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Over the past two decades, Animal Crossing has become a flagship title for Nintendo, inspiring tons of cozy games similar to it. The series is best known for its lovable animal villagers, peaceful daily chores, and tons of decorations to design not only a perfect home, but a perfect island. Fans of Animal Crossing really connect with the different villagers who can live in their town and the amount of customization you can do.
Animal Crossing exists with one foot in two different genres. It exists in the life-sim genre, focused on relationships with NPCs and house decorations, while also existing in the management-sim genre, with your island needing to be maintained and improved upon over time. It also shares some DNA with many of the different farming-simulator games, despite the series only featuring the lightest farming mechanics.
Because Animal Crossing is such a specific type of game, our recommendations for games like Animal Crossing have at least one, if not all three, of the following aspects: villagers/NPCs to befriend (and maybe more), an island/town to maintain and decorate, and cozy vibes. Most of these games are also simulation games in one way or another, whether it just be life in general or running a business of some sort.
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