Games Like Sticks and Stones

Life on the Edge is an educational tower defense game. You play as a cell struggling to survive waves of bacteria and the COVID-19 virus. Protect your cell and build an understanding of cell biology at the same time!

Why similar: Medical Sim 23.2% ★, Science 20.1%, Outbreak Sim 19.6% ★, Tower Defense 18.3%, Education 12.1%

Build and manage your very own Supermarket and make it success, with good offers and best selected products. Attract more customers with an aggressive strategy and grow to become the best Supermarket in town.

Why similar: Medical Sim 29.6% ★, Outbreak Sim 24.5% ★, Farming Sim 20%, Life Sim 14.9%, Simulation 9%

Fight ever-mutating bacteria and viruses, collect gene modules from fallen pathogens, evolve and strengthen your immune system, unlock a variety of medical interventions, and create powerful synergistic builds to survive an ever-escalating infection.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 33.2% ★, Medical Sim 31.5% ★, Tower Defense 12.6%, Science 10.1%, Survival 6.5%

This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 47% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Simulation 7.1%, Exploration 6%

In a city where death lingers in the air, you are the last one who can resist it. Put on the plague doctor’s mask and fight the plague before it reaches you.

Why similar: Medical Sim 39.8% ★, Outbreak Sim 36.2% ★, Simulation 9%, First-Person 4.6%, Realistic 3.2%

Animal Rescue is a unique game in which you play the role of a field rescuer-vet. Face the elements of nature and save innocent animals! Their life depends entirely on you! Someone has to save them! Will it be you?

Why similar: Medical Sim 37.7% ★, Agriculture 15.7% ★, Education 13.7%, Life Sim 12.6%, Simulation 6.6%

The power grid has failed. You have no phone, no internet. Only the eHUB, your power source for emergencies. Your neighbors are counting on you — but what will you do? The story-driven simulation game “eHUB cities – Blackout” is being developed under the direction of the LOEWE Center emergenCITY.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 31.6% ★, Education 13.3%, Life Sim 13.2%, Artificial Intelligence 10.6%, Science 9.6%

Become a doctor and treat patients in every area of medicine. Become a cardiologist, psychiatrist, dentist, dermatologist, oncologist, surgeon, ophthalmologist, neurologist…!

Why similar: Medical Sim 44.7% ★, Science 20.6%, Life Sim 18.6%, Simulation 12.2%, 3D 3.8%

A young Plague Doctor, only to learn that the Academy sent to a small village, which, like the whole country is gripped by plague

Why similar: Medical Sim 30.2% ★, Outbreak Sim 29.6% ★, Science 14.7%, Education 12%, Survival 6.3%

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

Why similar: Farming Sim 39.7%, Agriculture 20.8% ★, Life Sim 19.2%, RPG 9.1%, Simulation 7.2%

You’ve graduated from Xepheria School of Immunis and inherited your grandfather’s clinic in the Springs Hope Village. Design your own clinic. When you are not fighting bacteria inside the body, mingle with villagers by farming, joining festivals, recruiting friends, raising monsters, and dating!

Why similar: Medical Sim 30.9% ★, Farming Sim 21.7%, Agriculture 16.6% ★, Life Sim 15.6%, RPG 6.4%

A game where everyone can learn traditional Chinese medicine.

Why similar: Medical Sim 50.9% ★, Education 18%, Life Sim 16.3%, Simulation 12.1%, First-Person 2.7%

Rescue Operations Simulator is a game where you play the role of USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) member and a team leader. You will arrange and execute rescue operations from real life catastrophic events that shocked and changed the whole world.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35.5% ★, Medical Sim 34.3% ★, Life Sim 15.1%, Simulation 6.8%, Realistic 5.7%

In this life-sim, you are sent by the adventurer’s guild to run a local infirmary. Explore diverse biomes to gather ingredients, nurture your herbs and concoct remedies to aid your guild. Build relationships with your neighbors and engage in community events.

Why similar: Medical Sim 31.9% ★, Farming Sim 22.3%, Agriculture 17.5% ★, Life Sim 15.8%, RPG 6%

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 32.7%, Agriculture 23.8% ★, Life Sim 19.5%, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 7.3%

Countryside Life Simulator is an extremely comprehensive and detailed simulation of the life of a rural farmer who owns a farm shop.

Why similar: Farming Sim 33.4%, Agriculture 19.4% ★, Life Sim 17.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%

You live in a small soviet slav eastern european cyberpunk city. You have severe heroin addiction that you need to sustain. Heroin is very expensive and earnings in a rural city are very small, barely enough for survival. Survive one week.

Why similar: Medical Sim 42.2% ★, Life Sim 17.1%, Simulation 7.7%, Realistic 7.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%

Play as the once-villainous second female lead after the melodrama ends. Return home to build and manage your own orchard, recruit awakened novel characters, and grow relationships and profits in this short, thoughtful management simulation.

Why similar: Farming Sim 32.7%, Agriculture 19% ★, Life Sim 18.9%, RPG 14.9%, Simulation 14.5%

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

Why similar: Farming Sim 39.9%, Life Sim 21.6%, Agriculture 18.4% ★, Simulation 8.7%, RPG 7%

Manage your resources, find food and water, contend with your desires, and avoid falling victim to others. Collect items to help you survive, explore and launch expeditions to gather resources, but be careful. Unlock all the Photos by playing the game and experiencing different possibilities.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.3% ★, Tactical RPG 17%, Strategy RPG 12.8%, Life Sim 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%

A cozy pixel-art life sim inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. Grow medicinal herbs, examine symptoms, read the pulse, diagnose patterns, craft remedies, and care for a village through four seasons and the twenty-four solar terms.

Why similar: Medical Sim 47.6% ★, Farming Sim 21.1%, Life Sim 16.3%, RPG 6.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Nano Fighter Anti Disease is a flight action game. Controlling a nanoscale fighter, flies over the acid sea of digestive system, passes through the scarred inflammatory lesions, launch a fierce attack towards various pathogens with medicine ammos and biological missiles.

Why similar: Medical Sim 37.8% ★, Outbreak Sim 35.4% ★, Science 17.5%, Simulation 3.7%, Realistic 2.9%

Bio Inc.: Redemption is a realistic simulation and strategy game in which you make life or death decisions. Create a deadly illness to infect and torment your victim or play as the head of a medical team and hopefully find a cure to save your human patient. Will you be the plague or preserve humanity?

Why similar: Medical Sim 40.8% ★, Outbreak Sim 35.1% ★, Education 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Simulation 5.2%

No Emergency: Pestilence plunges players into the epicenter of a mysterious epidemic, where every arriving patient could be carrying a mutating pathogen, and a single mistake in a prescription turns the cure into poison.

Why similar: Medical Sim 43.2% ★, Outbreak Sim 39% ★, Simulation 10.7%, First-Person 4.2%, 3D 2.9%

FOOD DECISIONS is an educational game for healthy nutrition. Explore food in a lab, a restaurant, a supermarket, a kitchen, and more. Battle your friends in mini games like Food Olympics and Health Chess. Live a day in an open world and get feedback on your diet at the end of the day.

Why similar: Medical Sim 32.3% ★, Science 17.1%, Education 16.9%, Life Sim 16.5%, Simulation 5.8%

As a young doctor, save lives in emergencies, advance from a health center to a major hospital, and manage your own facility. Perform first aid, and diagnostics, take on ambulance and helicopter missions, and build your medical team. A realistic medical simulation where every decision matters!

Why similar: Medical Sim 52.7% ★, Life Sim 16.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Education 10.5%, First-Person 4.3%

A farming sim with a potion-crafting twist. Craft and treat patients in Palmia. Climb the ranks to become Guildmaster of the Alchemist Guild. Along with other activities like farming, animal handling, building relationships, and more.

Why similar: Medical Sim 34% ★, Farming Sim 27.9%, Life Sim 16.1%, Agriculture 15.7% ★, Simulation 6.3%

Imitate ancient Chinese,In the bamboo forest landscape, survival hunting, farming herding horses, fishing qiao Jiang Zhu, build their own peach blossom source.

Why similar: Agriculture 23.3% ★, Farming Sim 22.7%, Life Sim 13%, Survival 8.9%, RPG 7%

A district physician simulator. See patients, review lab results, make diagnoses and write prescriptions. Real doctors say they recognize themselves. Every decision has consequences.

Why similar: Medical Sim 37.3% ★, Education 18.5%, Life Sim 17.2%, RPG 14.9%, Simulation 12.1%

A first-person shooter meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way through Chicago to the main checkpoint to save your little brother.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 50.3% ★, Life Sim 12%, Survival 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Simulation 5.9%

Build a hopeful farm in rural Africa. Grow crops, dig wells, help villages survive drought, and transform dry land into a thriving community inspired by real humanitarian stories.

Why similar: Farming Sim 36%, Life Sim 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Simulation 10%, RPG 8.5%

Ministry of Pandemic is a strategy and simulation game that forces social and economic balance during the pandemic. Formulate your strategy for survival while keeping all aspects of society steady.

Why similar: Medical Sim 32% ★, Outbreak Sim 30.5% ★, Science 12%, Education 11%, Life Sim 9.6%

“Hero Hospital” is a classic hospital management game: send in undercover agents and fake patient brokers, unleash dogs to cause crashes and chaos, dump trash and throw bombs, and even head into outbreak zones to fight viruses. The gameplay can be expanded endlessly.

Why similar: Medical Sim 41.5% ★, Outbreak Sim 36.8% ★, Strategy RPG 9.5%, Life Sim 8.1%, Simulation 4%

Experience a realistic pharmacy management experience with Pharmacy Simulator. Set up your shop, decorate it as you wish, and purchase over a hundred types of medications. Pharmacy Simulator offers you an incredibly realistic pharmacy experience. Prove your skills in a challenging economic system.

Why similar: Medical Sim 44.2% ★, Life Sim 19.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Education 10.4%, Realistic 6.3%

Screams, panic, and fear of the dentist’s chair — now YOU hold the drill! Master anesthesia, gum surgery, extractions, and bleeding control with precision. Go beyond basics: apply braces, craft gold & silver teeth, implants, and use inhalation sedation. Keep patients calm or hear their screams!

Why similar: Medical Sim 49.4% ★, Education 18.3%, Life Sim 18%, Simulation 6.4%, Realistic 4.7%

Manage the night shift of an ER during the apocalypse, solo or with friends online: Diagnose patients. Design and grow your hospital, and defend against the undead while treating the living. If you're a creator, connect the game to Twitch and make the audience your patients for even more fun!

Why similar: Medical Sim 32.8% ★, Outbreak Sim 30.7% ★, Life Sim 12%, Survival 6.7%, Realistic 6.2%

Take turns to play either a doctor or nurse. Diagnose illnesses and infections so as to treat and help your many patients. Set out on an adventure in a buzzing hospital environment. Meet all sorts of different characters and discover a story full of surprises.

Why similar: Medical Sim 55.9% ★, Life Sim 17.4%, Education 14.6%, Simulation 8.1%, 3D 4%

After a nuclear disaster, you must take cover in an abandoned bunker. Play with friends, gather supplies by day and fight fearsome creatures by night.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Life Sim 11.6%, Survival 11.5%, Simulation 6.8%

Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.

Why similar: Farming Sim 28.5%, Agriculture 24.9% ★, Life Sim 17.6%, RPG 7.6%, Education 7.2%

Virtual Reality Simulation Experience in Virtual Reality how an electric car is created, or save a person's life in the hospital of the future.

Why similar: Medical Sim 35% ★, Science 20.7%, Education 15.2%, Artificial Intelligence 9.5%, Realistic 5.6%

In Emergency Room Simulator, step into the role of an ER doctor: run targeted tests, treat patients, and save lives when it matters most. Experience intense shifts in a fast-paced medical environment.

Why similar: Medical Sim 44.8% ★, Science 20.9%, Life Sim 13.9%, Realistic 8.7%, Simulation 5.1%

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

Why similar: Farming Sim 44.7%, Agriculture 20.1% ★, Life Sim 12.4%, RPG 10%, Simulation 8.1%

Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

Why similar: Farming Sim 31.7%, Life Sim 21.1%, Agriculture 18.8% ★, RPG 9.1%, Simulation 7%

COVID SIMULATOR is an outbreak simulation that visualizes how quickly Covid-19 spreads, becoming a disaster. The game is an open sandbox where you can add (or remove) Covid mandates and see what happens! Create your workplace, enact your mandates, and roll the dice with your workers.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 43.9% ★, Science 22.1%, Education 16%, Life Sim 14.3%, Simulation 3.8%

Embark on a journey to learn the fundamentals of financial literacy through the practice of starting a cottage industry, managing resources, restoring the environment, and participating in a multi-regional economy.

Why similar: Farming Sim 31.4%, Life Sim 18.6%, Education 14%, Agriculture 13.8% ★, RPG 9.4%

Gather medicinal herbs, craft remedies, treat patients, and expand your hospital to become the most renowned physician of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Medical Sim 30.8% ★, Life Sim 16%, RPG 11.4%, Artificial Intelligence 10.6%, Simulation 9.7%

Become a one-man renovation company and take care of the reconstruction of a ruined hospital! Save a neglected facility and create a fully functional emergency complex. The entire process of cleaning, planning, repairing, and arranging is on your side. Build a dream clinic in the Hospital Renovator!

Why similar: Medical Sim 48.3% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Education 12.9%, Realistic 9.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Guard the beach, react fast, and save lives using quads, jet skis, motorboats, drones, and a helicopter. Patrol the bay, help those in need and uncover a hidden criminal intrigue beneath the waves.

Why similar: Medical Sim 41.7% ★, Education 15.7%, Life Sim 14.4%, Realistic 8.3%, Simulation 6.5%

Man Made is an massive open world simulator that will challenge your skills in all aspects. Build, hunt, fish, plant and do various jobs for the residents.It's up to you how you earn and spend your money.

Why similar: Agriculture 24.4% ★, Farming Sim 19.7%, Life Sim 18.6%, Survival 10.7%, Simulation 8.4%

When your airplane enters a massive storm, you aren’t a passenger anymore. You are a survivor. Trapped at 35,000 feet, you need to keep a cool head and act fast to live through the crisis. Can you make it to a happy landing?

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.8% ★, Medical Sim 40% ★, Simulation 12%, First-Person 4.3%, Survival 3%

Become a mother and experience the best of maternity. The game is for future mothers, so they know what to expect, and also for their partners, so they can experience things their women do. The adventure begins just as you see the pregnancy test is positive.

Why similar: Medical Sim 42% ★, Education 16.8%, Life Sim 16.7%, Realistic 6.7%, Simulation 6.4%

An exciting new approach to training and simulation in Healthcare.

Why similar: Medical Sim 55.2% ★, Education 16%, Simulation 12.4%, Realistic 9.5%, First-Person 4.1%

Explore the world of Humanity's Fall, a fantasy farming sim. Interact and build a community with the world's next apex lifeform. Build your farm and rediscover lost flora as you discover the world's lore.

Why similar: Farming Sim 34.3%, Life Sim 20.1%, Agriculture 16.3% ★, RPG 11.4%, Exploration 9.7%

Start your new life! Build your dream farm, grow crops, craft, mine, fish, and forge heartfelt connection with charming townsfolk. Explore a vibrant world, uncover mysteries, and shape your own unforgettable story in this cozy farming / life sim RPG.

Why similar: Farming Sim 34.8%, Agriculture 23.9% ★, Life Sim 19.6%, RPG 11.6%, Simulation 8.4%

Barricade Protocol: Survive in the world's last bastion, the Vera Hospital. Farm on the rooftops, generate power on balconies, and transform patient rooms into shops to build your own vertical city within the hospital corridors.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Life Sim 11%, Survival 10.9%, Simulation 8.1%

In our days it’s hard to find any organic grocery’s in markets. Every city turns into concrete jungle, streets are covered with smoke from manufactures and cars. In Sunville everyone can find peace and freedom, take all your savings and went to Sunville to start new free, fresh and bright live.

Why similar: Farming Sim 31.8%, Life Sim 21.5%, Agriculture 14.8% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Realistic 6.5%