Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos similar games & best alternatives

Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

Explore the wide world of Anthos with the help of your wacky inventor friend Doc Jr. and many others! It’ll be up to you to revive the Harvest Goddess and the Harvest Sprites, as well as reconnect all of the villages of Anthos with each other! Farm all around Anthos using the improved Expando-Farm!

What works
  • Large open world with exploration
  • Addictive farming and mining mechanics
  • Good progression and skill development
  • Relaxing and immersive atmosphere
  • Inclusive marriage options and animal taming
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited character and outfit customization
  • Short day length and stamina system criticized
  • Repetitive fetch quests and shallow npcs
  • Navigation hindered by lack of jumping
  • No keyboard/mouse support or graphic options on pc

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Thrill, Relaxation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Fantasy, Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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