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Games like Village in the Shade
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. · 2026 · Windows
Steam: 91 % positive of 670 reviews, as of Oct 28
Enjoy quiet, countryside living in a Japanese village in this brand new farming sim! Just make sure you follow the rules—or else!
24 games that play like Village in the Shade and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Japanese Rural Life Adventure, Tales of Seikyu and Stardew Valley.
Player tags
By gameplay
Plays like Village in the Shade
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Japanese Rural Life Adventure
80 % positive of 247
Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Adventure
Tales of Seikyu
83 % positive of 2,220
Shared: Farming Sim · Exploration · Anime
Stardew Valley
97 % positive of 902,196
Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Crafting
PUMPKIN PANIC
96 % positive of 4,185
Shared: Simulation · Horror · Farming Sim
Dread Fields
98 % positive of 569
Shared: Simulation · Horror · Farming Sim
Fields of Mistria
96 % positive of 33,454
Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Anime
Harvest Island
83 % positive of 231
Shared: Horror · Farming Sim · Exploration
MiSide
97 % positive of 123,039
Shared: Simulation · Horror · Anime
Cozy Grove
89 % positive of 7,539
Shared: Crafting · 2D · Cute
My Time at Portia
90 % positive of 34,884
Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
Peaceful Days
85 % positive of 250
Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim
Grunn
94 % positive of 1,374
Shared: Simulation · Horror · Farming Sim
More matches
- Tales of the Black Forest96 % positive of 14,917Shared: Horror · Anime · Psychological Horror
- Littlewood93 % positive of 6,089Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
- SunnySide67 % positive of 916Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
- STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town93 % positive of 5,303Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Anime
- Halcyon Days at Taoyuan88 % positive of 1,123
- Welcome to Elderfield83 % positive of 2,491Shared: Horror · Farming Sim · Exploration
- Aka73 % positive of 584Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
- Sun Haven78 % positive of 22,209Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
- Roots of Pacha93 % positive of 3,806Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
- The Plant Shop95 % positive of 442Shared: Simulation · Horror · Farming Sim
- HARVESTELLA77 % positive of 2,084Shared: Simulation · Farming Sim · Exploration
- Summer in Mara75 % positive of 1,465Shared: Farming Sim · Exploration · Anime
By look
Looks like Village in the Shade
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Yomawari: Night Alone
74 % positive of 1,971
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
93 % positive of 13,650
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark
86 % positive of 344
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
92 % positive of 868
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
84 % positive of 14,104
HoloCure - Save the Fans!
98 % positive of 40,920
Nyakori's Rabbit Doll
94 % positive of 1,408
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
99 % positive of 9,025
Little Goody Two Shoes
95 % positive of 2,249
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
94 % positive of 2,105
The Forest of Drizzling Rain
96 % positive of 484
A Bird Story
85 % positive of 8,243
More matches
- Touhou Blooming Chaos 291 % positive of 2,160
- Yaoling: Mythical Journey89 % positive of 2,867
- Touhou Blooming Chaos88 % positive of 334
- DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS81 % positive of 1,849
- LIVE A LIVE84 % positive of 798
- Heroines of Swords & Spells93 % positive of 686
- OCTOPATH TRAVELER 078 % positive of 2,982
- 大千世界85 % positive of 2,291
- 封神外传95 % positive of 522
- Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-87 % positive of 721
- Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum92 % positive of 1,606
- 瓶中精灵 - Fairy in a Jar89 % positive of 177
At a glance
What games like Village in the Shade have in common
- The tags they share most often with Village in the Shade: Farming Sim (20 of 24), Simulation (17) and Exploration (11).
- They came out between 2016 and 2026, none of them after Village in the Shade (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Stardew Valley (97 % positive of 902,196).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.