35 cozy games I played in 2024 (and that you should try in 2025)

2024 has come to an end and I had to look back at all the incredible cozy games I have tried this year. So many little gems this year!

1. Fabledom

In a whimsical world, enjoy building your kingdom where you face all types of magical elements.

From peasants to royalty, satisfy the needs of all your citizens! Defend against magical creatures while you also pursue love…

Games sharing some similarities:

• Kingdom and Castles
• Timberborn
• Manor Lords
• Kingdom Reborn

2. Infinity Nikki

Play as Nikki (and Momo) and become a stylist exploring an absolutely gorgeous world filled with magic!

Take stunning pictures, unlock incredible outfits, fish, explore, immerse yourself into a beautiful story and enjoy daily quests and events!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Love Nikki

• Disney Dreamlight Valley

• Fashion Dreamer

3. Roots Of Pacha

In this stone age farming sim game, you get to discover ideas, be in union with nature, befriend animals and find your true love.

Evolve and discover new concepts to reshape your approach in life. Unlock spirituality aspects and expand your village.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Stardew Valley

• My Time At Portia

• Fields Of Mistria

• Animal Crossing

4. Moonstone Island

Collect all types of pixelated creature in an open world with more than 100 islands to explore.

Go on dates, become friends with the villagers, create the house of your dreams and travel the world by balloon, broom and glider!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Ooblets

• Coral Island

• Sun Haven

• Everdream Valley

5. Luma Island

Set foot in an epic journey alone or with friends and build your dream farm.

Explore the island and its mysterious caves, temples and secrets. Collect magical Lumas and advance into your specialized profession!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Dinkum

• Fae Farm

• Rune Factory

6. Rusty’s Retirement

Let at the bottom of your screen an adorable little robot farm and live his very best life.

Discover new plants, automate your tasks, customize your farm, unlock more tiles, have adorable farm animals and unlock new friends with unique abilities!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Time is Honey

• Tiny Terraces

• Cozy Garden

• Plantera 2

7. Tiny Glade

In this game, you simply cannot fail. You get to pet adorable little sheep, create something cozy and enjoy the stunning scenery.

Create adorable kingdoms without needing to manage anything: no combat & no goals. Sit back and relax!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Townscraper

• Gourdlets

8. Paleo Pines

Arrive on a charming adventure on the back of your extra special dino and learn the joys of farming with dinosaurs!

Use your flute to convey different message to your friendly dino, befriend wild dinos and create your very own little sanctuary!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Slime Rancher
• Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
• Ooblets

9. Ecognomix

Dive into mines with cute little gnomes in order to gather resources and grow your city!

Don’t forget to feed the bats as you go deeper in the mines and upgrade all your different available gnomes in order to gather more resources!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Backpack Hero
• Slay the Spire
• Moonlighter

10. Bandle Tales

Play as an adorable little creature and explore beautiful islands while trying to bring back balance.

Explore, gather, farm, and discover unique and fun crafting mechanics. Unlock new abilities and enjoy an interesting storyline.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Graveyard Keeper
• Littlewood
• Cat Quest

11. Coffee Caravan

Serve coffee to simple and charming little characters from your customized caravan.

Unlock new stuff, upgrade your tools, get new types of customers and try to make your layout in the most efficient way possible!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Lemoncake
• Megaquarium
• Food Truck Empire

12. Sticky Business

Experience the life of a sticker entrepreneur! Create, pack and sell your stickers.

Listen to the stories of your customers, unlock new designs and optimize your sticker tools to bring your business to the next level.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Little Big Workshop
• Passepartout

13. Kitaria Fables

Gather, craft, farm & combat as a cute little cat by yourself or with a friend.

Meet adorable villagers, defeat the monsters that suddenly appeared and are a danger to the quiet little tow of Paw.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Doraemon Story Of Seasons
• Littlewood
• Moon Hunters

14. Fields of Mistria

Discover an adorable pixel art world where you get to build your fantasy farm.

Have adorable animals, harvest magic, and find romance! You even get to add hats to your pets…

Games sharing some similarities:

• Stardew Valley
• Sun Haven
• Roots Of Pacha
• My Time At Sandrock

15. Spirit City Lofi Sessions

Use this adorable game as your companion to get organized and actually do the things you are supposed to do!

Enter your task list, use the timer to help with your motivation and concentration, unlock adorable outfits, animals and customize your room!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Weyrdlets
• Lofi Aquarium
• Virtual Cottage

16. Portal 2

Play with a friend as a robot and make your way through different levels in order to save humanity.

Enjoy the humor and the sassiness of the narrator as you try to figure out how to reach the next level without killing your partner by mistake.

Games sharing some similarities:

• The Talos Principle
• Q.U.B.E
• The Turing Test

17. Apico

Wholesome beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, and conserving bees!

Explore a cute pixelated world and collect bees and diverse bugs. Craft, collect and play minigames!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Stardew Valley
• Littlewood
• Sprout Valley

18. Summer In Mara

Adventure into a colorful and stunning island. Discover a beautiful story while helping others.

Farm, craft, explore different mechanics and more than 20 different islands. Customize your own cute island.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Spiritfarer
• My Time At Portia
• Yonder

19. House Flipper

Immerse in a world where you get to flip entire houses by yourself.

Buy, repair, and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

Games sharing some similarities:

• House Flipper 2
• The Tenants
• Hotel Renovator

20. Gourdlets

Forget about capitalism, money and create an adorable community of little vegetables.

Enjoy a game with no objectives, no quests, no economy. Just full creative freedom and adorable creatures to customize.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Tiny Glade
• Townscraper
• Terrascape
• Dorf Romantik
• Islanders

21. Just Crow Things

Play as a little crow that wants to spread chaos!

Find items, solve puzzles, poop on humans you dislike, steal other animals stuff and discover adorable little hats.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Donut County
• Untitle Goose Game
• Goat Simulator
• Human: Fall Flat

22. Dave the Diver

Explore a vast and colorful sea filled with all types of fish, resources, tools and weapons.

Collect different types of fish to create different recipes and sell in your sushi restaurant.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Moonlighter
• Bear and Breakfast
• The Sushi Spinnery
• Plate Up!

23. Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends

Play as an adorable little robot who arrives in a cute city full of unique villagers.

Build friendships, solve the mysteries of the island, complete challenges, serve your customers and customize your restaurant!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Cooking Simulator
• Winkelje: The Little Shop
• Dog Brew

24. Coral Island

Experience all of the best of a farming sim game and add the possibility to be and romance a mermaid!

Clean the ocean, romance stunning characters, enjoy interactive festivals, catch bugs, enchant your tools and upgrade your skills! Create the farm the cutest farm!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Fae Farm
• Wylde Flowers
• Disney Dreamlight Valley

25. Palia

Discover an enchanting world with an inclusive community and adorable customizations!

Catch bugs, hunt, collect objects, mine, fish and craft all types of recipes! Go from a little tent and make your way to a stunning mansion!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Inifinity Nikki
• Disney Dreamlight Valley
• My Time at Sandrock

26. Settlement Survival

Simple city building game where you grow from scratch a little village and try to survive through the different challenges that comes.

Choose the jobs or your villagers, build different buildings, experience different events and enjoy simple yet satisfying graphics!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Frostpunk
• RimWorld
• Banished
• Kingdoms and Castles

27. Terracards

Create your deck of cards and build an adorable capitalist set of islands.

Manage your ressources and animals, add fun bonuses and try to make money & survive as long as you can!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Dicey Dungeons
• Backpack Hero
• Spinny Dungeon

28. Backpack Hero

Play as a little mouse with a magical bag in a quest to find her mother in the dungeons!

Gather objects and resources in order to build your city when you go back to the surface, find ways to be more efficient and combat interesting enemies!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Pocket Legend
• Wildfrost
• Aliosso

29. Minami Lane

Build and manage your very own cozy street. Add adorable buildings, shops and parks!

Read your wholesome villager’s thoughts and build ramen shops, boba cafes and much more. Adjust the recipes to their needs & collect cute items throughout the week.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Food Truck Empire
• Blooming Business
• Cat café manager

30. Fae Farm

Enter a magical realm in which you combine the joy of a farming sim with magic!

Explore an adorable island, jump around freely, get fairy wings, farm unique plants, discover adorable animals and play with your friends!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Sun Haven
• Palia
• Garden Paws
• Fields of Mistria

31. Honey, I Joined a Cult

Grow your own silly and personalized cult. Choose between multiple types of outfits, ideology, names & followers!

Add all types of rooms in order to convert the people to join your cult, unlock new skills and discover all types of silly items and features!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Cult of the Lamb
• Hell Architect
• Prison Architect
• Evil Genius 2

32. Forager

Play as a cute little character on an island that gathers resources and tries to grow their island!

Fish, mine, farm, grow you money in the bank, combat and solve little puzzles. Upgrade your tools and discover new enemies and animals.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Minecraft
• Astroneer
• Corekeeper
• Terraria

33. Travellers Rest

Create unique dishes and drinks with ingredients you have farmed!

Craft, build and take care of your customers while in your free time you also explore the world.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Graveyard Keeper
• Potion Craft: Alchemist simulator
• Moonlighter

34. Potion Tycoon

Build your very own empire of magical potions with fantasy creatures.

Manage different tasks and employees, satisfy the needs of customers and grow your business!

Games sharing some similarities:

• Little Big Workshop
• Factory Town
• Drinks Company Tycoon

35. Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Create your empire of minions in order to take over the world with your evil plans!

Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and enjoy a funny narrative.

Games sharing some similarities:

• Two Point Hospital
• Two Point Campus
• Prison Architect
• Tropico

This year has been an incredible for cozy games and 2025 seems to be looking even better! Stay tuned for some more cozy content… so much great things are to come!