Games like Life is Hard
Games like Life is Hard include The Escapists, Papers, Please, Banished, Game Dev Tycoon, and Foundation. We matched them by the tags players give Life is Hard on Steam (Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Adventure, and Early Access): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

The Escapists
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Simulation

Papers, Please
Shared: Indie · Simulation · Pixel Graphics

Banished
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Indie

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Indie · Simulation · Strategy

Foundation
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Medieval

Plague Inc: Evolved
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Indie

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Shared: Strategy · Medieval · Simulation

Graveyard Keeper
Shared: Simulation · Pixel Graphics · Indie

Rise to Ruins
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Simulation

Rain World
Shared: Indie · Pixel Graphics · Atmospheric

This War of Mine
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Atmospheric

Terraria
Shared: Adventure · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Home Behind 2
Shared: Strategy · Adventure · Indie

TheoTown
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Simulation

Feed and Grow: Fish
Shared: Simulation · Early Access · Indie

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Dwarves

Tavern Master
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Stoneshard
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · 2D

The Escapists 2
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Simulation

Knights of Pen and Paper 2
Shared: Strategy · Adventure · Indie

Home Behind
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Strategy

SAELIG
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Indie