- #1 Wylde Flowers
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,686 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 81.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
Why similar: Cozy 26.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Farming Sim 10.9%, Magic 10.3%, Life Sim 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy life sim where you play as a witch balancing farming and magical discovery in a small town.
- #2 Little Witch in the Woods
96% matchVery Positive89% of 12,587 reviews2025
Dev: SUNNY SIDE UP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Magic 16.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Life Sim 11.5%, Farming Sim 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a delightful pixel-art style and centers on a young witch learning to brew potions and help villagers.
- #3 Potion Permit
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,276 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Cozy 20%, Wholesome 19% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Character Customization 10.4%, Dating Sim 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on alchemy and gathering ingredients to heal the local community, mirroring the helpful witch gameplay loop.
- #4 Love, Ghostie
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Janbeh Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?
Why similar: Cozy 18.6%, Wholesome 17.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Dating Sim 10%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, character-driven visual novel that focuses on matchmaking and building relationships in a supernatural setting.
- #5 Garden Witch Life
94% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Magic 17%, Character Customization 15.4%, Farming Sim 15.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Life Sim 12%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the gardening and magical crafting mechanics found in the seed game.
- #6 Witchy Business
93% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Cozy 24.1%, Wholesome 22.3% ★, Magic 16.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Relaxing 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A job-simulator that leans into the whimsical and cozy aspects of running a magical enterprise.
- #7 The Witch of Fern Island
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 903 reviews2024
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Farming Sim 26.4%, Magic 25%, Life Sim 22.9%, Cute 11.7%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world life sim where you play as a witch-in-training exploring a mystical island and learning local customs.
- #8 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,479 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Character Customization 19.3%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Relaxing 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly customizable visual novel that emphasizes deep character relationships and emotional storytelling.
- #9 Fields of Mistria
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,781 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Farming Sim 17.9%, Dating Sim 16%, Life Sim 13%, Crafting 12.7%, Cooking 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines cozy farming and life-sim elements with a strong magical aesthetic and a charming cast of characters.
- #10 Cozy Grove
91% matchVery Positive90% of 8,378 reviews2021
Dev: Spry FoxPub: Spry Fox
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Cozy 33.4%, Relaxing 18.3%, Life Sim 11%, Crafting 10.6%, Character Customization 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, story-rich game where you help spectral inhabitants find peace, matching the helpful spirit of the seed game.
- #11 Ritual of Raven
90% matchVery Positive89% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim - but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skills to perform powerful rituals to stabilize the portals that are causing trouble for the village.
Why similar: Cozy 20.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Wholesome 11.2% ★, Magic 10.8%, Farming Sim 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the life-sim and magical aspects of being a witch in a cozy, community-driven environment.
- #12 Whimel Academy
89% matchVery Positive86% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Impossible Home
Windows
Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!
Why similar: Character Customization 13%, Dating Sim 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Life Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim visual novel set in a magical school that emphasizes time management and relationship building.
- #13 Fae Farm
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,496 reviews2023
Dev: Phoenix LabsPub: Gambit Digital
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Escape to the magical life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a farm sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your homestead, and use spells to explore the enchanted island of Azoria!
Why similar: Cozy 24.9%, Magic 14.8%, Farming Sim 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Relaxing 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a magical twist on the traditional farming sim with a heavy emphasis on spells and exploration.
- #14 Echoes of the Plum Grove
87% matchVery Positive88% of 3,076 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.5 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: Cozy 27.3%, Crafting 16.8%, Farming Sim 13.9%, Cooking 13%, Life Sim 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, story-rich life sim that focuses on community and the passage of time.
- #15 A Pinch of Magic
89% matchVery Positive84% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Character Customization 15.5%, Magic 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that shares the LGBTQ+ themes and character-focused dating sim elements of the seed game.
- #16 Coffee Talk
86% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Relaxing 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, dialogue-heavy visual novel that focuses on listening to the stories of magical and non-magical patrons.
- #17 Wytchwood
86% matchVery Positive93% of 4,661 reviews2021
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
Why similar: Crafting 33.3%, Dialogue Heavy 26.3%, Magic 24.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Casual 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A crafting-heavy adventure game that captures the dark-yet-cozy aesthetic of a forest witch.
- #18 Moonlight In Garland
85% matchVery Positive87% of 83 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: Wholesome 20.1% ★, Cozy 19.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Character Customization 10.3%, Life Sim 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, character-focused life sim that captures the urban-fantasy vibe of building a new life.
- #19 Strange Horticulture
84% matchVery Positive95% of 15,409 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Cozy 49.7%, Relaxing 17.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the identification and collection of magical plants, which will appeal to fans of the gardening mechanics.
- #20 Coral Island
84% matchVery Positive89% of 26,525 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 53.8 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: Farming Sim 19%, Crafting 14.4%, Life Sim 14.1%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Character Customization 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern life-sim that offers a large cast of characters to befriend and a relaxing, nature-focused atmosphere.
- #21 Sticky Business
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,447 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Wholesome 26.9% ★, Cozy 20.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Relaxing 11.5%, Life Sim 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A creative and relaxing simulation game that shares the cozy, low-stress appeal of the seed game.
- #22 Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game
82% matchVery Positive82% of 3,648 reviews2025
Dev: Wētā WorkshopPub: Fictions
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome home, Hobbit! Live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, & share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits & familiar faces awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings™ Game.
Why similar: Cozy 23.5%, Character Customization 13.2%, Farming Sim 11.9%, Cooking 10.7%, Life Sim 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, life-sim focused game that emphasizes community and relaxing daily activities.
- #23 Lemon Cake
83% matchVery Positive85% of 2,027 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Why similar: Cozy 17.9%, Cooking 15.5%, Farming Sim 15.2%, Life Sim 9.4%, Character Customization 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused cozy game that features cute aesthetics and a focus on serving the local community.
- #24 Sun Haven
81% matchVery Positive81% of 24,867 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Farming Sim 16.9%, Crafting 13.6%, Character Customization 13.5%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Life Sim 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed life sim that allows for deep character customization and magical progression.
- #25 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,615 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Cozy 34.7%, Farming Sim 16.3%, Relaxing 14.4%, Wholesome 9% ★, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses purely on the relaxing and creative aspects of gardening in a beautiful, low-pressure environment.
- #26 Roots of Pacha
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,441 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 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: Cozy 20.1%, Crafting 17.8%, Farming Sim 15%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Life Sim 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, community-focused farming sim that emphasizes discovery and social bonds.
- #27 STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,842 reviews2025
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town! Here you’ll grow crops and raise animals, get to know the locals, and sell your wares at the town's bazaar to restore it to its former glory.
Why similar: Wholesome 17.3% ★, Cozy 15.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Cooking 9.9%, Farming Sim 9.3%
- #28 Grow: Song of the Evertree
80% matchVery Positive81% of 2,549 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Wholesome 37.8% ★, Farming Sim 18.7%, Life Sim 14%, Nature 8.2%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on nurturing nature and restoring a world through magical gardening and exploration.
- #29 Cattails: Wildwood Story
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
Why similar: Wholesome 21.8% ★, Cozy 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Character Customization 11.7%, Farming Sim 11%
Why You'll Like It: A wholesome life-sim that focuses on social dynamics and exploration in a charming, animal-filled world.
- #30 STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: Marvelous
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Wholesome 22.9% ★, Cozy 21.9%, Life Sim 10.6%, Character Customization 9.7%, Farming Sim 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic life-sim that emphasizes the passage of time and building a family within a small community.
- #31 Greenhearth Necromancer
76% matchVery Positive100% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Silverstring Media Inc.Pub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Raise a garden... from the dead! Greenhearth Necromancer is a cozy, witchy, semi-idle game about caring for living and undead plants alike. Grow cute plants in your balcony garden, cast spells, and brew potions, enjoying the chill idle gameplay and ambience throughout your day.
Why similar: Cozy 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Magic 10.3%, Farming Sim 10.3%
- #32 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,699 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Why similar: Cozy 26.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Relaxing 8.8%
- #33 Witch You Want
76% matchVery Positive97% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help this girlfailure witch save her failing potion shop in this cute yuri visual novel!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Character Customization 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Magic 16.7%, Dating Sim 8.6%
- #34 Alchemy Story
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!
Why similar: Crafting 18.4%, Farming Sim 15%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Magic 10.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, alchemy-focused farming sim that shares the magical crafting loop of the seed game.
- #35 Seeds of Calamity
75% matchVery Positive83% of 321 reviews2026
Dev: Laborious Lark StudiosPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.
Why similar: Cozy 22.3%, Wholesome 13.1% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Farming Sim 12.3%, Life Sim 9.8%
- #36 Tales of Seikyu
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,157 reviews2025
Dev: ACE EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A peaceful farming life sim set on the island of Seikyu. Grow your farm, restore your ancestral home, form heartfelt bonds with villagers, and shapeshift into different spirit forms to explore a world that moves gently with the seasons.
Why similar: Magic 19.5%, Cozy 17%, Crafting 12.3%, Relaxing 12%, Farming Sim 11.1%
- #37 Magical Greenhouse
73% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Mgtt Studio
Windows · Mac
Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation!
Why similar: Cozy 17.7%, Wholesome 17.4% ★, Crafting 16%, Magic 14%, Farming Sim 8.2%
- #38 Whisper of the House
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,036 reviews2025
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...
Why similar: Cozy 33.9%, Relaxing 15.9%, Life Sim 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Cute 7.3%
- #39 Out and About
72% matchVery Positive92% of 368 reviews2025
Dev: Yaldi Games
Windows
A cozy foraging adventure about the magic of real-life plants! Identify and gather wild plants and fungi, cook tasty recipes, master herbal remedies, and rebuild your community after a devastating storm.
Why similar: Crafting 15.1%, Wholesome 11.8% ★, Cozy 11.8%, Character Customization 11.4%, Cooking 10.2%
- #40 Solanaceae: After All
74% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: DarkChibiShadow
Windows · Linux
Join Battam, an exiled witch, on his quest to make a brand new type of coven! Explore a colorful world, gather ingredients for potion brewing and cooking, immerse yourself in a long and detailed story, all while viewing some optional romantic scenes in this hybrid visual novel!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Crafting 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Cooking 12%, Magic 11.8%
- #41 Hokko Life
74% matchMixed66% of 2,658 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Cozy 18.6%, Wholesome 18.4% ★, Farming Sim 12.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Life Sim 10.3%
- #42 Ova Magica
71% matchVery Positive93% of 563 reviews2024
Dev: Skinny FrogPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Escape everyday stress and start a new life in Clover Town! With adorable blob creatures by your side, you’ll farm, make new friends, and explore uncharted lands. Will you find love, or become the greatest blob trainer? Your story is yours to shape!
Why similar: Wholesome 21.3% ★, Cozy 20.1%, Crafting 15.4%, Farming Sim 12.1%, Life Sim 9.8%
- #43 Growing Up
72% matchVery Positive88% of 3,623 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 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: LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Life Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Character Customization 11.1%
- #44 Little-Known Galaxy
71% matchVery Positive88% of 733 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Cozy 26.1%, Crafting 17%, Farming Sim 13.4%, Life Sim 9.9%, Dating Sim 9.1%
- #45 Lonesome Village
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relaxing puzzle-solving and life-sim meet in a cozy, no-combat, coyote adventure. Uncover the mysterious, magical past of Lonesome Village and save this town from the hands of evil.
Why similar: Cozy 29.3%, Wholesome 23.5% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Life Sim 11%, Character Customization 8.6%
- #46 Summer in Mara
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,162 reviews2020
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take care of your own island and sail with your boat in this cozy farming adventure! Relax and unwind exploring a tropical archipelago or harvesting your own crops while helping others. Discover the story of Summer in Mara, with farming, crafting and exploring mechanics.
Why similar: Cozy 20.1%, Wholesome 19.5% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Farming Sim 11%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #47 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator
70% matchVery Positive82% of 558 reviews2025
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac
CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Crafting 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Character Customization 11.8%
- #48 Life After Magic
70% matchVery Positive98% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Magic 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #49 Mika and The Witch's Mountain
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,121 reviews2025
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is a fantasy adventure about an aspiring witch who delivers packages to the townspeople of a small island. Explore every cranny and soar through the sky with your magic broom.
Why similar: Cozy 26.3%, Wholesome 24.8% ★, Magic 16.1%, Relaxing 9.8%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #50 Pekoe
70% matchVery Positive85% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Kitten Cup Studio
Windows · Mac
Blend tea and friendship in the flavourful world of Pekoe, a cozy cat-filled tea-making simulator about taking the time for self-care and connecting with what makes you happy. Build relationships, upgrade your teahouse, and discover new recipes as you work towards creating a place you can call home.
Why similar: Crafting 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Cozy 13.6%, Cooking 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #51 Critter Café
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!
Why similar: Cozy 22.3%, Wholesome 19.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Character Customization 13.2%, Life Sim 10.1%
- #52 Littlewood
68% matchVery Positive93% of 6,802 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 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: Crafting 24%, Life Sim 17.6%, Relaxing 14.5%, Farming Sim 13.9%, Character Customization 12.9%
- #53 Potionomics
66% matchVery Positive90% of 7,274 reviews2022
Dev: Voracious GamesPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Why similar: Crafting 24.6%, Dating Sim 21.9%, Wholesome 21.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Simulation 9.2%
- #54 Calico
68% matchVery Positive87% of 4,975 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Character Customization 17.1%, Magic 13.3%, Relaxing 11.8%, Life Sim 10.7%
- #55 Please Be Happy
67% matchVery Positive99% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A comfy yuri VN about the foxgirl Miho and her quest to find the person who's most important to her. This emotional visual novel features two different heroines to choose from, and a story that will make you both laugh and cry!
Why similar: Wholesome 21.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Cozy 10%, Dating Sim 9.3%
- #56 Tiny Witch
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Hand
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Manage a minion store where demanding clientele are always at your door! As a little witch, mix the right resources to create minions so that your dungeon master clients walk away happy.
Why similar: Wholesome 25.5% ★, Cozy 24.9%, Crafting 16.5%, Magic 13.5%, Relaxing 8.9%
- #57 SunnySide
67% matchMixed66% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Aftabi Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Find harmony in the Japanese countryside as you help Sparky uncover lost memories in this modern take on the farming and life simulator. Build a thriving homestead, cultivate new relationships, and chase your own happiness in SunnySide.
Why similar: Cozy 22.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Cooking 13.6%, Character Customization 12.6%, Farming Sim 11.8%
- #58 A TAVERN FOR TEA
67% matchVery Positive92% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Cooking 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Magic 14.9%, Relaxing 10.4%
- #59 Fireside Feelings
65% matchVery Positive98% of 280 reviews2025
Dev: Team Empreintes
Windows
Share your thoughts and discover those shared by others, in Fireside Feelings. Gather around the welcoming warmth of the campfire and take part in conversations between real people separated in space and time. Sometimes, we all need a good talk under the stars.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Cozy 19.7%, Wholesome 12.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Character Customization 8.9%
- #60 Bewitching Sinners
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 509 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dating Sim 15.6%, Crafting 13%, Comedy 10.3%
