- #1 Virtual Villagers: A New Home
97% matchVery Positive89% of 186 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 68.8%, Casual 31.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor in the series and offers the most identical gameplay experience to the seed game.
- #2 Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children
96% matchVery Positive93% of 81 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 66.6%, Casual 33.4%
Why You'll Like It: Another essential entry in the series that maintains the core mechanics of managing a tribe on a mysterious island.
- #3 My Tribe
96% matchVery Positive86% of 141 reviews2010
Dev: Big Fish GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 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 65.7%, Casual 34.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game closely mirrors the island-based tribal management and population growth mechanics found in the seed game.
- #4 Plant Tycoon
95% matchVery Positive94% of 217 reviews2008
Dev: Last Day of Work
Windows
Plant Tycoon is a gardening sim game where you nurture plants and experiment with increasingly rare and valuable species. The object is to breed and cross breed plants until you find the 6 Magic Plants of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle. You start with a couple of dollars, a handful of seeds, some soil and water.
Why similar: Simulation 64.2%, Casual 35.8%
Why You'll Like It: Also from Last Day of Work, this title shares the real-time simulation and resource-management DNA of the Virtual Villagers series.
- #5 Banished
94% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for village survival simulation, focusing on the same resource management and population health challenges.
- #6 Settlement Survival
94% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed village management game that emphasizes population needs, resource chains, and environmental survival.
- #7 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
93% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of landing on a remote shore and slowly building a settlement while managing survival needs.
- #8 The Wandering Village
91% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique twist on the colony-sim genre by having you build a village on the back of a giant, moving creature.
- #9 Clanfolk
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Simulation 67.6%, Casual 32.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation that emphasizes family lineage and survival, capturing the generational management aspect of the seed game.
- #10 Stonehearth
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony simulation that allows you to manage villagers, build structures, and defend your settlement.
- #11 Timberborn
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation where you manage a society of beavers, focusing on water management and survival in a changing environment.
- #12 Craft The World
90% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar 'manage little people' loop within a side-scrolling environment that requires resource gathering and base building.
- #13 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
89% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a more realistic take on village survival, requiring careful planning to ensure your population survives the winter.
- #14 Roots of Pacha
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,347 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 60.3%, Casual 39.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, tribal-themed village builder that focuses on community development and technological advancement.
- #15 Isoland
87% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused exploration game set on a mysterious island, capturing the curiosity and discovery elements of the seed game.
- #16 Villagers
88% matchMixed53% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic village builder that focuses on the flow of goods and the needs of your growing population.
- #17 Tribe: Primitive Builder
85% matchVery Positive81% of 760 reviews2023
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Simulation 68.7%, Casual 31.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the construction and management of a tribal settlement in a natural, primitive environment.
- #18 Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 975 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
Why similar: Simulation 60.8%, Casual 39.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines exploration and farming on a mysterious island, mirroring the discovery and survival themes of the seed game.
- #19 Kynseed
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,619 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A life simulation game that features generational management and village life, echoing the long-term progression of the seed game.
- #20 Island Tribe
84% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
You find yourself on a mysterious island in the middle of the ocean inhabited by a forgotten tribe. The islanders lived a carefree and quiet life and everything seemed to be perfect…
Why similar: Simulation 60.5%, Casual 39.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual time-management game that tasks you with helping a tribe survive and thrive on various islands.
- #21 Kingdom Two Crowns
81% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: While side-scrolling, it captures the essence of managing a growing settlement and defending it from external threats.
- #22 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Simulation 67.9%, Casual 32.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic medieval village management game that focuses on balancing resources and keeping your citizens happy.
- #23 Littlewood
80% matchVery Positive93% of 6,792 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 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: Simulation 71.2%, Casual 28.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, cozy village builder that focuses on building relationships and managing the daily lives of your townsfolk.
- #24 Medieval Dynasty
79% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person village management game that emphasizes the survival and family-building aspects of establishing a new settlement.
- #25 A Game of Dwarves
83% matchMixed63% of 549 reviews2012
Dev: Zeal Game StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.
Why similar: Casual 52.6%, Simulation 47.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management game where you oversee a colony of dwarves, focusing on digging, building, and resource gathering.
- #26 ISLANDERS
79% matchVery Positive94% of 16,710 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing city-builder that focuses on the aesthetic and strategic placement of buildings on island maps.
- #27 Fabledom
78% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Simulation 68%, Casual 32%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, fairytale-inspired city builder that focuses on the happiness and growth of your citizens.
- #28 MOAI: Build Your Dream
82% matchVery Positive81% of 211 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover the wonders of an uncharted island and help the natives restore their ravaged land to its former glory in Moai: Build Your Dream! Overcome the fury of an active volcano, hordes of attacking ghosts and the threat of dwindling resources as you guide the hero and a native princess on their quest.
Why similar: Simulation 61%, Casual 39%
Why You'll Like It: A time-management game that features island-based village building and resource gathering.
- #29 Secrets Of Soil
81% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: Henry DriverPub: Screen South
Windows
Secrets of Soil is an interactive journey that explores the hidden world of soil and its role in combating climate change. Your journey will take you to a microscopic world, witnessing the essential life forms that live there.
Why similar: Simulation 58.8%, Casual 41.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that focuses on nature and environmental management, appealing to the relaxing side of the seed game.
- #30 Survivors: Match-3 Island Adventure
77% matchVery Positive83% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: G5 Entertainment AB
Windows
Survive on a mysterious island after a plane crash! Solve match-3 puzzles, restore your camp, craft tools, grow crops, explore jungles and lagoons, uncover hidden treasures and reveal the island’s secrets!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #31 Echoes of the Plum Grove
76% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 65.2%, Casual 34.8%
- #32 ISLANDERS: New Shores
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,154 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Why similar: Casual 70%, Simulation 30%
- #33 Dolmenjord - Viking Islands
77% matchVery Positive85% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Arrange Viking villages in the islands to expand their domains, in this logic puzzle game! After years of battles, a group of Vikings decided to conquer new lands. Under the protection of the god Njord, a new clan sets out in search of glory!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #34 The Lost Village
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,068 reviews2024
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #35 Dawnfolk
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #36 Mistward
74% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #37 Virtual Villagers Origins 2
78% matchMixed48% of 356 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%
- #38 Critter Cove
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,823 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #39 Hello Kitty Island Adventure
69% matchVery Positive95% of 10,987 reviews2025
Dev: Sunblink
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 57.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.
Why similar: Simulation 67.4%, Casual 32.6%
- #40 Luma Island
70% matchVery Positive84% of 12,128 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Simulation 65.3%, Casual 34.7%
- #41 Virtual Families
75% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2009
Dev: Last Day of Work
Windows
From the developer of the smash-hit Virtual Villagers series comes the new casual game that captures the drama of life—Virtual Families! Virtual Families is a casual family sim that runs in true-real time. Adopt and nurture a needy person in the computer. Help them meet a mate, and start a family.
Why similar: Simulation 66.5%, Casual 33.5%
- #42 Ancient Cities
73% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #43 Eternal Journey: New Atlantis
73% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Five BNPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Solve the greatest archeological puzzle known to man: the origin of Atlantis!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #44 Cat city
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
In this game, you will have to explore the whole city to find all the cats (and various secrets) and get closer to the goal of making this world and the lives of the cats living in it a little better, and restore their faith in people!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #45 The Mysterious Cities of Gold
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 117 reviews2013
Dev: Neko Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Play Esteban, Zia and Tao through numerous tricky levels full of puzzles, traps and infiltration phases in a wide variety of diverse gorgeous settings. Explore every nook and cranny of China, and escape Zarès’ hostile men, searching for the local City of Gold.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #46 Dream Town Island
69% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 66.6%, Casual 33.4%
- #47 Airborne Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,333 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: Simulation 82.3%, Casual 17.7%
- #48 Match Village
71% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Match Village is a minimalist puzzle and strategy game about merge buildings to create villages on colorful islands.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #49 Amazing Adventures The Lost Tomb™
72% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2007
Dev: SpinTop GamesPub: PopCap Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are an adventure seeker who travels the world in search of forgotten & lost treasures. Search for hidden objects and circumvent unique puzzle traps to recover the most sought after treasures the world has ever known. A newly-discovered fragment of an ancient map is believed to reveal the location of the Lost Tomb of Egypt.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #50 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 226 reviews2014
Dev: MumboJumboPub: Accelerate Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Embark on a journey no one has taken before! Your quest begins at the foot of The Great Pyramid of Giza and continues through the Egyptian sands to the mysterious Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Travel through the enchanting Mediterranean islands to the glory of ancient Greece as your voyage continues.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #51 Mystery Case Files®: 13th Skull™ Collector's Edition
70% matchVery Positive88% of 168 reviews2016
Dev: Big Fish GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
Uncover the secrets of the 13th Skull!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #52 Everdream Village
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
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 63.7%, Casual 36.3%
- #53 Dinkum
63% matchVery Positive92% of 28,435 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 67.5%, Casual 32.5%
- #54 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
66% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Almost a Game CompanyPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
HEXAROMA is a charming village builder set on a tiny island village where you start your Hexling colony! Place your buildings, and manage Hexling villagers on a hexagonal island. Plan your placements wisely, grow your settlement, optimize your colony and help your villagers thrive.
Why similar: Simulation 62.6%, Casual 37.4%
- #55 Critter Crops
68% matchMixed53% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Skyreach Studio
Windows
Enter the world of Mutter Island as Sylvie, a newfound witch with the ability to grow magical Critters. Restore the island, welcome the unwelcome, and uncover the mystery of Sylvie's past!
Why similar: Simulation 64.6%, Casual 35.4%
- #56 Citizens: Far Lands
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #57 Colony Simulator
67% matchMixed67% of 424 reviews2022
Dev: Indie Marc
Windows
Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #58 The Witch of Fern Island
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 892 reviews2024
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Fern Island! As Abrill, become immersed in the island’s culture, uncover its deepest secrets, and master magical trades. Overcome the challenges of the island to demonstrate your mastery of magic and become the most well known witch around!
Why similar: Simulation 60.5%, Casual 39.5%
- #59 Fantastic Haven: Prologue
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
