- #1 Travellers Rest
97% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 35.8%, Life Sim 21.3%, Management 18.5%, Crafting 5.6%, RPG 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines farming, brewing, and tavern management in a cozy pixel-art style that mirrors the loop of Lemon Cake.
- #2 Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
96% matchVery Positive88% of 6,456 reviews2023
Dev: TapBlaze
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.
Why similar: Cooking 20.9%, Time Management 17.2%, Management 13.5%, Cozy 13.3%, Life Sim 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the cooking and customer service aspect with a cozy, hand-drawn aesthetic.
- #3 Cat Cafe Manager
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Cozy 19.5%, Time Management 18.2%, Management 16.1%, Life Sim 14.7%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build and manage a cozy cafe while interacting with customers and adorable cats.
- #4 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,803 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20%, Cozy 12.8%, Cooking 12.1%, Management 10.5%, Time Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep shop-keeping experience where you manage inventory, craft goods, and decorate your store.
- #5 Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 31,273 reviews2021
Dev: 二色幽紫蝶
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Why similar: Cooking 36.5%, Time Management 33.3%, Simulation 14.6%, RPG 8.2%, Casual 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a charming restaurant management system where you must gather ingredients and cook dishes to satisfy diverse customers.
- #6 PlateUp!
94% matchVery Positive95% of 25,910 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
Why similar: Cooking 46.5%, Management 29.1%, Cute 10.3%, Building 9.2%, Casual 4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a high-energy cooking and restaurant management experience that captures the frantic fun of serving customers.
- #7 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
93% 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 28.2%, Cozy 18%, Agriculture 8.5% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Cute 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing gardening experience that focuses on the cultivation and care of plants.
- #8 Bear and Breakfast
92% matchVery Positive90% of 5,218 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: Life Sim 18.5%, Management 16.4%, Cute 9.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Family Friendly 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game where you run a cozy bed and breakfast, requiring careful planning and resource gathering.
- #9 Chef RPG
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,496 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Cooking 34.5%, Life Sim 19.3%, Management 16.8%, Simulation 6.9%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends cooking, farming, and restaurant management with an engaging exploration element in a beautiful world.
- #10 DAVE THE DIVER
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 147,999 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.4%, Management 21.1%, Agriculture 15.5% ★, Simulation 8.5%, Relaxing 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a highly addictive restaurant management loop paired with underwater exploration and ingredient gathering.
- #11 Coffee Bar Simulator
90% matchMixed55% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Open your own café and create a place brimming with aroma and flavor. Serve coffee, pastries, and desserts, expand your bar, decorate the interior, and serve your guests in a way that keeps them coming back for more!
Why similar: Cooking 25.9%, Farming Sim 18.7%, Simulation 11.8%, Life Sim 11.5%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic and casual approach to managing a coffee shop and serving customers.
- #12 Potion Permit
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,226 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Cozy 21.3%, Life Sim 19.1%, Cute 8.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Colorful 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on gathering ingredients from the wild to craft potions for townspeople, mirroring the farm-to-table mechanic.
- #13 Candy Shop Simulator
89% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dive into a sugary world of sweetness in Candy Shop Simulator! Open your shop, create delectable pastries, manage sales, and expand your candy empire. Satisfy your sweet tooth and build your confectionery legacy now!
Why similar: Cooking 24.1%, Management 15.8%, Life Sim 15%, Cute 8.6%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and retail side of running a cute shop, perfect for fans of the shop-keeping loop.
- #14 Roots of Pacha
88% 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 27.5%, Agriculture 15.5% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Cozy 11.2%, Crafting 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A prehistoric farming simulator that emphasizes community building and resource management in a cozy setting.
- #15 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
87% matchVery Positive84% of 2,520 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Cooking 30.3%, Management 16.2%, Life Sim 15.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Family Friendly 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more detailed look at kitchen management and cooking mechanics for those who enjoy the culinary focus.
- #16 Ooblets
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,527 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Cooking 19%, Agriculture 16% ★, Cute 6.5%, Family Friendly 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, colorful life-sim that incorporates farming and creature collection in a whimsical world.
- #17 Echoes of the Plum Grove
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.2%, Cooking 15.8%, Cozy 13.7%, Life Sim 10.7%, Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy farming simulator that emphasizes life-sim elements and community interaction.
- #18 Fields of Mistria
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,018 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.1%, Agriculture 15.1% ★, Life Sim 13.6%, Cooking 12.2%, Cute 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming farming and life simulator that captures the same wholesome, cute aesthetic as Lemon Cake.
- #19 My Time at Portia
84% 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 33.7%, Life Sim 17.6%, Agriculture 15.8% ★, Simulation 7.9%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on crafting and building within a vibrant town, offering a similar sense of progression and community.
- #20 Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,757 reviews2017
Dev: Trinket Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Battle Chef Brigade pairs combo-based hunting and puzzle-based cooking in a hand drawn, fantasy adventure. Cook your way into the Brigade while subduing Victusia’s destructive monsters. Follow Mina and Thrash in the single-player campaign or challenge your friends in Local Multiplayer and Daily Cook-Offs.
Why similar: Cooking 67.2%, RPG 14.3%, Family Friendly 6.5%, Cute 5.8%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-based ingredient gathering with a creative cooking puzzle system.
- #21 Fruitbus
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2024
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A journey of flavors and friendships awaits you in your cozy, customisable food truck! Forage for fresh ingredients to create your own menu, then feed tummies and souls with home-cooked meals. Change the world, one apple at a time.
Why similar: Cooking 28.7%, Cozy 18.6%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Cute 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique cooking and exploration game where you travel in a food truck to serve fresh meals.
- #22 Sticky Business
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,336 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Cozy 20.5%, Life Sim 17.1%, Cute 13.1%, Simulation 12.9%, Family Friendly 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing management game focused on designing and selling custom stickers to customers.
- #23 Hokko Life
83% 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 23.4%, Agriculture 14.4% ★, Life Sim 11.7%, Cozy 10.7%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that offers extensive customization and farming, perfect for players who enjoy decorating their space.
- #24 Calico
81% matchVery Positive87% of 4,968 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Why similar: Life Sim 17.1%, Cute 16.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Character Customization 10.1%, Family Friendly 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A very cute and cozy game focused on running a cat cafe and interacting with animals.
- #25 Sugar Shack
80% matchMixed66% of 314 reviews2023
Dev: MadLife DivertissementPub: indie.io
Windows
Grab some friends, fire up the boiler, and let the syrup flow! Build the world around your cabin as you fulfill orders of hungry villagers with endless sweet tooths. There's never a dull moment in this cozy forest inspired by Quebec lore and art!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25%, Cooking 21.9%, Management 11.9%, Cute 6.3%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused game that centers on the production of maple syrup and managing a cozy shack.
- #26 Everdream Valley
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 944 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Cooking 19.2%, Cozy 13.4%, Life Sim 11.1%, Cute 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A farming and adventure game that features a cute aesthetic and a variety of animal-tending tasks.
- #27 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 51,774 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Why similar: Management 29.8%, Farming Sim 27.3%, Building 11%, Relaxing 10.9%, Crafting 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cozy management loop that includes cooking and farming while caring for spirits on your ship.
- #28 Farm Together 2
76% matchVery Positive94% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 27.5 hrsMean: 110.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.6%, Agriculture 14.8% ★, Cooking 14.5%, Time Management 12.2%, Life Sim 9.1%
- #29 Clouzy!
81% matchMixed50% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Tinymoon
Windows
Most clouds float along in the sky, but these adorable fluffy clouds need to be taken care of in cloud daycare! Explore the world, collect delicious fruits, and cook tasty meals in this cute and wholesome farming game.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.8%, Cooking 17.6%, Cozy 15.3%, Management 9.3%, Cute 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A farming and exploration game that features a whimsical, colorful world and creature care.
- #30 STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
75% matchVery Positive94% of 3,749 reviews2025
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town! Here you’ll grow crops and raise animals, get to know the locals, and sell your wares at the town's bazaar to restore it to its former glory.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.7%, Agriculture 14.3% ★, Cooking 10.5%, Life Sim 10.3%, Cozy 10.1%
- #31 Moonlighter
79% matchVery Positive82% of 21,581 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Management 56.1%, Simulation 22.9%, RPG 18.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Balances dungeon crawling for resources with the management of a shop to sell your findings.
- #32 Kokoro Kitchen
76% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Mango Leaf Games
Windows · Mac
In this delightful farm-to-table cooking game, you’ll restore a cozy Japanese restaurant, cultivate a bountiful garden of fresh ingredients, and prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes for hungry locals. Use your culinary skills to help bring a little life back to the spirit world!
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.5%, Cooking 17.2%, Time Management 13.7%, Cozy 9.4%, Agriculture 7.6% ★
- #33 Capybara Spa
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.4%, Time Management 17.6%, Agriculture 13.7% ★, Management 10.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #34 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,432 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: Management 29.7%, Cute 22.8%, RPG 20.7%, Simulation 18.5%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic shop-keeping simulator that tasks you with managing inventory and negotiating prices with customers.
- #35 Cinnabunny
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: Reky Studios
Windows
Cinnabunny is a cozy life simulator game where you play as a bunny who runs a bakery. Unlock new recipes, go birdwatching, collect mushrooms, and charm your community. Save up enough carrots to help your family move.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.1%, Cooking 14.3%, Time Management 14.1%, Life Sim 11.4%, Management 8.5%
- #36 Not Monday Cafe
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 546 reviews2025
Dev: Sunny Syrup StudioPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 36.2 hrsMean: 83.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cozy idle cafe management that keeps you company while you work. Grow fresh ingredients, cook, and serve delicious food to adorable animal customers. Build your dream cafe that sits at the bottom of your screen.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.2%, Cooking 19.1%, Management 13.4%, Life Sim 12.1%, Cute 6.1%
- #37 Bakery Simulator
77% matchMixed67% of 2,258 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.
Why similar: Cooking 22.1%, Time Management 21%, Life Sim 13.4%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 8.4%
- #38 Chill Town
73% matchMixed67% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Low-Hi Tech
Windows
A unique blend of a Soothing Simulation and an Idle Game with Music, Decoration, Fishing, Cooking, Farming and more...
Why similar: Farming Sim 25%, Cooking 17.9%, Cozy 14.3%, Life Sim 12.6%, Simulation 6.7%
- #39 Alchemy Garden
74% matchMixed69% of 1,067 reviews2022
Dev: MadSushi Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Craft magic potions and sell them in your own alchemy shop! Explore the world and harvest plants to discover new recipes! Take care of your own garden of alchemy and decorate the shop as you like!
Why similar: Time Management 20.7%, Farming Sim 15.3%, Management 14.6%, Agriculture 10.8% ★, Cozy 10.2%
- #40 Gaming Cafe Simulator
71% matchVery Positive86% of 390 reviews2025
Dev: Prapancha Studios
Windows
Revive a closed-down gaming café and build it into the ultimate gaming hub! Manage rentals, sell gaming merch, and expand with PCs, consoles, and an in-house café to prepare and sell fresh food. Attract customers with unique gaming sections. Can you turn your dream café into a bustling success?
Why similar: Cooking 29%, Time Management 18.3%, Management 17.3%, Life Sim 15.2%, Simulation 10.6%
- #41 STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,579 reviews2021
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to Olive Town, a peaceful community established by your trailblazing grandfather and his friends. Now that you've taken over his farm, it's your job to carry on his legacy. Plant crops, raise animals, build relationships, and get to know the residents of your new home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.2%, Agriculture 15.4% ★, Life Sim 13%, Cooking 11.3%, Simulation 7%
- #42 STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
72% matchVery Positive93% of 5,636 reviews2020
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!
Why similar: Farming Sim 49.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Life Sim 8.6%, Agriculture 8.3% ★, Cute 5.6%
- #43 Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game
69% matchVery Positive82% of 3,568 reviews2025
Dev: Wētā WorkshopPub: Fictions
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome home, Hobbit! Live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, & share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits & familiar faces awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings™ Game.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Cooking 16.1%, Cozy 15%, Life Sim 13.2%, Character Customization 6.2%
- #44 Sugardew Island - Your cozy farm shop
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: rokaplay
Windows
In this cozy farming game, you have to run your own farm shop. Take care of your animals and your farm, sell your goods to the cute Forest Folk, upgrade the island and fulfill small orders from the Harmony Tree to fill the island with life again.
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.1%, Cozy 18.5%, Management 9.7%, Cute 8.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #45 SunnySide
71% 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: Farming Sim 20.2%, Cooking 16.9%, Agriculture 14.4% ★, Cozy 11.6%, Life Sim 9.8%
- #46 Coffee Caravan
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,400 reviews2024
Dev: Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.
Why similar: Cooking 23.1%, Time Management 17.8%, Cozy 13.9%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 6.5%
- #47 Rolling Hills: Cozy Sushi Restaurant
70% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Catch & Release, LLCPub: Balor Games
Windows
Manage your own sushi restaurant! Collect and upgrade dishes, personalize your dining room, and use special abilities to serve customers in a dash.
Why similar: Cooking 23%, Time Management 18.9%, Management 12.5%, Life Sim 11%, Cozy 6.6%
- #48 Alchemy Story
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 196 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.5%, Agriculture 20.2% ★, Life Sim 9.8%, Cute 7.4%, Simulation 7.1%
- #49 Farm Frenzy: Refreshed
72% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: GameOn ProductionPub: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Grow and make resources to trade with the city, care for animals, and build your dream ranch in Alawar's famous Frenzy Farm with a modern twist!
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.5%, Time Management 19%, Agriculture 13.7% ★, Simulation 8.4%, Management 7.2%
- #50 Garden Witch Life
70% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.5%, Cooking 14.9%, Life Sim 12.4%, Management 7.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #51 Bean Meets Paw
67% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: XINGXIAN NET
Windows
Build your dream cat café! Design cozy spaces with cute furniture, bake cat-themed treats, and hire fluffy staff (baristas, bakers, cashiers). Grow from a small shop to a feline empire by unlocking bakery equipment and decorations. Attract unique cats to be your café's star attraction!
Why similar: Cooking 35.6%, Life Sim 17.5%, Management 16.8%, Cute 8.8%, Crafting 8.5%
- #52 World End Diner
67% 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: Farming Sim 25.9%, Cooking 23.8%, Agriculture 17.5% ★, Life Sim 12.3%, Simulation 7.8%
- #53 Critter Café
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!
Why similar: Cozy 18.9%, Life Sim 17.1%, Management 15.5%, Cute 8.9%, Character Customization 8.3%
- #54 Coral Island
66% 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 36.1%, Agriculture 16.5% ★, Life Sim 16%, Simulation 6.3%, Relaxing 5.1%
- #55 Recipe for Disaster
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 714 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Cooking 30.4%, Management 16.5%, Time Management 16.3%, Life Sim 13%, Simulation 7.6%
- #56 Farming Fever - Pizza and Burger Cooking game
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Matryoshka
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Farming Fever is an engaging time management game where you can become both a farmer and a chef at the same time. You'll have to manage your farm, harvest crops, cook, and complete customers' orders.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.7%, Cooking 20.4%, Time Management 19.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 7.4%
- #57 Sunrise's Order
67% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Misstic Studio
Windows
Sunrise's Order is a farm simulation game in which the player is alone on an island, and seeks to become an accomplished small farmer. The player must use a delivery service called Animazon to support the farm and grow the farm's reputation.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Agriculture 16.5% ★, Time Management 12.6%, Life Sim 10.5%, Cooking 9.8%
- #58 CRUFT
66% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Go On Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A cozy crafter with tons of things to create, sell, or just have fun making. Every recipe always makes a bit of CRUFT too, so you should probably clean up after yourself!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.1%, Time Management 14.8%, Agriculture 14.5% ★, Cooking 13%, Management 8.9%
- #59 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
65% matchVery Positive85% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Cook and serve dishes as you run your own seafood restaurant! Unlock new recipes, grow your kitchen with the help of employees, and satisfy every customer’s craving. Expand your reputation, manage resources wisely, and build a seafood restaurant that becomes the talk of the town.
Why similar: Cooking 32.5%, Time Management 22.5%, Simulation 15%, Management 10.9%, Crafting 5.4%
- #60 Bunny Park
68% matchVery Positive90% of 845 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Manage your own bunny park! Give snacks and toys to your bunnies. Improve and decorate your park to increase its popularity and collect all the bunnies!
Why similar: Agriculture 25.5% ★, Management 12.4%, Cute 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Family Friendly 8.4%