Closest Upcoming Life-Sim Farming Games in Q1 2026

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Here's a summary of upcoming life-sim and farming games this quarter in 2026.

Worth to mention

Fantasy Life (version 2.0 update)

Screenshot from Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Steam page.

  • Adventure Action RPG which lets you recruit allies, and house them in your personal island. One of the best game releases of 2025.
  • Coop play available especially for dungeon raids.
  • Assume fourteen life classes and freely switch classes.
  • Free major update dropped on December 24, 2025.
  • New land, Snoozaland, for roguelike map to gather materials and exchange them for new equipment.
  • Increased the number of island villager limit to 10!
  • New equipment, armor, and mounts.
  • New island decors.
  • Additional avatar parts.
  • Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is available on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows.

Life-Sim Farming games coming soon this quarter

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (version 3.0 update)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 3 key art.

  • Newest free major ACNH update will release on January 15.
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Nintendo's popular life-sim island living where you build an island for yourself and your animal villagers during changing times and seasons synced via real time.
  • New Resort Hotel where players can invite guests and decorate hotel rooms.
  • Slumber islands for sandbox play including coop.
  • New items such as the Lego furniture.
  • Players with Nintendo Subscription Online can play Nintendo Famicom games like Animal Crossing: Population Growing days.
  • Increased maximum storage and players can store island fauna.
  • Ability to craft multiple items on a DIY workbench.
  • New villagers via Zelda and Splatoon Amiibo.
  • Switch 2 Edition to improve graphics resolution, allow 12 player visitors, add megaphone item to call out villagers, and use joy-con as a mouse on house decorations or pattern designs.  
  • No mention of being able to buy multiple items, or exchange for Nook miles by batches.


Starsand Island

Screenshot from Starsand Island Steam page.

  • May drop into early access on February.
  • Starsand Island is a Farming game with PvE action.
  • Gather for materials and crafting.
  • Tend to farm animals and decorate the landscape.
  • Charming graphics and character design.


Pokémon Pokopia

Image by Nintendo and Pokémon Company

  • Pokémon's life sim and island builder.
  • Explore why the previous world decayed and the identity of Ditto's human form.
  • Players will assume a Ditto, and "collect" Pokémon by be-friending them and build facilities for them.
  • The Pokémon spin-off builder is planned to release for the Nintendo Switch 2 on March 5, 2026.
  • Craft items, design, and build for your Pokémon friends on the field.
  • Invite other players to your paradise.


My Time at Evershine

Screenshot from Tales of Evershine's Steam page.
  • Planned to open up the early access on April or May 2026.
  • Upcoming Simulation and RPG and another My Time installment after My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock.
  • Will feature more detailed anime graphics.
  • Will have a multiplayer mode.
  • Players will be a governor of a settlement after the Great Calamity. Players will recruit settlers, construct infrastructure, and fight against hostile environment.
  • Farming, crafting, and recruit allies for action.
  • Also develop romantic relationships with ten core NPCs.
  • Personally, I have my eyes on this game.


ShantyTown

Screenshot from ShantyTown Steam page.

  • Planned to release on Steam this April 16.
  • Build dioramas.
  • Cozy and peaceful with a calming tone.
  • Sandbox play which serves as a break from life-sim and crafting fatigue.

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