A Practical Guide to Life Simulation Games
Are you feeling stressed? Are you interested in a relaxing, cozy gaming experience where you maintain a farm or village of animals? If so, you just might be interested in life simulation games! Life simulation video games are one of my personal favorite genres of games and there are a ton of diverse, interesting, and charming life sims out there, but if you're new to this genre it can be a bit difficult to find that perfect game for you. Well, in this practical guide, I discuss a variety of different subgenres of life sims and provide some good games to start with if you're interested in trying out that subgenre. From universally loved staples like Animal Crossing and the Sims to gems like Fantasy Life and Boku No Natsuyasumi, this video details a ton of games that are worth your time, so hopefully you can walk away from it with a new game or two to add to your wishlist. Thanks so much for watching. If you enjoy this video, feel free to leave a like or subscribe for more content like this. And if you have a suggestion for a game that wasn't in this video, leave a comment below with a pitch about that game and why it's great. Who knows, I may even do a follow-up to this video down the road with the suggestions given in the comments. If you read this far in the description, thanks so much. I've got a lot of new ideas for videos and I hope that you enjoy them :)
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:09 Animal Crossing
6:42 SOCIAL SIMULATORS
7:21 The Sims
11:44 Tomodachi Life
13:37 FARMING SIMULATORS
14:16 Harvest Moon & Story of Seasons
19:40 Stardew Valley
22:20 RPG/LIFE SIM BLEND
22:51 Rune Factory
25:02 Harvestella
26:20 Fantasy Life
27:43 DIGITAL PETS
28:18 Nintendogs
29:39 Viva Pinata
31:02 CITY BUILDERS/TYCOON GAMES
31:58 SimCity & Cities: Skylines
35:54 OpenTTD
37:09 Rollercoaster Tycoon
39:58 REGION-LOCKED
40:27 Boku no Natsuyasumi (My Summer Vacation)
42:18 GiFTPiA
43:31 Doshin the Giant
44:45 UNIQUE RECOMMENDATIONS
45:08 Ooblets
46:16 Graveyard Keeper
47:20 Shin-Chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation
48:50 Thank you for watching :)
Disclaimer None of the games that appear in this video were sponsored or paid placements on this list. This was entirely my opinion as a fan of the genre. :)
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Music Used In Order of Appearance:
9AM - Animal Crossing New Leaf
Internet Settings - 3DS Settings
Noon - Animal Crossing City Folk
7AM - Animal Crossing (GCN)
1PM - Animal Crossing City Folk
1PM - Animal Crossing: New Leaf
9AM - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Rainy Day - Animal Crossing (GCN)
Neighborhood 2 - The Sims
Mall Rat - The Sims
BosSIM Nova - The Sims
Neighborhood 4 - The Sims
Mii Maker - Tomodachi Life
Distant Banjo - Stardew Valley
Spring - Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Trial - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Spring - Harvest Moon Magical Melody
Butterfly (Heart Aflutter) - Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Pelican Town - Stardew Valley
Autumn (Ghost Synth) - Stardew Valley
Costa del Sol - Final Fantasy VII
Spring in Selphia - Rune Factory 4
Spring - Rune Factory 3
Seaside Town Shatolla - Harvestella
Happy Life - Fantasy Life
Neutral Chao Garden - Sonic Adventure 2
Shopping Theme - Nintendogs
Time Flies - Viva Pinata
Menu - SimCity 3000
Building - SimCity 3000
Updown Town - SimCity 3000
Bauza Chico - Cities: Skylines
Working for Tom Nook - Animal Crossing City Folk
5PM - Animal Crossing (GCN)
Pinna Park - Super Mario Sunshine
Metro on Ice - Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Misty Island - Moon Remix RPG Adventure
8AM - Animal Crossing: New Leaf
icicle - GiFTPiA
astro - GiFTPiA
The Island of Memory - In the Wake of Doshin, the Giant
Summer (Tropicala) - Stardew Valley
TipTipTip - Ooblets
Forest Temple - The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
5PM - Animal Crossing City Folk
7AM - Animal Crossing City Folk
K.K.'s Intro - Animal Crossing (GCN)
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