- #1 Virtual Villagers: A New Home
97% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2008
Dev: Last Day of Work
Windows
Care for and nurture a tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. They need to become farmers, builders, scientists, parents and make decisions about unpredictable 'island events'! Guide their day-to-day lives and help them explore and restore their new home.
Why similar: Simulation 68.4%, Casual 31.6%
- #2 Virtual Families 3
96% matchMixed64% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Gogii Games Corp.
Windows
The sequel to the smash hit mobile game “Virtual Families 2” is here!
Why similar: Simulation 70.3%, Casual 29.7%
- #3 Paralives
95% matchVery Positive90% of 20,976 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Why similar: Simulation 83%, Casual 17%
- #4 Virtual Villagers Origins 2
96% matchMixed48% of 373 reviews2018
Dev: Last Day Of Work
Windows · Mac
Craft, build, farm, breed and solve puzzles in a village right on your computer!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #5 My Tribe
94% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2010
Dev: Big Fish GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create a prosperous island paradise for your industrious, intelligent tribe with this real-time Brain Teaser! Your tribe will have a mind of its own, learning skills and starting families even when you`re not around, but check back often to keep your island idyllic.
Why similar: Simulation 65.3%, Casual 34.7%
- #6 Tiny Life
93% matchVery Positive86% of 426 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: Simulation 66.2%, Casual 33.8%
- #7 Flix and Chill 2: Millennials
94% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Jason LovettPub: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A dating sim where you jump into the shoes of the modern Millennial to find yourself and love in a time when true romance seems fleeting.
Why similar: Simulation 61.3%, Casual 38.7%
- #8 My Universe - My Baby
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Smart Tale GamesPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Time to become a parent! Take care of your dream baby, teach them new skills and help them grow up!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #9 The Sims™ 3
91% matchVery Positive86% of 34,328 reviews2011
Dev: The Sims StudioPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 87.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
Why similar: Simulation 82.9%, Casual 17.1%
- #10 Dream Town Island
90% 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: Simulation 66.3%, Casual 33.7%
- #11 Life Simulator
91% 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: Simulation 63.6%, Casual 36.4%
- #12 Wobbledogs
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,213 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.
Why similar: Simulation 72.7%, Casual 27.3%
- #13 Eggo
88% matchVery Positive84% of 315 reviews2026
Dev: 天赋一饼 Meme Crepe
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Raise your baby, get married, and hatch eggs with friends right on your desktop! Start with a single egg and nurture Eggo into your special companion. Let it search for treasures from different planets on your desktop and keep you company. Dress your Eggo and even date your friends'. Play with Eggo!
Why similar: Simulation 64.3%, Casual 35.7%
- #14 Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children
89% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2008
Dev: Last Day of Work
Windows
Somewhere in the Pacific, there was a beautiful island, called Isola, where lost villagers made their home. The castaways explored their small part of the island and knew every corner. Only a mysterious cave had not been carefully explored.
Why similar: Simulation 66.2%, Casual 33.8%
- #15 One Hour One Life
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,781 reviews2018
Dev: Jason Rohrer
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #16 Little Lives
86% matchVery Positive82% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Houndstooth Games
Windows
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 58.8%, Casual 41.2%
- #17 Virtual Villagers - The Secret City
86% matchVery Positive91% of 146 reviews2008
Dev: Last Day of Work
Windows
Embark on a journey with a group of villagers in search of a new part of the island to populate. Land on the hidden shores of the northern side of Isola and explore what was once a secret city. Find new sources of food to nourish your villagers and help them rebuild the remains of this mysterious city. Who lived here before?
Why similar: Simulation 66.2%, Casual 33.8%
- #18 Dream House Days DX
85% matchVery Positive84% of 324 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!
Why similar: Simulation 68.2%, Casual 31.8%
- #19 STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,388 reviews2023
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: Marvelous
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Put down roots on your new farm in the peaceful town of Forgotten Valley. Bring life to the land by cultivating crops and raising animals, find love among the town's friendly folk, and make lasting memories with a family of your very own.
Why similar: Simulation 64.9%, Casual 35.1%
- #20 Echoes of the Plum Grove
82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,132 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Simulation 64.8%, Casual 35.2%
- #21 Pet idle
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 746 reviews2021
Dev: Alphaquest Games
Windows
Pet Idle is a simulation game where you can take care of various virtual animals! Build and manage your home to be a cozy home for many pets!
Why similar: Simulation 64.9%, Casual 35.1%
- #22 virtual beepis
83% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Beepis Access Research Programme
Windows
virtual beepis is a virtual pet gametoy inspired by electronic toys from the 90s and 00s. Keep your beepis happy, well-fed, and moving up in their world...until they die 🙃 But it's ok, you can always get a new one...
Why similar: Simulation 62.2%, Casual 37.8%
- #23 Go Outside Simulator
82% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: SimRed
Windows
For when you can't or won't go outside, go outside from the comfort of inside. Explore different environments, look for hidden Easter eggs, chill and relax in virtual worlds. Go Outside Simulator is a for fun game used to help in the future development of real games and useful programs.
Why similar: Simulation 65.3%, Casual 34.7%
- #24 The Sims™ 4
80% matchVery Positive86% of 199,405 reviews2020
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 53.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Why similar: Simulation 67.5%, Casual 32.5%
- #25 Real Feel
81% matchMixed66% of 195 reviews2025
Dev: Entropy Digital Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Discover the next level of virtual sex simulation with Real Feel. Utilizing the latest graphic rendering technologies, combined with state of the art physics and animations systems that together produce a seemingly realistic adult film simulation that you control and interact with.
Why similar: Simulation 65.8%, Casual 34.2%
- #26 Delicious - Emily's New Beginning
81% matchVery Positive95% of 115 reviews2016
Dev: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Play Delicious - Emily's New Beginning and enjoy a new phase in Emily's life! Can you help her run Emily's Place together with taking care of a beautiful daughter?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #27 My Time at Portia
77% matchVery Positive91% of 44,278 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 69%, Casual 31%
- #28 Minabo - A walk through life
78% matchVery Positive80% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Minabo - A walk through life is a social simulation game where you walk the path of life while your turnip grows and thrives (or not) in its social relationships.
Why similar: Simulation 63.7%, Casual 36.3%
- #29 Pet Shop Simulator
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Run your own pet shop in Pet Shop Simulator! Find new homes for pets, thus fulfilling the dreams of your customers. Take care of the needs of animals by selling the right items and get involved in matters related to the pets' home life!
Why similar: Simulation 66.2%, Casual 33.8%
- #30 Bonsai
79% matchMixed75% of 303 reviews2016
Dev: Rooted Concepts
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Grow your tree, prune it, and watch over it as it matures into adulthood. The tree will become what you train it to be - you are the mastermind behind it's path in life.
Why similar: Simulation 67.9%, Casual 32.1%
- #31 Fields of Mistria
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,222 reviews2026
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #32 Lost But Found
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,571 reviews2024
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Organize and give out lost items! Lost But Found is a job simulator game where you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. Upgrade your office, manage requests, collect stickers, and more.
Why similar: Simulation 67.1%, Casual 32.9%
- #33 Virtual Girlfriend
77% matchMostly Negative31% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: SoerGameStudio
Windows
A game everyone has dreamed of—create your own virtual girlfriend, customizing everything from body to facial features. She dances, plays sports, gains or lose weight, and reacts to your time together.
Why similar: Simulation 64.6%, Casual 35.4%
- #34 Tiny Bird Garden Deluxe
76% matchVery Positive89% of 142 reviews2018
Dev: Super Retro Duck
Windows · Mac
Customize your garden with hundreds of items! Every visiting bird—over 100 of them—has unique dialog, favorites, and heart levels! Play mini games, raise baby birds, decorate photos, and chat with human characters inside and out of the visual novel style story mode! We’re eggcited to meet you!
Why similar: Simulation 60.5%, Casual 39.5%
- #35 Youtubers Life
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,450 reviews2017
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 20.3 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: Simulation 65.1%, Casual 34.9%
- #36 Animal Trainer Simulator
76% matchMixed50% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Become a real-life animal trainer! Manage and develop your animal training center, create a safe and happy place for them! Train different types of animals, and give them a lot of attention and they will surely become calmer and more cooperative with their owners.
Why similar: Simulation 66.6%, Casual 33.4%
- #37 Doll Catching Simulator
74% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Demistar
Windows · Linux
In the busy life, do you long to experience the fun of catching dolls but are limited by time and space? Now, the doll catching simulator brings you a brand-new entertainment experience!
Why similar: Simulation 66.1%, Casual 33.9%
- #38 Gaming Cafe Life
73% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Manage your very own gaming cafe!
Why similar: Simulation 68.8%, Casual 31.2%
- #39 Wormies
72% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Maple Bay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run your own cozy worm shop! Buy and breed hundreds of different wormies! Get to know your customers and fulfill their wormie orders to progress through different storylines!
Why similar: Simulation 61.7%, Casual 38.3%
- #40 Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
74% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: DarkKnightPub: 2P Games
Windows
From nobody to famous game producer in 3 years: that’s the journey you will live! Experience the trials and tribulations of game development in this life simulation game: live through the process of founding a small team and learning how to work together to develop a successful game.
Why similar: Simulation 67.7%, Casual 32.3%
- #41 Virtual Cottage
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,072 reviews2020
Dev: DU&I
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 60.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Why similar: Casual 50.4%, Simulation 49.6%
- #42 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
73% matchMixed63% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: Simulation 64.8%, Casual 35.2%
- #43 Virtual Ties: Isekaijoucho Träumerei
71% matchVery Positive90% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.Pub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
This is a training adventure game where you produce the virtual idol Isekai Joucho to help your childhood friend Hoshiumi achieve her dream.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #44 Digital Girlfriend
73% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: 4XPet
Windows
《Digital Girlfriend》 is a nurturing game of survival on an island with excellent hair, skin, and physical lighting that simulates sunrise and sunset, spring, summer, fall, and winter, including wet and dripping effects, so you can get up close and personal with your digital girlfriend!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #45 Farmer's Dynasty 2
70% 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: Simulation 65.7%, Casual 34.3%
- #46 Sprout Valley
70% 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: Simulation 64.6%, Casual 35.4%
- #47 Zoo Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
In Zoo Simulator, your main task is to run and manage your own zoo. Renew it and take care of all the animals' needs, ensuring them a peaceful life! Will you attract crowds of visitors? Create your own zoo!
Why similar: Simulation 69.1%, Casual 30.9%
- #48 Rat Overflow
67% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Little Beast Lab
Windows
Rat Overflow is an adorable rat breeding simulator about genetics, glory, and having way too many rats. Develop your show winner bloodlines and breed thousands of unique rat coats!
Why similar: Simulation 70.3%, Casual 29.7%
- #49 Coral Island
66% matchVery Positive89% of 27,509 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 73.3%, Casual 26.7%
- #50 MySims™
66% matchVery Positive87% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore a new world with MySims™ — it's your world to transform in this retro re-release with updated graphics! Move to an adorable town. With a little creativity and some help from the locals, you can make this place thrive!
Why similar: Simulation 65.3%, Casual 34.7%
- #51 Clicker Cuties - Anime Idler
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 488 reviews2024
Dev: Clicker Company
Windows
💗 Idler Clicker + Dating Sim 💗 Meet virtual cuties, care for them, and get to know their stories!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #52 Firefly Village
66% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Josh Koenig GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.
Why similar: Simulation 62.2%, Casual 37.8%
- #53 Family Breeding
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Whiteleaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Family Breeding is a 2D hand-drawn visual novel with beautiful artwork, where you play as a young man living with two stunning women. Your goal? Knock'em up, of course.
Why similar: Simulation 59.8%, Casual 40.2%
- #54 Viridi
67% matchVery Positive92% of 9,646 reviews2015
Dev: Zoe VartanianPub: Ice Water Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 98.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Nurture a small pot of succulents that grow in real time. Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever you need it.
Why similar: Simulation 65.8%, Casual 34.2%
- #55 Amber's Airline - High Hopes
68% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Old Skull GamesPub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Fasten your seat belt and take off with Amber Hope in a new airline game!
Why similar: Simulation 67.3%, Casual 32.7%
- #56 The Happy Hereafter
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 436 reviews2014
Dev: AlawarPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. There will be no rest for the wickedly funny as you put them to work building a village to rival Paradise!
Why similar: Casual 69%, Simulation 31%
- #57 Desktop Tree
68% matchVery Positive95% of 97 reviews2018
Dev: utStudio
Windows · Mac
Place a pet tree on your desktop and watch it growing every day.
Why similar: Simulation 64.6%, Casual 35.4%
- #58 Office Simulator
64% matchVery Positive84% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Tzn Games
Windows
Ready to climb the career ladder? In Office Simulator, start as an intern and rise through the corporate ranks. Gain experience, earn promotions, and when the time comes, launch your own company to begin a new business adventure.
Why similar: Simulation 64.8%, Casual 35.2%