- #1 To Pixelia
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,300 reviews2025
Dev: Pixeduo StudiosPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Life Sim 21%, Sandbox 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Relaxing 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #2 Dream House Days DX
96% matchVery Positive84% of 332 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Management 10.7%, 1990's 9.3%
- #3 Little Sim World
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 747 reviews2026
Dev: .GRAVITY
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!
Why similar: Life Sim 31.1%, Relaxing 12.7%, RPG 12%, Simulation 11.5%, Cute 7.8%
- #4 Project Real
96% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: HKGamesStudioPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
The Real Project is a game where you shape your virtual life. Choose professions, build authentic relationships and explore a wide, vibrant world full of fascinating NPCs. Face challenges, explore stunning landscapes. Live a complete virtual life, full of unique adventures.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, RPG 12.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #5 Growing Up
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,729 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, 1990's 12.2%, Management 9.9%, RPG 9.7%
- #6 Circadian City
94% matchMixed58% of 171 reviews2020
Dev: Nowhere StudiosPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, RPG 11.9%, Relaxing 11.4%
- #7 Littlewood
92% matchVery Positive93% of 6,833 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: Life Sim 25.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Relaxing 11.9%, RPG 10.1%
- #8 REAL ESTATE Simulator - FROM BUM TO MILLIONAIRE
93% matchMixed44% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
Ready to transform from Broke to Rich while forging your real estate empire? Start small, strategize for tycoon status. Engage with diverse NPC clients, oversee properties from affordable to luxurious, and conquer challenges. Ready to dominate the real estate world?
Why similar: Life Sim 31.4%, RPG 16.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 13.9%, Relaxing 12.1%
- #9 Sprout Valley
91% matchMostly Positive72% 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: Life Sim 23.4%, RPG 12.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #10 TheoTown
89% matchVery Positive95% of 4,842 reviews2019
Dev: LobbyPub: blueflower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Retro 11.8%, Management 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #11 Skating Rink Story
89% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your wildest ice dreams come true with this skating rink management game.
Why similar: Life Sim 31.2%, Simulation 22.5%, Casual 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Cute 6.8%
- #12 Farmtale
90% matchMixed67% of 262 reviews2020
Dev: Titanforged Entertainment
Windows
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Relaxing 10.7%, RPG 9.5%
- #13 Village Tale
88% matchVery Positive82% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!
Why similar: Sandbox 16.1%, Management 15.3%, Relaxing 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Simulation 11%
- #14 Spirittea
86% matchVery Positive84% of 797 reviews2023
Dev: Cheesemaster GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hey human, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublesome spirits, and you're the only one who can see them. You'd better get that old bathhouse up and running, maybe that'll help them chill out!
Why similar: Life Sim 26.2%, RPG 12%, Relaxing 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Simulation 11%
- #15 Snacko
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,051 reviews2025
Dev: Bluecurse StudiosPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Relaxing 12.3%, Cute 12%, Simulation 10.9%
- #16 Game Dev Story
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,512 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.1%, Management 16.1%, 1990's 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 9.6%
- #17 Life Simulator
87% matchMixed49% of 247 reviews2020
Dev: 鹊思网络Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Life Simulator is a simulation game with relaxed atmosphere. Players will play as a college graduate getting into the big city, you will fight for your life for four years, you can be a winner with cars, houses and soul mate, or maybe a salty fish with nothing, and you can also find love...
Why similar: Life Sim 46.3%, Simulation 26.1%, Casual 15%, Cute 7.6%, Indie 3.5%
- #18 Cattle Country
84% matchVery Positive86% of 385 reviews2025
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.8%, Sandbox 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, RPG 11.5%, Relaxing 11.2%
- #19 Keep Driving
82% matchVery Positive94% of 6,576 reviews2025
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.6%, RPG 15.8%, Atmospheric 14.7%, 1990's 12.5%, Exploration 9.7%
- #20 Moonlight In Garland
83% matchVery Positive87% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Violet LeBeauxPub: Winters Group Estate
Windows · Mac
City life is calling, and you're gonna love it here!* Move to a new apartment in the bustling city. Make friends, find work, and decorate your new home - all while working with the community to improve your neighbourhood. Welcome to Garland! *Apartment quality may vary, loving it not guaranteed.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.9%, Relaxing 11.6%, Simulation 11%, RPG 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #21 RPG Tycoon
85% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: Management 22.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Sandbox 12.7%, RPG 9.4%
- #22 Esports History
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 409 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Management 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Simulation 11.8%, RPG 9.2%
- #23 Anime Studio Story
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!
Why similar: Life Sim 17.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Management 10.7%, 1990's 10%
- #24 Skyship Quest Story
81% matchMixed67% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Customize your airship and explore the world above the clouds in this sim RPG
Why similar: RPG 29.1%, Simulation 23.6%, Casual 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #25 Convenience Stories
80% matchVery Positive92% of 304 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.4%, Simulation 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Casual 11.9%, Retro 9.6%
- #26 Medieval Legacy
79% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Ninetoplay
Windows
Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.4%, Sandbox 18.4%, Management 14.6%, RPG 10.9%, Simulation 8.8%
- #27 Storm Tale
79% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: Green Sauce Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an epic adventure through medieval times. Help Annabelle and Erik build and safeguard a new medieval village.
Why similar: Colorful 17.4%, Casual 16.9%, 2D 14.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 12.3%
- #28 Denizen
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 914 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.
Why similar: Life Sim 38.4%, Sandbox 22.9%, RPG 16.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Adventure 6.7%
- #29 Venture Towns
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: Life Sim 27.5%, Simulation 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Casual 10%, Cute 7.7%
- #30 City idle
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Simulation 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Exploration 14.3%, Management 13%, Colorful 12%
- #31 Little Rocket Lab
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,324 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Life Sim 18.9%, Sandbox 18.4%, RPG 15.1%, Relaxing 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #32 SKY THE SCRAPER
75% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Ryo KobuchiPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
SKY THE SCRAPER is an action-packed adventure about Sky, a young man who pursues his uncertain dreams while working as a building window cleaner. Through exciting wire action and daily life management, endure two months of hard living and pave the way for Sky's future.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.4%, Management 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Retro 8.6%
- #33 Burger Bistro Story
76% matchVery Positive83% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Management 9.8%, Casual 8.6%
- #34 Youtubers Life
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,450 reviews2017
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Life Sim 35.8%, Management 21%, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #35 Drafting Tales
77% matchMixed69% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Istotex
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Drafting Tales you are new writer working from your apartment. Your goal is to become a well-known and successful author!
Why similar: Simulation 28.3%, Casual 15.6%, Management 15%, Sandbox 14.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #36 Kynseed
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,904 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Management 11.2%, Relaxing 10%, RPG 9.2%
- #37 Pocket Arcade Story
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create the gaming paradise of your dreams! Reach 5-stars and host tournaments!
Why similar: Simulation 24.2%, Life Sim 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Casual 11.2%, Retro 9%
- #38 City Tales - Medieval Era
70% matchVery Positive89% of 627 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: Relaxing 33%, Management 32.1%, Simulation 31.8%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #39 CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,862 reviews2020
Dev: Delve Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Relaxing 13.8%, Management 13%, RPG 12.9%
- #40 Miniland Adventure
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Relaxing 16%, 2D 9.3%, Exploration 7.9%
- #41 Esports History: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History: Prologue is a free RPG simulator about the era of the birth of eSports. Start from scratch and work your way up to an eSports career. Use your resources and time wisely to develop a unique character and win tournaments.
Why similar: Management 17.4%, Life Sim 17%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Simulation 13.5%, RPG 9.7%
- #42 ERRANTE
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Errant Interactive
Windows
This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Sandbox 17.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #43 Pixel Cafe
70% matchVery Positive92% of 886 reviews2023
Dev: Baltoro Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Management 17.3%, Relaxing 13.1%, 2D 6.9%
- #44 Nobody - The Turnaround
71% matchMixed60% of 14,307 reviews2022
Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.
Why similar: Life Sim 42.6%, Sandbox 19.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%
- #45 Garlic Builder
69% matchVery Positive92% of 433 reviews2024
Dev: CaveLiquidPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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: Relaxing 17.9%, Life Sim 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Sandbox 14.3%, RPG 12.4%
- #46 Magazine Mogul
71% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Help your community grow through the power of the press in this magazine sim! A small local magazine can make a big difference! Do you have what it takes to become a magazine mogul?
Why similar: Life Sim 22.8%, Retro 12.9%, Management 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Simulation 10.5%
- #47 The Economy Bros
68% matchVery Positive87% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Devin CarlsonPub: Flying Blade Studio LLC
Windows
Build your dream city from scratch in this sandbox tycoon: start by working or gathering resources, trade businesses and real estate based on market demand, expand your land, and grow your empire—all while surviving and stacking up cold hard cash from your strategic moves.
Why similar: RPG 24.5%, Life Sim 23.3%, Simulation 21.8%, Sandbox 15.1%, Adventure 12.5%
- #48 Farm Life: Natures Adventure
74% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Brettpenzer123
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 99%
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: Life Sim 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, RPG 9.8%, Retro 7.3%
- #49 Kings Of Streets
73% matchMixed53% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Starting from a homeless person who wakes up at a bus station. All you have is a penny in your pocket and some cash in your bank account. Go out into the city and work hard to earn your first money. The streets will be your home.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.3%, RPG 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 8.8%
- #50 Tiny Life
69% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2023
Dev: Ellpeck GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.7%, Sandbox 16.9%, Relaxing 13.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #51 Mondealy
67% matchVery Positive94% of 650 reviews2023
Dev: uglycoalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world. An ordinary guy from an ordinary town on an ordinary day uncovers the secrets of an extraordinary underground kingdom located under his home. Your adventure begins!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.3%, RPG 16.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Cute 11.8%, Exploration 11.4%
- #52 Nivalis Nights
67% matchMixed61% of 292 reviews2026
Dev: ION LANDSPub: 505 Games
Windows
Grow your business, manage restaurants and nightclubs, make friends and enemies, buy and decorate apartments, go fishing and maybe even find love in a cyberpunk city that stretches from the ocean to the clouds.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.8%, Management 14.9%, Relaxing 12.2%, Simulation 12.1%, RPG 10.1%
- #53 Dream Town Island
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 549 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Life Sim 26.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Management 7.7%
- #54 Metro Sim Hustle
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 400 reviews2021
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Take control of an underground commuter train and rise to the top in a bustling metropolis filled with cheap thrills, prime real estate, and a diverse community of unique characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 33.3%, Sandbox 21.4%, RPG 13.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Exploration 10.1%
- #55 Dungeon Village 2
67% matchVery Positive87% of 722 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, RPG 14%, Simulation 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Retro 9.3%
- #56 Dealer's Life Legend
66% matchVery Positive83% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Welcome to the Pecunian Empire, travelling merchant! Head between our many cities, expand your collection of wares and grow your riches. If your talent and skill are sharp enough, you may be in with a shot of winning the Wandering Merchant Quest and proving that YOU are the best dealer in town!
Why similar: Relaxing 33.8%, Management 21.6%, Simulation 19.6%, Indie 7.9%, Casual 7.6%
- #57 Japanese Rural Life Adventure
65% matchVery Positive80% of 251 reviews2026
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Japanese Rural Life Adventure is a relaxing slow-life simulation where you can experience the charm of traditional Japanese countryside living, all in a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.
Why similar: Life Sim 43.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Simulation 15.9%, Relaxing 6.8%, RPG 6.5%
- #58 Super Life (RPG)
68% matchVery Positive91% of 555 reviews2019
Dev: Klick Ink L.P.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Welcome home to Sun Villa! After a long summer at grandpa's ranch, it's time to finish school, get a job and move into your own place. Let the adventure of life begin!
Why similar: Life Sim 40.9%, RPG 17.2%, Simulation 14.1%, Cute 8.4%, Casual 6.8%
- #59 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,910 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend, it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.9%, Management 21.2%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 15.2%, 2D 7.4%