Life sim games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
12 games on Steam carry the Life Sim tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 33,088 reviews and 92% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 2 2016
- 0 2017
- 0 2018
- 1 2019
- 2 2020
- 0 2021
- 0 2022
- 3 2023
- 0 2024
- 1 2025
- 3 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 33,088 | about 985K |
| Top 25% | 69,117 | about 1.7M |
| Top 10% | 196,433 | about 6.2M |
83% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.
Pricing
Median paid price $14.99
- Free 17%
- Under $5 8%
- $5 to $15 42%
- $15 to $30 8%
- $30 to $60 25%
- $60 and up 0%
Most reviewed Life Sim releases of the last 24 months
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Fields of Mistria
97% positive of 36,921
780k to 1.8M owners
$13.99
BidKing
32% positive of 23,582
520k to 1.5M owners
$2.99
Heartopia
66% positive of 16,385
Free
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STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
94% positive of 4,155
75k to 160k owners
$49.99
Blacksmith Simulator
No reviews yet
$15.99
BOXROOM
No reviews yet
$7.99
Car Dealer Simulator
No reviews yet
$13.99
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
No reviews yet
$39.99
Upcoming Life Sim games 1 on Steam
- Divine Move 神之手 Nov 19, 2026
- 2051 AD. Your life Coming soon
- Animal Trainer To be announced
- A Shiba Story Coming soon
- Bill To be announced
- Bitpunky Coming soon
- Farmwand To be announced
- Fragment: A Botanical Adventure To be announced
- Freelancer Simulator Coming soon
- Meetlight and the Secrets of the Universe Coming soon
- Music Sim Empire Coming soon
- Skate Shop Simulator Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Simulation 8
- Farming Sim 6
- Casual 5
- RPG 5
- Crafting 4
- Cute 4
- Dating Sim 4
- Multiplayer 4
- Pixel Graphics 3
- Sandbox 3
What good store pages do
Medians across the 12 most reviewed Life Sim games.
- Screenshots
- 10.5
- Trailers
- 1
- Description length
- 4,354 characters
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