- #1 WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,914 reviews2025
Dev: eduweb
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.
Why similar: Wolves 44.1% ★, Animals 21.3% ★, Nature 7.3%, Immersive Sim 6.7%, Life Sim 6.7%
- #2 The WILDS
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 600 reviews2022
Dev: Gluten Free Games
Windows
Become iconic animals and fight for survival in the The WILDS. Finding food, water, and shelter will be the easy part, protecting your family from hungry predators and a harsh environment will separate the weak from the strong. Welcome to a uniquely immersive animal experience...
Why similar: Wolves 42.3% ★, Animals 22.3% ★, Nature 8.4%, Life Sim 6.7%, Immersive Sim 6%
- #3 Cattails | Become a Cat!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,678 reviews2017
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Become a cat! Cattails is a unique animal simulation RPG. Hunt for food, fight invading cats, explore to gather herbs, and socialize with other cats in an expansive open world. Get married and raise a family of kittens, befriend your neighbors, and learn to live in the dangerous wilderness!
Why similar: Wolves 35.3% ★, Animals 24% ★, Life Sim 9%, Nature 8.3%, Survival 4.6%
- #4 Bear and Breakfast
95% matchVery Positive90% of 5,288 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
Why similar: Decorating 30.5% ★, Animals 24.8% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Life Sim 8.7%, Nature 8.6%
- #5 Cattails: Wildwood Story
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,879 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.6 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: Wolves 39.3% ★, Animals 22% ★, Colony Sim 11%, Nature 7.6%, Life Sim 7.5%
- #6 Stay: Your Forever Pet!
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Windup Minds
Windows
Meet Ember, your furry magical companion! Bring her home, care for her, and discover the extraordinary world of the Otherlands together. Stay: Your Forever Pet! is brought to you by the team behind the VR title Stay: Forever Home.
Why similar: Wolves 38.5% ★, Animals 28.9% ★, Life Sim 10.7%, Nature 8.1%, Cute 4.3%
- #7 LOST EMBER
93% matchVery Positive88% of 5,173 reviews2019
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: Wolves 58.4% ★, Animals 23.3% ★, Nature 9%, Relaxing 3.3%, Family Friendly 3%
- #8 Nekokami - The Human Restoration Project
91% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Rocket-in-Bottle
Windows
Start an epic world-building adventure with Nekokami! Architect beautiful, peaceful worlds in a far-future universe ruled by Cats. Befriend wondrous yet whimsical spirits of nature. Restore and manage extinct Humans. With Cats in charge, what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Why similar: Animals 32.3% ★, Nature 14.1%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Life Sim 11.2%, Building 10.8%
- #9 Kingdom of Hope
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ben OlneyPub: o1B Games
Windows · Mac
Rise from nine years of tyranny to rebuild a scarred medieval land. As a celebrated hero, you’re granted a farmstead by the new King. Forge a fresh life of growth, craft, and community.
Why similar: Animals 35.2% ★, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%
- #10 LOST EMBER: Rekindled Edition
91% matchVery Positive82% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Explore the acclaimed animal adventure in never before seen beauty! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: Wolves 57.1% ★, Animals 22.9% ★, Nature 10.1%, Family Friendly 3.5%, Relaxing 3.2%
- #11 The Ranchers
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: The RanchersPub: Trophy Games Publishing ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow crops, craft machines, build your dream house and explore the gigantic open world where mines and dangerous monsters abound. Earn the villagers' respect and esteem. And who knows, maybe find love and start a family.
Why similar: Animals 29.7% ★, Decorating 26.9% ★, Life Sim 10.6%, Crafting 10%, Building 9.6%
- #12 Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 983 reviews2026
Dev: Yaza GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Make and share the most beautiful and bizarre medieval art imaginable! Manage and grow your manuscript workshop by illustrating manuscripts, using friendly tools and a massive range of drag-and-drop artworks from the deepest reaches of history. Welcome to your very own Scriptorium!
Why similar: Wolves 40.2% ★, Decorating 30% ★, Animals 23.5% ★, Relaxing 2.3%, Cute 2.1%
- #13 NightDirge
89% match6 user reviews86% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Logan TimeLierG Eberly
Windows
Dirge, Anna and Fang travel the now apocalyptic world which has been overrun by sentient vines, moss and more. Do you have the soul needed to traverse and overcome this nightmarish land of Halleumask?
Why similar: Wolves 60.2% ★, Animals 32.9% ★, RPG 4.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #14 Edge Of Survival
89% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Builderline
Windows
Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.
Why similar: Crafting 16.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 15.2%, Nature 13.5%, Survival 12.6%
- #15 Alpine Lake
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossy Grove Games
Windows · Mac
Build, decorate, and customize every detail of your inn to welcome guests to your cozy escape in the woods. Entertain tourists, farm, cook meals, research wildlife, and ski, all while helping a colorful cast of townspeople save the struggling mountain town from a hostile takeover.
Why similar: Decorating 37.3% ★, Building 14.2%, Nature 13.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Life Sim 10%
- #16 Crescent Quest
86% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Logan TimeLierG Eberly
Windows
Crescent Quest is a mostly medieval turn based open world RPG that is inspired by 2000s MMO / MMORPG designs while being a single player experience. Increase your skills, go on unique quests, grind for and collect rare items, join the world of Reltionus which is over ten years old!
Why similar: Wolves 57% ★, Animals 28.8% ★, Open World 5.1%, RPG 3.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
- #17 BWM
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: as
Windows
BWM is a 3D multiplayer Werewolf survival game for 12 players with day/night shifts. Share info by day, fight monsters by night. But beware: hidden Werewolves lurk among you, leading to psychological war. Use 3D proximity voice chat to survive this terrifying paranoia!
Why similar: Wolves 92.3% ★, Survival 5.2%, RPG 2.5%
- #18 BioEden
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Broken Arms GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Step into a cozy management journey as a Keeper and bring life back to a world quietly waiting to be healed. Craft the perfect biome for dozens of wonderful animal species and use your ingenuity to restore your planet, one ecosystem at a time.
Why similar: Animals 42.6% ★, Nature 20.6%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Building 6.3%, Relaxing 5.4%
- #19 Surviving Ceres
84% matchVery Positive87% of 138 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: Colony Sim 22%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 15.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 11.7%
- #20 Seed of Life
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ki3 Games
Windows
Seed of Life is an old school action-adventure game. You play as Hope, a wolf spirit on a quest to restore natural order. In your journey, you'll be accompanied by a bird named Letty. Use both their unique skills to explore exotic places, fight formidable foes, and discover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Wolves 64.8% ★, Animals 29% ★, Cute 3.6%, Colorful 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #21 WinMon
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IndieLab
Windows
Feed your cute little monsters right on your desktop! And once full, it's time to work! From sowing seeds, watering plants, providing light to mining ores and chopping trees. Resources don't come on their own and food isn't bought with air. Everyone will need to work.
Why similar: Wolves 30.6% ★, Animals 26.3% ★, Decorating 18.9% ★, Building 8.3%, Nature 7.1%
- #22 The Wild
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Byte
Windows
Step into the wild, the untamed world of Earth, where you'll take control of a wide variety of animals. Survive the harsh environment, hunt, forage, breed and fight through an ever changing ecosystem.
Why similar: Animals 39.8% ★, Nature 14.8%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Life Sim 11.5%, Survival 9.5%
- #23 Project Arsk
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZerrnArsk
Windows
In the great outdoors, climate change, aggressive animals, hunger, and thirst all pose challenges to survival. Your mission is to acquire key assets on the island and return safely. Gather resources from the wild, process them, and evolve to become even more advanced.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Nature 20.5%, Survival 15.1%, Life Sim 12.5%, Base Building 10.1%
- #24 Mischief Moves In
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spacefaring Dog LLC
Windows
Welcome to the laid-back nighttime world of Mischief Moves In. You’re Mischief, a racoon who has just moved into the neighborhood. Find furniture to customize and decorate your new home. Lend a paw to other animals during your adventure, and don’t worry about causing a little mischief along the way!
Why similar: Decorating 46.7% ★, Animals 34.6% ★, Relaxing 4.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Open World 3.7%
- #25 Design my drink!
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svetlana Sygiainen
Windows
Create drinks! Unlock more decorations, flavors and options for your drinks. Restore and manage your little cafe and meet locals.
Why similar: Decorating 38% ★, Animals 32.2% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Cute 3.3%
- #26 Tree House Colony
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 14.8%, Life Sim 14.7%
- #27 MakeRoom
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,044 reviews2025
Dev: KenneyPub: Wholesome Games Presents
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Build rooms, gardens, and camper vans with 1,100+ objects and the ability to make your own furniture from scratch. Learn with gentle design requests, then relax and create at your own pace.
Why similar: Decorating 49.3% ★, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Building 12.3%, Life Sim 11.1%, Relaxing 4.2%
- #28 Cozy Builder
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pangea Game StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Build, design, and decorate your dream château in a cozy vineyard valley. Live among your creations, harvest grapes from sunlit vineyards, and craft artisanal wine blends in a relaxing sandbox builder where every home helps restore beauty and balance to the countryside.
Why similar: Decorating 33% ★, Building 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Life Sim 10.9%, Base Building 9.9%
- #29 Wildborne Online
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FeatheredHare, LLC
Windows · Linux
Wildborne Online is an immersive open-world MMORPG centered around animal-inspired gameplay, set to make a powerful entrance into the genre. Whether you're drawn to roleplaying, engaging story quests, or intense PvP battles, Wildborne offers something for every type of adventurer.
Why similar: Wolves 48.1% ★, Animals 41% ★, Open World 6.6%, RPG 4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #30 Your World
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LiteralNest
Windows
Your World is a VR open-world survival game with building and crafting. Explore a stylized world, gather resources, and create your own unique world. Survive in the wilderness, manage resources, and expand your domain. Can you turn chaos into a thriving world?
Why similar: Crafting 13.9%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 12.4%, Nature 12%, Life Sim 11.4%
- #31 The Regreening
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Positive Impact GamesPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
The Regreening is a cozy simulation game about restoring nature in a soilpunk fairytale. Grow plants to create living ecosystems, become friends with ancient spirits, make your own upcycling hub, and hug ALL the animals! Can you transform this deserted world into a joyful home again?
Why similar: Decorating 36.6% ★, Animals 31.5% ★, Nature 12.2%, Crafting 9%, Relaxing 4%
- #32 Safari Park Ranger
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Become an African Park Ranger. Treat wildlife, patrol the wilderness, stop poachers and grow your safari business.
Why similar: Animals 36.7% ★, Nature 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 11.9%
- #33 Everbloom
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TorbiePub: Fictions
Windows
Everbloom is a cute and cozy social farming sim set in a world of whimsy - grow buckets of popcorn right on the plant and make chocolate milk by feeding your cows candy bars. Grow, care, build, decorate, and explore the world of Everbloom solo or with your friends.
Why similar: Decorating 30.1% ★, Animals 27.4% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Building 10%, Life Sim 9.6%
- #34 Castaway Coalition
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MehowLipa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Castaway Coalition: Experience an evolving survival simulation on a remote island. You're not just a player, you're part of a living ecosystem. Craft, build, bond & survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Life Sim 13.2%, Survival 10.3%
- #35 Croakwood
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Croakwood, a relaxed town-building and management game where tiny frogs settle into life in the wild woods. Design and create structures, plan and decorate your town, explore an ancient forest filled with secrets, and guide a charming frog community as it grows.
Why similar: Decorating 41.8% ★, Colony Sim 20.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 12.7%, Relaxing 5%
- #36 Beastkin ☆ Training ~The Trials of a Beastkin Noblewoman~
74% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Circle MeimiteiPub: Shiravune
Windows
You are a former servant, sold off as an instructor to take care of a Beastkin! Flatter the Beastkin by having chats, gifting presents, and more. Whether or not you can take great care of her is up to you.
Why similar: Wolves 92.1% ★, Cute 4.6%, Colorful 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #37 Woodland Rebels
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Animals 37.9% ★, Colony Sim 13.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.9%, Survival 10.3%
- #38 Life on NEPTUNE
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yatoimtopPub: AAAAA softWorks
Windows
Build a new life and a new home on a distant planet. Explore islands to find furniture for your house. Meet aliens and make the best of a strange situation. A Life on NEPTUNE awaits.
Why similar: Decorating 57.5% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Base Building 14%, Colony Sim 7.7%, Relaxing 5.2%
- #39 Scrap Dealer Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Emre ŞahinPub: Survivillage
Windows
Start from scratch and rise with scrap, dig through trash, process junk, and grow your profits. Buy warehouses, machines, and vehicles to build your own recycling empire.
Why similar: Crafting 18.4%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Life Sim 17.4%, Building 13.8%, Survival 11.2%
- #40 Life is a Journey
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Set off on an unforgettable adventure in your van, where every mile is a new experience! 🚐✨ Build and upgrade your campervan, customizing it to fit your lifestyle. This isn’t just a vehicle – it’s your home on wheels. Take care of it, improve it, and transform it to conquer every road ahead.
Why similar: Crafting 15%, Base Building 14%, Nature 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #41 Usagi Shima: Bunny Island
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: studio rabbiko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Want to build a bunny paradise? Embark on a bunny-filled journey in Usagi Shima, where you transform an abandoned island into a cozy haven for adorable bunnies! Entice fluffy tourists, deck your island with cuteness, and befriend lovable bunnies.
Why similar: Decorating 48.3% ★, Animals 25.6% ★, Building 8.6%, Relaxing 5.5%, Cute 5.1%
- #42 Cutthroat Cove
74% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Wicked Games
Windows
Welcome to Cutthroat Cove. Get ready to pillage and plunder, or be prepared to walk the plank. In this open world pirate thriller you can craft, engage in combat with the nasty locals, and follow clues to unlock the secrets of the Old World.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Life Sim 13.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 10.3%
- #43 AColony
72% matchVery Positive89% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Base Building 14.9%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 13.1%
- #44 A Simpler World
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apes of the Screen
Windows
A small, cozy building game. Tidy up and decorate a pixel-art world. No goals, just vibes.
Why similar: Decorating 48.7% ★, Building 15.1%, Nature 10.9%, Base Building 8.6%, RPG 4.3%
- #45 Greenfeet Haven
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Life Sim 15%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Survival 11.6%
- #46 Tides of Despair
71% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Crafting 20.2%, Building 19.1%, Survival 15.3%, Nature 13.1%
- #47 IslaNode Rescue Signal
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Gor Yeritsyan
Windows
IslaNode Rescue Signal it is a unique survival adventure ,set on deserted island where you have nothing but natural resources. Stranded alone, you’ll need to explore, gather materials, and craft with unique node-based crafting system.
Why similar: Crafting 19.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Nature 17.5%, Building 17.1%, Survival 14.6%
- #48 Winter Burrow
66% 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: Crafting 18.3%, Nature 17%, Building 14.9%, Base Building 14%, Life Sim 12.7%
- #49 Shroomchitect
70% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help shroomies transform a big mushroom into a cozy little home! Care for them, help them garden and build things, relax, and take nice pictures!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, Nature 16.8%, Building 14.8%, Life Sim 13.4%, Base Building 11.1%
- #50 Anna's Bakery Shop
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TEQQQ GAMES
Windows
Bring Anna's dream to life! In this charming, hand-drawn bakery shop simulation, meet over 100 unique customers, prepare 10+ distinct dessert recipes, and personalize your shop. Shape customer relationships with your choices. A peaceful and flavorful adventure awaits you!
Why similar: Decorating 51% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Life Sim 8.5%, Relaxing 5.9%
- #51 Embark
71% matchMixed61% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 9.5%
- #52 Charming Hill
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SOPA games
Windows
Charming Hill is a small experimental game where creating beautiful paintings feels easy and natural. No artistic skills are needed; it’s a space to relax, paint, and discover a heartwarming story, or better yet, paint your own.
Why similar: Decorating 35.3% ★, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Nature 15.4%, Building 15.1%, Relaxing 5.3%
- #53 Outbound
66% 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: Decorating 39.3% ★, Nature 12.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 11.6%
- #54 the ISLE survival
69% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Free Land Studios
Windows
The ISLE survival is a vast open world survival / crafting game. Loot resources, craft items, build camps and explore the environment. Protect yourself from hazards and wildlife. Find ways to survive in hostile living conditions.
Why similar: Nature 19.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 14.7%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Base Building 13%
- #55 Colony Survival
70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,892 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 16.5%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 9.6%
- #56 The Prospector
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: smaamsgames
Windows
In The Prospector, you'll play as a miner in the town of Everrain, unlocking new areas and equipment as you gain experience. Explore the town, craft items like jewelry and tools, and build a life in a community as you live the life of a miner.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.5%, Life Sim 20.6%, Crafting 16.6%, Nature 15.8%, Building 14.5%
- #57 Forest Ranger Simulator - Apprenticeship
67% matchMixed48% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: HOT CODE COMPANYPub: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
This is a free prologue of Forest Ranger Simulator. You have 45 minutes to explore, and have a glimpse of the story and game mechanics. Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean, and manage your forest.
Why similar: Nature 23.5%, Immersive Sim 21.4%, Crafting 13%, Life Sim 12.4%, Building 10.4%
- #58 OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast
64% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: North Channel
Windows
Grow the TerraBeast you live on from a tiny patch of land into a whimsical world! In this fully hand-sculpted, playful systemic sandbox, you'll explore vibrant biomes, farm, craft, build, and befriend the wild OddFauna to create a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: Nature 15.8%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.3%, Life Sim 12.9%
- #59 The Otherwilde
69% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Brass Persimmon
Windows
A gorgeous world of photorealistic natural assets, cute villages, and unexpected NPCs. Explore the open world map, gather herbs, create potions, hunt wild animals, build bases, and farm. Currently Pre-Alpha Early Access.
Why similar: Nature 20.3%, Immersive Sim 20.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.8%
- #60 Hamster Talk
64% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows · Mac
Raise hamsters on your screen while using your computer. Gaming, homework, or work—adorable hamsters are with you every moment. 《Hamster Talk》 is an idle social game that coexists on your screen without interruption. Interact with reactive hamsters, chat worldwide, and grow your own little town!
Why similar: Decorating 39.5% ★, Animals 31.9% ★, Nature 9.9%, Life Sim 7%, Cute 4.3%