Games Like Rural

Reclaim your roots

Reconnect with nature

Build a life that’s truly yours

Rural is a family-made indie game inspired by classic farming and life-simulation games, reimagined in a 3D voxel world. Start with almost nothing and, through hard work, determination, and perseverance, create a fulfilling rural life.

Whether you prefer a cozy experience or a challenging survival journey, the difficulty settings let you choose how peaceful—or harsh—country life will be.

🔹 Key Features

🌱 Farm, Craft, and Live Off the Land

Grow vegetables, cereals, and fruit trees. Raise animals such as chickens, sheep, pigs, cows, and horses. Collect eggs, wool, and milk or butcher animals for meat. Cook meals to restore hunger, energy, and health as you learn new recipes and become fully self-sufficient.

🛠️ Build, Craft, and Expand

Chop trees and drag logs home, turn them into firewood or timber, and use them to craft furniture, tools, carts, and storage. Build essential structures like barns, coops, sawmills, forges, and workbenches to support your growing homestead.

⛏️ Explore, Hunt, and Survive

Explore forests, mountains, rivers, and the sea. Mine stone, coal, iron, and gold, and forge raw ore into useful bars. Hunt wildlife such as rabbits, deer, and bears—but beware: wolves and bears can attack you, your animals, or your companions.

🐕 Companions and Transportation

Tame and ride horses, build carts to transport heavy loads, and travel faster across the world. Adopt a loyal dog to accompany you on your journeys. Navigate rivers and coastlines with a motorboat and discover new fishing spots.

🎣 Fishing with Depth

Fish in rivers, lakes, and the sea, each with different species and behaviors. Use the right bait and techniques to catch a wide variety of fish across changing seasons.

🏘️ A Living Village with Quests

The nearby town is home to 30 unique characters, including farmers, hunters, miners, doctors, builders, artists, and more. Each NPC follows a daily and weekly schedule, visits markets and fairs, runs shops, and offers quests. As you help them, you build relationships—completing quests increases friendship, unlocking deeper connections and making you feel truly part of village life.

🏠Build, customize, and upgrade your home

Build, upgrade and decorate your home, craft furniture and arrange it however you like to match your personal style.

🍂 Seasons and Immersion

Experience four distinct seasons, a calendar system, and multiple camera modes—top-down, third-person, and first-person—to play the way you prefer.

❄️ Prepare for Winter

As temperatures drop, everyday tasks become more demanding. Winter tests your preparation—stockpile hay, firewood, and food ahead of time or struggle to endure the cold months.

🔹 About the Developers

Rural is a family-made indie game, developed together with my teenage son and with creative contributions from my younger daughter.