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Research Story

Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!

★ PET IDLE ★ PALEO PINES ★ CORNUCOPIA® ★ THE RANCHERS ★ SEEDS OF CALAMITY ★ FARMER'S DYNASTY - FINAL HARVEST EDITION ★ MY TIME AT PORTIA ★ CLANFOLK ★ I AM FUTURE: COZY APOCALYPSE SURVIVAL ★ STARDEW VALLEY ★ SONG OF THE PRAIRIE ★ THE RANCH OF RIVERSHINE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Pet idle

77% 👍 OF 744
About This Game

Pet Idle is a simulation game where you can take care of various virtual animals! Build and manage your home to be a cozy home for many pets!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Manage Pet Needs
  • …Teach Pets Tricks
  • …Expand a Pet Home
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Paleo Pines

83% 👍 OF 2.7K
About This Game

Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Flute-Tame Dinosaurs
  • …Build Dino Pens
  • …Farm With Dino Helpers
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Cornucopia®

88% 👍 OF 664
About This Game

A cozy 2.5D farm-life RPG that runs deep. Grow living soil into legendary harvests, romance 34+ villagers, breed magical animals, cook, fish, and dive the dungeons below for loot. No forced bedtime, no stress, just your dream farm at your own pace.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Balance Living Soil
  • …Breed Magical Animals
  • …Fight Cave Bosses
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The Ranchers

63% 👍 OF 301
About This Game

The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow tasty crops, craft helpful tools and build your dream house. Explore the open world and earn the villagers' respect and esteem.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Grow Seasonal Crops
  • …Raise Ranch Animals
  • …Build Your Own Home
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Seeds of Calamity

81% 👍 OF 360
About This Game

Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.

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Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition

75% 👍 OF 4.3K
About This Game

Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Restore a Family Farm
  • …Repair Neighbors’ Buildings
  • …Work Fields With Tractors
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My Time at Portia

91% 👍 OF 44K
About This Game

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 land!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build the town's fast-travel network by placing Dee-Dee stops yourself, and watch other workshops put their own stops around town too.
  • …scan ancient ruins for buried relics, dig your own tunnels, find secret rooms with chests, and assemble artifact pieces into museum donations.
  • …rebuild a whole town by taking builder commissions that permanently add bridges, elevators, street lights, and new routes.
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Clanfolk

92% 👍 OF 4.0K
About This Game

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Prepare for Highland Winters
  • …Raise Generations of Family
  • …Unlock Ideas Through Work
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I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival

85% 👍 OF 4.6K
About This Game

I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Dismantle Rooftop Junk
  • …Build a Rooftop Camp
  • …Assign Tasks to Robots
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Stardew Valley

98% 👍 OF 1.0M
About This Game

You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …marry someone with the exact salad you found in a trash can.
  • …build an 8-player farm together and even tweak the group profit split for a harder run.
  • …spam bombs in a monster-filled cavern to blast straight through floors for loot.
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Song Of The Prairie

78% 👍 OF 1.5K
About This Game

Song of The Prairie is a 3D relaxing farm game. A hero who defeat the demon begins a new rural life. Experiencing the fun of exploration to the town. Harvesting giant fruits and crops. Taking care fantastic animals. Dating with someone you like. Just enjoy the farming life only belongs to you!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Grow Giant Crops
  • …Explore Inner Worlds
  • …Hire Farmhands
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The Ranch of Rivershine

94% 👍 OF 2.3K
About This Game

Saddle up and build your own horse ranch! Raise foals, care for your horses and train them as you explore the countryside. Participate in cross country competitions and become your town's champion! Befriend the villagers who'll help you on your adventure at the Ranch of Rivershine!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …ride your horse almost anywhere, including straight into people's houses.
  • …watch manes and tails actually grow over time, then trim and maintain them.
  • …catch wild horses by herding them across new regions, then train them up before deciding whether to keep or sell them.