Instead, as the game’s name suggests, your goal is to expand your ranch filled with the titular slimes.

Sure, you’ll see growing a carrot now and then, but that’s not the point here. Slime Rancher is an FPS version of Stardew Valley if the farming simulator swapped out veggies and cows with cute and bouncing slimes. While these aren’t exact clones of Stardew Valley, these games capture the same quirkiness, ambiance, and pace.

So, we’ve decided to round up 17 games like Stardew Valley totally worth your time. We love games with a lot to do, with everything so perfectly interconnected, inter-dependent, and simply fun!

Stardew Valley is the closest we’ve come to a pixelated life simulator albeit in not-so-normal circumstances.