First, there's Animal Crossing: New Horizons. ?

Animal Crossing is a social simulation game.

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According to NintendoLife, more Switches were sold to play Animal Crossing than were sold at the console's launch.

I've noticed more of my friends online lately than I've seen in the entire time I've owned a Switch.

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I've also been revisiting an old favourite: The Sims 4.

It's a plant-eat-Sim world and the cow needs to feed.

I can now live entirely off the plants.

If anything, the plants are the real characters I'm playing and the Sims are arbitrary caretakers.

When I'm done shaking fruit trees on Animal Crossing and watering my plants on the Sims, I lie in bed and take care of the last of my green pixel babies

They, like Animal Crossing, operate on a day-to-day growth mechanic -- so it's just a little mindfulness check each day to log on and give them a spritz. 

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So every time I've been anxious, I've logged on and picked up a shovel

Instead of peering longingly outside, I'm googling the best ways to cross-pollinate and breed hybrid flowers on my Animal Crossing island

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