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2026PCSteam Deck playable57 % positive24.99 €

A co-op country-life sim set in an open world for up to four players. You raise animals, farm, craft machines and build your dream home, while delving into monster-filled mines, earning villagers' respect and possibly finding love and starting a family.

  • Open world
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Playing together in co-op
  • Building and crafting

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In short: Games like The Ranchers

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2025PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable92 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about The Ranchers: a sandbox with your own goals, building and crafting as well as an open world.

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.

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Garden Paws

Open world

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.

Coral Island

Dense, handcrafted world

A warm-hearted farming sim set on a tropical island where you tend crops and animals, build relationships, and restore the coral reefs. Environmental care is woven into the relaxed gameplay loop.

Fae Farm

Building and crafting

A cozy farming adventure on the magical island of Azoria where you tend crops, craft, decorate your home and use spells to explore dungeons. Relaxing to play solo or in co-op with up to four players.

Palia

Dense, handcrafted world

Palia is a free-to-play cozy online life sim where you fish, forage, cook, garden and decorate your home in a fantasy village. You build relationships with villagers and can play alongside other people.

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.

Loftia

Sandbox with your own goals

In Loftia you team up with friends to farm, craft and decorate your way through an open world while working toward a greener future. It is a relaxed co-op sandbox where creativity and shared progress matter more than challenge.

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