Games like Sun Haven
If Sun Haven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stardew Valley, Coral Island and My Time at Sandrock — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Sun Haven is a fantasy farming simulation developed and published by Pixel Sprout Studios. Released in 2023 at $24.99 USD, it offers players a pixel-art world where they can build farms, cultivate relationships with townsfolk, and pursue magical quests involving monsters and dragons. The game features character customization, crafting mechanics, and an RPG-style skill tree progression system. Players can explore the world solo or team up in eight-person multiplayer sessions with online co-op functionality. The experience is described by players as relaxing and long-form, with no stamina mechanic restricting gameplay. Running as playable on Steam Deck, the game holds an 84% positive rating from 12,974 Steam reviews.
About Sun Haven: Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Players who liked Sun Haven also play
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Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Caravan Village: Farming Life
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Turn a scam into an empire! In Caravan Village, farm crops, raise animals, mine for resources, and renovate abandoned caravans into luxury suites. Recover your grandma's lost cookbook, cook delicious meals, and charm your guests in this open-ended life RPG. Create your own vacation paradise!
Everbloom
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Everbloom is a cute and cozy social farming sim set in a world of whimsy - grow buckets of popcorn right on the plant and make chocolate milk by feeding your cows candy bars. Grow, care, build, decorate, and explore the world of Everbloom solo or with your friends.
Fourleaf Fields
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Welcome to the tiny world of Fourleaf Fields, a cozy farming life sim where you're no bigger than a carrot. Grow towering crops, care for tiny farm bugs, and uncover a web of secrets fueled by gossip - solo or online with friends!
Dinkum
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Travellers Rest
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sun Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sun Haven
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Travellers Rest
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Moonstone Island
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Roots of Pacha
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
MapleStory
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Sun Haven.
Join over 260 million players worldwide in MapleStory, the world’s biggest 2D MMORPG adventure! Play now for free.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Everholm
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Sun Haven.
Lilly was spirited away to a mysterious island. As her memories fade, everyone seems to know her and her quest for her missing sister. It’s time to establish a homestead, meet your friendly Everfolks, then learn their secrets and solve the mystery of Everholm, in this open-ended minimalist RPG!
MySims™ Kingdom
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sun Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sun Haven.
Meet New Friends and explore all the New Lands
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sun Haven at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Sun Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sun Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sun Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sun Haven on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Sun Haven.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Sun Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Sun Haven.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sun Haven.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Sun Haven.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sun Haven.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Travellers Rest
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sun Haven.
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Frequently asked about Sun Haven
- Does Sun Haven run on Steam Deck?
- Sun Haven is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Sun Haven cost?
- Sun Haven is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sun Haven have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sun Haven supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Sun Haven?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sun Haven are Stardew Valley, Coral Island, My Time at Sandrock.
- Who developed Sun Haven?
- Sun Haven was developed by Pixel Sprout Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Sun Haven.
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