- #1 Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge
97% matchVery Positive85% of 337 reviews2024
Dev: Humble ReedsPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Foster a sanctuary for frogs and restore the biodiversity of the wetlands in Kamaeru, a cozy frog collecting game, where you take pictures of frogs, play mini-games and decorate your habitat. Hop right to it!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.3%, Collectathon 21.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Nature 8.4%, Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core focus on frog conservation and habitat management in a relaxing, cozy environment.
- #2 APICO
96% matchVery Positive92% of 2,050 reviews2022
Dev: ellraiserPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.
Why similar: Education 24.8%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Nature 10.9%, Management 10.1%, Top-Down 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Mudborne, this game centers on breeding and collecting species while managing a natural ecosystem.
- #3 Koi Farm
96% matchVery Positive95% of 993 reviews2021
Dev: Job Talle
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A koi breeding game.
Why similar: Farming Sim 50.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Nature 10.1%, Casual 8.9%, Colorful 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a deep genetic breeding system that allows you to discover and cultivate unique variations of fish, mirroring the frog breeding in Mudborne.
- #4 Croakoloco
95% matchVery Positive91% of 524 reviews2024
Dev: Ryan Forrester
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Croakoloco is a relaxing frog collecting idle game. Watch them jump, croak, and eat delicious flies. Grow frogs, feed frogs, or take control of one in “Froggy Mode” for a more active play style!
Why similar: Collectathon 36.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Nature 12.7%, Cute 10.3%, Colorful 10%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated frog-themed simulation that captures the same creature-collecting appeal as the seed game.
- #5 Ribbit Ranch
94% matchVery Positive99% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: Jack McAllister
Windows
Ribbit Ranch is a cozy idle simulation game for casual play. Collect over 200 million types of frogs, raise them in real time, and sell them for profit. Customize habitats with decorations, rare species, and ultra-rare special frogs.
Why similar: Collectathon 36.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Nature 12.3%, Cute 9.7%, Colorful 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on ranching and managing frogs, providing a similar niche experience for amphibian enthusiasts.
- #6 Wobbledogs
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,387 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.
Why similar: Cute 32.2%, Simulation 28.8%, Colorful 26.3%, Casual 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses heavily on genetics and breeding, allowing you to raise creatures with procedurally generated traits.
- #7 Vilmonic
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Bludgeonsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and genetics and evolution sandbox game. Protect and breed unique pixel-art life forms where pixels and color have meaning. Craft tools and buildings and change the environment. Find ancient tech and fend off haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21%, Education 17.2%, Science 13.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Nature 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An artificial life simulator where you can breed and evolve pixelated creatures in a sandbox environment.
- #8 Equilinox
92% matchVery Positive92% of 3,026 reviews2018
Dev: ThinMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals.
Why similar: Simulation 38.3%, Nature 28.3%, Casual 18.5%, Management 9%, Colorful 6%
Why You'll Like It: A nature simulation game where you manage ecosystems and evolve new species through genetic discovery.
- #9 Ooblets
91% 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: Farming Sim 49.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Cute 10.5%, Colorful 9.4%, Casual 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends creature collection with farming and life-sim elements in a colorful, charming aesthetic.
- #10 Niche - a genetics survival game
91% matchVery Positive86% of 5,238 reviews2017
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.
Why similar: Education 55.6%, Nature 25.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Resource Management 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex look at genetics and breeding, requiring you to manage populations to ensure their survival.
- #11 Bug & Seek
90% matchVery Positive91% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: So Peculiar
Windows · Mac
Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen.
Why similar: Education 23.5%, Collectathon 23.3%, Science 18%, Nature 9.9%, Cute 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a relaxing collection mechanic centered on nature, perfect for players who enjoy the discovery aspect of Mudborne.
- #12 Moonstone Island
89% matchVery Positive84% of 5,087 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Why similar: Farming Sim 48.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Cute 11.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Fantasy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A creature-collecting game with a strong emphasis on exploration and pixel-art charm.
- #13 Critter Café
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Management 21%, Cute 15.9%, Colorful 14.9%, Simulation 14.7%, Fantasy 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and care of magical creatures, emphasizing the bond between the player and their collection.
- #14 Paleo Pines
88% 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: Farming Sim 56.9%, Simulation 11%, Cute 10.9%, Colorful 9.4%, Casual 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creature collection with farming and management, offering a cozy loop of befriending and caring for animals.
- #15 Slime Rancher
87% 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: Cute 33.7%, Colorful 19.6%, Management 16%, Simulation 13.1%, Fantasy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic creature management game that tasks you with collecting and breeding unique species in a vibrant world.
- #16 Amber Isle
86% matchVery Positive82% of 2,112 reviews2024
Dev: Ambertail GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the village back to life and welcome even more prehistoric pals!
Why similar: Crafting 29.6%, Management 23.3%, Cute 15.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Character Customization 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy life sim that involves befriending and caring for prehistoric creatures.
- #17 Cattails: Wildwood Story
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,952 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
Why similar: Farming Sim 43.2%, Nature 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Cute 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a wholesome nature-based life simulation experience with a focus on animal survival and community.
- #18 Bear and Breakfast
85% matchVery Positive89% of 5,374 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 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: Crafting 26.4%, Nature 16%, Management 14.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Cute 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management game with a cozy, cartoonish aesthetic that focuses on building and maintaining a welcoming space.
- #19 Capybara Spa
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,702 reviews2022
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 38.9%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 11%, Cute 9.5%, Nature 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game centered on caring for animals in a relaxing, nature-inspired setting.
- #20 Winter Burrow
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,309 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
Why similar: Crafting 26.1%, Nature 20.4%, Cute 14.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Simulation 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy, nature-focused exploration and crafting experience with a distinct, cute aesthetic.
- #21 Sprout Valley
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: Vadzim LiakhovichPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Sprout Valley is farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience, cute graphics and many more!
Why similar: Farming Sim 34.4%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Cute 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing farming and life-sim game that emphasizes the peaceful nature of rural management.
- #22 Garden Paws
83% matchVery Positive90% of 2,498 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Farming Sim 51.1%, Crafting 20.7%, Cute 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a farm and interact with various animals in a cozy, open-ended world.
- #23 Plump! Dumb Frog Pond
81% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: FHNBHJPub: 2P Games
Windows
The future is chaos - frog attacks everywhere! You're a frog farmer in Potato Pioneer Town, build pond setups to attract different ugly frogs, then snatch them up in your bucket - Yoink! Toss your catches into tanks, fatten them up, and sell for big bucks.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.7%, Collectathon 25.1%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 7.6%, Cute 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A frog-themed resource management game that leans into the same specific niche as the seed game.
- #24 Littlewood
82% 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: Farming Sim 28.2%, Collectathon 22.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, low-stress life sim that focuses on building and community in a pixelated world.
- #25 Shepherd's Crossing
82% matchMixed60% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: SUCCESS
Windows
You have been entrusted with a miniature garden (farm)! Use the farm to raise animals and crops. Animals and crops can be exchanged with others. While there may be a main story, the ultimate goal is up to you. There are no time limits, so enjoy creating a relaxed and carefree farm landscape!
Why similar: Farming Sim 35.5%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Nature 13.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Top-Down 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that emphasizes nature, animal husbandry, and managing a self-sustaining environment.
- #26 Roots of Pacha
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,567 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 42.5%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A farming and life-sim game that emphasizes community and nature, perfect for players who enjoy slow-paced management.
- #27 Grow: Song of the Evertree
80% 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: Farming Sim 40.8%, Nature 11.2%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Cute 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on restoring nature and managing a world, providing a grander scale of the same environmental restoration theme.
- #28 Cloud Gardens
79% matchVery Positive95% of 2,311 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Nature 58.4%, Simulation 24.9%, Casual 16.8%
Why You'll Like It: A meditative game about reclaiming urban spaces with nature, sharing the aesthetic appeal of a growing ecosystem.
- #29 Sun Haven
78% matchVery Positive80% of 25,583 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 55.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Simulation 7.3%, Fantasy 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed farming and life-sim that offers deep character progression and creature interaction.
- #30 Frog Island
76% matchVery Positive95% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: DevFrogPub: Shovel Sprout
Windows · Linux
Start your new life as a caretaker for an island of frogs in this cozy creature-collector! Build your dream island, discover magical wildlife, and uncover the island's many hidden secrets, to try and piece together the past life you've somehow forgotten.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.9%, Nature 12.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Top-Down 8.7%, Base Building 8.7%
- #31 Time to Morp
77% matchVery Positive80% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: Team HalfBeardPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play with friends in a cozy base-building adventure! Take care of adorable creatures — Morps, explore, discover new species, grow crops, fish, build relationships with your crew, decorate your perfect home, and automate production along the way!
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Cute 8.8%, Colorful 8.6%
- #32 Calico
78% 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: Cute 34.9%, Simulation 28%, Casual 21.3%, Character Customization 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: A community-focused life sim where you collect and care for animals in a magical, cozy town.
- #33 Time Is Honey
76% matchVery Positive88% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: CakeDev
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Time Is Honey is a relaxing idle game where you manage bee hives. Collect unique bees by opening bee packs, take care of them in real-time and then turn it all into profit. Unlock, upgrade and customize your hives, and enjoy completing your collection of bees.
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.3%, Collectathon 24.5%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #34 OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast
75% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: North Channel
Windows
Grow the TerraBeast you live on from a tiny patch of land into a whimsical world! In this fully hand-sculpted, playful systemic sandbox, you'll explore vibrant biomes, farm, craft, build, and befriend the wild OddFauna to create a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Collectathon 17.8%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Nature 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%
- #35 PomoFarm
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 550 reviews2022
Dev: wormpod
Windows · Mac
PomoFarm is half focus timer and half idle farming game! As Tomato the Duck, grow your farm as you focus on tasks in the real world!
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.9%, Cute 8%, Management 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #36 Ropuka's Idle Island
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,318 reviews2025
Dev: Moczan and Little Chmura
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 123.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.
Why similar: Farming Sim 43%, Nature 15%, Management 12.6%, Cute 8.6%, Casual 7.2%
- #37 Bugtopia
74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,003 reviews2025
Dev: Nocturnal GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐
Why similar: Collectathon 39.9%, Nature 17.2%, Management 14.3%, Cute 8.8%, Simulation 7.1%
- #38 The Dandelion Endures.
73% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: 無限オーリーゲームズPub: Rikuya Waki
Windows
This is a dandelion life simulation adventure.
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.1%, Education 26.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Casual 8.6%
- #39 Micro Macro Farm
75% matchVery Positive84% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: Diego Schram Games
Windows
Micro macro farm is a small relaxing and cozy game about farming. Plant seeds, harvest them and create products. Make money and gain experience to unlock more seeds, buy machines and expand your garden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 34.5%, Simulation 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Top-Down 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #40 Monster Lab Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 590 reviews2026
Dev: Round 3 Studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!
Why similar: Collectathon 23.8%, Science 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Management 9.2%, Crafting 8%
- #41 BioEden
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Broken Arms GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Step into a cozy management journey as a Keeper and bring life back to a world quietly waiting to be healed. Craft the perfect biome for dozens of wonderful animal species and use your ingenuity to restore your planet, one ecosystem at a time.
Why similar: Nature 36.5%, Casual 13.7%, Management 12.8%, Colorful 11.5%, Cute 10.2%
- #42 Whimside
72% matchVery Positive92% of 441 reviews2025
Dev: ToadzillartPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A creature collection game that sits at the bottom of your screen & fits easily into your routine. Whether you're working, studying, or relaxing, Whimside is always ready to offer you a cozy escape. Capture rare creatures, create new species & decorate your whimsical space!
Why similar: Farming Sim 42.4%, Management 10.9%, Cute 10.2%, Nature 10%, Simulation 7.6%
- #43 Research Story
70% matchVery Positive95% of 344 reviews2025
Dev: Petal Cat Games
Windows
Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!
Why similar: Farming Sim 38.2%, Collectathon 18.6%, Crafting 9.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #44 Totemlands
73% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.
Why similar: Collectathon 22.5%, Farming Sim 21.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Management 9.6%, Cute 8.7%
- #45 Echoes of the Plum Grove
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,146 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.1 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 41.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Management 12%, Simulation 9.2%, Cute 7%
- #46 Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,216 reviews2025
Dev: KaiPlay StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 30.3 hrsMean: 105.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.
Why similar: Farming Sim 42.8%, Simulation 12.1%, Management 8.4%, Casual 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #47 Cobble: The Stone Forager
69% matchVery Positive98% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Twenty LensesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Gather resources and explore to help lost settlers build a new home in this relaxing, foraging RPG.
Why similar: Nature 23.7%, Top-Down 16.5%, Cute 14.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #48 Phat Phrog Clicker
71% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Phat Phrog Studios
Windows
Join the community of Phat Phrog Clicker enthusiasts today and become the ultimate cute creature collector! Earn 28 unique Steam inventory skins, dropping every 30 minutes of gameplay. These skins can be traded or sold on the Steam Marketplace. Can you collect them all?
Why similar: Farming Sim 39.8%, Collectathon 25.9%, Casual 6.4%, Cute 5.8%, Colorful 5.5%
- #49 Dropkick Navvy: First Step
71% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Windows
Dropkick Navvy: First Step is a physics-based crafting/survival sim. Help the World Tree rebuild the broken cosmos as the responsibility falls upon you. Scurry through diverse landscapes, gather essential resources, and build your way towards finding the eternal source of water for the World Tree.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.4%, Collectathon 24.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Nature 10.1%, Management 8.6%
- #50 Garden Witch Life
70% matchMixed62% of 190 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 35.7%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Crafting 8.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Management 6.2%
- #51 Monster Care Simulator
66% matchVery Positive92% of 727 reviews2025
Dev: Banana Tiger Studio
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a care center for adorable monsters in Monster Care Simulator! Treat clients' creatures, hatch eggs, raise your own companions, and keep them happy with fun activities. Hire staff, expand your facilities, and customize your space to build the ultimate monster sanctuary!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.3%, Management 22%, Simulation 17.7%, Nature 17.3%, Cute 7.2%
- #52 Loddlenaut
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,308 reviews2023
Dev: Moon LagoonPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Pick up trash, explore the vibrant waters, and take care of axolotl-like alien creatures!
Why similar: Crafting 28.6%, Cute 23%, Colorful 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Casual 11.4%
- #53 Rat Overflow
67% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Little Beast Lab
Windows
Rat Overflow is an adorable rat breeding simulator about genetics, glory, and having way too many rats. Develop your show winner bloodlines and breed thousands of unique rat coats!
Why similar: Science 18%, Education 16.6%, Simulation 15.9%, Cute 12.1%, Management 10%
- #54 Farm Frenzy: Refreshed
70% matchVery Positive82% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: GameOn ProductionPub: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.8 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 46.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Casual 9.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Management 6.8%
- #55 Mushroom Clicker
66% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Wizard Shrimp Games
Windows
An Idle Incremental Clicker game with cosy magical vibes. You are the newest Mushroom Wizard Initiate 🧙♂️ Cast spells 🪄 harvest mushrooms 🍄 and level up to become more powerful! Hire little creatures 🐿️ to help you harvest and unlock different types of shrooms and skills!
Why similar: Nature 30.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Casual 16%, 2D 10.4%
- #56 Another Farm Roguelike
68% matchVery Positive81% of 473 reviews2022
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
Why similar: Farming Sim 34.3%, Immersive Sim 12%, Crafting 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Simulation 7%
- #57 Voodoo Garden
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 861 reviews2016
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Welcome to the Voodoo Garden! You're owner of a little hut in a bustling swamp. With the help of little spirits you can earn powers and gold by producing various voodoo supplies.
Why similar: Farming Sim 53.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Cute 9.5%, Casual 8.2%, Management 7.7%
- #58 (the) Gnorp Apologue
65% matchVery Positive95% of 9,971 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
Why similar: Management 25.2%, Cute 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Colorful 10.1%
- #59 Sludgineers
62% matchVery Positive88% of 1,818 reviews2026
Dev: Snickerdoodle GamesPub: Funk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean, mine and refine pollution in this active incremental game. Cruise through the countryside earning cash and resources, build a refinery, process materials, upgrade equipment, unlock new areas and complete quests.
Why similar: Nature 22.8%, Management 22.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Casual 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #60 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
63% matchVery Positive98% of 358 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.8%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Management 13.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Simulation 10.1%