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85%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

grinding, optimization

87% User Score Based on 1,991 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 6 reviews

Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!Spend a year away from home on an island in the sky! Following your village's tradition, you must move to an island in the sky to complete your Alchemy training. Armed …

84%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 2,660 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

You've been given the Kynseed, a mystical acorn that grows into a family tree where your choices manifest in its branches. Raise a family, farm the land, run shops, and explore a world where everyone ages. When you die, step into the shoes of your children and continue your legacy.

88%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 9,808 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 11 reviews

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.

90%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

grinding, optimization

95% User Score Based on 1,611 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 5 reviews

Roots of Pacha is a co-op farming and life simulation game set in the stone age, where you and your clan just settled in a promised and fertile land. By connecting with nature at your own pace you’ll help your clan evolve, develop culture and relationships, and discover the mysteries of Pacha, mother nature.

77%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, stability

80% User Score Based on 3,984 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

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.

98%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 15,631 reviews

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!

97%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 865 reviews

Set out for a new life away from the city to rebuild a town from scratch. Decorate, collect, produce, and befriend in this cat-ivating life sim!

87%Game Brain Score

graphics, story

grinding, character development

90% User Score Based on 3,663 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 5 reviews

Go solo or play with up to 4 friends and family members, this island is yours to discover!Begin your extraordinary journey in a humble old caravan and rise to the grand achievement of building a majestic manor that you can proudly call your home. Traverse the island solving quests and helping the locals through their struggles. Dangerous spider caves, ancient temples, mind-bending puzzles and hid…

79%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 2,070 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 11 reviews

Escape to an island populated with welcoming townsfolk and dozens of friendly dinosaurs. Tame them, care for them, run your ranch, and saddle up your trusted steeds for adventures into the wild countryside!

90%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

grinding, story

90% User Score Based on 12,456 reviews

You are an innkeeper, on a journey to transform a run-down inn into a bustling social space. Brew your own beer, run a farm, explore the world, and build relationships with your customers to create your own fantasy tavern!