VGChartz’s Craig S: “2023’s nominees for Finest Simulation Sport of the 12 months display each the persevering with development of the life simulation sub-genre and the eternal enchantment of the flexibility to create, handle, and increase your individual life-like metropolis. Harvest Moon and its rival sister sequence Story of Seasons proceed to show standard, as evidenced by their latest entries making the ultimate 4; Disney Dreamlight Valley took a web page out of the Animal Crossing e book whereas leveraging the various Disney & Pixar licences to nice impact; and eventually the massively profitable Cities: Skylines obtained a sequel inside months of its shock announcement.”