Games Like Last Holiday

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Driving 28.7%, Open World 16.3%, Racing 14.1%, Survival 12.6%, Realistic 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for rural survival and complex vehicle assembly, serving as the primary inspiration for the genre.

My Winter Car is the ultimate challenge for project car owning, building, fixing, tuning and maintenance simulator. Sequel to My Summer Car, but with added challenge for those who can master the original game!

Why similar: Driving 16.1%, Racing 15.9%, Life Sim 15.5%, 1990's 11.9%, Realistic 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: As a direct companion to the genre's leader, it offers a challenging, cold-weather survival and automotive simulation experience.

Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.

Why similar: Driving 21.4%, Life Sim 19.9%, Open World 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Realistic 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a gritty 1980s UK, it mirrors the immersive, manual-labor-heavy village life simulation found in Last Holiday.

Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?

Why similar: Driving 22.3%, Life Sim 17.5%, Racing 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Crafting 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the rural Canadian life-sim experience with a heavy focus on car building, racing, and survival.

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Driving 38.6%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 15.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the road trip and vehicle maintenance aspects, requiring players to keep their car running through difficult conditions.

Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

Why similar: Life Sim 33.8%, Survival 17.2%, Realistic 16.1%, Open World 13.7%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the harsh, realistic struggle of daily survival in a modern setting, matching the gritty tone of the seed game.

This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.

Why similar: Life Sim 27.1%, Crafting 18.2%, Survival 15%, Realistic 10.9%, Open World 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title directly mirrors the rural village life theme, focusing on farming and daily chores in a rustic setting.

My Village Life is an open world village simulator vehicle driving game.

Why similar: Racing 15.7%, Life Sim 15.7%, Driving 15.5%, 1990's 12.7%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the rural driving and life-simulation mechanics, focusing on the freedom of a small-town open world.

Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality

Why similar: Memes 36.8%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Open World 16.1%, Life Sim 15.7%, Simulation 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the specific meme-heavy, melancholic, and satirical atmosphere that defines the 'doomer' aesthetic.

🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.

Why similar: Life Sim 23%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 14.5%, Realistic 13%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the harsh realities of rural farming and survival, emphasizing the gritty, first-person nature of village life.

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Driving 28.3%, Racing 20.3%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 12.9%, Immersive Sim 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the exploration and vehicle-centric gameplay that makes road-trip simulations so engaging.

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Driving 27.1%, Racing 18%, Open World 15.2%, Survival 13.8%, Realistic 11%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the surreal, vehicle-dependent survival experience where maintaining your car is the only way to stay alive.

Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.

Why similar: Life Sim 22%, Driving 18.8%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 11.1%, Realistic 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar open-world life-simulation experience with a focus on navigating daily tasks and social interactions.

Car For Sale Simulator 2023 - Developed for car enthusiasts, grow your own car sales business by buying and selling different car models. Drive the purchased cars as you wish, repair them, modify them, and sell them to customers at affordable prices.

Why similar: Driving 28.7%, Life Sim 18%, Immersive Sim 15%, Open World 11.3%, Realistic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the car-centric economy and simulation, allowing players to buy, fix, and sell vehicles.

Search for valuable items stashed in abandoned barns. Take part in storage auctions, bid high and buy yourself a chance to find exclusive items hidden in the past.

Why similar: Simulation 41.9%, Realistic 29.9%, First-Person 21.4%, Singleplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the scavenging, rural setting, and hands-on repair vibe found in the seed game.

Finnish Cottage Simulator is the ultimate cottage experience. Relax and enjoy the Finnish summer nature, go to the sauna, get drunk, grill food or play games with others!

Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Open World 15.1%, Realistic 14.3%, Crafting 13%, Simulation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the rural, first-person simulation experience, focusing on the simple joys of cottage life.

Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.

Why similar: Driving 26.1%, Open World 18.3%, Crafting 16.1%, Realistic 16%, Simulation 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the gritty, hands-on repair and scavenging gameplay loop in a rural, industrial setting.

Have you ever wanted to relax and have a good smoke in an atmospheric village? Then you are exactly at the right place - take a drag on your cigarette and go ahead and explore our wonderful world.

Why similar: Life Sim 45.3%, Open World 15.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Realistic 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the niche, meme-heavy, and casual simulation style that focuses on the mundane aspects of life.

Build your own buggy. Obtain, maintain and tune your OHV car. A game set in Poland in the 90s.

Why similar: Driving 26.3%, Life Sim 23.9%, Open World 11.4%, Racing 10.1%, 1990's 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the automobile-sim and life-sim blend, emphasizing the maintenance of classic vehicles.

Bum Simulator is a sandbox game bursting with inappropriate humor and memorable characters. You live on the streets of Bumsville. Do you have what it takes to adapt, survive and become an urban legend?

Why similar: Memes 20.4%, Open World 17.6%, Survival 16.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Crafting 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the gritty, meme-centric, and survival-based urban life simulation style.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Driving 26.3%, Memes 16%, Open World 15.8%, Realistic 15.2%, Simulation 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar rural management and hands-on work loop that requires constant attention to detail.

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: Driving 35.9%, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 17.8%, Story Rich 9.4%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on vehicle maintenance and survival in a hostile environment, elevating the car-sim genre to a supernatural level.

The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.

Why similar: Memes 50.9%, Life Sim 24.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Story Rich 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the meme-heavy, satirical take on daily life in a harsh, realistic environment.

Japanese Rural Life Adventure is a relaxing slow-life simulation where you can experience the charm of traditional Japanese countryside living, all in a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.

Why similar: Life Sim 49.7%, Immersive Sim 25%, Simulation 14.2%, Story Rich 9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, rural life-simulation experience that captures the charm of village living.

Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

Why similar: Simulation 30.6%, Open World 21.8%, Crafting 21.5%, Realistic 13.3%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the gritty, realistic, and often illegal side of survival in a first-person open-world environment.

Retirement Simulator is a game that simulates the retirement life. Customize your retirement and realize your ultimate goals: become a world traveller, an influencer, a KungFu Master or more. Through discovering stories and events, you will also deepen your bonds with your familiy and the community.

Why similar: Life Sim 53.2%, Story Rich 21.6%, Simulation 21%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the story-rich, life-simulation focus, providing a unique perspective on managing one's later years.

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Open World 21.7%, Realistic 17.4%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Survival 13.3%, First-Person 11.1%

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Heist 44.3% ★, Open World 14.6%, Simulation 13.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Immersive Sim 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the open-world, first-person, and gritty simulation feel where you must plan your actions carefully.

Start with a crumbling motel and transform it into a guest favorite. Clean, repair, decorate, manage bookings, and expand — your hospitality empire begins here.

Why similar: Crafting 31.6%, Realistic 26%, First-Person 15.2%, Simulation 13.9%, 3D 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the management and casual simulation elements, focusing on running a small business in a rural setting.

In the Simulator of a game developer, you will be able to understand all the subtleties of this profession, understand how the game industry works and all the difficulties of one developer.

Why similar: Memes 23.9%, Life Sim 17.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Realistic 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and life-simulation loop, requiring players to balance their work and personal needs.

Flatinside offers a realistic simulation experience set in a vast city waiting to be explored. Work for more money, create your style, buy luxury houses and cars, flirt with women, and dive into the fun at nightclubs. In this city where everyone writes their own story, take your place!

Why similar: Life Sim 20.4%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Driving 16.2%, Open World 13%, Realistic 12.3%

Driving Life is a hardcore driving survival game set in rural America. Earn money by driving manual cars, vans, and trucks, transport tourists, pay rent, buy fuel, and survive on a tight budget. Every dollar counts - spend wisely or go broke!

Why similar: Life Sim 25.9%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Realistic 14.3%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 10.6%

Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

Why similar: Driving 24.7%, 1990's 13.1%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.8%, Realistic 11.9%

Dive into the mysterious world of the "Last Resort", a non-linear visual novel where past and future are woven together. His life’s breaking under the weight of life problems. Unable to fight any further, He decides to take his final journey. Will it change anything? Or will it lead Him to the end?

Why similar: Dating Sim 60.2%, Simulation 37.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Farmer’s Life is a first simulator that will show you real, sometimes dark life on the farm. You will run Kazimir’s life - a bachelor and alcoholic. Help him to become an exemplary farmer, start a family, take care of the farm or watch him going down.

Why similar: Life Sim 25.5%, Immersive Sim 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Open World 11.3%, First-Person 10%

A lewd life simulator game set in an alternate early 2000s where you have to juggle mundane responsibilities such as going to work and paying rent, while also avoiding getting eaten and digested by beautiful anthro girls.

Why similar: Life Sim 35.9%, Immersive Sim 23.2%, Realistic 16.7%, First-Person 10.5%, 3D 6.9%

On their way from Ugryupinsk, Egor and Nastya find themselves caught in the middle of a conflict between two gangs — the Pavers and the Glaziers. Egor must find common ground with the Glaziers, deal with the Pavers, and rescue Nastya

Why similar: Memes 39.9%, Life Sim 27.6%, Open World 17.4%, Simulation 9%, Story Rich 4.1%

Ocean is Home is an island life simulator and an open world adventure rolled into one. Starting with a small house and an old pickup truck, you can build an estate and become a significant person in a warm tropical paradise.

Why similar: Driving 26.2%, Crafting 17.1%, 1990's 16.7%, Open World 16.4%, Survival 13.6%

This is a simulation of life in the Russian village, where the player will have to deal with the vegetable garden, build a house and various buildings, collect mushrooms and berries, plant your garden, breed farming, hunting and fishing, make kvass, hook up with a village girl and much, much more.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.1%, Crafting 18.8%, Survival 17%, Simulation 13.5%, First-Person 10.5%

A slice-of-life adventure game set in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run errands for quirky characters, and learn about your history by making art.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.5%, Open World 19%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Story Rich 15%, Simulation 8%

Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.

Why similar: Heist 24.4% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Realistic 9.9%

Pohinki Simulator is a survival game set in a polish neighbourhood, where you need to explore the open world in search for trash in order to survive and gain power. Build structures, experiment with found items, and become the most powerful bum alive!

Why similar: Parody 23.4% ★, Life Sim 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 9.3%

“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: Life Sim 22.2%, Open World 15.3%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Realistic 9.4%

An odd, openish-world life sim where you must learn how to make money just so you can afford to learn how to play golf. A truly unique golf experience with permadeath.

Why similar: Driving 18.4%, Life Sim 15%, Racing 13.9%, 1990's 12.9%, Open World 11%

The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.

Why similar: Realistic 33.1%, First-Person 21.3%, Simulation 18.5%, Story Rich 15.2%, 3D 11.8%

Get settled into Gear Springs! Gather materials, craft items, go fishing, and battle it out with punch cards in the ruined facility. Don't get distracted though, you've still got to stop the last Craftsman and save the town!

Why similar: Life Sim 52.1%, Crafting 27.7%, Simulation 20.2%

Last Christmas" is a short, dark point-and-click adventure. Join Frankie at a remote mountain cabin as he prepares the perfect Christmas for his girlfriend, Betty. But beware, things are not as they seem, and the festive cheer hides something far more sinister...

Why similar: Story Rich 78.5%, Singleplayer 21.5%

Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.

Why similar: Driving 22.7%, Racing 12.7%, Open World 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Realistic 11.9%

Immerse yourself in the peaceful atmosphere of a Russian summer cottage: take care of the vegetable garden and flower beds, pick ripe apples, cook fragrant compote, roast kebabs and enjoy nature.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.8%, Simulation 19.7%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Realistic 14.2%, First-Person 8.8%

Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.

Why similar: Parody 22.4% ★, Life Sim 17%, Memes 14.1%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Realistic 8.9%

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 26.2%, Open World 24%, Survival 23.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%

Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Realistic 14.4%, Story Rich 8.5%

Dive into Mushroom Season! Customize your character, explore lush forests, and compete in thrilling mushroom picking contest. Identify mushrooms, avoid the poisonous ones, and aim for the top trophy. Are you the ultimate forager?

Why similar: Driving 23.4%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Realistic 12.3%, Life Sim 11.8%, Survival 11.4%

Streamer Life Simulator is a very comprehensive streamer life simulation game. Be the most popular streamer in the world.

Why similar: Life Sim 34.7%, Simulation 18.5%, Open World 15.6%, Realistic 10.8%, Immersive Sim 9.6%

Without doubt flying virtual aircraft from your PC is one of the most interesting simulations – at the same time, it is one with a very steep learning curve. Holiday Flight Simulator, though, makes it especially easy to relive the last holiday trip from the cockpit’s view.

Why similar: Realistic 25.3%, Memes 20.5%, Simulation 18.7%, First-Person 17.6%, Open World 15.1%

In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!

Why similar: Life Sim 69.3%, Simulation 25.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%

A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!

Why similar: Life Sim 59.7%, Simulation 21.2%, Story Rich 15.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Live the experience of being a Brothel Manager and train the girls to "serve" the customers in the best way possible.

Why similar: Realistic 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Dating Sim 22.3%, Story Rich 13%, 3D 10.4%