What life sim games offer

Life sims are the games you settle into rather than rush through. Our life sim games coverage follows farming and management titles, the town-building and relationship-driven games, and the cozy worlds that give you a calmer second life to log into after a long day.

We track new releases, big content updates and the community favorites that keep pulling people back season after season. From long-running staples to fresh takes on the genre, the goal is to help you find the world you will happily lose a hundred hours to.

Cozy topics we track

• Farming and management: the loops that keep you coming back
• Town-building: communities you shape over time
• Relationships: the characters that make a world feel like home
• Updates: the content drops worth returning for

Cozy players tend to love a good indie, so our indie game news pairs naturally. Many favorites shine on handheld, which is where our Nintendo Switch news comes in, and the games desk covers the rest.