I went hands-on with the alpha build of an upcoming cozy game and discovered a huge adventure full of charming details, in a ...

Done with Pokopia? Keep the vibes high with these top-tier cozy RPGs and creature sims that capture that same magical ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

Worried you'll have a Ditto-shaped hole in your heart when you finish Pokopia? Here are more exciting 2026 game releases to ...

Other games, released both before and after New Horizons, have become emblematic of the cozy genre: Stardew Valley, Unpacking, A Short Hike, The Sims, and Good Pizza, Great Pizza, to name a handful.

Glimvale is a solo cozy city-builder with idle mechanics where you manage, decorate, and grow a charming MMO village. Keep ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

For me, the ultimate cozy game is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo’s Animal Crossing series coined the term “cozy game” and has inspired so many other games in the life sim genre. It’s a ...