15 Awesome Games Like My Time At Portia

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My time at Portia is categorized under the action roleplay and simulation genre. The main storyline of the game takes place long after the destruction of the civilization and a new type of underground civilization is emerged to rebuild the world. The ultimate goal of the game is to rebuild the city of Portia and claim the title of the best builder in the game.

The game was an overwhelming success and fans of the game wanted to play more games with a similar genre so here are …

15 Games like My Time at Portia

1. Stardew Valley

  • Genre- Simulation, Role playing
  • Publisher- ConcernedApe, Chucklefish
  • Developer- ConcernedApe
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch,  PlayStation Vita, iOS, Android
  • Where to download and buy- Steam, Play store, apple app store 

Stardew Valley is based on the character role-play genre and the game itself took inspiration from games like my time at Portia and harvest moon. The game begins as the player has to select a role of a character which later takes over the character’s deceased grandfather’s farm in a place known as Pelican Town in Stardew Valley.

The player starts with a small plot of land and a small house which they have to slowly expand and cultivate plants for profit. The player can even cut down trees, weed, and even go for fishing. Players are also allowed to interact with non-playing characters in the game. The game was released in February 26, 2016  

2. Littlewood  

games like my time at portia
  • Genre- Simulation, Role-playing, adventure
  • Publisher– Smash games
  • Developer- Sean Young
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, 
  •                    Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android
  • Where to download and buy- Steam, Nintendo

The game Littlewood starts as the players are spawned in the middle of the jungle surrounded by trees, rocks, weeds. Players have to gain the skills with time to unlock and master new tools to reshape and develop the world around them.

The players can harvest wood, mining ore, fishing, etc. they can unlock new structures by upgrading their toolkit. Players have to fulfill the townsfolk’s request to gain higher experience and level up faster.

3. Farmers dynasty

  • Genre- Simulation, Roleplaying
  • Publisher- Toplitz production, Nacon, Bigben Interactive
  • Developer- Toplitz Productions, UMEO Studios
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
  • Where to download and buy- Steam, Microsoft store, Nintendo .

Farmer dynasty is a real-life farming simulator in which you can revisit the old memories of your grandfather’s farm.

Players can live build the farm and grow and sell crops for profit. players can even repair and renovate the roofs, stables, barns, etc. according to their own likings. Users have to compete in in-game quests in order to push their level up.

The game was released on December 14,2017.

4.Forager

  • Genre- Simulation, Role playing
  • Publisher- Humble Bundle
  • Developer- HopFrog, HopFrog SA.
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft
  •                     Windows, Linux, macOS
  • Where to download and buy- Steam, Microsoft store, Play store, PlayStation store, Nintendo.

Forager is an open-world adventure-based game in which players have to mine resources in order to gain experience. Usually, the game consists of a lot of grinds and hard work by harvesting and crafting taking most of the time.

Unlike other games like my time at Portia, Forager has a higher resource spawn rate which even further helps the player to level up and grind to a higher level.

The game was released on April 18, 2019.

5. No Place Like Home

  • Genre- Simulation, Role playing
  • Publisher– Realms Distribution
  • Developer- Chicken Launcher
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows
  • Where to download and buy- Steam

The game is still in early access but the review of the game is just toping the steam charts and the fan base of this game just keeps on growing

The gameplay starts as most of the human population left the planet and went to Mars to settle down. However only a few people were left behind on earth and players are spawned as these last survivors, the goal of the game is to clean the surrounding and gather resources. Find new friends and allies. Rebuild the village and environment and run your own post-apocalypse farm.

The game was released on December 23,2020.

6. Lemon cake

  • Genre- Simulation, Role playing
  • Publisher– Éloïse Laroche
  • Developer- Éloïse Laroche
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows
  • Where to download and buy- Steam

Lemon cake is a farming and bakery simulator to be precise and was inspired by games like my time at Portia. The game starts with a broken bakery and the player has to fix and repair the bakery back to the original condition.

Player is given access to a greenhouse in which they can grow vegetables and crops which has to be used to make the cakes in the bakery, the main objective is to bake and serve the customers in the store,

The game was released on February 18,2021.

7. Garden Paws

  • Genre- Simulation, Role-playing, Adventure
  • Publisher- Bitten Toast Games                                    
  • Developer- Bitten Toast Games
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows, macOS
  • Where to download and buy- Steam

The game starts with the player been inherited the grandparent’s farm as they set off to travel the world and the player has to work with a non-player character named Frank at a local construction shop to finish off the final touches in his new home.

The player has to expand their own home and other areas in the surrounding by earning in-game coins. And in order to earn the coins players have to run a shop and explore the nearby area and caves etc.

The game was released on December 18, 2018.

8. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town

  • Genre- Simulation, Role playing, Adventure
  • Publisher– Marvelous Interactive
  • Developer- Marvelous Interactive
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
  • Where to download and buy- Nintendo.

The story of the games starts as the player is ongoing a trip with his family on the county side and eventually, the boys get lost and he finds himself near farmland, and the owner of the farm an old man agrees to help him contact his parents and keep the boy under his watch for a few days. until after few days, he is found by his parents and after returning to his home the boy keeps on writing the old man letters till he grows up. until one day the letter stops arriving and he went to enquire only to find that the farm has not been looked after and the old man died a year ago,

The mayor informs the player that the farmland has been inherited to the boy as the old man’s last wish and the player has to renovate, repair, grow crops, and look after the lively stocks.

The game was released on April 18,2003 in japan.

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9. yonder the cloud catcher chronicles

  • Genre- Simulation, Adventure
  • Publisher- Prideful Sloth
  • Developer- Prideful Sloth
  • Perspective- Third-person perspective (TPP)
  • Platforms – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
  • Where to download and buy- Nintendo, Steam, PlayStation store, Microsoft store.

The game is set in an open-world map and is based on an adventure mode and the player are spawned in the vast Greenland of the open map.

The primary goal of the player is to collect magical creatures, known as sprites. the players can take part in farming fishing and crafting during the entire adventure.

The game was released on July 18,2017.

10.Rust

  • Genre- Simulation, Adventure
  • Publisher– Facepunch Studios
  • Developer- Facepunch Studios
  • Perspective- First-person perspective (FPP)
  • Platforms – macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
  • Where to download and buy- Steam.

Rust was developed to be a hardcore open-world survival game for and targeted towards a more mature audience around the world. The was released as early access in 2014 in steam. Once the fans noticed the awesome mechanisms of the game it was an instant hit among the fans in the early access stage.

Players start the game with nothing but a stone and a torch. The stone is used to cut down trees and defend themself from the wilderness. Players have to hunt down animals for food and clothing and harvest food to keep themselves alive. The main objective of the game is not to starve to death or get killed by wild animals.

The game was released on February 8, 2018.

11.Minecraft

  • Genre- Simulation, Adventure, survival, sandbox
  • Publisher– Mojang, Microsoft Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Developer- Mojang
  • Perspective- First-person perspective (FPP), Third-person perspective(TPP)
  • Platforms – macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux.
  • Where to download and buy- Microsoft store, Minecraft.com.

Minecraft is just an evergreen fan-favorite survival-based game developed by Mojang studio based on java programing language.

The players are spawned in the game with nothing but bare hands in a random location on the open-world map. In the beginning, the players have to break down trees with the bare hand to make basic wood items and craft different material and other stuff to survive the games there is no special objective in the game the only thing that player have to mind is to survive the game as long as they can.

The game was released on November 11, 2011.

12. Creativerse

  • Genre- Simulation, Adventure, survival, sandbox
  • Publisher– Playful Corp.
  • Developer- Playful Corp.
  • Perspective- First-person perspective (FPP), Third-person perspective  (TPP)
  • Platforms – macOS, Microsoft Windows
  • Where to download and buy- Steam.

Creativerse is also an open-world survival-based sandbox game in which players are spawned in the game with a gauntlet which can control matter around its surrounding. The material collected by the player has to be used to make a shelter to survive from the wilderness and also craft new tools.

Players can also use gauntlets to mine and cultivate crops for food to survive. there is no such main objective in the game. Players have to survive the game as long as they can.

The game was released on May 8, 2017.

13.Raft

  • Genre- Simulation, Adventure, survival, sandbox
  • Publisher– Axolot Games
  • Developer- Redbeet Interactive
  • Perspective- First-person perspective (FPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows
  • Where to download and buy- Steam.

The game starts with the player spawned on a raft in the middle of an ocean. The players are only provided with a hook, which can be used for fishing, collecting some wood, plastic, and other objects in the ocean.

The player can also choose to leave the raft and collect things while swimming, but players must be careful as the raft can get swept away by the current and the player can be killed by the shark who is always near your raft. The players can use the crafting system to make tools to survive and can use the material to make the raft stronger.

The game was release on May 23, 2018

14. The Forest

  • Genre- Simulation, horror, survival, sandbox
  • Publisher– Endnight Games
  • Developer- Endnight Games
  • Perspective- First-person perspective (FPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows, PS4
  • Where to download and buy- Steam, PlayStation store.

The gameplay of The Forest goes on as the players control the in-game character Eric LeBlanc and have to survive on a forested peninsula in search of his son Timmy after a devastating plane crash.

The player must survive the forest by creating shelter, weapons, and other survival tools. Inhabiting the peninsula, along with various creatures, especially a man-eating mutant which gets aggressive during the night.

The game was released on April 30, 2019.

15. Breathedge

  • Genre- Simulation, survival, RPG
  • Publisher– RedRuins Softworks, Hype Train Digital
  • Developer- RedRuins Softworks
  • Perspective- First-person perspective (FPP)
  • Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch.
  • Where to download and buy- Steam

Breathedge is a space survival adventure game which takes places in outer space

The players are given the role of a simple guy called the Man who is just carrying his grandpa’s ashes to a galactic funeral and suddenly finds himself in the middle of a universal conspiracy.

The spaceship crashed in the middle of deep space and the player have to survive the space with a limited amount of food and resources

The game was released on February 25, 2021.