Play Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Move to a village of animals, pay off a raccoon and check the shop every day, in real time.

Build a house, fill eight need bars and steer a family through work and neighbours; the best-selling PC game.

Build mode, mods and a decade of packs; the Sims of the 2010s.

Ageing, genetics and wants; the Sims sequel that gave them lives.

One open neighbourhood with no loading screens, and Create-a-Style.

Ferry the dead to the afterlife, hug them and cook for them; the cosiest game about death.

A virtual world with its own economy since 2003; not a game, the residents insist.

Adopt a pet and play flash games for Neopoints; the website of every 2000s childhood.