Tales of the Shire is the next cozy life farm sim for fans of the genre to keep an eye on, especially for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Set in the Lord of the Rings village of Bywater, Weta Workshop's Tales of the Shire sees players stepping into the bare feet of a Hobbit for casual and creative gameplay that seems very similar to Nintendo's Animal Crossing series. In fact, Tales of the Shire looks so much like Animal Crossing that many on the internet have been facetiously referring to it as "Shire Crossing."