- #1 Graveyard Keeper
97% 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: Crafting 19.3%, Agriculture 15.4% ★, Sandbox 14%, Building 11.3%, Medieval 10%
Why You'll Like It: This is the original prequel that established the deeply morbid cemetery management and capitalism loop found in the sequel.
- #2 Travellers Rest
96% matchVery Positive88% of 18,257 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 20.7 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 22.7%, Building 18.3%, Medieval 16.8%, Crafting 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar cozy yet industrious gameplay loop where you build, manage, and expand a medieval tavern business.
- #3 Kynseed
96% matchVery Positive83% of 3,904 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Sandbox 25.1%, Farming Sim 24.1%, Crafting 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Fantasy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a deep, quirky sandbox medieval life-sim experience complete with running businesses and agriculture.
- #4 Tavern Keeper 🍻
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,694 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Building 35.6%, Sandbox 32.1%, Fantasy 9.7%, Simulation 9.7%, RPG 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides intricate management and building mechanics centered around running a successful medieval establishment.
- #5 Necrosmith 2
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,528 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Why similar: Zombies 52.9%, Pixel Graphics 27.3%, Simulation 19.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the core fantasy of commanding an army of the undead to build up your strength and conquer challenges.
- #6 Ravenous Devils
94% matchVery Positive93% of 9,923 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.5%, Dark Humor 21.1%, Farming Sim 19.8%, 2.5D 17.7%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact same dark, cynical humor and grotesque villain-protagonist management style as the seed game.
- #7 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,358 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Capitalism 27%, Building 18.6%, Medieval 15.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines medieval management and production automation with building a specialized business enterprise.
- #8 Core Keeper
92% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Building 29.5%, Sandbox 28.9%, Crafting 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same compelling sandbox crafting, base building, and exploration loop with pixel graphics.
- #9 Sun Haven
91% matchVery Positive80% of 25,583 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 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: Agriculture 30.6% ★, Farming Sim 25.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, RPG 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy life sim that incorporates farming, crafting, and RPG elements into a charming pixel world.
- #10 My Time at Sandrock
90% matchVery Positive88% of 29,103 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.3 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: Building 23.4%, Sandbox 19.5%, Farming Sim 19.4%, Crafting 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on building, crafting, and fulfilling commissions to boost the local economy in a quirky setting.
- #11 Moonlighter
91% 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: Pixel Graphics 36.1%, RPG 20.1%, Fantasy 17%, Simulation 16.2%, Adventure 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends dungeon-running adventure with the satisfying grind of shopkeeping and managing your own economy.
- #12 Roots of Pacha
89% 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: Agriculture 24.8% ★, Farming Sim 16%, Building 14.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Engages players with cooperative stone-age farming, discovery, and community building akin to classic life sims.
- #13 Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
88% matchVery Positive82% of 4,592 reviews2023
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Train, fight, and rise to the top in this knockout sequel to the smashing fighter management simulator! Mentor your fighter and guide him to become the ultimate champion: choose from different combat styles, control his routine, and watch him kick some butt like a proud sensei!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.5%, RPG 28.1%, Adventure 17.5%
Why You'll Like It: Relies on rigorous time management and stats optimization to turn a modest fighter into a commercial success.
- #14 Littlewood
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,833 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 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: Agriculture 28.8% ★, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 13.6%, Farming Sim 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing town-building and life simulation game focused on crafting and restoring a peaceful community.
- #15 Swag and Sorcery
89% matchMixed54% of 3,258 reviews2019
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery - a new streamlined RPG from the creators of Punch Club and Graveyard Keeper.
Why similar: Crafting 43.9%, Pixel Graphics 23.4%, RPG 14.4%, Fantasy 10.8%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features minimalist pixel-art management where you send heroes out while focusing purely on crafting and economic gain.
- #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: Sandbox 51%, Simulation 13.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Fantasy 12.5%, Casual 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a colorful creature-management and resource-automation loop that appeals to the same tycoon mindset.
- #17 Stardew Valley
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,040,983 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 23.0 hrsMean: 85.7 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: Agriculture 26.9% ★, Farming Sim 20.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential farming and life sim that shares the cozy agricultural foundation underpinning the seed's gameplay.
- #18 Green Project
86% matchVery Positive80% of 1,463 reviews2020
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Post apocalyptic survival farming, green the world to survive !
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Dark Comedy 17.8%, Simulation 16.5%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on solitary crafting, survival, and restoring a ruined environment piece by piece.
- #19 Grimshire
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,460 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Agriculture 30.6% ★, Farming Sim 23.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines dark themes with cozy survival and farming-sim mechanics in a moody atmosphere.
- #20 Clanfolk
84% matchVery Positive92% of 4,069 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 23.8% ★, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Medieval 12.3%, Farming Sim 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony-sim that tests your ability to survive, build, and manage a family estate through harsh seasons.
- #21 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
84% matchVery Positive84% of 4,696 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 26.1% ★, Building 14%, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Farming Sim 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Brings a lighthearted, casual approach to building a base and crafting on a post-apocalyptic rooftop.
- #22 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
82% matchVery Positive90% of 859 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
Why similar: Agriculture 28.1% ★, Building 17.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Zombies 13.7%, Farming Sim 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the grotesque theme of organizing and automating a graveyard populated by the undead.
- #23 Flotsam
81% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Sandbox 20.8%, Building 18.2%, Farming Sim 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival town-builder on the ocean that requires efficient resource management and debris collection.
- #24 Farm Together
82% matchVery Positive94% of 22,123 reviews2018
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 143.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!
Why similar: Agriculture 47.7% ★, Building 16.8%, Farming Sim 14.9%, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers pure, relaxing agricultural automation and farm management without the pressure of time limits.
- #25 The Walking Trade
80% matchVery Positive86% of 2,903 reviews2026
Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.4%, Sandbox 16.6%, Building 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Involves post-apocalyptic trade route management and economic survival mechanics.
- #26 Alchemy Factory
79% matchVery Positive88% of 2,896 reviews2026
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Start small, team up with friends, and automate production with conveyor belts, pipes, and magical devices. Stock your shop with potions, jewelry, and relics, complete commissions, and build an alchemy empire! Alchemy Factory 1.0 is out now with the Wagon Logistics System and revamped shopkeeping.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Building 17.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Medieval 15.8%, Crafting 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on medieval automation, building, and sandbox production chains.
- #27 The King is Watching
78% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Medieval 35%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Fantasy 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your real-time management and base-building skills under constant pressure from dark fantasy threats.
- #28 Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
78% matchVery Positive81% of 4,087 reviews2026
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience an action-RPG with roguelike elements where you live the double life of an adventurer and a merchant. Dive into vibrant dimensions to fight enemies, gather loot, and manage your backpack. Rebuild your shop and turn profits into gear for the next adventure!
Why similar: Capitalism 55.5%, RPG 23.3%, Fantasy 13%, Adventure 8.2%
- #29 DEADCRAFT
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.
Why similar: Crafting 26.8%, Zombies 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Dark Humor 20.4%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Employs a zombie survival and crafting theme where undead parts are used to build up your strength.
- #30 Romestead
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,129 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 29.7%, Building 24.1%, Sandbox 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, RPG 8.1%
- #31 Stoneshard
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,730 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Medieval 29.4%, Sandbox 26.8%, RPG 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, unforgiving turn-based RPG that appeals to players who enjoy harsh medieval survival elements.
- #32 Hearth and Hamlet
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,235 reviews2026
Dev: Phorust StudiosPub: Runic Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.
Why similar: Building 56.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Casual 12.9%
- #33 Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue
76% matchVery Positive88% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!
Why similar: Agriculture 23.7% ★, Farming Sim 20.2%, Zombies 19.4%, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 9.7%
- #34 My Time at Portia
77% matchVery Positive91% of 44,320 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: Agriculture 23.2% ★, Farming Sim 17.8%, Crafting 17.4%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #35 Discounty
75% matchVery Positive84% of 2,815 reviews2025
Dev: Crinkle Cut GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?
Why similar: Building 28.3%, Capitalism 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Simulation 11.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #36 Welcome to Elderfield
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,165 reviews2026
Dev: Chris CotePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to Elderfield, a cozy horror RPG with hand-drawn art and dark lofi music. Manage your farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate your home, fight terrifying creatures, fish, cook, seek the Old Gods, die in your sleep, and more... There's lots to do in Elderfield!
Why similar: Agriculture 28.8% ★, Farming Sim 22.2%, Sandbox 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Crafting 7.7%
- #37 Breathedge 2
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,680 reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Survive on the edge of space! Craft and upgrade tools, scavenge resources, and save a galaxy gone completely off the rails. Can Ordinary Man save the galaxy with the help of the immortal Chicken and some duct tape?
Why similar: Sandbox 30.6%, Building 25.1%, Crafting 20.6%, Simulation 9.5%, RPG 9%
- #38 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
73% matchVery Positive93% of 44,849 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 25.4%, Medieval 18.3%, Capitalism 18%, Sandbox 14.5%, Farming Sim 11.8%
- #39 Mirthwood
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Farming Sim 22.6%, Medieval 20.9%, Crafting 20.2%, RPG 7.2%
- #40 Cult of the Lamb
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 130,055 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Dark Humor 44%, Building 41.6%, Fantasy 9.3%, Adventure 5.1%
- #41 Cyber Farmer
74% matchMixed47% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Cyber Farmer is a crazy farming simulator where old meets new! Take over your grandpa Kazimierz's farm in a post-apocalyptic world☢️, using cyber tech🤖, modified plants🌾, and even cyber pigs🐷. It’s full of laughs, weird surprises, and quirky farming fun. Farm the future, laugh through the past!
Why similar: Agriculture 26.8% ★, Automation 18.4%, Farming Sim 13.4%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #42 ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,926 reviews2026
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo. Grow your business by carefully restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones, music players, and other nostalgic devices. Talk to customers, hear their stories, and see how your decisions impact both their lives and your shop.
Why similar: Building 35.5%, Artificial Intelligence 28.4%, Crafting 27.7%, Simulation 8.4%
- #43 ZOMBUTCHER: Monster Business Simulator
73% matchMixed70% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: ODIUSPub: Loopr Partners
Windows
Meat shop simulator where you play as a ZOMBIE! Sell meat to humans by day, butcher them by night, and manage a dark business through stealth and resource management all while eating BRA-A-A-INS!
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.3%, Crafting 29.1%, Zombies 28.3%, Simulation 12.3%
- #44 Drill Core
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Sandbox 56.3%, Building 43.7%
- #45 Potion Permit
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,463 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Crafting 42.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Simulation 12%, RPG 11.2%, Casual 7.9%
- #46 Super Fantasy Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive87% of 6,015 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Fantasy 53.1%, RPG 46.9%
- #47 Rise of Gun
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: PimpGameStudio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive
Why similar: Capitalism 22.1%, Building 15.5%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Crafting 12.7%
- #48 The Wandering Village
68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,498 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Farming Sim 18.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #49 Whiskerwood
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,795 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Building 45.4%, Sandbox 42.1%, Simulation 12.5%
- #50 Frostpunk 2
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 27,213 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 80.7%, Simulation 19.3%
- #51 Atrio: The Dark Wild
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 606 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Automation 38.2%, Crafting 25.1%, Sandbox 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Simulation 3.6%
- #52 Blacksmith Master
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Building 30.7%, Sandbox 28.4%, Medieval 27.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Casual 5.1%
- #53 Grounded 2
67% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Crafting 43.8%, Sandbox 38.8%, Adventure 8.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #54 Sintopia
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,094 reviews2026
Dev: Piraknights GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Capitalism 25.9%, Dark Humor 19.8%, Building 19.5%, Simulation 5.8%
- #55 Necrosmith
69% matchVery Positive86% of 5,367 reviews2022
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Why similar: Zombies 59.5%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Simulation 16.5%
- #56 Coral Island
66% matchVery Positive89% of 27,716 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 56.6 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: Agriculture 27.7% ★, Farming Sim 22.8%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #57 Forage Wizard
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,591 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Sandbox 18.1%, Crafting 17.4%, Building 15.1%, Farming Sim 12%
- #58 Shoppe Keep 2
71% matchMixed56% of 2,236 reviews2019
Dev: Strange FirePub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shoppe Keep returns bigger and better than ever! Build your business empire and defend it from thieves. Explore the open-world in single-player or with up to 4 players online. Renovate and design your store, cook, fish, hunt for products, charm customers, evolve the town, and make your millions.
Why similar: Capitalism 31.2%, Sandbox 23.3%, Building 22.7%, Medieval 17.6%, RPG 5.3%
- #59 Dustland Delivery
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,290 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.7%, Building 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Zombies 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #60 Grim Realms
67% matchVery Positive80% of 429 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Crafting 21%, Building 18.9%, Sandbox 17.4%, Medieval 13.9%, Zombies 12.9%