Games Like New Day

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 40.8%, Character Customization 26.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Relaxing 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: As a highly anticipated life-sim, it shares the core focus on detailed character creation and home building found in New Day.

In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!

Why similar: Life Sim 35.1%, Character Customization 21%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Relaxing 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar top-down life simulation experience with a strong focus on character customization and managing daily routines.

Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!

Why similar: Life Sim 42.2%, Character Customization 27%, Simulation 9.8%, Cute 8.7%, Relaxing 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of managing a character's daily life and social connections within a charming, stylized world.

"Every life becomes a story" Create your unique story by controlling and observing the lives of 'Zois'. Customize characters and build houses using inZOI's easy-to-use tools to live the life of your dreams and experience the different emotions of life created by its deep and detailed simulation.

Why similar: Life Sim 48.8%, Character Customization 31.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Relaxing 4.4%, Cute 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a high-fidelity simulation experience that emphasizes realistic character interaction and deep environmental design.

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: Life Sim 45.7%, Character Customization 20.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Relaxing 9.8%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: This title features a beautiful island setting where players manage their environment and build relationships with a diverse cast of characters.

Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.

Why similar: Life Sim 35.8%, Character Customization 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Relaxing 9.6%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at blending island-based management, character customization, and meaningful social interactions with cute, iconic characters.

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: Life Sim 49.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Cute 11.7%, Relaxing 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a cozy, nostalgic life-sim experience with a heavy emphasis on community building and charming social interactions.

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: Life Sim 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Management 12.6%, Character Customization 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This life-sim emphasizes narrative choices and character development, mirroring the choose-your-own-adventure feel of New Day.

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: Life Sim 44.8%, Character Customization 21.7%, Simulation 11.1%, Cute 9.5%, Relaxing 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game focuses heavily on creative design and customization, allowing players to shape their own living spaces and village environment.

City life is calling, and you're gonna love it here!* Move to a new apartment in the bustling city. Make friends, find work, and decorate your new home - all while working with the community to improve your neighbourhood. Welcome to Garland! *Apartment quality may vary, loving it not guaranteed.

Why similar: Life Sim 31.6%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Character Customization 19.8%, Simulation 8.7%, Cute 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the cozy, social-heavy side of city life with a focus on building relationships and personalizing your experience.

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 59.1%, Character Customization 24.3%, LGBTQ+ 9.5%, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building and management mechanics with a strong narrative focus on becoming part of a growing community.

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: Life Sim 26.6%, Character Customization 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Management 14.5%, Cute 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends exploration with management and character customization in a cute, cozy atmosphere.

Little Lives is a fun, casual life-sim game. Balance your time between your career, education and relationships as you explore an exciting town filled with possibility.

Why similar: Life Sim 40.6%, Character Customization 21.6%, Management 15.6%, Cute 9.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the day-to-day management of character needs and social dating mechanics in a cute, accessible format.

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: LGBTQ+ 25%, Life Sim 23.6%, Character Customization 19.6%, Cute 11.2%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a cute, low-stress environment focused on customization and interacting with a whimsical community.

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.4%, Character Customization 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Cute 6.9%, Relaxing 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a premier choice for players who value inclusive, narrative-driven social interactions and character growth.

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: Life Sim 28.8%, Character Customization 19%, Management 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Cute 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines shop management with creative customization in a charming, dinosaur-filled world.

Start from humble beginnings and take charge of the daily life of a wannabe influencer. Balance your day between creating trend-based content, completing tasks to earn money, and building trust with your neighbors to uncover their stories. Are you ready to embark on your road to fame?

Why similar: Life Sim 30.7%, Character Customization 20.1%, Management 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the management of a specific career path while maintaining social relationships and character customization.

Explore Life Makeover: Unleash your style, dye outfits, and design freely. Dive into unlimited dress-up, build your dream home - all for free.

Why similar: Life Sim 41.8%, Character Customization 21.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Cute 10.8%, 3D 6%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides an incredibly deep character customization suite paired with social and simulation gameplay.

Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

Why similar: Life Sim 53%, Character Customization 13.7%, Management 13%, Simulation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a more realistic and challenging take on life simulation and management in a modern urban setting.

Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!

Why similar: Life Sim 33.9%, Character Customization 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Management 15.8%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends time management and dating-sim elements with a cozy, atmospheric school setting.

Blend tea and friendship in the flavourful world of Pekoe, a cozy cat-filled tea-making simulator about taking the time for self-care and connecting with what makes you happy. Build relationships, upgrade your teahouse, and discover new recipes as you work towards creating a place you can call home.

Why similar: Life Sim 33.9%, LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Cute 9%, Relaxing 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a relaxing, social-focused experience centered around crafting and building relationships with unique characters.

Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!

Why similar: Life Sim 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Management 15.8%, Character Customization 15.4%, Relaxing 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an open-world life-sim experience with a relaxing pace and a focus on career and social progression.

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: Character Customization 45.1%, Cute 19.4%, Relaxing 16.8%, 3D 10.8%, Colorful 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique blend of creature collection, management, and social interaction within a colorful, stylized world.

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: Life Sim 48.8%, Character Customization 30.5%, Relaxing 10.2%, Simulation 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: This life-sim offers a fantasy twist on community management and relationship building with deep customization options.

Daigaku Gurashi is an anime-themed social simulator where the NPCs judge each other and aren't biased towards or against the player.

Why similar: Life Sim 30.3%, Character Customization 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game is highly dialogue-heavy, focusing on the social and narrative aspects of life simulation.

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 60.8%, Relaxing 15.4%, Cute 12.1%, Simulation 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on community development and social bonding, emphasizing the importance of relationships in a life-sim setting.

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: Cute 36.7%, Relaxing 32.5%, Simulation 30.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features extensive customization and management elements in a cute, open-world setting perfect for social simulation fans.

Welcome to Heartopia, a multiplayer life simulation game crafted for creativity, freedom, and peace. Build your dream home, explore a wide range of hobbies, and forge warm connections with friends in a town full of endless possibilities.

Why similar: Life Sim 48.3%, Character Customization 21.6%, Cute 13%, Relaxing 9.8%, Simulation 6.8%

Make and shake some truly monstrous drinks in this casual bartending simulator!

Why similar: Life Sim 41.5%, Management 26.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Cute 9.4%, Relaxing 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique management simulation experience that prioritizes social interactions and atmosphere.

Office Simulator: Prologue is a limited-content version designed to let you experience office management right away. Manage your employees, plan tasks, and navigate the challenges of office life!

Why similar: Life Sim 35.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Management 20.5%, Simulation 10.9%, 3D 4.4%

Urban Tale is a realistic, vibrant and unique RPG that will allow you to fulfil your dreams, and pursue your most wanted goals in life. You start from scratch, having nothing in the city where you can meet a lot of people, that can help you throughout your adventure. Your goal is to succeed in life.

Why similar: Life Sim 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Relaxing 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a grounded life-sim experience with RPG elements that allow players to shape their character's path in a city.

This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.

Why similar: Life Sim 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Base Building 13.9%, Character Customization 13.4%, Simulation 8.8%

Build a functional cozy village in the British countryside! Explore haunted mines, manage your village's production, and enjoy immersive hobbies! Will you start a cult, rule as a Lord or Lady, or guide your villagers as equals?

Why similar: Life Sim 32.9%, Character Customization 18.8%, Base Building 18.5%, Management 18.3%, Simulation 6.2%

Fashion police, open up! Collect clothes, put together fashionable outfits, and impress your captors — for a chance to regain access to the outside world!

Why similar: Character Customization 31.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Management 12.2%, Cute 10.9%

Build and manage your own hotel, from a small property to a luxury resort. Design rooms, maintain cleanliness, develop amenities, and offer guests unforgettable experiences at your hotel!

Why similar: Life Sim 39.7%, Management 22.3%, Simulation 16.7%, Relaxing 8.7%, Cute 6.4%

Avakin Life is an endless social world waiting for you. Live your dream life, from unique and customizable avatars to stylish fashion outfits and personalized dream homes. Hang out with friends, join parties, and embark on adventures in a world where you are in control of everything.

Why similar: Life Sim 43.3%, Character Customization 30.8%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Simulation 9.4%, 3D 5.4%

In Campus Life you’ll experience your final year of college. Study, party and join campus events! Everything that happens during this one academic year will be entirely up to you.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.8%, Character Customization 25.8%, Cute 9.6%, Relaxing 8.9%, Simulation 6.5%

Step into the chair of a therapist in Therapy Simulator! Guide your patients through emotional journeys with branching dialogue choices. Balance humor, humanity, and the chaos of therapy!

Why similar: Life Sim 35.1%, Dialogue Heavy 28.4%, Management 20.8%, Simulation 10.6%, 3D 3.8%

Welcome to Awkward Valley! Plan your day, tackle strange activities, and unlock bizarre new options as you go. Gym? Therapy? Vending machine snacks? It’s up to you! Featuring Awkward Yeti’s weird and wonderful characters in a totally normal town.

Why similar: Life Sim 55%, Simulation 16.4%, Relaxing 11.9%, Cute 10%, Colorful 5.2%

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!

Why similar: Life Sim 52.8%, Simulation 17.8%, Management 16%, Cute 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?

Why similar: Life Sim 58.3%, Cute 15.4%, Simulation 9.5%, 3D 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7%

A unique blend of a Soothing Simulation and an Idle Game with Music, Decoration, Fishing, Cooking, Farming and more...

Why similar: Life Sim 37.8%, Character Customization 25.3%, Simulation 10%, Cute 9%, Relaxing 8.3%

CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.

Why similar: Life Sim 24.1%, Character Customization 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Simulation 7.9%

Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!

Why similar: Life Sim 47.9%, Management 21.1%, Simulation 17.5%, Cute 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

An HR management simulator about navigating workplace dynamics, hiring and training a diverse workforce, and balancing professional growth with personal life in a bustling cityscape.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Simulation 27.5%, Management 21.8%, Relaxing 11.9%, 3D 3.2%

Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.

Why similar: Life Sim 35.7%, LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Simulation 8.1%, Cute 7.8%

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: Life Sim 45.6%, Management 27.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Cute 9.9%, Colorful 4.2%

A cozy open-world life sim set in a peaceful seaside town. Farm, dive, explore islands, build relationships, customize your home, and enjoy a slower pace of life.

Why similar: Life Sim 45.3%, Character Customization 25.3%, Relaxing 11.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Cute 8.2%

Take control of a 21-year-old woman, design her how you like, then drop her into the heart of a metropolis known as The City! Decide who she talks to, where she works, how she behaves — and watch a dynamic world react to your every choice. The control is all in your hands!

Why similar: Life Sim 27%, Character Customization 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Time Manipulation 11.8% ★

Sinner Maker allows you to create characters and simulate a society built around them. Construct homes, manage their needs, and watch as they fall in love, form friendships, and even become enemies. Manage resources and solve emerging problems if you want your soul to be saved.

Why similar: Life Sim 36.4%, Character Customization 26%, Management 15.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%

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: Life Sim 65.8%, Relaxing 12.5%, Cute 11.7%, Simulation 10%

Nova-Life: Amboise is a multiplayer role-play simulation video game. Create your character and start your second life!

Why similar: Simulation 100%

A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic preferences!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 74.6%, Cute 19.3%, Colorful 6.1%

The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Why similar: Simulation 34.1%, Cute 25.3%, Relaxing 21.2%, 3D 10.7%, Colorful 4.8%

Share your thoughts and discover those shared by others, in Fireside Feelings. Gather around the welcoming warmth of the campfire and take part in conversations between real people separated in space and time. Sometimes, we all need a good talk under the stars.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24%, Life Sim 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Character Customization 16.8%, Cute 7.3%

You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!

Why similar: Character Customization 25%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Life Sim 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Relaxing 9.4%

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: Life Sim 33.8%, Character Customization 20.6%, LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Relaxing 8.5%, Cute 7.5%

Manage your very own gaming cafe!

Why similar: Management 37.6%, Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Simulation 17.8%, 3D 9.9%, Colorful 7.1%