- #1 Hotel Story
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lando
Windows
Start your new RPG Life in Hotel Story to build up your own Cozy Hotel from dusty and broken to shiney and luxurious. Combine Furniture, take care of your Hotel and Guest´s or start exploring a modern City with many secrets and unique resident´s to befriend.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, RPG 7.8%
- #2 Spirittea
96% matchVery Positive85% of 775 reviews2023
Dev: Cheesemaster GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Hey human, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublesome spirits, and you're the only one who can see them. You'd better get that old bathhouse up and running, maybe that'll help them chill out!
Why similar: Life Sim 27.2%, Building 15.2%, RPG 11.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #3 Super Zoo Story
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super Zoo Story TeamPub: Crytivo
Windows
Build and manage your own personal zoo in the pixel marvel RPG, Super Zoo Story. Construct your park, care for your animals, and ensure the happiness of both critters and humans alike. Maybe even find that special someone while building the zoo of your dreams!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.6%, Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #4 Millville
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pidibidi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a small village from the grounds up, meet and interact with its people and try to bring all different Villagers into your little town!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, Crafting 24.1%, Building 23.9%, Relaxing 7%, Simulation 6.4%
- #5 Clanfolk
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Life Sim 16.5%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Medieval 7.9%
- #6 ☙ The Hawkers ❧
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PendantEyeStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hawkers invites you to transform a forgotten farm into an agricultural empire. Build your store from scratch, cultivate unique crops, and uncover the story behind your family's legacy. Can you save the town from Mr. Bunny's wicked schemes?
Why similar: Life Sim 17.7%, Crafting 15%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, RPG 7.8%
- #7 My Little Blacksmith Shop
93% matchMixed70% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DasiusPub: Noble Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
Why similar: Crafting 30%, Medieval 13.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Relaxing 11.6%, Life Sim 8.6%
- #8 Roots of Pacha
92% matchVery Positive94% of 4,441 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 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: Life Sim 16.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 9.2%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #9 Circadian City
91% matchMixed59% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Nowhere StudiosPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.9%, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 10.4%, RPG 9%
- #10 Littlewood
91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,802 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 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: Life Sim 19.3%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #11 电子祭祖
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: 红叶工作室
Windows · Mac
你还在为清明不调休回不了家而烦恼吗?现在进入电子祭祖便可以足不出户进行祭祖。 通过电子祭祖,你可以烧香、放贡品、烧纸 马上开始为你在另一个世界的先人打钱吧!
Why similar: Life Sim 26.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.4%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #12 De'Vine: Heavenly Acres
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: StapletonPub: DPSII
Windows
Welcome to your farm on Heavenly Acres! Farmland that presents many opportunities. Harvest trees & plants. Grow Crops. Romance with other misfits. Collect up to 200 unique monsters and compete with monster battles! Indulge in the underground for buried treasure and dangerous monsters!
Why similar: Crafting 15.9%, Life Sim 15%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12.5%, RPG 6.7%
- #13 Graveyard Keeper
89% matchVery Positive86% of 52,820 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 28%, Sandbox 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Building 12.1%, RPG 11.2%
- #14 Susu '99
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shol & Maris
Windows · Linux
Run a family-owned store in rural Japan. Susu '99 is a 'slice of life' pixel-art RPG inspired by elements of Stardew Valley and Persona. Trade goods, forage the wilderness, grow a garden, and rank up your relationships in a time-less cycle with no hurry, no energy limits, and no chores.
Why similar: Crafting 19.9%, Life Sim 19.7%, Building 13%, Sandbox 9.5%, RPG 9%
- #15 Kyma
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Kidness
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kyma is a wacky game blending RPG and life simulation. Help Fropin manage the city, customize it, decorate your house, create factories and gardens. Look for your missing mother by discovering amazing places and characters!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, Crafting 16%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11%, RPG 8.4%
- #16 Leaforia
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LeaforiaStudio
Windows
Run your own farm, craft unique items, and battle your way to success. Pay off your debt to the city, befriend the locals, and maybe even find true love. Raise animals, train your loyal dog, and ride across the land on horseback.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.8%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, RPG 7.9%
- #17 Farm in another world
86% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Developer Arycia
Windows
Farm in another world tells about the events of a young man born in another world. A World where you can be agriculture, warrior or fisherman! It's up to you to complete this disappearance story! Don't forget to get along with the people in town!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11%, RPG 9.9%
- #18 The Sims™ 3
86% matchVery Positive86% of 34,077 reviews2011
Dev: The Sims StudioPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 88.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
Why similar: Life Sim 41.6%, Building 15.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Character Customization 5.6%
- #19 Cornucopia®
84% matchVery Positive89% of 637 reviews2023
Dev: David Dolynny | Subconscious GamesPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stardew Valley meets Paper Mario in the coziest farming RPG you've never played. Romance 34+ characters, befriend 50+, raise adorable animals, and grow crops using real soil science. No forced bedtime. A handcrafted 2.5D world full of charm, secrets, and the dream life you've been waiting for.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.1%, Crafting 15.4%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, RPG 8%
- #20 Fourleaf Fields
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Welcome to the tiny world of Fourleaf Fields, a cozy farming life sim where you're no bigger than a carrot. Grow towering crops, care for tiny farm bugs, and uncover a web of secrets fueled by gossip - solo or online with friends!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.7%, RPG 10.4%, Simulation 8.6%
- #21 Witchveil Hollow
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonlitQuill
Windows
Grow roots in a strange new place. Build bonds, romance, decorate your home, and sell potions as you find your place among the townspeople in this life-sim RPG. Journey through ancient portals to uncover Witchveil Hollow's lost magic and discover new potion recipes.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.8%, Crafting 11.5%, RPG 10.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Dating Sim 8.5%
- #22 The Sims™ 4
82% matchVery Positive87% of 194,786 reviews2020
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 53.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Romance 8.3%, Simulation 7.8%
- #23 Neighbors
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DDL Studios
Windows
Neighbors is an intriguing life simulation and dating game. Start a new life and shape your destiny in the mysterious town of Sierra. Build meaningful relationships, experience thrilling paranormal events, uncover dark secrets, and transform your home into a haven of safety and peace.
Why similar: Life Sim 21%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.3%, Simulation 9%, Dating Sim 8.2%
- #24 FrostCraft
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birches Technologies
Windows
Live your cozy adventure in this 3rd-person LifeSim. Explore a frozen world, build your dream settlement under a magical dome, invite settlers, and bring warmth back to a land lost in endless winter.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.6%, Crafting 21.2%, Building 17.8%, RPG 11.8%, Dating Sim 7.8%
- #25 Mana Circuit
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sayberry Labs
Windows
Arrive at 'Star's Shelter' to find your grandfather missing. Only a mysterious message awaits on his PC. Repair vine-covered Magitech machines and restore the farm with your chatty robot companion, 'Circuit Mk.0'. Follow the digital trail... and you might just find him.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.7%, Crafting 19.4%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #26 Velanit: The Forgotten Cottage
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivasan Games
Windows · Mac
Restore an abandoned Mediterranean cottage and uncover the story of its previous owner. Gather resources, craft supplies, befriend villagers, and piece together a mystery that might be more real than anyone believes.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.7%, Crafting 18.7%, Building 12.5%, RPG 10.3%, Simulation 10.2%
- #27 The Sunny Life
81% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Sino4 Games
Windows
Start a new life in Atirin! Will you run the best shop in town? Why don't you check out what does the neighbourhood has to offer? Choice is yours! Take your time and enjoy yourself in Atirin
Why similar: Life Sim 27.9%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 16.3%, RPG 11%, Crafting 8.9%
- #28 Witherspring Wilds
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows
Reincarnate into a new open world full of danger and opportunity. Start from nothing and build a village as you advance science and magic. Farm, fight, craft, explore, tame creatures - how will you shape the Wilds?
Why similar: Life Sim 21.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, RPG 9%
- #29 Tomoyo
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Breadhouse
Windows
Tomoyo is a life simulator. Fully customize your residents look, and personality. Give gifts to, learn about, and develop relationships with your NPCs, or between NPCs. Customize each NPC's apartment to fit their personality. Grow your apartment, and unlock new features, residents, shops, and items.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.4%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Dating Sim 9.8%, Building 8.3%
- #30 Infinity Nikki
77% matchMixed56% of 9,923 reviews2025
Dev: Infold Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Embark on a cozy open-world adventure filled with vast landscape, mystical puzzles and unexpected platforming challenges. Dress up not just for style, but to unravel hidden mysteries, interact with a vibrant environment, and experience the freedom to explore at your own pace.
Why similar: Life Sim 16.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 11.3%, Relaxing 10.3%, Sandbox 10%
- #31 Miuma
78% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Natoptishi
Windows · Mac
Miuma is a cozy game about a little, modest bakery with unexpected twists. The game features the significant feat of Kevin, the bakery’s new owner, and his venture within the middle of nowhere of which he calls his home.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.6%, Crafting 18.9%, Building 12.7%, RPG 11.1%, Simulation 9.7%
- #32 Teatopia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yixin GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Immerse in Teatopia's enchanting world, a farming game steeped in Chinese culture. Clear fields, cultivate crops, and raise livestock. Master cooking and tea crafting. Experience rural life, forge bonds with pets, and unravel secrets in this captivating journey.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.6%, Crafting 16.6%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 7.1%
- #33 Anime Friends
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PortingProGames
Windows
Upcoming life sim with flying dragons and a farming system. Meet new friends, start your farm, ride on dragons and get new adventures in flying islands in the world of Anime Friends! Be ready and explore a new sim world!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11.3%, RPG 8.9%
- #34 Bill
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marijenburg Games
Windows
You are a genius at crafting. He is a stranded Alien baby who crashed in your garden. His survival depends on you! Craft tools and furniture, Upgrade your house, Farm your food, organize, and personalize your home. Help a baby alien to survive on earth and find out more about it
Why similar: Life Sim 30.7%, Simulation 20.4%, Crafting 18.7%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #35 Caravan Village: Farming Life
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Corvantia Interactive
Windows
Turn a scam into an empire! In Caravan Village, farm crops, raise animals, mine for resources, and renovate abandoned caravans into luxury suites. Recover your grandma's lost cookbook, cook delicious meals, and charm your guests in this open-ended life RPG. Create your own vacation paradise!
Why similar: Crafting 22.6%, Life Sim 21.6%, Sandbox 18%, RPG 12.4%, Simulation 9.6%
- #36 CinemaLandVR
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PlanetariumStudio
Windows
CinemaLandVR is a VR game designed for immersive cinematic experiences. The game provides pre-built architectural modules and furniture. You can construct your own cozy cabin in a natural environment, invite friends to join, collaborate on building, and enjoy synchronized video viewing together.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.2%, Crafting 25.3%, Building 23.1%, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #37 Garden Buddies
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: JamPicsPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Crafting 17%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, RPG 8.9%
- #38 Ninano: Dream Ranch
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: NABI
Windows
Welcome to the Ranch, where you can raise animals! Diverse locals such as Elves, Demons, Vampires, and others await you. Collaborate with them to build new facilities and invite new neighbors to make the Village vibrant. Enjoy activities like fishing, cooking, gathering, dating, and mini-games!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 10.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #39 Neverway
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Coldblood Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
After quitting her dead-end job, Fiona starts over on a farm and becomes the immortal herald of a dead god. Make friends, fight through horrors and pay your debt in this nightmarish life sim RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.2%, Crafting 20.3%, Building 16.8%, RPG 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #40 Blacksmith Bay
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 562 Interactive
Windows
Start the smithing shop of your dreams in Blacksmith Bay. Craft weapons to seek fortune and glory in the sleepy town of Port Pleasant. Decorate your shop to attract customers, complete commissions, and unravel the secrets of the Corbots!
Why similar: Crafting 20.1%, Life Sim 15.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, RPG 12.9%, Simulation 12.3%
- #41 Timber Life
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Czardus Studios
Windows
Build and customize your homestead of timber, crops, and animals, while you manage the eco diversity of a small town. Go off exploring and foraging in the woods while evading predators. Craft goods and get to know the local townsfolk in this wholesome and cozy farming life sim.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.1%, Crafting 13.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 11.3%, RPG 9.3%
- #42 Paralives
69% matchVery Positive89% of 4,726 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Why similar: Life Sim 34.7%, Building 23.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #43 仙之气
70% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: 按键工坊
Windows
《仙之气》是一款以体验修仙世界观下的RPG沙盒游戏,游戏概念源自道家思想中的炼气,玩家需要收集和运用各种气息来改造地图和修炼自身,炼制丹药和造物等,同时修补破碎的位面,最终找到或合成仙之气完成飞升。
Why similar: Building 19.2%, Sandbox 17.1%, RPG 14.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #44 My Time at Sandrock
71% matchVery Positive88% of 28,550 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Life Sim 26.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Building 17.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, RPG 7.7%
- #45 Revived House
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dungeon Snowdrops
Windows
Pixel art is a simulator of life. Construction, farm, relationships, sports. You spend your holidays with your grandparents in the old town. The once cozy and prosperous place began to wither. You will have to revive the town in any possible way. But don't forget about the fun.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.9%, Crafting 15%, Building 12.6%, RPG 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #46 Kynseed
72% matchVery Positive83% of 3,685 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.6%, Crafting 19.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, RPG 8.9%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #47 Forklore
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gere Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Escape to the charming village of Clementine and breathe new life into your best friend's old, run-down restaurant. With hard work, creativity, and a little help from the locals, you can transform it into a thriving business!
Why similar: Life Sim 32.2%, RPG 17.3%, Building 13%, Simulation 12.6%, Relaxing 10%
- #48 Daomei Village
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gameparic
Windows
You have been banished to Daomei Village for your offense. In order to return to the Emperor's favor, you must make an effort. Repair, build, cultivate fields and fight various adversities. Meet new friends and learn their stories. Do whatever it takes not to be banished forever!
Why similar: Life Sim 18%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.2%, RPG 7.5%
- #49 Love Inn
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Croco
Windows · Linux
Start fresh at a remote hotspring inn, leaving your delinquent past behind. Meet and develop relationships with residents, guests, and locals while taking care of the inn to restore it to its former glory. Will you find love along the way?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Romance 9.1%
- #50 Little Rocket Lab
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,252 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Building 18.6%, Life Sim 14.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, RPG 11%
- #51 Sunrise Story
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Astro Game Studio
Windows
Run your own seaside homestay in a cozy pixel art life sim 🌊 Welcome travelers, cook Southeast Asian–inspired dishes, and build a peaceful life by the sea.
Why similar: Life Sim 24%, RPG 16.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 14%, Building 9.5%
- #52 Starsand Island
67% matchVery Positive87% of 7,727 reviews2026
Dev: Seed Sparkle Lab
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tired of the city grind? Escape to Starsand Island and embrace the simple joys of country life! Live alongside capybaras, cats, and dogs, reel in a big catch, and explore the enchanting Moonlit Forest. Leave the hustle behind and experience the charm of this seaside paradise.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.9%, Crafting 17.3%, Building 16.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, RPG 9.3%
- #53 AlterLife
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VGG Studio
Windows
Get up in the morning, go to work, cook your meals, play with your friends - just live! AlterLife is a powerful virtual life simulator where you can make your biggest dreams come true!
Why similar: Life Sim 28%, Building 20.2%, Simulation 11.6%, Romance 9.9%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #54 Fossil Bound
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fossil Studios
Windows · Mac
Discover prehistoric fossils, carefully excavate dinosaur skeletons, and build your own museum in this relaxing pixel-art paleontology game focused on exploration, discovery, and scientific curiosity.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.2%, Simulation 18.7%, Sandbox 17.7%, Crafting 10.1%, Exploration 7.1%
- #55 The Sims™ Legacy Collection
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,320 reviews2025
Dev: MAXISPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.6%, Building 20.8%, Sandbox 19.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Simulation 9.5%
- #56 My Retail Store
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: True Seria
Windows
Ever wanted to run your retail store? Now you can! You play the role of an Artist who inherited a retail store. It is now your job to manage and handle day to day business of your store while pursuing your hobby of painting.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 14%, RPG 13.8%, Simulation 12.8%
- #57 Stardew Valley
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008,001 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.9%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.5%, RPG 9.2%
- #58 Room In Dream
67% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Cat Head Games
Windows
A peaceful, relaxing and chill cozy Zen game. Discover, collect, and assemble furniture to decorate your little cozy room and surrounding environment in the peaceful land, feeling the white noise of the nature, time flow and weather change.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Sandbox 19.8%, Simulation 18.6%, Building 10.3%, Exploration 6.4%
- #59 Dawn of Ramonda
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firelight GamesPub: Big Play Games
Windows · Linux
A relaxing single-player farming game set in the post-apocalypse. Rediscover the principles of agriculture, explore lands that have been reclaimed by nature, and build your settlement together with other survivors living off the land.
Why similar: Crafting 21.2%, Life Sim 16.5%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, RPG 7.1%
- #60 My Time at Portia
68% matchVery Positive92% of 44,122 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.9%, Crafting 21.5%, Building 12.2%, RPG 10.9%, Simulation 9%