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Nintendo's 2020 island life sim for Switch — 49.91 million copies sold, the fastest Switch launch ever recorded at the time.

Solo-developed Australian-outback life sim by James Bendon; 1.0 in 2025 after selling over a million copies in early access.

Gameloft's life-sim adventure set among Disney and Pixar characters; left early access in December 2023 as a paid game.

Free-to-play “community sim” MMO of farming, fishing and home-building; over 4 million players by mid-2024.

FuturLab's soothing cleaning sim — blast the grime, watch the sparkle, optionally with friends. 3 million players by late 2022.

Open-ended country-life RPG made single-handedly by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone; released in 2016, 50 million copies sold by 2026.

Pixel Sprout's fantasy farming sim with dragons, skill trees and 8-player co-op; Kickstarted in 2020, 1.0 in 2023.