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Games like Virtual Villagers: A New Home

2006PC89 % positive

You guide a small tribe from bare survival to a thriving village, growing crops, building homes and learning about its mysterious island. Unpredictable island events keep each settlement's story different.

Sandbox with your own goals
Building and crafting
Economy and management
Cosy, great for unwinding

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In short: games like Virtual Villagers: A New Home

Best alternative overall: Havendock 89% match – Building and crafting
Newest alternative: Two Point Museum 88% match – released 2025

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Havendock

89 %Match

2025PC81 % positive19.50 €

A cozy ocean colony builder where you scavenge floating debris, welcome settlers, farm, automate production and explore the deep sea by submarine.

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Stranded Sails

Building and crafting

After a shipwreck you build up farms and gear on an archipelago, explore the islands and solve their mysteries to escape. It is a relaxed crafting and survival adventure in the vein of Stardew Valley.

Two Point Museum

Economy and management

A humorous management sim where you design museums, send expeditions to find rare exhibits, and keep staff and visitors happy. The charming cartoon style and dry gags make optimizing layouts relaxing and fun.

Slime Rancher 2

Economy and management

As rancher Beatrix, you capture colorful slimes on Rainbow Island, raise them, and expand your ranch. A relaxed blend of farming, collecting and curious exploration in a vibrant world.

The Sims Castaway Stories

Building and crafting

Your Sims are shipwrecked on an uncharted island and must build a new life: construct shelters, befriend animals, meet natives and uncover secrets. It offers a goal-driven Story mode and an open-ended Free Play mode.

The Sims 4

Sandbox with your own goals

The definitive life simulator: craft Sims in detail, build their dream homes, and steer their careers, relationships and families across generations. A relaxed, humorous sandbox with no set goals, driven entirely by your creativity.

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Bright, upbeat tone

A cozy life-sim adventure where you restore an enchanted valley alongside beloved Disney and Pixar characters, befriending them, completing quests, farming, crafting and decorating at a relaxed pace.

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

Bright, upbeat tone

A cozy farming sim where you clear untamed land, customize your farm tile by tile, and help a small town grow alongside it. Marriage candidates, requests and the relaxed seasonal rhythm of the series round it out.

The Sims 2: Castaway

Economy and management

Your Sims are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island and must manage food, shelter and needs from scratch. You explore the island, gather resources and gradually uncover its secrets.

Apico

Bright, upbeat tone

Apico is a relaxed pixel-art beekeeping sim where you breed bees with different traits, gather resources, build up your home and explore colorful lands. Its blend of genetics tinkering and cozy crafting sets it apart.