Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

A brand-new life simulation coming to Steam looks to take inspiration from games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing while featuring a plethora of beloved VTubers. Life simulation games have seen ...

Countless hours, days—perhaps even weeks—of my life have been spent creating Sims characters, building them houses, marrying them off, and making babies. Now, there’s a new life-simulation game on the ...

I can pinpoint the exact moment when I developed a fear of water in videogames. It was 'Apprehension,' better known as the ninth level of Half-Life. If you've played it, you already know what I'm ...

Developer Aesir Interactive and publisher Nacon released a new video for Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, showing off more of the gameplay of this new sim. The video is basically a how-to guide ...

Closed Beta Cosiness Test sign-ups are now live on the official site. Launch confirmed for PC and mobile, with more platforms in development. Players can nurture planets, connect worlds, and form ...

The Sims rival InZoi isn't actually close to rivalling The Sims, according to the new life simulator's very own director. Krafton's ultra-realistic take on the life sim genre is hitting early access ...

Pokémon is an escape from the real world for many. But in 2026 Nintendo is going to let gamers recreate real life with Pokémon. During the company’s latest Nintendo Direct presentation it announced ...

Editor's take: I will never understand why some people are so utterly obsessed with life simulation games. The entire concept behind The Sims and similar series strikes me as atrocious and meaningless ...

InZOI, a potential competitor to The Sims, offers detailed character creation and world customization. Animal Crossing: New Horizons remains a top life simulator in the 2020s due to island control and ...

Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021 with a previous history of personal analytical writing. Michael is a lifelong ...