- #1 星礼研究所 | Sighchology Research Lab
97% matchVery Positive83% of 122 reviews2019
Dev: Daotuan Wang
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this game, you play as a student in the Sighchology Research Lab. In this dark place, you do research every night and day without sleep, because you have been given a great mission: to publish a piece of paper...
Why similar: Strategy 28.8%, Simulation 27.6%, RPG 27.2%, Casual 16.4%
- #2 Indie Dream
96% matchVery Positive85% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Laolu Productions
Windows · Mac
This is just the story of a young and naive indie dev.
Why similar: Simulation 38.9%, RPG 38.4%, Casual 22.8%
- #3 Game Dev Story
96% 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: Strategy 42.7%, Simulation 36.3%, Casual 21%
- #4 Legend of Homebody
95% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2021
Dev: 疯王子Pub: CrazyPrince
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality. This is a somewhat serious and heavy game, so don't be fooled by appearances.)
Why similar: Simulation 41.7%, RPG 36.3%, Casual 22.1%
- #5 Dog Brew
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,626 reviews2024
Dev: Yuliy Oneshko
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dog Brew - a light indie adventure where the main character, burdened by debts, decides to settle them through the art of brewing beer.
Why similar: Simulation 42.9%, RPG 36.9%, Strategy 20.2%
- #6 The Life of One Dog
94% matchMixed43% of 145 reviews2018
Dev: BrainStorming TeamPub: KuKo
Windows
A heartwarming story about the dog life. You will watch, life of our four-legged friend from it`s birth till death. Experience love and hate, joy and disappointment, loyalty and betrayal.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #7 Indie Dev Simulator
94% matchMixed64% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Strategy 48.9%
- #8 Drafting Tales
92% 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: Strategy 39.2%, Simulation 38.7%, Casual 22.2%
- #9 中年失业模拟器When a man lose his job
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 366 reviews2021
Dev: Kwing works
Windows
You are a 35-years-old man who struggling in a huge city, the mortgage is pressing you to work day and night. Suddenly ,you got fired! Without income, you have to pay mortgage (15000 G /month) and raise 2 kids! How can you do that? Come on ! Earn money and save your family!
Why similar: RPG 52.5%, Simulation 28.5%, Casual 19%
- #10 A guard walks into a tavern
91% matchVery Positive84% of 435 reviews2023
Dev: SuQing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Why similar: Simulation 64.4%, RPG 35.6%
- #11 I Need to Fix My Dream Car (But I Work at a Junkyard)
89% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: GameFactory
Windows
Dig through junk, find rare parts and lost collectibles, rescue dogs, complete odd customer orders, drive a forklift with a magnetic crane, and relax as you slowly rebuild your dream car in this cozy junkyard simulator.
Why similar: Simulation 69.2%, Casual 30.8%
- #12 Golden Record Retriever
90% matchMixed63% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Hoochoo Game Studios
Windows
⟪Golden Record Retriever⟫ is a rogue-like DICE building game in which a golden retriever kidnapped by aliens grows into a space hero by retrieving the golden records that have become a "space headache.”
Why similar: Strategy 62.2%, Casual 37.8%
- #13 Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab
88% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2026
Dev: HCL
Windows · Mac
Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a semi-idle desktop simulation game about academic life. Keep a tiny lab in the corner of your screen while you work, study, or relax. Recruit graduate students, apply for research projects, publish papers, purchase equipment, and build your own research team.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #14 Domestic Dog
87% matchVery Positive81% of 493 reviews2015
Dev: SD
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Have you ever wanted to be a dog? Well now you can, kinda...
Why similar: Simulation 66.1%, Casual 33.9%
- #15 中年失业模拟器2-When a man lose his job 2
86% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Kwing works
Windows
You are a 35-year-old man who was fired by your boss,and still need to pay heavy mortgage and rise 2 kids,in previous game you establish your own company and make a lot of money,however a huge disaster is coming to your city...
Why similar: RPG 39.8%, Simulation 39.6%, Casual 20.5%
- #16 The Next Journey Of Life
85% matchMixed64% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: FOREVER GAME
Windows
"The Next Journey of Life"is a simulation management game. You, who work in the real estate industry, are unemployed due to the company's "optimization".A lost horse is not a blessing, as long as we have hope for life, we can walk "The next journey of life" well
Why similar: Strategy 28.5%, Simulation 28.5%, RPG 25.8%, Casual 17.2%
- #17 Life Simulator
86% 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 62.5%, Casual 37.5%
- #18 Pawffice
84% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: 飞天海牛工作室
Windows
Pawffice is a story-driven, strategy roguelike game. Coon, an average college grad. He has to use his unique ability, "Rock-Paper-Scissors" to defeat all sorts of strange enemies. After countless do-overs , can he save himself and his friends, and uncover all the secrets behind Pawffice?
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #19 Frick Frack
84% matchMixed45% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Weston Bell-GeddesPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
Just as you were about to lose all hope, you’ve found a job. It’s not exactly what you dreamed, but it pays the bills. You begin work and quickly learn the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Simulation 47.5%, Strategy 31.3%, Casual 21.2%
- #20 GameDev Life Simulator 🎮🕹
83% matchMixed58% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: Octo Games studio
Windows
In the Simulator of a game developer, you will be able to understand all the subtleties of this profession, understand how the game industry works and all the difficulties of one developer.
Why similar: Simulation 68.8%, RPG 31.2%
- #21 It's Fine
79% matchNo user reviews88% of 411 reviews2026
Dev: Buma Games
Windows · Linux
Idle / Incremental about developing a game with your dog Joe. Unlock unique mechanics, evolve with multi-layered prestige, find secrets, beat all alt endings, and deliver your game on time!
Why similar: Simulation 40.8%, Strategy 36%, RPG 13.9%, Casual 9.4%
- #22 Street Dog Legend
81% matchPositive100% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: monthbug
Windows · Mac · Linux
STREET DOG LEGEND is a flash-game inspired cooking simulator with a satirical storyline and multiple endings. Manage your street cart, meet interesting characters, play minigames, and more!
Why similar: Simulation 51.8%, RPG 27.8%, Casual 20.4%
- #23 My Diggy Dog 2
82% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: King Bird Games
Windows · Mac
Diggy Dog 2 is a game about a brave archaeologist dog named Marty, who helps his elderly master find his wife and solve the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Simulation 59.2%, Casual 40.8%
- #24 Artist Life Simulator
81% matchVery Positive81% of 196 reviews2022
Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
Windows
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Strategy 31.4%, RPG 29.2%, Simulation 25.6%, Casual 13.7%
- #25 Streamer's Life
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Just Making Games
Windows
RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.
Why similar: Simulation 54.7%, RPG 45.3%
- #26 Lights and Shadow
78% matchVery Positive80% of 267 reviews2025
Dev: Jiahe Studio 茄盒互动
Windows
The player will take on the role of Shen Hao, experiencing a journey from being a bullied student to dropping out and starting a live streaming career. The surge in digital currencies makes you an overnight millionaire. How will you choose your path and carve out a unique life story?
Why similar: RPG 75.4%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Casual 5.3%
- #27 場外人生
79% matchVery Positive90% of 332 reviews2019
Dev: YuruOwO
Windows
一個孤單的人,培養自我,增進事業,買房築巢,尋找伴侶,結婚生子,擴張勢力,建立國家,最終橫跨星海,啟動時光機器......,所謂幽默而真實的沙盒人生模擬器(つд⊂)。
Why similar: Simulation 31.6%, Strategy 26%, RPG 23.5%, Casual 18.8%
- #28 Oneiro Man
77% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Izi Studios
Windows
Oneiro is an office worker who is forced to stay up all night writing reports to avoid losing his job. The game combines typing mechanics with various mini-games. It’s a 30-40 minute experience with multiple endings depending on your performance.
Why similar: Simulation 66.2%, Casual 33.8%
- #29 Chinese Online Game
74% matchVery Positive86% of 10,403 reviews2024
Dev: 648工作室Pub: Wise Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The player will play the role of an older unmarried young man Lao Wang, because of the lack of money for marriage in thinking of ways to accidentally be attracted by the pop-up ads of an online game endorsed by a certain celebrity, and the gears of destiny began to turn at that moment.
Why similar: RPG 71.9%, Casual 28.1%
- #30 Herding Dog
80% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: xixgames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You know what they say, it's a wolf-eat-pig world out there for farmers. Play as a trustworthy farm canine and unlock your inner guard dog as you run, jump and bark to keep your farm safe from predators.
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Simulation 37.7%, Casual 23%
- #31 Director Simulator
75% matchVery Positive85% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: GOLDEN AGE
Windows · Mac
You, who lack talent, always have strange dreams. Until one day, all kinds of beautiful women from dreams entered your life one by one. You will experience an unprecedented legendary journey from a first person perspective.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Simulation 35%, Casual 23.2%
- #32 Dragon Spirits : Prologue
76% matchVery Positive97% of 132 reviews2020
Dev: FHNBHJPub: indienova
Windows
While constantly working on a video game without any rest, a college student who's about to graduate quietly slipped into slumber several times. In those lucid dreams, he found himself in the game he was working on, the fantasy world of Dragon Spirits.
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Strategy 48.3%
- #33 Dragon Spirits
75% matchVery Positive86% of 342 reviews2023
Dev: FHNBHJPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
While constantly working on a video game without any rest, a college student who's about to graduate quietly slipped into slumber several times. In those lucid dreams, he found himself in the game he was working on, the fantasy world of Dragon Spirits.
Why similar: RPG 55.6%, Strategy 44.4%
- #34 Business-hooiznes
78% matchMixed49% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 13%
An amateur russian startupper creates several business plans but there is not enough cash for bringing them to life. The Startupper wins 1 kekollar at the “Naiobka” casino but it still won’t do for the business start. The guy has to make some potential investors give him\her the money at any cost…
Why similar: Simulation 63.1%, Casual 36.9%
- #35 城市生存计划 / City Survival Project
77% matchMixed69% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: HAN GUANG
Windows · Mac
The player will play as someone trying to make it in the big city. Within 90 days, the game abstracts the difficulties, pressures, and choices in the form of continuous decision making. This decision-making game is based on a combination of talented and professional pathways, there are over dozens of career paths to advance and over 50...
Why similar: Strategy 50.5%, Simulation 49.5%
- #36 Furry Company
73% matchVery Positive83% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Dreamscape Studio
Windows
This is an idle-style casual game that appears at the bottom of your screen. In the game, you’ll hire adorable animals to work at the company you’ve founded. You be the boss and make sure they don’t slack off. The earnings can be used to renovate or expand your cozy office.
Why similar: Simulation 62.4%, Casual 37.6%
- #37 Landlord of the Woods
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,297 reviews2021
Dev: Madison Karrh
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #38 DOOMER SIMULATOR
73% matchMixed70% of 339 reviews2025
Dev: Sebasa Games TaganrogPub: Sebasa Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, RPG 49.7%
- #39 恋爱模拟器 Love Simulation
76% matchMixed55% of 1,052 reviews2018
Dev: 橘子班Pub: PeriScope Game
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Have you ever been in love? Do you want to be in love? Try the Love Simulation before you fall in love!
Why similar: Simulation 45.4%, Strategy 33.4%, Casual 21.2%
- #40 大科学家
71% matchVery Positive94% of 396 reviews2025
Dev: 箱社
Windows
Antoine is a tavern owner who privately conducts her own secret research. Due to an accident, a little girl enters her life and her once-quiet existence is forever changed. Antoine is forced to take risks involuntarily, and bit by bit the truth of the world is revealed to her again.
Why similar: RPG 67.1%, Casual 32.9%
- #41 六阶谜题 six-step mystery
72% matchVery Positive87% of 661 reviews2020
Dev: 章鱼罐头制作组
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
失意青年刘在机缘巧合下得到了一份离奇的工作,在命运齿轮的推动下,结识了几名性格各异的少女。忽然有一天祸从天降,他卷入了一起绑架案,并被迫参与一场事关生死的游戏。在求生的同时,他不得不重新审视过去生活寻求蛛丝马迹,那看似平静的生活实则早已暗流涌动……
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #42 Tiny-Tasy Town
74% matchMixed58% of 199 reviews2018
Dev: RabbirooPub: INDIECN
Windows · Mac
In the game, the player plays a young man who has just acquired his own territory. The land was full of weeds and the monsters. The Player need to collect a variety of resources to build various facilities to enrich their own town. In order to attract all kinds of residents and adventurers to live in the town.
Why similar: Simulation 39.9%, RPG 36%, Casual 24.1%
- #43 There is No GreenDam
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,979 reviews2019
Dev: 格林达姆136工程团
Windows
Simply wanted to find a job, but turned out to cause so much trouble. Then I received a mysterious test item... a young girl?! Am I gonna start living happily ever after? or just the prelude of a disaster! My story with her has just begun... Hope this game can make you feel a little touched.
Why similar: RPG 72.4%, Casual 27.6%
- #44 HAMMY
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: HEYGO Studio
Windows
Become an "Internship God" and master HAMMY's life.A group of lovely but ignorant HAMMY, a small island with nothing, all of which will change in your hands. Go to give HAMMY different lives and guide them to different future!
Why similar: Simulation 63%, Casual 37%
- #45 I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
67% matchVery Positive95% of 237 reviews2024
Dev: Lyko Studio
Windows · Mac
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: RPG 52.4%, Simulation 34.3%, Casual 13.3%
- #46 Your Quest
72% matchMixed60% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Oblivionburn Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Your Quest is a casual 2D Strategy/RPG with progressive gameplay where you gather resources to construct a village, craft new weapons and armor, and try to survive the depths of a procedurally generated dungeon under the surface.
Why similar: Strategy 29%, Simulation 28.6%, RPG 27.4%, Casual 15%
- #47 Very Unserious Game
67% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Le Clown de la ClassePub: Youplaboum!
Windows
Are you looking for a new job that will give meaning to your life? The Innovality family is ready to welcome you! Between smart innovation and spontaneous conference calls, grow into a valued team member in a cutting-edge startup!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #48 Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
69% 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 66.7%, Casual 33.3%
- #49 古代风流传
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 527 reviews2023
Dev: Turtle game
Windows
The first work of an independent small team, many deficiencies, please do not hesitate to correct! We will fix and update your problems as soon as possible. The scholar's career is not good and he retires to the countryside. Intertwined with the fate of five different styles of women.
Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Simulation 23.5%, Strategy 23.5%, Casual 14.4%
- #50 大老爷
71% matchMostly Negative33% of 212 reviews2019
Dev: Shanghai XunXIn
Windows
无论在家中还是朝中都努力向成为大老爷迈进吧!在这个过程中有许多取舍,成功的过程扮演君子或人渣,请做出你的选择。 PS:游戏内容较为复杂,需要思考,探索与发现。
Why similar: Simulation 39.1%, RPG 39.1%, Casual 21.8%
- #51 Gordon Streaman
69% matchVery Positive88% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Brouillard
Windows
Gordon Streaman is a newcomer to the world of streaming and gaming, in order to fullfill his mostly intense dreams and wishes of becoming known/popular and make a lot of money in the process, it isn’t going to be that easy! Achieve as many subscribers as possible and become a popular internet celebrity.
Why similar: RPG 48.6%, Casual 29.3%, Simulation 22.1%
- #52 No Time To Live
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: Snail-Ninja Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This is a story about an office clerk who tries to leave monotonous routine of life and do a book. And if he could find the time for his dream it depends on you.
Why similar: Simulation 62.8%, Casual 37.2%
- #53 Tech Support: Error Unknown
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 687 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon SlumberPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Things are not what they seem at your new tech support specialist job. While resolving customer issues, you soon find yourself in the middle of a conspiracy. Will you side with your employer, join a rogue hacktivist group bent on destroying them, assist the police or stand alone?
Why similar: Simulation 80.4%, Casual 19.6%
- #54 Chinese Parents
65% matchVery Positive91% of 27,054 reviews2018
Dev: 墨鱼玩游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Why similar: Simulation 42.7%, RPG 27.1%, Casual 19.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #55 Professor Watts Word Search: Into The Ocean
70% matchMixed55% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Hello Professor Watts here and I need your help! I've been hard at work on my ocean expedition, collecting samples and documenting important research materials. Now that I have returned to my laboratory I find all of my research files has been jumbled about.
Why similar: Strategy 58.3%, Casual 22.5%, Simulation 19.2%
- #56 The Grey Dream - Season 1
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 559 reviews2025
Dev: The Greys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Grey Dream is an adult Visual Novel about a man who got offered a job in an international trading company right after graduation. As soon as you accept it, the consequences of the past start to manifest. Who knows? Maybe you can get rid of your past or spice up your future with it.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #57 Day D: Tower Rush
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 296 reviews2016
Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Onwards to the past! Learn the real power of science! Help the professor and his loyal companion deal with hordes of dinosaurs.
Why similar: Strategy 32%, Simulation 27%, RPG 26%, Casual 15%
- #58 Urban Tale
68% matchMixed68% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: WASD Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Urban Tale is a realistic, vibrant and unique RPG that will allow you to fulfil your dreams, and pursue your most wanted goals in life. You start from scratch, having nothing in the city where you can meet a lot of people, that can help you throughout your adventure. Your goal is to succeed in life.
Why similar: Simulation 40.4%, RPG 38%, Casual 21.6%
- #59 Border Officer
68% matchMixed57% of 1,376 reviews2019
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Usually everyone is unemployed here. But by chance you got a job. You'il work for the state.Everyone in your family is sick or unemployed, only you can help them. You're an immigrant officer.
Why similar: Simulation 88%, Strategy 12%