Games like Garden Paws

90% positive from 2,493 reviewsReleased 2018Steam Deck Playable$19.99

What it is

This is a cozy life simulation game focused on farming, crafting, and town building. Players run a shop, explore islands, and complete quests to earn coins and expand their world.

What players liked

Players praise its extensive crafting and building, comparing its shop mechanics to Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, and its cozy, collectible exploration.

The catch

It is riddled with bugs, from invisible objects to items vanishing out of storage.

Why it is here

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 90% positive, but with 2,493 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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Six games like Garden Paws

Farlands

93% positive from 1,456 reviews2024Deck Verified

Farming and exploration simulation. Restore a planet and its solar system through resource gathering and community interaction.

What players likedPlayers praise Farlands as a charming space-farming game, often compared to Stardew Valley, with beautiful art, delightful music, and enjoyable gameplay.

The catchAlmost nothing is explained, from item descriptions to where you should go next.

Both are tagged Agriculture, Crafting and Building.

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MewnBase

93% positive from 1,440 reviews20232% finish itDeck Playable

MewnBase is a 2D survival crafting game where players build a base and manage resources on an alien planet. It features exploration, technology upgrades, and environmental hazards.

The catchIt runs out of content fast, leaving a shallow loop with almost no replay value.

Both are tagged Crafting, Sandbox and Cute.

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Immortal Life

80% positive from 4,304 reviews20244% finish itDeck Playable

Life simulation RPG with cultivation and settlement building. Farm, craft, and explore to restore a sect and achieve immortality.

What players likedPlayers praise its pretty graphics, satisfying tasks, and unique cultivation, comparing it favorably to other farming/life-sim games.

The catchUpdates stopped with the game unfinished and promised romance content never added.

Both are tagged Agriculture, Crafting and Adventure.

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Eden Crafters

86% positive from 2,512 reviews20262% finish itDeck Unsupported

A singleplayer/co-op open-world survival crafting game focused on terraforming and automating planets. Players build factories to transform hostile environments into habitable worlds.

What players likedPlayers praise Eden Crafters as a simpler blend of Satisfactory and Planet Crafter, offering diverse planets and enjoyable automation.

The catchJank and missing polish make it feel like it never left early access.

Both are tagged Crafting, Sandbox and Adventure.

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Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper

80% positive from 2,342 reviews20214% finish itDeck Playable

Survival sandbox RPG with resource management, crafting, and exploration. Features procedural generation, base building, and combat in a magical world.

The catchProgress buries you in grinding and waiting on crafting timers for hours.

Both are tagged Crafting, Sandbox and Adventure.

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Outpath

93% positive from 3,057 reviews202315% finish itDeck Playable

3D first-person crafting and automation game. Exploit, build, and explore at your own pace.

What players likedPlayers describe Outpath as a relaxing, satisfying blend of Minecraft and incremental games, praised for its progression, gathering, and automation.

The catchThe loop is endless clicking and progress slows to a grind after the first few hours.

Both are tagged Crafting, Sandbox and Adventure.

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