Harvest Moon (Original SNES version)
Innocent Life (Sony Original PSP)

Above are two links to games that are apart of one of my favorite franchises in gaming; Harvest Moon.

Harvest Moon in its most basic form (first link is an older version of the game) is a simple farming simulator which includes building upon your farm and house to make your land prosperous. That really is the objective of the game, and you are given a 2 year time limit to turn your weed infested, one room house farmland into a thriving business.

Innocent Life is a very recent take on Harvest Moon. In some of the most recent Harvest Moon titles, in addition to the formulaic plot of tending to your farm, you can also build and profit from the nearby towns. Whether it be for the sake of love, money, or both, you are given the option to fund peoples business ventures and buy land that shapes the future of the town in a fashion similar to another well known game, Animal Crossing.