- #1 Lightyear Frontier
97% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 27.1%, Agriculture 25.6% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the sci-fi farming and terraforming loop by tasking you with restoring an alien planet using a customizable mech.
- #2 Little-Known Galaxy
96% matchVery Positive88% of 725 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.7%, Life Sim 14.1%, Space 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy sci-fi RPG that captures the feeling of managing a space-faring colony while building relationships with your crew.
- #3 My Time at Sandrock
96% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 39.3 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: Farming Sim 26.8%, Life Sim 20%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep crafting and building mechanics with a desert-themed colony setting that requires significant community interaction.
- #4 Roots of Pacha
95% matchVery Positive94% of 4,347 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 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: Farming Sim 23.3%, Agriculture 17.1% ★, Life Sim 12.8%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community development and agricultural innovation, mirroring the progression and social systems of colony-building games.
- #5 The Planet Crafter
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Space 17.5%, Building 14.8%, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the terraforming aspect of the seed game, challenging you to turn a barren wasteland into a habitable biosphere.
- #6 Stardew Valley
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 992,215 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 83.6 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 27.2%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Life Sim 14.5%, Sandbox 6.9%, Crafting 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential farming simulator that provides the core gameplay foundation for the life-sim and community-building elements found in the seed game.
- #7 ASTRONEER
93% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Space 23.1%, Base Building 17.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 14.4%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy sandbox game that emphasizes base-building and resource gathering on diverse, colorful alien planets.
- #8 Coral Island
92% matchVery Positive89% of 25,947 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 52.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.1%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Life Sim 15.5%, Dating Sim 7.5%, Sandbox 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, polished farming sim that emphasizes environmental restoration and community building in a lush, tropical setting.
- #9 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 20.5%, Agriculture 20% ★, Life Sim 11.5%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing take on the survival genre that focuses on building a base on a rooftop in a post-apocalyptic city.
- #10 Slime Rancher
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 151,397 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Open World 31.4%, Sandbox 27.7%, Cute 24.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same charming, alien-world farming loop where you manage resources and explore a vibrant, extraterrestrial landscape.
- #11 Sun Haven
90% matchVery Positive81% of 24,588 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 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 33.3%, Agriculture 18.8% ★, Life Sim 16%, Dating Sim 9.2%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Adds fantasy RPG elements to the traditional farming formula, offering a similar sense of progression and exploration.
- #12 Littlewood
89% matchVery Positive93% of 6,792 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 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: Agriculture 21.2% ★, Farming Sim 16.7%, Life Sim 15.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing city-builder that focuses on the aftermath of a great battle, emphasizing rebuilding and community.
- #13 Dinkum
87% matchVery Positive92% of 28,435 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 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: Agriculture 30.3% ★, Farming Sim 23%, Life Sim 13.6%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build a town from scratch in the Australian outback, blending farming, mining, and community management.
- #14 Moonstone Island
89% matchVery Positive84% of 4,722 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 22%, Agriculture 21.2% ★, Life Sim 13%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of farming, creature collection, and exploration across multiple floating islands.
- #15 Fields of Mistria
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,018 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 25.6%, Agriculture 16.2% ★, Life Sim 13.4%, Dating Sim 8.3%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic, cozy farming sim that emphasizes character relationships and magical progression.
- #16 Kynseed
88% matchVery Positive83% of 3,619 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 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: Farming Sim 31.2%, Life Sim 17.2%, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim with a deep focus on generational progression and farming in a charming, pixel-art world.
- #17 Grow: Song of the Evertree
86% matchVery Positive81% of 2,538 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 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 28.9%, Agriculture 23.9% ★, Life Sim 15.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on world-building and nurturing nature, capturing the restorative themes of terraforming a dying world.
- #18 My Time at Portia
85% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 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 26.3%, Life Sim 16.4%, Agriculture 16.1% ★, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to Sandrock, offering a robust crafting and building experience in a charming, post-apocalyptic world.
- #19 Havendock
83% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Colony Sim 18.3% ★, Agriculture 16.8% ★, Farming Sim 16.8%, Life Sim 9.9%, Base Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-building survival game where you transform a small raft into a thriving settlement on the ocean.
- #20 Sky Harvest
82% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Hamzah KirmaniPub: 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 22.9%, Agriculture 19.7% ★, Life Sim 13.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi farming sim that features exploration and vehicle-based gameplay in a futuristic setting.
- #21 Travellers Rest
84% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 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: Farming Sim 35.6%, Life Sim 25.4%, Crafting 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines farming and resource management with the unique challenge of running a tavern in a fantasy setting.
- #22 Farlands
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,436 reviews2024
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.3%, Agriculture 23.3% ★, Life Sim 13.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on farming and building on a new planet, directly echoing the core premise of the seed game.
- #23 Len's Island
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Building 21.3%, Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 18.9%, Open World 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends intense base-building and farming with dungeon crawling and exploration on a mysterious island.
- #24 Verdant Skies
84% matchVery Positive80% of 421 reviews2018
Dev: Howling Moon Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Verdant Skies is a life simulation game born from a love for games like Harvest Moon and a desire to create something unique with modern gameplay and deep storytelling. Ensure the success of the colony as you make friends and pursue romance with a diverse cast of characters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 47.6%, Agriculture 13.2% ★, Building 11.9%, Dating Sim 5.5%, RPG 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi farming sim that focuses on genetic engineering and building a colony on a new planet.
- #25 Research Story
78% matchVery Positive95% of 317 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 22.9%, Agriculture 19.8% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Sandbox 7.4%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines farming with scientific research and creature documentation, adding a layer of discovery to the standard sim loop.
- #26 Roboplant
81% matchMixed66% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Rebelpug
Windows · Linux
In a future not too far away, humans are finally able to harvest food on alien planets. Embark on a new journey with your team of robots called Beebop 179. Build and manage a hydroponic farm, grow delicious plants and survive the mysterious challenges of outer space.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.7%, Agriculture 26% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An automation-heavy farming game that focuses on agricultural management in a futuristic, indoor environment.
- #27 Aground
80% matchVery Positive94% of 1,965 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Base Building 24.4%, Building 19%, Sandbox 19%, Open World 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%
Why You'll Like It: A crafting and survival game that starts with simple gathering and evolves into space travel and colony building.
- #28 Autonauts
79% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24% ★, Farming Sim 17.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Agriculture 12.2% ★, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on automating farming and production tasks, which appeals to players who enjoy the efficiency-building side of colony sims.
- #29 Cornucopia®
77% matchVery Positive88% of 630 reviews2023
Dev: David Dolynny | Subconscious GamesPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 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: Farming Sim 23.4%, Agriculture 19.5% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Sandbox 8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #30 Staxel
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,816 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30%, Agriculture 25.2% ★, Sandbox 12%, Building 9.4%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox farming game with voxel-based graphics that allows for significant creative freedom in building.
- #31 Surviving Ceres
76% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, Farming Sim 21.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 10.5%
- #32 Clanfolk
76% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Farming Sim 16.6%, Colony Sim 15.6% ★, Agriculture 15.3% ★, Life Sim 9.7%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #33 No Place Like Home
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,046 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 25%, Agriculture 19.5% ★, Life Sim 13.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.4%
- #34 8-Bit Farm
78% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.2%, Colony Sim 24% ★, Agriculture 20.1% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Building 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused farming sim that provides a simple, pixel-art approach to building a successful agricultural colony.
- #35 Seeds of Calamity
74% matchVery Positive89% of 218 reviews2025
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 28.4%, Agriculture 24.3% ★, Life Sim 16.2%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8%
- #36 Blossom: The Seed of Life
71% matchVery Positive90% of 654 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Agriculture 25.2% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%
- #37 SunnySide
74% matchMixed66% of 1,158 reviews2024
Dev: Aftabi Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Find harmony in the Japanese countryside as you help Sparky uncover lost memories in this modern take on the farming and life simulator. Build a thriving homestead, cultivate new relationships, and chase your own happiness in SunnySide.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.6%, Agriculture 23.9% ★, Life Sim 14.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.7%
- #38 Wildmender
73% matchVery Positive85% of 2,104 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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 37.1%, Agriculture 25.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.3%, RPG 6.8%
- #39 Echoes of the Plum Grove
72% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 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 30.9%, Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Life Sim 17.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.3%
- #40 Planetary Planter
75% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Odd Gryphon EntertainmentPub: Earthbreak Games LLC
Windows
Planetary Planter is an open-world farming game where, instead of farming normal plants, you grow celestial bodies while exploring an alien world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.6%, Agriculture 27% ★, Crafting 9.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Open World 5.1%
- #41 Paleo Pines
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,478 reviews2023
Dev: Italic PigPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.9 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 38.9%, Agriculture 23.1% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Open World 8.8%, Cute 5.2%
- #42 Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 975 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
Why similar: Agriculture 33.1% ★, Farming Sim 33%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 9.3%, RPG 4.9%
- #43 Nova Lands
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.8%, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 16%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 9.6%
- #44 Outpath
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 9.5%
- #45 Minicology
72% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 10.5%
- #46 HARVESTELLA
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,478 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25%, Agriculture 23% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 8.4%
- #47 Cattails: Wildwood Story
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,823 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 25.8%, Colony Sim 24.4% ★, Life Sim 15.9%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.2%
- #48 Orange Season
70% matchMixed60% of 401 reviews2024
Dev: Innerfire StudiosPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
Make your farmer’s dream come true in Orange Season. With your parent’s help, you’ve finally saved enough money to buy a plot of land in the charming farmer’s village of Orange Town. Build a thriving farm as you grow crops, raise animals, fish, and mine materials to establish your farm in town.
Why similar: Agriculture 29% ★, Farming Sim 23.8%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Building 8.6%, Open World 6.5%
- #49 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.
Why similar: Agriculture 25.1% ★, Farming Sim 21.6%, Life Sim 13.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #50 Prospector
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Space 13.9%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%
- #51 Cattle Country
67% matchVery Positive87% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.2%, Agriculture 18.8% ★, Life Sim 13.4%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 8.4%
- #52 Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
67% matchVery Positive90% of 389 reviews2024
Dev: inDirection GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Linux
Horticular is a relaxing garden builder where you grow plants, design habitats and attract a wide range of wildlife. Help the gnome Keepers restore a barren wasteland with magical powers and populate it with adorable critters. Reclaim nature from a looming corruption and create your perfect garden.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Agriculture 23.2% ★, Life Sim 12.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 7.6%
- #53 Distant Bloom
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Ember TrailPub: Kinda Brave
Windows
From a world in ruins to a world in bloom. This serene management game lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss. Harness the power of plants to restore the environment and build a flourishing community with your crewmates.
Why similar: Agriculture 55.5% ★, Crafting 25.5%, Cute 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #54 Border Town
66% matchVery Positive81% of 299 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 37.3%, Sandbox 17.5%, Building 13.8%, Open World 12%, Base Building 6.9%
- #55 Farmer's Life
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,660 reviews2023
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24%, Agriculture 23.2% ★, Life Sim 13.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 8.6%
- #56 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,518 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Life Sim 40.6%, Dating Sim 23.1%, Sci-fi 12%, RPG 11.4%, Simulation 7.4%
- #57 Deiland: Pocket Planet
70% matchMixed69% of 226 reviews2021
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Deiland: Pocket Planet is a farming adventure where you will have to take care of your tiny planet. Farm, craft, fight and explore the universe of Deiland.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.7%, Agriculture 25.7% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Space 11.2%, Building 9.4%
- #58 Shinehill
64% matchVery Positive95% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: Peach Bite
Windows
Yet again they dumped the toughest job on you. Now you are on Shinehill Island, where you suddenly replaced one of the new residents. Explore the world, meet charming townspeople, do farming, fishing, cooking and try not to reveal yourself.
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.8%, Life Sim 19.5%, Dating Sim 12%, Open World 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #59 Robert on Earth
65% matchVery Positive87% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: RemrofsnartPub: 2P Games
Windows
Awaken as Robert, an adorable lost robot in a machine-ruled wasteland. Grow bizarre robo-crops like gears and lightbulbs, craft gadgets, upgrade yourself with teleportation powers, and explore ruined cities to uncover Earth's dark secrets. Cozy farming meets post-apoc adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.8%, Agriculture 27% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 11.7%, RPG 5.7%
