Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a role-playing farming simulation developed by Sickhead Games. The game allows the players to control a virtual character who inherits land and a house from his grandfather. It tasks the player to clear up the plot, throw away the boulders, cut down the bushes and unwanted trees, and rebuild the farm from scratch. The secondary task of the game is to grow crops, raise livestock and generate revenue by selling the products.
Once there is enough money in hand, buy more land and expand the farm, construct new buildings and facilities. The NPCs in the game are there as well, and the game’s social element allows the players to interact, engage in relationships, raise families, help them in farm-related matters, and get help from them. It offers a procedurally generated game world, beautiful 3D graphics, cool mechanics, and a great backstory that keeps players engaged till the end.
#1 Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon is a popular Farming Simulation that offers RPG, Dating, and Social elements developed by Amccus and published by Natsume and Nintendo. The game became a huge success after its initial release and broke many records. The Story of Harvest Moon revolves around a young boy responsible for managing and maintaining his long-lost father’s farm and restoring it to its original condition.
Furthermore, the game gives the option to divide the daily tasks into different times. The required tasks are farming, raising the livestock, fishing, and romancing around. Harvest Moon allows the players to not forget about social and marital affairs.
The players can date, romance, marry many Non-player Characters, have families, raise children, and enjoy every bit of their virtual life. The game’s social element allows the players to manage or attend special events such as the side quests, enjoy conversations with people, enjoy Harvest Festival, Egg Festival, New Year’s Day, Winter Solstice, dance with girls, and go on dates, and other such events.
#2 Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town revolves around Role-playing and Single-player Simulation gameplay, developed by Marvelous Interactive and published by Natsume. The titles serve as the definitive title in the series and mix the elements from the best video entries of the console and come with series staples. The story follows the farmer whose ultimate task is to make a huge profit from his dream farm he manages by raising livestock and growing crops. It is the remake version Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. The story begins with the young boy who is living in the beautiful city who parents take him to explore the country. During his exciting trip, the player becomes lost and discovers himself on the beautiful farm of an old man. As the story advances, the old person helps the missing boy to contact his father and provides him and his family to stay for a week. The parents of the player accept the invitation of the old person, and the player stays on the farm for a while. During the game, the player plays with a young girl who becomes his friend. The game comes with cool features, amazing gameplay and a compelling storyline.
#3 MySims Kingdom
MySims Kingdom is a fantastic Single-player Life-Simulation by Electronic Arts, EA. Made specifically for Nintendo gaming consoles (Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS), MySims Kingdom is a follow-up of already trending MySims video game. For the both consoles, MySims Kingdom offers a slightly different storyline and lets the players enjoy a different but equally interesting gameplay. The game offers new characters of Lynsday, Princess Butter, Sapphire, Sylvia, Duchess Beverly, T.O.B.O.R, Zombie Carl, Gonk, Zack, Proto-Makoto and Lord Daniel along with a bunch of returning ones. The returning characters include Buddy, Renee, Hopper, Roxie Road, Chief Gino, Yuki, Morcubus, Linda, Trevor, Sir Spencer, Vincent Skullfighter and others. According to the story of the game for Wii platform, the game allows the players to control a character that lives in the devastated kingdom with a king who desperately struggles to bring the happiness back. All of the Wandoliers, the Wand bearing Sims, responsible for keeping the kingdom happy have retired, and some are missing. It’s now the player’s duty to be a Skilled Wandolier and restore the order in the Kingdom. The player must rebuild all the destroyed buildings, explore the world and collect various types of essences to unlock the scrolls with instructions. The scrolls also unlock various new items that the players can use to rebuild the world. The game offers Mana, for creating items such as Furniture and buildings and that Mana can be used to buy more scrolls. On progressing to new game levels, the king rewards the players King points and new outfits for the player’s Sim character. Upon completion of a level, the players can unlock new islands and accommodate more sims and keeps of developing the Kingdom. With all the beautiful graphics and sounds, loads of upgrades, customizable characters, a massive game world and a totally immersive gameplay, MySims Kingdom is a fun Life-Simulation to enjoy.
#4 Funky Barn
Funky Barn is a cool Farm Simulation and Virtual World video game by Tantalus Media. The game lets you manage and rebuild an inherited Farmland and challenges you with making the farmland look like before. Your duty is to grow crops, manage livestock and cultivate by the use of your own crafted tools etc., collect the resources like grains, sheep and their wool etc. to sell and earn money that you can spend on buying more items to manage your farm. With an exciting Challenge Mode, Funky Barn allows you to assess your own Farming capabilities by accepting challenges and completing them. Funky Barn” is a wonderful to play and enjoy. Do give it a try, you’ll love it for sure.
#5 A World of Keflings
A World of Keflings is a great Building, Management and Life Simulation video game by NinjaBee. The game lets you select and customize a character for yourself and be a Giant in the world of keflings. Keflings are Gnomes and Elves like Minute people who are in dire need of your help to rebuild their kingdom. Your task is to harvest resources, construct different buildings, and send the Keflings on different jobs etc. A World of Keflings lets you explore multiple kefling kingdoms (Ice Kingdom, Desert Kingdom, Forest Kingdom etc.) gather up resources, construct buildings and complete the objectives of the game. With cool Visuals, an amazingly appealing game-play, lots of upgrades and other cool stuff, A World of Keflings is a magnificent game to play and enjoy.