The Best Life simulation Games for Android

Update, : Virtual Families 3 added at rank #26.
1

Chinese Parents (2018)

View Similar Games
89
Review score
Logo of Chinese Parents Screenshot of Chinese Parents Screenshot of Chinese Parents Screenshot of Chinese Parents

PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android IOS iPhone

Chinese Parents is a life sim game about growing up in a Chinese household and juggling parental expectations while dealing with immense academic stress. It offers an accurate and detailed representation of the quirks, joys, and tribulations of childhood. Players must collect coloured gems to upgrade their stats and purchase skills in order to ace their exams and fulfill the ultimate goal of passing the annual university entrance exam known as the gaokao.

Buy

Pros:
  • Accurate portrayal of Chinese parenting
  • Humorous storytelling
  • Resource management challenge
  • Unlocking hidden skills to boost stats
  • Random events with multiple choice questions
  • "face" stat that affects social standing
Cons:
  • English localization may miss out on some nuances of jokes or instructions for puzzles may be unclear

  • simulation
  • life
  • memes
  • psychological
  • casual
  • horror

2

My Child Lebensborn (2018)

View Similar Games
90
Review score
Logo of My Child Lebensborn Screenshot of My Child Lebensborn Screenshot of My Child Lebensborn Screenshot of My Child Lebensborn

early access PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android

Experience the emotional and challenging journey of raising an adopted child in post-WWII Norway in My Child Lebensborn. Balance your time and resources to provide for your child's needs while navigating a world filled with hate and bullying. This BAFTA-award winning game offers a genuine and immersive nurturing simulation that will tug at your heartstrings.

Buy

Pros:
  • Impactful story
  • Emotional journey
  • Realistic characters
  • Meaningful choices
  • Good replay value
Cons:
  • Fairly linear gameplay
  • Some may find it too emotionally taxing

  • simulation
  • emotional
  • choices
  • time-management
  • life
  • hand-drawn
  • war
  • social
  • historical
  • story
  • crafting
  • casual
  • atmospheric
  • education
  • management

3

Cabin Fever (2021)

View Similar Games
95
Review score
Logo of Cabin Fever Screenshot of Cabin Fever Screenshot of Cabin Fever Screenshot of Cabin Fever

PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Android

An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

Buy

  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • life
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • linear
  • story
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • single-player
  • 2d
  • cute
  • anime

4

The Good Life (2021)

View Similar Games
69
Review score
Logo of The Good Life Screenshot of The Good Life Screenshot of The Good Life Screenshot of The Good Life

Xbox One Xbox Series X Xbox 360 Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Enjoy everyday life while solving a murder mystery in Rainy Woods - known as the "happiest town in the world" - in this all-new "Debt Repayment RPG"!


  • simulation
  • mystery
  • open-world
  • detective
  • rpg
  • narrative
  • supernatural
  • local
  • crime
  • life
  • cult
  • agriculture
  • investigation
  • immersive
  • farming

5

Aquarist (2022)

View Similar Games
83
Review score
Logo of Aquarist Screenshot of Aquarist Screenshot of Aquarist Screenshot of Aquarist

early access Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

Get the best aquarium store in town! Create, renew, manage, observe. See if you can create an aquarium empire.

Buy

  • fishing
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • nature
  • underwater
  • education
  • building
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • life
  • naval
  • collector
  • creature
  • first-person
  • casual

6

House Party (2017)

View Similar Games
76
Review score
Logo of House Party Screenshot of House Party Screenshot of House Party Screenshot of House Party

PC Windows Xbox 360 Xbox One Android

House Party is an edgy comedy adventure game inspired by classic comedies of the '90s. Every decision changes your story and every character has something to reveal. There’s also a button to take your pants off.


  • simulation
  • lgbtq
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • life
  • cinematic
  • immersive
  • mature
  • comedy
  • multiple-endings
  • romance
  • choices
  • drama
  • sandbox
  • funny

7

Different Strokes (2022)

View Similar Games
95
Review score
Logo of Different Strokes Screenshot of Different Strokes Screenshot of Different Strokes Screenshot of Different Strokes

Android web browser PC Windows

A collaborative online painting game where players can create, edit, and rate each other's art!

Buy

  • illustration
  • design
  • life
  • immersive
  • hand-drawn
  • asynchronous
  • cartoony
  • relaxing
  • nonlinear
  • simulation
  • multiplayer
  • 3d
  • cute
  • exploration
  • anime

8

Calico (2020)

View Similar Games
64
Review score
Logo of Calico Screenshot of Calico Screenshot of Calico Screenshot of Calico

Android ds Playstation 3 ps2 Xbox 360 wii PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS

Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!

Buy

  • cats
  • cute
  • lgbtq
  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • life
  • dog
  • horses
  • character
  • customization
  • magic
  • open-world
  • beat-em-up
  • family-friendly
  • building

9

Sun Haven (2021)

View Similar Games
86
Review score
Logo of Sun Haven Screenshot of Sun Haven Screenshot of Sun Haven Screenshot of Sun Haven

Mac OS PC Windows Android

Experience adventure and excitement in Sun Haven, a fantasy multiplayer farming sim game. With dragons, magic, and a main questline, you can explore three different worlds, upgrade your farm, and interact with the inhabitants of Sun Haven to bring the town back to its former glory. With seven different playable races, 15 romance-able characters, and tons of customization options, you can make the game your own. The skill tree offers over 100 options to create your own play style, and pets and mounts are available to collect. Come and become the hero of your own story today!

Buy

Pros:
  • More freedom than Stardew Valley with no energy bar and customizable day length
  • Intricate gameplay with many options and immersive romanceable NPCs
  • Fun story that seems almost never ending
  • Option to play as a fantasy race, use magic, and have a skill tree with many options
  • Large and well-crafted world with 15 romanceable options and the ability to romance multiple characters at once
Cons:
  • Map could use improvement
  • Multiplayer bugs and crashes
  • Developers focus on adding new content instead of fixing bugs

  • farming
  • simulation
  • agriculture
  • life
  • mining
  • fishing
  • dating-sim
  • pixel
  • character
  • magic
  • crafting
  • relaxing
  • customization
  • fantasy-type
  • pixel-graphic

10

Spirit (2017)

View Similar Games
80
Review score
Logo of Spirit Screenshot of Spirit Screenshot of Spirit Screenshot of Spirit

Android PC Windows

Shape an empty island into a wacky ecosystem. The game puts you in the role as a stranded spirit, with the power to give and take life. Play trough the sandbox Free Mode, or 9 casual Adventure missions.

Buy

  • life
  • hunting
  • casual
  • simulation
  • nature
  • pve
  • ambient
  • survival
  • pvp
  • open-world
  • soundtrack
  • ecosystem
  • music
  • 3d
  • multiplayer

Not seeing your game?