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329 games like Paralives · 2009 – 2026
Maxis · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Unleash your imagination and create a unique world of Sims that's an expression of you! Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes, and much more with The Sims 4. Life, and Sims, are yours to control. Customize your unique Sims,
70 rating8 lists22 h main storyOften paired
Spry Fox · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +6
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a life-sim game 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 help soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of c
76 rating4 lists73 h main storyOften paired
Linux, Windows, macOS
Dressmaker is a cozy game inspired by real dressmaking. Become a dressmaker, choose dress designs, cut out fabric and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) customers.
84 rating2 lists21 h main storyOften paired
Android, Linux, Windows +2
Usagi Shima is a relaxing, idle bunny collecting game. You’ve been tasked as caretaker of an abandoned island — as you decorate it over time, curious (but adorable!) bunny visitors start to appear! Buy toys, plants, and build structures on
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Gameloft Divertissements Inc. · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +6
Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighbourhood alongside Disney and Pixar Heroes and Villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.
75 rating9 lists59 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Software Planning & Development · Nintendo DS
Tomodachi Collection takes place on an island in the middle of the sea, that can be populated with various Miis created from the built in Mii Maker, or transferred wirelessly from a Wii console. These Miis can be given a personal voice and
72 rating4 listsOften paired
Maxis · Android, iOS
Express your creativity as you customize your Sims' distinct appearances and unique personalities, giving them traits and having fun with fashion and hairstyles. Effortlessly build your Sims the perfect home, choosing favorite designs and d
54 rating2 lists
Krafton · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series +1
InZOI is a life simulation game in which the player takes on the role of an intern at a virtual reality company, managing a neighborhood of simulated characters called "Zoi." Gameplay takes place across open world environments including a d
71 rating3 lists21 h main story
Pathea Games · Android, Switch, PS4 +4
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
75 rating4 lists69 h main story
Linux, Windows
Tiny Glade is a small relaxing game about doodling castles. Explore gridless building chemistry, and watch the game carefully assemble every brick, pebble and plank. There's no management, combat, or wrong answers - just kick back and turn
68 rating1 list3 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +2
Leave the hustle of the city behind and embrace life on Starsand Island. Fish, farm, raise animals, and befriend or fall in love with locals to learn their secrets. Customize your world with our DIY system, and invite friends to help build
85 rating3 lists
U-Play Online · Linux, Windows, macOS
Youtubers Life is the ultimate vlogger tycoon/life-sim videogame. The main aim of this title is to become the world’s greatest youtuber in history. To achieve it, you will have to edit videos, get in touch with other video bloggers and try
66 rating2 lists1 h main storyDescribed alike
Witch Beam · Android, Linux, Switch +7
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while le
82 rating4 lists3.5 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
FuturLab · Switch, PS4, PS5 +6
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of
77 rating5 lists40 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Gentle Troll Entertainment · Switch, Windows, macOS
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. Befriend a colourful cast of adventurers as they brag about their latest triumph – or
2 lists16 h main story
Feel Free Games · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
Luma Island is a casual life simulation and farming game where players explore a peaceful island, grow crops, care for animals, and interact with a small community of characters. The game focuses on day-to-day activities, resource gathering
65 rating2 lists31 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Singularity 6 · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +2
Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri. Gameplay centers on village life activities including fishing
74 rating1 list76 h main story
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +2
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
65 rating1 list17 h main story
Wonderscope · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
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?
49 rating2 lists15 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Sunblink · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +4
A cozy life sim/adventure hybrid featuring Hello Kitty and Friends. Create a unique, Sanrio-style original avatar and befriend iconic Sanrio characters like Kuromi, Badtz-Maru, Cinnamoroll, Chococat, and Aggretsuko. Share gifts, complete qu
81 rating3 lists26 h main story
Switch, PS5, Windows +2
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
46 rating1 list0.5 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. By day, restore your quaint homestead into a summer paradise. Raise crops, care for animals and rebuild to your heart's content. At night inhabit the various farmland creatures through your dreams a
2 lists18 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Monomi Park · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Steam +2
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
68 rating3 lists11 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Switch, PS4, PS5 +1
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
72 rating2 lists22 h main story
Coatsink · Android, Switch, PS5 +4
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.
1 list19 h main story
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +3
Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.
68 rating1 list11 h main storyDescribed alike
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +4
The Tanuki Festival is just a month away, and the shrine is in disrepair. Follow Pon, a well meaning, if a bit lazy Tanuki with a part-time job at the Post Office, as he works to restore the shrine before summer ends. Deliver packages, make
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Nintendo console exclusive
Bubblebird Studio · Linux, Switch, Windows +1
Be Flint, who is doing his best to keep his grandma's park up and running and make it a place for the campers to enjoy. Learn the camper's wishes and build whatever their hearts desire to attract even more quirky characters and look forward
74 rating1 list3 h main story
Linux, Windows, macOS
A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.
80 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Twice Circled · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
A theme park management game with an aquatic twist. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
71 rating3 lists23 h main story
GrizzlyGames · Linux, Windows, macOS
Islanders is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands. Explore an infinite number of ever-changing new lands, expand your settlements from sprawling villages to vast cities and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere.
81 rating1 list2 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Glumberland · Switch, Windows, Xbox One +1
Ooblets is a farming, creature collection, and town life game where you build up your farm, befriend townsfolk, grow ooblets, and have dance-offs.
83 rating3 lists28 h main story
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
PC Building Simulator lets players get to grips and experiment with building their very own gaming PC, without the associated risks and costs. With tutorials to help master the basics and an array of accurate and lifelike components that fu
70 rating3 lists22 h main story
SomaSim · Android, Switch, PS4 +4
Project Highrise is a Tower Building Business Management Simulator. Managing your sky-scraping empire will be no easy task – growth will require a mastery of the various interlocking systems that are required for each type of establishment
74 rating3 lists10 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Android, Linux, Switch +5
Leave everything behind and open a Tiny Bookshop by the sea in this ambient narrative management game. Stock your wagon, set up shop in scenic locations, and navigate a post-capitalist future alongside Bookstonbury’s eclectic cast of charac
76 rating2 lists18 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the v
3 lists37 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, macOS
It's time to get carried away with the deliriously fun, bloody physics-based construction puzzler packed full of creative challenges, sports and bloody disasters!
80 rating1 list7.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, macOS
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 p
54 rating2 lists5.5 h main story
House House · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1
Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game.
86 rating3 lists
Iceflake Studios · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
Create and manage your own city without restrictions. Offering a deep simulation and a living economy, Cities: Skylines II will challenge your decision-making skills and allow you to build the cities of your dreams. Get ready for a new epic
73 rating2 lists28 h main storyDescribed alike
Windows
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city t
80 rating1 list13 h main story
Linux, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +5
Explore an endless cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
76 rating4 lists39 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Acquire · Switch, Windows
Hookah Haze is a visual novel developed by Acquire and published by Aniplex. The player takes the role of a terminally ill protagonist, whose final wish is to manage a hookah lounge. Through this new job, they meet various patrons and bond
1 list3 h main story
Traveller's Tales · Switch, PS4, Windows +1
LEGO Worlds is an open environment of procedurally-generated Worlds made entirely of LEGO bricks which you can freely manipulate and dynamically populate with LEGO models. Create anything you can imagine one brick at a time, or use large-sc
71 rating4 lists12 h main story
MassHive Media · Android, Switch, PS4 +6
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
55 rating3 lists21 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Flashbulb Games · PS4, PS5, Windows +1
In the toughest motoring expedition in the universe, you and your friends will build your own vehicles to cross a dangerous wasteland. Explore, crash horribly, use your wits to build a better rig, and get as far as you can with whatever spa
74 rating1 list14 h main storyDescribed alike
Windows
Setting to redefine the city-building genre, Foundation puts the emphasis on the organic aspects of urbanism in the cities of old, powered by Polymorph Games’ proprietary game engine, Hurricane, which allows for full mod support and is opti
62 rating1 list19 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Live Wire · Switch, Windows
Introducing a brand-new fantasy x life simulation RPG from Square Enix! Through the changing seasons, explore an imaginative world, tend your crops, make new friends, face enemies in dynamic combat, and unravel the mystery of the season of
78 rating2 lists48 h main story