Games Like Our Love Will Grow

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 57.8%, Agriculture 20.9% ★, Simulation 6.7%, RPG 6.5%, Crafting 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive modern farming simulator that perfectly captures the blend of agriculture, social bonding, and exploration found in the seed game.

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 57.8%, Agriculture 20.9% ★, Simulation 8.1%, RPG 7.1%, Crafting 6%

Why You'll Like It: With its vibrant pixel art and heavy emphasis on dating and community, this game feels like a spiritual successor to the retro-style farming experience.

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 52.7%, Agriculture 22.1% ★, Crafting 9.3%, RPG 6.4%, Simulation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes community building and social bonds in a prehistoric setting, mirroring the focus on town life and relationships.

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 68.2%, RPGMaker 23% ★, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the intimate, character-focused charm and simple, relaxing gameplay loop of the seed game.

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 58.8%, Agriculture 19% ★, Crafting 7%, RPG 6.5%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game adds a fantasy RPG layer to the traditional farming formula, offering deep character interactions and diverse crafting systems.

Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!

Why similar: Farming Sim 72.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Agriculture 9.1% ★, RPG 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: As a classic entry in the genre that inspired many farming sims, it offers the quintessential experience of farming and dating.

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 68.8%, Simulation 10.3%, RPG 10.2%, Crafting 6.2%, Adventure 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully blends farming mechanics with RPG combat and a robust romance system, expanding on the core themes of the seed game.

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 41.5%, Agriculture 30% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Simulation 10.1%, RPG 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its relaxing, pixel-art aesthetic and focus on building a town and fostering relationships make it a perfect match for fans of cozy sims.

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 58.7%, Agriculture 20% ★, Simulation 7%, Crafting 6.6%, RPG 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This modern take on the genre offers a polished experience with a strong emphasis on community and environmental restoration.

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: Farming Sim 46.9%, Agriculture 32.7% ★, RPG 8.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on character development and town life, capturing the same nostalgic, small-town atmosphere.

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 66.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Crafting 11.5%, RPG 8.1%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: This charming pixel-art sim offers unique mechanics and a cozy atmosphere that fits perfectly with the seed game's vibe.

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 71.3%, Crafting 9.9%, RPG 8.5%, Simulation 5.8%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on crafting items and managing a social hub provides a similar satisfaction to the gift-giving and party-attending mechanics of the seed game.

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 69.4%, Crafting 12.6%, RPG 8.1%, Simulation 6.2%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on crafting and building, the deep social mechanics and town-life simulation are highly engaging for fans of the genre.

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 66.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Simulation 8.6%, RPG 8.3%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, generational life-sim experience with a distinct art style and a strong focus on community relationships.

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 50.9%, Agriculture 24.3% ★, Crafting 8.2%, Simulation 8%, RPG 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features deep, complex farming and crafting systems that cater to players looking for more mechanical depth.

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 53.6%, Agriculture 29.6% ★, Simulation 9.4%, RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines creature collection with farming and social elements, offering a fresh twist on the classic life-sim formula.

The harsh winter conditions make farming almost impossible. Ancient farming secrets must now be unlocked as you are forced to learn to grow crops in winter and make friends and enemies in an equally icy social climate.

Why similar: Farming Sim 52%, Agriculture 14.1% ★, RPGMaker 12.7% ★, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it is a natural choice for anyone who enjoyed the specific style and mechanics of the original game.

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 55.8%, Agriculture 26.6% ★, Crafting 9.7%, RPG 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This quirky, social-focused farming sim offers a lighthearted and humorous take on the genre with plenty of character interaction.

Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.

Why similar: Farming Sim 74.6%, Simulation 15%, Crafting 7.4%, Adventure 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong narrative and deep character relationships, making the town feel alive and rewarding to interact with.

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 67%, Agriculture 10.6% ★, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 6%, Crafting 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building a colony and fostering relationships, offering a sci-fi twist on the classic farming and dating sim.

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: Crafting 35.1%, Simulation 29.3%, RPG 23%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gameplay loop of gathering materials, crafting, and building relationships with townspeople is very similar to the core loop of the seed game.

Monster Harvest is a monster collecting and farming action RPG with a twist! Grow, collect and mutate your crops then take them into battle! Filled with places to discover and multiple ways to build your farm, get ready to craft, explore and battle across the vibrant world of Planimal Point.

Why similar: Farming Sim 52.9%, Agriculture 27.1% ★, Crafting 9.2%, RPG 7.2%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: The unique mechanic of mutating crops into creatures adds a fun, creative layer to the standard farming and exploration loop.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Agriculture 29.8% ★, Crafting 27.6%, Simulation 17.4%, RPG 16.5%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Though darker in theme, its complex crafting and resource management systems appeal to players who enjoy the mechanics of the seed game.

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 47.1%, Agriculture 29.5% ★, Crafting 10%, Simulation 7.2%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on cute aesthetics, farming, and community interaction makes it a very relaxing and accessible alternative.

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 52%, Agriculture 18.2% ★, Crafting 10%, Simulation 8.3%, RPG 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to Sandrock, it provides a solid foundation of crafting, building, and social interaction in a charming 3D world.

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: Crafting 75.2%, Adventure 24.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends farming with dungeon crawling and exploration, offering a more adventurous take on the genre.

Discover the true power of rice in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Take on hordes of demons in side-scrolling combat to reclaim the land as Sakuna, a spoiled harvest goddess banished to a dangerous island. Then, return to your mountain village and tend a field full of glorious rice.

Why similar: Farming Sim 57%, Agriculture 26.3% ★, Crafting 9.2%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed rice-farming simulation paired with satisfying action-RPG combat.

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 49.2%, Agriculture 26.2% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%, RPG 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This modern farming sim incorporates technology and a strong focus on social interaction, bringing the genre into a contemporary setting.

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: Simulation 50%, Adventure 39.1%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on resource management and caring for unique creatures provides a satisfying, albeit different, type of farming loop.

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: Simulation 53%, RPG 31.8%, Indie 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the cozy, social aspects of running a cafe and interacting with animals, perfect for those who enjoy the relaxing side of the seed game.

A laid-back farming simulator where you play as Lisa, a dedicated farmer by day and a passionate partner of Honoka at night. Work the land, raise animals, and cultivate your relationship. Unlock special scenes as your bond and farm flourish.

Why similar: Farming Sim 49.9%, Agriculture 26.3% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Simulation 8%, RPG 6.3%

Pumpkin Days is a traditional farming RPG. Pick one of three towns to start your farming adventure. Farm, fish, mine, catch bugs, raise animals, and more. Help fill out the museum to stop a factory from being built on the island. Unless you wish to side with the factory. The choice is yours.

Why similar: Farming Sim 70.9%, Agriculture 9.9% ★, Simulation 9.7%, RPG 7.2%, Indie 2.4%

Experience the old-school charm of classic farming games with the suburban gothic atmosphere of certain 90's TV shows, along with contemporary game mechanics. Farming, crafting, combat, romantic relationships and mysterious events await!

Why similar: Farming Sim 62.7%, Agriculture 16.5% ★, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 7.1%, Adventure 3.2%

Show your mettle as both an aspiring organic farmer and a part-time adventurer. And then you might be in for a romantic happy ending.

Why similar: Farming Sim 65.8%, Agriculture 14.3% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Crafting 6.2%, Indie 2.2%

Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!

Why similar: Farming Sim 48.8%, Agriculture 25.8% ★, Crafting 8.7%, Simulation 8.3%, RPG 6.3%

Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.

Why similar: Farming Sim 57.5%, Agriculture 27.6% ★, Simulation 6.8%, RPG 5.5%, Adventure 2.7%

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 55.1%, Agriculture 27.1% ★, Crafting 9.7%, RPG 8.1%

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 57.1%, Agriculture 21.2% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Crafting 6.4%

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 67.6%, Simulation 12.9%, RPG 10.4%, Crafting 9.1%

Trek across beaches, the desert, and even a volcano in the latest entry into the long-running Harvest Moon series! The Harvest Goddess has gone missing, and it's up to you to help bring her back! Along the way, you'll come across cows, sheep, camels, and even reindeer!

Why similar: Farming Sim 53.3%, Agriculture 15.4% ★, Simulation 11.6%, RPG 8.8%, Crafting 5.5%

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 54.1%, Agriculture 24.9% ★, Crafting 7.5%, RPG 5.5%, Simulation 5.5%

Take over a cozy local farm in the charming seaside town of Aurora, meet friendly locals, reveal the secrets and enjoy your new peaceful life!

Why similar: Farming Sim 46.4%, Agriculture 20% ★, Simulation 15.7%, RPG 13.3%, Indie 4.7%

Wild Season is a farming-life sim that takes its foundations from the greats within the farming simulation, visual novel, and RPG genres and delivers them with a twist. Rebuild your farm to its former glory and beyond, befriend the townspeople and maybe find your one true love (of either gender!), and solve the secret of Bedford Valley.

Why similar: Farming Sim 77.3%, Simulation 12.4%, RPG 8.3%, Indie 2%

This game is a farm life simulation game. Players will control this young man, growing vegetables, raising livestock, and after work, go out to the village to get along with the women.

Why similar: Farming Sim 72.5%, Simulation 12.3%, RPG 9.1%, Adventure 3.6%, Indie 2.6%

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 52.7%, Agriculture 25.9% ★, Simulation 8.5%, Crafting 6.6%, RPG 6.4%

Explore the wide world of Anthos with the help of your wacky inventor friend Doc Jr. and many others! It’ll be up to you to revive the Harvest Goddess and the Harvest Sprites, as well as reconnect all of the villages of Anthos with each other! Farm all around Anthos using the improved Expando-Farm!

Why similar: Farming Sim 69%, Simulation 13.9%, RPG 11.1%, Adventure 6%

Cute Farmer Life is a small indie farm game. Grow, craft and collect resources in a game designed to relax and enjoy the moment. Discover the secrets of the small town you have moved to.

Why similar: Farming Sim 53%, Agriculture 26.2% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Indie 2.1%

Become a farming Witch and pioneer the range that has been mysteriously corrupted with Miasma. Discover the secret behind its appearance, grow plants to power up your spells, and use nature’s magic to heal the land.

Why similar: Farming Sim 54.7%, Agriculture 25.5% ★, Crafting 8%, RPG 7.7%, Adventure 4.1%

Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!

Why similar: Farming Sim 55.3%, Agriculture 23.6% ★, Simulation 10%, RPG 6.2%, Crafting 4.9%

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 52.2%, Agriculture 25.6% ★, Simulation 8%, Crafting 8%, RPG 6.2%

Grow, Harvest, Nurture, Explore, Fish, Shop, Love, Mine and Events - Farm Life: Natures Adventure is full of everything from the small things like running your farm to becoming the town mayor and changing the town.

Why similar: Farming Sim 51.7%, Agriculture 30% ★, RPG 8.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Adventure 2.7%

Inspired by the charm of games like Fields of Mistria and Rune Factory, Tales of Seikyu is a cozy adventure filled with warmth, nature, and magic! Farm, decorate and find love in this charming and mystical fantasy farming sim.

Why similar: Farming Sim 46.9%, Agriculture 28.2% ★, RPG 9.2%, Simulation 8%, Crafting 7.6%

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 59.2%, Agriculture 23.2% ★, Simulation 9.7%, RPG 7.8%

Welcome to Taoyuan Village to heal your loneliness. Here, you can lead a carefree, self-sufficient life: farm, tame animals, raise livestock, fish, and build a prosperous homestead. Or, immerse in village life, meet kindred spirits, find love, and influence their destinies with your choices.

Why similar: Farming Sim 54.2%, Agriculture 19.7% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Crafting 6.2%, RPG 3.4%

In celebration of Harvest Moon's 20th Anniversary comes an all new Harvest Moon title for Steam! Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition! The game encompasses twenty years of the spirit that have made the franchise what it is today!

Why similar: Farming Sim 62.4%, Agriculture 19.1% ★, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 7.2%, Adventure 3.1%

Welcome to "Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate", RPG blending rural & cult. life. In demon-doomed world, flee to Taoyuan. Cultivate, gather, refine, bond. Cultivation needs accumulation & choices; follow heart for peace & fulfillment.

Why similar: Farming Sim 72.2%, RPG 9.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Crafting 7.8%, Adventure 1.7%

Japanese Rural Life Adventure is a relaxing slow-life simulation where you can experience the charm of traditional Japanese countryside living, all in a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.

Why similar: Farming Sim 60.6%, Agriculture 22.6% ★, Simulation 10.9%, RPG 3.2%, Adventure 2.7%

The Real Project is a game where you shape your virtual life. Choose professions, build authentic relationships and explore a wide, vibrant world full of fascinating NPCs. Face challenges, explore stunning landscapes. Live a complete virtual life, full of unique adventures.

Why similar: Farming Sim 50%, Agriculture 17.4% ★, Simulation 10%, RPG 8.2%, Crafting 7.7%

Farming, logging, fishing, farm role-playing games to help widows and wives improve their lives

Why similar: Farming Sim 79.4%, Simulation 10.3%, RPG 10.3%

Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!

Why similar: Farming Sim 58.6%, Agriculture 26.2% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Crafting 3.5%