Items53The creator’s order
  1. 1Palia (2023)Palia (2023) 6.1/10 on IGDBReleased Dec 14, 2023Grow vegetables, fish, or furnish a home between visits with the villagers. The free base game gives you the life-sim activities, while the premium shop sells optional items such as outfits. You’ll need a Palia account, which you can link to Steam.0
  2. 2Sky: Children of the Light (2019)Sky: Children of the Light (2019) 7.0/10 on IGDBReleased Jul 11, 2019Glide through a realm, collect light, and use gestures or music to spend time with other players. Steam labels this version Early Access. You can explore the free base game, and seasonal passes and cosmetics are optional. Some later areas are darker and more hazardous than the opening.0
  3. 3The Sims 4 (2014)The Sims 4 (2014) 7.3/10 on IGDBReleased Sep 2, 2014Build a small house or settle one household into an everyday routine. Create-a-Sim, building, and the core life sim are free. Extra worlds and packs cost money. Launching from Steam still requires an EA account and the EA app.0
  4. 4Plant Therapy (2023)Plant Therapy (2023)Released Sep 21, 2023Fill a New York apartment with houseplants and rearrange them when you want a different look. The base game covers caring for plants and decorating. Paid packs add things like another space and extra artwork, so start with the apartment you already have.0
  5. 5Viridi (2015)Viridi (2015) 5.1/10 on IGDBReleased Aug 19, 2015Tend a pot of succulents that grow in real time. Check whether a plant needs water, then leave it to grow while you do something else. You can start and keep a garden for free. Some extra seedlings and the soundtrack are optional purchases.0
  6. 6Cheeky Chooks (2018)Cheeky Chooks (2018) 7.0/10 on IGDBReleased Nov 1, 2018Set up a coop, collect different chickens, and add perches or other features for the flock. The stand-alone free game gives you the whole farm loop. Pick it when you want a few concrete upkeep tasks with room to change where everything goes.0
  7. 7Frog Garden (2026)Frog Garden (2026)Released Oct 13, 2026Plant flowers, decorate a plot, or gather hats with friends online. You can also garden alone. Steam offers a separate paid supporter pack for a propeller hat, while the base game includes the gardening and the silly ways you can interrupt one another.0
  8. 8Pocket Garden (2025)Pocket Garden (2025)Released May 27, 2025Put plants, rocks, and other decorations next to one another until you have a little place you like. The free game is a design sandbox with no big farm economy to manage. Make one corner for tonight and leave the rest for whenever you want another project.0
  9. 9Plantastic (2025)Plantastic (2025)Released Jun 10, 2025Collect little plants that keep growing while the game sits on your desktop. Use short visits to check their progress and unlock hats or accessories. The free game works as a background routine when you’d rather look in now and then than manage a whole greenhouse.0
  10. 10Desktop Garden (2025)Desktop Garden (2025)Released Oct 20, 2025Let your typing and mouse clicks help your plants grow, then decide which pots to keep visible or store away. The free base game makes most sense if you want a tiny visual reward next to another activity, with no separate session to schedule.0