| Game | How |
|---|---|
| Babysitting Mama | This Nintendo Wii game uses a plush doll controller for motion mini-games like rocking and feeding a baby. |
| Imagine: Babysitters | This Nintendo DS game lets you care for up to eight babies using the stylus to prepare bottles. |
| The Sims 4 | Teens and adults can take a part-time babysitter career track on weekends and build parenting skills inside houses. |
| The Baby in Yellow | This comedy-horror game on PC and mobile turns bottle feeding and diaper changes into a supernatural story. |
| LifeSim | You play in a real city on a 3D map and talk to families in your own words. |
Is there a babysitter simulator game about everyday childcare?
Babysitter simulator
Yes. You can play as a neighborhood babysitter in a real city on a 3D map. In LifeSim, you talk to parents and kids in your own words, and they remember you. The game is free and runs in your browser.
A college sitter in BostonHow to play a babysitter in LifeSim
- Describe your babysitter in the text box with a name, age, and city.
- Edit the cast to set up the neighborhood parents and kids you watch.
- Use place search to find a real park, library, or zoo and plan an outing there.
- Text the parents about school pickup, date night hours, and daily updates.
A sample life: a college sitter in Boston
Maya, 20, studies at Boston University and works as a babysitter for families in Back Bay. She sets a daily to-do list to finish her class reading and pick up two siblings at school dismissal. She texts the parents to confirm the Friday date night shift.
During her first week, Maya accidentally accepts Friday evening shifts for two neighbor families at the same time. She starts a group text with both mothers to propose a combined slumber party for the kids. The parents agree, and they remember her clever idea the next week.
On Saturday afternoon, a toddler loses a favorite stuffed rabbit after a trip to a neighborhood playground. Maya plans an outing back to the park before bedtime, finds the toy, and saves the evening. Her cash increases after the shift, and the family books her again.
Real cities for a babysitter life
In New York, sitters work across Park Slope in Brooklyn and the Upper East Side in Manhattan. You can use place search to visit Prospect Park playgrounds, the Central Park Zoo, or PS 321. In San Francisco, where UrbanSitter started, sitters take kids to the Koret Children's Quarter in Golden Gate Park.
In London, agencies like Sitters.co.uk and Kensington Nannies place caregivers in Kensington, Chelsea, and Notting Hill. You can plan outings to the Diana Memorial Playground in Kensington Gardens or the Science Museum. In Orlando, services like Kid's Nite Out send helpers to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando hotels.
Greater Boston is the birthplace of Care.com, founded in Waltham. College students from Harvard, Northeastern, and Boston University often sit for families in Brookline and Back Bay.
How a babysitting life works in LifeSim
LifeSim has no house interiors and no baby care system. You play out homework help, bedtime meltdowns, and scope creep through open text conversations. When parents come home late or cancel at the last minute, you handle it in your own words.
You can act as a mother's helper, manage a nanny share for two families, or discuss screen time rules. Each day ends with a recap of your moments, and your cash changes based on your activities and chats. As years pass, your character ages and can move on to new life goals.
Life outside your babysitting shifts
Babysitting leaves your mornings or late weekends open for your own life. Once the kids are asleep at the end of a date night shift, you have quiet time to study. On your days off, friends text you on their own to invite you out.
You can check the map for happenings like a house party, birthday drinks, karaoke, or a pickup game. You can go on dates, visit a local cafe, and keep up with your own family.
Other babysitter simulators
Lives to start as a babysitter
Questions
Are there mini-games for changing diapers or warming bottles?
No. LifeSim has no baby care mini-games and no house interiors. You play out your shifts through text chats and outings to real parks and libraries.
Is this the horror game Babysitter Simulator?
No. Other games like The Baby in Yellow focus on horror. LifeSim is a Teen-rated game about everyday life, school pickup, and neighborhood families.
Do real babysitters need a license?
In the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, casual sitters do not need a government license. Many teens take Red Cross or Safe Sitter courses, while adults get first-aid certificates and background checks.
Can I edit the family I work for?
Yes. You can edit the people in your cast, including the parents and the older kids you watch. They each have their own routines, goals, and memories.
Can I play as a teen sitter who grows up?
Yes. You can start as a teenager taking after-school shifts and age through life stages as days pass.
Cities for a babysitter
More lives: Service jobs
Other lives
How LifeSim works
- Life sim with AI NPCs
- Life sim where NPCs remember you
- Life sim on a real map
- AI character creator
- Photo to game character
- Life sim with no dialogue trees
- Game where characters text you
- Living world game
- Life sim random events
- Draw a building in a 3D city
- Plan outings with friends
- Life sim with aging and death
- Life simulator with no download
- Free life sim with no in-app purchases
