Games Like Slime Rancher

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Cute 20.9%, First-Person 11%, Colorful 10.1%, Family Friendly 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It directly expands the original's first-person slime wrangling, Vacpack gathering, ranch upgrades, and bright alien-world exploration.

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

Why similar: Cute 23.8%, Exploration 15.7%, First-Person 15.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Colorful 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful first-person expeditions revolve around discovering, catching, and cataloguing wonderfully silly creatures with inventive tools.

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: Cute 26.2%, Open World 25.7%, Exploration 18.3%, Colorful 13.8%, Family Friendly 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This charming creature-collecting life sim combines farming, decorating, exploration, and raising quirky companions in a playful world.

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 31.2%, Sandbox 18.2%, First-Person 15.5%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a peaceful alien-planet farming sandbox where you explore, gather resources, cultivate crops, and upgrade a friendly mech.

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: Open World 20.6%, Cute 20.3%, Exploration 16.4%, Colorful 10.3%, Funny 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: You explore a cozy prehistoric world, befriend dinosaurs, and build a ranch around caring for and traveling with them.

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 23.7%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 14%, Family Friendly 10.5%, Colorful 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful first-person adventure about vacuuming up mess, collecting resources, and restoring islands captures the satisfying Vacpack-like gameplay loop.

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

Why similar: Cute 21.8%, Open World 15.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Colorful 11.4%, First-Person 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This cute creature-collecting adventure focuses on finding, caring for, and building a home for a wide range of Kibbies.

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 43.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 10%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its sunny post-apocalyptic town offers resource gathering, crafting, farming, creature-filled exploration, and a steadily growing homestead.

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: Open World 25.9%, Cute 22.3%, Exploration 13.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Colorful 12%

Why You'll Like It: You clean up a vibrant alien ocean and care for collectible axolotl-like creatures, making for a similarly wholesome sci-fi routine.

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 24.1%, Cute 21.6%, Exploration 18.3%, Sandbox 18.3%, Family Friendly 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its gentle open-world loop of foraging, farming, animal care, crafting, and expanding a homestead strongly suits Slime Rancher's relaxing side.

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 18.2%, Cute 14.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Colorful 8%

Why You'll Like It: Restoring colorful miniature worlds, collecting materials, and nurturing a customizable town creates a cozy exploration-and-management rhythm.

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

Why similar: Open World 59.2%, Sandbox 16.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs an open-world gathering and base-building loop with capturing, breeding, and assigning adorable creatures to ranch-like work.

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: Exploration 25.1%, Cute 24.9%, Colorful 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Adventure 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This colorful exploration game centers on rescuing, understanding, and helping alien wildlife rather than fighting it.

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 35.7%, Exploration 17%, Cute 15.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A combat-free open world of foraging, farming, crafting, and helping communities delivers similarly low-pressure exploration.

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: Open World 25.9%, Sandbox 21.1%, Cute 18%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Simulation 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its beloved cycle of farming, foraging, mining, fishing, animal care, and gradual homestead expansion offers the same comforting progression.

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: Open World 26.9%, Cute 26.8%, Exploration 23.6%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Simulation 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Cleaning a polluted world with a vacuum-like tool, rescuing animals, farming, and upgrading your home make it an especially close mechanical fit.

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: Sandbox 29.2%, Exploration 27.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This cheerful Australian-outback life sim mixes open-world gathering, wildlife, farming, building, and making a settlement your own.

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 25.9%, Sandbox 19.4%, Colorful 12.4%, Funny 11.5%, Family Friendly 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its delightfully strange pet sandbox is ideal for players who love observing, feeding, breeding, and experimenting with bizarre cute creatures.

Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

Why similar: Open World 31.7%, Exploration 19.1%, Sandbox 18%, Funny 9%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The alien-world crafting and exploration loop is packed with humorous creatures, base building, and constant material gathering.

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: Cute 32.5%, Sandbox 25.7%, Family Friendly 15.2%, Management 14%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: For players who chiefly enjoy expanding and optimizing a colorful ranch, it provides an exceptionally relaxed farm-building loop.

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: Cute 39%, Colorful 21.7%, Family Friendly 14.3%, Fantasy 11.7%, Simulation 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines approachable farming, crafting, magical creature-filled exploration, and a bright, friendly fantasy atmosphere.

The Gunk is an action-adventure game in which you play as Rani, part of our duo of gritty space haulers. As they’re struggling to bring in funds, they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they’ve hit the jackpot…

Why similar: Exploration 27.8%, Colorful 20.9%, Family Friendly 18.3%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Adventure 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: First-person exploration and a power glove used to vacuum up alien corruption make its cleanup loop feel pleasantly familiar.

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 40.1%, Exploration 20.7%, Sandbox 18.2%, Adventure 7.3%, Colorful 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful space sandbox emphasizes exploring planets, gathering materials, automating production, and building freely at your own pace.

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: Open World 39.1%, Sandbox 24.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Adventure 9%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This polished tropical farming sim adds exploration, collecting, ranching, and environmental restoration to its laid-back daily routines.

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: Cute 43.1%, Sandbox 30.7%, Fantasy 13.9%, Simulation 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Collecting and bonding with spirits while exploring procedurally generated islands adds a creature-focused twist to cozy farming and crafting.

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: Open World 26%, Cute 20.3%, Sandbox 20.2%, Exploration 19.4%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: You research, befriend, and raise unusual creatures while growing crops and improving a rural homestead.

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 20.5%, Cute 17.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Breeding, discovering, and preserving countless bee species provides a gentle creature-collection obsession with cozy management depth.

Relax in a cozy world filled with the magic of Disney and Pixar! Discover rich stories and build the perfect Valley alongside more than 50 heroes and villains in this life-sim adventure game.

Why similar: Exploration 24%, Sandbox 22.3%, Family Friendly 12.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Fantasy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A bright, welcoming life sim built around gathering, gardening, fishing, decorating, and restoring a magical world scratches the same cozy sandbox itch.

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: Cute 21.4%, Open World 16.3%, Exploration 13.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Funny 8.1%

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 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Open World 10.1%, Funny 8.8%, Exploration 7.7%

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: Cute 29.6%, Exploration 21.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Fantasy 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends farming and crafting with taming, riding, breeding, and battling collectible magical creatures called Magnus.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Cute 32.6%, Funny 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Adventure 8%, Family Friendly 7.2%

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: Open World 26.2%, Cute 26%, Exploration 20%, Colorful 11.8%, Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This farming RPG lets you mutate crops into collectible Plantimals, making its companion-raising hook a natural fit for slime fans.

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: Open World 21.4%, Cute 16%, Exploration 13.8%, Family Friendly 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8.2%

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 28.1%, Family Friendly 16%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.9%, FPS 10.6%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Open World 31.8%, Sandbox 17.8%, Funny 17.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Cute 5.8%

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Cute 22.5%, Exploration 19.1%, Open World 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Adventure 8.2%

Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!

Why similar: Open World 21.3%, Cute 17.6%, Exploration 13.4%, Colorful 9.5%, Funny 8.1%

Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

Why similar: Open World 33.3%, Cute 16.5%, Exploration 16.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Sandbox 7.9%

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 43.8%, Funny 12.7%, Colorful 12.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Fantasy 8.9%

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 27.9%, Cute 22.1%, Exploration 14.5%, Colorful 9.9%, Adventure 7.8%

A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.

Why similar: Sandbox 21.8%, Simulation 21.6%, First-Person 14.9%, Funny 12.8%, Management 10.3%

Bond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure. Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure where you’ll play as Ara in her fight to reclaim her cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon hunting against a force of automated colonizers.

Why similar: Open World 21.6%, Cute 21.4%, Exploration 15%, First-Person 12.2%, Colorful 10.4%

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: Cute 34.6%, Colorful 15.9%, Funny 15.9%, Family Friendly 14.8%, Adventure 7.3%

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Open World 41.8%, Sandbox 19.9%, Exploration 15.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Adventure 5.7%

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Open World 26.3%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Open World 36.5%, Sandbox 23.8%, First-Person 12%, Funny 9.1%, Adventure 6.5%

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: Sandbox 20.1%, First-Person 18.9%, Funny 13.1%, Colorful 13.1%, Family Friendly 10.4%

Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!

Why similar: Cute 34.5%, Sandbox 25.7%, Simulation 16.7%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Casual 8%

An open-world action adventure game set in a simulated world in which humans never reached the top of the food chain.

Why similar: Open World 27%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Colorful 8.9%, Exploration 8.3%, Cute 8.3%

Dive into the dreamy world of Crearia in Onirism! Join Carol on a magical quest to find her lost plushie, Bunbun. Use quirky gadgets and wild weapons as you embark on a spellbinding journey through fantastical worlds, where you'll battle cunning and colorful foes in thrilling, high-intensity combat!

Why similar: Cute 53.7%, Funny 25%, Female Protagonist 5.5%, Adventure 5%, Great Soundtrack 3%

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: Cute 19.8%, Open World 19.1%, Exploration 14.5%, Family Friendly 8.5%, Funny 8%

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: Cute 81%, Casual 12.6%, Action 6.5%

Goat Simulator Remastered is the latest in goat simulation technology. Your favorite chaotic sandbox is back and more beautiful than ever, with updated graphics, every DLC, and more bugs that you can shake a goat at. WASD to rewrite history.

Why similar: Sandbox 17.7%, Open World 17.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Adventure 13%, Simulation 10.6%

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 40.8%, Sandbox 28.8%, Adventure 8%, Female Protagonist 7.1%, Simulation 6.6%

“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!

Why similar: Open World 31.3%, Sandbox 19.9%, Exploration 19.9%, First-Person 16.2%, Simulation 8.1%

Explore a beautiful open world where you deliver mail, find artifacts, help people out, and fend off folks you’ve wronged.

Why similar: Open World 25.4%, Cute 16.3%, Exploration 16.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Funny 7%

Sphaera is a game about relaxation and exploration in a huge grass field filled with animals.

Why similar: Cute 14.2%, Adventure 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Simulation 10.1%

Control a herd of charming creatures called Trebhum and explore an unforgettable alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments. Discover dozens of mutations to overcome puzzles, explore new biomes, and survive on a dangerous planet.

Why similar: Open World 29.5%, Cute 20.2%, Exploration 17.8%, Colorful 11.6%, Family Friendly 10.1%