If you love Animal Crossing, you'll love these cosy sim games

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Despite being the saviour of lockdown, Nintendo announced earlier this year that they would be withdrawing support for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We've spent hundreds of hours creating the perfect island, making friends with all of our villagers and turning up to KK Slider's weekly concerts as if our life depended on it.

But with nowhere else for the game to go, surely it's time for something else? While many will return to the traditional favourites, games like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, the genre has exploded recently.

Thanks to the Animal Crossing boom in lockdown, more developers are putting time and money into cosy simulation games that will have players returning for hours. Here, we've found some alternatives to whet your appetite and keep you occupied as the cold and dark winter nights draw in.

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Out now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation and Xbox

If what you liked best about Animal Crossing was building up your village, then Hokko Life might be the option for you. In this adorable life sim, your character hops off a train and into a new life in the village of, you guessed it, Hokko.

Farm for materials, grow and harvest crops and make friends with the animal villagers. The big selling point of Hokko Life is for the creatives out there as the more materials you find, the more custom furniture you can build and share with the community.

Out now for Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch and PC (PC demo available on Steam)

Wylde Flowers is perhaps one of the cutest offerings, and that's a big achievement. In this new take, you play as a young witch called Tara who travels to a town to care for her poorly grandmother.

By day, Tara is responsible for