- #1 Garden Galaxy
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,593 reviews2022
Dev: Anneka Tran
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!
Why similar: Cozy 21.4%, Building 13.1%, Nature 11.3%, Collectathon 11%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #2 Cozy Grove
96% matchVery Positive90% of 8,352 reviews2021
Dev: Spry FoxPub: Spry Fox
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!
Why similar: Cozy 28%, Collectathon 20.2%, Relaxing 13%, Life Sim 11.8%, Cute 8.1%
- #3 SUMMERHOUSE
96% matchVery Positive93% of 3,193 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Building 17%, Sandbox 16.2%, Relaxing 12.3%, Cozy 6.3%
- #4 Gourdlets
95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,096 reviews2024
Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!
Why similar: Cozy 20.5%, City Builder 19.9%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #5 Minami Lane
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,345 reviews2024
Dev: DootPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: Cozy 21.2%, City Builder 13.8%, Life Sim 12.4%, Management 9.7%, Building 9.7%
- #6 Cozyrama
94% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwich Games 🥪Pub: Frozen District
Windows
Cozyrama is a peaceful sandbox where you shape your own magical dioramas. Sculpt it, pick the right colors, decorate with hundreds of items and add cute animals. Observe a cozy world grow around you! No pressure or timers. Just relax, unwind, and let your imagination bloom!
Why similar: Cozy 19.1%, Building 15.9%, Nature 14.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #7 Two Point Museum
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Building 17.9%, Life Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 9.9%
- #8 Whisper of the House
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,651 reviews2025
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...
Why similar: Cozy 35%, Life Sim 18.5%, Relaxing 14%, Cute 8.6%, Simulation 7%
- #9 Tiny Bookshop
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,591 reviews2025
Dev: neoludic gamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 24.1%, Collectathon 16.6%, Life Sim 12.5%, Management 10.4%, Nature 10.1%
- #10 Hozy
90% matchVery Positive90% of 448 reviews2026
Dev: Come On StudioPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.
Why similar: Cozy 30.3%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Relaxing 10.8%, Management 6.4%
- #11 Bunny Park
91% matchVery Positive90% of 845 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Manage your own bunny park! Give snacks and toys to your bunnies. Improve and decorate your park to increase its popularity and collect all the bunnies!
Why similar: Building 17.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Sandbox 13.1%, Nature 9.3%, Relaxing 9%
- #12 MakeRoom
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 950 reviews2025
Dev: KenneyPub: Wholesome Games Presents
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Build rooms, gardens, and camper vans with 1,100+ objects and the ability to make your own furniture from scratch. Learn with gentle design requests, then relax and create at your own pace.
Why similar: Cozy 30%, Building 16%, Sandbox 12.6%, Relaxing 7.9%, City Builder 5.9%
- #13 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,566 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
Why similar: Cozy 30.3%, Nature 11%, Sandbox 10.8%, Relaxing 10.6%, Simulation 6.6%
- #14 Tiny Glade
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,365 reviews2024
Dev: Pounce Light
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.
Why similar: Cozy 26.4%, Building 19.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Relaxing 10.7%, Nature 9%
- #15 Cozy Space
88% matchVery Positive84% of 289 reviews2023
Dev: 攻壳游戏 Gamker Studio
Windows
"Cozy Space" is a relaxing home decoration game with true-to-life models and rooms. Enjoy a leisurely gaming experience and easily create cozy spaces. It cleverly blends music elements, allowing you to be a composer, interior designer, or simply relax without specific tasks!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.9%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 14.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Cute 8.1%
- #16 Tiny Isle
86% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
Windows
Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.
Why similar: Building 21%, Nature 16%, Management 13.9%, Relaxing 11.6%, Cute 9.2%
- #17 Littlewood
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,792 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Life Sim 16.9%, Collectathon 16.8%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #18 Islands & Trains
84% matchVery Positive91% of 550 reviews2025
Dev: Akos MakovicsPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.
Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Cozy 15.7%, Building 13.5%, Nature 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #19 Townscaper
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Building 16%, Sandbox 12.1%, Nature 10.7%, Relaxing 9.3%
- #20 Ropuka's Idle Island
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,937 reviews2025
Dev: Moczan
Windows
Median: 49.6 hrsMean: 135.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.
Why similar: Cozy 27.6%, Building 13.6%, Nature 12.2%, Management 9.6%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #21 Dream Garden
84% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
An easygoing simulation game about creating tiny, Japanese inspired garden dioramas. Use a wide selection of plants, decorations and tools to build and nurture the zen garden retreat of your dreams.
Why similar: Cozy 25.2%, Building 15.4%, Nature 12.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #22 Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,754 reviews2024
Dev: Mooncube Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 109.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.
Why similar: Cozy 41.8%, Life Sim 17.8%, Relaxing 12.9%, Cute 7.6%, Simulation 5.1%
- #23 Small Spaces
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,147 reviews2025
Dev: Niklas TomkowitzPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Design and decorate beautiful apartments you’d love to live in! Relax and let your creativity flow — organize a simplistic flat in Tokyo, fill a cozy place with flowers in Berlin, or unpack an industrial loft in New York.
Why similar: Cozy 26.8%, Building 16.9%, Life Sim 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Relaxing 9.3%
- #24 Plant Therapy
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Short Leg Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Get cozy in this plant collecting and decorating game! Build a beautiful indoor garden from the ground up in your New York City apartment.
Why similar: Cozy 29.3%, Collectathon 17.4%, Relaxing 10.3%, Nature 10.2%, Cute 7.3%
- #25 Panelka
81% matchVery Positive87% of 747 reviews2025
Dev: MonsterAttack
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Panelka is a nostalgic, relaxing game where you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the post-Soviet era. Create your cozy apartment or garage with that familiar, warm interior from your childhood. You have a wide selection of furniture and many other interior details at your disposal.
Why similar: Cozy 22.2%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Relaxing 10.2%, Simulation 7%
- #26 Bubblegum Galaxy
79% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Building 17.3%, Cozy 13.8%, Relaxing 7.9%, Stylized 7%
- #27 My Dream Setup
80% matchVery Positive91% of 6,455 reviews2023
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
My Dream Setup is a simulation game about building the room you've always dreamed of. A huge selection of furniture, computers and their accessories, posters, pictures, plants, and other interior details await you. Try all of them and create your dream setup.
Why similar: Cozy 22.1%, Building 19.3%, Sandbox 12%, Relaxing 11.1%, Simulation 6.6%
- #28 Sticky Business
79% matchVery Positive94% of 7,336 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Cozy 27.7%, Life Sim 14.8%, Relaxing 13.1%, Cute 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #29 My Little Life
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,052 reviews2025
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Collectathon 17.5%, City Builder 16%, Life Sim 13.5%, Building 11.3%, Management 8.8%
- #30 Unbox the Room
78% matchVery Positive84% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: Weird Penguin Games
Windows · Mac
Unbox the Room is a relaxing simulator where you play as an interior designer helping clients move into their new homes. Unbox and arrange their belongings to create a cozy space, placing everything just right — from the smallest cup to the largest sofa.
Why similar: Cozy 27.4%, Relaxing 13.4%, Building 10%, Life Sim 9.9%, Cute 9.7%
- #31 Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,869 reviews2025
Dev: Alblune
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, solve and transform puzzles into furniture to decorate the perfect home for your rodent friend. Collect hundreds of decorations, accessories and stickers in this cozy game full of charm!
Why similar: Cozy 28.9%, Relaxing 15.4%, Cute 13.6%, Stylized 12.7%, Life Sim 7.3%
- #32 Town to City
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Cozy 24.3%, Building 13.7%, Management 7.9%, Soundtrack 6.6% ★
- #33 Cozy Organizer
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 626 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Organize, decorate, align, and stack items in cozy environments, just like those TikTok videos. Cozy Organizer is a cute wholesome sandbox organizing game, where stress melts away one tidy shelf at a time! Enjoy stacking perfect pantries and designing dream closets with relaxing tunes.
Why similar: Cozy 41%, Sandbox 12.7%, Life Sim 11.4%, Relaxing 10.6%, Cute 8%
- #34 Camper Van: Make it Home
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,150 reviews2025
Dev: Malapata Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Decorate and organize the camper van of your dreams! Embark on a journey of self-discovery as you build your own home-on-wheels, using a combination of creative block organization puzzles and relaxing interior design. Make your heart feel at ease and your camper van feel like home.
Why similar: Cozy 28.6%, Building 15.5%, Relaxing 12.7%, Nature 11.1%, Cute 10.2%
- #35 Little Corners
72% matchVery Positive96% of 276 reviews2025
Dev: Meteor PixelPub: Weekend Games
Windows
Peel, place, and arrange stickers across tiny windows into different worlds. Relax and unwind to lofi beats, collect unique stickers and share your cozy creations with the world.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.3%, Relaxing 16%, Cozy 14.8%, Collectathon 12.3%, Cute 11.9%
- #36 Cloud Gardens
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,285 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Nature 23.7%, Sandbox 17.4%, Building 17.2%, Relaxing 12.4%, City Builder 8.7%
- #37 Desktop Cat Cafe
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: samyamPub: Zippyzappy Games
Windows
Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.
Why similar: Cozy 14.6%, Management 13.8%, Nature 11.3%, Building 11.1%, City Builder 8.5%
- #38 Echoes of the Plum Grove
73% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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.
Why similar: Cozy 39.1%, Life Sim 19.8%, Management 15.8%, Simulation 7.9%, Cute 7.4%
- #39 Totemlands
76% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.
Why similar: Cozy 23.6%, Collectathon 16.4%, Building 14.7%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #40 Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,379 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract Studio
Windows
Median: 28.3 hrsMean: 117.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Create Your Own Cozy Workspace! Mini Cozy Room : Lo-Fi is a productivity game blending relaxing Lo-Fi music with room decoration. Cute avatars, pets, desktop memos, to-do lists, and a Pomodoro timer help boost your focus. Feeling lonely? Work together with friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Cozy 70.6%, Relaxing 18.6%, Casual 5.5%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #41 diorama
72% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Lane
Windows
Comfy and carefree room, home or whatever designer.
Why similar: Cozy 30.6%, City Builder 19.9%, Life Sim 14.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #42 Hokko Life
73% matchMixed66% of 2,650 reviews2022
Dev: Gizmo GardenPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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?
Why similar: Cozy 28.7%, Life Sim 20.2%, Building 15.4%, Relaxing 9%, Cute 7.4%
- #43 Trash Goblin
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Why similar: Cozy 35.5%, Relaxing 13.2%, Life Sim 12.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 8.2%
- #44 Capybara Spa
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!
Why similar: Sandbox 15.8%, Building 13.4%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Cute 9%
- #45 Polyville Canyon
73% matchVery Positive94% of 131 reviews2021
Dev: Henagames
Windows
Polyville Canyon is a laid-back city builder where nothing bad ever happens! Relax while you build an entire city for your Neighbors piece by piece! Attract Neighbors and increase Ticket Prices by expanding your town and watch your profits soar!
Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Building 15%, Relaxing 13.4%, Soundtrack 12.2% ★, Stylized 9.7%
- #46 Cozy Island
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,388 reviews2025
Dev: LazyFish Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grow veggies, go fishing, and meet cute animals! On this relaxing and lovely island, you can walk around and explore freely, unlock quirky and fun items, build your own secret base, and enjoy carefree, joy-filled days at your own pace.
Why similar: Cozy 28.4%, Life Sim 24.2%, Relaxing 13.9%, Cute 10.3%, Stylized 9.2%
- #47 Outlanders
71% matchVery Positive89% of 484 reviews2023
Dev: Pomelo Games
Windows
Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.
Why similar: Cozy 23.4%, City Builder 16.8%, Building 13.3%, Management 9%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #48 Furnish Master
70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,082 reviews2024
Dev: Alex Blintsov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Furnish Master is a relaxing game about furnishing apartments, houses, commercial estate and even outdoor territory! Realize your design dreams!
Why similar: Cozy 26.9%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12%, Life Sim 9.6%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #49 URBO
69% matchVery Positive92% of 648 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
URBO is a relaxing cozy city-building puzzle game where you create beautiful towns on floating islands. Begin with an empty grid of landscape, choose an architectural style and build. Watch the population grow and the city flourish.
Why similar: Cozy 26.9%, City Builder 18.7%, Building 15%, Relaxing 8.9%, Stylized 8%
- #50 Preserve
67% matchVery Positive93% of 713 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: Cozy 18.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Building 12.1%, Nature 11.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #51 Bugtopia
67% matchVery Positive94% of 914 reviews2025
Dev: Nocturnal GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐
Why similar: Collectathon 32.5%, Nature 21.4%, Management 16.4%, Relaxing 9.1%, Cute 8.1%
- #52 Indoorlands
71% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: Building 20.2%, Management 16.6%, City Builder 16.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 8.4%
- #53 Havendock
68% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Building 16.6%, Life Sim 15.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 12.7%
- #54 Calico
70% matchVery Positive87% of 4,968 reviews2020
Dev: Peachy Keen GamesPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, Building 18.1%, Cute 17%, Relaxing 14.9%, Simulation 11.1%
- #55 Cat Cafe Manager
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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!
Why similar: Cozy 29%, Building 14.1%, Life Sim 14.1%, Management 12.4%, Relaxing 8%
- #56 The Dream Globe
65% matchVery Positive97% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: Roaming of Little Hammer
Windows
Median: 35.9 hrsMean: 71.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Idler game inside an antique dream globe, build the small home and help the mini dream world grow
Why similar: Collectathon 37.1%, Cozy 27.9%, Relaxing 11.3%, Cute 9.1%, Simulation 6.9%
- #57 Plantabi: Little Garden
68% matchVery Positive83% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Adrian Corpuz
Windows · Mac
Plantabi is a chill sandbox game where you take care of adorable plants and design the cozy little garden of your dreams!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Building 18%, Simulation 14.4%, Management 12.3%, Cute 10.4%
- #58 Tiny Pasture
64% matchVery Positive93% of 8,163 reviews2025
Dev: CaveLiquidPub: Gamersky Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.5 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!
Why similar: Building 19.2%, Nature 18.1%, Management 15.9%, Relaxing 12%, Cute 10.2%
- #59 Desk Garden
65% matchVery Positive86% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Siesta Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 63.1 hrsMean: 85.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.
Why similar: Collectathon 27.3%, City Builder 26.4%, Sandbox 19.5%, Cute 9.2%, Simulation 6.5%