Games Like Stardew Valley
12 multiplayer games like Stardew Valley, starting with Coral Island, the closest. The best free one is Palia. Flip a card to see what it has in common, how many can join and whether it has crossplay.
12 games like Stardew Valley
Start with: Coral Island, Travellers Rest, Farm Together 2, Palia and Farming Simulator 25.
Coral Island
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Share a farm on a tropical island, raise animals and clean up the reef, up to four together.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
Coral Island: View game →Travellers Rest
2–4 online2 on one screen
In common: Simulation · Co-op · Fantasy. One cooks and another runs the bar so the tavern doesn't fill up with complaints.
PC
Travellers Rest: View game →Farm Together 2
2–16 online4 on one screenCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Friends join your farm to plant, harvest and decorate together, on one screen or online.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Farm Together 2: View game →Palia
Free2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op · Fantasy. Cook, fish and farm in a town shared with other players, and friends join your party.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Palia: View game →Farming Simulator 25
2–16 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. You share one farm and split the work, like one of you harvesting while another hauls grain to sell.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
Farming Simulator 25: View game →Disney Dreamlight Valley
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op · Fantasy. Up to three friends visit the host's valley to fish, mine and water plants together, while each one decorates their own.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Disney Dreamlight Valley: View game →House Flipper 2
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Split the cleaning, painting and wall-knocking to get a house ready to sell.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
House Flipper 2: View game →PowerWash Simulator 2
2–6 online2 on one screenCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Split a dirty job between you and leave it spotless wall by wall, online or on one screen.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch 2
PowerWash Simulator 2: View game →Cast n Chill
2 online2 on one screen
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Two of you fish side by side on the same screen, no pressure, just rods and chill.
PC · Switch
Cast n Chill: View game →Roots of Pacha
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Discover fire and farming together, and your Stone Age village grows with every idea.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Roots of Pacha: View game →Lightyear Frontier
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Simulation · Co-op. Plant and harvest from a mech on an alien planet, with no enemies and up to three friends.
PC · Xbox
Lightyear Frontier: View game →Elite Dangerous
2–4 online
In common: Simulation · Co-op. In a full-scale replica of the Milky Way, you fly spaceships to trade, mine, explore systems, hunt pirates or fight the alien Thargoids. Every player shares the same galaxy.
PC · PS4 · Xbox
Elite Dangerous: View game →
How we pick games like Stardew Valley
The order depends on how much each game has in common with Stardew Valley. Style of play and genre (Sandbox) count the most, then whether you play on the same side or against each other, and after that pace, setting and camera, with the most-played game going first when two are tied. Every game here runs on at least one platform that Stardew Valley is on, so nobody in the group needs new hardware to switch.