Best Cozy Games from Summer Game Fest 2025

Summer Game Fest brought plenty of heart-pounding horror and heavy-hitting action, but sometimes you just need a cozy game to relax.

Sometimes, we just want to sink into a blanket, sip some tea, and game without breaking a sweat. We’ve rounded up 10 of the comfiest, cutest, weirdest little titles coming out of the showcases. Think pixelated self-care, anime cottagecore, introvert wish fulfillment, and mouse-sized mysteries.

These games are perfect for your next rainy-day binge or just emotionally recharging after one too many boss fights.

Aniimo

Key details

• Release Date: Expected 2026
• Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, mobile
• Genres: Free‑to‑play action RPG, creature‑collector
• Developer: Pawprint Studio

Picture yourself dropped into Idyll, a vibrant open world bursting with magical critters swirling between Pokémon-style battles and Zelda-like exploration.

You’ll frolic across hills and caves, tracking down adorable creatures called Aniimo, then capture, train, evolve, and battle in both PvE and PvP. Real-time combat keeps your reflexes on their toes—though honestly, it’s mostly about creature-collecting zen meets action jolt.

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Kokoro Kitchen

Key details:

• Release Date: TBA
• Platforms: PC, Switch
• Genres: Cooking sim, narrative, fantasy
• Developer: Neko Neko Pantry

You’re running a noodle shop for ghosts and forest spirits. Grow veggies, catch fish, and serve up magical ramen while vibing in a cozy, Miyazaki-style dream.

The kitchen’s small, the vibes are huge, and every bowl you make hits with heart. Rebuild your tiny restaurant, unlock recipes, and impress both humans and spirits. It’s farm-to-table but make it Studio Ghibli.

Here’s the trailer:

A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe

Key details:

• Release Date: 2025
• Platforms: PC
• Genres: Point‑and‑click adventure, puzzle, stealth
• Developer: Quail Button LLC

You’re a giraffe. You’re awkward. You live in a hyper-friendly town and you just want to get through the week without talking to anyone.

Glide past neighbors, complete simple errands, sip matcha, write succulents-themed haikus, all without uttering a word. This stealthy point‑and‑click puzzle adventure challenges your people-avoidance skills with lighthearted stealth.

Here’s the trailer:

Hotel Galactic

Key details:

• Release Date: 2026
• Platforms: PC
• Genres: Cozy management, simulation
• Developer: Ancient Forge

You inherit your grandpa’s haunted space hotel. It’s dusty, floating, and full of weird alien guests who want soft beds and emotional support. You clean, decorate, and manage everything, from spa zones to rooftop gardens, while chatting with Grandpa Ghost and unlocking space secrets.

Here’s the trailer:

The Guardian of Nature

Key details:

• Release Date: TBA
• Platforms: PC
• Genres: Puzzle adventure, hand-drawn art
• Developer: Inlusio Interactive

You play Henry, a botanist exploring a watercolor forest filled with puzzles, secrets, and chill vibes.

Grow and shrink to solve environmental challenges, chat with friendly bugs, and learn about the interconnectedness of nature (and maybe your own emotional growth, too). It’s gorgeous, meditative, and gives “touch grass” a literal meaning.

Here’s the trailer:

Is This Seat Taken?

Key details:

• Release Date: August 2025
• Platforms: PC
• Genres: Puzzle, social sim
• Developer: Poti Poti Studio

You’re out here playing matchmaker with chairs. Literally. Plan seating charts in cafes, cinemas, buses, anywhere awkward humans gather, and try not to spark drama.

She hates loud talkers. He needs an aisle. Someone’s allergic to perfume. You get it. Is This Seat Taken? feels like solving a crossword made of people.

Here’s the trailer:

Fishbowl

Key details:

• Release Date: 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5
• Genres: Narrative slice‑of‑life, puzzle, pixel art
• Developer: imissmyfriends.studio

You’re Alo, 21, grieving your grandma and figuring life out alone in a new city. Work-from-home days blur with calls, chores, and quiet little moments like brushing your teeth, unpacking memories, watering plants.

It’s not fast. It’s not flashy. But it’s real. Fishbowl feels like a hug wrapped in lo-fi beats and warm pixel art. Every soft decision nudges your healing. This one’s for anyone who’s ever felt lost and just needed a slow day to feel okay again.

Here’s the trailer:

The Great Coffee Caper

Key details:

• Release Date: 2025
• Platforms: PC
• Genres: Cozy RPG, detective, bullet‑hell clue battles
• Developer: Everyday Magic

You’re an owl detective solving the most serious crime imaginable, someone stole the town’s coffee beans. Gasp.

One minute you’re strolling pixel-art cafes, the next you’re in high-speed “clue battles” dodging espresso blasts and contradiction traps. It’s like Phoenix Wright had too much caffeine and crash-landed in a cozy RPG.

Here’s the trailer:

Winter Burrow

Key details:

• Release Date: 2025
• Platforms: PC
• Genres: Casual, Simulation
• Developer: Noodlecake

You’re a tiny mouse who just inherited a completely wrecked burrow, it’s snowing, your aunt’s gone, and you have no idea what you’re doing.

So naturally, you put on a scarf, gather sticks, knit things, and cry while baking pies. It’s survival but make it cute. Like, really cute.

Here’s the trailer:

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar

Key details:

• Release Date: August 27, 2025
• Platforms: PC, Switch
• Genres: Farming sim, life sim, romance
• Developer: Marvelous

This new entry in the Story of Seasons series lets you run a farm while revitalizing Zephyr Town’s local bazaar. You plant crops, raise animals, and craft items to sell at weekly markets, which are mini-events all their own. Plus, there are 12 romanceable locals, including a painter who speaks in haiku and a blacksmith with resting nice face. The vibe is gentle, the loop is addicting, and the charm is dialed all the way up.

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For more cozy recommendations, check out our news on Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, Town to City, and Sword of the Sea.