Yearning for the simple island life, or endless gardening? Our list of games like Animal Crossing can help you pick up a new title to sink hours into, or a few minutes each day. Either way, there are plenty of wholesome vibes, friends to meet, and outdoor areas to decorate however you please.
If you’re looking for something a bit more specific, then we recommend the best farm games, indie games, visual novels, and these Steam Deck games to take your gaming on the go – or to curl up in bed with.
Here are the best games like Animal Crossing on Switch and mobile:
Cozy Grove and Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit – Switch and Mobile
Cozy Grove, and its 2024 sequel, are life sims that resemble Animal Crossing. In this title, you find yourself camping out on a haunted island. While the premise might sound a little spooky, the gameplay and aesthetics are as cozy as the name suggests. You’re a spirit scout, who finds and befriends local ghosts, exploring the surrounding forest and crafting with items you find along the way. Blissful.
You can play Cozy Grove on Switch and mobile, but Camp Spirit is available on mobile via Netflix games – if you have an account, we highly recommend you play it.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure – Mobile
Imagine a world, similar to Animal Crossing’s islands, but you play as Hello Kitty. Well, it exists! Hello Kitty Island Adventure is currently available via Apple Arcade on iPhones and iPads and features all of your favorite Sanrio characters.
You can give them gifts, complete quests, decorate, and just have a lovely time. The game is coming to Switch next year, so we can all get our hands on it even if we don’t have an iPhone.
Disney Dreamlight Valley – Switch
Disney Dreamlight Valley brings together some fantastic aspects; it’s got a house to furnish, crops to plant, a town to revamp, and friends to make! Best of all, it’s filled with our favorite Disney characters. Dreamlight Valley continuously gets updates adding more characters and content, so you won’t run out of things to do.
Check out what’s coming in the next Disney Dreamlight Valley update here, and all the active Disney Dreamlight Valley codes for some freebies.
Cult of the Lamb – Switch
Okay, look, I can explain. Do you remember Aika village, the horror-themed Animal Crossing New Leaf town? Well, Cult of the Lamb is like that, but with some combat and sacrifice involved.
Look at those little critters, aren’t they adorable? You can fill your cult with any number of animals to follow your religion while building houses and amenities for them and decorating your space. Sure, you have to collect bones and fight demonic beings, but it’s all so cute!
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – Switch
The Story of Seasons franchise has plenty of entries, but Pioneers of Olive Town on the Switch is one of the best. Become a farmer and build the farm of your dreams – filled with adorable round cows – and participate in the town’s events.
The game has two difficulty modes, too, and the Sapling setting offers an even more relaxed time for those truly wanting to chill out.
Pocket Love – Mobile
Available on iOS and Android is HyperBeard’s Pocket Love, a cute little game where you (and your lil chibi partner) can decorate and build up a house, and earn money through minigames.
Each day the store refreshes its offerings, and there are freebies to get every so often. We recommend this game for its decoration aspects!
