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If you've been having a good time with Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, then congrat꧋ulations. You're just like us. So many hours have seemingly fallen into a void with this game; it's a more than worthy successor to its somewhat underrated 3DS predecessor, and a firm reminder of how good the life sim genre can be when it's blended with more "traditionally RPG" elements.

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Which brings us to the point of this list. Some of our readers may not have much familiarity with other games with a similar bend. Games where there's not just farming, there's not just fishing, there's not just base-building, there's not just fun interactions, there's not just crafting, there's not just combat... there's not just anything. Life sims that weave together rich tapestries of isolated𝓡 mechanics to give us all a diverse good time. Here are some of my faves.

Rune Factory

The Rune Factory franchise leans in a combat-heavier direction than many other RPG life sims - although, so does Fantasy Life, so really, it’s right at home here. Dungeon-crawling is a common taskꦡ in Rune Factory, but you’ll till the good earth quite a bit, too.

There’s fishing, there’s cooking, and there’s heaps of crafting. But there’s also monster-raising! And, if you choose our personal favourite, Rune Factory 4 Special, you’ll get the most robust title in the series. Lots of fun to be found 🙈courting a prospective partner and adventuring alongside them, thanks to Special’s “Newlywed Mod🐟e”.

Rune Factory 6 is, unfortunately, hardly the 🐟best entry in the series, but give 4 Special a s෴hot, and maybe 3 and/or 5, as well!

Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon’s earlier entries are must-play📖s if you’d like to experience the RPG-style life sim gaming genre’s roots, not just because there’s so much which has clearly been pulled into the present time and again, but because there are several gems which hold up to varying degrees in their own right.

I’m a big fan of the original Harvest Moon, Harvest Moon:𒉰 Back to Nature, and Harvest Moon 64. What you’ll get here is a heaping helping of farming-centric gameplay; it’s typically a matter o🌊f rebuilding a farm from scratch, with growing crops and raising livestock being the cornerstones.

But you can settle down with a sweethe🌞art and start a family, get to know some quirky townsfolk, and collect some fun stuff along the way.

Story of Seasons

Farmer finding the Truth Jewel in the horse's water trough of Friends of Mineral Town.

Harvest Moon has actually historically been known in Japan as Story of Seasons. Some time ago, Story of Seasons became the series’ official title in the West, as well; games with the “Harvest Moon” label from there on out have not been by the same studio, and frankly, they 🤡lack the same overall quality.

Several Story of Seasons games have been released since this shift, although roughly half are remakes of earlier Harvest Moon fare. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is, as far as I’ꩲm concerned, an even better version of its original Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town origin on Game Boy Advance - and that was a fun one!

Stardew Valley

For nine years and counting, Stardew Valley’s been rightly hailed as a champion of its genre, a guiding star for 🅰subsequent RPG life sims steeped in the roots of Harvest Moon.

It’s got it all - farming, dungeon-traipsing, monster-slashing, vivid characterization, opportunities for romance… actually, let’s go back a bit, because I need to emphasize the vivid characterization.

The thing about Stardew Valley, and with all respect to Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, but it’s not nearly as strong in this regard, is that its cast of NPC🉐s is outstanding. Millions of players have fallen head over heels for Shane, Abigail, and all the rest of them. Stardew Valley’s not-so-secret claim to fame is that it’s populated by a bunch of people that are well worth getting to know.

Stardew Valley is also incredibly content-rich, thanks to its creator’s nonstop desire to update it time and again. By 2025, there’s just so much game in this game.

Persona

Arguably an oddball on this list, but hear me out. In Persona (well, in “modern” Persona, AKA the third m🗹ainline game onward), the player is expected to balance an ongoing JRPG-epic plot line with all kinds of sim-centric gameplay mechanics.

Going to movies, heading out to eat, working a part-time job, studying for school, acing exams, and getting to know sprawဣling casts of characters through i𒈔nteractive conversations galore - Persona is celebrated in part for the plethora of ways in which you can choose to spend your free time between major narrative moments.

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All these systems feed into your party’s overall com𒉰bat strength, too, which isn’t far off from how Fantasy Life’s various Lives off﷽er tangible benefits for each other as you progress them all.

Animal Crossing

It’d be h🔜ard to do this list without mentioning Animal Crossing. But if you’ve not yet given Nintendo’s perennially popular series a spin, just know in advance that you’ll not be fighting anything here; Animal Crossing doesn’t mix in any fighting.

That’s OK. Th𝔉ere’s a lot to love here, and not every life sim needs that stuff to feel remotely reminiscent of Fantasy Life i. Much like you’ll do so with Base Camp, Animal Crossing: New Horizons will let you build up your town’s𝔍 layout (and it’s on an island, just like Base Camp!); but there’s far more at play here, because you’re not just placing villagers’ homes and a central shop. You’re placing a museum, too! And so much more.

But in any Animal Crossing game, there’s an unmistakable flow, a rhythm to its gameplay loop, that’s almost too relaxing - so many hours have sailed past me IRL while chilling with dozens of over-the-top, frequently hilarious NPCs, crafting up a storm, fishing up some rarities, unearthing ancient fossils, saving up Bells (read: money) for the next big project, and𓃲 soaking in the stellar 🐷ambiance.

Fields of Mistria

Sure, it’s still in ⛦early access, but Fields of Mistria is already so good. NPC Studio has delivered a fantastically retro-JRPG aesthetic that blends seamlessly with the memorable dialogue bursting from old-school text boxes.

All the staples of Harvest Moon successors are on ful🅠l display: farming, mining, crafting, marrying, and more. You’ll learn spells, fell foes, and brave the seasons as you get to know over 30 townsfolk.

Field of Mistria’s third big update is coming in July, so this is a great time to see why🌟 it holds a spectacular “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam!

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