Games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons

3.9average player rating•5 games

Animal Crossing asks almost nothing of you: tend the place, talk to the neighbours, watch the seasons turn. These carry that same low-stakes rhythm, where progress is a side effect of showing up.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic85

Avg. player rating3.9/5

Avg. playtime7h

Main genreIndie

Released2016–2022

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Indie5 of 5
Simulation4 of 5
Adventure3 of 5
RPG3 of 5
Casual2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Stardew Valley
RPGSimulationIndie
The other pillar of cozy. More farming and more purpose, but the same seasons, festivals and neighbours worth knowing.
4.4/5Player ratingMC89View game
2
My Time at Sandrock
AdventureRPGSimulation
Small-town life with a workshop attached — craft what the townsfolk need and watch the place grow around your work.
3.9/5Player ratingView game
3
Slime Rancher
ActionAdventureSimulation
Pure daytime pottering: collect adorable things, feed them, upgrade the farm. Cheerful, chaotic, impossible to lose.
3.9/5Player ratingMC81View game
4
Cozy Grove
AdventureCasualIndie
A daily-visit island of gentle chores and bear ghosts. It even paces itself like Animal Crossing — a bit each day, then it lets you go.
3.6/5Player ratingView game
5
Dinkum
RPGSimulationIndie
Build a town in the Australian outback: same loop of fishing, bug-catching and slowly nice-ifying the place, with more survival to it.
3.5/5Player ratingView game