Hidden Gem Life Sim Games
Highly rated Life Sim games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Placid Plastic Duck Simulator19,81193.50%97.60%
- 2Mon Bazou20,10493.28%97.20%
- 3Wobbledogs14,77293.10%98.31%
- 4Spirit City: Lofi Sessions16,17692.99%97.69%
- 5A Date with Death13,98892.74%98.00%
- 6VillageRhapsody16,20592.48%96.85%
- 7Virtual Cottage11,03191.84%97.69%
- 860 Seconds! Reatomized19,09291.31%94.41%
- 9SuchArt: Creative Space7,14490.64%98.00%
- 10Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 11Monster Prom14,29089.89%93.04%
- 12The Test: Final Revelation5,37189.75%97.88%
- 13小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop10,23989.57%93.64%
- 14Big Ambitions12,94989.46%92.61%
- 15Sticky Business7,49389.02%93.86%
- 16Chill Pulse4,77088.71%95.68%
- 17Littlewood6,80588.62%93.21%
- 18Ropuka's Idle Island4,08788.46%95.69%
- 19Cash Cleaner Simulator7,61488.37%92.28%
- 20The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 21TheoTown4,55288.28%94.62%
- 22Progressbar953,56188.21%96.12%
- 23The Coin Game5,90688.17%92.87%
- 24Insomnia: Theater in the Head2,90388.14%97.24%
- 25Island Saver3,80788.12%95.27%
- 26Weed Shop 34,11687.87%93.90%
- 27Cattails | Become a Cat!2,67487.69%95.89%
- 28Ithya: Magic Studies2,01387.51%98.01%
- 29Finnish Cottage Simulator3,47087.50%93.57%
- 30Little Witch in the Woods12,68387.40%88.98%
- 31Cozy Grove8,38387.37%89.73%
- 32Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 33Car Dealer Simulator9,47487.26%89.23%
- 34Summon3,49987.26%92.60%
- 35Travellers Rest17,45887.09%88.06%
- 36Dog Brew1,60287.04%97.32%
- 37Russian Life Simulator8,29686.88%88.67%
- 38Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up1,80686.86%94.41%
- 39Bear and Breakfast5,28186.83%89.57%
- 40CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience2,81086.62%91.00%
- 41Walking Simulator9,45786.61%87.90%
- 42Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game6,60086.45%88.06%
- 43Yes, Your Grace13,85186.36%87.06%
- 4460 Parsecs!4,04686.35%88.73%
- 45Farlands1,44486.35%93.01%
- 46Cozy Caravan1,26486.32%93.67%
- 47Old Market Simulator5,11186.23%87.87%
- 48Sailwind2,23586.16%89.57%
- 49Vanity Fair: The Pursuit4,51486.13%87.77%
- 50Reigns8,08186.11%86.99%
- 51Animal Shelter4,06786.05%87.66%
- 52Growing Up3,62986.05%87.85%
- 53Office Life2,06886.02%89.07%
- 54Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story49286.01%98.58%
- 55Cat Cafe Manager3,14985.98%87.84%
- 56Echoes of the Plum Grove3,08685.96%87.78%
- 57Final Profit: A Shop RPG64485.95%94.57%
- 58[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件3,11785.94%87.71%
- 59Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 60Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel1,71285.90%88.90%
- 61Sunset Motel: Prologue87885.90%91.69%
- 62Pixel Cafe84085.90%91.90%
- 63Chef RPG2,62285.88%87.76%
- 64Trash Goblin1,70485.87%88.67%
- 65Fish Game61385.86%93.47%
- 66Winkeltje: The Little Shop1,81685.84%88.33%
- 67Malware1,19285.80%88.26%
- 68Calico4,98885.78%86.55%
- 69Yakiniku simulator43885.75%93.84%
- 70World End Diner42185.70%93.11%
- 71The Sushi Spinnery41185.67%92.46%
- 72Summer in Mara Prologue1,04685.57%87.28%
- 73Little-Known Galaxy73685.56%87.91%
- 74Arctic Motel Simulator46485.54%88.79%
- 75Chinese Online Game10,33285.50%85.60%
- 76Weed Shop 290985.44%85.92%
- 77Aquarium Designer1,19085.41%85.55%
- 78Chushpan Simulator2,83485.37%85.29%
- 79Shelter3,71185.31%85.10%
- 80Espresso Tycoon1,27785.31%84.65%
- 81The Magical Mixture Mill60485.29%83.61%
- 82Lemon Cake2,03485.27%84.66%
- 83I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival4,57285.25%84.93%
- 84Gym Simulator 242,62385.18%84.37%
- 85Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator2,61685.12%84.10%
- 86Drug Lord Tycoon1,67385.08%83.20%
- 87Restaurant Empire II37185.05%75.74%
- 88Furnish Master1,13785.00%81.53%
- 89Amber Isle1,97984.99%82.97%
- 90Mr. Prepper: Prologue2,55084.96%83.25%
- 91The Longest Road on Earth63384.94%77.88%
- 92Sunset Motel82984.94%79.49%
- 93Barista Simulator67984.92%78.06%
- 94BBQ Simulator: The Squad1,08984.92%80.62%
- 95Moonstone Island4,84184.91%83.91%
- 96Epic Chef75184.87%77.90%
- 97Paleo Pines2,56584.84%82.69%
- 98Not Tonight2,73284.80%82.65%
- 99The Guild II Renaissance4,05884.78%83.00%
- 100Big Farm Story1,34484.70%79.54%
