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Games like Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands

2008

You settle into a year of four seasons on a small island, tending crops, animals and friendships with the villagers. On the DS you can play with buttons rather than the touch screen, which keeps the relaxed pace comfortable and flexible.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Economy and management
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

In short: Games like Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar

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2025PEGI 3PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable93 % positive49.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands: a sandbox with your own goals, a cosy mood to unwind as well as economy and management.

You settle into the friendly mountain town of Zephyr Town, growing crops, raising animals and getting to know the locals. Your own market stall at the bazaar helps bring the town back to its former glory.

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Farm Together

Sandbox with your own goals

A relaxed farming simulator where you plant, harvest and expand a farm alone or alongside friends on a shared plot. With no pressure and no story, the focus is on cozy cooperative building.

Dinkum

Sandbox with your own goals

A cozy life and farming sim set in the Australian outback: build your home, explore forests, deserts and billabongs, look after animals, and enjoy it all with friends in co-op.

Staxel

Bright, upbeat tone

A relaxed voxel-style farming sim where you tend your farm, befriend villagers and build your world together with friends online.

Garden Paws

Bright, upbeat tone

A cozy farming life populated by animal characters: you inherit your grandparents' farm, grow crops, raise animals, and venture into dungeons to fight shadow creatures for loot.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Sandbox with your own goals

You turn a deserted island into your own paradise while living among charming animal neighbors, catching fish and bugs, crafting and decorating. The game runs on the real-world clock and seasons, so it rewards a calm daily check-in.

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