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2025PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified94 % positive14.50 €

A cozy farming sim where you play a researcher cataloguing plants and creatures for an archive, while growing crops, taming animals and building friendships.

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Research Story are Potion Permit, Echoes of the Plum Grove and Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Research Story special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Potion Permit

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2022PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified80 % positive19.99 €

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Lots to discover

As a chemist in the small town of Moonbury, you diagnose ailments, gather ingredients, brew potions and build a gentle life with your dog. A relaxed life-sim RPG with charm and light combat.

Wild Season

Cosy, great for unwinding

A cozy farming sim in the vein of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory, where you restore a run-down farm, tend crops and relationships, and settle into a relaxed daily routine.

Harvest Moon: One World

Cosy, great for unwinding

You run your farm and travel between different villages, tending crops, animals and getting to know the locals. A relaxed, family-friendly farming game with no pressure, offering a broader world thanks to its new engine.

World's Dawn

Cosy, great for unwinding

A cozy farming and life sim set in a sleepy seaside village, inspired by Harvest Moon. You befriend a large cast of villagers and enjoy a relaxed daily routine.

Collector's Cove

Lots to discover

A cozy seafaring farming adventure where you tend a floating farm, sail with an animal companion to new islands, and collect crops and fish along the way.

Littlewood

Cosy, great for unwinding

After the hero's work is done, you calmly rebuild a town, pick up hobbies and make friends in Littlewood. A relaxed, stress-free life sim in the vein of Stardew Valley.

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