# Games like Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children

> The closest matches to Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children: Virtual Villagers - The Secret City, Virtual Villagers: A New Home, My Tribe, Virtual Families, and Plant Tycoon. 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 and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 115 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16180/)
2. [Virtual Villagers: A New Home](https://imho.run/games/16100/virtual-villagers-a-new-home) — Shares puzzle solving with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 167 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16100/)
3. [My Tribe](https://imho.run/games/51010/my-tribe) — Shares tech tree unlocks and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 125 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/51010/)
4. [Virtual Families](https://imho.run/games/16200/virtual-families) — Shares resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 55 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16200/)
5. [Plant Tycoon](https://imho.run/games/16120/plant-tycoon) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another Simulation. 163 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16120/)
6. [Fish Tycoon](https://imho.run/games/16130/fish-tycoon) — Shares resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 103 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16130/)
7. [The Islander](https://imho.run/games/715050/the-islander) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another Indie. 175 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/715050/)
8. [Settlemoon](https://imho.run/games/2443780/settlemoon) — Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 243 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2443780/)
9. [My Time at Portia](https://imho.run/games/666140/my-time-at-portia) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another RPG. 12,030 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/666140/)
10. [Halcyon Days at Taoyuan](https://imho.run/games/2678830/halcyon-days-at-taoyuan) — Shares resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 279 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2678830/)
11. [Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt](https://imho.run/games/938380/townsmen-a-kingdom-rebuilt) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another Strategy. 253 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/938380/)
12. [Mini Settlers](https://imho.run/games/2521630/mini-settlers) — Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 259 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2521630/)
13. [Slime Rancher](https://imho.run/games/433340/slime-rancher) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another Action. 64,472 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/)
14. [Home Behind](https://imho.run/games/467960/home-behind) — Shares permadeath and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 238 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/467960/)
15. [Luma Island](https://imho.run/games/2408820/luma-island) — Shares puzzle solving with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 3,582 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2408820/)
16. [Kitchen Sync: Aloha!](https://imho.run/games/2333930/kitchen-sync-aloha) — Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 140 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2333930/)
17. [Castaway Paradise - live among the animals](https://imho.run/games/304950/castaway-paradise-live-among-the-animals) — Same relaxing mood as Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 366 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/304950/)
18. [Dungeon Bodega Simulator](https://imho.run/games/3458180/dungeon-bodega-simulator) — Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 159 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3458180/)
19. [High Sea Saga DX](https://imho.run/games/2431880/high-sea-saga-dx) — Shares resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 61 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2431880/)
20. [Discounty](https://imho.run/games/2274620/discounty) — Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 1,332 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2274620/)
21. [Critter Café](https://imho.run/games/2367610/critter-cafe) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another Adventure. 163 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2367610/)
22. [Duck Life 9: The Flock](https://imho.run/games/2416880/duck-life-9-the-flock) — A frequent pick in Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children players' libraries, and another Sports. 145 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2416880/)
23. [Tiny Garden](https://imho.run/games/2812450/tiny-garden) — Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 54 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2812450/)
24. [Dustland Delivery](https://imho.run/games/2943280/dustland-delivery) — Shares permadeath and resource management with Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children. 979 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2943280/)

## 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=16110&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16110&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16110&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=16110
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/16110
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children

Somewhere in the Pacific, there was a beautiful island, called Isola, where lost villagers made their home. The castaways explored their small part of the island and knew every corner. Only a mysterious cave had not been carefully explored.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 16110
- **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/16110/virtual-villagers-the-lost-children)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=16110&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16110/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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