Copyright © 2026 OyList. All Rights Reserved.
Share
Items48
22
Gleaner Heights (2018)
6.0/10on IGDB
Released
Grow crops, get to know townspeople, and head down into the mine while looking for secrets in a seemingly ordinary village. Look for what changes after dark as the mysteries widen. It keeps the farm-and-town outline but gives the evening a darker reason to stay up.
More about Gleaner Heights23
Everholm (2024)
Released
Build a farm while you get to know the residents of an island that already seem to recognize you. There’s fishing and gathering above ground and a place to fight for materials below it. Let the search for your missing sister guide you if the secret places around Pelican Town were what first pulled you into the routine.
More about Everholm24
Garden Witch Life (2024)
Released
Settle in an old tree house, develop a garden, and cook for yourself while finding your place among the people of the island. Develop the homestead at a quiet pace and spend time helping others. Choose it for the part of Stardew where tending one small corner of town is enough to make a day feel worthwhile.
More about Garden Witch Life25
Gaucho and the Grassland (2025)
Released
Explore a folkloric version of the South American grasslands and rebuild a ranch by raising animals and helping residents. Take your horse and dog out to overcome obstacles and gather what you need. It suits a player who wants the feeling of coming home to animals after exploring a new rural setting.
More about Gaucho and the Grassland26
Potion Permit (2022)
3.9/10on IGDB
Released
Spend some of the day treating patients in Moonbury. You gather ingredients outside town, diagnose illnesses, and brew treatments, gradually gaining the residents’ trust. Pick this if gift rounds and helping your neighbors were the reasons you kept going into town.
More about Potion Permit27
Spirittea (2023)
4.8/10on IGDB
Released
Learn a small town’s routines and find out why spirits are causing trouble for its residents. Put what you learn to work running a bathhouse, where you tend the guests and keep the facilities operating. The bathhouse becomes the daily anchor a farm is in Stardew.
More about Spirittea28
Tales of the Shire (2025)
Released
Spend a quiet day gardening, fishing, and gathering ingredients, then turn them into a meal to share with neighbors. You can get to know the residents of Bywater a little better every time you host. It gives Stardew’s familiar habit of bringing someone a favorite thing a whole evening of its own.
More about Tales of the Shire29
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
8.2/10on IGDB
Released
Bring fishing, collecting, seasonal events, and chatty neighbors along to a deserted island you can help shape. Visit for small daily changes because the island follows a real-world clock. It takes you toward decorating, collecting, and checking in with neighbors after a long day.
More about Animal Crossing: New Horizons30
Palia (2023)
6.1/10on IGDB
Released
Fish, grow crops, and talk to villagers in an online world where you might cross paths with other players. Learn what the residents like and contribute collections to bundles as long-running projects. Spend the time you'd have used fighting through Stardew's mines on hunting, fishing, or exploring.
More about Palia31
Cattails: Wildwood Story (2023)
Released
Build a colony as a cat, make friends and find a mate, and get to know the other cats through activities and changing seasons. Swap most crop work for herb collecting and hunting. Choose it if friendships and a place that responds to your efforts mattered more than running a traditional farm.
More about Cattails: Wildwood Story32
Disney Dreamlight Valley (2023)
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Bring a Disney or Pixar neighbor along while you garden, fish, or mine, then give them a hand with a friendship quest. Work on the valley by decorating and opening up new areas as you go. The conversations are tied to named characters and quest lines, so decide whose story you want to follow first.
More about Disney Dreamlight Valley33
The Sims 4: Cottage Living (2021)
5.7/10on IGDB
Released
Grow oversized crops, raise chickens, and enter the Finchwick Fair to give a village week an event to work toward. Run errands for the residents when you want a reason to stop by town. It’s an expansion that requires The Sims 4 base game, and your Sims’ household needs still shape each day.
More about The Sims 4: Cottage Living34
Cozy Grove (2021)
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
Settle on an island and make friends with ghost bears by completing requests and helping them remember their lives. Collect, grow, and craft things for them in small sessions that follow the real-world calendar. Visit for the pleasure of checking on a familiar face and hearing the next part of their story.
More about Cozy Grove35
Spiritfarer (2020)
8.5/10on IGDB
Released
Put your garden and workshops on a boat and build them around the spirits you take aboard. Learn their favorite meals and help them finish what matters to them while visiting new islands for supplies. Choose it if you want growing and crafting to make you feel closer to characters with finite stories.
More about Spiritfarer36
Critter Cove (2024)
Released
Welcome new residents to a run-down seaside town and set up businesses to help it recover. Search abandoned buildings and underwater wrecks for materials to put into improvements. This one is still in Early Access, and it suits you if rebuilding a community a little at a time was the satisfying part of Stardew.
More about Critter Cove37
Go-Go Town! (2026)
6.5/10on IGDB
Released
Build shops, grow supplies, and recruit people to keep a town running. You can manage delivery and hire help while your town opens up to more visitors. It puts more emphasis on getting the settlement to work than on gradually building long personal stories with neighbors.
More about Go-Go Town!38
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (2018)
7.8/10on IGDB
Released
Rebuild farming villages and make rooms that villagers use, from crop fields to kitchens. Gather materials and defend parts of the settlement as you go through a story with distinct regions. Try it if helping your neighbors build something together was your favorite long project in Stardew.
More about Dragon Quest Builders 239
Little-Known Galaxy (2024)
Released
Grow food aboard a spacecraft, take assignments from its crew, and visit planets for materials. The ship acts like a small town, with familiar neighbors and tasks between trips. If you like returning home after an expedition to see what changed, you can keep that rhythm in a science-fiction setting.
More about Little-Known Galaxy40
One Lonely Outpost (2025)
5.8/10on IGDB
Released
Bring farmland to a barren planet by arranging water, improving soil, and doing what you can to prepare for settlers. A colony grows as people arrive, and getting a harvest matters to more than the balance at the end of the day. Follow this if turning a neglected plot into a working town was your favorite long project.
More about One Lonely Outpost41
Everafter Falls (2024)
Released
Meet the animal neighbors you appear to have forgotten, tend a farm with a helpful pet, or use drones to aid you in the dungeons. You can also share the game in local split-screen. Try it for another village-and-mine routine with ways to automate some of the work.
More about Everafter Falls42
Graveyard Keeper (2018)
7.3/10on IGDB
Released
Spend a week managing crops, crafting supplies, and learning when the village’s key residents appear. Your work is keeping a medieval graveyard and making deals in a dark comedy, so a chance to meet someone can depend on getting the right job done first. It suits a player who wants another village schedule to master.
More about Graveyard Keeper
