- #1 The WILDS
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 622 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 22.4% ★, Horses 16% ★, Life Sim 14.4%, Cats 11.8%, Nature 7.8%
- #2 Everdream Village
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 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: Farming Sim 29%, Dogs 17% ★, Life Sim 15.4%, Cats 11.2%, Building 8.7%
- #3 Among Trees
96% matchMixed68% of 2,238 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 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 27.7%, Survival 26.1%, Exploration 20.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Adventure 12.4%
- #4 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,182 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 31.4%, Life Sim 21.1%, Hunting 16.4% ★, Survival 9.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #5 Backwoods Town
94% matchVery Positive94% of 203 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 44.7%, Building 20.3%, Survival 12.2%, Exploration 6.4%, Third Person 5.7%
- #6 Pathless Woods
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,121 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 39.8%, Building 15.9%, Survival 11.8%, Simulation 9.6%, RPG 7.4%
- #7 Everdream Valley
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 971 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Farming Sim 24.6%, Dogs 18.5% ★, Life Sim 13.9%, Cats 11.5%, Building 9.1%
- #8 Wilderness
92% 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 39.3% ★, Survival 15.5%, Third Person 12.7%, Nature 10%, Adventure 8.4%
- #9 Farmer's Dynasty 2
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,335 reviews2026
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 33.7%, Life Sim 20.6%, Building 13.7%, RPG 8.3%, Simulation 8%
- #10 LivingForest
91% matchMostly Negative37% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: LivingEveryday
Windows
From a first or third person perspective, living this forest.
Why similar: Hunting 43% ★, Survival 13.4%, RPG 12.8%, Third Person 12.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #11 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,320 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 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 24.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Building 9.4%, RPG 9%
- #12 Big Farm Story
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,353 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: Farming Sim 27.9%, Dogs 25.8% ★, Life Sim 19.2%, Nature 8.1%, RPG 7.4%
- #13 Wildmender
87% matchVery Positive84% of 2,245 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 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 35.3%, Third Person 11.8%, RPG 9.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Nature 7.9%
- #14 Forest Ranger Simulator
88% matchMixed41% of 272 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 34.3%, Building 20.7%, Nature 14%, Simulation 13.8%, Exploration 11.7%
- #15 Ice Age
86% matchMixed55% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Sabertooth Studio
Windows
As primitive human, in the wild Ice Age prehistoric world, Hunt and tame wild beasts such as mammoths and sabretooth, build homes, and survive.
Why similar: Hunting 29.6% ★, Survival 15.3%, RPG 15.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Adventure 10%
- #16 Spirit of the Island
86% matchMixed66% of 1,907 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 43.8%, Life Sim 27.5%, RPG 11.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #17 Forest Doesn’t Care
85% matchMixed66% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: MOROZ GAMES
Windows
A peaceful life in nature or a fight for survival? Explore a realistic forest, survive, discover abandoned places, and uncover why the forest refuses to let you leave.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Nature 16%, Survival 14.5%, Third Person 14.4%, Exploration 11.6%
- #18 Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 505 reviews2026
Dev: To-Go GamesPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Begin your ranger journey in Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator. Maintain trails, assist visitors, track wildlife, rescue injured or trapped animals, and explore diverse biomes filled with varied species.
Why similar: Creature Collector 25.5%, Life Sim 22.9%, Third Person 12.5%, Nature 12.3%, Simulation 10.9%
- #19 Survivalizm - The Animal Simulator
84% matchMixed45% of 93 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 63.6%, Adventure 36.4%
- #20 The Ranchers
82% matchMixed58% of 661 reviews2026
Dev: The RanchersPub: Trophy Games Publishing ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow tasty crops, craft helpful tools and build your dream house. Explore the open world and earn the villagers' respect and esteem.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.7%, Life Sim 21.9%, Building 12.5%, RPG 8.2%, Simulation 8.2%
- #21 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 48,660 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.7 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 34.6%, Hunting 31% ★, Horses 24.2% ★, Simulation 10.1%
- #22 Adventure Forest: Rabbit Story
82% matchMixed69% of 58 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 23.4%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, RPG 11.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Survival 9.8%
- #23 Tales of Morrow
83% matchMixed46% of 96 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 22.3%, RPG 14.8%, Action-Adventure 14%, Exploration 12.9%, Survival 12.6%
- #24 OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast
79% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: North Channel
Windows
Grow the TerraBeast you live on from a tiny patch of land into a whimsical world! In this fully hand-sculpted, playful systemic sandbox, you'll explore vibrant biomes, farm, craft, build, and befriend the wild OddFauna to create a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.3%, Creature Collector 26.7%, Life Sim 19.5%, Nature 10.3%, Survival 6.9%
- #25 Mirthwood
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 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 43.6%, Life Sim 20.1%, RPG 13%, Survival 9.4%, Exploration 7.6%
- #26 Harvest Days: My Dream Farm
81% matchMixed68% of 194 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 28.7%, Horses 21% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Nature 8.2%, Third Person 6.8%
- #27 Gaucho and the Grassland
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 547 reviews2025
Dev: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Farming Sim 28.4%, Horses 20.9% ★, Life Sim 14.2%, Building 10.6%, Simulation 6.4%
- #28 No Place Like Home
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,116 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.3%, Life Sim 15.9%, Dogs 13.6% ★, Building 9.2%, RPG 7.2%
- #29 Grow: Song of the Evertree
78% matchVery Positive81% of 2,572 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 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 37.1%, Life Sim 21.1%, Third Person 9.6%, Nature 9.2%, Simulation 8.9%
- #30 Bigfoot Life
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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 21.1%, Survival 18.7%, Simulation 17.7%, Third Person 17.5%, Exploration 15.3%
- #31 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 248 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.2%, Life Sim 20.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Survival 8%, RPG 7.7%
- #32 Hillshade Farm
74% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: NORTHSTAR Games
Windows
You’ve got land, time, and a whole lot to figure out. Start small, work hard, earn what you need, and build the kind of farm you’d never want to leave.
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.2%, Life Sim 22.7%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Nature 8%
- #33 The Ranch of Rivershine
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,332 reviews2025
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 25.0 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%, Horses 27.5% ★, Life Sim 16.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Nature 5.2%
- #34 Frost Survival VR
73% matchVery Positive89% of 179 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 35.6% ★, Survival 15.2%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Nature 10.5%
- #35 Camping Simulator: The Squad
74% matchMixed57% of 1,095 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 17.1%, Simulation 15.2%, Nature 14.3%, Exploration 11.3%
- #36 Trials of Wilderness
75% matchMixed70% of 128 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 58.1% ★, Survival 19.1%, Nature 13.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #37 Sunrise's Order
73% matchVery Positive94% of 71 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: Farming Sim 28.7%, Dogs 21.5% ★, Life Sim 15.5%, Building 11.5%, Nature 6.1%
- #38 Mushroom Challenge
76% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 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 24.5%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, Nature 14.6%, Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 13.5%
- #39 Gathera
71% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Catris Games
Windows
Gather, craft, build and explore alone or with up to 3 friends. Unlock new land, collect resources, build and decorate your home, farm, fish, automate production, upgrade your character, and defend against optional enemy raids.
Why similar: Farming Sim 47.2%, Building 20.2%, Survival 14.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 8.3%
- #40 Medieval Dynasty
70% matchVery Positive90% of 52,440 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 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%, Survival 20.8%, RPG 15.4%, Simulation 13.1%, Adventure 7.6%
- #41 Grimshire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,460 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 15.1 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 44.9%, Life Sim 16.8%, Survival 11%, Nature 9.1%, RPG 7.4%
- #42 Lumberjack's Dynasty
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,822 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 42.7%, Building 23.2%, Life Sim 11.8%, Nature 8.9%, RPG 5.6%
- #43 Descending The Woods
71% matchMixed51% of 127 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: Action-Adventure 39.5%, RPG 31.7%, Simulation 28.8%
- #44 The Gold River Project
69% matchMixed63% of 686 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 20.3%, Third Person 16.8%, Survival 16.1%, Exploration 13.4%, Simulation 12.3%
- #45 Cattails | Become a Cat!
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,693 reviews2017
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 20.4 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 22.6%, Life Sim 18.5%, Cats 16.7%, Horses 14.9% ★, RPG 7.6%
- #46 Song in the Smoke
71% matchVery Positive86% of 64 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 22.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Exploration 14.9%, Nature 13%, Adventure 11.6%
- #47 Border Town
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Farming Sim 39.3%, Building 15.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, RPG 10%, Survival 9.9%
- #48 Sons Of The Forest
65% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 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 34.7%, Building 25.1%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 8%
- #49 Eden Island
69% matchMixed61% of 257 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 21.2%, Survival 14.8%, Nature 7.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #50 Sky Harvest
67% matchVery Positive85% of 106 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 35.9%, Life Sim 21.7%, Building 12.8%, RPG 10.1%, Third Person 8.2%
- #51 Cropia
66% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2026
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 27.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Nature 7.3%, Third Person 6.6%
- #52 Dinkum
65% matchVery Positive92% of 29,165 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.9%, Life Sim 23%, Building 12.9%, RPG 8.2%, Simulation 7.9%
- #53 Cat Simulator : Animals on Farm
69% matchVery Positive95% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Avelog Games
Windows
Sneak up on your enemies, help Farmer, Goat and Piggy, and start a family!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.9%, Nature 14.3%, Third Person 12.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Survival 10.7%
- #54 Lumberjack Simulator
70% matchMixed64% of 211 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 52.9%, Nature 13.9%, Exploration 11%, Third Person 10%, Simulation 6.3%
- #55 The Dream Within
67% matchVery Positive85% of 144 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 71.8%, RPG 15.9%, Survival 7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #56 Animalkind
66% matchVery Positive89% of 91 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: Farming Sim 37.6%, Life Sim 23.9%, Building 15.6%, Simulation 9.9%, Exploration 7.7%