Groups comparison

Life simulation(Artificial life) - 1975 to 2019
Simulation individuals, groups of people, relationships, and often their things and surroundings.

Farm simulation - 1981 to 2017

Player initiated reproduction - 1983 to 2019
A rarity in videogames, that players can choose for their characters to attempt have children. Not to be confused with [[tag:breeding breeding]].

Biological simulation - 1984 to 2018
Sub-genre of artificial life

Social simulation - 1985 to 2015
Sub-genre of artificial life

Virtual pets (Digital pets;Artificial pets;Pet-raising simulation) - 1986 to 2014
Digital companions or creatures that players can care for, nurture, and interact with within the game's virtual world.

Death of protagonist (Death of a main character) - 1988 to 2019
One or more of the main characters die as part of the plot, especially in case of the protagonist.

Marriage (Matrimony;Civil union) - 1988 to 2019
Player character(s) can or must enter into marriage or similar union.

Raiser sim[raise-up sim;raising sim;princess maker clones] - 1991 to 2015
A genre of life simulation where the player is responsible for raising or otherwise managing the life of an individual up to a point, usually as a personal manager rather than as the character themself. Often named "something maker".

Succession - 2012 to 2019
Deals with succession, passing the mantle of something on to next person. Especially if this happens repeatedly for the same thing.