Games Like Slime Rancher 2

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 22.4%, Cute 20.9%, First-Person 11%, Colorful 10.1%, Family Friendly 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original offers the same first-person vacpack exploration, slime collecting, corral management, and irresistibly relaxing ranch-building loop.

Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!

Why similar: Creature Collector 46.8%, Cute 13.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Colorful 8.1%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person expeditions revolve around creatively locating, luring, and capturing adorable living creatures across a bright island.

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: Creature Collector 32.8%, Open World 15.5%, Relaxing 12.2%, Cute 11.8%, Family Friendly 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a playful creature collection system with farming, town life, and a notably cheerful, low-stress atmosphere.

Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.

Why similar: Open World 26.6%, Cute 15.7%, Relaxing 13.6%, Family Friendly 10.8%, Colorful 10%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a gentle open-world island full of collectible materials, friendship quests, decorating, and cute character interactions.

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: Open World 23.4%, Building 19.5%, Relaxing 16.6%, Cute 15.7%, Family Friendly 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: This wholesome open-world shop and farm sim pairs exploration and resource gathering with caring for animals and steadily expanding your homestead.

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: Creature Collector 25.9%, Open World 15.3%, Relaxing 14.1%, Cute 11.2%, Colorful 8%

Why You'll Like It: Explore a colorful world, befriend dinosaurs with different needs, and build a cozy ranch around your growing herd.

Play with friends in a cozy base-building adventure! Take care of adorable creatures — Morps, explore, discover new species, grow crops, fish, build relationships with your crew, decorate your perfect home, and automate production along the way!

Why similar: Creature Collector 39.7%, Building 14.6%, Cute 13.6%, Family Friendly 12.1%, Colorful 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: You collect and manage cute shape-shifting creatures while building an automated colony on a colorful alien world.

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: Open World 35.1%, Relaxing 17.1%, Cute 11.6%, Building 10.2%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A combat-free open world centered on gathering, crafting, farming, and helping restore a sunny fantasy island creates a similarly peaceful cadence.

Let your empathy guide you as you play an exciting action-adventure, creature-saver game. Understand and tame the creatures of Ava and let them lead you through a variety of ecosystems – all in the hopes of saving the planet from a life-consuming infection.

Why similar: Creature Collector 40.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Cute 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Colorful 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its lush exploratory world and creature-rescue mechanics make discovery and helping unusual wildlife the central focus.

Enter the world of Mutter Island as Sylvie, a newfound witch with the ability to grow magical Critters. Restore the island, welcome the unwelcome, and uncover the mystery of Sylvie's past!

Why similar: Creature Collector 25.6%, Open World 15.3%, Relaxing 10.7%, Cute 9.5%, Family Friendly 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Grow magical creatures from seeds, cultivate them on your farm, and explore an inviting world at a relaxed pace.

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: Open World 19.2%, Building 17.6%, Relaxing 17.5%, Cute 12.2%, Family Friendly 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Explore several cozy biomes, gather resources, and build up a home and professions in a bright, approachable island adventure.

Manage a care center for adorable monsters in Monster Care Simulator! Treat clients' creatures, hatch eggs, raise your own companions, and keep them happy with fun activities. Hire staff, expand your facilities, and customize your space to build the ultimate monster sanctuary!

Why similar: Creature Collector 47.1%, Simulation 10.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Cute 8.1%, Relaxing 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its creature-focused management loop of tending, housing, and improving care for monsters closely matches the ranch side of Slime Rancher.

Forage, explore, tame, and wrangle your adorable companions in this beautiful first-person, virtual-pet, adventure game!

Why similar: Creature Collector 30.6%, Cute 11.4%, Open World 11%, Family Friendly 10%, Relaxing 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This lighthearted creature-collecting adventure emphasizes discovering, caring for, and interacting with cute critters in a stylized world.

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: Open World 39.2%, Building 17.4%, Relaxing 12.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Build up a workshop through exploration and crafting while helping a vibrant community in an accessible, colorful 3D world.

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: Relaxing 28%, Open World 26.9%, Building 19.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A bright life sim built around farming, foraging, fishing, and improving a home offers the same calming sense of steady growth.

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: Open World 23.8%, Cute 14.3%, Family Friendly 12.3%, Colorful 11.1%, Simulation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Restore and nurture changing miniature worlds while gathering materials and developing a whimsical town at your own pace.

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: Open World 35.9%, Building 32.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A friendly 3D world full of gathering, crafting, home expansion, and relationship-building provides a deeper but still cozy progression loop.

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Why similar: Creature Collector 49.3%, Open World 34.9%, Building 8.9%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core appeal of finding, catching, assigning, and breeding creatures in a large open world, though with much more survival combat.

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: Relaxing 24.5%, Cute 20.1%, Family Friendly 15.9%, Colorful 15.8%, Fantasy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its magical farming, creature-filled exploration, crafting, and home customization make it a strong cozy alternative.

Adventure with friends in a beautiful world of wonder and fantastic creatures. Build, craft, farm and fish, as you raise and breed amazing pet companions!

Why similar: Creature Collector 45.8%, Cute 16%, Simulation 11.3%, Fantasy 10.3%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Raise and ride magical creatures while farming, crafting, fishing, and exploring a colorful fantasy world.

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: Creature Collector 39.7%, Building 13.7%, Relaxing 13.2%, Cute 12.7%, Fantasy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Collect spirits, explore procedurally generated islands, and improve a small home in a charming creature-focused adventure.

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: Open World 25.4%, Building 18.6%, Relaxing 18%, FPS 14%, First-Person 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This tranquil open-world farming game combines alien-planet exploration, resource collection, and building a personalized homestead.

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: Open World 49.6%, Building 21.4%, Colorful 8.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful planetary exploration, terrain manipulation, resource vacuuming, and base-building offer a satisfying adjacent sandbox experience.

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: Building 19.7%, Cute 18.2%, Family Friendly 15.9%, Colorful 13.4%, Relaxing 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: This charming farming and town-building adventure mixes exploration, gathering, decorating, and a cozy cat-led setting.

Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!

Why similar: Creature Collector 65.1%, Cute 12.7%, Colorful 10.5%, Adventure 6.3%, 3D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Explore colorful islands and collect a wide roster of creatures, with more structured turn-based battles replacing ranch management.

Get ready for a pawsome puppy adventure in Little Friends: Puppy Island! Discover exciting locations, dig up hidden treasures, build and expand your holiday resort, and meet plenty of lovable little friends to care for on your very own un-paw-gettable, tropical island adventure!

Why similar: Family Friendly 18.1%, Cute 13.8%, Colorful 13.6%, Building 12.2%, Open World 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Explore a colorful island while meeting, caring for, and bonding with a large variety of puppies.

A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.

Why similar: Cute 28.7%, Family Friendly 20.9%, Colorful 19.5%, Simulation 13.8%, 3D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Raise bizarre, adorable dogs and experiment with their habitats and genetics in a playful creature-care sandbox.

APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.

Why similar: Open World 22.7%, Building 16.6%, Relaxing 15.7%, Cute 14.2%, Family Friendly 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This peaceful management sim is deeply focused on discovering, breeding, and preserving collectible bee species.

Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning Action RPG Crashlands.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.9%, Building 21.2%, Colorful 15%, Fantasy 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Cute 31.5%, Building 25.6%, Colorful 12.9%, Fantasy 11.3%, Adventure 7.4%

Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!

Why similar: Relaxing 40.2%, Cute 28%, Colorful 16.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Casual 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its daily island exploration, collecting, decorating, and gentle spirit-helping tasks capture Slime Rancher 2's relaxing sense of discovery.

PowerWash Simulator is back, bubbling with fresh locations, soap-erior equipment and splashy features. Effortlessly transform soiled surroundings into clean, serene scenes, solo or with pals. Satisfaction is a spray away!

Why similar: Relaxing 25.7%, First-Person 14.8%, Family Friendly 14%, Simulation 13.7%, Colorful 10.7%

Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.

Why similar: Creature Collector 22.9%, Open World 17%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Cute 9.5%

Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.

Why similar: First-Person 17.7%, Family Friendly 16.8%, FPS 15.9%, Relaxing 15.4%, Simulation 9.4%

Welcome to the beautiful and tropical Petit Island! Relive your grandpaw's youthful adventures by exploring the island and meeting all the unique islanders in this heartwarming open-world narrative exploration game. Preserve his memories before they fade away.

Why similar: Open World 18.2%, Relaxing 14.7%, Cute 14%, Family Friendly 13%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.

Why similar: Open World 48.4%, First-Person 19.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 8.2%, 3D 6%

Play as Boris, a curious baby boar who must learn how to use his nose to reunite with his family after a forest fire. Explore beautiful landscapes, track scents, and uncover secrets as you slowly reconnect with nature in this cozy animal adventure.

Why similar: Relaxing 21.5%, Cute 18.4%, Open World 16.5%, Colorful 11.5%, Family Friendly 8.6%

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

Why similar: Cute 24.3%, Relaxing 21.4%, Family Friendly 17.3%, Colorful 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

Why similar: Open World 34.6%, Family Friendly 12%, Simulation 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Colorful 10.8%

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: Relaxing 21.3%, Colorful 20.9%, Cute 17.8%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Simulation 10.1%

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: Open World 32%, Relaxing 22.2%, Cute 19.8%, Colorful 15.3%, Simulation 10.7%

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Why similar: Cute 35.8%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Open World 15.4%, Colorful 9.8%, Family Friendly 8.6%

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: Open World 21.2%, Cute 17.1%, Relaxing 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11%, Building 9.5%

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: Relaxing 38.4%, Building 29.6%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Singleplayer 9.9%

A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.

Why similar: Creature Collector 33.2%, Relaxing 13.6%, Cute 12.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Family Friendly 7.4%

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: Family Friendly 25.6%, Cute 25.4%, Relaxing 24.6%, Simulation 10.1%, 3D 7.5%

Embark on an adorable adventure, discover new friends and uncover everything the island has to offer. Climb, Swim, Glide and slide your way into the hearts of the many different characters you meet on your travels!

Why similar: Relaxing 23.8%, Cute 21.1%, Family Friendly 19.5%, Colorful 13.8%, Casual 6.5%

Bobo Bay is a cozy pet simulation game where you raise Bobos day by day. Train them, accessorize them, mash (breed) new generations, compete in events, explore randomized islands, improve the town, and discover new species as they grow.

Why similar: Creature Collector 38%, Relaxing 14.9%, Cute 13.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Simulation 6.4%

A group of amazing islands need your help! Horrid plastic waste has washed up and you need to sort it out with your trusty Trash Blaster! But look out for the Litterbugs. They love mess and they’re out to muck things up.

Why similar: Cute 17.3%, Family Friendly 16.4%, Adventure 13.4%, First-Person 13.2%, FPS 10.8%

Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.

Why similar: Relaxing 25.4%, First-Person 16%, Family Friendly 14.7%, Colorful 12.1%, Simulation 11.9%

Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Pick up trash, explore the vibrant waters, and take care of axolotl-like alien creatures!

Why similar: Creature Collector 28.4%, Open World 18.8%, Relaxing 13.8%, Cute 12.1%, Colorful 9.2%

Adorable spider chaos! Swing around the house, weave crazy structures, play with physics-based objects, and pull off chores with nothing but your webs and your wits in this madcap sandbox adventure.

Why similar: Relaxing 22.7%, Cute 21.4%, Family Friendly 18.3%, Colorful 16.3%, Simulation 9.6%

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: Creature Collector 49%, Simulation 11.9%, Fantasy 11.6%, Cute 10.9%, Adventure 8.5%

Transform a desolate sky island into a vibrant sanctuary. Using your enchanted crook, cultivate your garden, befriend quirky creatures, build a home, and unlock secrets along the way. Each choice adds a personal touch to your unique Skystead Ranch!

Why similar: Creature Collector 34.2%, Open World 17.1%, Building 14.1%, Relaxing 13.5%, Fantasy 7.7%

You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?

Why similar: Open World 23.7%, Cute 23.2%, Family Friendly 18.3%, Colorful 10.8%, Simulation 9%

Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.

Why similar: Relaxing 19%, Building 18.4%, Family Friendly 14.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Colorful 11.3%

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Why similar: Open World 26.8%, Female Protagonist 25.2%, Cute 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Adventure 9.7%

Go on a summer vacation to the Cloudy Valley archipelago! Swim, climb, and explore the different islands at your own pace. Discover treasures or enjoy a cozy and relaxing atmosphere by the waves...

Why similar: Open World 22.2%, Relaxing 18.6%, Cute 18.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Colorful 9.2%

Raise, nurture, and breed adorable slimes in a relaxing adventure where each slime is unique! Mix traits to create new slime companions and explore endless islands filled with secrets and surprises. Your perfect slime squad is waiting for you. How far can you take them?

Why similar: Creature Collector 50.1%, Relaxing 20.8%, Cute 19.9%, Casual 5.3%, Action 3.9%

SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.

Why similar: First-Person 23.9%, Colorful 23.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, Atmospheric 10%