It is clear that Gamers we don't have a normal life, or even a life, like that in general. For this reason, the games that try to imitate it succeed. For this reason and because it is easier not to look at the pile of accumulated invoices if you are waiting for a screen. So, so that you can escape from reality to another reality, we bring you the 10 best life simulation games that you have available right now.
As you will see, many of them focus on a simpler existence, leaving aside your boss, the electricity bill, volcanoes and epidemics.
And of course, we start with the one who started it all.
1. The Sims 4, the quintessential life simulator game
It is impossible to make this list and not be crowned the Sims. Since its first incarnation came out in January 2000, the Sims saga has tried to rreflect a person's life (in its own way, of course) and his first title became the best-selling video game in history.
I assume you know the mechanics, but just in case. You create a character and you must fulfill their dreams, just like life. But, a lot of things get in the way, like hunger, energy, boredom or having to go to the bathroom, just like life. Each Sim also has their own personality and traits, which adds to the challenge.
Have a house, have a job, have a partner... They look like my mother and society getting into my game bunker through the screen. This piece of history is the work of the legendary Will Wright (Sim City and other simulation games came out of his head).
The general trend hasn't changed much, and currently the latest title in the series is Sims 4, from 2013, although there have been incarnations of all kinds, such as sims: medieval o shipwrecked.
do you have the sims 4 for PC and consoles, even portable ones.
2. Stardew Valley, a life simulator… much simpler
Obviously, there is no fun in simulating life. I don't turn off the alarm clock at six in the morning to go to the computer and have my character turn it off at ten past six in the morning with the same dark circles under his eyes. That's why, many life simulators succeed by getting us into a more idyllic.
That's what he does Stardew Valley, a game that started as an independent game and blew it up, being available right now for PC and consoles.
We have all wanted to escape from rat race and start a simpler life on a farm, and that is precisely what this title simulates.
Over time, the possibility of interacting with other players and sharing that little joy of farming, making things with your hands and feeling the contact with nature opened up. Luckily, the compost smell (to say the least) has not been simulated. It's what a farm smells like, that my aunt had one.
3. Second Life, the simulator of another parallel life
I didn't know whether to include it in the list or not, because it's not exactly a game, although it is true that your character can participate in some within the universe Second Life.
Those of us who saw him being born thought he had died, most of those who didn't, don't even know he exists. But before Zuckerberg horrified us with his terrible Metaverse idea, an original Metaverse already existed, although more pixelated and without having to wear glasses.
Second Life is literally an online virtual world where you can create an avatar and have a second life, moving with a third person vision. At first, it was sold as the future. We would have our sad life here and then another in Second Life, where we could be six foot two and not stutter when talking to that horrible other person, who is also pretending to be perfect.
Every year I continue to be surprised that Second Life still alive and you can socialize, play, shop and even indulge fetishes for adults (better not ask).
In fact, there is a clone that is also still alive, it is called Twinity.
4. Youtubers Life 2, the game that simulates the life of a Youtuber
Many games have been made that simulate many forms of life. From a goat, to a virus, going through a mix of all that youtuber.
The goal is simple, become the best youtuber of the world, exploring the city ​​of fame, knowing the stars like Pewdewpie or Rubius, gaining fans…
The dystopia writers never thought of this, but if that's what you're into, you'll like the game and you've got it. for PC and consoles. Let's see when the Andorra and NFT expansions come out.
There are other similar simulators, such as the Streamer Life Simulator for Windows, in case you want to delve into this.
5. Farming Simulator, the saga
If you want to live the simple life of a farm, but really, no cute and pixelated graphics, the saga Farming Simulator it's your thing. Become a farmer and expand your cultivation, improving your machinery and increasing your harvests.
You can also buy cattle and there are missions of all kinds. It has been so successful that its latest incarnation, Farming Simulator 22 has sold a million and a half units in the first week of its launch this past November 2021. You got it for PC and console.
I'm just going to say one more thing about this game. One day, a good friend looked at his watch, drank his beer in one gulp and left in the middle of the conversation. Why? He had to reap the harvest from him. It was his therapy against anxiety.
6.Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Another global phenomenon, perhaps the biggest of all for Nintendo Switch. The latest incarnation of the saga Animal Crossing It continues to offer the possibility of turning a deserted land into a paradise in which to have your dream home and a lot of friends to enjoy it with.
It is not surprising that it succeeds, because it allows precisely what you are not going to have in real life.
I've never been one for building, decorating and socializing games, but millions and millions of people who put incredible care into it prove me wrong every time, once again. Of course, you will have to get hold of the Nintendo console to enjoy it.
7. Fallout Shelter, a post-apocalyptic life simulator game
So far, all the titles we've shown you try to simulate a better life. Let's go now with one that tries to simulate a real life. Fallout Shelter puts you in charge of an underground shelter in which you will have to organize life after the disaster that you can see live if you turn on the TV.
It's not exactly like that, but almost.
You will have to build rooms and meet the needs of the inhabitants of the shelter, each one with its own characteristics that you can customize. For console, PC and mobile.
8. Family House, life simulator for mobiles
Games like Animal Crossing and the like are often referred to as "dollhouse" games. Family House is such a simulator in which you will create a home that you will have to fill with family members, explore your rootsdesigning the interior...
In general, it will delight lovers of these games. For mobiles and tablets.
9. Graveyard Keeper, the simulator of the life of an undertaker
Who wants to be a farmer or youtuber when you can be undertaker? This is the premise of Graveyard Keeper, a simulator of the exciting life of one of these hard workers.
Dig graves, place tombstones, collect resources and interact with the residents, while secretly eyeing them to see how much work they will cause you in the future. For PC on Steam.
10. Skyrim, the ultimate life simulator?
Nor could we close this list without naming the legendary Skyrim. We already know that it was not a life simulator, but that has given thousands and thousands of players the same they turned it into that.
When Bethesda released it in 2011, maybe they didn't think of something like that, but whatever. The endless game possibilities have made many choose to create characters down to the last level of detail and lead lives quieter than that of a Dragonborn. There shopkeepers, blacksmiths or merchants, who hire mercenaries to protect them so they don't have to fight when they go out there.
And it is that you can make a life there more peaceful, although it is never easy, and not end with an arrow in the knee.
As you can see, games offer a multitude of opportunities to escape from life and there are those who, for some reason, choose to do so for another. Nor can they be blamed.