- #1 My Time at Portia
97% matchVery Positive91% of 44,320 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: Farming Sim 23.7%, Life Sim 20.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 9.2%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Sandrock's direct predecessor offers the same builder-workshop progression, town relationships, commissions, exploration, and colorful post-apocalyptic charm.
- #2 Coral Island
96% matchVery Positive89% of 27,716 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 24.7%, Life Sim 18.2%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Crafting 6.9%, Building 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This polished community-focused farm sim combines upgrading your land and tools with romance, festivals, mining, crafting, and restoring a struggling island town.
- #3 Sun Haven
96% 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 27.7%, Life Sim 18.6%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Mining 9.2% ★, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy life sim with farming, crafting, home upgrades, romance, town quests, combat, and multiplayer gives it an especially broad Sandrock-like loop.
- #4 Dinkum
95% matchVery Positive92% of 29,165 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26%, Life Sim 21.6%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its open-world Australian setting lets you gather resources, build and customize a settlement, farm, fish, explore, and develop a town with friends.
- #5 Rune Factory 5
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,130 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!
Why similar: Farming Sim 55.1%, Crafting 13%, RPG 11.9%, Dating Sim 11%, Simulation 5%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes farming, crafting, monster-filled exploration, town requests, romance, and an action-RPG story in a fully 3D village.
- #6 Fields of Mistria
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 35,587 reviews2026
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 26.5%, Life Sim 18.4%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Crafting 6.8%, Mining 6.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: Its appealing village life combines farming, crafting, romance, town restoration, seasonal events, and RPG-style exploration.
- #7 Immortal Life
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,370 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.4%, Life Sim 22.7%, Mining 15.4% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its cultivation-themed life sim centers on rebuilding a ruined community through farming, gathering, crafting, quests, friendships, and dungeon exploration.
- #8 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
93% matchVery Positive92% of 8,103 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Building 27.2%, Sandbox 20.7%, Crafting 16.3%, RPG 15.3%, Open World 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The extensive resource gathering, freeform construction, settlement development, and adventure quests closely match Sandrock's builder fantasy.
- #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: Farming Sim 25.1%, Life Sim 23.5%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.4%, Dating Sim 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This social online life sim emphasizes gathering, crafting, housing, farming, quests, and befriending or romancing villagers in a shared world.
- #10 Fae Farm
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,598 reviews2023
Dev: Phoenix LabsPub: Gambit Digital
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Escape to the magical life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a farm sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your homestead, and use spells to explore the enchanted island of Azoria!
Why similar: Farming Sim 51.9%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Crafting 11%, RPG 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 8%
Why You'll Like It: This approachable 3D cozy RPG combines magical farming, crafting, dungeon delving, home decoration, NPC relationships, and cooperative play.
- #11 Disney Dreamlight Valley
89% matchVery Positive92% of 24,933 reviews2023
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 32.4 hrsMean: 118.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Relax in a cozy world filled with the magic of Disney and Pixar! Discover rich stories and build the perfect Valley alongside more than 50 heroes and villains in this life-sim adventure game.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Farming Sim 25.6%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 12.6%, Character Customization 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished loop of gathering materials, crafting furniture, decorating a valley, completing character quests, gardening, and restoring a neglected community.
- #12 Garden Paws
90% 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 26.4%, Building 16.4%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Build a homestead, run a shop, cultivate crops, collect resources, complete town requests, and explore a cheerful world at your own pace.
- #13 No Place Like Home
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,116 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Life Sim 20.9%, Crafting 14%, Building 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its cleanup-and-rebuild premise has you transform polluted land into a productive homestead through scavenging, crafting, farming, and befriending animals.
- #14 Stardew Valley
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,040,983 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 23.0 hrsMean: 85.7 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: Farming Sim 28.5%, Life Sim 21.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The genre-defining blend of farming, mining, crafting, community restoration, relationships, and open-ended daily progression remains an excellent fit.
- #15 Luma Island
86% matchVery Positive84% of 12,744 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.5%, Life Sim 13.8%, Building 12.2%, Mining 11.7% ★, Crafting 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its relaxed exploration and profession systems let you gather, craft, farm, build up a homestead, and play cooperatively without combat pressure.
- #16 Roots of Pacha
86% 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 25.8%, Life Sim 19.8%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It pairs farming and social life with village development, inventions, exploration, romance, and cooperative play in a distinctive prehistoric setting.
- #17 Hokko Life
87% matchMixed66% of 2,673 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.7 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 30.1%, Life Sim 25.5%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Character Customization 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This village sim focuses heavily on gathering materials, elaborate furniture crafting, house customization, gardening, fishing, and improving a growing town.
- #18 Lightyear Frontier
84% matchVery Positive84% of 4,735 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.6%, Mining 17.7% ★, Building 15.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Explore an alien frontier in a customizable mech while gathering resources, building a farmstead, crafting equipment, and healing the environment alone or in co-op.
- #19 Littlewood
85% 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: Life Sim 24%, Farming Sim 18.9%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: After saving the world, you directly rebuild a town by placing buildings, gathering resources, crafting, farming, and befriending residents.
- #20 Rune Factory 4 Special
84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,366 reviews2021
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Journey to the vibrant world of Rune Factory and experience the legendary fantasy farming adventure like never before!
Why similar: Farming Sim 59.9%, Crafting 14.9%, RPG 13.2%, Dating Sim 7.5%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A particularly deep farming RPG with crafting, monster taming, dungeons, festivals, romance, and a tightly knit town full of requests.
- #21 Travellers Rest
83% matchVery Positive88% of 18,257 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 20.7 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: Life Sim 33.1%, Farming Sim 32.9%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.8%, RPG 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Managing and expanding a tavern through farming, brewing, cooking, crafting, decorating, and serving locals scratches Sandrock's productive-workshop appeal.
- #22 Song Of The Prairie
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,526 reviews2024
Dev: The Droplet StudioPub: AOE Plus
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Song of The Prairie is a 3D relaxing farm game. A hero who defeat the demon begins a new rural life. Experiencing the fun of exploration to the town. Harvesting giant fruits and crops. Taking care fantastic animals. Dating with someone you like. Just enjoy the farming life only belongs to you!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.9%, Life Sim 19.4%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This 3D pastoral life sim features farming, crafting, building, mining, fishing, romance, and helping a rural community grow.
- #23 Kynseed
81% matchVery Positive83% of 3,904 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Farming Sim 29.9%, Life Sim 23.4%, Crafting 14.2%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical generational life sim with farming, shopkeeping, crafting, exploration, relationships, and a community that changes over time.
- #24 Wildmender
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,245 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Farming Sim 43.7%, Crafting 16%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Character Customization 11.1%, RPG 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its desert restoration theme, resource gathering, gardening, crafting, base building, and exploration echo Sandrock's hopeful effort to revitalize an arid region.
- #25 Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
82% 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: Farming Sim 29.4%, Open World 19.7%, Crafting 17.4%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A peaceful open-world adventure built around exploration, farming, crafting, guild jobs, and helping restore communities offers a similarly welcoming rhythm.
- #26 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 476 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle GamesPub: Amplified Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.6%, Building 19.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Cartoony 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This cooperative island adventure combines farming, resource collection, crafting, building, quests, and creature-assisted exploration.
- #27 Starsand Island
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,727 reviews2026
Dev: Seed Sparkle Lab
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Farming Sim 28%, Life Sim 23.5%, Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #28 Doloc Town
76% matchVery Positive95% of 4,087 reviews2026
Dev: RedSaw Games StudioPub: Logoi Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Play as a young scavenger and construct your vertical farm one platform at a time under extreme weather. Evolving from a scrap-gathering survivor into an easygoing farming tycoon. Transform the climate, and remake the wasteland into your personal Eden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 34.1%, Building 18.7%, Crafting 17%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, RPG 5.4%
- #29 One Lonely Outpost
79% matchMixed58% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.4%, Life Sim 19.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its sci-fi settlement premise combines farming and automation with crafting, exploration, relationship building, and the long-term goal of making a harsh world livable.
- #30 STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
76% matchVery Positive94% of 4,088 reviews2025
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 49.2 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 24.5%, Life Sim 19.9%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%
- #31 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
77% matchVery Positive84% of 4,696 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.4%, Life Sim 17.7%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #32 STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,647 reviews2021
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 40.1%, Life Sim 29.9%, Building 12.7%, RPG 7.7%, Simulation 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a substantial farm-building loop with makers, resource gathering, animal care, home upgrades, festivals, and romance.
- #33 Paralives
74% matchVery Positive90% of 21,575 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 35.5%, Building 20.6%, Character Customization 14.6%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #34 HARVESTELLA
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,552 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
HARVESTELLA, an all-new life-simulation RPG from SQUARE ENIX! Lead a life of self-sufficiency with your vibrant house as a base and cooperate with allies to overcome various threats.
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.2%, Life Sim 22.1%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its story-driven mix of farming, cooking, crafting, town relationships, seasonal routines, and action-RPG exploration suits players wanting more adventure alongside homesteading.
- #35 Spirit of the Island
78% matchMixed66% of 1,907 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Life Sim 20.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This tropical life sim combines farming, crafting, construction, exploration, tourism management, relationships, and online co-op.
- #36 STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
75% matchVery Positive93% of 5,781 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 46.2%, Dating Sim 19.4%, Life Sim 13.2%, RPG 6.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #37 Critter Cove
73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,947 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.8%, Life Sim 24.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 11.5%, Character Customization 10.9%
- #38 Return from Core
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,824 reviews2025
Dev: 顽核社 FuncoreClubPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.2%, Farming Sim 18.5%, Crafting 14.2%, Sandbox 13%, Mining 12.8% ★
- #39 Farm Together
75% matchVery Positive94% of 22,123 reviews2018
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 143.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.6%, Building 18.4%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Character Customization 7.6%
- #40 Potion Permit
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,463 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.2 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: Life Sim 31.8%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Crafting 18.3%, Character Customization 12.1%, RPG 6.8%
- #41 Snacko
71% 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: Farming Sim 26.9%, Life Sim 22.5%, Building 20.6%, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 11%
- #42 Border Town
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Farming Sim 35.4%, Building 18.9%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 14.1%, RPG 6.9%
- #43 Everafter Falls
72% matchVery Positive84% of 739 reviews2024
Dev: SquareHuskyPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rediscover the simple life. Farm, fish, forge and fight to restore the peace in an all-new farming adventure. Features split-screen coop, a helpful pet, automated drones, resourceful pixies, a card-eating progression system, and dangerous dungeons to delve into!
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.1%, Life Sim 24%, Crafting 13.8%, Mining 12.2% ★, Character Customization 8.3%
- #44 Go-Go Town!
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,784 reviews2026
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: Life Sim 38%, Building 25.7%, Sandbox 20.5%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Simulation 5.2%
- #45 Tales of Seikyu
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,652 reviews2026
Dev: ACE EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A peaceful farming life sim set on the island of Seikyu. Grow your farm, restore your ancestral home, form heartfelt bonds with villagers, and shapeshift into different spirit forms to explore a world that moves gently with the seasons.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.8%, Life Sim 18.2%, Dating Sim 13%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #46 Farm Together 2
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,477 reviews2025
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 139.2 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 35.8%, Life Sim 27.8%, Sandbox 15.9%, Character Customization 11.8%, Cartoony 4.3%
- #47 Settlement Survival
71% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Building 57.9%, Sandbox 31.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #48 Havendock
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,964 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Life Sim 19.2%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11%
- #49 Moonstone Island
70% 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 27%, Life Sim 22.3%, Building 15.5%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #50 Little Rocket Lab
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,324 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Building 23.3%, Life Sim 21%, Crafting 20.5%, Sandbox 16.4%, RPG 9.1%
- #51 Grow: Song of the Evertree
71% 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 34.9%, Life Sim 26.4%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 12.9%, Simulation 3.8%
- #52 Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,702 reviews2025
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 15.2 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Life Sim 24.1%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 10.3%
- #53 World's Dawn
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 886 reviews2016
Dev: Wayward Prophet
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Bring life back to a sleepy seaside village by building friendships, finding love, harvesting crops, tending livestock, competing in festivals, fishing, mining, discovering magical secrets and more!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.5%, Life Sim 19%, Mining 14% ★, Dating Sim 13.3%, Building 12%
- #54 Let's School
68% matchVery Positive93% of 7,470 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!
Why similar: Building 36.9%, Sandbox 32.6%, Open World 19.2%, Simulation 8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #55 Sky Harvest
67% matchVery Positive85% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Armored CatPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.4%, Life Sim 18%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.2%
- #56 My Heaven's Dale
66% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: DreamingCat
Windows
Sent by the Moon Goddess, you arrive in Heaven’s Dale to run a carpenter workshop and uncover its former owner’s fate. Mysterious ghosts drift through everywhere! Live a cozy life planting, fishing, mining, and caring for animals while restoring the town at your own pace.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.8%, Life Sim 22.4%, Mining 16.5% ★, Dating Sim 15.7%, Crafting 13.3%
- #57 Seeds of Calamity
67% matchVery Positive81% of 362 reviews2026
Dev: Laborious Lark StudiosPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.4%, Life Sim 22%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Mining 8.9% ★
- #58 Cornucopia®
68% matchVery Positive88% of 664 reviews2023
Dev: David DolynnyPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A cozy 2.5D farm-life RPG that runs deep. Grow living soil into legendary harvests, romance 34+ villagers, breed magical animals, cook, fish, and dive the dungeons below for loot. No forced bedtime, no stress, just your dream farm at your own pace.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24%, Life Sim 18%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8%
- #59 Cropia
65% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Cropstone Studio
Windows
Cultivate crops, care for animals, fish, mine resources, and explore diverse environments while growing the local community. Invite village residents to work with you and collaborate to meet city targets, helping you achieve goals more efficiently.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.1%, Life Sim 22.6%, Mining 15.6% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 8.2%
- #60 FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
64% matchVery Positive91% of 13,602 reviews2025
Dev: LEVEL5 Inc.
Windows
Median: 31.3 hrsMean: 54.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into this Slow-Life RPG where you can freely switch between 14 unique jobs, so called "Lives," and enjoy a carefree life in a fantasy world. Fish, cook, shape the island to your liking, or team up with friends to battle monsters across the vast world.
Why similar: RPG 22.1%, Open World 21.7%, Character Customization 21.4%, Crafting 16.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%
