The Best Life simulation Games for Xbox One

Update, : Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator added at rank #35.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022)

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early access PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Mac OS

Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.


  • simulation
  • crafting
  • life
  • farming
  • disney
  • life-sim
  • adventure
  • inventory
  • relaxing
  • fishing
  • cooking
  • sandbox
  • sims
  • immersive

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PC Building Simulator (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

PC Building Simulator allows you to build your dream PC without the physical constraints. With licensed components, customizable LED and cabling colors, and step-by-step instructions, you'll enjoy experimenting with different configurations, completing repair jobs or entire system builds while balancing your books to ensure a profit. From novice to expert, this simulator is perfect for PC enthusiasts at all levels. Start building your marketable skills now!


Pros:
  • Accurate representation of building PCs
Cons:
  • For the hardcore PC enthusiasts
  • No story

  • simulation
  • immersive
  • education
  • hardware
  • management
  • building
  • life
  • modern
  • sandbox
  • realistic

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Grow: Song of The Evertree (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Grow: Song of the Evertree is an awe-inducing experience firmly planted between an adventure game and a sweet casual farm game. The game is beautiful with opportunities to explore the world around you and keep it casual with the gameplay, whilst feeding you the story. You get to customize your character and go on a journey to save the Evertree and nurture the world back to health from the Withering. You even get your very own sweet dragon companion!


Pros:
  • Beautiful art style & music
  • Customizable character
  • Relaxed gameplay
  • Dragon companion
  • Non-binary characters supported
  • No punishment or rush for doing things wrong
Cons:
  • Slow going
  • Not strictly accessible in terms of customization options

  • farming
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • wholesome
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • relaxing
  • cute
  • agriculture
  • management
  • colourful
  • life
  • world-crafting
  • adventure

4

My Child Lebensborn (2018)

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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.


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

5

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (2022)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is a thoughtful, intelligent crafting title that offers a deeply-robust gameplay experience. Players take on the role of an alchemist in Medieval times, gathering herbs for recipes, forming bonds with merchants and experimenting with potion combinations to create the Philosopher's Stone. Interacting with ingredients to see what combinations are most effective is at the heart of the crafting system and failure is rewarded as players learn from their mistakes.


Pros:
  • Unique crafting system
  • No punishment for failure
  • Thoughtful and intelligent game design
  • Visually appealing artistry and cozy atmosphere
Cons:
  • Limited access to ingredients due to limited resources and money-management
  • Haggling can affect shop reputation over time

  • simulation
  • crafting
  • medieval
  • relaxing
  • life
  • resource-management
  • management
  • sandbox
  • hand-drawn
  • investigation
  • potion-crafting
  • farming
  • choices
  • casual
  • book

6

Epic Chef (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Epic Chef is a third-person life sim game that takes you on a narrative-focused crafting adventure. Follow Zest, a guy who stows away aboard a ship to get to new lands and gets embroiled in events surrounding the Culinarim. Enjoy the humorous script, simple graphics with plenty of personality, and deep cooking minigame.


Pros:
  • Humorous script with laugh-out-loud jokes
  • Simple graphics with plenty of personality
  • Deep cooking minigame with elements of planning and depth
Cons:
  • Tedious gameplay with slow pacing
  • Grinding for element bonuses to level up for more synergies required
  • No manual save feature

  • farming
  • simulation
  • cooking
  • crafting
  • life
  • comedy
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • story
  • immersive
  • abstract

7

Mr. Prepper (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

In Mr. Prepper, you must build an underground shelter, craft machines, and explore atmospheric locations to survive in a world controlled by an authoritarian government. Will you help Mr. Prepper defy the government and stay alive? This thrilling survival game offers an interesting prepper/survival concept, with a decent variety of items to build and explore. The game will keep you on edge with the slight stress of coming under inspection, all while providing a relaxing experience. Craft, trade, explore, and scavenge your way to success!


Pros:
  • Interesting prepper/survival concept
  • Decent variety of stuff to build
  • Slight stress of coming under inspection
  • Fun exploring the map
  • Relaxing game.
Cons:
  • Building/crafting loop is low-impact
  • Short replay value
  • UI improvements needed
  • Lots of grinding

  • survival
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • crafting
  • underground
  • base-building
  • life
  • 2.5d
  • dystopian
  • america
  • cold
  • point-and-click
  • 1990s
  • time-management

8

Lemon Cake (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Lemon Cake is a charming indie bakery management game where you bring an old bakery back to life with the help of a friendly ghost. From growing your ingredients to baking over 40 mouth-watering pastries, you'll have fun juggling orders, keeping customers happy, and managing your daily menu for bonuses. With adorable art style, cute animal characters, and fun features like a cat cafe and greenhouse, this is a game that will keep you entertained for hours!


Pros:
  • Adorable art style
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Charming atmosphere
  • Satisfying simple mechanics
  • Cute animal characters
Cons:
  • High difficulty level
  • Steep upgrade costs
  • Awkward hitboxes
  • Limited content
  • Wonky controls

  • simulation
  • management
  • bakery
  • cooking
  • cute
  • time-management
  • casual
  • farming
  • relaxing
  • life
  • agriculture
  • business
  • asmr
  • cozy
  • family-friendly

9

The Good Life (2021)

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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"!

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

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Slime Rancher 2 (2022)

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early access PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Xbox Series X/s

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.


  • collector
  • creature
  • simulation
  • first-person
  • farming
  • open-world
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • building
  • life
  • slime
  • 3d
  • action-adventure

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