# Games like Virtual Villagers: A New Home

> The closest matches to Virtual Villagers: A New Home: Virtual Villagers - The Secret City, Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children, Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt, Tribe: Primitive Builder, and My Tribe. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Virtual Villagers - The Secret City](https://imho.run/games/16180/virtual-villagers-the-secret-city) — Shares puzzle solving with Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 115 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16180/)
2. [Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children](https://imho.run/games/16110/virtual-villagers-the-lost-children) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: A New Home players' libraries, and another Simulation. 66 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16110/)
3. [Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt](https://imho.run/games/938380/townsmen-a-kingdom-rebuilt) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 253 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/938380/)
4. [Tribe: Primitive Builder](https://imho.run/games/1059900/tribe-primitive-builder) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: A New Home players' libraries, and another Adventure. 280 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059900/)
5. [My Tribe](https://imho.run/games/51010/my-tribe) — Same cozy mood as Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 125 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/51010/)
6. [Dream Town Island](https://imho.run/games/2488340/dream-town-island) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: A New Home players' libraries, and another Strategy. 97 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488340/)
7. [Virtual Families](https://imho.run/games/16200/virtual-families) — Same cozy mood as Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 55 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16200/)
8. [Goblin Camp](https://imho.run/games/2431980/goblin-camp) — Shares tech tree progression with Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 115 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2431980/)
9. [Plant Tycoon](https://imho.run/games/16120/plant-tycoon) — Same cozy mood as Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 163 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16120/)
10. [SPORE™](https://imho.run/games/17390/spore) — Also God Game and Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 37,494 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/17390/)
11. [Fabledom](https://imho.run/games/1651560/fabledom) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 3,311 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1651560/)
12. [Foundation](https://imho.run/games/690830/foundation) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 10,915 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/690830/)
13. [Mini Settlers](https://imho.run/games/2521630/mini-settlers) — Shares puzzle solving with Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 259 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2521630/)
14. [Gold Gold Adventure Gold](https://imho.run/games/3133650/gold-gold-adventure-gold) — Also God Game and Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 140 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133650/)
15. [Stardew Valley](https://imho.run/games/413150/stardew-valley) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: A New Home players' libraries, and another RPG. 384,187 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/)
16. [The Promised Land](https://imho.run/games/296240/the-promised-land) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 385 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/296240/)
17. [Loafing Town](https://imho.run/games/3625210/loafing-town) — Also God Game, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 60 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3625210/)
18. [ISLANDERS: New Shores](https://imho.run/games/2368930/islanders-new-shores) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 797 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368930/)
19. [My Little Life](https://imho.run/games/2834600/my-little-life) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 390 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2834600/)
20. [Banished](https://imho.run/games/242920/banished) — Also Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 25,649 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242920/)
21. [MR FARMBOY](https://imho.run/games/2795090/mr-farmboy) — Shares tech tree progression with Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 222 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2795090/)
22. [Deisim](https://imho.run/games/525680/deisim) — Also God Game and Colony Sim, like Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 590 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/525680/)
23. [The Sims™ Legacy Collection](https://imho.run/games/3314060/the-sims-legacy-collection) — Same cozy mood as Virtual Villagers: A New Home. 1,455 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314060/)
24. [Duck Life 9: The Flock](https://imho.run/games/2416880/duck-life-9-the-flock) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: A New Home players' libraries, and another Sports. 145 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2416880/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16100&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16100&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16100&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=16100
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/16100
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Virtual Villagers: A New Home

Care for and nurture a tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. They need to become farmers, builders, scientists, parents and make decisions about unpredictable 'island events'! Guide their day-to-day lives and help them explore and restore their new home.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 16100
- **Developer:** Last Day of Work
- **Genres:** Simulation, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 12, 2008
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/16100/virtual-villagers-a-new-home)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16100&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16100/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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