I think it’s plain to see that cozy games are somet??hing of a soft spot for me. There’s nothing ??I love more than relaxing with friends, real or in-game, to escape the pressures of the real world and the stress I encounter every day. 

What better way to unwind than relaxing in bed, or in the bath, or simply away from the computer, with a Switch in hand. Cozy isn’t restricted to big consoles ??and PCs, you can take the entire experience on the go. 

I’ve played a lot of games which could be considered ‘cozy�in my time, and h??ere’s 10 of the best that I’ve found. The good news? A?ll of them can be purchased through the Nintendo eShop, so there’s nothing stopping you from starting a play through right now.

A Little to the Left

The concept of A Little to the Left is simple; organise household items into small spaces in order to make them fit, with the occasional interruption of a chaos causing cat. If you get a kick out of a good spring clean, or enjoy organizing the space around you, then you’ll love A Little to the Left. Some of the puzzles can be a little challenging at first, but there's a huge sense of s?atisfaction when you figure out where everything goes.

Unpacking

If you want a deeper look at Unpacking, check out our in-depth look at it, but here’s the TLDR:

Unpacking is about, as you might expect, unpacking. You’ve got to unpack boxes and place items in a variety of rooms in a way which makes sense. What might surprise you is the depth of the story, and the strong connection that you’ll end up having with the person whose belongings have been entrusted to you. Although you never meet them, you get to know them and ?their?? story through their household items. 

Donut County

I think it’s safe to say that I’m a fan of Raccoons, so I might be a little biassed here. However, Donut County is a hole.io style game with added stories and characters to fall in love with. Although the gameplay is pretty linear, there’s a weird sense of satisfaction that comes from swallowing the items of the world ??in a big dark hole, and that leads to replayability. 

Stardew Valley

I think this one goes without saying, but Stardew Valley?? is definitely a cozy game that you need on the Switch. Wherever you are, you can take the farm with you and progress your story. Farm on the go, or connect to the TV and form connections with the villagers in Pelican Town on the big screen. 

New Pokémon Snap

There are no battles in New Pokémon Snap, which already puts this right up there on my own personal list of cozy Switch titles. It’s essentially a Pokémon where you take photos of the Pokémon in order to document them, and get to the bottom of weird phenomena in the area. You don’t even have to move, as you move along a? sort of track that takes you where you need to go, so ??you can just get snap happy.

Dorfromantik

Dorfromantik is like a puzzle with no pre-determined result. All you need to do is place down individual hexagonal pieces in order to create a landscape. ??????????????????????????Co??nnecting similar tiles together will cross off goals and unlock new tiles, allowing you to create endlessly changing worlds. This one is really good for getting mildly creative and allowing yourself to forget about the real world.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing is one ?of the OG cozy games, and you’re never going to be short of thing??s to do if you start a new game. Meeting new villagers is only part of the fun, and creating and designing your island is endlessly satisfying. There’s a whole community of people willing to share their items, open their island for visits, and even allow you to come shopping. 

Tavern Talk

Tavern Talk is what happens when a game makes you the NPC. As the bartender of a fantasy tavern, you don’t move or go anywhere, but you still get to see the world change around you through the people who come to drink at the bar. Your tasks are simple - make drinks ??and create quests for patrons to complete, then listen to their stories. 

Spirittea

Spirittea is adorable, and although it can be hard to get to grips with the enormous map to begin with, the cha??racters you meet in your new countryside life are fun and memorable. You leave the city and begin a new life in?? the countryside, but things aren’t all as they seem and there are spirits in the town, which often scare the residents. 

Things get more complicated as you progress, and eventually you'll need to run your own bath house for the spirits. Spirittea is like Spirited Away if it were a?? pixel sim, and it's one of my favorites.

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Imagine taking Animal Crossing and replacing all of the villagers with beloved Disney characters, and you’ll end up with Dreamlight Valley. To begin with, the Valley is fairly empty and overtaken by darkness. You unlock new characters as you progress, unlock new biomes, place their homes, and become closer to them to get rewards. Fishing, mining, and farming still play their role in Dreamlight Valley, and you’ll never run out of things to do.

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Cheesemaster Games has released a new update for its cozy bathhouse game, Spirittea. This patch brings some more life into its residents by adding more animations for characters. This may seem like a minor thing, but, in retrospect, the world lacked a bit of life, so this could be a?? big help.

That’s not all the update does, however. It also introduces a “recovery shrine�for whenever you lose an important quest item. And, hm�I’m going to just paste the patch notes here and we c?an talk after. See you after the bulle??t points.

• Fixed bug where large bath would remain frozen if heaters were placed on left or right side of bath
• Finished adding Gale's, Jan's, Julian's, Kenzo’s, Ling’s, Maru’s and Kim’s animations
• Changed how the shovel, net and rod look in water reflections
• Fixed crashes around wind and atmosphere audio
• Fixed a bug where blank spots in Fenias's shop would appear as a value of -1 if the player scrolled vertically
• If an item disappears when moving between rooms, a pop up now occurs to highlight to the developers there has been an issue. The player will then be holding an invisible object rather than the game crashing like before.
• Fixed an issue where Kim’s quest doesn’t count buying the small retro TV in progressing the quest
• Added in all the new localised text!
• Added a new face to the character customisation at the start of the game
• Changed the photocamera to being purchasable just one from the shop, but also from the new recovery shrine
• Removed brooms from Song’s shop and made them available at the recovery shrine
• Changed the duck statue in the lord room to hopefully stop it from eating people’s items!
• Added the item recovery shrine/shop to the stone shrine to the left of the town shop. Key items can be re-bought there if they're somehow lost
• Added a backup for Miko’s quest in case spirit is teleported out of bounds, so the player can still complete the quest
• Added the ability to clean and re-clean the duck debris around duck nests (though it returns after 5 days due to ducks losing feathers)
• Fixed the friendships achievement triggering when raising friendship naturally in game (not loading from the main menu)
• Removed the dust in the bathhouse which was unreachable for players to clean up
• Fixed the bug where trying to remove multiple objects from the fridge or storage chest, with a full backpack, resulted in one of the object being created at the player's feet
• Added 3 atmospheric cicada sound effects for summer
• Removed friendship gained from digging at a spot already dug up
• Fixed a bug where if the season changed to spring or summer and Jillian or Yari came to town, they wouldn't have the correct friendship level (unless the game was re-loaded from the main menu)
• Boosted pumpkin grow chance from 30% to 70%

Welcome back. When I reviewed Spirittea I was pretty harsh on it. Okay, I was very harsh on it. I felt that it wasn’t really all that cozy, just very dull. I also admitted that what I might find boring might be exactly what someone else finds relaxing, but, from my perspective, it needed a lot of work. Work is being done, which is alway?s cool to see. However, I think it will need a few more updates before I’m willing to jump back in.

Spirittea is available on Xbox On?e, Xbox Series X|S, S?witch, and PC.

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