Best Rated Life Sim Games Under $5

The best rated Life Sim games on Steam for games under $5. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.

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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
  1. 1Placid Plastic Duck Simulator93.52%
  2. 2Supermarket Together93.50%
  3. 3A Date with Death92.92%
  4. 4VillageRhapsody92.48%
  5. 5Virtual Cottage91.81%
  6. 6SuchArt: Creative Space90.65%
  7. 7Minami Lane90.17%
  8. 8The Test: Final Revelation89.69%
  9. 9Monster Prom89.63%
  10. 10Chill Pulse88.62%
  11. 11Ropuka's Idle Island88.29%
  12. 12Progressbar9588.29%
  13. 13Insomnia: Theater in the Head88.10%
  14. 14Island Saver88.08%
  15. 15Summon87.20%
  16. 16Dog Brew86.98%
  17. 17Russian Life Simulator86.89%
  18. 18Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up86.70%
  19. 19Walking Simulator86.59%
  20. 20The Sims 486.29%
  21. 21Reigns86.02%
  22. 22Unholy Heights85.95%
  23. 23Sunset Motel: Prologue85.81%
  24. 24Yakiniku simulator85.70%
  25. 25Malware85.60%
  26. 26Summer in Mara Prologue85.51%
  27. 27Chushpan Simulator85.37%
  28. 28Mr. Prepper: Prologue84.92%
  29. 29BBQ Simulator: The Squad84.85%
  30. 30Pure Farming 201883.61%
  31. 31Hotel Renovator83.49%
  32. 32No Place Like Home83.24%
  33. 33Garbage83.19%
  34. 34Mitos.is: The Game83.00%
  35. 35THE GAME OF LIFE 283.00%
  36. 36BROKE PROTOCOL82.68%
  37. 37Crypto Mining Simulator82.52%
  38. 38Mabinogi82.01%
  39. 39Hokko Life81.31%
  40. 40Streamer Life Simulator81.27%
  41. 41Dude Simulator 280.65%
  42. 42Comedy Night79.88%
  43. 43Initial Drift Online76.79%
  44. 44Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition76.50%
  45. 45Greed of Man73.23%