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Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos

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

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Quick resume

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!

Global score

71/100

Genres

Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator

Similar games

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Starsand Island

  • DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS

  • Lumberjack's Dynasty

  • No Place Like Home

  • The Witch of Fern Island

  • Content King

  • Everafter Falls

  • Strange Horticulture

  • Epic Chef
Outsiders

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Content King

  • Cosmonious High

  • Penko Park
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

    Solace Crafting
  • Cooperation

    Mineko's Night Market
  • Competition

    Wild Indigo Ranch

Pros

  • 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

Cons

  • 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

Analysis

A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Strategy, Continuation.

How to use the graph
Similar games map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” 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: the game you are viewing on this page.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
  • Hover a dot for a quick preview; click to compare it 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.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Competence
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -4

    "Focus is on personal progression and exploration with no evidence of competitive modes or leaderboards."

    Capsule for Wild Indigo Ranch Wild Indigo Ranch

    "Focus is on personal progression and exploration with no evidence of competitive modes or ranked challenges."

  • Continuation
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    -3

    "Gameplay centers on solo tasks and personal objectives; limited social interaction with NPCs mostly through fetch quests."

    Capsule for Mineko's Night Market Mineko's Night Market

    "Gameplay centers on solo farming, exploration, and quest completion with limited social interaction or multiplayer features."

  • Creativity
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Domination

    Game with the same Domination vibe

    -5

    "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are cooperative or neutral."

    Capsule for Rune Factory 3 Special Rune Factory 3 Special

    "No indication of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are cooperative or neutral."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    5

    "Players use the game as a relaxing, immersive escape with open world exploration and crafting."

    Capsule for Solace Crafting Solace Crafting

    "Players use the game as a relaxing, immersive escape with a large open world, exploration, and farming activities."

  • Expectation
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Experimenting
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Exploration
    5

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  • Expression
    1

    No nearest game available

  • Fantasy
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Fellowship
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Growth
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Health
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Idle
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Intimacy
    -2

    No nearest game available

  • Leadership
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Progression
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Relaxation
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Sensation
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Status
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Story
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Strategy
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Thrill
    -2

    No nearest game available

  • Value
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Violence
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Survival
    -3

    No nearest game available

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Last update: 23/05/2026