- #1 The Planet Crafter
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 71,038 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 26.5% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.9%, Open World 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% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,915 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 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 19.8% ★, Farming Sim 16.1%, Life Sim 10%, 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 373,485 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.5 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 34.7% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 10%, Open World 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 43,651 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Farming Sim 14.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 7.8%, Agriculture 7.6% ★
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 4,938 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 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 18.4%, Agriculture 15.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, 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 4,521 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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% ★, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Farming Sim 16.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines mech-based exploration with farming and base-building on a peaceful, alien planet.
- #7 Littlewood
93% matchVery Positive93% of 6,808 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 21.2% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 13.1%, 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.
- #8 My Time at Sandrock
92% matchVery Positive88% of 28,682 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: Farming Sim 22.5%, Life Sim 17.8%, 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.
- #9 Pacific Drive
91% matchVery Positive83% of 26,022 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.6 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 14.3%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12%
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 1,980 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.3 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 17.9% ★, Cozy 13.4%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.9%, Building 8.9%
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 4,468 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.5 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 18.5%, Agriculture 16.4% ★, Cozy 11.3%, Life Sim 10.6%, 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 117,723 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.4 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 17.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Open World 14%, 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 54,875 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.1 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 33.8%, Exploration 24.9%, RPG 12.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Adventure 9.2%
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 8,256 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 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 16.3%, Life Sim 13.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Base Building 10.4%
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 Positive84% of 2,177 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.3 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 21.9%, Agriculture 18.6% ★, Open World Survival Craft 16.6% ★, Crafting 8.7%, Base Building 8.1%
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 Coral Island
86% matchVery Positive89% of 26,793 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 54.4 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: Farming Sim 25%, Agriculture 17.7% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a polished farming simulator that captures the relaxing, daily-routine gameplay loop found in we Am Future.
- #17 Subnautica
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 373,268 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.6 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 33.8% ★, Crafting 13%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%
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.
- #18 Dinkum
84% matchVery Positive92% of 28,839 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.7 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 19.8% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 8.5%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival and base-building with a relaxed, Australian-outback-inspired aesthetic.
- #19 Outpath
84% matchVery Positive93% of 3,051 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Farming Sim 20.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a fast-paced, satisfying crafting and automation game that focuses on the joy of constant progression.
- #20 Summer in Mara
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,171 reviews2020
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 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 20.3%, Agriculture 18.9% ★, Cozy 16.9%, Life Sim 12.9%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the cozy, exploration-heavy side of farming and base-maintenance on a tropical island.
- #21 Clanfolk
83% matchVery Positive92% of 3,904 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 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 19.9% ★, Farming Sim 17.9%, Life Sim 11%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 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.
- #22 One Lonely Outpost
82% matchMixed58% of 646 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 20.4%, Agriculture 20.1% ★, Life Sim 11.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 8%
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 1,634 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 25.1%, Agriculture 12.9% ★, Sandbox 12%, Relaxing 9.4%
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 987 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Cozy 16.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and farming with a survival theme on a series of mysterious islands.
- #25 Spirit of the Island
81% matchMixed66% of 1,891 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 17.8% ★, Farming Sim 15%, Open World Survival Craft 15% ★, Life Sim 9.3%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a colorful, co-op-friendly take on the island-survival and farming-sim genre.
- #26 Cornucopia®
79% matchVery Positive89% of 644 reviews2023
Dev: David Dolynny | Subconscious GamesPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 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 19.8% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Life Sim 11%, Crafting 8.8%, 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 Hokko Life
80% matchMixed66% of 2,662 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: 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 19.3% ★, Cozy 13.6%, Life Sim 12.4%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes creative building and design tools, allowing for significant customization of your living space.
- #28 Song Of The Prairie
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,514 reviews2024
Dev: The Droplet StudioPub: AOE Plus
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.1% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Life Sim 12%, 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 Solarpunk™
76% matchVery Positive82% of 2,601 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Cozy 12.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.3%
- #30 Among Trees
79% matchMixed68% of 2,225 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 25.1% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.7%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly atmospheric, solitary survival experience focused on building a cabin in the woods.
- #31 Luma Island
76% matchVery Positive84% of 12,419 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 24.2 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 19.9%, Cozy 17.7%, Crafting 11%, Building 10%, Life Sim 9.1%
- #32 SunnySide
78% matchMixed66% of 1,165 reviews2024
Dev: Aftabi Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20% ★, Farming Sim 17.5%, Cozy 15.3%, 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.
- #33 My Time at Portia
77% matchVery Positive92% of 44,162 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: Farming Sim 19.4%, Agriculture 14.4% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 8.6%
- #34 Seeds of Calamity
75% matchVery Positive82% of 336 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: Agriculture 20.1% ★, Farming Sim 19.2%, Cozy 15.8%, Life Sim 11.6%, Crafting 8.2%
- #35 Cowboy Life Simulator
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,198 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Agriculture 15.3% ★, Farming Sim 14.2%, Cozy 11.6%, Life Sim 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%
- #36 No Place Like Home
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,077 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.9 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 18.7%, Agriculture 17.9% ★, Life Sim 10.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 8.7%
- #37 Above Snakes: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.9 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 23.9% ★, Cozy 12.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 9.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #38 Critter Cove
73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,888 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 17.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Open World 12.3%, Relaxing 8.6%
- #39 World End Diner
71% matchVery Positive93% of 422 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 23% ★, Farming Sim 21.4%, Life Sim 12.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
- #40 The Last Caretaker
69% matchVery Positive86% of 11,569 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Crafting 17.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Sandbox 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Open World 13%
- #41 DYSMANTLE
72% matchVery Positive91% of 11,477 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 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: Agriculture 20% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Open World 13.6%, Base Building 12%, Survival 11.1%
- #42 Garden Buddies
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 94 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 19.3% ★, Farming Sim 17.6%, Life Sim 10.7%, Cozy 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #43 Outbound
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,773 reviews2026
Dev: Square Glade Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Cozy 18.4%, Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10.2%
- #44 Garden Paws
73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,492 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.4 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 21.5% ★, Farming Sim 16%, Cozy 10.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #45 Starsand Island
68% matchVery Positive86% of 7,727 reviews2026
Dev: Seed Sparkle Lab
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 12%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #46 Pathless Woods
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,107 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 19.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 9.6%, Building 9.6%
- #47 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 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 23.3%, Cozy 18.5%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Relaxing 10%
- #48 Green Project
72% matchVery Positive80% of 1,450 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 37.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Survival 16.1%, Indie 7.2%
- #49 Farm to Table
67% matchVery Positive92% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: indieGiant
Windows
A farming & restaurant management sim with base building elements. Grow in backyard to cook & serve! Discover new recipes by exploring ingredients on the island; gather, fish, raise animals & produce with machines. Manage resources, hire staff & grow your organic business into a 5-star restaurant!
Why similar: Agriculture 18.6% ★, Farming Sim 18%, Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Cozy 14.7%, Crafting 9.3%
- #50 Tales of Seikyu
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,087 reviews2026
Dev: ACE EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A peaceful farming life sim set on the island of Seikyu. Grow your farm, restore your ancestral home, form heartfelt bonds with villagers, and shapeshift into different spirit forms to explore a world that moves gently with the seasons.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.7% ★, Farming Sim 16.6%, Cozy 14.3%, Life Sim 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%
- #51 Hillshade Farm
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: NORTHSTAR Games
Windows
You’ve got land, time, and a whole lot to figure out. Start small, work hard, earn what you need, and build the kind of farm you’d never want to leave.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.5%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Life Sim 13%, Crafting 10%, Building 9%
- #52 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 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 20.1% ★, Farming Sim 14.1%, Open World Survival Craft 13.4% ★, Life Sim 9.5%, Base Building 8.2%
- #53 Forage Wizard
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,068 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Crafting 11%, Life Sim 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #54 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,291 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 25.5%, Agriculture 23.4% ★, Life Sim 15.1%, Building 7%, Crafting 6.4%
- #55 Little Life: Island Tales
68% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: JIAOHU
Windows · Mac
A cozy open-world life sim set in a peaceful seaside town. Farm, dive, explore islands, build relationships, customize your home, and enjoy a slower pace of life.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.7%, Life Sim 16.2%, Cozy 11.5%, Open World 10.6%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #56 Winter Burrow
65% matchVery Positive90% of 2,994 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 23.5%, Crafting 14.3%, Life Sim 12.1%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.1%
- #57 Forever Skies
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,533 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.9 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 23.5% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10.3%
- #58 Chinese Frontiers
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 526 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%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #59 Sky Harvest
66% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Armored CatPub: 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 20.5% ★, Farming Sim 19.4%, Life Sim 11.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
