Real-life simulation games offer low-stakes relaxation & focus on ordinary experiences like trucking, farming, or managing card shops. Popular hits like Euro Truck Simulator 2, TCG Card Shop Simulator ...

Zainab is a writer, cinephile, and gamer—though that ranking depends entirely on the day’s mood swings. When she’s not writing for Game Rant, she’s probably ugly crying over Dostoevsky (or multifandom ...

With the PlayStation 5 (PS5) taking the gaming experience to new heights, players are now able to immerse themselves in virtual worlds like never before. The ability to live out alternate lives, build ...

From the development team behind the Yomawari series, Hono Gurashi no Niwa is a life simulation game set in a nostalgic rural village. Farm and take care of livestock, enjoy activities like fishing ...

Set to launch on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox, Witchbrook has yet to reveal an exact release date but is now aiming for a launch in 2026. With its polished art style and storytelling rooted in ...

Publisher AOE Plus and developer The Droplet Studio will release farming life simulation game Song of the Prairie for PlayStation 5 on April 12, the companies announced. Xbox Series and “other ...

The Sims 4's decade-long reign as the king of life sims finally has a worthy contender for the crown. Krafton's upcoming PC game inZOI is no ordinary life sim; as its meta narrative framing puts the ...

In this week's It’s Debatable article, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether we're all living in a computer simulation like the Matrix. Rosen retired as a professor from the Texas Tech ...

As the senior design editor at Architectural Digest, I interview people about their homes all the time. So when I sat down with the streamer, creator, and YouTuber LilyPichu a few weeks ago to talk ...

Life simulation games like The Sims 4 and Medieval Dynasty offer diverse experiences and the ability to manipulate fate with cheats. Medieval Dynasty cheats include invincibility, unlimited stamina, ...