The Best Life Games for Mac OS

Update : Choice of Life: Wild Islands added at rank #24.
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Chinese Parents (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android IOS iPhone

Chinese Parents is a life sim game about growing up in a Chinese household and juggling parental expectations while dealing with immense academic stress. It offers an accurate and detailed representation of the quirks, joys, and tribulations of childhood. Players must collect coloured gems to upgrade their stats and purchase skills in order to ace their exams and fulfill the ultimate goal of passing the annual university entrance exam known as the gaokao.

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What we like:
  • Accurate portrayal of Chinese parenting
  • Humorous storytelling
  • Resource management challenge
  • Unlocking hidden skills to boost stats
  • Random events with multiple choice questions
  • "face" stat that affects social standing
What could be improved:
  • English localization may miss out on some nuances of jokes or instructions for puzzles may be unclear

  • simulation
  • life
  • memes
  • psychological
  • casual
  • horror

2

Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

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  • choices
  • life
  • medieval
  • card
  • humor
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • hand-drawn
  • magic
  • 2d
  • funny
  • cute
  • family-friendly

3

Cabin Fever (2021)

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Android Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

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  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • life
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • narrative
  • off-grid
  • story
  • interactive
  • linear
  • explore
  • single-player
  • cute

4

Hamster Playground (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Prepare for cuteness overload, relentless training, and fierce rivalry as you and your hamsters take on challenges while traversing the maze and riding a skateboard, with more modes coming soon! Be the first to cross the finish line to earn rewards and yummy treats!

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  • simulation
  • character
  • life
  • immersive
  • time-management
  • customization
  • building
  • family-friendly
  • isometric
  • platform
  • comedy
  • racing
  • relaxing
  • third-person
  • cute

5

Growing Up: Life of the 90s (2022)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Mac OS

In an era of rapid social change as well as the soaring rise of pop culture, your journey through life will be accompanied by both endearing friends and a nostalgic city, with more than 30 locations to explore. With more than 200 skills to acquire and master, you will have the ultimate freedom to shape the future of your character and end up with one of 42 unique careers!

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  • choices
  • life
  • lgbtq
  • soundtrack
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • emotional
  • story
  • romantic
  • hand-drawn

6

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!


  • choices
  • rogue-like
  • time-management
  • life
  • dynamic
  • lgbtq
  • conversation
  • character
  • narration
  • relaxing
  • customization
  • survival
  • political
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d

7

Barista Simulator (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Android

Barista Simulator lets you experience making a wide variety of coffees just like espresso, latte, cappuccino or even your special mix of coffees. While managing your coffee shop, you play as a Barista and make the coffees your customers want. It's up to you to choose how to treat your shoppers.

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  • simulation
  • cooking
  • immersive
  • life
  • sandbox
  • management
  • education
  • relaxing
  • resource-management
  • realistic
  • crafting

8

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 (2023)

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75
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Android Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Step into the hilariously absurd and retro-futuristic world of Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099. Spy on subjects, manage hidden cameras, and even manipulate their lives. With its combination of narrative, investigation, surveillance, and resource management, this game will immerse you into a dystopian dreamland.


What we like:
  • Unique and perfect captures the spirit of Hitchcock's Rear window
  • Incredible atmosphere
  • Resource management
  • Sci-Fi setting
  • Incredible soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Needs more cages

  • dystopian
  • simulation
  • sequel
  • resource-management
  • life
  • humor
  • investigation
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark
  • sci-fi
  • funny
  • story
  • pixel

9

My Exercise (2020)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Let's do sit-ups! Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.

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  • dog
  • life
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • philosophical
  • esport
  • immersive
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • funny
  • sport
  • psychological
  • 2d

10

Chef RPG (2024)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

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  • cooking
  • life
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • rpg
  • building
  • management
  • pixel
  • resource-management
  • opened-ended
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • relaxing

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