The Best Life simulation Games for Linux

Update : Cozy Room Decorator added at rank #42.
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Cabin Fever (2021)

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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.

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  • visual-novel
  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • life
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • off-grid
  • linear
  • story
  • explore
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • single-player
  • 2d

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Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

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  • choices
  • life
  • medieval
  • card
  • humor
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • hand-drawn
  • magic
  • 2d
  • funny
  • cute
  • family-friendly

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Roots of Pacha (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One l Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

Immerse yourself in Roots of Pacha, a prehistoric farming and life simulator where you'll build community and explore a primitive world. Befriend animals, fish, and mine in mysterious caves, all while developing your village and unlocking your clan's spirituality. Engage in fun events, grow your economy, and enjoy hours of relaxing gameplay.

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What we like:
  • Engaging community interaction
  • Delightful characters with varied dialogue
  • Innovative farming and taming mechanics
  • Regular updates and expansions
  • Balanced economy and good pacing of unlocking features
What could be improved:
  • Some frustrating farming mechanics
  • Limited interaction with community buildings
  • Time-consuming and grinding aspects
  • Lack of freedom and usefulness of money

  • farming
  • simulation
  • life
  • agriculture
  • cozy
  • romance
  • cooperative
  • building
  • pixel

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My Exercise (2020)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Let's do sit-ups! Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.

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  • dog
  • life
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • philosophical
  • esport
  • immersive
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • funny
  • sport
  • psychological
  • 2d

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Littlewood (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch

Littlewood is a relaxing townbuilder that allows you to become the architect of your own fantasy world. As the hero, you are tasked with rebuilding a town and enjoying the fruits of your labor after saving it from a Dark Wizard. With craft-a-thon style elements, terraforming mechanics, and unique UI features like infinite pockets and one-button tools, Littlewood offers an optimized and streamlined version of its familiar gameplay. Plus, you're able to date most of the townsfolk!


What we like:
  • Performance-based clock offers control over schedule
  • Optimized and streamlined version of craft-a-thon style elements
  • Unique UI features like infinite pockets and one-button tools
  • Interesting characters with distinct personalities
  • Beautiful visuals with four separate seasons
  • Ability to date townsfolk
What could be improved:
  • Characters don't have individual routines
  • Some aspects could go deeper

  • farming
  • simulation
  • crafting
  • city-building
  • romance
  • relaxing
  • rpg
  • agriculture
  • pixel
  • life
  • customization

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Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant (2018)

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Android Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Life sim set in the Ancient Roman Republic. Experience life and events in Ancient Rome through multiple generations of a family, helping them grow from lowly commoners to mighty Senators. Long live the Republic!


  • rome
  • choices
  • simulation
  • historical
  • life
  • mythology
  • politics
  • education
  • political
  • immersive
  • family-friendly
  • drama
  • alternate
  • management
  • minimalist

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Do Not Feed the Monkeys (2018)

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Xbox One Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!


  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • humor
  • point-and-click
  • political
  • multiple-endings
  • mature
  • dark
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • life
  • story
  • management
  • 2d
  • pixel

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TheoTown (2015)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A city simulation game that lets you build your very own city. Cities are interchangeable with the mobile versions of the game.

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  • city-building
  • simulation
  • building
  • moddable
  • sandbox
  • auto
  • life
  • pixel
  • 2.5d
  • isometric
  • political

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Alchemic Cutie (2021)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Alchemic Cutie is a wholesome relaxing RPG set on colorful Wimba Island. While taming wild jellies, you’ll meet villagers, enter jelly competitions and uncover the secrets of the island.

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  • farming
  • simulation
  • collectathon
  • life
  • relaxing
  • editor
  • moddable
  • level
  • management
  • magic
  • open-world
  • cute
  • rpg
  • exploration
  • colourful

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Tiny Life (2023)

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In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!

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  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • life
  • mud
  • moddable
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • character
  • building
  • lgbtq
  • family-friendly
  • customization
  • multi-user
  • casual
  • conversation

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