Sunken Secrets vs Verdant Skies
Sunken Secrets
Sunken Secrets is a pretty unique farm simulation game mainly because most of the gameplay takes place under the sea! With magic as the main way to uncurse buildings so you can restore them, you'll need to build a variety of magic-producing structures to collect magic from. Being a farm game, you can also plant, grow and harvest a variety of fictional crops - you're already growing stuff underwater... what you'd expect, right? - which you can then turn into other products like delicious beverages and foodstuff. Aside from being able to trade with other players through the market, Sunken Secrets also has an exploration aspect since you can discover and travel to different islands.If you love playing farm sims with a dash of adventure in it (like Fairy Kingdom, for example), then you'll love Sunken Secrets! You can play the game by downloading it from Big Fish Games or on your mobile devices (Android and iOS).
Verdant Skies
Verdant Skies is an indie farm simulation/RPG combined with a pretty unique art style and visual novel-like dialogue choices. In this game, you play as the latest pioneer who was sent from Earth to a habitable alien planet whose main job is to set up and manage the farms at the colony, but of course, you are often asked to help out other characters with their tasks. You can also interact with the characters to increase your relationship level and eventually unlock new options such as being able to date them and start a family.Verdant Skies also features a straightforward gathering and crafting where every almost every action you take in this game will cost you time and/or energy. There's no need to restore the time you lost, but energy can be easily restored by consuming food. As a game that's very similar to Harvest Moon in essence, the game's farming aspect can be impressively in-depth, allowing you to splice the genes of your crops and your livestock to produce much more superior versions.
Verdant Skies is definitely the sort of game you'd want to check out if you've loved playing games like Harvest Moon, Staxel and even My Time at Portia. The game isn't too expensive either, considering the hours you can get out of it.