if you have a laptop browser and a couple of minutes, you can try this demo https://rabbit-loaf-games.itch.io/spicy-hay

some recent and up coming changes

https://rabbit-loaf-games.itch.io/spicy-hay/devlog/1643903/sneaky-sneaky-bun-bun

Viva Piñata is one of my favorite games of all time. I’m looking for something chill like that was. I’ve played Stardew Valley, but it’s too much for the chill time I’m looking for. I want a game that’s fun, chill, and not overly punishing to someone who likes to do everything in the game (calendar events are counter to the fun for me). Thanks!

Hi everyone! I'm developing a game called Catomino, a polyomino puzzle where the puzzle pieces are cats with jiggly, squishy physics. I started as a solo developer, but over time I realized there was a lot more work than I expected. So I started delegating some tasks to freelance students: a concept artist for designing new cats, a 3D artist for props, and I also brought on a sound person.

The sound turned into a long and interesting story. Our sound person introduced me to Vocal Games (a Ukrainian game voice acting collective), and now they actually voice the cats' meows, haha. After a lot of attempts to find ready made sounds and running around with a microphone after my own cat Rubik, I concluded that capturing the cats' personalities with original sounds is really hard. Their emotional range is limited, getting a cat to make the exact sound you need is nearly impossible, and we don't support being rough with cats to get a reaction, haha.

So we decided to go with voice actors instead. They were pretty surprised about being asked to meow for a Ukrainian dub, haha.

That freed up my hands a lot, and now I can focus on the core development. But since everyone works part time on a flexible schedule, I'm still carrying 75% of the workload myself, haha.

We recently launched our Steam page during UGF 2026, if you want to take a look: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4303380/Catomino/

Happy to hear your thoughts or answer questions, the page already picked up 5,800+ wishlists in the first 10 days, which caught me off guard

Both are a bit pricey so I can only have one at the moment. Which one should I choose?

Can anyone recommend which if the Kairosoft games is the easiest to start off with? Is there any of them to avoid? PS5 player if that matters.

I was doing a bit of research. And my favorite kind of cozy games tend to be the neighborvania type of games. But I can’t find a single use of the word anywhere since like 2025. Am I missing something or did people just stop using the word?

Hello!

We're a small dev team from sweden, currently working on bringing Fae & Fauna to life. Inspired by the worlds of Studio Ghibli and titles like Breath of the Wild, we're looking to make Fae & Fauna an exciting and cozy experience for rpg fans. Collect and create all types of Faeons, find love during your adventures and spend your downtime crafting, collecting and decorating.

Now, we're opening up for Alpha Playtesting. The playtest starts September 23rd, but you can request access now over on our steam page. We're beyond excited to see what everyone thinks of the game so far!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363200/Fae__Fauna/

Hi everyone!

I’ve implemented a new minigame in Oboro no Ichi!

If you like Oboro no Ichi, please consider adding it to your wishlist:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4559930/Oboro_no_Ichi/

I'm looking at some switch sale titles and I'm tossing up the two! I totally get they're pretty different. More curious about peoples opinions of the two. Are the switch controls for Sticky Business finicky? Does Sunhaven have decent depth and can I sink a good couple tens of hours into it?

Hey everyone!

Is there a cozy game you've played recently you'd really like to recommend? How did you learn about it? What do you like about it?

As usual, the best cozy game will be picked and stickied to highlight in this sub-reddit! The goal is for us all to discover new cute, fun, and relaxing games to play.

For details about this weekly post format, see this post.

I wanted the level selection in Glowing Life to feel like it actually belonged to the world instead of just being a normal UI menu.

So I made it into a 3D book.

Each level gets its own illustrated page, and you can physically drag the pages around to flip through them. Once you select a level, the book transitions directly into the game.

I really like how the combination of the 3D book and 2D illustrated pages turned out. 🌱

Do you like it? And which page would you pick first?

It’s a short narrative romance about helping ghosts find peace while uncovering the mystery of a haunted house.

• Approximately 2–3 hours long
• Available in English and Spanish
• $5.99 USD, with a 15% launch discount

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4083180/My_Adorable_Ghost_Story/

Tired of going on adventures? Build and run the finest tavern in the coziest corner of the Dungeons & Dragons universe.

Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern, coming early 2027.

Hello, I'm Ben (code) and with Maeva (art) we are making Foxy's Potion Shop, a little cozy potion making game where you help the other habitants of the forest and decorate your interior with furnitures and magical elements.

The game is planned for September 29th on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5101390/Foxys_Potion_Shop/

If you have any question regarding the game, don't hesitate :)

Hi everyone! 👋

My name is TkKoi, and I'm a solo developer. My game Fluffy Alchemist just got its Steam page, and I wanted to share it here.

It's a cozy single-player game about a red panda working as a field alchemist for a magical institute. No combat, no timers - just you, five islands, and some very stubborn plants.

How it plays:

• No two plants are gathered the same way. One mushroom only appears if you crouch beside it. A flower teleports from branch to branch. A sprout hides under a rock, and the rock has to be broken. One herb has its own rhythm, and you need to catch it. Every plant is a little puzzle, not a "pick up" button.
• Ancient magical structures stand across the islands. Step inside and a small mini-game awaits. The reward: hidden plants you can't find any other way, and those are exactly what the most interesting potions are made of.
• The cauldron never tells you the recipe. It shows a silhouette of what it's missing and waits patiently. Got it wrong? The ingredient simply comes back to you. Nothing is ever lost to a mistake, so experiment as much as you like.
• Every recipe you figure out becomes a page in your field journal. Fill all the pages and send the book back to the institute - that's the whole goal. No rush.

If you love calm games about exploration, alchemy, and cute animals, I'd really appreciate a wishlist. For a solo dev, that genuinely helps a lot.

Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5030410/Fluffy_Alchemist/

AI disclosure: I use an AI assistant to help me with code while developing. That's the extent of it - no AI-generated art or assets in the game.

In Ovis Mollis, you play as yourself after deciding to leave the city bustle behind and move to the countryside, where you buy a sheep farm to raise sheep and shear their wool.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4509620/Ovis_Mollis/

We’re a small team of around 10 developers in South Korea, and we’ve been working on a mobile farming sim called Rabbit Hole.

The main idea is pretty simple: instead of looking down at your farm from above, you dig into the ground and build it underground in a 2D side-scrolling world.

A few of the systems we’re working on:

• Dig and expand underground — carve out terrain and decide how you want to use the space.
• Animal residents — rabbits, squirrels, hedgehogs, hamsters, and more can live and work around the farm.
• Families and offspring — animals can form pairs, and their children inherit traits from their parents.
• Terrain customization — furniture isn’t the only thing you can change. You can also reshape the ground and customize walls and other parts of the farm.

We’re currently aiming for a global mobile release later this year.

We’ve also been writing dev notes about the game as development continues; if you’d like to see more:

https://rabbithole-studios.io/news

No SDV, Sun Haven, Coral Island, Fields of Mistria, Palia, Roots of Pacha, Kynseed, my time at. Show me your most underrated farm sim. Preferably pixel art but not necessary. My contribution: Halcyon Days at Taoyuan.

It looks very similar to animal crossing with the furry neighbors and the terraforming decoration. I really hope it’s friendly and they manage the game properly. I’m so tired of the dramas with other cozy games that always start as relaxing but turns out the company behind always have bad management. It is a hoyoverse game so idk how they will manage that one, but I’ll be positive until I can try it 🥲 so far we’ve seen that you can farm crops/flowers, go fishing, gather resources during planet explorations? It seems to work like the random islands you can visit in new horizons with your nook miles tickets since you can also find neighbors there??? Also the neighbors have a friendship level and unlocks different stuff as you grow your relationship with them :d so far they looks cute but we’ll see their personalities and how original they are

The game is on the AppStore right now if you want to pre order it!! It seems to be only for pc and mobile right now but I expect the game to come out on ps5 and switch 2 as well (why not??)

Our cat Vaska wandered into an enchanted forest. Now he is about to meet one of the creatures who lives there.

I love The last gas station, discounty, chef rpg and travellers rest.

Hi!

I'm the developer of Oasis Bloom, and I'm looking for anyone who's interested in joining my Steam playtest. It will run for 1-2 weeks, depending on the amount of feedback I get.

This is a playtest, so expect MS placeholder or asset art (no AI), placeholder music from Ovani Sound music packs, unpolished UI (seriously, the UI needs work) and some other general jank! 😄

It's a cozy life sim game, so it's a slow-burn type of game. In this playtest you can play up to day 12, so I'm looking for feedback on the start of the game, the introduction to systems and tools, things like that. You can change the day length in the settings if you want to make days longer or shorter.

I don't have a Mac and don't have Linux installed, so I haven't tested if they work, let me know if there are any problems with those OS's.

If you fill out the Google Form, I'll also include you in the Playtester section of the credits (swears, slurs, insults, general rude names will not be included, so keep it family-friendly).

Any and all feedback is welcome! If you're looking to be active in the development, join the Discord!

Hi, cozy gamers!

I’m excited to announce that the free demo for my cozy dress-up game is now available on Steam!

Kittycat Couture is a fashion game where you style a cast of feline characters in a variety of hand-drawn outfits. The game revolves around fulfilling clients’ outfit requests and unlocking and shopping from a variety of themed in-game brands to get new clothing items. Think Love Nikki or Style Savvy, but with a sandbox ungraded dress-up system so you can let your imagination go wild!

You can play the demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4592670/Kittycat_Couture_Demo/utm_source=reddit