Games like To The Rescue!
by Little Rock Games, indie.io
To The Rescue! is a charming dog shelter simulator. Take care of unique dogs and find the right homes for as many of them as you can. Upgrade your shelter, control disease outbreaks, learn each dog's preferences, and make tough decisions, all while helping support real-world animal shelters!
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$19.99Animal Shelter
Mar 23 · Games Incubator
Both: Dogs · Life Sim
In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
DogsCatsLife SimEducationCasualSingleplayerSimulationAdventureFamily FriendlyRealistic👍 3,643
$19.99The Tenants
Oct 20 · EndGameLoop Games
Both: Management · Life Sim · Building
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
ManagementDesign & IllustrationLife SimCity BuilderBuildingEconomyGod GameImmersive SimSandboxReplay Value👍 7,072
-50%$9.99The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Jan 31 · MAXIS
Both: Building · Management · Life Sim
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
$19.99Wobbledogs
Mar 15 · Animal Uprising
Both: Dogs · Life Sim
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 pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.
DogsWholesomeCuteSandboxSimulationColorfulFunnyFamily FriendlyLife SimPhysics👍 13,778
$44.99Planet Zoo
Nov 5 · Frontier Developments
Both: Management · Building
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
ManagementZooSimulationBuildingSandboxNatureCity BuilderEconomySingleplayerRealistic👍 81,203
FreeThe Sims™ 4
Jun 18 · Maxis
Both: Life Sim · Building
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Life SimFree to PlayCharacter CustomizationBuildingSimulationRomanceSingleplayerSandboxDating SimCasual👍 83,352
$24.99Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Sep 17 · Geometa
Both: Building · Immersive Sim
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
SandboxBuildingOpen WorldBase BuildingPhysicsImmersive SimFlightAutomationProgrammingSailing👍 54,673
$19.99Let's Build a Zoo
Nov 5 · Springloaded
Both: Management · Building
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
SimulationPixel GraphicsManagementCity BuilderSandboxStrategyCreature CollectorBuildingCuteResource Management👍 3,724
$19.99Youtubers Life 2
Oct 19 · UPLAY Online
Both: Life Sim · Management · Immersive Sim
Start from humble beginnings and take charge of the daily life of a wannabe influencer. Balance your day between creating trend-based content, completing tasks to earn money, and building trust with your neighbors to uncover their stories. Are you ready to embark on your road to fame?
Life SimCharacter CustomizationSimulationCasualStrategyTime ManagementManagementFunnyFamily FriendlyImmersive Sim👍 1,907
$19.99Obenseuer
Dec 11 · Loiste Interactive
Both: Life Sim · Management · Building
Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.
IndieSurvivalLife SimRPGEarly AccessManagementStrategy RPGDystopian AdventureBuilding👍 1,687
$19.99The Sims™ 3
Jan 27 · The Sims Studio, Maxis
Both: Life Sim · Building
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
Life SimSimulationCharacter CustomizationBuildingSandboxSingleplayerCasualFunnyModdableRomance👍 31,079
$8.99Hometopia
Apr 2 · Hometopia Inc.
Both: Immersive Sim · Building
Hometopia is a sandbox home-building game featuring thousands of assets and customization options. Choose from a variety of environments where you can design your dream homes—solo or with friends. Bring your architectural visions to life exactly as you imagine, with no budget limitations.
Immersive SimDesign & IllustrationCity BuilderSandboxBuildingBase BuildingEducationNatureTutorialFamily Friendly👍 777
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Life Sim
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
$19.99No Place Like Home
Mar 17 · Chicken Launcher
Both: Dogs · Life Sim
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
DogsFarming SimCraftingRPGBase BuildingLife SimSimulationExplorationAgricultureFemale Protagonist👍 3,785
$2.99Dogs Organized Neatly
Nov 1 · DU&I
Both: Dogs
In this 2D puzzle game you have the responsibility to arrange lovely doggos in a way that fits the grid. Dogs Organized Neatly comes with 80 brand-new hand-crafted levels and a whole bunch of dogs in all shapes and sizes.
DogsCasualCozyWholesomePuzzleRelaxingCute2DHand-drawnColorful👍 1,395
-80%$3.99Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
May 28 · stillalive studios
Both: Management · Building
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
SimulationComedyStrategyManagementIndieCasualBuildingSingleplayerSandboxReplay Value👍 737

