16 games like Palia to try in 2025
If you’re enjoying Palia but are dying to sink your teeth into something familiar, I’ve rounded up a list of 16 similar games, all of which have a focus on cosy gameplay, community-building, farming, and adventure. Check them out:
1. Disney Dreamlight Valley
In Disney Dreamlight Valley, you embark on a magical journey to restore a once-idyllic land now plagued by the Forgetting, which has caused beloved Disney and Pixar characters to lose their memories. You take control of a completely customisable character and must interact with and help the Disney and Pixar heroes and villains found throughout the Valley, complete quests, and explore the magical valley and its surrounding areas.
Like Animal Crossing, Disney Dreamlight Valley is synced to real-time based on your console or computer, and you’ll spend much of your time completing day-to-day activities, cooking, gardening, fishing, or customising your home while helping to restore the Valley using your magical abilities. Interactions with Valley residents are a key part of the game, as you can build a friendship level with them to unlock quests, exclusive items, and Star Coin currency.
Disney Dreamlight Valley is available on multiple platforms, including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
2. My Time at Portia
My Time at Portia is set in a post-apocalyptic land, taking place after civilisation has been destroyed and humans have emerged from underground to rebuild society. Playing as either Marco or Linda, you inherit your father’s neglected workshop in the town of Portia. Your goal is to expand the city and become the best builder while facing off with rival Higgins and descending into dungeons to fight enemies.
The game requires you to gather resources, fulfil commissions, grow and harvest crops, and raise animals while uncovering the secrets of ancient civilisations. Like other games in this list, building relationships with the game’s townsfolk is an important part of gameplay, offering opportunities for friendship and romance.
My Time at Portia is available for macOS, mobile, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox.
3. Wylde Flowers
In Wylde Flowers, you follow the journey of Tara, who moves to a rural island to help her grandmother Hazel and discovers her own magical heritage. Combining farming simulation with elements of witchcraft, you have to grow crops, tend to animals, cast spells, and restore your farm.
It features a diverse cast of characters, whom you can befriend and romance, as well as opportunities to uncover the island’s mysteries and solve its conflicts. There’s a rich narrative for you to unravel and enjoy, and developers Studio Drydock are currently working on a prequel game.
Wylde Flowers is available on macOS, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
4. Dinkum
Dinkum transports you to the wild Australian outback, where you’re tasked with building a new life and home from scratch. To do this, you’ll need to explore tropical eucalyptus forests, scorching hot deserts, lush forests, and more to collect valuable resources by hunting, fishing, mining, and foraging.
Construct and customise the town’s homes to attract townsfolk to your settlement, and enjoy some of nature’s fun activities in the form of bug catching, fishing, and more. The game even supports multiplayer, allowing you to invite friends to join you on the adventure.
Dinkum is currently available on PC.
5. Coral Island
Coral Island offers a reimagined farming experience set on a tropical island. After leaving your old life behind, you move to Coral Island to revitalise an overrun farm, nurture animals, and build relationships with over 50 islanders. Featuring cooking, gardening, crafting, combat against monsters, mining, and fishing, there is a lot to keep you busy.
The game emphasises environmental conservation, tasking players with restoring coral reefs and cleaning up the island. Romance options are available, along with the ability to conceive children with your spouse, and the game revolves around rotating seasons that influence your crops, activities, and events.
Coral Island was released in Early Access on October 11, 2022, for PC but is fully released in 2023 for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
6. Garden Paws
After inheriting your grandparents’ farm as they set out to travel the world, you embark on a mission to expand and manage it, while working with NPCs to build up the game’s town and your home. To do so, you’ll need to set up a shop and use farming, animal husbandry, gardening, crafting, and mining to help you earn money to commission new buildings, upgrade your tools, and more.
With a vibrant world to explore filled with resources and items to find and collect, dungeons to uncover with enemies and bosses to defeat, complete customisation, Twitch integration, and plenty more to keep you busy.
Garden Paws is available now on PC and Nintendo Switch.
7. Stardew Valley
One of the most famous cosy games of all time, Stardew Valley begins with the protagonist inheriting their grandfather’s old farm plot in the quaint town of Stardew Valley. You grow and harvest crops, raise animals, mine for resources, fight monsters in dark mines, and engage with a diverse community of townsfolk with the ability to find love.
The game comes with memorable seasonal events and festivals, as well as the opportunity to build relationships, including marriage. With a vast array of activities and a charming pixel art style, Stardew Valley provides endless hours of immersive gameplay.
Stardew Valley is available on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, macOS, and mobile devices.
8. Slime Rancher
Slime Rancher follows Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky young rancher who sets out for a life on the planet Far, Far Range to make a living wrangling slimes. To do this, you need to construct a ranch and explore the planet to find and collect, feed, raise, and breed creatures known as Slimes with different characteristics.
By feeding Slimes different food items and harvesting their produce, you earn Newbucks, which can be used to purchase upgrades, extra farm buildings, tools, and more. Slimes prefer different types of food, so you’ll have to keep an eye on that while caring for them.
Slime Rancher is available on macOS, Linux, PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, and a sequel titled Slime Rancher 2 available too.
9. Harvestella
Harvestella follows a protagonist who, after awakening during the height of Quietus – a disaster that visits with the changing season and threatens all life -, sets out to build a new life. Farm, interact with other characters, overcome battles, and work with allies to overcome threats and survive the season of death where plants wither and people refuse to leave the house.
Explore the game’s open world of Nemea Town, the seaside town of Shatolla, the vibrant Lethe Village, the snowy Holy Capital of Argene, and more. Complete quests to uncover the truth behind the world’s disasters and creation.
Harvestella is available for PC and Nintendo Switch.
10. Moonlighter
In Moonlighter, you follow the adventures of Will, a courageous shopkeeper who dreams of becoming a hero. By day, Will manages his shop in the quaint village of Rynoka, selling items and interacting with customers. By night, he explores mysterious dungeons, battling monsters and collecting valuable loot.
Manage your goods at your shop and earn money, which you can invest to upgrade Rynoka and add new services that can help you, like weapon crafting, potion making, and blacksmithing. Four different dungeon types are available, with each featuring unique themes and settings.
Moonlighter is available on mobile, Linux, macOS, PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.
11. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons transports you to a deserted island, where you can create an island paradise at your own pace. You gather resources, craft items, and customise your island’s layout and appearance, including your home, all while working to pay off your mortgage to the infamous Tom Nook and upgrading your island’s services.
The game features a real-time clock and seasons, with various events and activities taking place throughout the year. You’ll also spend a lot of time interacting with the game’s anthropomorphic animal villagers and NPCs, building friendships with them while enjoying island activities like fishing, farming, and bug catching.
Released on March 20, 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
12. Loftia
Loftia is an upcoming cosy MMO set in a solarpunk world, focusing on community building and sustainable living. Work with other players to build a brighter and more sustainable world by farming, crafting, and exploring. Find and use resources, join floating islands to form neighbourhoods, and uncover secrets while venturing out alone or as part of a group.
Customise your world, master sustainable farming techniques, rescue and adopt animals ,and unleash your creativity. Loftia is currently in development; it is expected to release in 2025 for PC and macOS.
13. Cozy Grove
Cozy Grove follows a Spirit Scout stranded on a haunted, ever-changing island, who is tasked with helping the local ghostly inhabitants find peace. Synced to real-world time, the game offers new quest content each day equal to around 30-60 minutes of game time. Explore the changing island to uncover secrets and ghosts, or spend your time crafting, fishing, and enjoying other activities.
Cozy Grove is available on mobile, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PC, and Xbox.
14. Ooblets
Ooblets combines farming, creature collection, and dance battles in a whimsical world filled with quirky characters. After arriving in the seaside village of Badgetown in Oob, you’re given a basic farm by Mayor Tinstle. You’re tasked with expanding your farm, completing quests, befriending the villagers of Badgetown, and joining one of four clubs.
While doing the above, you’ll encohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK7En100og0&ab_channel=SpryFoxunter and befriend creatures known as Ooblets, who can be grown from seeds and used to perform tasks. Participate in dance battles with other Ooblets via a unique card-based system to win new seeds and level up your Ooblets.
Ooblets is available for PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox.
15. Littlewood
Littlewood explores life after the world of Solemn has been saved from the Dark Wizard. Explore the world and its enchanted forests, bustling fishing towns, and dark mining caves, and meet and befriend various townsfolk who can help you unlock the memories of your past.
Collect rare items, harvest materials, catch bugs, fish, farm, cook, and unlock new structures while influencing the world’s style and design. Make friends, find love, and enjoy a game that focuses on community building with no combat.
Littlewood is available on PC, macOS, and Nintendo Switch.
16. Spiritfarer
In Spiritfarer, you take on the role of Stella, a ferrymaster to the deceased, who is tasked with guiding spirits to the afterlife. You’ll need to meet the needs of the spirits on Stella’s ferry by completing tasks for them and providing them with food.
Collect materials to expand your ferry with kitchens, gardens, and more, and learn about each spirit’s backstory while completing mini-games.
Spiritfarer is available for Linux, macOS, PlayStation, mobile, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox.
