- #1 The Planet Crafter
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 12%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core loop of transforming a desolate, post-apocalyptic environment into a thriving home through survival and base-building mechanics.
- #2 Havendock
96% 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 19.6% ★, Farming Sim 16.1%, Life Sim 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the rooftop survival concept by having you build and automate a settlement on the ocean.
- #3 Raft
96% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 10%, Base Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like we Am Future, it focuses on building a base in a flooded world while managing resources and expanding your living space.
- #4 Forager
95% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Farming Sim 14.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 7.8%, Agriculture 7.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the satisfying progression of gathering, crafting, and automating production in a charming, bite-sized format.
- #5 Autonauts
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.5%, Agriculture 15.7% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the automation aspect of we Am Future by allowing you to program robots to perform repetitive tasks for you.
- #6 Lightyear Frontier
94% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.4% ★, Farming Sim 17%, Open World Survival Craft 16.9% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines mech-based exploration with farming and base-building on a peaceful, alien planet.
- #7 My Time at Sandrock
92% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 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: Farming Sim 22.6%, Life Sim 17.9%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the crafting and community-building aspects of the genre within a desert-themed post-apocalyptic setting.
- #8 Littlewood
93% 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 21.1% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 13.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the relaxing, low-stress management and building aspects of we Am Future in a charming pixel-art style.
- #9 Pacific Drive
91% matchVery Positive83% of 24,897 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Crafting 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique post-apocalyptic setting where you must maintain and upgrade your base of operations to survive the environment.
- #10 Above Snakes
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,929 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Cozy 13.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a survival-crafting experience where you build your own world tile-by-tile in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #11 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: Farming Sim 18.3%, Agriculture 16.3% ★, Cozy 11.5%, Life Sim 10.7%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, community-focused farming experience that emphasizes discovery and technological advancement.
- #12 Scrap Mechanic
90% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 20.2%, Crafting 17.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 11%
Why You'll Like It: It provides deep creative freedom for building complex machines and automated systems within a survival-focused world.
- #13 DREDGE
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,902 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Why similar: Open World 33.3%, Exploration 25%, RPG 12.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly cozy yet slightly eerie atmosphere centered on exploration and upgrading your vessel to survive.
- #14 The Wandering Village
88% 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: Farming Sim 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Life Sim 13.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique post-apocalyptic premise where you build a settlement on the back of a giant, moving creature.
- #15 Wildmender
87% 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: Farming Sim 22%, Agriculture 18.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Crafting 8.8%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the gardening and restoration aspects of survival, tasking you with bringing life back to a harsh desert.
- #16 Dinkum
85% matchVery Positive92% of 28,435 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Agriculture 22% ★, Open World Survival Craft 19.5% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 8.6%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival and base-building with a relaxed, Australian-outback-inspired aesthetic.
- #17 Coral Island
86% 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: Farming Sim 24.6%, Agriculture 17.8% ★, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is a polished farming simulator that captures the relaxing, daily-routine gameplay loop found in we Am Future.
- #18 Subnautica
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at the feeling of being alone in a mysterious, beautiful world while requiring you to build and manage a base to survive.
- #19 Outpath
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 19%, Open World Survival Craft 18.7% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a fast-paced, satisfying crafting and automation game that focuses on the joy of constant progression.
- #20 Clanfolk
84% 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 19.9% ★, Farming Sim 17.8%, Life Sim 11.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim captures the survival and management elements of building a home in a challenging, natural environment.
- #21 Summer in Mara
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,139 reviews2020
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take care of your own island and sail with your boat in this cozy farming adventure! Relax and unwind exploring a tropical archipelago or harvesting your own crops while helping others. Discover the story of Summer in Mara, with farming, crafting and exploring mechanics.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.2%, Agriculture 18.6% ★, Cozy 17.3%, Life Sim 13%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the cozy, exploration-heavy side of farming and base-maintenance on a tropical island.
- #22 One Lonely Outpost
82% 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: Farming Sim 20.5%, Agriculture 20% ★, Life Sim 11.5%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the farming-sim genre to a sci-fi, space-colony setting, focusing on building a new life on a barren planet.
- #23 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
81% 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: Farming Sim 25.8%, Cozy 25.6%, Agriculture 12.4% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Relaxing 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses entirely on the relaxing, creative aspects of gardening and plant management.
- #24 Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 975 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
Why similar: Agriculture 23.7% ★, Farming Sim 19.5%, Cozy 16.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and farming with a survival theme on a series of mysterious islands.
- #25 Hokko Life
81% matchMixed66% of 2,650 reviews2022
Dev: Gizmo GardenPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.6%, Agriculture 19.1% ★, Cozy 13.9%, Life Sim 12.5%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes creative building and design tools, allowing for significant customization of your living space.
- #26 Cornucopia®
79% matchVery Positive88% of 630 reviews2023
Dev: David Dolynny | Subconscious GamesPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stardew Valley meets Paper Mario in the coziest farming RPG you've never played. Romance 34+ characters, befriend 50+, raise adorable animals, and grow crops using real soil science. No forced bedtime. A handcrafted 2.5D world full of charm, secrets, and the dream life you've been waiting for.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.7% ★, Farming Sim 19.5%, Life Sim 11.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It adds depth to the farming-sim genre with complex crafting and RPG-like progression systems.
- #27 Among Trees
80% matchMixed68% of 2,216 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.6%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly atmospheric, solitary survival experience focused on building a cabin in the woods.
- #28 Song Of The Prairie
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,505 reviews2024
Dev: The Droplet StudioPub: AOE Plus
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Song of The Prairie is a 3D relaxing farm game. A hero who defeat the demon begins a new rural life. Experiencing the fun of exploration to the town. Harvesting giant fruits and crops. Taking care fantastic animals. Dating with someone you like. Just enjoy the farming life only belongs to you!
Why similar: Agriculture 22% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Life Sim 12.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a traditional, relaxing farming-sim experience with a strong focus on story and character interaction.
- #29 Spirit of the Island
79% matchMixed66% of 1,862 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Agriculture 19.5% ★, Farming Sim 16.5%, Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Life Sim 10.4%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a colorful, co-op-friendly take on the island-survival and farming-sim genre.
- #30 SunnySide
78% matchMixed66% of 1,158 reviews2024
Dev: Aftabi Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Find harmony in the Japanese countryside as you help Sparky uncover lost memories in this modern take on the farming and life simulator. Build a thriving homestead, cultivate new relationships, and chase your own happiness in SunnySide.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.8% ★, Farming Sim 17.5%, Cozy 15.6%, Life Sim 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It modernizes the farming-sim genre with a focus on exploration and relationship-building in a rural setting.
- #31 Luma Island
76% matchVery Positive84% of 12,128 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.7%, Cozy 18%, Crafting 11%, Building 9.9%, Life Sim 9.2%
- #32 No Place Like Home
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,046 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 18.8%, Agriculture 17.8% ★, Life Sim 10.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 8.7%
- #33 Seeds of Calamity
75% matchVery Positive89% of 218 reviews2025
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: Agriculture 20.7% ★, Farming Sim 19.9%, Cozy 16.9%, Life Sim 12.1%, Crafting 8.6%
- #34 My Time at Portia
77% 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: Farming Sim 19.4%, Agriculture 14.4% ★, Life Sim 12.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 8.5%
- #35 Above Snakes: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,860 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Cozy 13%, Crafting 12.5%, Base Building 9.5%, Relaxing 7.6%
- #36 Starsand Island
73% matchVery Positive87% of 7,209 reviews2026
Dev: Seed Sparkle Lab
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tired of the city grind? Escape to Starsand Island and embrace the simple joys of country life! Live alongside capybaras, cats, and dogs, reel in a big catch, and explore the enchanting Moonlit Forest. Leave the hustle behind and experience the charm of this seaside paradise.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Life Sim 15.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #37 Critter Cove
73% 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: Farming Sim 28%, Life Sim 17.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Open World 12.2%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #38 World End Diner
72% matchVery Positive94% of 421 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: Agriculture 22.9% ★, Farming Sim 21.3%, Life Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
- #39 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 456 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.2%, Cozy 18.9%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.4%, Relaxing 10%
- #40 Garden Buddies
74% 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 19.1% ★, Farming Sim 17.6%, Life Sim 10.8%, Cozy 9.1%, Crafting 8.6%
- #41 Farmer's Dynasty
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.6%, Agriculture 23.2% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Building 7%, Crafting 6.4%
- #42 DYSMANTLE
71% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 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: Agriculture 19.9% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Open World 13.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11.1%
- #43 Pathless Woods
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9.5%, Open World 9.5%
- #44 Cozy Island
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,388 reviews2025
Dev: LazyFish Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grow veggies, go fishing, and meet cute animals! On this relaxing and lovely island, you can walk around and explore freely, unlock quirky and fun items, build your own secret base, and enjoy carefree, joy-filled days at your own pace.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.7%, Life Sim 16.3%, Cozy 15%, Open World 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%
- #45 Immortal Life
70% matchVery Positive80% of 4,255 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Agriculture 27.5% ★, Farming Sim 21.5%, Life Sim 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 7.6%
- #46 Green Project
72% matchVery Positive80% of 1,437 reviews2020
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Post apocalyptic survival farming, green the world to survive !
Why similar: Farming Sim 38%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Simulation 17%, Survival 16.1%, Indie 7.3%
- #47 Little-Known Galaxy
69% matchVery Positive88% of 725 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.9%, Cozy 19.9%, Life Sim 12.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 8.4%
- #48 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.
Why similar: Agriculture 20% ★, Farming Sim 14.2%, Open World Survival Craft 13.2% ★, Life Sim 9.6%, Base Building 8.2%
- #49 Everdream Village
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.2%, Cozy 19.6%, Life Sim 11.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Crafting 8.4%
- #50 Winter Burrow
67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,666 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 23.8%, Crafting 14.1%, Life Sim 12.2%, Building 10.9%, Base Building 10.2%
- #51 Forever Skies
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10.4%
- #52 Garden Paws
70% 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 21.4% ★, Farming Sim 16%, Cozy 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #53 Sky Harvest
67% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Hamzah KirmaniPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?
Why similar: Agriculture 20.4% ★, Farming Sim 19.5%, Life Sim 11.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #54 Chinese Frontiers
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 485 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.7%, Crafting 13%, Life Sim 11.1%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #55 Deiland: Pocket Planet
70% matchMixed69% of 226 reviews2021
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Deiland: Pocket Planet is a farming adventure where you will have to take care of your tiny planet. Farm, craft, fight and explore the universe of Deiland.
Why similar: Agriculture 23.1% ★, Farming Sim 19.7%, Cozy 18.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #56 Farm Together
68% matchVery Positive94% of 22,015 reviews2018
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 138.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!
Why similar: Agriculture 40.5% ★, Farming Sim 22.2%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Relaxing 7.4%
- #57 Circadian City
71% matchMixed59% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Nowhere StudiosPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.
Why similar: Agriculture 22.6% ★, Farming Sim 19.9%, Life Sim 13.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #58 Cattle Country
65% matchVery Positive87% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.3%, Agriculture 16.6% ★, Cozy 15.7%, Life Sim 10.4%, Crafting 8.8%
