- #1 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,645 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Farming Sim 36%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Simulation 15.7%, Survival 15.4%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the post-apocalyptic farming and base-building loop within a cozy, atmospheric setting.
- #2 Sheltered
96% matchVery Positive82% of 6,278 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Survival 40%, Post-apocalyptic 37.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the intense survival and resource management focus required to keep a family alive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #3 Graveyard Keeper
96% matchVery Positive85% of 55,062 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 27.5 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 40%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Crafting 21.1%, Indie 14.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same dark-comedy tone and complex crafting systems wrapped in a distinct pixel-art style.
- #4 Mr. Prepper
95% matchVery Positive80% of 5,449 reviews2021
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.
Why similar: Survival 46.5%, Simulation 32.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on preparing for an uncertain future through crafting, farming, and base-building aligns closely with the themes of Green Project.
- #5 DYSMANTLE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 54.8%, Simulation 20.6%, Crafting 13.8%, Indie 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the feeling of scavenging and rebuilding in a post-apocalyptic world where you must slowly reclaim the land.
- #6 Core Keeper
94% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 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: Survival 53.5%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Indie 14.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D top-down survival game offers a deep crafting and exploration loop that feels very similar to the gameplay progression in Green Project.
- #7 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
93% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.8%, Survival 34.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Crafting 5.6%, Indie 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim mechanics with post-apocalyptic survival, requiring you to manage resources and build a base to survive demons.
- #8 Don't Starve
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,372 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Survival 68.9%, Indie 11.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Simulation 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a challenging survival experience with a unique art style and a heavy emphasis on gathering and crafting to stay alive.
- #9 Gleaner Heights
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 376 reviews2018
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Experience the old-school charm of classic farming games with the suburban gothic atmosphere of certain 90's TV shows, along with contemporary game mechanics. Farming, crafting, combat, romantic relationships and mysterious events await!
Why similar: Farming Sim 64.8%, Simulation 20.8%, Indie 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends traditional farming-sim elements with darker, more mysterious themes that fit the tone of Green Project.
- #10 Necesse
89% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Survival 51.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Indie 16.1%, Crafting 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D top-down survival and crafting game that emphasizes building a settlement and managing resources in a hostile environment.
- #11 Forager
90% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 35.9%, Survival 31.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: The satisfying loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory in a 2D pixel world is highly reminiscent of Green Project.
- #12 Last Wood
91% matchMixed67% of 587 reviews2022
Dev: JustUsGameLab
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In Last Wood, it is an oceanic world after the Fall. You will guide several survivors in the ocean from pieces of rafts, survive, build rafts, defense the threats, explore the unknown world, even have their offsprings, and find the truth of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 45.2%, Survival 36.6%, Indie 18.2%
Why You'll Like It: This survival simulation focuses on building and resource management on a raft, mirroring the isolated survival feel of Green Project.
- #13 No Place Like Home
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,097 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 50.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Simulation 18.1%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: You must clean up a ruined world and farm to survive, which directly parallels the environmental restoration theme of the seed game.
- #14 One Lonely Outpost
88% matchMixed58% of 658 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.6 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: Farming Sim 58.7%, Simulation 14.6%, Indie 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This space-based farming sim focuses on building a colony from scratch on a barren planet, echoing the restoration themes of the seed game.
- #15 Kynseed
87% matchVery Positive83% of 3,860 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.3 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: Farming Sim 56.7%, Simulation 17.9%, Crafting 8.7%, Indie 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim offers a rich, pixelated world with deep crafting and farming mechanics that reward long-term planning.
- #16 Stardew Valley
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,074 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.9 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 60.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Indie 6.5%, Crafting 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: While less focused on survival, it remains the definitive pixel-art farming simulation that inspired many of the mechanics found in Green Project.
- #17 My Time at Sandrock
84% matchVery Positive88% of 28,958 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 55.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Crafting 8.5%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic desert, this game tasks you with farming and crafting to help restore a struggling community.
- #18 Grimshire
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,358 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?
Why similar: Farming Sim 51.4%, Survival 25.5%, Simulation 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Crafting 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, cozy farming-sim that uses pixel graphics to create an atmosphere of survival and mystery.
- #19 Atrio: The Dark Wild
85% 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: Survival 44.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26%, Simulation 15.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game with a dark, atmospheric 2D world that requires clever automation and resource management.
- #20 DEADCRAFT
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 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: Post-apocalyptic 34.7%, Survival 33.2%, Simulation 22.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on survival by allowing you to farm and craft using zombie-themed mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #21 World End Diner
83% matchVery Positive93% of 424 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.2%, Post-apocalyptic 26.5%, Simulation 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Crafting 5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a diner in a post-apocalyptic world, emphasizing farming and cooking to survive and thrive.
- #22 Backwoods Town
82% matchVery Positive94% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii Prots
Windows
Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding all its inhabitants along the way.
Why similar: Farming Sim 60.1%, Survival 32.5%, Simulation 4.5%, Indie 2%, Crafting 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes building and agriculture in an atmospheric, survival-focused environment.
- #23 Roots of Pacha
81% matchVery Positive94% of 4,536 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 54.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Indie 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on primitive farming and community building, capturing the essence of starting from nothing to create a thriving environment.
- #24 Ecopunk
80% matchVery Positive83% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39%, Survival 26.7%, Simulation 26.1%, Indie 4.9%, Crafting 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim focuses on environmental management and survival, which aligns perfectly with the greening mechanics of Green Project.
- #25 Roboplant
81% matchMixed65% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Rebelpug
Windows · Linux
In a future not too far away, humans are finally able to harvest food on alien planets. Embark on a new journey with your team of robots called Beebop 179. Build and manage a hydroponic farm, grow delicious plants and survive the mysterious challenges of outer space.
Why similar: Farming Sim 61.2%, Simulation 23%, Crafting 7.7%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused farming sim that tasks you with automating agriculture in a sci-fi setting.
- #26 Littlewood
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,824 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: Farming Sim 48.1%, Simulation 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, pixel-art game that focuses on rebuilding a town after a great war, emphasizing peaceful growth and crafting.
- #27 Life in Bunker
82% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Survival 36%, Simulation 30.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Indie 7.3%, Crafting 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-simulation game that forces you to manage a bunker and its inhabitants in a harsh, post-apocalyptic world.
- #28 Another Farm Roguelike
79% matchVery Positive81% of 471 reviews2022
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
Why similar: Farming Sim 58.4%, Simulation 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Crafting 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines farming-sim mechanics with roguelike strategy, providing a unique challenge for fans of the genre.
- #29 Starbound
78% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Survival 54.9%, Indie 15.8%, Crafting 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D sandbox game provides endless opportunities for farming, crafting, and exploring diverse post-apocalyptic environments.
- #30 Doloc Town
74% matchVery Positive95% of 3,537 reviews2026
Dev: RedSaw Games StudioPub: Logoi Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play as a young scavenger and construct your vertical farm one platform at a time under extreme weather. Evolving from a scrap-gathering survivor into an easygoing farming tycoon. Transform the climate, and remake the wasteland into your personal Eden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 40.8%, Post-apocalyptic 28.2%, Simulation 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Crafting 6.6%
- #31 Crashlands
78% matchVery Positive90% of 6,745 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Survival 61.7%, Indie 18.2%, Crafting 17.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival-crafting adventure that features a massive world to explore and a deep focus on gathering resources to survive.
- #32 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
75% matchVery Positive90% of 841 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: Farming Sim 40.5%, Survival 27.7%, Simulation 23.7%, Crafting 8.1%
- #33 The Last FARMER
77% matchMixed57% of 312 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36%, Post-apocalyptic 30%, Survival 24.9%, Simulation 5.1%, Crafting 3.9%
- #34 Farm for your Life
77% matchVery Positive82% of 639 reviews2014
Dev: Hammer Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Your community was taken down by a heavy storm which caused an apocalypse and unleashed the living dead. Together with the other survivors, it is your task to rebuild and to allow that sustainable life can still be assured. Cultivate your farm and manage your restaurant to provide food and deal with all the zombies.
Why similar: Farming Sim 49.4%, Simulation 18.6%, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Indie 4.7%
- #35 Farming Life
76% matchMixed66% of 217 reviews2021
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Are you tired of corporate life? Create your own farm! Plant vegetables and fruits, harvest crops, employ workers, take care of animals. Buy farm equipment, manage employees and just relax!
Why similar: Farming Sim 57.1%, Simulation 26%, Indie 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #36 The Islander
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 428 reviews2018
Dev: Boxhead Bros.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Islander is a fast building/farming game set somewhere in an exotic Polynesia. Plant crops, bushes and trees, build livestock pens, but don’t forget to make it look classy by adding various decorations.
Why similar: Farming Sim 62.9%, Simulation 20.6%, Indie 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #37 Cyber Farmer
73% matchMixed48% of 63 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: Farming Sim 61%, Simulation 22.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #38 Wildmender
72% matchVery Positive84% of 2,225 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Farming Sim 50.2%, Simulation 22.5%, Survival 20.3%, Crafting 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #39 Clanfolk
71% matchVery Positive92% of 4,027 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.4 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: Farming Sim 52%, Simulation 21.4%, Indie 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%
- #40 Cute Farmer Life
71% matchVery Positive98% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: SE32
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Farming Sim 52.1%, Simulation 23.5%, Indie 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Crafting 7.3%
- #41 Mr. Prepper: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive83% of 2,554 reviews2020
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Why similar: Farming Sim 42.9%, Survival 26.7%, Simulation 21.5%, Crafting 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #42 Village in the Shade
68% matchVery Positive91% of 548 reviews2026
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Enjoy quiet, countryside living in a Japanese village in this brand new farming sim! Just make sure you follow the rules—or else!
Why similar: Farming Sim 61.2%, Simulation 34.5%, Crafting 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #43 Robert on Earth
70% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: RemrofsnartPub: 2P Games
Windows
Awaken as Robert, an adorable lost robot in a machine-ruled wasteland. Grow bizarre robo-crops like gears and lightbulbs, craft gadgets, upgrade yourself with teleportation powers, and explore ruined cities to uncover Earth's dark secrets. Cozy farming meets post-apoc adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 42.2%, Post-apocalyptic 31.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Crafting 7%
- #44 Seeds of Calamity
69% matchVery Positive81% of 356 reviews2026
Dev: Laborious Lark StudiosPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.
Why similar: Farming Sim 59.8%, Simulation 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Crafting 7.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #45 Surviving Ceres
70% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Farming Sim 38.5%, Survival 29%, Simulation 24.2%, Crafting 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%
- #46 Project Explore
73% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Fern Nigro
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.
Why similar: Survival 52.4%, Simulation 31.8%, Indie 15.9%
- #47 Solarpunk™
66% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.6%, Survival 25.3%, Simulation 17.5%, Crafting 8.3%, Indie 7.3%
- #48 Blossom: The Seed of Life
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,019 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.3%, Survival 39.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #49 How to Make an Atomic Bomb in Your Garden
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,939 reviews2026
Dev: karahan
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An absurd backyard bomb-building simulator. Raise funds, plan your approach, hunt down rare parts, and assemble your atomic masterpiece while staying calm and avoiding suspicion from nosy neighbors and federal agents.
Why similar: Simulation 42%, Dark Comedy 25.4%, Indie 19.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #50 8-Bit Farm
71% matchMixed67% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Farming Sim 59.9%, Simulation 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #51 Winter Survivor Protocol
68% matchMixed69% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.6%, Simulation 31.7%, Survival 17.5%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #52 Harvest Life
73% matchMixed51% of 270 reviews2017
Dev: bumblebeePub: familyplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 62.3%, Simulation 24.2%, Indie 8.1%, Crafting 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #53 Staxel
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,839 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 60.1%, Simulation 17.5%, Survival 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #54 Pocket Harvest
69% matchVery Positive89% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Farming Sim 59.3%, Simulation 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Crafting 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #55 Micro Macro Farm
68% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: Diego Schram Games
Windows
Micro macro farm is a small relaxing and cozy game about farming. Plant seeds, harvest them and create products. Make money and gain experience to unlock more seeds, buy machines and expand your garden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 57.9%, Simulation 28%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Crafting 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #56 PUMPKIN PANIC
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,014 reviews2024
Dev: Bilalaika
Windows
COME TO THIS COZY FARM! Plant crops, take care of the plants, go fishing, or whatever you prefer, but have a good time! But be carefull, they say that strange things are happening in the area...
Why similar: Farming Sim 65.5%, Simulation 20.2%, Indie 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #57 Terrafactor
65% matchNo user reviews89% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: randy
Windows
You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you. Craft more advanced technology... then feed it to The Hole.
Why similar: Farming Sim 54.8%, Simulation 27.8%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #58 Project Zomboid
66% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Survival 50.1%, Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Indie 5.3%, Crafting 5.3%