PC Games that Are Super Cozy
One of the best aspects of being a PC gamer is the vast variety of indie games available to play. With unique indie developers constantly adding incredible titles to Steam, the selection can sometimes feel overwhelming. To help, here are some of my favorite PC games that you can buy and play on Steam.
Palia
Developer Image: Singularity 6 Corporation
Palia is a free-to-play cozy MMORPG that blends life simulation and adventure. Build homes, grow crops, raise animals, and make friends in an open world with NPCs and other players. Explore, craft, and immerse yourself in a rich, ever-evolving world as you grow your community.
Tiny Glade
Developer Image: Pounce Light
A cozy castle, cottage and romantic ruins builder where you can turn meadows into beautiful artchitecture. With gridless building you can build as accurately and detailed as you desire. There’s no management or goals, you’re free to be as creative as you like and build your own stunning creations.
The Sims 4
Developer Image: Maxis
Of course, the most obvious option for a life sim is The Sims 4, or any version of The Sims, the original life simulation. Dominating the life sim market since 2000, there’s a reason this game is so popular. The level of customisation is uncomparable to any other game I can think of. You can build anything, be anything, do anything! And with a wealth of expansion packs, you can theme your world around anything you desire. An absolute must have for any cozy gamer looking for a life sim.
Stardew Valley
Developer Image: ConcernedApe
Of course, the most obvious choice if you’ve not already played is Stardew Valley, now considered the peak of cozy farming simulations. And for a good reason, Stardew Valley was created by 1 developer in a solo project, and with many updates over the years it has grown to be an outstanding game in this genre. Grow and sell crops, fight monsters in the mines, fish, craft items, cook recipes, raise animals and gather their produce, and meet a cast of amazing characters to befriend, romance, and maybe marry! If you haven’t already played it… just do.
Minami Lane
Developer Image: Doot, Blibloop
A shop management game where you build your own Japanese inspired street of shops and attractions from boba shops to Kareoke bars. Manage customer’s feedback to unlock upgrades, new shops and attract cats! Read my full review here!
Fields of Mistria
Developer Image: NPC Studios
Farm, grow crops, fish, mine and craft as you romance up to 12 villagers and make your home in Mistria. Level up 9 different skill types, raise animals and even breed rare colour varients. Unlock magic to help you with your adventuring and farming, and craft your won furniture with up to 600 items to craft. It is still in early access but there’s already so much content, with new updates upcoming.
Sun Haven
Developer Image: Pixel Sprout Studios
You arrive at Sun Haven with just a few coins and some rusty tools and discover the town has been struck by dark magic! Create your own unique character with thousands of clothing options as well as a variety of magical races and starting professions to choose from. Build a farm in three different cities, and manage your skills progression through a customisable skill tree. With over 40 different crafting stations, grow your skills and customise your self, farm and home with everything from baking to smithing to jewellery making. Befriend and romance up to 15 singles around the town, and attend festivals and celebrate with the townsfolk. Raise mystical animals, unlock dozens of mine floors and complete your museum by donating hundreds of items.
Echoes of The Plum Grove
Developer Image: Unwound Games
Farm, craft, cook, forage and socialise in this farming simulator with a twist. You can build a thriving farm and budding generations to continue your legacy, where you contribute to the community, make friends, or enemies! Explore the island, unravel mysteries, grow your crops and stock for the perilous winter, or, just insult your neighbours and plot revenge in this excitingly devious twist on the farming sim genre.
Sticky Business
Developer Image: Spellgarden Games
Become your own boss by creating a sticker printing company in the management simulation Sticky Business. Create original sticker designs with over 100 elements to delight customers, post them on your website, print and pack your orders before the day ends to earn money to buy new design elements, treats for your customers and make more stickers! Read my full review here!
Cozy Grove
Developer Image: Spry Fox LLC
Play as a spirit scout on a haunted island as you explore the land, finding spirits to get to know, befriend, and help with their side quests. The game is linked to real time and gives 30-60 minutes of new game time every day, but after that you can still fish, collect and craft to make items to decorate the island to bring colour and life back into the world.
Two Point Hospital
Developer Image: Pathea Games
Possibly one of the most popular management simulations is Two Point Hospital, where you need to complete challenges to design hospitals, from different wards to interactive waiting rooms, while healing patients from a bunch of peculiar conditions.
Spiritfarer
Developer Image: Thunder Lotus Games
In this beautifully hand drawn management life sim about death, build, manage and improve your ferry to help carry spirits to the afterlife. You can farm, mine, fish and craft all while caring for and building bonds with your spirit passengers, as you get to know their heartwarming and thoughtful stories.
Sprout Valley
Developer Image: Vadzim Liakhovich
Play as cute cat Nico on your own little island farm, where you can grow crops and harvest trees to sell to buy more resources. Travel across islands to meet new characters and the island levels are all procedurely generated so you’ll get different looking islands each time! The farm has different weathers and events themed around them, and you can craft with the items you find to decorate your island.
Unpacking
Developer Image: Witch Beam
Unpacking is a unique zen puzzle game that transforms the tedious task of unpacking boxes and moving home into a soothing, meditative journey. Unpack, organise and arrange belongings into various homes over a period of 20 years as you learn more about the owner’s story through light puzzle-solving and subtle storytelling. Read my full review here!
A Short Hike
Developer Image: adamgryu
Choose your own path and hike at your own pace in the peaceful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you climb to the summit in this exploration adventure game with cute hikers to help and items to collect. Read my full review here!
stitch.
Developer Image: Lykkegaard Europe Limited
stitch. is a casual embroidary themed crafting puzzle game where the main objective is to complete a series of cute sewing designs by filling in each area with no gaps to complete Hoops. There are thousands of levels to complete ranging from easy to extremely challenging, each offering a final embroidered masterpiece with a realistic embroidary engine to make you feel as though you are playing with real embroidary thread.
