Best Cozy Simulation Games (2026)

Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?

Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.

Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!

The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.

Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.

A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.

Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Luna's Fishing Garden is a short, cozy fishing and building game. Catch fish, trade it in and create the garden of your dreams by planting new trees, placing water objects and bringing animals to the archipelago.

Saddle up and build your own horse ranch! Raise foals, care for your horses and train them as you explore the countryside. Participate in cross country competitions and become your town's champion! Befriend the villagers who'll help you on your adventure at the Ranch of Rivershine!

Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.

Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?

This game is about farming! Just good ol' planting crops in the daytime, and harvesting them in the daytime with no sinister nighttime gameplay or anything nefarious like that at all.

A puzzler where you reunite separated PEARakeets with their match by clicking on pairs of animals to make them move towards each other. It starts simple but grows challenging quickly over the many available levels, all in a pretty, cozy and cute setting.

A (mostly) harmless cozy God sand-box, no so much a game, but a digital toy with no particular aim apart from enjoying shaping a world and helping your followers to thrive (or not!, your choice).

You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life in Stardew Valley.

Escape to a deserted island and create your own paradise as you explore, craft, and customize your island getaway.

A cozy management game about dying. As ferry master to the deceased, build a boat, befriend spirits, and release them into the afterlife.

A coffee brewing and listening simulator about people and their stories. Serve drinks and listen to your customers.

A vibrant and enchanting reimagining of the farm sim genre. Grow crops, tend animals, and befriend the islanders while saving the coral reefs.

An experimental town builder. No goals, just build quaint island towns with curvy streets and waterfront houses.

After saving the world, rebuild your town, make friends, and enjoy the quiet life in this relaxing RPG town builder.

A charming first-person life sim about a young rancher who sets out for a life far from Earth, raising adorable slimes.

A farming sim with witchcraft. Grow crops by day, brew potions by night, and uncover the magical secrets of the island.

A laid-back management adventure game where you play as a bear building a bed and breakfast in the woods.

A day-in-the-life community sim game where you fill your cat café with cute furniture, grow magical gardens, and befriend animals.

A cozy life sim where you play as Ellie, an apprentice witch who runs a potion shop in a small village.

Run your own shop, farm, and build your own town. Explore dungeons, collect resources, and befriend animals as a cute creature.

A magical farming sim where you cultivate crops, care for animals, craft cozy homesteads, and explore the enchanted world of Azoria.

An occult puzzle game in which you play the owner of a plant shop, identifying mysterious plants to satisfy customers.

A haunted bakery management game where you renovate, grow ingredients, craft recipes, and sell pastries.

A unique chance to become a one-person renovation crew. Buy, repair, and remodel devastated houses.

A farming, creature-collection, and town-life indie game where you grow, train, and dance-battle cute creatures.

An alchemist simulator where you brew potions by crushing ingredients and combining them on a potion map.

A life sim game about camping on a haunted island. Befriend ghosts, craft decorations, and bring color back to the island.

Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by gathering, mining, and crafting in a charming post-apocalyptic world.

A fantasy farming RPG where you can farm, fish, mine, fight monsters, and romance characters across three unique towns.

An action RPG with rogue-lite elements. During the day, sell treasures in your shop. At night, dungeon crawl for loot.

A social sim adventure game where you play as Concord the grape, tending gardens and aiding the communities of the Grove.

A chaotic co-op cooking game. Journey through a variety of crazy kitchens with up to four players.

The most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of the year. Build and manage your own graveyard with dark humor.

Cozy Game Restoration is a soothing simulator where you gently bring forgotten video game cartridges back to life. Tear wrapping paper, peel old stickers, lift away grime, and transform dusty relics into cherished collectibles. No pressure or failure, just the quiet joy of restoring memories.