- #1 Everdream Village
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.
Why similar: Dogs 37.7% ★, Farming Sim 21.8%, Life Sim 11.7%, Cats 8.4%, Building 6.5%
- #2 Everdream Valley
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 953 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Dogs 46.7% ★, Farming Sim 16.1%, Life Sim 9.2%, Cats 7.5%, Building 5.9%
- #3 The WILDS
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 590 reviews2022
Dev: Gluten Free Games
Windows
Become iconic animals and fight for survival in the The WILDS. Finding food, water, and shelter will be the easy part, protecting your family from hungry predators and a harsh environment will separate the weak from the strong. Welcome to a uniquely immersive animal experience...
Why similar: Hunting 22.2% ★, Horses 15.9% ★, Life Sim 14.6%, Cats 11.9%, Nature 7.8%
- #4 Gaucho and the Grassland
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LIVE like a LATIN COWBOY as you EXPLORE, HELP others, and bring HARMONY between HUMANS and MYSTICAL BEINGS in a RELAXING COZY ADVENTURE.
Why similar: Dogs 43% ★, Farming Sim 15.6%, Horses 9.7% ★, Life Sim 9%, Building 6.3%
- #5 Among Trees
95% matchMixed68% of 2,222 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Building 27.9%, Survival 25.7%, Exploration 20.3%, Simulation 13.9%, Adventure 12.1%
- #6 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,123 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.6%, Life Sim 21.4%, Hunting 16.2% ★, Survival 9.4%, Simulation 8.6%
- #7 Pathless Woods
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Farming Sim 40.1%, Building 15.8%, Survival 11.5%, Simulation 9.8%, RPG 7.3%
- #8 Backwoods Town
92% matchVery Positive94% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii Prots
Windows
Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding all its inhabitants along the way.
Why similar: Farming Sim 45.1%, Building 20.2%, Survival 11.9%, Exploration 6.4%, Third Person 5.6%
- #9 Way of the Hunter 2
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 943 reviews2026
Dev: Nine Rocks GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Feel the thrill of the hunt and keep an eye out for the wild and wonderous species that are roaming the Canadian wilderness.
Why similar: Dogs 43.4% ★, Hunting 27.7% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Adventure 7.3%, Exploration 6.1%
- #10 Animalkind
91% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Uncommon Games
Windows
Forage, frolic and zoomie as an intelligent, aww-dorable animal who discovers an ancient mech. Pilot the mech and use a suite of powerful tools to gather resources, shape the land, and build your ideal town alongside a growing cast of characters—solo or with up to three friends.
Why similar: Dogs 44.4% ★, Farming Sim 20.9%, Life Sim 13.3%, Building 8.6%, Simulation 5.6%
- #11 Big Farm Story
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,343 reviews2021
Dev: Goodgame Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your dream farm with your friends & animals in Big Farm Story. Grow crops, tend your fields, craft and explore the world in this farming adventure. Meet new friends around each corner, shape your own community and have fun writing your own story.
Why similar: Dogs 40.3% ★, Farming Sim 22.5%, Life Sim 15.5%, Nature 6.5%, RPG 5.8%
- #12 No Place Like Home
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,066 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.1 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: Dogs 37.8% ★, Farming Sim 20.5%, Life Sim 11.5%, Building 6.5%, RPG 5.1%
- #13 Wilderness
90% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Horizon Studios
Windows
Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.
Why similar: Hunting 39.2% ★, Survival 15.3%, Third Person 12.7%, Nature 10%, Adventure 8.2%
- #14 Survivalizm - The Animal Simulator
87% matchMixed45% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Vishwakarma studiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You are a wild spirit who is capable of coming into existence as any animal in a realistically replicated forest, where rules of the wild prevail. Fight or Flight, Mate, Grow your Herd, Leave a Legacy. Here you must survive, using your wits, strength, bravery and cunningness.
Why similar: Simulation 64.9%, Adventure 35.1%
- #15 Farmer's Dynasty 2
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,051 reviews2026
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build your dream farm and secure your family’s future. Cultivate your fields, raise animals, and shape your dynasty across generations in this beautifully crafted life and farming simulation. Start your dynasty today!
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.8%, Life Sim 20.8%, Building 13.6%, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 8.1%
- #16 LivingForest
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 426 reviews2024
Dev: LivingEveryday
Windows
From a first or third person perspective, living this forest.
Why similar: Hunting 43% ★, Survival 13.2%, RPG 12.7%, Third Person 12.3%, Simulation 11.6%
- #17 Forest Ranger Simulator
86% matchMixed41% of 261 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean and manage your forest in Forest Ranger Simulator. Ensure its long-lasting beauty and become a flawless Forest Ranger!
Why similar: Life Sim 34.6%, Building 20.6%, Simulation 14%, Nature 13.8%, Exploration 11.6%
- #18 Spirit of the Island
84% matchMixed66% of 1,883 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Farming Sim 40.2%, Life Sim 25.3%, RPG 10.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Exploration 8.5%
- #19 Animal Rescuer
84% matchMixed59% of 146 reviews2020
Dev: Turquoise Revival Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Animal Rescuer is helping lovely animals through exploring an epic world with faster gameplay and increased quest and combat intensity.
Why similar: Dogs 52.7% ★, Cats 8.4%, Survival 8.1%, RPG 6.5%, Third Person 6.3%
- #20 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 45,769 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Farming Sim 35%, Hunting 30.7% ★, Horses 24.1% ★, Simulation 10.2%
- #21 Cropia
81% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Cropstone Studio
Windows
Cultivate crops, care for animals, fish, mine resources, and explore diverse environments while growing the local community. Invite village residents to work with you and collaborate to meet city targets, helping you achieve goals more efficiently.
Why similar: Farming Sim 44.7%, Life Sim 27.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Nature 7.3%, Third Person 6.4%
- #22 Tales of Morrow
82% matchMixed47% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: GameMechanic
Windows
Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!
Why similar: Building 22.5%, RPG 14.7%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 13%, Survival 12.4%
- #23 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,283 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 42%, Life Sim 25%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 9.3%, RPG 8.8%
- #24 Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 419 reviews2026
Dev: To-Go GamesPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Begin your park ranger journey in Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator. Maintain trails, assist visitors, check permits and respond to emergencies. Explore diverse biomes and observe varied animal behaviors across a wide range of species.
Why similar: Creature Collector 25.8%, Life Sim 23%, Third Person 12.3%, Nature 12.2%, Simulation 11.1%
- #25 Bigfoot Life
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Planet 47 Games
Windows
Live as Bigfoot in a peaceful forest-life simulator. Fish, forage, build, and protect wildlife as the guardian of the woods. Create your own Bigfoot and live your best Bigfoot Life.
Why similar: Nature 21.2%, Survival 18.3%, Simulation 18.2%, Third Person 17.4%, Exploration 15.4%
- #26 Grow: Song of the Evertree
78% matchVery Positive81% of 2,549 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 37.2%, Life Sim 21.3%, Third Person 9.5%, Nature 9.1%, Simulation 9.1%
- #27 Trials of Wilderness
79% matchMixed68% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: MightByte Games
Windows
You are alone on an island, trying desperately to survive amongst the village tribes of savages. To do this you need food, water, and shelter. Hunt animals, plant crops, tame and breed animals, make weapons, armors and potions, raid villages, defend your base, fight with big creatures...
Why similar: Hunting 58.3% ★, Survival 18.9%, Nature 13.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #28 Camping Simulator: The Squad
77% matchMixed58% of 1,083 reviews2025
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.
Why similar: Building 19.9%, Survival 16.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Nature 14.3%, Exploration 11.3%
- #29 Wildmender
76% matchVery Positive84% of 2,150 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.4 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 35.7%, Third Person 11.7%, RPG 9.8%, Simulation 8.9%, Nature 7.9%
- #30 Adventure Forest: Rabbit Story
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Yusuf Islam SeyhanPub: Inspector Studios
Windows
Embark on a fascinating open-world adventure in Adventure Forest: Rabbit Story! Filled with realistic rabbits, this game offers unforgettable moments full of exploration, customization and survival. Solve the mysteries of the forest with your hero rabbit and embark on an adventure!
Why similar: Life Sim 23.8%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, RPG 11.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Survival 9.6%
- #31 Mirthwood
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,338 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Farming Sim 43.8%, Life Sim 20.2%, RPG 12.8%, Survival 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #32 Hunting Simulator 2
77% matchMixed69% of 1,012 reviews2020
Dev: Nacon Studio GhentPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
With your hunting dog by your side, explore the Texan desert and forests of Colorado and Europe as you track down 33 animal species. Choose your gear from over 160 official weapons, accessories and clothing items (including Browning, Winchester and Bushnell).
Why similar: Dogs 57.5% ★, Hunting 21.6% ★, Nature 6.1%, Simulation 5.1%, Exploration 4.2%
- #33 Frost Survival VR
74% matchVery Positive88% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Hunting 35.4% ★, Survival 14.8%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 12%, Nature 10.5%
- #34 Sunrise's Order
73% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Misstic Studio
Windows
Sunrise's Order is a farm simulation game in which the player is alone on an island, and seeks to become an accomplished small farmer. The player must use a delivery service called Animazon to support the farm and grow the farm's reputation.
Why similar: Dogs 34.7% ★, Farming Sim 24.9%, Life Sim 14.4%, Building 9.8%, Simulation 5.1%
- #35 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
73% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: Building 26.2%, Survival 15.8%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 12%, Third Person 11.7%
- #36 Descending The Woods
74% matchMixed51% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Why similar: Farming Sim 60.8%, Creature Collector 26.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Adventure 3.7%
- #37 Nested Lands
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 444 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Third Person 14.2%, Survival 13.6%, RPG 12.6%, Simulation 11.9%
- #38 Grimshire
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,830 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?
Why similar: Farming Sim 44.1%, Life Sim 17.6%, Survival 10.6%, Nature 9.3%, RPG 7.5%
- #39 Mushroom Challenge
75% matchMostly Negative40% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Hede
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mushroom hunter simulator. Here you can walk around the forest and enjoy the nature, meet different animals and, of course, gather mushrooms.
Why similar: Simulation 25.1%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, Nature 14.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 13.5%
- #40 The Gold River Project
71% matchMixed66% of 568 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.1%, Third Person 16.9%, Survival 15.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Simulation 12.8%
- #41 Palworld
68% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 51.9%, Survival 19.1%, Building 11.8%, RPG 6.4%, Adventure 5.7%
- #42 Song in the Smoke
73% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: 17-BIT
Windows
Using the power of virtual reality, Song in the Smoke puts your survival directly in your own hands. Enter this dangerous world outside of time, where you must craft weapons, make clothes, build fires, and brew healing elixirs to steel yourself against its vicious predators.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.1%, Simulation 18.8%, Exploration 15%, Nature 13%, Adventure 11.3%
- #43 Cattails | Become a Cat!
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,671 reviews2017
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Become a cat! Cattails is a unique animal simulation RPG. Hunt for food, fight invading cats, explore to gather herbs, and socialize with other cats in an expansive open world. Get married and raise a family of kittens, befriend your neighbors, and learn to live in the dangerous wilderness!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.8%, Life Sim 18.7%, Cats 16.7%, Horses 14.8% ★, RPG 7.4%
- #44 Harvest Days: My Dream Farm
71% matchMixed67% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Escape the stress of the big city and enjoy the country life. Take care of your farm, explore the open game world and create your farming paradise. Take care of your animals, cultivate the fields, produce useful and decorative items and build your dream ranch.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.9%, Horses 20.7% ★, Life Sim 14%, Nature 8.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #45 Sons Of The Forest
67% matchVery Positive88% of 304,972 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 34%, Building 25.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Simulation 8.1%
- #46 Medieval Dynasty
68% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 43.1%, Survival 20.2%, RPG 15.4%, Simulation 13.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #47 In Next Life
69% matchMixed68% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Hunting 26.9% ★, Life Sim 20.1%, Building 15.3%, Survival 11.4%, RPG 10.6%
- #48 Lumberjack's Dynasty
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,789 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 43.5%, Building 22.6%, Life Sim 12%, Nature 8.8%, RPG 5.5%
- #49 Cat Simulator : Animals on Farm
70% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2021
Dev: Avelog Games
Windows
Sneak up on your enemies, help Farmer, Goat and Piggy, and start a family!
Why similar: Life Sim 30.3%, Nature 14.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Third Person 12.6%, Survival 10.5%
- #50 Critter Cove
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,868 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Farming Sim 34.8%, Life Sim 21.8%, Cats 18.4%, RPG 9%, Simulation 8.4%
- #51 The Ranch of Rivershine
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,189 reviews2025
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Saddle up and build your own horse ranch! Raise foals, care for your horses and train them as you explore the countryside. Participate in cross country competitions and become your town's champion! Befriend the villagers who'll help you on your adventure at the Ranch of Rivershine!
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.4%, Horses 26.9% ★, Life Sim 17%, Simulation 10.1%, Nature 5.1%
- #52 The Dream Within
67% matchVery Positive87% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Roaming of Little Hammer
Windows
A pixel-graphics open world survival craft RPG, where player is locked in a deep dream world, survive in this elusive world, forage, hunt, mine, and build up shelters. Find a way to escape.
Why similar: Farming Sim 72.4%, RPG 15.6%, Survival 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #53 Lodventure
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.9%, Building 21.8%, Survival 21.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Simulation 11.6%
- #54 Lumberjack Simulator
69% matchMixed64% of 210 reviews2021
Dev: Exponential Games Inc.
Windows
Pick up a chainsaw and cut down trees, wield an axe and and operate a whole set of monstrous forestry machinery to build up your logging empire. Precisely control the cranes and load the logs and haul to the destination across realistically simulated terrain, water and mud.
Why similar: Farming Sim 53.1%, Nature 13.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Third Person 9.9%, Simulation 6.4%
- #55 Eden Island
68% matchMixed61% of 255 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Studio
Windows
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
Why similar: Hunting 49.2% ★, Building 21.5%, Survival 14.6%, Nature 7.9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #56 Sky Harvest
66% matchVery Positive87% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Armored CatPub: 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 36.1%, Life Sim 22%, Building 12.7%, RPG 9.9%, Third Person 8.1%
- #57 Open Country
70% matchMostly Negative37% of 405 reviews2021
Dev: FUN LabsPub: 505 Games
Windows
Ok Scout, it's time to show us what you’re made of-break free from your city life and live like a real outdoorsman. The wilderness isn’t for the faint of heart, but if you work hard, learn how to use the environment and be one with nature, you too can become a Master Outdoorsman.
Why similar: Hunting 28.1% ★, Adventure 15.6%, Simulation 15.2%, Survival 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.8%