45.5%, Strategy 24.4%, Simulation 23.4%, Casual 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #40 Halcyon Days at Taoyuan
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,332 reviews2026
Dev: BotanXPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Creature Collector 66%, Simulation 22.2%, RPG 4.9%, Indie 3.8%, Casual 1.7%
- #41 Museum No.9
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 270 reviews2025
Dev: YaoYi Technology
Windows
Massive artifact collection! Build your museum with extreme freedom! Visitor revenue depends on your route design, and whether you can achieve perfect profits is entirely up to you! Enjoy light rogue-style adventure exploration, and use different skill combinations to battle monsters every time!
Why similar: Roguelite 29.9%, Life Sim 27.9%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 8.2%, RPG 8.1%
- #42 旅者 Travelers
73% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: 阅尘Atlas
Windows · Mac
A travel-sim with strategic gameplay and rogue-lite elements. Play as travelers in ancient China. Experience great views on various locations. Write travel literature that long lives in history.
Why similar: Roguelite 49.3%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 16%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 2.9%
- #43 龙胤立志传
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 7,695 reviews2026
Dev: TPP StudioPub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 29.0 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
《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: Simulation 34.8%, RPG 26%, Strategy 23.2%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #44 灵墟
71% matchVery Positive86% of 994 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: Dialogue Heavy 42.7%, RPG 16.2%, Stylized 11.7%, Colorful 10.9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #45 Demon Command Token 御妖令
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: 红尘背包客
Windows
Heaven and earth promotion failed, energy was lost, the protagonist traveled to this world, accompanied by golden fingers, all monsters in the wild can be kept as pets, about 650 kinds, more than 200 skills, more than 100 map challenge maps
Why similar: Creature Collector 48.2%, Collectathon 33.3%, Simulation 5.8%, RPG 4%, Indie 2.6%
- #46 Monster Lab Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 590 reviews2026
Dev: Round 3 Studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!
Why similar: Creature Collector 37.8%, Collectathon 25.6%, Life Sim 15%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #47 Stackmon
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Riftpoint EntertainmentPub: Alibi Games
Windows · Linux
Stack, train and collect 100+ powerful Stackmon in this creature-collector with a card-stacking twist! Build your camp, challenge rival Scouts in combat and face the mysterious corruption spreading throughout your land.
Why similar: Creature Collector 57.4%, Nature 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Colorful 7.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #48 Dragon Cliff
71% matchVery Positive89% of 8,207 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Interaction
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Why similar: RPG 31.4%, Strategy 30.4%, Simulation 15.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 6%
- #49 元素召唤 Summon Elemental
70% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BoLuo Games
Windows
The ancient forest was invaded by evil creatures, Brave summoner, pray for the power of elements, prepare to meet fierce and brutal opponents! Mix different elements to create a unique element creation! Defeat the attacking monster, obtain rare props, and strengthen the power of Elemental!
Why similar: Creature Collector 47.6%, Roguelite 20.8%, Nature 14.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Casual 3.1%
- #50 場外人生
71% matchVery Positive90% of 332 reviews2019
Dev: YuruOwO
Windows
一個孤單的人,培養自我,增進事業,買房築巢,尋找伴侶,結婚生子,擴張勢力,建立國家,最終橫跨星海,啟動時光機器......,所謂幽默而真實的沙盒人生模擬器(つд⊂)。
Why similar: Life Sim 27.7%, Roguelite 21.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 12.7%, RPG 7.9%
- #51 觅长生
67% matchVery Positive93% of 32,145 reviews2023
Dev: Chalcedony Network
Windows
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 43.1 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: Roguelite 28%, RPG 24.6%, Strategy 19.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Colorful 6.5%
- #52 Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,280 reviews2024
Dev: 珠海金山数字网络科技有限公司Pub: 海南西山居互动娱乐科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
《东方:平野孤鸿》是一款休闲、轻度的“国风造景”游戏。游戏中包含大量细节精美的国风建筑,还原了许多祖国的大好河山和人文景观,你将沉浸在古建筑的精致美学和壮阔的东方情怀之中,并由此打造出自己心中独一无二的、充满东方韵味的古代盛世。
Why similar: Nature 38.2%, Stylized 18.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Colorful 13.6%, Casual 4.7%
- #53 Whimside
67% matchVery Positive92% of 441 reviews2025
Dev: ToadzillartPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A creature collection game that sits at the bottom of your screen & fits easily into your routine. Whether you're working, studying, or relaxing, Whimside is always ready to offer you a cozy escape. Capture rare creatures, create new species & decorate your whimsical space!
Why similar: Creature Collector 63%, Nature 17.1%, Simulation 7.5%, Colorful 6.9%, Indie 2%
- #54 放学后
67% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Afterschool Games
Windows
一款冒险AVG游戏,玩家扮演一名小学生,自由穿梭在九十年代末的每一天,度过离开前的那个充满蝉鸣与欢笑的学期。
Why similar: Nostalgia 64.6% ★, RPG 12.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Casual 5.2%, Indie 5%
- #55 精灵幻境 Elven dreams
68% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: 追风的鱼
Windows
Welcome to this elven-infused world, where you'll be free to capture the elves you want, control them into battle, level them up and evolve, and finally fuse into that unique "strongest elven"!
Why similar: Creature Collector 63.9%, Roguelite 22.7%, Adventure 5.6%, Casual 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #56 Untitled Crossing Record
69% matchMixed65% of 92 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: Roguelite 35.6%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 15.3%, Colorful 14.3%, RPG 10.8%
- #57 Chinese Online Game
65% matchVery Positive86% of 10,403 reviews2024
Dev: 648工作室Pub: Wise Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The player will play the role of an older unmarried young man Lao Wang, because of the lack of money for marriage in thinking of ways to accidentally be attracted by the pop-up ads of an online game endorsed by a certain celebrity, and the gears of destiny began to turn at that moment.
Why similar: Roguelite 43.8%, Life Sim 43.7%, RPG 10%, Casual 2.6%
- #58 降妖神兵
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: 易远游戏
Windows
《降妖神兵》是一款以刷装备刷宝为核心玩法的古装单机游戏,并辅以经营元素如种菜、挖矿等,敌人和宝箱可以无限重置,打败boss获得不同品质的装备,从一无所有到战力巅峰,成为村民敬仰的大侠!
Why similar: Simulation 29.9%, RPG 20.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Combat 13.8%, Indie 9.5%
- #59 The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
63% matchMixed65% of 70,315 reviews2026
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 61.5 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: Roguelite 35.6%, Strategy 16%, RPG 15.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Adventure 6.6%