- #1 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
97% matchMixed55% of 4,071 reviews2019
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crossroads Inn, a real-time management sim, unfolds in Delcrys' unique fantasy realm. Construct and oversee your inn, delight traveling heroes, and achieve renowned status for your services across the kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Life Sim 16.7%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Time Management 11.3%, Cooking 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated inn management simulator that allows you to build and run your own tavern while navigating complex economic and social systems.
- #2 Travellers Rest
96% matchVery Positive88% of 18,025 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 35.7%, Life Sim 29.2%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Management 11.4%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the inn management loop by tasking you with brewing beer, farming, and serving customers in a fantasy setting.
- #3 Immortal Life
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,344 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.9%, Life Sim 20.1%, CRPG 17.2%, Cooking 15.8%, RPG 8%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a beautiful cultivation-themed life-sim experience that focuses on farming, crafting, and building relationships within a mystical community.
- #4 DAVE THE DIVER
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 161,000 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Farming Sim 39.5%, Management 18.7%, RPG 13.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Casual 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deep restaurant management with engaging exploration and RPG progression, much like the loop found in Sword and Fairy Inn 2.
- #5 Chef RPG
94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,734 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Cooking 28.1%, Life Sim 27.2%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, RPG 11.2%, Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: You play as a chef tasked with restoring a restaurant in a vibrant world, blending cooking mechanics with RPG-style exploration and character interaction.
- #6 Stardew Valley
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,074 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.9 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Farming Sim 46.1%, Life Sim 27.9%, RPG 10%, Simulation 7.5%, Cute 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive farming and life-sim experience that excels at building a cozy community and managing daily tasks alongside character-driven stories.
- #7 Littlewood
92% matchVery Positive93% of 6,824 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Life Sim 20.9%, Farming Sim 20.2%, Romance 8%, RPG 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing town-building sim that focuses on the aftermath of a great adventure, allowing you to build a peaceful life and foster relationships.
- #8 My Time at Sandrock
91% matchVery Positive88% of 28,958 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Farming Sim 41%, Life Sim 35.4%, RPG 9.3%, Cartoony 6.2%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim RPG features deep crafting and town-building mechanics set in a unique desert world with a strong emphasis on social bonds.
- #9 客栈江湖-Vagabond Inn
93% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: 肥螳螂
Windows
扮演江湖客栈的掌柜，经营客栈，收集菜谱，收集食材，最终成为江湖中排名第一的客栈。
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Time Management 29.3%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Cute 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on managing a traditional inn within a Wuxia-inspired world, emphasizing time management and building.
- #10 STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,633 reviews2021
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Welcome to Olive Town, a peaceful community established by your trailblazing grandfather and his friends. Now that you've taken over his farm, it's your job to carry on his legacy. Plant crops, raise animals, build relationships, and get to know the residents of your new home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.8%, Life Sim 19.3%, Romance 11.7%, Cooking 9.8%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic farming and life-sim experience that offers extensive customization and a focus on community development.
- #11 Sword and Fairy Inn
90% matchMixed58% of 159 reviews2023
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
李逍遙十五歲那年某日，李大娘突然有事遠行，將客棧交給李逍遙代管，因緣際會下，趙靈兒、林月如、阿奴三人相繼出現，成為客棧的一份子，四人在一年的時間裡共同經營客棧。 當客棧日漸興榮、主角們愛意漸漸滋長……時光倒錯的十字路口，由你來選定方向。但是，真的是輕鬆快樂的完美結局嗎？是真？是幻？
Why similar: Cooking 24.7%, Life Sim 19.8%, Time Management 19.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Romance 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series provides a nostalgic look at the roots of the inn management mechanics and character interactions.
- #12 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,512 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: RPG 38.4%, Management 20.1%, Cute 20%, Simulation 19.4%, 2D 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the addictive nature of running a business while balancing RPG combat and dungeon crawling to source your goods.
- #13 Potion Permit
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,410 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Life Sim 43.8%, RPG 15.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Cute 12%, Casual 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy life-sim where you manage a clinic, gather ingredients, and build relationships with the townsfolk in a charming, stylized world.
- #14 Sprout Valley
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: Vadzim LiakhovichPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Sprout Valley is farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience, cute graphics and many more!
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.8%, Life Sim 20%, Immersive Sim 14%, RPG 9.2%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, top-down farming simulator that focuses on gathering, crafting, and living a peaceful life on your own island.
- #15 Magic Inn
86% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Purpledoor Studios
Windows
Reclaim glory in Magic Inn, a charming tavern life simulator. Take on the role of an exiled wizard-turned-innkeeper, overseeing everything from menus, rooms, guests, and staff in a fully magical customizable inn. Engage in card battles to spark conversations and foster relationships with guests.
Why similar: Life Sim 31.6%, Cooking 29.2%, Management 13.5%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim tasks you with running an inn for magical creatures, blending strategy and cooking mechanics in a fantasy setting.
- #16 Garden Witch Life
87% matchMixed63% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.6%, Life Sim 18.3%, Cooking 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, magic-infused farming and life-sim that emphasizes relaxation and building a home in a whimsical environment.
- #17 Dream Town Island
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Farming Sim 26.9%, Life Sim 18.9%, Simulation 9%, Cute 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder and management sim that allows you to design your own town and attract residents, mirroring the community-building aspects of the seed game.
- #18 Moonlighter
86% matchVery Positive81% of 23,893 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Management 35.3%, RPG 31.6%, Simulation 22%, 2D 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a shop during the day and explore dungeons at night, creating a satisfying gameplay loop of resource gathering and retail management.
- #19 Cafeteria Nipponica
84% matchVery Positive87% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Cooking 22.3%, Life Sim 19.6%, RPG 8.2%, Simulation 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused simulation game where you build and expand a restaurant empire, focusing on menu creation and staff management.
- #20 The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
82% matchMixed65% of 70,131 reviews2026
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: RPG 45.6%, Simulation 27.3%, Casual 15%, 2D 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex sandbox RPG that captures the martial arts and management elements of the Sword and Fairy world on a much grander scale.
- #21 Inn Legend
84% matchVery Positive81% of 268 reviews2020
Dev: AppleCoffee
Windows
一款经典的客栈经营类游戏。在想法设法发展客栈的同时，还要处理好人际关系，最终将自己的客栈从破产的边缘拯救回来。
Why similar: Time Management 46.8%, Management 22.5%, RPG 12.4%, Cute 12.1%, Casual 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A resource-management game that focuses on base-building and automation, perfect for players who enjoy the logistical side of running an inn.
- #22 Sword and Fairy 7
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 19,183 reviews2021
Dev: 软星科技(SoftStarlight)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
An action RPG based on Chinese art style, as the 7th lineal sequel of this series, it earns a lot of anicipations. Better gaming experience than any of its previous episode will be brought to all the players.
Why similar: RPG 59.9%, CRPG 20.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Romance 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG provides the essential lore and character context that makes the inn management in the sequel so rewarding.
- #23 Cinnabunny
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 542 reviews2025
Dev: Reky Studios
Windows
Cinnabunny is a cozy life simulator game where you play as a bunny who runs a bakery. Unlock new recipes, go birdwatching, collect mushrooms, and charm your community. Save up enough carrots to help your family move.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.6%, Life Sim 16.7%, Time Management 15.4%, Cooking 12.1%, RPG 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cute and cozy life-sim that focuses on simple, relaxing gameplay and building a warm, inviting home.
- #24 Floating Life2
83% matchMixed52% of 702 reviews2023
Dev: 心流工作室（Heart Stream Studio）
Windows
Floating Life2 is a sandbox fairy quest where you interact with NPCS in real time and experience the ups and downs of fairy quest together. Join xiuxian Zong Gate, experience the rich adventure map and real-time combat, gradually discover the truth of the earth and earth changes, change your fate.
Why similar: RPG 48.2%, Story Rich 17.8%, 2D 17.8%, Casual 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive cultivation RPG that features exploration and character development, appealing to fans of the Sword and Fairy universe.
- #25 Farm Together 2
79% matchVery Positive94% of 5,405 reviews2025
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 27.3 hrsMean: 132.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Farming Sim 25.3%, Time Management 15.9%, Life Sim 15.9%, Cooking 14.4%, Cartoony 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, sandbox-style farming simulator that allows for extensive customization and long-term management of your own agricultural estate.
- #26 Land Of Idyllic Beauty
80% matchVery Positive85% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: Neo
Windows
Welcome to "Land Of Idyllic Beauty" a simulation management game that combines farming, store management, supply chain management, and romance elements. Experience the beauty of the idyllic life, starting from a small plot of farmland, gradually building your agricultural and commercial empire!
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, City Builder 26%, Cooking 14.4%, Romance 11.2%, RPG 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D city-builder and farming sim that emphasizes creating a peaceful, self-sustaining village in a beautiful, hand-drawn world.
- #27 Songs of Wuxia
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 871 reviews2020
Dev: DreamStepPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Songs of wuxia" is a role-playing game with Chinese and anime style. You will control the heroine, confirm her confidence, find the path of wuxia, then change the world.
Why similar: Time Management 33.5%, CRPG 25.5%, Cartoony 13.9%, RPG 8.8%, Cute 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A Wuxia-themed RPG that utilizes time-management systems and interactive fiction to tell a compelling story about martial arts life.
- #28 Roots of Pacha
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,536 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.8%, Life Sim 20.5%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Romance 12.1%, RPG 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A prehistoric farming and life-sim that emphasizes community growth and technological discovery through cooperative play.
- #29 Graveyard Keeper
79% matchVery Positive85% of 55,062 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Management 30.2%, Simulation 26.1%, 2D 6.3%, Story Rich 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: While darker in tone, it offers a complex management and crafting loop that will appeal to fans of simulation games with deep progression systems.
- #30 Seven Lovers In The House
78% matchVery Positive81% of 827 reviews2024
Dev: Tofu StudioPub: Concrete Interactive顽石发行
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
这是一款让你尽享「齐(七)人之福」的男性向恋爱互动影游。在这里你将与七位美女同住、同乐、同风雨，在这里爱与梦想绕梁不绝。
Why similar: Immersive Sim 34.8%, RPG 26%, Simulation 18.2%, Casual 11.3%, Story Rich 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy dating sim that focuses on character relationships and relaxing interactions, echoing the social aspects of the inn management experience.
- #31 Sword and Fairy 2
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,349 reviews2021
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 《仙剑奇侠传二》故事发生在一代的8年之后，剧情紧接一代，围绕王小虎、苏媚、沈欺霜、李忆如展开，讲述四人交织出一段错综复杂的故事。一代的主角以及全新人物在二代中出现，交待了前后两代发生过以及即将发生的感情恩怨纠葛。本作首次出现了御灵、虎煞、阵术、养蛊、喂毒等多种战斗和养成系统。
Why similar: Romance 40.7%, RPG 37.2%, 2D 11.5%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #32 Sword and Fairy 3
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,052 reviews2021
Dev: SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI)Pub: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
*** This Game is only available in Chinese *** 《仙剑奇侠传三》是经典仙侠RPG游戏，主题为「轮回」。故事环绕在两把剑，述说着主角两个前世与今生的纠葛。『魔剑养成』、『阵战』等趣味玩法，加上多支线多结局的经典游戏剧情，带你领略一次荡气回肠的仙侠历险、体验一段凄美委婉的浪漫旅程。
Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Romance 25.9%, Cute 17.7%, Story Rich 14.8%
- #33 Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate
76% matchMixed70% of 316 reviews2025
Dev: oyogame
Windows
Welcome to "Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate", RPG blending rural & cult. life. In demon-doomed world, flee to Taoyuan. Cultivate, gather, refine, bond. Cultivation needs accumulation & choices; follow heart for peace & fulfillment.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.6%, CRPG 24.5%, Life Sim 17.7%, Romance 10.8%, RPG 6.9%
- #34 Tales of Terrarum
74% matchVery Positive83% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Electronic SoulPub: CYSTUDIO
Windows
《Tales of Terrarum》is a management adventure sim game. On the new land of Terrarum, you will inherit a territory as a descendant of the Francz family, and become the town mayor to settle the craftsmen and adventurers who come to the town. You'll live in and expand the town together.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.5%, City Builder 22.9%, Cooking 13.7%, RPG 10.2%, Simulation 7.6%
- #35 Sword and Fairy
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,154 reviews2021
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 《仙剑奇侠传》是由大宇资讯所制作的一款国产单机中文角色扮演计算机游戏。本作是《仙剑奇侠传》系列的第一部作品，主题是“宿命”。故事以中国古代的仙妖神魔人鬼传说为背景，以武侠及仙侠为题材，宿命为主轴。
Why similar: Romance 39.3%, RPG 35.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, 2D 12.2%
- #36 Taste of the Wind
73% matchVery Positive82% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: 一留留
Windows · Mac
A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant. Play as the owner, and manage the restaurant, form bonds with characters, and explore the lively town. Uncover the secrets behind the restaurant’s mysterious downfall.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.3%, Cooking 20.2%, Time Management 19.2%, RPG 7.4%, Management 7%
- #37 Halcyon Days at Taoyuan
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,288 reviews2026
Dev: BotanXPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Welcome to Taoyuan Village to heal your loneliness. Here, you can lead a carefree, self-sufficient life: farm, tame animals, raise livestock, fish, and build a prosperous homestead. Or, immerse in village life, meet kindred spirits, find love, and influence their destinies with your choices.
Why similar: Farming Sim 38.5%, CRPG 26.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Cooking 11.8%, RPG 4.8%
- #38 Star Chef 2: Cooking Game
76% matchMixed70% of 575 reviews2021
Dev: 99Games Online Private Limited
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Kitchen Simulation | Learn Cuisines | Cook Delicious Food | Become A Chef
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.7%, City Builder 16.7%, Life Sim 13.5%, Cooking 13.3%, Time Management 12.6%
- #39 Immortal Family
75% matchMixed54% of 1,404 reviews2024
Dev: 一起来修仙工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
玩家扮演一位家族老祖，开创一个家族，然后在一片海域中，占领一个修仙小岛，带领家族逐渐壮大发展的故事，在壮大过程中你可以攻占其他修真小岛，探索深海，秘境探宝等等。
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Simulation 19.5%, CRPG 17.6%, Management 14.2%, RPG 13.2%
- #40 Stardom 3
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,690 reviews2022
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 《明星志愿3》融合模拟、养成、冒险与益智，玩家扮演经纪人，处于旗下艺人被挖角、父亲心脏病发、公司负债上千万即将倒闭等困境，必须发掘培养出具潜质的明日之星来力挽狂澜。身为经纪人的玩家除了替明星安排行程、充当保姆跟着艺人跑通告之外，还必须辛苦地在游戏中的大小场景东奔西走，找寻新人、替艺人争取曝光的机会。
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.7%, Time Management 18.2%, Cartoony 14.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Life Sim 10.3%
- #41 Farmer's Dynasty 2
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,285 reviews2026
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 27.3 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 28.2%, Life Sim 18.6%, Time Management 18.4%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, RPG 7%
- #42 Sword and Fairy 3 Ex
74% matchVery Positive83% of 557 reviews2021
Dev: SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI)Pub: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 由于未知的原因，蜀山仙境开始崩坏，掌门徐长卿命南宫煌寻找清冷真人并取得丢失多年的蜀山密宝五灵轮，由此南宫煌展开了一系列奇妙的地脉之旅。南宫煌也由此结识了温慧、王蓬絮、星璇、雷元戈等几位好友，更发现在这灾难背后，居然隐藏着不为人知的创始天道与宿命悲情……
Why similar: Romance 37.1%, RPG 29.8%, Cute 17.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, 2D 4.9%
- #43 Little Life: Island Tales
72% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: JIAOHU
Windows · Mac
A cozy open-world life sim set in a peaceful seaside town. Farm, dive, explore islands, build relationships, customize your home, and enjoy a slower pace of life.
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.8%, Life Sim 23.6%, Cooking 12.8%, Romance 8.7%, RPG 8.4%
- #44 Internet Cafe Evolution
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 715 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Flame Games
Windows
This is a business simulation + construction game. It tells the evolution history of Internet cafes that began in the 1990s, and imagines the future of internet cafes. There are also some small emotional stories.
Why similar: Time Management 32.5%, Romance 18.8%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 8.8%
- #45 Dungeon Village 2
71% matchVery Positive87% of 711 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Life Sim 21.8%, RPG 12.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Cute 6.1%
- #46 Garlic Builder
70% matchVery Positive93% of 399 reviews2024
Dev: CaveLiquidPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Garlic Builder is a unique building game. As the new builder of the Garlic Family, can you inherit your father's building hammer, take various orders, follow the blueprint, or use your imagination to fulfill the strange needs of your customers?
Why similar: Time Management 23.5%, Life Sim 20.3%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, RPG 12.5%, Cute 12.2%
- #47 Office Life
69% matchVery Positive89% of 2,119 reviews2024
Dev: LeiYun GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 46.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Time Management 22.1%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Cute 9%, RPG 8.4%
- #48 Call of Boba
70% matchMixed70% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Tomatoast
Windows
A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.6%, Life Sim 17.2%, Cooking 13.5%, Romance 9.2%, Management 7.2%
- #49 Burger Bistro Story
70% matchVery Positive83% of 347 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Cooking 27.5%, City Builder 23.4%, Life Sim 17.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Casual 6.3%
- #50 Heian City Story
68% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 51.5%, Simulation 16.6%, Cute 9.9%, Casual 9.5%, Management 6.3%
- #51 Sky Realm Idle
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: 323GamePub: Star Seeker Ltd
Windows
Sky Realm Idle is a Xianxia RPG combining Spirit Array strategy with estate management. Forge artifacts, cultivate pills, and recruit companions. Ascend from mortal to immortal through deep customization and idle growth.
Why similar: Time Management 25.8%, Life Sim 20.4%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Management 12%, Simulation 10.7%
- #52 xiuzhen idle
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,384 reviews2025
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 109.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. （The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it）
Why similar: Time Management 30%, Alternate History 24.9%, RPG 18.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Casual 10%
- #53 Kokoro Kitchen
67% matchVery Positive88% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Mango Leaf Games
Windows · Mac
In this delightful farm-to-table cooking game, you’ll restore a cozy Japanese restaurant, cultivate a bountiful garden of fresh ingredients, and prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes for hungry locals. Use your culinary skills to help bring a little life back to the spirit world!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.9%, Time Management 22.4%, Cooking 22.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Management 5.9%
- #54 Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,557 reviews2016
Dev: DOMO StudioPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The “Xuan-Yuan Sword” is an epic oriental RPG series with 25 years of history.It elaborates on the very heart of this series, the idea of "one, looking at the same thing from different angles, may come to different conclusions. " through a variety of historical incidents in different times.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, CRPG 32.4%, Romance 19.4%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #55 The Hundred Year Kingdom
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: kaeru-san gamesPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Create a world free of conflict in this innovative turn-based simulation. Work together with a mythical young goddess to develop a peaceful civilization over the course of a century.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Time Management 16.6%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Alternate History 10.2%
- #56 下一站江湖Ⅱ
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 9,421 reviews2024
Dev: 白玉京工作室
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
（“Steam成就”现已推出，当前已更新17个免费玩法资料片）《下一站江湖Ⅱ》是白玉京工作室研发的第二款3D单机武侠游戏，是一款包含了沙盒式的剧情主角养成、无缝大地图任意采集建造模拟经营、骑砍Like式门派霸图玩法的开放世界游戏，无内购、可离网游玩！
Why similar: City Builder 69.5%, RPG 22.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #57 Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
65% matchVery Positive85% of 4,260 reviews2024
Dev: 珠海金山数字网络科技有限公司Pub: 海南西山居互动娱乐科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
《东方：平野孤鸿》是一款休闲、轻度的“国风造景”游戏。游戏中包含大量细节精美的国风建筑，还原了许多祖国的大好河山和人文景观，你将沉浸在古建筑的精致美学和壮阔的东方情怀之中，并由此打造出自己心中独一无二的、充满东方韵味的古代盛世。
Why similar: City Builder 53.3%, Immersive Sim 19%, Simulation 12.3%, Family Friendly 8.6%, Casual 6.9%
- #58 侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,631 reviews2016
Dev: Heluo StudioPub: Phoenix Game
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Tale of Wuxia has been dedicated to providing gameplayers with a player-defined platform, where they can customize their own Wuxia. Instead of being restricted to characters’ basic properties, in this new version, gameplayers can also choose the personalities and talents of their own.
Why similar: RPG 44.9%, CRPG 32.7%, Simulation 12%, Casual 5.6%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #59 Song Of The Prairie
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,526 reviews2024
Dev: The Droplet StudioPub: AOE Plus
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Song of The Prairie is a 3D relaxing farm game. A hero who defeat the demon begins a new rural life. Experiencing the fun of exploration to the town. Harvesting giant fruits and crops. Taking care fantastic animals. Dating with someone you like. Just enjoy the farming life only belongs to you!
Why similar: Farming Sim 41%, Life Sim 27.1%, RPG 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Cute 5.7%
- #60 Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker
63% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Welcome Tavernkeep! In this D&D-inspired visual novel you will run a cozy seaside tavern, meet adventurers, gather rumours and mix fate-altering drinks to stop dreams from twisting into nightmares.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Cooking 26.3%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Cartoony 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%
