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$39.99My Time at Sandrock
Nov 2 · Pathea Games
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox · Dating Sim
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Life SimBuildingFarming SimMultiplayerCraftingSandboxDating SimRPGOpen WorldCharacter Customization👍 24,122
$14.99To Pixelia
May 1 · Pixeduo Studios
Both: Life Sim · Open World · Dating Sim
Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!
Life SimOpen WorldPixel GraphicsRelaxingFarming SimDating SimSandboxManagementCasualChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,195
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
$19.99Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
May 30 · Pentacle
Both: Trains · Survival · Open World
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Early AccessTrainsSimulationDrivingSurvivalFirst-PersonOpen WorldSandboxRealistic3D👍 1,833
$19.99Office Life
Dec 17 · LeiYun Games
Both: Life Sim · Dating Sim
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
Story RichLife SimDating SimCuteCinematicTime ManagementRPGDeckbuildingChoices MatterSimulation👍 1,726
$19.99Ostranauts
Aug 3 · Blue Bottle Games
Both: Sandbox · Survival · Exploration
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
FlightSimulationSpace SimSandboxDifficultSurvivalSpaceExplorationLife SimProcedural Generation👍 3,141
-40%$17.99Coral Island
Nov 14 · Stairway Games
Both: Life Sim · Dating Sim · Character Customization
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.
Farming SimLife SimDating SimRelaxingSimulationAgricultureRPGCharacter CustomizationCraftingSingleplayer👍 21,839
$14.99School Days
Jan 28 · 白雨工作室
Both: Exploration · Dating Sim · Life Sim
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中,从入学一路走到高考,与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长,互相陪伴。你的养成和选择,不但会决定你的人生,也会影响到朋友们的未来。
ExplorationDating SimLife SimChoose Your Own AdventureTime ManagementImmersive SimRogueliteShop KeeperVisual NovelInteractive Fiction👍 6,028
$29.99Railroads Online
Dec 5 · Stefan Kelnberger
Both: Trains · Open World · Sandbox
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
TrainsMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldBuildingAutomobile SimPhysicsSandboxDrivingImmersive Sim👍 5,409
-50%$14.99The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Jan 31 · MAXIS
Both: Sandbox · Life Sim · Character Customization
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
SandboxLife SimBuildingSimulationCharacter CustomizationManagementImmersive SimAtmosphericSingleplayerStory Rich👍 4,769
-60%$4.79Retail Company Simulator
Aug 6 · Business Tycoon
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Run your retail company. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Life SimOnline Co-OpShop KeeperSimulationCasualSandboxManagementDesign & IllustrationImmersive SimEconomy👍 604
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Survival · Exploration
Explore a vast 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.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,086
-20%$22.39Go-Go Town!
Jul 16 · Prideful Sloth
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
SimulationCity BuilderDecoratingLife SimBuildingManagementSandboxFunnyFishingIndie👍 2,476
$17.99Motel Manager Simulator
Aug 26 · Denzone Games
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
SimulationManagementEconomyImmersive SimLife SimTradingDesign & IllustrationSandboxAtmosphericRealistic👍 1,476
$19.99Cash Cleaner Simulator
May 8 · Mind Control Games
Both: Sandbox · Life Sim
Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...
Immersive SimSandboxAutomationCrimeManagementPhysicsLife SimFirst-PersonCleaningDark Humor👍 7,341
$26.99Wild West Legacy
Aug 22 · Moon Punch Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Life Sim
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
WesternSimulationSurvivalOpen WorldCraftingBase BuildingBuildingRPGLife SimFirst-Person👍 1,705
$9.99Auto Sale Life
Mar 12 · OTTO Games
Both: Life Sim
Build an automotive empire. Buy, sell, and customize cars to create your own brands and showrooms. Become a shrewd entrepreneur in this immersive car trading and customization game.
SimulationAutomobile SimLife Sim3DImmersive SimRealisticColorfulDrivingCinematicIndie👍 652
$34.99SimRail - The Railway Simulator
Dec 13 · SimRail S.A.
Both: Trains · Life Sim · Exploration
SimRail is new, advanced railway simulator. Master high-speed long-distance EMU, heavy freight hauls and suburban trains. Travel 500 km of geodetic-data based real routes. Become train dispatcher and control the traffic according to the schedule or cooperate with other players on multiplayer mode.
Online Co-OpSimulationTransportationRealisticTrainsLife SimDrivingAutomobile SimExplorationSingleplayer👍 5,313
$19.99Dinkum
Apr 22 · James Bendon
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Open World Survival CraftAgricultureRelaxingCo-opFarming SimLife SimFarmingCraftingSimulationSandbox👍 24,646
-50%$9.99The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Jan 31 · MAXIS
Both: Sandbox · Life Sim · Character Customization
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
SandboxBuildingManagementLife SimCasualSimulationCharacter CustomizationAtmosphericSingleplayerImmersive Sim👍 2,329
$19.99Dread Dawn
Sep 30 · Kioop
Both: Survival · Exploration · Sandbox
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
ZombiesSurvivalExplorationSandboxOpen WorldBase BuildingTower DefenseAdventureRPGAtmospheric👍 2,113
$19.99Streamer Life Simulator 2
Feb 5 · Cheesecake Dev
Both: Life Sim · Open World
In the second game of the series, competition has increased and now everyone wants to be a streamer. Are you ready to stream until your cpu burns out?
SimulationLife SimImmersive SimFirst-PersonOpen WorldCasualSingleplayerEconomyActionMemes👍 6,755
$29.99Sengoku Dynasty
Nov 7 · Superkami
Both: Survival · Open World · Life Sim
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
City BuilderSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingMedievalLife SimMultiplayerBuildingCraftingRPG👍 6,594
$29.99Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
Mar 7 · Simteract
Both: Open World · Exploration
Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?
DrivingSimulationOpen WorldAutomobile SimRealisticSingleplayerFirst-PersonRelaxingExplorationAtmospheric👍 4,418
-50%$5.99Tobacco Shop Simulator
Jun 22 · Business Tycoon
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Run your tobacco shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Life SimSimulationShop KeeperOnline Co-OpMultiplayerDesign & IllustrationEconomySingleplayerSandboxImmersive Sim👍 826
$19.99Cattails: Wildwood Story
Oct 20 · Falcon Development
Both: Life Sim · Character Customization
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!
CatsLife SimFarming SimWholesomeRPGSimulationAnimalsRomanceCharacter CustomizationCute👍 1,479
$16.99Return from Core
Jul 17 · 顽核社 FuncoreClub
Both: Survival · Dating Sim · Sandbox
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
AutomationSurvivalBase BuildingDating SimSandboxCraftingSingleplayerActionAdventureBuilding👍 1,621
$29.99Train Sim World® 4
Sep 26 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains
Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.
TrainsSimulationTransportationAutomobile SimImmersive SimRealisticDrivingAtmosphericAdventureFamily Friendly👍 3,324
$19.99Longvinter
Feb 21 · Uuvana Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Sandbox
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
MultiplayerSurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxPvPCo-opBuildingAdventure👍 6,951
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Trains · Survival · Open World
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
$39.99Train Sim World® 5
Sep 17 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains
The Rails are Yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across 3 new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.
SimulationTrainsAdventureFirst-PersonRealisticDrivingImmersive SimAutomobile SimTransportationRelaxing👍 3,029
$9.99Casino Simulator
May 23 · Lodos Games
Both: Life Sim
Build and run your own casino empire — alone or in 1-4 player online co-op. Deal blackjack, poker and roulette yourself, spin real slot games, hire staff, expand your building, buy houses and cars in a living city… and outsmart every cheater who walks in.
SimulationCasualLife SimFPS3DEconomyFirst-PersonEarly AccessBuildingGambling👍 787
-50%$12.49Seafarer: The Ship Sim
Oct 7 · astragon Development
Both: Life Sim · Exploration · Open World
Build your maritime career solo or with up to 4 players. Take on contracts across diverse harbors, command different ships, and tackle cargo runs, patrols, rescues, firefighting, and unexpected events in a vast Northern European open world.
SimulationCasualNavalLife SimExplorationImmersive Sim3DRealisticTransportationOpen World👍 1,926
$19.99Recycling Center Simulator
Oct 2 · Balas Games
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox
Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.
SimulationFirst-PersonManagementLife SimTime ManagementAutomationImmersive SimSandboxEconomyBuilding👍 2,595

