Games Like The Good Life

It's the ultimate Sandbox sim! Farm, catch bugs, talk to villagers, build your own tropical dream island! If you like Animal Crossing, Among Us, or Harvest Moon, you will love this game!

Why similar: Simulation 63.7%, Casual 36.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar relaxing, tropical island experience where you can decorate your own space and interact with quirky animal neighbors.

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: Simulation 43.8%, Casual 20.2%, Exploration 19.3%, Indie 16.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the tropical life-sim and management loop, allowing you to build a town on a beautiful island inspired by the Australian outback.

It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

Why similar: Simulation 61.7%, Casual 33.5%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This management simulation focuses on developing a tropical island into a top-tier resort, capturing the core tycoon spirit of the seed game.

Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.

Why similar: Simulation 63.1%, Casual 21.3%, Indie 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, beautiful life-sim that emphasizes island living, farming, and community management in a lush, tropical setting.

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: Management 32%, Simulation 27.9%, Casual 18.4%, Exploration 15.3%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines tropical exploration with restaurant management, providing that same satisfying loop of gathering resources and running a business.

Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!

Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, Management 32.7%, Casual 17.9%, Indie 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the time-management and life-sim mechanics of the seed game, tasking you with balancing your personal life and career growth.

Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.

Why similar: Simulation 46.9%, Casual 21.2%, Indie 16.1%, Management 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, management-focused experience centered on cultivating and designing a beautiful garden space at your own pace.

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

Why similar: Simulation 27.8%, Exploration 27.3%, Management 22.1%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: This vibrant, tropical-themed exploration game features management elements where you build and expand your ranch on a distant planet.

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: Simulation 58.1%, Casual 28.4%, Indie 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at blending life-simulation with industrial management, requiring you to build up your workshop in a unique desert environment.

Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!

Why similar: Simulation 39.6%, Management 35.9%, Casual 13.7%, Indie 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: If you enjoyed the tycoon aspects of the seed game, this title provides deep control over building and managing your own hotel empire.

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: Management 57.8%, Simulation 28.8%, Indie 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a rewarding management loop where you run your own tavern, focusing on crafting, service, and building your business reputation.

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: Simulation 61.6%, Management 23.5%, Casual 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines farming simulation with life-sim elements, requiring you to restore and manage a farm while building relationships.

Manage your very own gaming cafe!

Why similar: Simulation 38.9%, Management 31.6%, Casual 16.6%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game focuses on the day-to-day management of a business, requiring you to handle customers and upgrade your facilities.

Welcome to Lunch Island! Where the sun always shines, everything comes in perfect individual servings and the only meal served is, LUNCH! Head to the beach and finish the Ice Cream Sandwich event or head to the City and supply Comic Con with pretzels and coffee? Compete in Competitions! Who has the best Hot Dog on Lunch Island?

Why similar: Simulation 50.9%, Management 27.5%, Indie 21.7%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management game that focuses on the time-sensitive nature of running a food business.

A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.

Why similar: Management 56.4%, Simulation 43.6%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed economic management simulation that challenges you to balance your career, finances, and personal life over time.

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Why similar: Management 56.7%, Simulation 43.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deeper dive into management simulation, this game allows you to build a business empire while managing your character's daily life needs.

A unique blend of a Soothing Simulation and an Idle Game with Music, Decoration, Fishing, Cooking, Farming and more...

Why similar: Simulation 57.2%, Exploration 25.5%, Indie 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy life-sim that encourages relaxing activities like farming and decorating, perfect for those who enjoy the casual side of the seed game.

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: Simulation 54.9%, Casual 26.3%, Management 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title focuses on city-building and management, offering a colorful and addictive loop similar to the seed game's tycoon elements.

Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!

Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Management 32.6%, Casual 18.2%, Exploration 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art life-sim that allows for open-ended play, focusing on career progression and personal development.

Supreme allows you to pursue your wildest dream ever, the dream that you’ve wanted to fulfill all your life. Your dream of owning and operating your own Pizzeria franchise that you will dominate the world with...err… we mean make everyone full and happy with? Yeah that.

Why similar: Simulation 39.4%, Casual 22.8%, Indie 19.2%, Management 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused tycoon game that tasks you with building a successful pizza chain through strategic planning.

Little Lives is a fun, casual life-sim game. Balance your time between your career, education and relationships as you explore an exciting town filled with possibility.

Why similar: Simulation 32.9%, Management 31.3%, Casual 21.7%, Indie 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: This life-sim offers a sandbox approach to managing your character's daily activities and social interactions.

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: Simulation 67%, Casual 33%

Why You'll Like It: This life-sim features a charming community and management tasks that require you to gather ingredients and run a clinic for the townspeople.

Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!

Why similar: Simulation 70.4%, Exploration 29.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed life-sim that emphasizes farming, exploration, and management, offering a similar sense of progression and community building.

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: Simulation 34.2%, Indie 24.8%, Casual 21.5%, Exploration 19.5%

Why You'll Like It: This prehistoric life-sim focuses on community management and development, capturing the cozy, rewarding progression of the seed game.

Manage your own esports squad, expand your gaming house, and defeat legendary teams to become the best in the world!

Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Management 40.4%, Casual 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It applies the management and time-scheduling mechanics of the seed game to the high-stakes world of professional gaming.

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: Simulation 53.7%, Casual 22.8%, Indie 12.5%, Exploration 11%

Why You'll Like It: A classic life-sim that tasks you with restoring your father's workshop through gathering, crafting, and building relationships.

Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!

Why similar: Management 55.1%, Casual 27.5%, Indie 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: This life-sim focuses on island exploration and helping spirits, providing a relaxing and charming atmosphere similar to the seed game.

Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.

Why similar: Simulation 44%, Management 25.7%, Casual 19.7%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the building and design aspects of management, allowing you to create custom structures for your clients.

Show your mettle as both an aspiring organic farmer and a part-time adventurer. And then you might be in for a romantic happy ending.

Why similar: Simulation 48%, Casual 19.4%, Management 17.7%, Indie 15%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the farming and management aspects of rural life, providing a simple and relaxing experience.

Beach Club Simulator is a very comprehensive beach management game. Develop your beach from zero to hero. Increase your earnings, popularity and business acumen. Enjoy the sea, sand and sun!

Why similar: Simulation 70.8%, Exploration 29.2%

Enjoy everyday life while solving a murder mystery in Rainy Woods - known as the "happiest town in the world" - in this all-new "Debt Repayment RPG"!

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.

Why similar: Simulation 43.7%, Management 35.7%, Casual 20.7%

Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!

Why similar: Simulation 58.5%, Management 41.5%

Are you tired of corporate life? Create your own farm! Plant vegetables and fruits, harvest crops, employ workers, take care of animals. Buy farm equipment, manage employees and just relax!

Why similar: Simulation 40.1%, Management 25.7%, Casual 18.5%, Indie 15.7%

🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.

Why similar: Simulation 55.1%, Casual 25.8%, Indie 19%

Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.

Why similar: Management 44.8%, Simulation 38.1%, Exploration 17%

Transform an abandoned island into a thriving business. Install fun activities, open your restaurant, maintain your equipment, manage your staff. It's time to open the beach, you're ready to welcome your first customers!

Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, Casual 25.7%, Management 23%

The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...

Why similar: Casual 45.2%, Simulation 29.6%, Management 13.6%, Indie 11.7%

Click and Manage Tycoon is a clicker and management game! Welcome to our sweet world, become a good manager here!

Why similar: Simulation 51.5%, Casual 25.8%, Indie 22.7%

Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!

Why similar: Simulation 54.7%, Casual 26%, Indie 19.3%

Grow veggies, go fishing, and meet cute animals! On this relaxing and lovely island, you can walk around and explore freely, unlock quirky and fun items, build your own secret base, and enjoy carefree, joy-filled days at your own pace.

Why similar: Casual 45.4%, Indie 27.7%, Exploration 26.9%

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world where modern country life meets quirky simulation adventure! Here you'll immerse yourself in a laid-back lifestyle full of traditional customs, make a bunch of quirky new friends, and embark on bizarre adventures.

Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, Exploration 20.8%, Casual 19.6%, Indie 18.1%

Transform and manage your dream hotel in vibrant Miami! Renovate your property, delight your guests, and boost your income. Expand your offerings with vending machines and food services to become the ultimate hospitality tycoon!

Why similar: Simulation 45.3%, Management 37.8%, Casual 16.9%

In Campus Life you’ll experience your final year of college. Study, party and join campus events! Everything that happens during this one academic year will be entirely up to you.

Why similar: Simulation 59.2%, Casual 40.8%

Start from humble beginnings and take charge of the daily life of a wannabe influencer. Balance your day between creating trend-based content, completing tasks to earn money, and building trust with your neighbors to uncover their stories. Are you ready to embark on your road to fame?

Why similar: Simulation 44.3%, Management 34.2%, Casual 21.6%

THE GAME OF LIFE showcases a beautifully rendered digital game board, cards and spinner that capture the fun of the Classic game full of adventure & surprises! THE GAME OF LIFE will take players on a journey where fortunes can be won…and lost!

Why similar: Simulation 62%, Casual 38%

Tired of the city grind? Escape to Starsand Island and embrace the simple joys of country life! Live alongside capybaras, cats, and dogs, reel in a big catch, and explore the enchanting Moonlit Forest. Leave the hustle behind and experience the charm of this seaside paradise.

Why similar: Simulation 51.9%, Casual 27%, Exploration 21.1%

Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

Why similar: Simulation 43.9%, Management 23.5%, Casual 19.5%, Exploration 13.1%

Grow, Harvest, Nurture, Explore, Fish, Shop, Love, Mine and Events - Farm Life: Natures Adventure is full of everything from the small things like running your farm to becoming the town mayor and changing the town.

Why similar: Simulation 66.2%, Casual 33.8%

The only game of its kind where you can feel like a real internet celebrity! Record videos, interact with your subscribers, buy better equipment and gain fame!

Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Management 23.7%, Casual 19.9%, Indie 14.8%

An open-world entrepreneurial sandbox game. Sell resources, purchase properties, become rich.

Why similar: Simulation 69.9%, Casual 30.1%

A slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. Whether you’re fishing, growing, trading, or making new vegetable friends, a wonderful and wistful adventure awaits when wandering The Garden Path.

Why similar: Simulation 52.2%, Exploration 24.3%, Casual 23.5%

Live the ultimate pawn shop experience in this funny retro style tycoon game!

Why similar: Management 35.7%, Simulation 33.3%, Casual 18.1%, Indie 12.9%

A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Simulation 47.4%, Management 33.1%, Casual 19.5%

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: Simulation 50.7%, Casual 27.7%, Exploration 21.6%

Farming & town living sim. Develop the farm of your dreams using tools, tractors, trucks & other vehicles. Build cabins, sheds, barns, and more! Hire workers to help out in your farm. Grow thousands of crops, raise hundreds of livestock and explore the world of Farmington County!

Why similar: Simulation 47.5%, Management 21.1%, Indie 19.1%, Casual 12.3%

Start your own pub, serve drinks, and keep your customers happy. Unlock better beverages as you level up, expand your pub, and become the most beloved spot in town!

Why similar: Simulation 39.2%, Management 30.2%, Casual 18.5%, Indie 12.1%