- #1 Lil Gator Game
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,151 reviews2022
Dev: MegaWobblePub: Playtonic Friends
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Embark on an adorable adventure, discover new friends and uncover everything the island has to offer. Climb, Swim, Glide and slide your way into the hearts of the many different characters you meet on your travels!
Why similar: Cozy 40.9%, Relaxing 18.4%, Cute 14.9%, Colorful 10.8%, Casual 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same cute, wholesome, and breezy open-world exploration spirit found in Loddlenaut.
- #2 Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,573 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.
Why similar: Cleaning 28.9% ★, Relaxing 21.5%, 3D 15.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the satisfying environmental cleanup mechanics of restoring a polluted world to its natural beauty.
- #3 Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,396 reviews2020
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.
Why similar: Cozy 28.7%, Creature Collector 21.4%, Open World 14.9%, Cute 7.7%, Exploration 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares Loddlenaut's core theme of ecological restoration and caring for nature in a colorful, low-stress environment.
- #4 Slime Rancher
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 157,673 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Open World 25.9%, Cute 22.3%, Exploration 13.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Colorful 12%
Why You'll Like It: Like Loddlenaut, it combines first-person exploration and creature collection on a vibrant alien world with a relaxing gameplay loop.
- #5 ABZU
94% matchVery Positive93% of 27,678 reviews2016
Dev: Giant SquidPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Why similar: Underwater 51.6% ★, Relaxing 16.4%, Atmospheric 8%, Exploration 7.8%, Colorful 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly breathtaking and peaceful underwater exploration experience without the stress of combat or survival mechanics.
- #6 DAVE THE DIVER
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 162,908 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Underwater 47.8% ★, Relaxing 13.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep-sea diving and marine exploration, though with added restaurant management elements.
- #7 Paleo Pines
94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,696 reviews2023
Dev: Italic PigPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.
Why similar: Creature Collector 28.2%, Open World 15.6%, Relaxing 14.4%, Cute 10.6%, Exploration 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It taps into the cozy creature-befriending loop of Loddlenaut while letting you interact with friendly prehistoric animals.
- #8 Spilled!
92% matchVery Positive94% of 5,316 reviews2025
Dev: Lente
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Clean up ocean waste in this short & relaxing game! Recycle, earn coins and upgrade your boat. Explore new areas. Clean bigger spills and different kinds of waste!
Why similar: Cleaning 45.2% ★, Cozy 21.9%, Relaxing 11.2%, Cute 6.7%, Colorful 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors Loddlenaut's ocean cleanup mechanics in a short, relaxing, eco-conscious package.
- #9 Palia
91% matchVery Positive86% of 44,545 reviews2024
Dev: Singularity 6 Corporation
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.
Why similar: Cozy 38%, Crafting 18.6%, Relaxing 14%, Exploration 10.3%, Cute 10%
Why You'll Like It: This cozy community sim offers a relaxing, social environment focused on gathering, exploring, and building.
- #10 Grow: Song of the Evertree
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,572 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Open World 22.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, Cute 12.7%, Colorful 11%, Exploration 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Loddlenaut, it centers around restoring a dying, polluted world back to vibrant life through nurturing gameplay.
- #11 Submerged: Hidden Depths
90% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2022
Dev: Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Why similar: Open World 26.8%, Relaxing 20.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Colorful 12%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, combat-free boat exploration experience navigating a drowned, water-filled world.
- #12 Donut County
89% matchVery Positive92% of 12,171 reviews2018
Dev: Ben EspositoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Why similar: Cute 40.1%, Casual 16.2%, Relaxing 13.7%, Adventure 12.8%, 3D 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a quirky, physics-based casual puzzle-adventure feel with a colorful, charming aesthetic.
- #13 A Short Hike
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 22,759 reviews2019
Dev: adamgryu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Why similar: Relaxing 19.7%, Open World 17.9%, Cute 14.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Cozy 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: This peaceful exploration game captures the same cozy, pressure-free outdoor adventure vibe.
- #14 Snacko
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,051 reviews2025
Dev: Bluecurse StudiosPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!
Why similar: Cozy 25.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Cute 13.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Colorful 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features cute animal characters and a relaxing island-restoration and farming loop.
- #15 Creatures of Ava
88% matchVery Positive87% of 564 reviews2024
Dev: Inverge StudiosPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Let your empathy guide you as you play an exciting action-adventure, creature-saver game. Understand and tame the creatures of Ava and let them lead you through a variety of ecosystems – all in the hopes of saving the planet from a life-consuming infection.
Why similar: Creature Collector 27%, Cozy 20.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the creature-saving and ecological exploration themes on a colorful alien planet.
- #16 Cozy Grove
86% matchVery Positive89% of 8,516 reviews2021
Dev: Spry FoxPub: Spry Fox
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!
Why similar: Cozy 34.9%, Relaxing 22.2%, Cute 14.2%, Colorful 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing daily-play loop focused on helping others and bringing color back to a muted island.
- #17 Ooblets
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,557 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Creature Collector 29.9%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 13.2%, Relaxing 10.5%, Cute 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It matches Loddlenaut's adorable creature-collection elements with a whimsical, feel-good farming and dance-battle loop.
- #18 Terra Nil
85% matchVery Positive87% of 8,852 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: Relaxing 39.5%, Atmospheric 17%, Cute 15.7%, Colorful 15.6%, Casual 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more strategic, it shares the core premise of reversing ecological destruction and greening barren environments.
- #19 Luna's Fishing Garden
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,234 reviews2021
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Luna's Fishing Garden is a short, cozy fishing and building game. Catch fish, trade it in and create the garden of your dreams by planting new trees, placing water objects and bringing animals to the archipelago.
Why similar: Cozy 23.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, Relaxing 15.4%, Cute 13.3%, Colorful 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This short, peaceful fishing and gardening game shares Loddlenaut's relaxing pacing and environmental care.
- #20 Slime Rancher 2
80% matchVery Positive95% of 50,301 reviews2025
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
Why similar: Creature Collector 28.4%, Open World 18.8%, Relaxing 13.8%, Cute 12.1%, Colorful 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the colorful alien creature-taming and exploration formula of the original in a stunning new environment.
- #21 Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
84% matchVery Positive82% of 3,229 reviews2017
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.
Why similar: Open World 27.9%, Crafting 16.3%, Relaxing 13.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world adventure features no combat, focusing entirely on crafting, farming, and exploring a vibrant island to clear away murk.
- #22 Wavetale
82% matchVery Positive89% of 2,876 reviews2022
Dev: Thunderful DevelopmentPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Surf the waters of a submerged city! Unravel the past, save the islanders from mysterious sea monsters and discover secrets hidden under the surface.
Why similar: Colorful 24.4%, Relaxing 22.9%, 3D 18.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features fast-paced water traversal and a touching story about restoring a flooded, ruined archipelago.
- #23 Calico
83% matchVery Positive87% of 5,031 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 22.2 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: Open World 33.8%, Cute 25.1%, Relaxing 21.1%, Casual 8.5%, 3D 8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a deeply wholesome, low-stakes game centered entirely on building a cafe and hanging out with cute, oversized animals.
- #24 Sticky Business
81% matchVery Positive94% of 7,732 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 27.3%, Relaxing 18%, Cute 13.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Colorful 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar cozy, low-stress management and creativity loop for players who want to unwind.
- #25 Everdream Valley
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 971 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Cozy 26.1%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Relaxing 11.4%, Cute 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This farming and exploration game emphasizes cute animals and a peaceful, magical countryside atmosphere.
- #26 Otterly Lost
77% matchVery Positive99% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: Soulworks Interactive
Windows
Swim, dive, and explore as a curious sea otter far from home. Meet charming animals, discover hidden places, use tools, and solve light challenges as you make your way back with your favorite rock by your side.
Why similar: Underwater 38.3% ★, Cozy 18.8%, Open World 13.4%, Cute 8.3%, Relaxing 8%
- #27 Project Shoreline
78% matchVery Positive96% of 367 reviews2024
Dev: Speldosa Interactive
Windows · Linux
Step into the tiny metaphorical shoes of a Muri, entrusted with the important task of exploring, cleaning, and restoring a corrupted and decaying beach, one sparkling satisfying patch at a time, in this cute cozy mini-adventure - Project Shoreline!
Why similar: Cleaning 42.2% ★, Cozy 16.6%, Open World 8.6%, Relaxing 7.1%, Cute 6.1%
- #28 Cozy Cleaner
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,184 reviews2026
Dev: Payoff GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Cozy Cleaner is a relaxing cleaning game where you tidy and organize rooms messed up by playful cats. Pick up clutter, wipe away dirt, and bring order back to every space for a calming, refreshing experience with cozy soundtracks.
Why similar: Cleaning 37.8% ★, Job Simulator 20.9% ★, Cozy 16.1%, Relaxing 7.4%, Cute 5.5%
- #29 Littlewood
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,833 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 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: Crafting 19.2%, Open World 18%, Relaxing 16.8%, Sandbox 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This peaceful RPG lets you rebuild a ruined fantasy world at your own leisurely pace without any combat or time pressure.
- #30 Moldwasher
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,027 reviews2026
Dev: Rubel GamesPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Clean moldy messes as a brave food hero! Equip your high-pressure spray, choose the right nozzle, and clear away sticky messes in this cozy, arcade-style fridge-cleaning adventure.
Why similar: Cleaning 42.5% ★, Cozy 17.4%, Job Simulator 15.1% ★, Relaxing 7.8%, Cute 5.7%
- #31 Moonglow Bay
81% matchMixed67% of 757 reviews2021
Dev: BunnyhugPub: Coatsink
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on a journey as a rookie angler in Moonglow Bay, fulfilling your partner's final wish. Team up with friends, family, and neighbours to hone your fishing skills, nourish relationships, and restore a remote town's fractured community in this slice-of-life fishing RPG!
Why similar: Creature Collector 31.5%, Open World 17.8%, Relaxing 13.1%, Cute 10%, Colorful 9%
Why You'll Like It: This fishing RPG offers a cozy coastal atmosphere and community restoration themes.
- #32 Shelldiver
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 18,200 reviews2025
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
Why similar: Relaxing 33.2%, Cute 18.4%, Colorful 18.2%, Casual 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #33 Clean the Sea!
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Backpack Games
Windows · Mac
Make the planet beautiful!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Open World 17.3%, Exploration 14.7%, Relaxing 14.3%, Cute 12.6%
- #34 Amanda the Adventurer
76% matchVery Positive94% of 7,298 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Atmospheric 25.3%, Exploration 20.6%, Colorful 20.4%, 3D 17.5%, Adventure 16.2%
- #35 Catlateral Damage
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,385 reviews2015
Dev: Manekoware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Catlateral Damage is a first-person destructive cat simulator where you play as a cat on a rampage, knocking as much stuff onto the ground as possible.
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Cute 25.6%, Colorful 19.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Though more chaotic, it satisfies a similar casual, playful simulation itch of interacting with a playful 3D sandbox environment.
- #36 Kraken Cleaning
74% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Luka Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cozy incremental game where you play as a Kraken wielding abyssal powers to clean the ocean.
Why similar: Underwater 54.4% ★, Relaxing 15.8%, Cute 13.6%, Colorful 9.2%, Casual 5.2%
- #37 Mediterranea Inferno
75% matchVery Positive83% of 573 reviews2023
Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
Why similar: Colorful 79.2%, Adventure 17.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #38 Black Skylands
74% matchVery Positive84% of 4,521 reviews2023
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.
Why similar: Open World 27.4%, Sandbox 19.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #39 Citizen Sleeper
73% matchVery Positive92% of 10,638 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Sci-fi 41%, Exploration 24.4%, Atmospheric 21%, Adventure 13.6%
- #40 S.A.N.D.Y. - Beach Cleaner
70% matchVery Positive93% of 341 reviews2026
Dev: 20 CALLS
Windows
Clean up trash from the beach in this short, relaxing, and grim game! Recycle waste, upgrade your robot. Explore new territories. Clean up oil spills and save the animals!
Why similar: Job Simulator 34.7% ★, Cleaning 29.6% ★, Relaxing 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #41 King Of The Castle
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,738 reviews2023
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?
Why similar: Colorful 71.5%, Casual 28.5%
- #42 McPixel 3
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,894 reviews2022
Dev: Sos SosowskiPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.3%, Adventure 21.7%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Casual 13.3%
- #43 KarmaZoo
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,420 reviews2023
Dev: PastagamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Share the love and die trying! KarmaZoo is a joyful, altruistic, cooperative platformer where up to 10 random players help each other with the unique abilities of 50 different characters - all for the sake of good Karma.
Why similar: Cute 39.4%, Colorful 35.4%, Casual 21.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #44 PowerWash Simulator
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 58,828 reviews2022
Dev: FuturLab
Windows
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Why similar: Cleaning 55.7% ★, Relaxing 10.6%, Cozy 9.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Colorful 5.2%
- #45 Landscaper Simulator
69% matchVery Positive88% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Game StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Lawns are wild. Parks are buried in weeds. Streets are littered. The world needs a hero, and that’s where you come in. As the Landscaper, it’s your job to turn disorder into beauty. With your weed whacker, pressure washer, and trash vacuum, you’ll trim, wash, and restore every space to perfection.
Why similar: Cleaning 40.7% ★, Job Simulator 18.4% ★, Cozy 13.8%, Relaxing 8%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #46 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,232 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Why similar: 3D 75.8%, Singleplayer 24.2%
- #47 Bravery and Greed
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,065 reviews2022
Dev: Rekka GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 100%
- #48 A Guidebook of Babel
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,805 reviews2023
Dev: StarryStarryPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
Why similar: Cute 57.4%, Adventure 42.6%
- #49 Figment 2: Creed Valley
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,443 reviews2023
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Figment 2: Creed Valley is an action-adventure game set in the human mind. Face bosses in musical showdowns, make your way through puzzles, and explore unique environments.
Why similar: Cute 35%, Exploration 29.6%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #50 Jack Move
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,346 reviews2022
Dev: So RomanticPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk story telling, turn based battles and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.
Why similar: Sci-fi 35.6%, Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Exploration 21.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #51 DrainSim
65% matchVery Positive92% of 2,691 reviews2026
Dev: CodePeas
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into DrainSim and seize control of the floods! Clear the city's submerged streets, with a huge range of different tools from rakes to submersible pumps. Embrace the satisfaction of restoring the water flow. Become the city's hero, one drain at a time.
Why similar: Underwater 39.9% ★, Cozy 15.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Relaxing 12.5%, Colorful 5.2%
- #52 Monster Mop Up
69% matchMixed57% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: Terahard LtdPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Rescue the scared little Ragamuffins from the human world and clean up all evidence of their existence. Mop stains, burn poop, and get rewarded with high tech gear and upgrades. Save enough, and you can even expand your home, decorate it, and live happily ever after with your fluffy little friends!
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.3%, Job Simulator 19.4% ★, Cozy 18.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #53 Dordogne
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,628 reviews2023
Dev: UN JE NE SAIS QUOIPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
Why similar: Relaxing 21.9%, Cute 20.1%, Exploration 14.4%, Colorful 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #54 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.1%, Atmospheric 31.2%, Adventure 26.4%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #55 My Little Universe
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,265 reviews2023
Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
Why similar: Crafting 16.9%, Open World 16.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, Relaxing 12.6%, Cute 10.2%
- #56 Coromon
67% matchVery Positive84% of 8,092 reviews2022
Dev: TRAGsoftPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a complete 30+ hour monster-taming RPG adventure, now remastered for PC! Catch and train more than 120 Coromon, explore six diverse biomes, and master strategic turn-based battles as you unravel a mystery that could change Velua forever.
Why similar: Creature Collector 55.1%, Exploration 12.9%, Cute 10.9%, Colorful 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #57 Megaquarium
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,794 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Underwater 42.4% ★, Creature Collector 25.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Cute 7.6%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #58 Zoeti
69% matchMixed64% of 525 reviews2023
Dev: Dusklight CO., LTD.Pub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal of skills through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.
Why similar: Colorful 52.6%, Adventure 31.2%, Singleplayer 16.2%
- #59 Nova Lands
66% matchVery Positive89% of 3,544 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Open World 24%, Sandbox 23.5%, Crafting 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Exploration 8.3%
- #60 Children of Silentown
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,586 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Colorful 35.2%, Atmospheric 34.5%, Adventure 23%, Singleplayer 7.2%