- #1 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,566 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
Why similar: Cozy 29.7%, Agriculture 13.9% ★, Nature 12.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, Relaxing 10.6%
- #2 Littlewood
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,792 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 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 22.5% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Life Sim 13.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Building 7.4%
- #3 Gourdlets
96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,096 reviews2024
Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Cozy 17.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 10.8%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #4 Grow: Song of the Evertree
95% matchVery Positive81% of 2,538 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Agriculture 22.9% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Life Sim 12.3%, Nature 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #5 Garden Galaxy
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,593 reviews2022
Dev: Anneka Tran
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!
Why similar: Cozy 25.3%, Nature 15.3%, Sandbox 14%, Building 12.9%, Relaxing 10.6%
- #6 Garden In!
94% matchVery Positive87% of 415 reviews2023
Dev: Dramatic IcebergPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Chill in the peaceful world of Garden In!, a charming sandbox game. Grow unique plants, discover new seeds, and design your dream garden. With its serene atmosphere, you'll find yourself saying 'just one more plant!' Dive in for quick relaxation or lose yourself for hours in the cozy journey.
Why similar: Agriculture 24.1% ★, Cozy 20.1%, Nature 12.2%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #7 Preserve
92% matchVery Positive93% of 713 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: God Game 21.8% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Cozy 15.6%, Nature 11.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #8 Plantera
93% matchVery Positive89% of 5,886 reviews2016
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.
Why similar: Agriculture 38.2% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 13.6%, Relaxing 7.7%, Cute 6.7%
- #9 Tuin
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Plant seeds, pull weeds and sell vegetables - all while doing something else!
Why similar: God Game 24.1% ★, Creature Collector 14.7%, Agriculture 13.4% ★, City Builder 13.1%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #10 Terra Nil
90% matchVery Positive88% of 8,333 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Nature 31.7%, Relaxing 15.5%, Colorful 6.1%, Cute 5.9%
- #11 Bunny Park
91% matchVery Positive90% of 845 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Manage your own bunny park! Give snacks and toys to your bunnies. Improve and decorate your park to increase its popularity and collect all the bunnies!
Why similar: Agriculture 22.6% ★, Colony Sim 14% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 9.6%
- #12 Let's Build a Zoo
89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: City Builder 24.4%, Creature Collector 21.9%, Sandbox 12%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 7.3%
- #13 Roots of Pacha
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,347 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 23.3% ★, Cozy 17%, Life Sim 14.4%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #14 Moonstone Island
87% matchVery Positive84% of 4,722 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Why similar: Agriculture 23.1% ★, Creature Collector 21.7%, Life Sim 11.7%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #15 Garden Buddies
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: JamPicsPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.
Why similar: Agriculture 27.3% ★, Life Sim 14.5%, Cozy 13.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 9%
- #16 One Lonely Outpost
86% matchMixed59% of 638 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Agriculture 23.2% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 7.6%
- #17 Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
84% matchVery Positive95% of 1,303 reviews2023
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
Why similar: Agriculture 25.4% ★, Nature 20.6%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Relaxing 8.6%
- #18 Plantabi: Little Garden
85% matchVery Positive83% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Adrian Corpuz
Windows · Mac
Plantabi is a chill sandbox game where you take care of adorable plants and design the cozy little garden of your dreams!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Cute 10.7%, Colorful 10.4%
- #19 Havendock
84% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Agriculture 21.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.4% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Life Sim 10.3%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #20 Fabledom
83% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, City Builder 21.9%, Agriculture 21.5% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #21 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
82% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 25.1% ★, Cozy 18.7%, Life Sim 12%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 8.9%
- #22 Desk Garden
82% matchVery Positive86% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Siesta Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 63.1 hrsMean: 85.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.
Why similar: Agriculture 34.4% ★, City Builder 25.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Cute 6.8%, Colorful 5%
- #23 The Space Garden
86% matchMixed42% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: MaxPub: Max Indie Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
In "The Space Garden" you can build your own garden across the Universe! Discover, acquire and grow your plants with love as you watch them evolve. Collect fruits by yourself or request help from your "helpers", a race of mini friends who come from nature.
Why similar: Agriculture 29.5% ★, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Open World 8.1%, Casual 7.1%
- #24 Dream Garden
81% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
An easygoing simulation game about creating tiny, Japanese inspired garden dioramas. Use a wide selection of plants, decorations and tools to build and nurture the zen garden retreat of your dreams.
Why similar: Cozy 27.3%, Nature 16%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 14%, Relaxing 9.6%
- #25 Reus 2
80% matchVery Positive95% of 2,219 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: God Game 27.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.2% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Nature 8.3%, Life Sim 7.5%
- #26 Critter Cove
79% matchVery Positive95% of 1,823 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Life Sim 17.4%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 10.4%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #27 Garden Paws
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,485 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Agriculture 31.1% ★, Cozy 15.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 11.2%, Open World 7.7%
- #28 Wildmender
79% matchVery Positive85% of 2,104 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Agriculture 43.6% ★, Nature 21.4%, Relaxing 11.5%, Simulation 10.4%, RPG 10.2%
- #29 Cattails: Wildwood Story
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,823 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Cozy 13%, Life Sim 12.6%, Nature 9.6%
- #30 The Wandering Village
75% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Colony Sim 27.9% ★, City Builder 24.1%, Life Sim 11.3%, Nature 11%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #31 Pocket Harvest
78% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1% ★, Agriculture 22.3% ★, City Builder 14%, Life Sim 12.2%, Building 5.5%
- #32 Strange Horticulture
77% matchVery Positive95% of 15,145 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Cozy 52.5%, Nature 16.2%, Relaxing 15.6%, Simulation 10.1%, 2D 3.6%
- #33 Coral Island
76% matchVery Positive89% of 25,947 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 52.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.7% ★, Life Sim 21.9%, Relaxing 9.7%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #34 Garden Simulator
77% matchVery Positive83% of 387 reviews2022
Dev: PRODUKTIVKELLER StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
PLANT - DESIGN - HARVEST - With Garden Simulator you’ll get your own allotment, place deco elements and cultivate plants to harvest and sell them. Get ready for a beautiful time in nature. Always remember: A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
Why similar: Agriculture 31.2% ★, Nature 17.3%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, Relaxing 10%
- #35 Echoes of the Plum Grove
74% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Cozy 28.5%, Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Life Sim 16.8%, Open World 10.3%, Simulation 5.7%
- #36 Equilinox
76% matchVery Positive92% of 2,999 reviews2018
Dev: ThinMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals.
Why similar: God Game 30.2% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Nature 15.7%, Relaxing 14.1%, Simulation 11.5%
- #37 Cloud Gardens
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,285 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Nature 28.3%, Sandbox 19.8%, Building 14.9%, Relaxing 13.1%, City Builder 11.9%
- #38 Skystead Ranch
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transform a desolate sky island into a vibrant sanctuary. Using your enchanted crook, cultivate your garden, befriend quirky creatures, build a home, and unlock secrets along the way. Each choice adds a personal touch to your unique Skystead Ranch!
Why similar: Agriculture 27.5% ★, Cozy 21.2%, Creature Collector 20.7%, Building 10%, Open World 6.9%
- #39 Synergy
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Nature 13.2%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #40 Tiny Garden
71% matchVery Positive90% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Ao NortePub: Super Rare Originals
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tiny Garden lets you grow a pocket-sized garden inside a magical toy passed down through generations. Nurture plants, trade them for furniture, and customize your space in this relaxing mix of farming, puzzles, and strategy. No scores or time limits - let your creativity bloom!
Why similar: Agriculture 36.3% ★, Nature 14%, Simulation 13.8%, Cozy 11.8%, Casual 8.7%
- #41 Staxel
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,816 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Agriculture 29.1% ★, Nature 13.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10%, Open World 7.8%
- #42 Clanfolk
71% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 21.9% ★, Colony Sim 18.7% ★, Life Sim 11.5%, Sandbox 8%, Building 7.8%
- #43 Plant Therapy
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Short Leg Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Get cozy in this plant collecting and decorating game! Build a beautiful indoor garden from the ground up in your New York City apartment.
Why similar: Cozy 37.2%, Nature 14.9%, Relaxing 13.3%, Cute 9.4%, Life Sim 9.2%
- #44 Vilmonic
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Bludgeonsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and genetics and evolution sandbox game. Protect and breed unique pixel-art life forms where pixels and color have meaning. Craft tools and buildings and change the environment. Find ancient tech and fend off haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve!
Why similar: God Game 24.5% ★, Agriculture 21% ★, Creature Collector 14.1%, Nature 11.5%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #45 Dorfromantik
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 44.6%, Sandbox 21.1%, Relaxing 17.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Casual 5.7%
- #46 Two Point Museum
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Life Sim 17%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 7.9%
- #47 Tiny Isle
68% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
Windows
Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.
Why similar: Nature 24.6%, Building 23.4%, Relaxing 15.7%, Cute 12.5%, Simulation 9.3%
- #48 8-Bit Farm
73% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, Agriculture 22.7% ★, City Builder 14%, Life Sim 11.8%, Nature 5.8%
- #49 Ooblets
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,527 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Agriculture 32.1% ★, Creature Collector 27.4%, Open World 8.6%, Relaxing 8.5%, Cute 7.3%
- #50 Earthtongue
73% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2015
Dev: June StringsPub: junestrings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Care for a miniature ecosystem in a strange world, exert limited influence to encourage the growth of different fungi and bugs and try to maintain the balance of life.
Why similar: Nature 37.9%, Simulation 19.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Relaxing 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #51 My Time at Portia
70% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 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 25.7% ★, Life Sim 21.7%, Open World 12.4%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #52 Stonehearth
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7% ★, City Builder 26.8%, Building 11%, Sandbox 10.6%, God Game 6% ★
- #53 Capybara Spa
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!
Why similar: Agriculture 28.8% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 9.8%, Nature 8.4%, Simulation 8.1%
- #54 Bugtopia
66% matchVery Positive94% of 914 reviews2025
Dev: Nocturnal GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 39.3 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 40.8%, Nature 26.3%, Relaxing 9.9%, Cute 8.8%, Simulation 5.6%
- #55 Luna's Fishing Garden
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,201 reviews2021
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Luna's Fishing Garden is a short, cozy fishing and building game. Catch fish, trade it in and create the garden of your dreams by planting new trees, placing water objects and bringing animals to the archipelago.
Why similar: Cozy 20.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Nature 14.6%, Building 11.3%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #56 Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge
67% matchVery Positive86% of 309 reviews2024
Dev: Humble ReedsPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Foster a sanctuary for frogs and restore the biodiversity of the wetlands in Kamaeru, a cozy frog collecting game, where you take pictures of frogs, play mini-games and decorate your habitat. Hop right to it!
Why similar: Agriculture 21.5% ★, Cozy 19.8%, Creature Collector 18.8%, Nature 9.5%, Building 7.9%
- #57 Mushroom Nook
64% matchVery Positive99% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: HyperstasisGaming
Windows
Mushrooms of all kinds—adorable, quirky, and even some with unique abilities—are spring up randomly on your computer! Collect and nurture them, then decorate with various objects to create your own cozy mushroom haven, keeping you company while you work, study, or simply unwind.
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.7%, Agriculture 19.6% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Casual 6.7%
- #58 Sprout Valley
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Vadzim LiakhovichPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Sprout Valley is farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience, cute graphics and many more!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.7%, Building 12.9%, Nature 10.8%, Simulation 9.1%, RPG 8.9%
- #59 Garden Witch Life
67% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Life Sim 32.3%, Building 16.6%, RPG 11.2%, Cute 10.6%, Simulation 10.4%
- #60 Catizens
65% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Life Sim 10.5%