{ "site": "CozyWiki", "url": "https://cozywiki.com", "exportedAt": "2026-07-09T15:39:51.364Z", "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, "attribution": "CozyWiki contributors — https://cozywiki.com", "counts": { "pages": 48, "citations": 245, "categories": 8 }, "categories": [ { "slug": "farming-and-life-sims", "name": "Farming & Life Sims", "blurb": "Tend crops, keep animals, befriend a town and build a gentler second life — the beating heart of cozy gaming." }, { "slug": "narrative-and-slice-of-life", "name": "Narrative & Slice of Life", "blurb": "Quiet stories about ordinary (and gently extraordinary) lives: brewing coffee, moving house, saying goodbye." }, { "slug": "puzzle-and-organization", "name": "Puzzle & Organization", "blurb": "The deep satisfaction of putting things in their right place — tidying, sorting, and low-pressure puzzling." }, { "slug": "building-and-decoration", "name": "Building & Decoration", "blurb": "Castles doodled on meadows, villages grown tile by tile, homes made beautiful — creation without deadlines." }, { "slug": "exploration-and-adventure", "name": "Exploration & Adventure", "blurb": "Wander, glide and hike through kind worlds where the journey is the reward and nothing is chasing you." }, { "slug": "simulation-and-management", "name": "Simulation & Management", "blurb": "Soothing systems to care for: power-washing, ferrying spirits, running the tidiest little operations." }, { "slug": "cozy-together", "name": "Cozy Together", "blurb": "Multiplayer comfort — games best shared with friends on the couch or online." }, { "slug": "concepts-and-culture", "name": "Concepts & Culture", "blurb": "The ideas behind the genre: definitions, design theory, history, showcases and the community itself." } ], "pages": [ { "slug": "cozy-game", "wiki": null, "title": "Cozy game", "kind": "concept", "summary": "A loosely defined genre of games built around comfort, low stakes and gentle pace — its definition, design theory, history and culture.", "categories": [ "concepts-and-culture" ], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "A **cozy game** (also spelled *cosy game* in Commonwealth English) is a video game oriented around comfort rather than challenge: low stakes, gentle pace, and themes of care, home and community. The label describes a feeling as much as a set of mechanics — Rolling Stone characterizes cozy games as \"defined by their ability to learn quickly, low-stakes, casual vibe,\" often mimicking \"familiar, real-life situations,\"[^1] while games scholar Conor Mckeown argues they are \"defined by what they omit\": many remove \"the potential for winning or losing entirely.\"[^2]\n\nThe genre's edges are famously blurry. CNN Underscored calls it \"a broad genre that encompasses a lot of types of games, from farming sims to city builders, but they all elicit a special feeling that can be hard to explain,\"[^3] and PC Gamer reported in 2024 that even the genre's biggest fans cannot agree on a definition — and largely aren't worried about it.[^4] This wiki's own inclusion rule embraces that blurriness; see [[What counts as cozy]].\n\n## Design theory\n\nThe genre's foundational design text is a 2017 group report from Project Horseshoe, the annual game-design think tank: *Coziness in Games: An Exploration of Safety, Softness, and Satisfied Needs*.[^5] Its workgroup included designers from across the industry — among them Tanya X. Short (Kitfox Games), Chelsea Howe (Owlchemy Labs) and Daniel Cook (Spry Fox), with facilitator Ron Meiners.[^5]\n\nThe report defines coziness as \"how strongly a game evokes the fantasy of safety, abundance, and softness.\"[^5] **Safety** means \"an absence of danger and risk,\" with \"no impending loss or threat\"; **abundance** means lower-level needs (in Maslow's sense) are \"met or being met,\" signaled through a low-stress, plentiful environment; **softness** covers the gentle aesthetic signals that make a space feel comfortable.[^5] Cook published the workgroup's findings as the essay \"Cozy Games\" on his blog Lostgarden on 24 January 2018, and the vocabulary spread from there into mainstream games writing.[^6]\n\n## History\n\nCozy play predates the label. The lineage most often cited runs through Nintendo's [[Animal Crossing (series)|Animal Crossing]], which began in Japan as *Dōbutsu no Mori* (\"Animal Forest\") on the Nintendo 64 in April 2001 — a game about living gently in a village of animals, released in the twilight of that console's life.[^7]\n\nTwo later releases turned a sensibility into a movement. [[Stardew Valley]] (26 February 2016), built single-handedly by Eric Barone, showed that a small, warm-hearted farming RPG could reach tens of millions of players.[^8] And [[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]] launched on 20 March 2020 — into the first weeks of global COVID-19 lockdowns — selling 11.77 million copies in twelve days, which Nintendo called the best start ever for a Switch title.[^9] Rolling Stone's retrospective ties the genre's mainstream surge to that pandemic moment, noting video game usage rose 75 percent during 2020.[^1] The [[Wholesome Games]] curation project (founded 2019) held its first Wholesome Direct showcase on 26 May 2020, giving the gentle end of indie gaming a recurring stage.[^10][^11]\n\nThe genre has since matured from trend to fixture. [[Unpacking]] won the publicly voted EE Game of the Year at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards;[^12] 2024 brought breakout debuts including [[Tiny Glade]] (roughly 616,000 copies in its first month)[^13] and [[Fields of Mistria]] (100,000 downloads in its first early-access week);[^14] and New Horizons' lifetime sales reached 49.91 million by March 2026.[^15]\n\n## Community and audience\n\nCozy gaming built an unusually visible community culture. By mid-2024 the r/cozygamers subreddit had over 137,000 members, and creator \"Cozy K\" counted roughly half a million TikTok followers.[^1] A 2025 five-country survey by research firm Sago found the top reasons people play cozy games are switching off from stress and anxiety (53%), playing at one's own pace (52%), and feeling calmer or improving mood (51%).[^16] Games market researcher Bryter assessed in 2026 that \"cozy is no longer a side trend — it's a meaningful expression of how gaming culture is changing.\"[^17]\n\n## Academic study\n\nScholars have taken up the definitional question directly. A 2025 paper at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences — \"Whose Vibe is it Anyway? Negotiating Definitions of Cozy Games\" by Kelly Boudreau, Mia Consalvo and Andrew Phelps — concludes that what makes a game cozy is \"widely variable, socially constructed, and often personal.\"[^18] Earlier, Agata Waszkiewicz and Martyna Bakun's \"Towards the aesthetics of cozy video games\" (*Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds*, 2020) proposed three types of coziness in games depending on its relationship with functionality: coherent, dissonant and situational.[^19]\n\n## See also\n\n- [[Wholesome Games]] — the curation project and showcase\n- [[What counts as cozy]] — this wiki's inclusion criteria\n- [[Glossary of cozy gaming terms]]\n- [[Life simulation game]]\n\n[^1]: CT Jones. [\"Why Cozy Gaming Went From Pandemic Stress Release to Thriving Online Community\"](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/what-are-cozy-games-online-community-1235032742/) — Rolling Stone, 4 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Conor Mckeown. [\"Cosy gaming: how curling up with Animal Crossing is changing what it means to be a gamer\"](https://theconversation.com/cosy-gaming-how-curling-up-with-animal-crossing-is-changing-what-it-means-to-be-a-gamer-196609) — The Conversation, 4 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Carli Velocci. [\"The 13 best cozy games for relaxing and stress relief\"](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/electronics/best-cozy-games) — CNN Underscored, November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Lauren Morton. [\"Even 'cozy' gaming's biggest fans can't decide on its definition, but they aren't worried\"](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/even-cozy-gamings-biggest-fans-cant-decide-on-its-definition-but-they-arent-worried-theres-a-whole-lot-of-grey-area-and-thats-what-makes-it-interesting/) — PC Gamer, 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Project Horseshoe 2017 workgroup. [\"Coziness in Games: An Exploration of Safety, Softness, and Satisfied Needs\"](https://projecthorseshoe.com/reports/featured/ph17r3.htm) — Project Horseshoe, 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Daniel Cook. [\"Cozy Games\"](https://lostgarden.com/2018/01/24/cozy-games/) — Lostgarden, 24 January 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Tanner Fox. [\"The Original Animal Crossing On N64 Is 20 Years Old In Japan Today\"](https://www.thegamer.com/original-animal-crossing-n64-20-years-old-japan/) — TheGamer, April 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: ConcernedApe. [\"Press\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^9]: Nintendo Co., Ltd. [\"Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 — Financial Results Explanatory Material\"](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507_4e.pdf) — Nintendo Investor Relations, 7 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^10]: indienova. [\"Healing, Uplifting, and Non-Violent: Exploring Wholesome Games with Founder Matthew Taylor\"](https://indienova.com/en/indie-game-news/wholesome-games-matthew-taylor-interview-en/) — indienova. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^11]: Dean Daley. [\"'Wholesome Direct' 2020 will showcase over 50 indie games\"](https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/05/21/wholesome-direct-2020-50-games/) — MobileSyrup, 21 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^12]: EE. [\"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\"](https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/) — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^13]: GameDiscoverCo. [\"How Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month!\"](https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-tiny-glade-built-its-way-to-600k) — GameDiscoverCo newsletter, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^14]: Destructoid. [\"Fields of Mistria reaches 100,000 downloads a week into its Early Access launch\"](https://www.destructoid.com/fields-of-mistria-reaches-100000-downloads-a-week-into-its-early-access-launch/) — Destructoid, 12 August 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^15]: Nintendo Co., Ltd. [\"Top Selling Title Sales Units — Nintendo Switch Software\"](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/switch.html) — Nintendo Investor Relations (as of 31 March 2026). Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^16]: Sooleen Abbas. [\"The Rise of Cozy Gaming Across Borders\"](https://sago.com/en/resources/insights/the-rise-of-cozy-gaming-across-borders/) — Sago, 12 September 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^17]: Bryter. [\"Cozy games: Why Comfort-first Play is Becoming a Major Force\"](https://www.bryter-global.com/blog/the-rise-of-cozy-gaming) — Bryter, 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^18]: Kelly Boudreau, Mia Consalvo & Andrew Phelps. [\"Whose Vibe is it Anyway? Negotiating Definitions of Cozy Games\"](https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/a39f3507-2b9f-4971-a3d4-722638ebe0fc) — Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 7 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^19]: Agata Waszkiewicz & Martyna Bakun. [\"Towards the aesthetics of cozy video games\"](https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Towards-the-aesthetics-of-cozy-video-games-Waszkiewicz-Bakun/4ba3c789810e592526903b64f28a7f39d12c80b9) — Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, vol. 12 no. 3, October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "CT Jones. \"Why Cozy Gaming Went From Pandemic Stress Release to Thriving Online Community\" — Rolling Stone, 4 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/what-are-cozy-games-online-community-1235032742/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Conor Mckeown. \"Cosy gaming: how curling up with Animal Crossing is changing what it means to be a gamer\" — The Conversation, 4 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://theconversation.com/cosy-gaming-how-curling-up-with-animal-crossing-is-changing-what-it-means-to-be-a-gamer-196609", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Carli Velocci. \"The 13 best cozy games for relaxing and stress relief\" — CNN Underscored, November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/electronics/best-cozy-games", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Lauren Morton. \"Even 'cozy' gaming's biggest fans can't decide on its definition, but they aren't worried\" — PC Gamer, 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/even-cozy-gamings-biggest-fans-cant-decide-on-its-definition-but-they-arent-worried-theres-a-whole-lot-of-grey-area-and-thats-what-makes-it-interesting/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Project Horseshoe 2017 workgroup. \"Coziness in Games: An Exploration of Safety, Softness, and Satisfied Needs\" — Project Horseshoe, 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://projecthorseshoe.com/reports/featured/ph17r3.htm", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Daniel Cook. \"Cozy Games\" — Lostgarden, 24 January 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2018/01/24/cozy-games/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Tanner Fox. \"The Original Animal Crossing On N64 Is 20 Years Old In Japan Today\" — TheGamer, April 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.thegamer.com/original-animal-crossing-n64-20-years-old-japan/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Press\" — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "9", "text": "Nintendo Co., Ltd. \"Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 — Financial Results Explanatory Material\" — Nintendo Investor Relations, 7 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507_4e.pdf", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "10", "text": "indienova. \"Healing, Uplifting, and Non-Violent: Exploring Wholesome Games with Founder Matthew Taylor\" — indienova. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://indienova.com/en/indie-game-news/wholesome-games-matthew-taylor-interview-en/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "11", "text": "Dean Daley. \"'Wholesome Direct' 2020 will showcase over 50 indie games\" — MobileSyrup, 21 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/05/21/wholesome-direct-2020-50-games/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "12", "text": "EE. \"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\" — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "13", "text": "GameDiscoverCo. \"How Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month!\" — GameDiscoverCo newsletter, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-tiny-glade-built-its-way-to-600k", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "14", "text": "Destructoid. \"Fields of Mistria reaches 100,000 downloads a week into its Early Access launch\" — Destructoid, 12 August 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.destructoid.com/fields-of-mistria-reaches-100000-downloads-a-week-into-its-early-access-launch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "15", "text": "Nintendo Co., Ltd. \"Top Selling Title Sales Units — Nintendo Switch Software\" — Nintendo Investor Relations (as of 31 March 2026). Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/switch.html", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "16", "text": "Sooleen Abbas. \"The Rise of Cozy Gaming Across Borders\" — Sago, 12 September 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://sago.com/en/resources/insights/the-rise-of-cozy-gaming-across-borders/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "17", "text": "Bryter. \"Cozy games: Why Comfort-first Play is Becoming a Major Force\" — Bryter, 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.bryter-global.com/blog/the-rise-of-cozy-gaming", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "18", "text": "Kelly Boudreau, Mia Consalvo & Andrew Phelps. \"Whose Vibe is it Anyway? Negotiating Definitions of Cozy Games\" — Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 7 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/a39f3507-2b9f-4971-a3d4-722638ebe0fc", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "19", "text": "Agata Waszkiewicz & Martyna Bakun. \"Towards the aesthetics of cozy video games\" — Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, vol. 12 no. 3, October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Towards-the-aesthetics-of-cozy-video-games-Waszkiewicz-Bakun/4ba3c789810e592526903b64f28a7f39d12c80b9", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.289Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.289Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/cozy-game" }, { "slug": "wholesome-games", "wiki": null, "title": "Wholesome Games", "kind": "concept", "summary": "The curation project and annual Wholesome Direct showcase that gave gentle indie games a stage — from 25,000 viewers in 2020 to millions.", "categories": [ "concepts-and-culture" ], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "**Wholesome Games** is a curation project, showcase producer and publishing label devoted to games that evoke comfort, compassion and coziness. It began in 2019 as a Twitter account run by indie developer Matthew Taylor, curating games by feeling rather than genre.[^1] Its core team today is Jenny Windom, Matthew Taylor, James Tillman and Victoria Tran, producing the annual **Wholesome Direct** and **Wholesome Snack** showcases and offering marketing and publishing services through the *Wholesome Games Presents* label.[^2]\n\n## Wholesome Direct\n\nThe first Wholesome Direct streamed on 26 May 2020, featuring more than 50 wholesome indie games.[^3] Broadcast during the first COVID-19 lockdowns, that debut drew about 25,000 viewers; the most recent Direct reached 5 million views, carried by Summer Game Fest, Twitch, IGN, GameSpot, Steam and more than 650 co-streamers.[^2]\n\nThe showcase marked its fifth year on 7 June 2025, by which point it had featured 375 games across its history and raised over $200,000 for charities.[^4] Curation is selective: for the 2025 show, nearly 1,500 game submissions were whittled down to roughly 60 featured titles.[^5] The Direct has become a launchpad for the genre's biggest announcements — [[Fields of Mistria]]'s 1.0 release date, for example, was revealed at the 2026 show.[^6]\n\n## Relationship to cozy games\n\n\"Wholesome\" and \"[[cozy-game|cozy]]\" are overlapping but not identical labels: *cozy* usually describes how a game feels to play (safe, low-stakes, gentle), while *wholesome* describes the emotional register the curators select for — comfort, compassion and coziness in Taylor's original framing.[^1] Many games sit comfortably under both flags, and the Wholesome Direct has become the de facto annual showcase for the cozy end of indie gaming.\n\n## See also\n\n- [[Cozy game]]\n- [[What counts as cozy]]\n\n[^1]: indienova. [\"Healing, Uplifting, and Non-Violent: Exploring Wholesome Games with Founder Matthew Taylor\"](https://indienova.com/en/indie-game-news/wholesome-games-matthew-taylor-interview-en/) — indienova. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Wholesome Games. [\"Wholesome Games — official site\"](https://wholesomegames.com/) — wholesomegames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Dean Daley. [\"'Wholesome Direct' 2020 will showcase over 50 indie games\"](https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/05/21/wholesome-direct-2020-50-games/) — MobileSyrup, 21 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Lindsay. [\"Highlights: Wholesome Games' Wholesome Direct (June 7, 2025)\"](https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2025/06/highlights-wholesome-games-wholesome-direct-june-7-2025.html) — Digitally Downloaded, 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Windows Central. [\"Every game shown during the 2025 Wholesome Direct Showcase\"](https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/everything-shown-during-wholesome-direct-2025) — Windows Central, June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Siliconera. [\"1.0 Fields of Mistria PC Release Date Set\"](https://www.siliconera.com/1-0-fields-of-mistria-pc-release-date-set/) — Siliconera, 6 June 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "indienova. \"Healing, Uplifting, and Non-Violent: Exploring Wholesome Games with Founder Matthew Taylor\" — indienova. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://indienova.com/en/indie-game-news/wholesome-games-matthew-taylor-interview-en/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Wholesome Games. \"Wholesome Games — official site\" — wholesomegames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wholesomegames.com/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Dean Daley. \"'Wholesome Direct' 2020 will showcase over 50 indie games\" — MobileSyrup, 21 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/05/21/wholesome-direct-2020-50-games/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Lindsay. \"Highlights: Wholesome Games' Wholesome Direct (June 7, 2025)\" — Digitally Downloaded, 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2025/06/highlights-wholesome-games-wholesome-direct-june-7-2025.html", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Windows Central. \"Every game shown during the 2025 Wholesome Direct Showcase\" — Windows Central, June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/everything-shown-during-wholesome-direct-2025", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Siliconera. \"1.0 Fields of Mistria PC Release Date Set\" — Siliconera, 6 June 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.siliconera.com/1-0-fields-of-mistria-pc-release-date-set/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:06.864Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:06.864Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/wholesome-games" }, { "slug": "glossary-of-cozy-gaming-terms", "wiki": null, "title": "Glossary of cozy gaming terms", "kind": "list", "summary": "The vocabulary of cozy gaming — from chore-core to wishlists — as the community actually uses it.", "categories": [ "concepts-and-culture" ], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "How the cozy gaming community talks. Definitions below describe common usage; where a term has a specific citable origin, it is cited. Additions welcome — with an edit summary explaining where you've seen the term used.\n\n## A–F\n\n**Chore-core** — Informal label for games that turn mundane tasks into satisfying play: power-washing, tidying, filing. [[PowerWash Simulator]] and [[A Little to the Left]] are the standard examples.\n\n**Comfort game** — A game replayed not for novelty but for emotional safety; the gaming equivalent of a favorite blanket. Any genre can produce one, but cozy games are engineered for it.\n\n**Cottagecore** — An internet aesthetic idealizing rural domesticity — gardens, baking, handcrafts — that heavily overlaps with cozy gaming's visual language, especially in farming sims like [[Wylde Flowers]].\n\n**Cozy-adjacent** — A game that borrows cozy elements (gentle art, low pressure) while retaining conventional challenge or stakes; see [[What counts as cozy]] for how this wiki handles the border.\n\n**Cozy game** — The genre itself; see the main article at [[Cozy game]]. The foundational design definition — evoking \"the fantasy of safety, abundance, and softness\" — comes from the 2017 Project Horseshoe report.[^1]\n\n**Decorator** — A player (or game mode) focused on furnishing and arranging spaces rather than progression; the heart of games like [[Unpacking]] and a major playstyle in [[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]].\n\n**Early access** — Releasing a playable-but-unfinished game for sale while development continues. A common cozy-sim path: [[Dinkum]], [[Dorfromantik]], [[Disney Dreamlight Valley]] and [[Fields of Mistria]] all debuted this way.\n\n**Farming sim** — The genre backbone of cozy gaming: plant, water, harvest, repeat, care. [[Stardew Valley]] is the modern template.\n\n## G–S\n\n**Grind-free** — Play without repetitive obligation; a design promise many cozy games make by removing timers, quotas and fail states.\n\n**Life sim** — A game simulating daily living — relationships, home, routine — rather than a win condition. See [[Life simulation game]].\n\n**Low-stakes** — The defining cozy quality: mistakes cost little, nothing punishes stepping away, and the game waits for you.\n\n**1.0 (one-point-oh)** — A game's full release out of early access, often the moment a cozy sim adds its final life milestones (marriage, children, story endings).\n\n**Slice of life** — Storytelling that finds meaning in ordinary days rather than epic events; borrowed from anime and manga criticism and central to games like [[Coffee Talk]].\n\n**Social sim** — A game centered on building relationships with characters — befriending, gifting, romancing — usually woven through farming or town life.\n\n## T–Z\n\n**Tile-placement** — A calm building structure borrowed from board games: lay one piece at a time, watch a landscape grow. [[Dorfromantik]] is the digital archetype.\n\n**Wholesome** — An emotional register (comfort, compassion, coziness) and a curation movement; see [[Wholesome Games]].[^2]\n\n**Wishlist** — Steam's follow-a-game feature and the indie world's key pre-launch metric; cozy breakout [[Tiny Glade]] launched with over 1.3 million wishlists.[^3]\n\n[^1]: Project Horseshoe 2017 workgroup. [\"Coziness in Games: An Exploration of Safety, Softness, and Satisfied Needs\"](https://projecthorseshoe.com/reports/featured/ph17r3.htm) — Project Horseshoe, 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: indienova. [\"Healing, Uplifting, and Non-Violent: Exploring Wholesome Games with Founder Matthew Taylor\"](https://indienova.com/en/indie-game-news/wholesome-games-matthew-taylor-interview-en/) — indienova. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: GameDiscoverCo. [\"How Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month!\"](https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-tiny-glade-built-its-way-to-600k) — GameDiscoverCo newsletter, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Project Horseshoe 2017 workgroup. \"Coziness in Games: An Exploration of Safety, Softness, and Satisfied Needs\" — Project Horseshoe, 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://projecthorseshoe.com/reports/featured/ph17r3.htm", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "indienova. \"Healing, Uplifting, and Non-Violent: Exploring Wholesome Games with Founder Matthew Taylor\" — indienova. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://indienova.com/en/indie-game-news/wholesome-games-matthew-taylor-interview-en/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "GameDiscoverCo. \"How Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month!\" — GameDiscoverCo newsletter, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-tiny-glade-built-its-way-to-600k", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:08.051Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:08.051Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/glossary-of-cozy-gaming-terms" }, { "slug": "stardew-valley", "wiki": null, "title": "Stardew Valley", "kind": "game", "summary": "Open-ended country-life RPG made single-handedly by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone; released in 2016, 50 million copies sold by 2026.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Online co-op", "LAN co-op", "Split-screen co-op" ], "artHue": 95, "engine": "Custom C#/XNA, migrated to MonoGame (2021)", "genres": [ "Simulation", "RPG", "Indie" ], "website": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/", "monogram": "SV", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/", "developer": [ "ConcernedApe (Eric Barone)" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One", "Nintendo Switch", "iOS", "Android" ], "publisher": [ "ConcernedApe (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2016-02-26" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Stardew Valley** is an open-ended country-life role-playing game created by Eric Barone, who works under the name **ConcernedApe** and solo-developed the game over four years — teaching himself its art, music, programming and design.[^2] It was first released for Windows on 26 February 2016[^1][^2] and has since become one of the defining [[cozy-game|cozy games]]: by its ten-year anniversary in February 2026, Barone reported it had sold 50 million copies.[^4]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe player inherits their grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley and starts a new life with a few hand-me-down tools and coins.[^1] From there the game is deliberately open-ended: growing crops, raising animals, fishing, mining, crafting, and building relationships with the residents of the nearby town. It can be played solo or cooperatively, with online, LAN and split-screen co-op supported on PC.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nBarone remains the game's sole developer and self-publishes it.[^1][^2] Technically, Stardew Valley began life on Microsoft's XNA framework; with update 1.5.5 in November 2021 it migrated to MonoGame, which Barone described as futureproofing the game and expanding what mods can do.[^3]\n\nAfter the Windows launch, the game reached macOS and Linux within months, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in December 2016, Nintendo Switch in late 2017, iOS in October 2018, and Android in March 2019.[^2] Barone has kept updating the game for free: the major 1.6 update arrived on PC on 19 March 2024 and reached consoles and mobile on 4 November 2024.[^4]\n\n## Reception\n\nAs of December 2024 the game had sold more than 41 million copies across all platforms — over 26 million on PC and 7.9 million on Nintendo Switch — making it one of the most successful games ever built by a single person.[^2] In a February 2026 anniversary post, Barone put the total at 50 million, \"with no sign of slowing down.\"[^4] Its influence is visible across the farming-sim wave that followed, from [[Fields of Mistria]] to [[Dinkum]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://www.stardewvalley.net/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Stardew Valley\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: ConcernedApe. [\"Press\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: ConcernedApe. [\"Stardew Valley 1.5.5 released on PC\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-5-5-released-on-pc/) — stardewvalley.net, 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: ConcernedApe. [\"Blog (1.6 release and 10-year anniversary posts)\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/blog/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Stardew Valley\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Press\" — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Stardew Valley 1.5.5 released on PC\" — stardewvalley.net, 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-5-5-released-on-pc/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Blog (1.6 release and 10-year anniversary posts)\" — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/blog/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:09.347Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:09.347Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/stardew-valley" }, { "slug": "animal-crossing-new-horizons", "wiki": null, "title": "Animal Crossing: New Horizons", "kind": "game", "summary": "Nintendo's 2020 island life sim for Switch — 49.91 million copies sold, the fastest Switch launch ever recorded at the time.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Local multiplayer (1–4 on one system)", "Local wireless (up to 8)", "Online (up to 8)" ], "artHue": 158, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Simulation" ], "website": "https://animalcrossing.nintendo.com/new-horizons/", "monogram": "AC", "developer": [ "Nintendo" ], "platforms": [ "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Nintendo" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Nintendo Switch" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2020-03-20" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Animal Crossing: New Horizons** is a life-simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch, released worldwide on 20 March 2020.[^1] The latest entry in the [[Animal Crossing (series)|Animal Crossing series]], it became a cultural touchstone of [[cozy-game|cozy gaming]] and one of the best-selling games on its platform: Nintendo's investor-relations data lists 49.91 million units sold as of 31 March 2026, second among all Switch software behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe player relocates to a deserted island and gradually shapes it into a personal paradise — exploring, gathering and crafting materials, decorating a home and the island itself, and befriending animal residents, all at their own pace.[^1] Up to four residents of one island can play simultaneously on a single console, and up to eight players can gather on one island through local wireless or online play.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nNintendo released the game exclusively for Switch on 20 March 2020.[^1] It continued to grow after launch: the free Version 2.0 update — announced for 5 November 2021 — added Brewster's café The Roost, Kapp'n boat tours, gyroids, an open-air market on Harv's Island, cooking recipes and island ordinances.[^4] The paid expansion *Happy Home Paradise* released the same day for $24.99.[^1]\n\n## Reception\n\nNew Horizons sold 11.77 million units in its first twelve days (by 31 March 2020), which Nintendo called \"the best start ever for a Nintendo Switch title.\"[^3] At the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards it won two categories: Multiplayer Game and Game Beyond Entertainment.[^5] Its launch weeks — coinciding with the start of global COVID-19 lockdowns — are discussed in depth in the wiki's [[Cozy game|cozy game]] history section.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official page (Nintendo)](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/)\n\n[^1]: Nintendo. [\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Nintendo Co., Ltd. [\"Top Selling Title Sales Units — Nintendo Switch Software\"](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/switch.html) — Nintendo Investor Relations (as of 31 March 2026). Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Nintendo Co., Ltd. [\"Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 — Financial Results Explanatory Material\"](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507_4e.pdf) — Nintendo Investor Relations, 7 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Nintendo. [\"Free update (Ver.2.0) for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be available on 5 November.\"](https://www.nintendo.com/sg/news/article/6qV9dqGZQjDjl7vNGlbmQs) — Nintendo News. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Game Rant. [\"BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Winners Announced\"](https://gamerant.com/bafta-games-awards-2021-winners/) — Game Rant, 26 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Nintendo. \"Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Nintendo Co., Ltd. \"Top Selling Title Sales Units — Nintendo Switch Software\" — Nintendo Investor Relations (as of 31 March 2026). Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/switch.html", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Nintendo Co., Ltd. \"Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 — Financial Results Explanatory Material\" — Nintendo Investor Relations, 7 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507_4e.pdf", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Nintendo. \"Free update (Ver.2.0) for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be available on 5 November.\" — Nintendo News. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/sg/news/article/6qV9dqGZQjDjl7vNGlbmQs", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Game Rant. \"BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Winners Announced\" — Game Rant, 26 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gamerant.com/bafta-games-awards-2021-winners/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:10.859Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:10.859Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/animal-crossing-new-horizons" }, { "slug": "a-short-hike", "wiki": null, "title": "A Short Hike", "kind": "game", "summary": "Adam Robinson-Yu's gentle exploration adventure about hiking to a mountaintop; winner of the 2020 IGF Grand Prize.", "categories": [ "exploration-and-adventure" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 38, "engine": "Unity", "genres": [ "Adventure", "Indie" ], "website": "https://ashorthike.com/", "monogram": "SH", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/", "developer": [ "Adam Robinson-Yu (adamgryu)" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One" ], "publisher": [ "adamgryu (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (Humble Monthly)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2019-04-05" }, "contentMarkdown": "**A Short Hike** is a small exploration adventure by solo developer Adam Robinson-Yu. It debuted through Humble Monthly on 5 April 2019 and released on Steam and itch.io on 30 July 2019.[^1] A quiet landmark of the [[cozy-game|cozy]] canon, it won the Independent Games Festival's top prize in 2020.[^3]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe player hikes, climbs and soars through the peaceful mountainside of Hawk Peak Provincial Park on the way to the summit — free to follow the marked trails or wander off the beaten path, meeting fellow hikers and finding hidden treasures along the way.[^2]\n\n## Development and release\n\nRobinson-Yu is credited as the game's creator, programmer and artist, with an original soundtrack by Mark Sparling and additional art and writing contributions from a small group of collaborators.[^1] He built the game in Unity, using Yarn Spinner for its dialogue trees and InControl for controller support.[^5]\n\nAfter its PC release, A Short Hike came to Nintendo Switch on 18 August 2020,[^1] and to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 16 November 2021.[^4][^6]\n\n## Reception\n\nAt the 22nd Independent Games Festival Awards in 2020, A Short Hike won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game (a $10,000 award) and the publicly voted Audience Award.[^3] It also received three nominations at the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards: Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game, and Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction.[^1]\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://ashorthike.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/)\n\n[^1]: Adam Robinson-Yu. [\"A Short Hike — press kit\"](https://ashorthike.com/press/) — ashorthike.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Valve. [\"A Short Hike\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Game Developers Conference. [\"A Short Hike wins Grand Prize at the 2020 Independent Games Festival!\"](https://gdconf.com/article/a-short-hike-wins-grand-prize-at-the-2020-independent-games-festival/) — GDC / Informa. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Adam Robinson-Yu. [\"The award-winning A Short Hike hits PS4 November 16\"](https://blog.playstation.com/2021/11/13/the-award-winning-a-short-hike-hits-ps4-november-16/) — PlayStation.Blog, 13 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Game Developer. [\"Road to the IGF: Adam Robinson-Yu's A Short Hike\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/road-to-the-igf-adam-robinson-yu-s-i-a-short-hike-i-) — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: PlayStation LifeStyle. [\"Award-Winning Adventure, A Short Hike, Headed to PS4 and Xbox One on November 16\"](https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/11/14/a-short-hike-ps4-release-date/) — PlayStation LifeStyle, 14 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Adam Robinson-Yu. \"A Short Hike — press kit\" — ashorthike.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://ashorthike.com/press/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Valve. \"A Short Hike\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Game Developers Conference. \"A Short Hike wins Grand Prize at the 2020 Independent Games Festival!\" — GDC / Informa. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gdconf.com/article/a-short-hike-wins-grand-prize-at-the-2020-independent-games-festival/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Adam Robinson-Yu. \"The award-winning A Short Hike hits PS4 November 16\" — PlayStation.Blog, 13 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2021/11/13/the-award-winning-a-short-hike-hits-ps4-november-16/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Game Developer. \"Road to the IGF: Adam Robinson-Yu's A Short Hike\" — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/road-to-the-igf-adam-robinson-yu-s-i-a-short-hike-i-", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "PlayStation LifeStyle. \"Award-Winning Adventure, A Short Hike, Headed to PS4 and Xbox One on November 16\" — PlayStation LifeStyle, 14 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/11/14/a-short-hike-ps4-release-date/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:12.287Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:12.287Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/a-short-hike" }, { "slug": "unpacking", "wiki": null, "title": "Unpacking", "kind": "game", "summary": "Witch Beam's zen puzzle game that tells a life story through eight house moves; double BAFTA winner in 2022.", "categories": [ "puzzle-and-organization", "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 16, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Casual", "Indie", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://www.unpackinggame.com/", "monogram": "U", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/", "developer": [ "Witch Beam" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "Nintendo Switch", "Xbox One", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "iOS", "Android" ], "publisher": [ "Humble Games (at launch)", "Balor Games (current Steam listing)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "Nintendo Switch", "Xbox One" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-11-02" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Unpacking** is a zen puzzle game about pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home, developed by Witch Beam, a studio based in Brisbane, Australia.[^1] Released on 2 November 2021 for Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One,[^1] it went on to win two BAFTAs, including the publicly voted EE Game of the Year.[^3][^4]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nPart block-fitting puzzle and part home decoration, Unpacking has the player create a satisfying living space while picking up clues about the life being unpacked. Across eight house moves, it tells the story of a character the player never sees.[^2]\n\n## Development and release\n\nThe concept originated from co-creator Tim Dawson's real-life move in with Wren Brier in February 2018; after the pair were selected for the Stugan accelerator program in May 2018, they developed a playable demo in Sweden.[^1] The soundtrack is by BAFTA-winning composer and audio director Jeff van Dyck.[^1]\n\nUnpacking was published at launch by Humble Games;[^1] the game's Steam listing today credits Balor Games as publisher.[^2] After its 2021 launch platforms, it reached PlayStation 4 and 5 on 10 May 2022,[^6] and iOS and Android on 24 August 2023.[^7]\n\n## Reception\n\nThe game sold over 100,000 copies in its first ten days.[^1] On its first anniversary, Humble Games and Witch Beam announced it had passed one million copies sold worldwide, with 20 award wins and 50 nominations in its first year.[^5] At the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards on 7 April 2022 it won EE Game of the Year — the ceremony's only publicly voted award — alongside the BAFTA for Narrative.[^3][^4] Its success helped cement tidying-as-gameplay alongside titles like [[A Little to the Left]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://www.unpackinggame.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/)\n\n[^1]: Witch Beam. [\"Unpacking — Press Kit\"](https://www.unpackinggame.com/presskit/) — unpackinggame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Valve. [\"Unpacking\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: EE. [\"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\"](https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/) — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: NME. [\"Returnal and Unpacking win big at BAFTA Games Awards 2022\"](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/returnal-and-unpacking-win-big-at-bafta-games-awards-2022-3201065) — NME, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: GoNintendo. [\"Humble Games and Witch Beam's Unpacking Celebrates 1 Year and over 1 Million Units\"](https://gonintendo.com/contents/11711-humble-games-and-witch-beam-s-unpacking-celebrates-1-year-and-over-1-million-units) — GoNintendo, November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: NME. [\"'Unpacking' is coming to PlayStation consoles really, really soon\"](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/unpacking-is-coming-to-playstation-consoles-really-really-soon-3221367) — NME, 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Engadget. [\"Zen moving game 'Unpacking' comes to Android and iOS on August 24th\"](https://www.engadget.com/zen-moving-game-unpacking-comes-to-android-and-ios-on-august-24th-214513079.html) — Engadget, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Witch Beam. \"Unpacking — Press Kit\" — unpackinggame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.unpackinggame.com/presskit/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Valve. \"Unpacking\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "EE. \"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\" — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "NME. \"Returnal and Unpacking win big at BAFTA Games Awards 2022\" — NME, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/returnal-and-unpacking-win-big-at-bafta-games-awards-2022-3201065", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "GoNintendo. \"Humble Games and Witch Beam's Unpacking Celebrates 1 Year and over 1 Million Units\" — GoNintendo, November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gonintendo.com/contents/11711-humble-games-and-witch-beam-s-unpacking-celebrates-1-year-and-over-1-million-units", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "NME. \"'Unpacking' is coming to PlayStation consoles really, really soon\" — NME, 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/unpacking-is-coming-to-playstation-consoles-really-really-soon-3221367", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Engadget. \"Zen moving game 'Unpacking' comes to Android and iOS on August 24th\" — Engadget, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.engadget.com/zen-moving-game-unpacking-comes-to-android-and-ios-on-august-24th-214513079.html", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:13.521Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:13.521Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/unpacking" }, { "slug": "spiritfarer", "wiki": null, "title": "Spiritfarer", "kind": "game", "summary": "Thunder Lotus's “cozy management game about dying” — ferry spirits, care for them, and let them go. Over a million copies sold.", "categories": [ "simulation-and-management", "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Local co-op (split screen)" ], "artHue": 215, "engine": "Unity", "genres": [ "Adventure", "Indie", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://thunderlotusgames.com/spiritfarer", "monogram": "S", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/", "developer": [ "Thunder Lotus Games" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One" ], "publisher": [ "Thunder Lotus Games (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2020-08-18" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Spiritfarer** is a management game about dying, developed and self-published by Thunder Lotus Games.[^1] Playing as Stella, ferrymaster to the deceased, the player builds a boat to explore the world, cares for spirit friends aboard, and eventually releases them into the afterlife.[^1] It launched on 18 August 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG) at $29.99, arriving day one on Xbox Game Pass for console and PC.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nSpiritfarer blends boat-building, resource management and platforming with quiet character stories: the player farms, cooks, crafts and upgrades the ship while tending to the emotional needs of each spirit passenger before saying goodbye.[^1] A second player can join in local co-op as Daffodil the cat.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nThe game was built in Unity, with its hand-drawn character animation created in Toon Boom Harmony.[^5] A Stadia version followed the initial launch on 21 August 2020.[^4] Thunder Lotus supported the game with three major free content updates, culminating in the *Farewell Edition* — the base game bundled with all released content — on 13 December 2021.[^3]\n\n## Reception\n\nOn the day the Farewell Edition launched, Thunder Lotus announced Spiritfarer had passed one million copies sold.[^3] The game earned nominations across The Game Awards 2020, the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards, the 24th D.I.C.E. Awards and the Nebula Awards, plus multi-category wins at the Canadian Game Awards.[^3] Its blend of gentle systems and grief-forward storytelling made it a fixture of the [[cozy-game|cozy games]] conversation alongside titles like [[Coffee Talk]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://thunderlotusgames.com/spiritfarer)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: VGChartz. [\"Spiritfarer Launches Today for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/444917/spiritfarer-launches-today-for-switch-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc/) — VGChartz, 18 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Thunder Lotus Games. [\"A Fond Farewell — Spiritfarer Sells 1 Million Units. Farewell Edition Is Out Today!\"](https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-releases/spiritfarer-farewell-edition-press/) — press release, 13 December 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Thunder Lotus Games. [\"Critically Acclaimed Cozy Management Game 'Spiritfarer' Releases on Stadia\"](https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-releases/critically-acclaimed-cozy-management-game-spiritfarer-releases-on-stadia/) — press release, 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Toon Boom. [\"Thunder Lotus Games on animating the afterlife in Spiritfarer\"](https://www.toonboom.com/thunder-lotus-games-on-animating-the-afterlife-in-spiritfarer) — Toon Boom interview. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "VGChartz. \"Spiritfarer Launches Today for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC\" — VGChartz, 18 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/444917/spiritfarer-launches-today-for-switch-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Thunder Lotus Games. \"A Fond Farewell — Spiritfarer Sells 1 Million Units. Farewell Edition Is Out Today!\" — press release, 13 December 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-releases/spiritfarer-farewell-edition-press/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Thunder Lotus Games. \"Critically Acclaimed Cozy Management Game 'Spiritfarer' Releases on Stadia\" — press release, 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://thunderlotusgames.com/press-releases/critically-acclaimed-cozy-management-game-spiritfarer-releases-on-stadia/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Toon Boom. \"Thunder Lotus Games on animating the afterlife in Spiritfarer\" — Toon Boom interview. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.toonboom.com/thunder-lotus-games-on-animating-the-afterlife-in-spiritfarer", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:15.042Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:15.042Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/spiritfarer" }, { "slug": "coffee-talk", "wiki": null, "title": "Coffee Talk", "kind": "game", "summary": "Toge Productions' late-night barista game: listen to fantasy folk's troubles and answer with a warm drink.", "categories": [ "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 26, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Adventure", "Casual", "Indie" ], "website": "https://coffeetalk.info/", "monogram": "CT", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/", "developer": [ "Toge Productions" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One", "iOS", "Android" ], "publisher": [ "Toge Productions (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2020-01-29" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Coffee Talk** is a coffee-brewing and conversation game by Toge Productions, in which the player tends a late-night café in an alternative Seattle populated by fantasy races.[^1] It released on 29 January 2020 for Nintendo Switch and PC, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions the following day.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe player works as a barista: listening to customers' problems and helping them by serving warm drinks made from the ingredients on hand.[^1] Its branching stories are shaped by how the player treats customers rather than by explicit dialogue choices, presented in a 90s-anime-inspired pixel-art style.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nCoffee Talk's creator and writer, Mohammad Fahmi, died in March 2022; Toge Productions and his family shared the news on 28 March 2022. His other work included What Comes After and Afterlove EP.[^4]\n\nThe series continued after the original: a sequel, *Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly*, released on 20 April 2023;[^3] the original game came to iOS and Android on 20 March 2026;[^5] and a new entry, *Coffee Talk Tokyo* — co-developed by Chorus Worldwide Games and Toge Productions — released on 21 May 2026.[^6]\n\n## Reception and legacy\n\nAlongside games like [[Spiritfarer]] and [[Unpacking]], Coffee Talk became shorthand for the quiet, conversational end of [[cozy-game|cozy gaming]] — low-stakes play built on empathy rather than challenge. Its café-at-midnight framing has been widely echoed in the “cozy narrative” wave that followed.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://coffeetalk.info/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Coffee Talk\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: VGChartz. [\"Coffee Talk Release Date Announced\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/441233/coffee-talk-release-date-announced/) — VGChartz, 6 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Valve. [\"Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663220/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Chris Kerr. [\"Obituary: Coffee Talk creator and writer Mohammad Fahmi\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/obituary-coffee-talk-creator-and-writer-mohammad-fahmi) — Game Developer, 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Noisy Pixel. [\"Coffee Talk Launching On Mobile Devices March 20, 2026\"](https://noisypixel.net/coffee-talk-mobile-release-march-2026/) — Noisy Pixel, 15 January 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Valve. [\"Coffee Talk Tokyo\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Coffee Talk\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "VGChartz. \"Coffee Talk Release Date Announced\" — VGChartz, 6 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/441233/coffee-talk-release-date-announced/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Valve. \"Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663220/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Chris Kerr. \"Obituary: Coffee Talk creator and writer Mohammad Fahmi\" — Game Developer, 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/obituary-coffee-talk-creator-and-writer-mohammad-fahmi", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Noisy Pixel. \"Coffee Talk Launching On Mobile Devices March 20, 2026\" — Noisy Pixel, 15 January 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://noisypixel.net/coffee-talk-mobile-release-march-2026/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Valve. \"Coffee Talk Tokyo\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:16.478Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:16.478Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/coffee-talk" }, { "slug": "verifiability", "wiki": null, "title": "Verifiability", "kind": "policy", "summary": "The wiki's core policy: every factual claim must cite a reliable source that readers (and machines) can check.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "**Verifiability** is the rule this whole wiki stands on: readers — human or machine — must be able to check that the information here matches what reliable sources actually say. If a fact has no source, it does not belong in an article.\n\n## The core rule\n\nEvery statement of fact — a release date, a developer credit, a sales figure, an award, a platform — must carry an inline citation to a reliable published source. The burden of evidence sits with whoever adds or restores material. Unsourced factual additions are declined in review, however plausible they sound. \"It's well known\" is not a source.\n\n## What counts as a reliable source\n\nIn rough order of preference for the facts this wiki deals in:\n\n1. **Primary official sources** — the developer's or publisher's own website, press kit, press release, or official social account; platform holders' pages (Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Apple); investor-relations data for sales figures.\n2. **Store pages** — Steam, Nintendo eShop, App Store and similar listings, for release dates, platforms, genres and descriptions. (Steam's public app-details data is a fine citation for what the store itself states.)\n3. **Reputable games and tech press** — outlets with editorial standards and named authors (for example Polygon, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, Game Developer, IGN, PC Gamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, The Verge, or major general press).\n4. **Award bodies** — BAFTA, the Independent Games Festival, D.I.C.E., national game awards — for award claims, cite the awarding body or solid press coverage of the ceremony.\n\n**Not citable as sources:** other wikis (including Wikipedia — follow its citations to the underlying source instead), forums and Reddit threads, YouTube commentary, storefront user reviews, AI-generated text, and rumor aggregators. These can inspire research; they cannot support a claim.\n\n## How to cite\n\nCitations use markdown footnotes with an access date, so future editors can detect stale links:\n\nExample: Stardew Valley first released for Windows on 26 February 2016.[^1]\n\nAnd at the bottom of the article: [^1]: ConcernedApe. [\"Press\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n\nThe editor's **+ Citation** button inserts this template for you. Include: who published it, the title, the URL, and the date you checked it.\n\n## Handling disagreement between sources\n\nSources sometimes conflict (regional release dates, publisher changes, differing sales figures). Do not pick your favorite silently. Either cite the most authoritative source (official beats secondhand, newer beats older for current facts), or state the discrepancy explicitly with both citations.\n\n## Freshness\n\nFacts age: platforms get added, studios get acquired, prices change. Articles display when their sources were last checked. If you re-verify an article's citations, say so in your edit summary — moderators update the verification date. Claims that cannot be re-verified may be softened (\"as of 2024…\") or removed.\n\n## No original research\n\nThe wiki summarizes what reliable sources say; it does not host first-hand discoveries, datamining results, frame-by-frame analysis, or personal reviews. If it has not been published somewhere citable, it is not yet wiki material.\n\n## See also\n\n- [[Style guide]] — how to write and structure articles\n- [[Moderation]] — how review works\n- [[What counts as cozy]] — inclusion criteria", "citations": [], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:43.530Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:43.530Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/verifiability" }, { "slug": "cozy-grove", "wiki": null, "title": "Cozy Grove", "kind": "game", "summary": "Spry Fox's life sim about camping on a haunted island and soothing its ghosts, one real-time day at a time.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 140, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Casual", "Indie" ], "website": "https://cozygrovegame.com/", "monogram": "CG", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/", "developer": [ "Spry Fox" ], "platforms": [ "Apple Arcade", "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One" ], "publisher": [ "Spry Fox (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Apple Arcade" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-03-19" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Cozy Grove** is a life-simulation game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island, developed and published by Seattle-based studio Spry Fox.[^1][^3] It debuted on Apple Arcade on 19 March 2021, about three weeks ahead of its console and PC release in early April 2021.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nAs a Spirit Scout, the player wanders the island's forest each day, finds hidden secrets, and helps soothe the local ghosts; through crafting and daily attention, color and joy gradually return to Cozy Grove.[^1] Like [[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]], it is designed around short real-time daily sessions rather than marathon play.\n\n## Development and release\n\nAfter the Apple Arcade debut, Cozy Grove was announced for 8 April 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store at $14.99 (Steam's own listing shows 7 April).[^2][^1]\n\nIn October 2022, Netflix acquired Spry Fox, making it Netflix's sixth in-house games studio.[^3] A sequel, *Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit*, launched on mobile via Netflix Games on 25 June 2024,[^4] and the game's official site announced Camp Spirit for PC and consoles on 15 July 2026.[^5]\n\n## Reception\n\nCozy Grove found its audience among players looking for gentle daily rituals — its haunted-campsite premise wrapping themes of memory and letting go in an unmistakably [[cozy-game|cozy]] package.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://cozygrovegame.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Cozy Grove\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: VGChartz. [\"Cozy Grove Out Now for Apple Arcade, Arrives April 8 for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/447963/cozy-grove-out-now-for-apple-arcade-arrives-april-8-for-switch-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc/) — VGChartz, 19 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: TechCrunch. [\"Netflix acquires Seattle-based cozy games developer Spry Fox\"](https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/netflix-acquires-seattle-based-cozy-games-developer-spry-fox/) — TechCrunch, 31 October 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GamesBeat. [\"Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit launches on Netflix on June 25\"](https://gamesbeat.com/cozy-grove-camp-spirit-launches-on-netflix-on-june-25/) — GamesBeat, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Spry Fox. [\"Cozy Grove — official website\"](https://cozygrovegame.com/) — cozygrovegame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Cozy Grove\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "VGChartz. \"Cozy Grove Out Now for Apple Arcade, Arrives April 8 for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC\" — VGChartz, 19 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/447963/cozy-grove-out-now-for-apple-arcade-arrives-april-8-for-switch-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "TechCrunch. \"Netflix acquires Seattle-based cozy games developer Spry Fox\" — TechCrunch, 31 October 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/netflix-acquires-seattle-based-cozy-games-developer-spry-fox/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GamesBeat. \"Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit launches on Netflix on June 25\" — GamesBeat, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gamesbeat.com/cozy-grove-camp-spirit-launches-on-netflix-on-june-25/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Spry Fox. \"Cozy Grove — official website\" — cozygrovegame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://cozygrovegame.com/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:17.766Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:17.766Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/cozy-grove" }, { "slug": "wylde-flowers", "wiki": null, "title": "Wylde Flowers", "kind": "game", "summary": "Studio Drydock's fully voiced farming-and-witchcraft life sim: tend the farm by day, cast spells by night.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 310, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Adventure", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://wyldeflowersgame.com/", "monogram": "WF", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896700/", "developer": [ "Studio Drydock" ], "platforms": [ "Apple Arcade", "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "Xbox Series X|S", "PlayStation 5" ], "publisher": [ "Studio Drydock (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Apple Arcade" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2022-02-18" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Wylde Flowers** is a life and farming simulation with a witchy twist, developed and self-published by Studio Drydock.[^1] The player follows Tara, who moves to a rural island to help on her grandmother's farm — and secretly becomes a witch.[^1] The game launched first on Apple Arcade on 18 February 2022.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nBy day the player farms: tending crops, caring for animals, fishing and crafting. By night they cast spells and bond with their coven.[^1] The town of Fairhaven is home to a fully voiced cast of around 30 characters, with romance options and a local mystery threading through the story.[^1] The full English voice cast includes BAFTA-winning actors.[^7]\n\n## Development and release\n\nAfter its Apple Arcade exclusivity, Wylde Flowers came to Nintendo Switch and Steam on 20 September 2022.[^3][^1] It expanded again in December 2025, arriving on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC on 9 December 2025,[^6] alongside a PlayStation 5 release the same month.[^8]\n\n## Reception\n\nWylde Flowers won a 2022 Apple Design Award in the Inclusivity category, with Apple highlighting its \"refreshingly diverse storyline and cast of LGBTQIA+ representative characters.\"[^4] Later that year it was named Apple Arcade Game of the Year at the 2022 App Store Awards.[^5] The developer's site also lists the Gayming Awards' Best LGBTQ Indie Game Award and Best Cozy Game at the Cozy & Family-Friendly Games Celebration 2025 among its wins.[^7] It sits firmly in the modern [[cozy-game|cozy]] farming-sim lineage of [[Stardew Valley]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://wyldeflowersgame.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896700/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Wylde Flowers\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896700/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: iMore. [\"Life and farming sim Wylde Flowers sprouts up on Apple Arcade February 18\"](https://www.imore.com/life-and-farming-sim-wylde-flowers-sprouts-apple-arcade-february-18) — iMore, 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Nintendo. [\"Wylde Flowers for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/wylde-flowers-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Apple. [\"Apple announces winners of the 2022 Apple Design Awards\"](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/06/apple-announces-winners-of-the-2022-apple-design-awards/) — Apple Newsroom, 6 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Apple. [\"App Store Awards celebrate the best apps and games of 2022\"](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/11/app-store-awards-celebrate-the-best-apps-and-games-of-2022/) — Apple Newsroom, 28 November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Microsoft. [\"Buy Wylde Flowers — Xbox\"](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/wylde-flowers/9PGQX40C87LH) — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Studio Drydock. [\"Wylde Flowers — official website\"](https://wyldeflowersgame.com/) — wyldeflowersgame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: Gematsu. [\"Wylde Flowers now available for PS5, Xbox Series\"](https://www.gematsu.com/2025/12/wylde-flowers-now-available-for-ps5-xbox-series) — Gematsu, December 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Wylde Flowers\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896700/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "iMore. \"Life and farming sim Wylde Flowers sprouts up on Apple Arcade February 18\" — iMore, 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.imore.com/life-and-farming-sim-wylde-flowers-sprouts-apple-arcade-february-18", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Nintendo. \"Wylde Flowers for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/wylde-flowers-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Apple. \"Apple announces winners of the 2022 Apple Design Awards\" — Apple Newsroom, 6 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/06/apple-announces-winners-of-the-2022-apple-design-awards/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Apple. \"App Store Awards celebrate the best apps and games of 2022\" — Apple Newsroom, 28 November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/11/app-store-awards-celebrate-the-best-apps-and-games-of-2022/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Microsoft. \"Buy Wylde Flowers — Xbox\" — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/wylde-flowers/9PGQX40C87LH", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Studio Drydock. \"Wylde Flowers — official website\" — wyldeflowersgame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wyldeflowersgame.com/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "Gematsu. \"Wylde Flowers now available for PS5, Xbox Series\" — Gematsu, December 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gematsu.com/2025/12/wylde-flowers-now-available-for-ps5-xbox-series", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:18.901Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:18.901Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/wylde-flowers" }, { "slug": "disney-dreamlight-valley", "wiki": null, "title": "Disney Dreamlight Valley", "kind": "game", "summary": "Gameloft's life-sim adventure set among Disney and Pixar characters; left early access in December 2023 as a paid game.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Multiplayer" ], "artHue": 262, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Adventure", "Casual", "RPG", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/", "monogram": "DV", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401590/Disney_Dreamlight_Valley/", "developer": [ "Gameloft" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S", "Apple Arcade" ], "publisher": [ "Gameloft" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2022-09-06" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Disney Dreamlight Valley** is a life-simulation adventure game developed and published by Gameloft in collaboration with Disney and Pixar Games.[^2] Players restore a valley inhabited by Disney and Pixar characters, uncovering story-driven quests along the way.[^1] It entered paid early access on 6 September 2022 across PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe game mixes life-sim systems with adventure-style exploration and quests: players build and customize a neighborhood with landscaping and decorative items, and take part in activities such as gardening, cooking and fishing alongside characters from Disney and Pixar films.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nDreamlight Valley left early access with its full launch on 5 December 2023.[^3] Notably, Gameloft dropped the game's originally planned free-to-play model at that point, announcing it would \"remain a paid game for the foreseeable future.\"[^3] A separate *Arcade Edition* launched the same day on Apple Arcade, bundling the *A Rift in Time* expansion and omitting the seasonal Star Paths and Premium Shop.[^4]\n\n## Reception\n\nThe game's early-access launch across every major platform made it one of the most visible entries in the post-pandemic [[cozy-game|cozy games]] wave, bringing Disney and Pixar's catalogue into the valley-building formula popularized by [[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]] and [[Stardew Valley]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401590/Disney_Dreamlight_Valley/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Disney Dreamlight Valley\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401590/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Gameloft. [\"Disney Dreamlight Valley Early Access Now Live\"](https://www.gameloft.com/newsroom/disney-dreamlight-valley-early-access-live) — Gameloft press release, 6 September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Gameloft. [\"Discover The Future of Disney Dreamlight Valley\"](https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/news/EarlyAccessUpdate) — official site announcement. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Gameloft. [\"Disney Dreamlight Valley Arcade Edition arrives on Apple Arcade!\"](https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/news/DisneyDreamlightValley_ArcadeEdition) — official site announcement. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Disney Dreamlight Valley\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401590/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Gameloft. \"Disney Dreamlight Valley Early Access Now Live\" — Gameloft press release, 6 September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gameloft.com/newsroom/disney-dreamlight-valley-early-access-live", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Gameloft. \"Discover The Future of Disney Dreamlight Valley\" — official site announcement. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/news/EarlyAccessUpdate", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Gameloft. \"Disney Dreamlight Valley Arcade Edition arrives on Apple Arcade!\" — official site announcement. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/news/DisneyDreamlightValley_ArcadeEdition", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:20.362Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:20.362Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/disney-dreamlight-valley" }, { "slug": "palia", "wiki": null, "title": "Palia", "kind": "game", "summary": "Free-to-play “community sim” MMO of farming, fishing and home-building; over 4 million players by mid-2024.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Online multiplayer", "Single-player", "Cross-platform play" ], "artHue": 175, "engine": "Unreal Engine", "genres": [ "Adventure", "Casual", "RPG", "Simulation", "Free to Play" ], "website": "https://palia.com/", "monogram": "P", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2707930/Palia/", "developer": [ "Singularity 6" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox Series X|S" ], "publisher": [ "Singularity 6 (a Daybreak company since 2024)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (open beta)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2023-08-10" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Palia** is a free-to-play fantasy life-simulation adventure played online, developed by Singularity 6.[^1] Players craft, explore and build a home, develop skills such as fishing, foraging, gardening, cooking and furniture making, and follow quests involving the game's villagers and the secrets of its world.[^1] Its open beta launched on PC on 10 August 2023 through the studio's own launcher.[^4]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nPalia can be played solo or with friends, with cross-play and cross-progression across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC on Steam.[^1][^3] The game is built — servers and client alike — on Unreal Engine.[^5]\n\n## Development and release\n\nAfter the PC open beta, Palia reached Nintendo Switch on 14 December 2023,[^6] Steam on 25 March 2024,[^1] and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on 13 May 2025, launching there alongside the *Elderwood* expansion, which the developer called its most ambitious update so far.[^3]\n\nThe studio behind it had a turbulent 2024: Singularity 6 laid off 35 percent of its workforce in April, with further cuts in May, before being acquired by Daybreak Game Company for an undisclosed fee (reported 2 July 2024), becoming a wholly owned subsidiary.[^2]\n\n## Reception\n\nBy mid-2024, Palia had attracted over 4 million players and more than 100,000 daily active players.[^2] It represents the \"cozy MMO\" experiment: [[Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing]]-style daily rituals scaled to a persistent online world.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://palia.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2707930/Palia/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Palia\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2707930/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Game Developer. [\"Daybreak acquires struggling Palia developer Singularity 6\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/daybreak-acquires-struggling-palia-developer-singularity-6) — Game Developer, 2 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Singularity 6. [\"Fantasy Life Sim Palia Arrives on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 13\"](https://palia.com/news/ps5-xbox-elderwood-announcement) — palia.com, 15 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: ComicBook.com. [\"Palia Open Beta: How to Play, Early Rewards, Nintendo Switch Version, and Everything to Know\"](https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/palia-open-beta-how-to-play-pc-nintendo-switch-faq/) — ComicBook.com, 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Singularity 6. [\"The Software Architecture of Palia\"](https://www.singularity6.com/news/software-architecture-of-palia) — singularity6.com, 3 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Game Rant. [\"Palia Switch Release Date Revealed\"](https://gamerant.com/palia-switch-release-date/) — Game Rant, 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Palia\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2707930/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Game Developer. \"Daybreak acquires struggling Palia developer Singularity 6\" — Game Developer, 2 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/daybreak-acquires-struggling-palia-developer-singularity-6", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Singularity 6. \"Fantasy Life Sim Palia Arrives on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 13\" — palia.com, 15 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://palia.com/news/ps5-xbox-elderwood-announcement", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "ComicBook.com. \"Palia Open Beta: How to Play, Early Rewards, Nintendo Switch Version, and Everything to Know\" — ComicBook.com, 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/palia-open-beta-how-to-play-pc-nintendo-switch-faq/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Singularity 6. \"The Software Architecture of Palia\" — singularity6.com, 3 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.singularity6.com/news/software-architecture-of-palia", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Game Rant. \"Palia Switch Release Date Revealed\" — Game Rant, 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gamerant.com/palia-switch-release-date/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:21.868Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:21.868Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/palia" }, { "slug": "dinkum", "wiki": null, "title": "Dinkum", "kind": "game", "summary": "Solo-developed Australian-outback life sim by James Bendon; 1.0 in 2025 after selling over a million copies in early access.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Online co-op" ], "artHue": 45, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Adventure", "Casual", "RPG", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://www.playdinkum.com/", "monogram": "D", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/", "developer": [ "James Bendon (solo developer)" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "KRAFTON, Inc." ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (early access)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2022-07-14" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Dinkum** is a survival life-simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback, made by solo Australian developer James Bendon.[^1][^3] Players farm, hunt, mine, fish and forage to gather resources and gradually expand a town, alone or in online co-op.[^1] It entered Steam early access on 14 July 2022.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nDinkum blends survival mechanics with the town-building rhythm of classic life sims: gathering resources across the island, attracting new residents, and steadily growing a frontier settlement.[^1] A Creative Mode added at 1.0 enables building without resource limits.[^2]\n\n## Development and release\n\nIn February 2025, KRAFTON announced a global publishing deal for Dinkum, expanding its language support to 14 languages while Bendon continued to develop the core game; KRAFTON is now listed as the game's publisher on Steam.[^4][^1] Dinkum left early access with its 1.0 launch on 23 April 2025 (Steam's own listing shows 22 April, likely a time-zone artifact).[^2][^1] A Nintendo Switch version followed on 6 November 2025.[^3]\n\n## Reception\n\nBy its full launch, Dinkum had surpassed one million units sold;[^2] as of September 2025 it had sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide and held a \"Very Positive\" 92% rating on Steam.[^3] Its outback spin on the [[Stardew Valley]] formula earned it a distinct place in the [[cozy-game|cozy]] farming-sim wave.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://www.playdinkum.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Dinkum\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Gaming Amigos. [\"Dinkum Leaves Early Access with Full Launch on Steam\"](https://www.gamingamigos.com/post/dinkum-leaves-early-access) — Gaming Amigos, 23 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: COGconnected. [\"Dinkum Is Arriving on Nintendo Switch This November\"](https://cogconnected.com/2025/09/dinkum-is-arriving-on-nintendo-switch-this-november/) — COGconnected, 12 September 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: KRAFTON, Inc. [\"KRAFTON signs global publishing deal for PC survival life sim Dinkum\"](https://www.krafton.com/en/news/press/krafton-signs-global-publishing-deal-for-pc-survival-life-sim-dinkum-and-expands-language-support-to-14-languages/) — KRAFTON press release, February 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Dinkum\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Gaming Amigos. \"Dinkum Leaves Early Access with Full Launch on Steam\" — Gaming Amigos, 23 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamingamigos.com/post/dinkum-leaves-early-access", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "COGconnected. \"Dinkum Is Arriving on Nintendo Switch This November\" — COGconnected, 12 September 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://cogconnected.com/2025/09/dinkum-is-arriving-on-nintendo-switch-this-november/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "KRAFTON, Inc. \"KRAFTON signs global publishing deal for PC survival life sim Dinkum\" — KRAFTON press release, February 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.krafton.com/en/news/press/krafton-signs-global-publishing-deal-for-pc-survival-life-sim-dinkum-and-expands-language-support-to-14-languages/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:23.279Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:23.279Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/dinkum" }, { "slug": "dorfromantik", "wiki": null, "title": "Dorfromantik", "kind": "game", "summary": "Toukana Interactive's meditative hex-tile village builder — a student debut that won Germany's top game awards.", "categories": [ "puzzle-and-organization", "building-and-decoration" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 118, "engine": "Unity", "genres": [ "Casual", "Strategy", "Simulation", "Indie" ], "website": "https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik", "monogram": "DR", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/", "developer": [ "Toukana Interactive" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Toukana Interactive (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (early access)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-03-25" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Dorfromantik** is a peaceful building-strategy and puzzle game by Berlin studio Toukana Interactive, in which players place hexagonal tiles to grow an idyllic village landscape.[^1] It entered early access on 25 March 2021 and became one of the most decorated German indie debuts of its generation.[^2][^3]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nPlayers draw tiles from a procedurally generated stack and lay them out to form forests, villages and waterways; forming groups of matching landscape earns points and completes quests, which unlock new tiles and biomes.[^1] It supports both score-chasing and purely creative play.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nToukana Interactive was founded in 2020 by four students — Luca Langenberg, Sandro Heuberger, Timo Falcke and Zwi Zausch — who studied game design together at HTW Berlin; Dorfromantik is their debut title.[^2] The game originated as a prototype for a Ludum Dare game jam (theme: \"Keep it Alive\") and was built in Unity.[^4]\n\nAfter early access, the full 1.0 version released on PC on 28 April 2022,[^5] followed by a Nintendo Switch version on 29 September 2022[^6] and a macOS version announced for 25 June 2026.[^7]\n\n## Reception\n\nDorfromantik won two prizes at the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2021 (the German Computer Game Award): Best Debut and Best Game Design.[^3] The developer's press kit also lists Best Game at the German Developer Awards 2021.[^2] Its board-game adaptation went on to win Germany's Spiel des Jahres in 2023.[^8] The game's tile-laying calm made it a touchstone for meditative building games like [[Tiny Glade]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Dorfromantik\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Toukana Interactive. [\"Dorfromantik Presskit\"](https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik/presskit) — toukana.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Deutscher Computerspielpreis. [\"Dorfromantik — Chronik\"](https://deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/chronik/dorfromantik/) — official award site. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Game Developer. [\"Sparking joy through tile placement in idyllic village builder Dorfromantik\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sparking-joy-through-tile-placement-in-idyllic-village-builder-i-dorfromantik-i-) — Game Developer (Road to the IGF), 19 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Toukana Interactive. [\"Dorfromantik — official site\"](https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik) — toukana.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Nintendo. [\"Dorfromantik for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/dorfromantik-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Games Press. [\"Dorfromantik Comes to Mac on June 25, 2026\"](https://www.gamespress.com/Dorfromantik-Comes-to-Mac-on-June-25-2026) — Games Press. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: GamesWirtschaft. [\"Spiel des Jahres 2023: Dorfromantik überzeugt auch als Brettspiel\"](https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/marketing-pr/spiel-des-jahres-2023-dorfromantik-brettspiel/) — GamesWirtschaft, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Dorfromantik\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Toukana Interactive. \"Dorfromantik Presskit\" — toukana.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik/presskit", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Deutscher Computerspielpreis. \"Dorfromantik — Chronik\" — official award site. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/chronik/dorfromantik/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Game Developer. \"Sparking joy through tile placement in idyllic village builder Dorfromantik\" — Game Developer (Road to the IGF), 19 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sparking-joy-through-tile-placement-in-idyllic-village-builder-i-dorfromantik-i-", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Toukana Interactive. \"Dorfromantik — official site\" — toukana.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Nintendo. \"Dorfromantik for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/dorfromantik-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Games Press. \"Dorfromantik Comes to Mac on June 25, 2026\" — Games Press. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamespress.com/Dorfromantik-Comes-to-Mac-on-June-25-2026", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "GamesWirtschaft. \"Spiel des Jahres 2023: Dorfromantik überzeugt auch als Brettspiel\" — GamesWirtschaft, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/marketing-pr/spiel-des-jahres-2023-dorfromantik-brettspiel/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:24.809Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:24.809Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/dorfromantik" }, { "slug": "a-little-to-the-left", "wiki": null, "title": "A Little to the Left", "kind": "game", "summary": "Max Inferno's tidying puzzle game about sorting, stacking and straightening — despite the cat. Over a million copies sold.", "categories": [ "puzzle-and-organization" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 200, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Casual", "Indie", "Puzzle" ], "website": "https://maxinferno.com/", "monogram": "LL", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/A_Little_to_the_Left/", "developer": [ "Max Inferno" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S", "iOS", "Android" ], "publisher": [ "Secret Mode" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "macOS" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2022-11-08" }, "contentMarkdown": "**A Little to the Left** is a cozy puzzle game about sorting, stacking and organizing household items into pleasing arrangements — while keeping an eye out for a mischievous cat with a taste for chaos.[^1] It was developed by Max Inferno and published by Secret Mode, launching on PC and Mac on 8 November 2022 with the Nintendo Switch version a day later.[^1][^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe game offers more than 100 tidying puzzles built on playful, intuitive interactions — straightening picture frames, ordering books, aligning stationery — with multiple valid solutions for many arrangements.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nMax Inferno is an indie studio based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, formed in 2021 by Annie Macmillan and Lukas Steinman; Daniel Crane later joined as technical lead.[^3] After the PC and Switch launch, the game reached Xbox and PlayStation consoles on 15 February 2024 — day one on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass[^4] — then iOS on 9 October 2024 and Android on 28 November 2024.[^5][^6]\n\nThe *Cupboards & Drawers* DLC (June 2023) added over 25 levels, alongside free seasonal event levels; a second expansion, *Seeing Stars*, followed.[^7]\n\n## Reception\n\nPublisher Secret Mode marked a playful 999,999-sales milestone on the game's first anniversary in November 2023,[^7] and announced it had passed one million copies sold in January 2024 — about 14 months after launch.[^4] Its success alongside [[Unpacking]] established \"tidying games\" as a recognizable corner of [[cozy-game|cozy gaming]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website (Max Inferno)](https://maxinferno.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/A_Little_to_the_Left/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"A Little to the Left\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Nintendo. [\"A Little to the Left for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/a-little-to-the-left-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Max Inferno. [\"Max Inferno — official studio site\"](https://maxinferno.com/) — maxinferno.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Secret Mode. [\"A Little to the Left arranges Xbox and PlayStation launches for February\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-arranges-xbox-and-playstation-launches-for-february) — wearesecretmode.com, January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Secret Mode. [\"Tidy on the go with A Little to the Left on mobile\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-ios-out-now) — wearesecretmode.com, 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Secret Mode. [\"A Little to the Left sweeps onto Android today\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-sweeps-onto-android-today) — wearesecretmode.com, 28 November 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Secret Mode. [\"A Little to the Left cleans up with 999,999 sales\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-cleans-up-with-999-999-sales) — wearesecretmode.com, November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"A Little to the Left\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Nintendo. \"A Little to the Left for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/a-little-to-the-left-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Max Inferno. \"Max Inferno — official studio site\" — maxinferno.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://maxinferno.com/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Secret Mode. \"A Little to the Left arranges Xbox and PlayStation launches for February\" — wearesecretmode.com, January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-arranges-xbox-and-playstation-launches-for-february", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Secret Mode. \"Tidy on the go with A Little to the Left on mobile\" — wearesecretmode.com, 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-ios-out-now", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Secret Mode. \"A Little to the Left sweeps onto Android today\" — wearesecretmode.com, 28 November 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-sweeps-onto-android-today", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Secret Mode. \"A Little to the Left cleans up with 999,999 sales\" — wearesecretmode.com, November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-cleans-up-with-999-999-sales", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:26.392Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:26.392Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/a-little-to-the-left" }, { "slug": "powerwash-simulator", "wiki": null, "title": "PowerWash Simulator", "kind": "game", "summary": "FuturLab's soothing cleaning sim — blast the grime, watch the sparkle, optionally with friends. 3 million players by late 2022.", "categories": [ "simulation-and-management", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Online co-op", "Cross-platform multiplayer" ], "artHue": 197, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Casual", "Indie", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://powerwashsimulator.com", "monogram": "PW", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/", "developer": [ "FuturLab" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Square Enix Collective (launch)", "FuturLab (current Steam listing)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (Steam early access)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-05-19" }, "contentMarkdown": "**PowerWash Simulator** is a relaxing cleaning simulation by FuturLab in which players run a power-washing business — blasting dirt and grime off vehicles, buildings and outdoor spaces until every surface is spotless, to the soothing sound of high-pressure water.[^1] It launched in Steam early access on 19 May 2021.[^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nGameplay centers on the low-stress satisfaction of gradually restoring grimy locations to a sparkling finish. It can be played solo or in online co-op, with cross-platform multiplayer support.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nAbout a week after the early-access debut, FuturLab announced a publishing partnership with Square Enix Collective.[^3][^2] The full 1.0 version launched on 14 July 2022, arriving day one on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.[^4][^1] PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch versions followed on 31 January 2023, launching alongside a free Tomb Raider Special Pack set around Croft Manor.[^5][^6]\n\nThe game became known for licensed \"special pack\" DLC — SpongeBob SquarePants, Back to the Future, Warhammer 40,000, Alice's Adventures, Shrek, and Wallace & Gromit among them.[^7] A sequel, *PowerWash Simulator 2*, self-published by FuturLab, released on 23 October 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, adding split-screen couch co-op.[^8]\n\n## Reception\n\nWhen FuturLab announced the PlayStation and Switch versions at Tokyo Game Show in September 2022, it reported 3 million players on existing platforms.[^9] The game is a standard-bearer for \"chore-core\" — the [[cozy-game|cozy]] pleasure of a task completed, shared with tidying games like [[A Little to the Left]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://powerwashsimulator.com)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"PowerWash Simulator\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: TheSixthAxis. [\"PowerWash Simulator will be published by Square Enix\"](https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2021/05/28/powerwash-simulator-will-be-published-by-square-enix/) — TheSixthAxis, 28 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Square Enix Collective. [\"PowerWash Simulator — Let's Clean Up\"](https://collective.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/powerwash-simulator-announce) — Square Enix Collective, 27 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Xbox Wire. [\"PowerWash Simulator is Ready to Clean Up with Game Pass\"](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/07/05/powerwash-simulator-is-here-to-clean-up-with-game-pass/) — Microsoft, 5 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Gematsu. [\"PowerWash Simulator for PS5, PS4, and Switch launches January 31 alongside free DLC 'Tomb Raider Special Pack'\"](https://www.gematsu.com/2023/01/powerwash-simulator-for-ps5-ps4-and-switch-launches-january-31-alongside-free-dlc-tomb-raider-special-pack) — Gematsu, January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Xbox Wire. [\"Clean Croft Manor: PowerWash Simulator Gets Free Tomb Raider DLC\"](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/31/clean-croft-manor-powerwash-simulator-gets-free-tomb-raider-dlc/) — Microsoft, 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: FuturLab. [\"PowerWash Simulator — official game page\"](https://www.futurlab.co.uk/games/powerwash-simulator) — futurlab.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: Pixelkin. [\"PowerWash Simulator 2 release date revealed\"](https://pixelkin.org/2025/10/07/powerwash-simulator-2-release-date-revealed/) — Pixelkin, 7 October 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^9]: FuturLab. [\"PowerWash Simulator is Coming Soon to PS4, PS5 & Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.futurlab.co.uk/news/powerwash-simulator-is-coming-soon-to-ps4-ps5-nintendo-switch) — futurlab.co.uk, September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"PowerWash Simulator\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "TheSixthAxis. \"PowerWash Simulator will be published by Square Enix\" — TheSixthAxis, 28 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2021/05/28/powerwash-simulator-will-be-published-by-square-enix/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Square Enix Collective. \"PowerWash Simulator — Let's Clean Up\" — Square Enix Collective, 27 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://collective.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/powerwash-simulator-announce", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Xbox Wire. \"PowerWash Simulator is Ready to Clean Up with Game Pass\" — Microsoft, 5 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/07/05/powerwash-simulator-is-here-to-clean-up-with-game-pass/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Gematsu. \"PowerWash Simulator for PS5, PS4, and Switch launches January 31 alongside free DLC 'Tomb Raider Special Pack'\" — Gematsu, January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gematsu.com/2023/01/powerwash-simulator-for-ps5-ps4-and-switch-launches-january-31-alongside-free-dlc-tomb-raider-special-pack", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Xbox Wire. \"Clean Croft Manor: PowerWash Simulator Gets Free Tomb Raider DLC\" — Microsoft, 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/31/clean-croft-manor-powerwash-simulator-gets-free-tomb-raider-dlc/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "FuturLab. \"PowerWash Simulator — official game page\" — futurlab.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.futurlab.co.uk/games/powerwash-simulator", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "Pixelkin. \"PowerWash Simulator 2 release date revealed\" — Pixelkin, 7 October 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://pixelkin.org/2025/10/07/powerwash-simulator-2-release-date-revealed/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "9", "text": "FuturLab. \"PowerWash Simulator is Coming Soon to PS4, PS5 & Nintendo Switch\" — futurlab.co.uk, September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.futurlab.co.uk/news/powerwash-simulator-is-coming-soon-to-ps4-ps5-nintendo-switch", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:27.631Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:27.631Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/powerwash-simulator" }, { "slug": "tiny-glade", "wiki": null, "title": "Tiny Glade", "kind": "game", "summary": "Pounce Light's gridless castle-doodling toy: no goals, no management — 616,000 copies in its first month.", "categories": [ "building-and-decoration" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 105, "engine": "Custom (Rust; modified Bevy, Vulkan renderer)", "genres": [ "Casual", "Indie", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/", "monogram": "TG", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/", "developer": [ "Pounce Light" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Linux", "macOS (Apple silicon)" ], "publisher": [ "Pounce Light (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "Linux" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2024-09-23" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Tiny Glade** is a small diorama-builder in which players doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages and romantic ruins onto forgotten meadows. Building is gridless, and the game adorns creations with procedural detail as you sketch — there is no management, combat or goal structure.[^1] It released on 23 September 2024 for Windows and Linux.[^1][^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nTiny Glade is a freeform, relaxing sandbox: draw a wall and it weathers itself; stretch a roof and ivy finds it. The game's \"gridless building chemistry\" reacts to every nudge with automatic decoration.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nPounce Light is a two-person Swedish studio — Anastasia Opara and Tomasz Stachowiak — and Tiny Glade is its debut title.[^3] The game runs on custom technology: written in Rust on a modified version of the Bevy engine, with a custom Vulkan-based renderer built for the compute-shader work Bevy couldn't yet do.[^4][^5] A macOS version for Apple silicon arrived in May 2026, running the Vulkan renderer through MoltenVK.[^6]\n\n## Reception\n\nTiny Glade launched with a remarkable 1,375,441 Steam wishlists after roughly two years of development,[^7] having ranked fifth by unique players in Steam's June 2024 Next Fest.[^3] More than 500,000 people played the full game within just over two weeks — a milestone the developers called \"bonkers\"[^3] — and it sold about 616,000 copies in under a month.[^7] Its no-pressure creativity places it beside [[Dorfromantik]] in the meditative-building corner of [[cozy-game|cozy gaming]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Tiny Glade\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Pounce Light. [\"Tiny Glade — official site\"](https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/) — pouncelight.games. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Game World Observer. [\"Indie doodling builder Tiny Glade hits 500k unique players, with devs calling this milestone 'bonkers'\"](https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/10/10/tiny-glade-500k-players-bonkers-pounce-light) — Game World Observer, 10 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: 80 Level. [\"Exclusive: Tiny Glade Developers Discuss Bevy, Proceduralism, Publishers & Cozy Games\"](https://80.lv/articles/exclusive-tiny-glade-developers-discuss-bevy-proceduralism-publishers-cozy-games) — 80.lv. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Bevy Engine. [\"Tiny Glade is out on Steam!\"](https://x.com/BevyEngine/status/1838302608370602111) — Bevy Engine on X, September 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: That Apple Guide. [\"Tiny Glade Is Finally on Mac and Yes, You Can Pet the Sheep\"](https://thatappleguide.com/articles/tiny-glade-is-finally-on-mac) — That Apple Guide, 13 May 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: GameDiscoverCo. [\"How Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month!\"](https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-tiny-glade-built-its-way-to-600k) — GameDiscoverCo newsletter, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Tiny Glade\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Pounce Light. \"Tiny Glade — official site\" — pouncelight.games. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Game World Observer. \"Indie doodling builder Tiny Glade hits 500k unique players, with devs calling this milestone 'bonkers'\" — Game World Observer, 10 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/10/10/tiny-glade-500k-players-bonkers-pounce-light", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "80 Level. \"Exclusive: Tiny Glade Developers Discuss Bevy, Proceduralism, Publishers & Cozy Games\" — 80.lv. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://80.lv/articles/exclusive-tiny-glade-developers-discuss-bevy-proceduralism-publishers-cozy-games", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Bevy Engine. \"Tiny Glade is out on Steam!\" — Bevy Engine on X, September 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://x.com/BevyEngine/status/1838302608370602111", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "That Apple Guide. \"Tiny Glade Is Finally on Mac and Yes, You Can Pet the Sheep\" — That Apple Guide, 13 May 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://thatappleguide.com/articles/tiny-glade-is-finally-on-mac", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "GameDiscoverCo. \"How Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month!\" — GameDiscoverCo newsletter, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-tiny-glade-built-its-way-to-600k", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:29.203Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:29.203Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/tiny-glade" }, { "slug": "fields-of-mistria", "wiki": null, "title": "Fields of Mistria", "kind": "game", "summary": "NPC Studio's 90s-anime-styled farming and life-sim RPG; a breakout 2024 early-access hit with 1.0 set for August 2026.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 330, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Indie", "RPG", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://fieldsofmistria.com", "monogram": "FM", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/", "developer": [ "NPC Studio" ], "platforms": [ "Windows" ], "publisher": [ "NPC Studio (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (Steam early access)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2024-08-05" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Fields of Mistria** is a nostalgic farming and life-sim RPG by NPC Studio, set in the valley town of Mistria. Players build up a farm — farming, fishing, mining and crafting to help revitalize the community — while getting to know more than 30 villagers, pursuing romance, unlocking magic, and exploring ancient ruins.[^1] It launched in Steam early access on 5 August 2024.[^1]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe early-access build already offers 60+ hours of play across all four seasons, more than 700 craftable items, and over 5,000 lines of unique character dialogue.[^2] Magic weaves through both farming and adventuring, and combat awaits in the ruins beneath the town.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nNPC Studio self-publishes the game and prices it at $13.99, with no plans to raise the price for 1.0.[^2] The full 1.0 launch — announced at Summer Game Fest 2026's [[Wholesome Games|Wholesome Direct]] — is set for 5 August 2026 on PC, adding marriage and children and the conclusion of the town-restoration storyline.[^3]\n\n## Reception\n\nFields of Mistria topped 100,000 downloads in its first week of early access,[^4] reaching the top of Steam's Top Sellers chart within its first days and holding a 98% positive rating from over 2,400 reviews a week in.[^5] Press shorthand for its appeal — \"[[Stardew Valley]] x Sailor Moon\" — captures its place in the modern [[cozy-game|cozy]] farming-sim boom.[^4]\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://fieldsofmistria.com)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Fields of Mistria\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: NPC Studio. [\"Steam Early Access — Fields of Mistria\"](https://www.fieldsofmistria.com/early-access) — fieldsofmistria.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Siliconera. [\"1.0 Fields of Mistria PC Release Date Set\"](https://www.siliconera.com/1-0-fields-of-mistria-pc-release-date-set/) — Siliconera, 6 June 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GamesRadar+. [\"Stardew Valley x Sailor Moon hit Fields of Mistria tops 100,000 downloads in a week\"](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/simulation/the-hottest-new-farming-sim-on-steam-cant-be-stopped-stardew-valley-x-sailor-moon-hit-fields-of-mistria-tops-100000-downloads-in-a-week-were-overwhelmed/) — GamesRadar+, August 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Destructoid. [\"Fields of Mistria reaches 100,000 downloads a week into its Early Access launch\"](https://www.destructoid.com/fields-of-mistria-reaches-100000-downloads-a-week-into-its-early-access-launch/) — Destructoid, 12 August 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Fields of Mistria\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "NPC Studio. \"Steam Early Access — Fields of Mistria\" — fieldsofmistria.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.fieldsofmistria.com/early-access", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Siliconera. \"1.0 Fields of Mistria PC Release Date Set\" — Siliconera, 6 June 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.siliconera.com/1-0-fields-of-mistria-pc-release-date-set/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GamesRadar+. \"Stardew Valley x Sailor Moon hit Fields of Mistria tops 100,000 downloads in a week\" — GamesRadar+, August 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamesradar.com/games/simulation/the-hottest-new-farming-sim-on-steam-cant-be-stopped-stardew-valley-x-sailor-moon-hit-fields-of-mistria-tops-100000-downloads-in-a-week-were-overwhelmed/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Destructoid. \"Fields of Mistria reaches 100,000 downloads a week into its Early Access launch\" — Destructoid, 12 August 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.destructoid.com/fields-of-mistria-reaches-100000-downloads-a-week-into-its-early-access-launch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:30.352Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:30.352Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/fields-of-mistria" }, { "slug": "ooblets", "wiki": null, "title": "Ooblets", "kind": "game", "summary": "Glumberland's farming and creature-collection game where battles are dance-offs; early access 2020, 1.0 in 2022.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 300, "engine": "Unity", "genres": [ "Adventure", "Casual", "Indie", "RPG", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://ooblets.com", "monogram": "OB", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/", "developer": [ "Glumberland" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Glumberland (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (Epic Games Store, early access)", "Xbox One (Game Preview)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2020-07-15" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Ooblets** is a farming, town-life and creature-collection game by Glumberland — the two-person team of Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser.[^1][^2] Players manage a farm, grow and train small creatures called ooblets, and settle disputes with dance-offs instead of battles.[^1] It launched in paid early access on 15 July 2020 and reached 1.0 on 1 September 2022.[^3][^4]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe player builds up a farm at a relaxed pace, explores strange lands around the town of Badgetown, and collects ooblets by growing them from crops. Confrontation is replaced with card-based dance battles.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nGlumberland built its audience unusually early: the duo shared development GIFs publicly for years and ran a Patreon that had nearly 200 supporters by early 2017.[^2] In July 2019 the studio announced a PC launch-exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store, writing candidly that Epic's upfront minimum guarantee matched their expected sales and removed the financial risk of the game failing.[^5]\n\nEarly access began on 15 July 2020 via the Epic Games Store and Xbox One Game Preview, priced at $24.99 (with a launch-week discount).[^3] The 1.0 release arrived on 1 September 2022, the same day the game came to Nintendo Switch,[^4] with Xbox Series X|S also covered at 1.0.[^6] Ooblets finally reached Steam on 5 October 2023 — its first availability outside Epic on PC.[^7][^1]\n\n## Reception\n\nThe game is built in Unity.[^2] Its dance-battle twist on the [[Stardew Valley]]-style farm loop and its pastel wobbliness made it a fixture of [[cozy-game|cozy]] round-ups through its long, public development.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://ooblets.com)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Ooblets\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Game Developer. [\"Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/building-audience-early-with-visuals-first-development-in-i-ooblets-i-) — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Siliconera. [\"Ooblets Early Access Begins on July 15, 2020\"](https://www.siliconera.com/ooblets-early-access-xbox-one-pc-begins-on-july-15-2020/) — Siliconera, 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Glumberland. [\"Ooblets 1.0 releasing on September 1st!\"](https://ooblets.com/2022/08/ooblets-10-releasing-on-september-1st/) — ooblets.com, August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Glumberland. [\"We did the thing\"](https://ooblets.com/2019/07/we-did-the-thing/) — ooblets.com, July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Saving Content. [\"Ooblets prepares to exit Early Access for 1.0 release on September 1st onto PC, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S\"](https://www.savingcontent.com/2022/08/18/ooblets-prepares-to-exit-early-access-for-1-0-release-on-september-1st-onto-pc-switch-xbox-one-and-xbox-series-xs/) — Saving Content, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Glumberland. [\"Ooblets is coming to Steam on Oct 5th!\"](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593150/view/3750991874102864759) — Steam News, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Ooblets\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Game Developer. \"Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets\" — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/building-audience-early-with-visuals-first-development-in-i-ooblets-i-", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Siliconera. \"Ooblets Early Access Begins on July 15, 2020\" — Siliconera, 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.siliconera.com/ooblets-early-access-xbox-one-pc-begins-on-july-15-2020/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Glumberland. \"Ooblets 1.0 releasing on September 1st!\" — ooblets.com, August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://ooblets.com/2022/08/ooblets-10-releasing-on-september-1st/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Glumberland. \"We did the thing\" — ooblets.com, July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://ooblets.com/2019/07/we-did-the-thing/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Saving Content. \"Ooblets prepares to exit Early Access for 1.0 release on September 1st onto PC, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S\" — Saving Content, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.savingcontent.com/2022/08/18/ooblets-prepares-to-exit-early-access-for-1-0-release-on-september-1st-onto-pc-switch-xbox-one-and-xbox-series-xs/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Glumberland. \"Ooblets is coming to Steam on Oct 5th!\" — Steam News, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593150/view/3750991874102864759", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:31.722Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:31.722Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/ooblets" }, { "slug": "slime-rancher", "wiki": null, "title": "Slime Rancher", "kind": "game", "summary": "Monomi Park's first-person slime-wrangling ranch sim — 5 million copies sold by 2022, with a sequel that hit 1.0 in 2025.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "exploration-and-adventure" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 330, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Action", "Adventure", "Indie", "Simulation" ], "website": "http://slimerancher.com", "monogram": "SR", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/", "developer": [ "Monomi Park" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "Xbox One", "PlayStation 4", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Monomi Park (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (Steam early access)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2016-01-14" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Slime Rancher** is a first-person sandbox ranching game by Monomi Park. As young rancher Beatrix LeBeau, the player makes a living wrangling slimes on a distant planet called the Far, Far Range — collecting and feeding colorful slimes, growing crops, and upgrading the ranch while exploring an open world.[^1] It entered Steam early access on 14 January 2016 and reached 1.0 on 1 August 2017.[^2][^1]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nSlimes eat, bounce and combine; their \"plorts\" are the game's currency, and the loop of feeding, breeding and containing ever-squirmier slimes gives the game its gentle chaos.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nAfter the 2017 full release, the game spread across platforms: Xbox One (where it had debuted in Game Preview in 2016),[^3] PlayStation 4 on 21 August 2018,[^4] and Nintendo Switch as *Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition* — announced and released the same day during Nintendo's Indie World Showcase on 11 August 2021.[^5] A paid cosmetic DLC, the *Secret Style Pack*, arrived on 18 June 2019.[^6]\n\nA sequel, [Slime Rancher 2](/slime-rancher/wiki/slime-rancher-2), launched in early access on 22 September 2022 (Steam, Epic, and Xbox Game Preview with day-one Game Pass) and reached its own 1.0 on 23 September 2025.[^7][^8]\n\n## Reception\n\nSlime Rancher passed one million copies sold within weeks of 1.0 (by 17 August 2017) — excluding roughly 3.5 million copies distributed free through Xbox Games With Gold.[^9] Sales topped 3 million by September 2020[^10] and 5 million by January 2022.[^11] Its blend of first-person exploration and ranch-keeping gave the [[cozy-game|cozy]] genre one of its most successful sandboxes.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](http://slimerancher.com)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Slime Rancher\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Monomi Park. [\"Press — Slime Rancher\"](https://monomipark.com/press-slime-rancher/) — monomipark.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: PlayStation LifeStyle. [\"Slime Rancher PS4 Release Date Announced, Physical Edition Coming\"](https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/04/04/slime-rancher-ps4-release-date-announced-physical-edition/) — PlayStation LifeStyle, 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Sony. [\"Slime Rancher — PlayStation Store\"](https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2293-CUSA11587_00-SLIMERANCHER0001) — PlayStation Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Nintendo Everything. [\"Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition announced for Switch, out today\"](https://nintendoeverything.com/slime-rancher-plortable-edition-announced-for-switch-out-today/) — Nintendo Everything, 11 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Valve. [\"Slime Rancher: Secret Style Pack\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1079180/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: NME. [\"'Slime Rancher 2' launches into early access on September 22\"](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/slime-rancher-2-launches-into-early-access-on-september-22-3294097) — NME, 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: Valve. [\"Slime Rancher 2\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^9]: Game Developer. [\"Slime Rancher passes 1 million sold\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-passes-1-million-sold) — Game Developer, August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^10]: Game Developer. [\"Slime Rancher tops 3 million sales in just over three years\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-tops-3-million-sales-in-just-over-three-years) — Game Developer, September 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^11]: VGChartz. [\"Slime Rancher Sales Top 5 Million Units\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/452258/slime-rancher-sales-top-5-million-units/) — VGChartz, 13 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Slime Rancher\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Monomi Park. \"Press — Slime Rancher\" — monomipark.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://monomipark.com/press-slime-rancher/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "PlayStation LifeStyle. \"Slime Rancher PS4 Release Date Announced, Physical Edition Coming\" — PlayStation LifeStyle, 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/04/04/slime-rancher-ps4-release-date-announced-physical-edition/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Sony. \"Slime Rancher — PlayStation Store\" — PlayStation Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2293-CUSA11587_00-SLIMERANCHER0001", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Nintendo Everything. \"Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition announced for Switch, out today\" — Nintendo Everything, 11 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://nintendoeverything.com/slime-rancher-plortable-edition-announced-for-switch-out-today/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Valve. \"Slime Rancher: Secret Style Pack\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1079180/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "NME. \"'Slime Rancher 2' launches into early access on September 22\" — NME, 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/slime-rancher-2-launches-into-early-access-on-september-22-3294097", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "Valve. \"Slime Rancher 2\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "9", "text": "Game Developer. \"Slime Rancher passes 1 million sold\" — Game Developer, August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-passes-1-million-sold", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "10", "text": "Game Developer. \"Slime Rancher tops 3 million sales in just over three years\" — Game Developer, September 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-tops-3-million-sales-in-just-over-three-years", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "11", "text": "VGChartz. \"Slime Rancher Sales Top 5 Million Units\" — VGChartz, 13 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/452258/slime-rancher-sales-top-5-million-units/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:32.968Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:32.968Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/slime-rancher" }, { "slug": "garden-story", "wiki": null, "title": "Garden Story", "kind": "game", "summary": "A solo-developed action-RPG about a grape named Concord rebuilding an island community, published by Rose City Games.", "categories": [ "exploration-and-adventure", "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 132, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Adventure", "Indie", "RPG" ], "website": "https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story", "monogram": "GS", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/", "developer": [ "Picogram (solo developer)" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Nintendo Switch", "Xbox One" ], "publisher": [ "Rose City Games", "Kowloon Nights" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Nintendo Switch", "Windows", "macOS" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-08-11" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Garden Story** is an action-RPG starring Concord, a young grape appointed Guardian of an island community called The Grove.[^1] Created by solo developer Picogram and published by Rose City Games with Kowloon Nights,[^2][^3] it released on 11 August 2021 for Nintendo Switch and PC at $19.99.[^1]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe player fights back an invasive blight called the Rot, forages resources, takes on requests and favors from villagers, and gradually rebuilds the community's structures and social ties across four regions.[^1] A \"perish prevention\" option in the gameplay settings lets players progress the story without combat pressure.[^2]\n\n## Development and release\n\nPicogram started the game while working graveyard shifts at care homes — an experience the developer says shaped its theme of labor performed for a community: \"Working there for years made me realize how disconnected work has become from the people you actually perform it for.\"[^4]\n\nBefore and around launch, Garden Story was showcased at PAX East, The Escapist's E3 Indie Showcase, [[Wholesome Games|Wholesome Games Direct]], and a Nintendo Indie World Showcase in August 2021.[^1] It came to Xbox on 12 July 2022, launching directly into Xbox Game Pass for console and PC.[^3][^5]\n\n## Reception\n\nGarden Story's village-restoration loop — care as gameplay — places it squarely in the [[cozy-game|cozy]] tradition of games like [[Spiritfarer]] and [[Cozy Grove]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official page (Rose City Games)](https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/)\n\n[^1]: Rose City Games. [\"Garden Story — Press Kit\"](https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story-press) — rosecitygames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Valve. [\"Garden Story\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Microsoft. [\"Buy Garden Story — Xbox\"](https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/garden-story/9pp09mjrh2xd) — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Goomba Stomp. [\"Strength Through Community: An Interview with the Creator of 'Garden Story'\"](https://goombastomp.com/garden-story-interview/) — Goomba Stomp. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Gayming Magazine. [\"Garden Story is coming to Game Pass\"](https://gaymingmag.com/2022/07/garden-story-is-coming-to-game-pass/) — Gayming Magazine, July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Rose City Games. \"Garden Story — Press Kit\" — rosecitygames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story-press", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Valve. \"Garden Story\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Microsoft. \"Buy Garden Story — Xbox\" — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/garden-story/9pp09mjrh2xd", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Goomba Stomp. \"Strength Through Community: An Interview with the Creator of 'Garden Story'\" — Goomba Stomp. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://goombastomp.com/garden-story-interview/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Gayming Magazine. \"Garden Story is coming to Game Pass\" — Gayming Magazine, July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gaymingmag.com/2022/07/garden-story-is-coming-to-game-pass/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:34.472Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:34.472Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/garden-story" }, { "slug": "lil-gator-game", "wiki": null, "title": "Lil Gator Game", "kind": "game", "summary": "MegaWobble's joyful movement adventure about a small alligator making friends — now with a game-sized expansion, In the Dark.", "categories": [ "exploration-and-adventure" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 85, "engine": "Unity", "genres": [ "Action", "Adventure", "Casual", "Indie" ], "website": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/game/lil-gator-game/", "monogram": "LG", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586800/", "developer": [ "MegaWobble" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S" ], "publisher": [ "Playtonic Friends" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2022-12-14" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Lil Gator Game** is a movement-focused open-world adventure by MegaWobble, published by Playtonic Friends, in which a small alligator climbs, swims, glides and slides across an island full of characters who need help.[^1] It released on 14 December 2022 for PC and Nintendo Switch.[^1][^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nThe island is a playground built from cardboard monsters and childhood imagination: the player befriends its inhabitants, collects craft supplies, and uncovers everything the island has to offer, with traversal itself as the main joy.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nMegaWobble built the game in Unity with a custom physics-driven \"Wobble Bone\" animation system created by developer Scott Slucher — \"anything that wobbles around is made up of Wobble Bones\" — with modeling and animation done in Blender.[^3]\n\nThe game expanded to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on 10 October 2023, alongside a free update adding New Game+ and a \"baby mode\" that lets players replay the whole game as a younger Lil Gator.[^4] It joined Xbox Game Pass on 4 April 2024.[^5]\n\n## In the Dark\n\nA \"game sized\" expansion, *[In the Dark](/lil-gator-game/wiki/in-the-dark)*, set in a massive underground world, was announced via Xbox Wire in January 2025[^6] and released on 12 February 2026 for Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch, alongside a digital *Gator of the Year Edition* bundle; a physical edition followed on 27 February 2026.[^7]\n\n## Reception\n\nIts no-stakes, all-heart traversal made it an instant [[cozy-game|cozy]] classic in the vein of [[A Short Hike]] — a comparison its structure openly invites.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official page (Playtonic)](https://www.playtonicgames.com/game/lil-gator-game/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586800/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Lil Gator Game\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586800/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Nintendo Everything. [\"Lil Gator Game launch trailer\"](https://nintendoeverything.com/lil-gator-game-launch-trailer/) — Nintendo Everything, 14 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Game Developer. [\"The exaggerated animations and tottering wobble bones of Lil Gator Game\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-exaggerated-animations-and-tottering-wobble-bones-of-lil-gator-game) — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Playtonic Games. [\"Lil Gator Game is bounding onto PlayStation & Xbox\"](https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-bounding-onto-playstation-xbox/) — playtonicgames.com, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Playtonic Games. [\"Lil Gator Game is coming to Game Pass!\"](https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-coming-to-game-pass/) — playtonicgames.com, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Xbox Wire. [\"All New Lil Gator Game DLC — The World Just Got Bigger for This Lil Gator\"](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/01/20/all-new-lil-gator-game-dlc-the-world-just-got-bigger-for-this-lil-gator/) — Microsoft, 20 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Playtonic Games. [\"Lil Gator Game: In The Dark — Coming February 12th, 2026!\"](https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-in-the-dark-coming-february-12th-2026/) — playtonicgames.com, 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Lil Gator Game\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586800/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Nintendo Everything. \"Lil Gator Game launch trailer\" — Nintendo Everything, 14 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://nintendoeverything.com/lil-gator-game-launch-trailer/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Game Developer. \"The exaggerated animations and tottering wobble bones of Lil Gator Game\" — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-exaggerated-animations-and-tottering-wobble-bones-of-lil-gator-game", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Playtonic Games. \"Lil Gator Game is bounding onto PlayStation & Xbox\" — playtonicgames.com, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-bounding-onto-playstation-xbox/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Playtonic Games. \"Lil Gator Game is coming to Game Pass!\" — playtonicgames.com, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-coming-to-game-pass/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Xbox Wire. \"All New Lil Gator Game DLC — The World Just Got Bigger for This Lil Gator\" — Microsoft, 20 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/01/20/all-new-lil-gator-game-dlc-the-world-just-got-bigger-for-this-lil-gator/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Playtonic Games. \"Lil Gator Game: In The Dark — Coming February 12th, 2026!\" — playtonicgames.com, 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-in-the-dark-coming-february-12th-2026/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:36.018Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:36.018Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/lil-gator-game" }, { "slug": "venba", "wiki": null, "title": "Venba", "kind": "game", "summary": "Visai Games' narrative cooking game about an Indian mother in 1980s Canada — IGF Grand Prize and BAFTA Debut Game winner.", "categories": [ "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 20, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Narrative", "Cooking", "Casual", "Puzzle" ], "website": "http://venbagame.com/", "monogram": "V", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/", "developer": [ "Visai Games" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S" ], "publisher": [ "Visai Games (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2023-07-31" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Venba** is a short narrative cooking game by Toronto-based Visai Games, in which the player is an Indian mother who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s.[^1][^2] Players cook South Indian dishes, restore recipes from a tattered recipe book, and follow branching conversations in a story about family, love and loss.[^1] It released on 31 July 2023 across PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox — day one on Xbox Game Pass.[^2][^3]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nCooking doubles as puzzle-solving: the old recipe book is damaged, and reconstructing each dish means reasoning about what the missing steps must have been. The game is designed as a cinematic experience playable in a one-to-two-hour sitting, with an original soundtrack inspired by Tamil music and an in-game cookbook of the real dishes.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nVisai Games self-published Venba at $14.99, with availability including Steam, GOG and the Mac App Store alongside consoles.[^2]\n\n## Awards\n\nVenba's awards run was remarkable for a debut. It won the **Seumas McNally Grand Prize** at the 26th Independent Games Festival Awards in March 2024, where it was also a finalist for Excellence in Audio, Narrative and Visual Art.[^4] The same week it took two Game Developers Choice Awards: **Best Debut** and the **Social Impact Award**.[^5] At the 20th BAFTA Games Awards in April 2024 it won **Debut Game**.[^6] Earlier, at The Game Awards 2023, it had been nominated for Best Debut Indie Game and Games for Impact.[^7]\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](http://venbagame.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Venba\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Visai Games. [\"Venba — Presskit\"](https://venbagame.com/press/) — venbagame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Xbox Wire. [\"Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Venba, The Wandering Village, Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, and More\"](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/18/game-pass-july-2023-wave-2-announce/) — Microsoft, 18 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GDC. [\"'Venba' Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards\"](https://gdconf.com/news/venba-wins-grand-prize-2024-independent-games-festival-awards) — gdconf.com, March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Worthplaying. [\"2024 Game Developers Choice/Independent Games Festival Awards Winners Announced\"](https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/3/20/news/141279-2024-game-developers-choiceindependent-games-festival-awards-winners-announced/) — Worthplaying, 20 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Forbes. [\"2024 BAFTA Games Awards Winners: 'Baldur's Gate 3' Takes Best Game\"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2024/04/11/2024-bafta-games-awards-winners-baldurs-gate-3-takes-best-game/) — Forbes, 11 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: VGChartz. [\"The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Revealed\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459017/the-game-awards-2023-nominees-revealed/) — VGChartz, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Venba\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Visai Games. \"Venba — Presskit\" — venbagame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://venbagame.com/press/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Xbox Wire. \"Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Venba, The Wandering Village, Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, and More\" — Microsoft, 18 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/18/game-pass-july-2023-wave-2-announce/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GDC. \"'Venba' Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards\" — gdconf.com, March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gdconf.com/news/venba-wins-grand-prize-2024-independent-games-festival-awards", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Worthplaying. \"2024 Game Developers Choice/Independent Games Festival Awards Winners Announced\" — Worthplaying, 20 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/3/20/news/141279-2024-game-developers-choiceindependent-games-festival-awards-winners-announced/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Forbes. \"2024 BAFTA Games Awards Winners: 'Baldur's Gate 3' Takes Best Game\" — Forbes, 11 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2024/04/11/2024-bafta-games-awards-winners-baldurs-gate-3-takes-best-game/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "VGChartz. \"The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Revealed\" — VGChartz, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459017/the-game-awards-2023-nominees-revealed/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:37.254Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:37.254Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/venba" }, { "slug": "terra-nil", "wiki": null, "title": "Terra Nil", "kind": "game", "summary": "Free Lives' “reverse city builder”: restore a wasteland to a thriving ecosystem, then pack up and leave no trace.", "categories": [ "building-and-decoration", "simulation-and-management" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player" ], "artHue": 165, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Casual", "Indie", "Strategy" ], "website": "https://www.terranil.com/", "monogram": "TN", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/", "developer": [ "Free Lives", "Clockwork Acorn (co-credited on Steam)" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "iOS (Netflix)", "Android (Netflix)", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Devolver Digital" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "iOS (Netflix Games)", "Android (Netflix Games)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2023-03-28" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Terra Nil** is an environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem — purify the soil, clean the oceans, plant forests, reintroduce wildlife, then recycle every building and leave without a trace.[^1] Developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital,[^2][^1] it launched on 28 March 2023 on PC and, via Netflix Games, on iOS and Android.[^3][^4] Press coverage dubbed it a \"reverse city builder.\"[^4]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nEach map is a ruined biome; the player deploys purifying technology in careful sequences, balancing resources against terrain, and finishes by removing all trace of the machinery — the goal state is untouched wilderness.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nTerra Nil began as a free game-jam prototype (a Ludum Dare 45 entry) that remains playable on itch.io.[^5] The full game launched day-and-date on PC and Netflix mobile in March 2023;[^3][^4] an October 2023 update improved performance and added native macOS and Linux builds,[^6] and a Nintendo Switch version arrived on 18 December 2023.[^7] A major free content update, *Vita Nova*, followed in June 2024, adding five new levels, nine new buildings, an updated world map and an overhauled wildlife system.[^8]\n\nFree Lives donates 8% of its Steam-sales profits from the game to the Endangered Wildlife Trust, a South African conservation organisation.[^2]\n\n## Reception\n\nTerra Nil was nominated for Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2023[^9] and for Game Beyond Entertainment at the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards.[^10] Its restoration-not-extraction premise made it one of the most distinctive [[cozy-game|cozy-adjacent]] strategy games of its generation — see [[What counts as cozy]] for how the wiki treats that border.\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://www.terranil.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Terra Nil\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Free Lives / Devolver Digital. [\"Terra Nil — official site\"](https://www.terranil.com/) — terranil.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Worthplaying. [\"'Terra Nil' Gets PC And Mobile Release Date\"](https://www.worthplaying.com/article/2023/2/20/news/135897-terra-nil-gets-pc-and-mobile-release-date-screens-trailer/) — Worthplaying, 20 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: TouchArcade. [\"Reverse City Builder 'Terra Nil' Is Now Available on iOS and Android Through Netflix Games Alongside the PC Version\"](https://toucharcade.com/2023/03/28/terra-nil-download-city-builder-netflix-games-iphone-android-ios-steam-devolver/) — TouchArcade, 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: vfqd, TheJunt, elyaradine. [\"Terra Nil Prototype\"](https://vfqd.itch.io/terra-nil) — itch.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: GamingOnLinux. [\"Terra Nil gets better performance and Linux support\"](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/terra-nil-gets-better-performance-and-linux-support/) — GamingOnLinux, October 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Nintendo. [\"Terra Nil for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/terra-nil-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: Bleeding Cool. [\"Terra Nil Launches The Free Vita Nova Update Today\"](https://bleedingcool.com/games/terra-nil-launches-the-free-vita-nova-update-today/) — Bleeding Cool, June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^9]: VGChartz. [\"The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Revealed\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459017/the-game-awards-2023-nominees-revealed/) — VGChartz, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^10]: Forbes. [\"2024 BAFTA Games Awards Winners\"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2024/04/11/2024-bafta-games-awards-winners-baldurs-gate-3-takes-best-game/) — Forbes, 11 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "2", "text": "Free Lives / Devolver Digital. \"Terra Nil — official site\" — terranil.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.terranil.com/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Terra Nil\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Worthplaying. \"'Terra Nil' Gets PC And Mobile Release Date\" — Worthplaying, 20 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.worthplaying.com/article/2023/2/20/news/135897-terra-nil-gets-pc-and-mobile-release-date-screens-trailer/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "TouchArcade. \"Reverse City Builder 'Terra Nil' Is Now Available on iOS and Android Through Netflix Games Alongside the PC Version\" — TouchArcade, 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://toucharcade.com/2023/03/28/terra-nil-download-city-builder-netflix-games-iphone-android-ios-steam-devolver/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "vfqd, TheJunt, elyaradine. \"Terra Nil Prototype\" — itch.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://vfqd.itch.io/terra-nil", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "GamingOnLinux. \"Terra Nil gets better performance and Linux support\" — GamingOnLinux, October 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/terra-nil-gets-better-performance-and-linux-support/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Nintendo. \"Terra Nil for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/terra-nil-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "Bleeding Cool. \"Terra Nil Launches The Free Vita Nova Update Today\" — Bleeding Cool, June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://bleedingcool.com/games/terra-nil-launches-the-free-vita-nova-update-today/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "9", "text": "VGChartz. \"The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Revealed\" — VGChartz, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459017/the-game-awards-2023-nominees-revealed/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "10", "text": "Forbes. \"2024 BAFTA Games Awards Winners\" — Forbes, 11 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2024/04/11/2024-bafta-games-awards-winners-baldurs-gate-3-takes-best-game/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:38.459Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:38.459Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/terra-nil" }, { "slug": "chicory-a-colorful-tale", "wiki": null, "title": "Chicory: A Colorful Tale", "kind": "game", "summary": "A top-down adventure in a coloring-book world where you paint on everything — BAFTA Family award winner, music by Lena Raine.", "categories": [ "exploration-and-adventure", "narrative-and-slice-of-life" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Local co-op (2 players)" ], "artHue": 250, "engine": "GameMaker", "genres": [ "Adventure", "Indie", "RPG" ], "website": "http://chicorygame.com", "monogram": "CH", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/Chicory_A_Colorful_Tale/", "developer": [ "Team led by Greg Lobanov (Wishes Ultd.)" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5", "Nintendo Switch", "Xbox One", "Xbox Series X|S" ], "publisher": [ "Finji" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows", "macOS", "PlayStation 4", "PlayStation 5" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-06-10" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Chicory: A Colorful Tale** is a top-down adventure set in a coloring-book world whose color has vanished after Chicory — superstar artist and wielder of the Brush — goes missing. As the new Brush-wielder, the player can paint on almost anything to explore, solve puzzles and help the land's animal inhabitants.[^1] Directed by Greg Lobanov and published by Finji, it released on 10 June 2021 for PC and PlayStation.[^1][^2]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nPainting is the verb for everything: navigation, puzzle-solving, decorating, and expression. The game supports solo play and two-player local co-op.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nThe credited team includes director Greg Lobanov, artist and animator Alexis Dean-Jones, environment artist Madeline Berger, sound designer Em Halberstadt, and composer Lena Raine, known for Celeste.[^3] The game was made in GameMaker, whose official showcase features it.[^4]\n\nAfter the June 2021 launch, Chicory came to Nintendo Switch on 15 December 2021[^5] and to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S — including Xbox Game Pass — on 30 May 2023.[^6][^7]\n\n## Awards\n\nChicory won the **Family** category at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards.[^8] At the 2021 Independent Games Festival it was a finalist for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and received Honorable Mentions in Excellence in Audio, Design and Visual Art.[^9] It was also nominated for Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2021.[^10]\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](http://chicorygame.com)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/Chicory_A_Colorful_Tale/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Chicory: A Colorful Tale\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Sony. [\"Chicory: A Colorful Tale — PS4 & PS5 Games\"](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/chicory-a-colorful-tale/) — PlayStation.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Wishes Ultd. [\"Chicory: A Colorful Tale — official website\"](http://chicorygame.com) — chicorygame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GameMaker. [\"Chicory: A Colorful Tale — GameMaker Showcase\"](https://gamemaker.io/en/showcase/chicory-a-colorful-tale) — gamemaker.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Nintendo. [\"Chicory: A Colorful Tale for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/chicory-a-colorful-tale-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Microsoft. [\"Buy Chicory: A Colorful Tale — Xbox\"](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/chicory-a-colorful-tale/9PFGQGC0XWLV) — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: God is a Geek. [\"Chicory: A Colorful Tale is coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 30th\"](https://godisageek.com/2023/05/chicory-a-colorful-tale-is-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-on-may-30th/) — God is a Geek, May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^8]: Shacknews. [\"BAFTA Games Awards 2022 winners\"](https://www.shacknews.com/article/129728/bafta-games-awards-2022-winners) — Shacknews, April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^9]: Independent Games Festival. [\"2021 Finalists & Winners\"](https://igf.com/archive-2021/) — igf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^10]: The Hollywood Reporter. [\"The Game Awards: 2021 Nominations\"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/the-game-awards-2021-nominations-1235047268/) — The Hollywood Reporter, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Chicory: A Colorful Tale\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Sony. \"Chicory: A Colorful Tale — PS4 & PS5 Games\" — PlayStation.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/chicory-a-colorful-tale/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Wishes Ultd. \"Chicory: A Colorful Tale — official website\" — chicorygame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "http://chicorygame.com", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GameMaker. \"Chicory: A Colorful Tale — GameMaker Showcase\" — gamemaker.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gamemaker.io/en/showcase/chicory-a-colorful-tale", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Nintendo. \"Chicory: A Colorful Tale for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/chicory-a-colorful-tale-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Microsoft. \"Buy Chicory: A Colorful Tale — Xbox\" — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/chicory-a-colorful-tale/9PFGQGC0XWLV", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "God is a Geek. \"Chicory: A Colorful Tale is coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 30th\" — God is a Geek, May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://godisageek.com/2023/05/chicory-a-colorful-tale-is-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-on-may-30th/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "8", "text": "Shacknews. \"BAFTA Games Awards 2022 winners\" — Shacknews, April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.shacknews.com/article/129728/bafta-games-awards-2022-winners", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "9", "text": "Independent Games Festival. \"2021 Finalists & Winners\" — igf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://igf.com/archive-2021/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "10", "text": "The Hollywood Reporter. \"The Game Awards: 2021 Nominations\" — The Hollywood Reporter, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/the-game-awards-2021-nominations-1235047268/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:40.034Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:40.034Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/chicory-a-colorful-tale" }, { "slug": "sun-haven", "wiki": null, "title": "Sun Haven", "kind": "game", "summary": "Pixel Sprout's fantasy farming sim with dragons, skill trees and 8-player co-op; Kickstarted in 2020, 1.0 in 2023.", "categories": [ "farming-and-life-sims", "cozy-together" ], "infobox": { "type": "game", "modes": [ "Single-player", "Online co-op (up to 8 players)" ], "artHue": 42, "engine": null, "genres": [ "Adventure", "Casual", "Indie", "RPG", "Simulation" ], "website": "https://playsunhaven.com/", "monogram": "SH", "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/", "developer": [ "Pixel Sprout Studios" ], "platforms": [ "Windows", "Nintendo Switch" ], "publisher": [ "Pixel Sprout Studios (self-published)" ], "initialPlatforms": [ "Windows (Steam early access)" ], "initialReleaseDate": "2021-06" }, "contentMarkdown": "**Sun Haven** is a fantasy farming and life sim with RPG elements by Pixel Sprout Studios: build a farm, form relationships with townsfolk, and pursue a questline involving magic, monsters and dragons.[^1] Crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2020, it entered Steam early access in June 2021[^2] and reached its full 1.0 release on 10 March 2023.[^1]\n\n## Gameplay\n\nCharacter progression runs through skill trees covering farming, combat, exploration, fishing and mining. Up to eight players can share a farm online, across three towns — Sun Haven, the elven forest Nel'Vari, and the monster city Withergate — plus the underwater Brinestone Deeps region.[^1]\n\n## Development and release\n\nAt early-access launch the developers planned roughly six more months to finish the main questline and add new areas and a playable race;[^2] the 1.0 release ultimately came about 21 months in. A Nintendo Switch version launched on 29 November 2024 in Americas eShops (with other regions to follow), matching the PC 1.7.1 patch but shipping without multiplayer or PC↔Switch cross-save at launch.[^3][^4]\n\nThe game is supported by an unusually large catalog of cosmetic DLC on Steam — 43 items as of July 2026, from the *Dreamy Pet Pack* (April 2023) to the *Starlight Pack* (June 2024).[^5]\n\n## Reception\n\nSun Haven's pitch — [[Stardew Valley]]'s rhythm with dragons, magic and big co-op — made it a staple of the post-Stardew farming-sim wave alongside [[Fields of Mistria]] and [[Dinkum]].\n\n## External links\n\n- [Official website](https://playsunhaven.com/)\n- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/)\n\n[^1]: Valve. [\"Sun Haven\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: PCGamesN. [\"Sun Haven on Steam (early access launch coverage)\"](https://www.pcgamesn.com/sun-haven/steam) — PCGamesN, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Siliconera. [\"Move Into the Sun Haven Switch Version in November\"](https://www.siliconera.com/move-into-the-sun-haven-switch-version-in-november/) — Siliconera, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GoNintendo. [\"Sun Haven releases for Switch Nov. 29th, 2024\"](https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/42850-sun-haven-releases-for-switch-nov-29th-2024) — GoNintendo, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Valve. [\"Sun Haven — Steam DLC page\"](https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1432860/Sun_Haven/) — Steam. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Valve. \"Sun Haven\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "PCGamesN. \"Sun Haven on Steam (early access launch coverage)\" — PCGamesN, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.pcgamesn.com/sun-haven/steam", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Siliconera. \"Move Into the Sun Haven Switch Version in November\" — Siliconera, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.siliconera.com/move-into-the-sun-haven-switch-version-in-november/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GoNintendo. \"Sun Haven releases for Switch Nov. 29th, 2024\" — GoNintendo, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/42850-sun-haven-releases-for-switch-nov-29th-2024", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Valve. \"Sun Haven — Steam DLC page\" — Steam. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1432860/Sun_Haven/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:41.464Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:41.464Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/sun-haven" }, { "slug": "about", "wiki": null, "title": "About CozyWiki", "kind": "meta", "summary": "What this wiki is, how it stays accurate, and why it is built for both human readers and AI systems.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "**CozyWiki** — The Cozy Games Wiki — is a free, community-edited encyclopedia dedicated to cozy games: farming sims, life sims, wholesome adventures, tidy little puzzle games, and the culture around them. It is written for two audiences at once: people who love these games, and the growing number of machines (search engines, AI assistants, research tools) that answer questions about them.\n\n## What makes this wiki different\n\nMost gaming content online is optimized for clicks. This wiki is optimized for **being right**.\n\n- **Every factual claim cites a source.** Release dates, developers, sales figures, awards — each one carries an inline reference to an official page, publisher announcement, or reputable outlet, including the date we last checked it.\n- **Anyone can edit, but nothing publishes unreviewed.** Edits enter a moderation queue where a human verifies the sources before the change goes live — the same \"pending changes\" idea Wikipedia uses on sensitive articles. See [[Moderation]].\n- **Everything is transparent.** Every page has a public [[Moderation|revision history]]. Nothing is silently changed.\n- **Everything is open.** Article text is licensed under [Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), and the whole database is available through a free API, per-article markdown and JSON views, and a full export. If you are building something on cozy-games knowledge, you are welcome to build on ours — with attribution.\n\n## A reference for AI, on purpose\n\nLarge language models and AI search products increasingly mediate what people learn about games. Their answers are only as good as their sources. CozyWiki is deliberately engineered to be a high-quality source: structured data on every page, machine-readable citations, freshness timestamps, stable URLs, an open license, and a crawling policy that explicitly welcomes AI systems. Details for builders live on the [For AI & researchers](/ai) page.\n\n## Scope\n\nThe wiki covers games commonly described as cozy by players and reliable sources, plus the genre's history, design theory, events and terminology. What qualifies is documented at [[What counts as cozy]] — the short version: we describe, with sources, rather than gatekeep.\n\n## Who runs this\n\nThe wiki is community-written and moderator-reviewed. It is an independent project: not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any game developer, publisher, or platform. Game titles and trademarks belong to their owners — see the [[General disclaimer]].\n\n## Get involved\n\nFix a date, add a source, write a missing page — see [How to contribute](/contribute). The most valuable edit on this wiki is not a long paragraph; it is a correct fact with a good citation.", "citations": [], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:42.931Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:42.931Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/about" }, { "slug": "what-counts-as-cozy", "wiki": null, "title": "What counts as cozy", "kind": "policy", "summary": "Inclusion criteria: how the wiki decides which games belong, without pretending the genre has hard edges.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "\"Cozy\" is a famously fuzzy label — even the genre's biggest fans disagree about its edges (see [[Cozy game]] for the definitional debate). A reference work still needs an inclusion rule, so here is ours. The wiki **documents** coziness; it does not gatekeep it.\n\n## A game qualifies for an article when either:\n\n1. **Reliable sources describe it as cozy** (or close kin: \"wholesome\", \"relaxing\", \"comfort game\") — for example press coverage, the developer's own positioning, or inclusion in recognized showcases such as [[Wholesome Games|Wholesome Direct]]; **or**\n2. **Its documented design fits the genre's recognized characteristics** — a low-pressure core loop, absence of fail states or punishing difficulty, and themes of care, comfort, creativity or community — as described by citable sources about the game.\n\nEither way, the article itself must meet [[Verifiability]]: the case for a game's coziness has to be sourced, not vibes.\n\n## Edge cases, handled honestly\n\n- **Games with combat or stress can still be cozy.** Farming sims with dungeon-diving, adventures with light peril, or games with optional challenge belong here when sources treat them as part of the cozy canon. The article should describe the game accurately rather than sanding off its edges.\n- **Cozy-adjacent games** — titles that sit at the border (chill roguelites, gentle city builders, atmospheric walking sims) — may be covered when sources make the connection. The article should say plainly that the label is contested or partial.\n- **Marketing alone is not enough.** \"Cozy\" appears in a lot of store descriptions these days. A self-description with no independent usage may justify a short article, but the sourcing should make clear who is doing the describing.\n\n## What the wiki does not cover\n\nGames with no sourced connection to cozy play, vaporware with nothing verifiable published about it, and fan speculation about unannounced titles. Announced-but-unreleased games can be covered once official, citable information exists — with their unreleased status stated plainly.\n\n## Disputes\n\nDisagree with an inclusion? Propose an edit making the case with sources, and explain your reasoning in the edit summary. Moderators weigh the sourcing, not the loudest opinion. The genre's blurriness is a documented fact about it — the wiki reflects that rather than resolving it by decree.", "citations": [], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:44.194Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:44.194Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/what-counts-as-cozy" }, { "slug": "style-guide", "wiki": null, "title": "Style guide", "kind": "policy", "summary": "House style: neutral encyclopedic tone, standard article structure, dates, links and citation formatting.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "Consistency makes the wiki readable for people and parseable for machines. When editing, match this style.\n\n## Tone\n\n- **Neutral and descriptive.** Describe what a game is and what sources say about it. No marketing language (\"stunning\", \"must-play\"), no reviews, no second person (\"you'll love…\" — the article is not talking to a player).\n- **Plain over clever.** Short sentences. Concrete facts. The coziness belongs in the games; the prose should be calm and clear.\n- **Attribute opinions.** Critical assessments appear only as attributed, cited claims (\"Rolling Stone described…\"), never in the wiki's own voice.\n\n## Article structure\n\nGame articles follow this skeleton (sections may be omitted when empty):\n\n1. **Lead** — one short paragraph: what the game is, who made it, first release (with citations). Bold the game's title on first mention.\n2. **Gameplay** — how it plays, neutrally paraphrased from official/store descriptions, cited.\n3. **Development and release** — studio background, early access and 1.0 dates, platform rollout, publisher changes.\n4. **Reception** — awards, sales milestones, notable coverage. Only what can be cited.\n5. **External links** — official site, store page.\n6. **References** — generated from your footnotes.\n\n## Dates and numbers\n\n- Write dates as **26 February 2016** (day Month year). Use \"as of [date]\" for time-sensitive figures like sales.\n- Prefer exact figures with sources over vague claims (\"sold over 41 million copies as of December 2024\", not \"extremely popular\").\n\n## Links\n\n- Link other wiki pages with double brackets: [[Stardew Valley]], or with a label: [[cozy-game|cozy game]]. Link the first mention only.\n- Red links (to pages that don't exist yet) are encouraged — they map what the wiki still needs.\n- External links live in citations and the External links section, not sprinkled through prose.\n\n## Citations\n\n- Place the footnote marker directly after the punctuation of the claim it supports.\n- One footnote per source; reuse the same marker for repeat citations of that source.\n- Footnote format: publisher/author, linked title, publisher name, \"Retrieved\" date — see [[Verifiability]].\n\n## Titles and naming\n\n- Article titles use the game's official name, including punctuation (\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons\").\n- Use the developer's preferred studio name; note self-publishing as \"self-published\" where relevant.", "citations": [], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:44.934Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:44.934Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/style-guide" }, { "slug": "moderation", "wiki": null, "title": "Moderation", "kind": "policy", "summary": "How pending changes work: anyone can edit, a human reviews every change against its sources before it publishes.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "CozyWiki uses a **pending changes** model: anyone can edit without an account, and every edit is reviewed by a human moderator before it becomes the live article. This is the mechanism that lets \"anyone can edit\" and \"every fact is checked\" both be true.\n\n## The pipeline\n\n1. **You submit an edit** (or a new page) with a required edit summary. It enters the public review queue — the page immediately shows how many edits are pending.\n2. **A moderator reviews it**: opening the diff, checking each new or changed factual claim against the citation given, and checking tone against the [[Style guide]].\n3. **Approve** publishes the change, updates the article's citation records, and adds the revision — permanently credited to the name you chose — to the page's public history. **Reject** records the revision with a reviewer note explaining why; you are welcome to fix and resubmit.\n\n## The review checklist\n\nModerators approve an edit when:\n\n- every new factual claim cites a [[Verifiability|reliable source]] that actually supports it;\n- links point where they claim to point;\n- the tone is neutral and encyclopedic;\n- no text is pasted from copyrighted sources (paraphrase; quote only briefly with attribution);\n- the change doesn't remove sourced content without explanation.\n\n## Common rejection reasons\n\nUnsourced facts (the big one), sources that don't support the claim, promotional tone, copied text, speculation about unreleased content, and duplicate submissions. Rejections are about the edit, never the editor — resubmitting with better sourcing is normal and welcome.\n\n## Transparency\n\nEvery accepted revision is public forever in each page's History tab and the site-wide [Recent changes](/recent-changes) feed (also available as RSS). Reviewer notes are visible in history. Nothing is silently edited — if we were wrong, the correction is part of the record.\n\n## Vandalism and abuse\n\nRate limits and spam checks slow bulk abuse; rejected junk simply never publishes. Persistent bad-faith submissions may have their IP-hash rate-limited further. There is no ban hammer to swing at good-faith mistakes — those are just edits that need better sources.\n\n## Growing the moderator team\n\nToday, review is handled by the founding editorial team. As trusted contributors accumulate a track record of well-sourced edits, the plan is to grant review rights the same way established wikis do: openly, based on demonstrated care. If you want in, the application is your edit history.", "citations": [], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:45.571Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:45.571Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/moderation" }, { "slug": "general-disclaimer", "wiki": null, "title": "General disclaimer", "kind": "policy", "summary": "The legal small print: volunteer-written content, no warranty, and trademarks belong to their owners.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "CozyWiki is a volunteer-written reference work. We hold ourselves to a strict sourcing standard — see [[Verifiability]] — and we correct errors quickly, but no guarantee of completeness or fitness for any purpose is made. Information can be out of date the moment a publisher ships a patch.\n\n## Independence\n\nCozyWiki is an independent community project. It is **not** affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any game developer, publisher, storefront, or platform holder mentioned on the site.\n\n## Trademarks and copyright\n\nGame titles, logos, characters and artwork are trademarks and/or copyright of their respective owners. They are referenced here for identification and commentary, in the manner of any encyclopedia. The wiki deliberately does not host copyrighted cover art or screenshots; article imagery is original, generated placeholder art.\n\n## Licensing of our content\n\nOriginal text on this wiki is licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Reuse it — including in datasets and AI systems — with attribution to \"CozyWiki contributors\" and a link back to the article. Quoted material within articles remains under its original rights.\n\n## Corrections\n\nSomething wrong? Every page has an Edit tab, and serious concerns can go to the contact address on the [[about|about page]]. A correction with a source is the fastest way to fix the record — for every reader and every AI that cites us after you.", "citations": [], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:46.164Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:46.164Z", "lastVerifiedAt": null, "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/general-disclaimer" }, { "slug": "version-history", "wiki": "stardew-valley", "title": "Version history", "kind": "page", "summary": "Stardew Valley's major free updates — from the XNA-to-MonoGame migration to the 1.6 content update.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "Eric \"ConcernedApe\" Barone has kept [[Stardew Valley]] growing through major free updates since its 2016 launch. The milestones below are the ones documented by the developer's own announcements.\n\n## Major updates\n\n| Version | Date | What it did |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1.0 | 26 February 2016 | Initial Windows release[^1] |\n| 1.5.5 | 30 November 2021 | Migrated the game from XNA (targeting .NET Framework 4.5.2) to MonoGame (targeting .NET 5), which Barone described as futureproofing the game and letting mods access more than 4 GB of RAM[^2] |\n| 1.6 | 19 March 2024 | Major free content update, released first on PC[^3] |\n| 1.6.9 | 4 November 2024 | Brought the 1.6 update to consoles and mobile[^3] |\n\n## Notes\n\nThe 1.6 update arrived roughly eight years after launch — part of why the game passed 50 million copies sold by its ten-year anniversary in February 2026.[^3]\n\n## See also\n\n- [[Stardew Valley]] — the main encyclopedia article\n\n[^1]: ConcernedApe. [\"Press\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: ConcernedApe. [\"Stardew Valley 1.5.5 released on PC\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-5-5-released-on-pc/) — stardewvalley.net, 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: ConcernedApe. [\"Blog (1.6 release and 10-year anniversary posts)\"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/blog/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Press\" — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Stardew Valley 1.5.5 released on PC\" — stardewvalley.net, 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-5-5-released-on-pc/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "ConcernedApe. \"Blog (1.6 release and 10-year anniversary posts)\" — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/blog/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:46.907Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:46.907Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/stardew-valley/wiki/version-history" }, { "slug": "version-2-0-update", "wiki": "animal-crossing-new-horizons", "title": "Version 2.0 update", "kind": "page", "summary": "The big free November 2021 update: The Roost, Kapp'n boat tours, gyroids, cooking, ordinances — plus the paid Happy Home Paradise DLC.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "Nintendo announced that the free Version 2.0 update for [[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]] would be available on 5 November 2021 — the game's largest post-launch addition.[^1]\n\n## What Version 2.0 added\n\nPer Nintendo's announcement, the update introduced:[^1]\n\n- **The Roost** — Brewster's café\n- **Kapp'n boat tours** to mysterious islands\n- **Gyroids** to dig up and collect\n- An open-air market on **Harv's Island**\n- **Cooking** recipes\n- **Island ordinances**\n\n## Happy Home Paradise\n\nThe same day, Nintendo released the game's paid expansion, *Animal Crossing: New Horizons — [[Happy Home Paradise]]*, priced at $24.99.[^2]\n\n[^1]: Nintendo. [\"Free update (Ver.2.0) for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be available on 5 November.\"](https://www.nintendo.com/sg/news/article/6qV9dqGZQjDjl7vNGlbmQs) — Nintendo News. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Nintendo. [\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Nintendo. \"Free update (Ver.2.0) for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be available on 5 November.\" — Nintendo News. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/sg/news/article/6qV9dqGZQjDjl7vNGlbmQs", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Nintendo. \"Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:47.926Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:47.926Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons/wiki/version-2-0-update" }, { "slug": "special-pack-dlc", "wiki": "powerwash-simulator", "title": "Special Pack DLC", "kind": "page", "summary": "PowerWash Simulator's licensed crossover packs — from Croft Manor to Bikini Bottom.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[PowerWash Simulator]] became famous for its licensed \"Special Pack\" DLC — crossover level packs that let players hose down beloved fictional locations.\n\n## The first pack: Tomb Raider\n\nThe free **Tomb Raider Special Pack**, set around Croft Manor across five maps, launched on 31 January 2023 — the same day the game arrived on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.[^1][^2]\n\n## Licensed packs\n\nFuturLab's official game page lists crossover packs including:[^3]\n\n- SpongeBob SquarePants\n- Back to the Future\n- Warhammer 40,000\n- Alice's Adventures\n- Shrek\n- Wallace & Gromit\n\n## Sequel\n\nA sequel, *PowerWash Simulator 2* — self-published by FuturLab — released on 23 October 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, adding split-screen couch co-op.[^4]\n\n[^1]: Xbox Wire. [\"Clean Croft Manor: PowerWash Simulator Gets Free Tomb Raider DLC\"](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/31/clean-croft-manor-powerwash-simulator-gets-free-tomb-raider-dlc/) — Microsoft, 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Gematsu. [\"PowerWash Simulator for PS5, PS4, and Switch launches January 31 alongside free DLC 'Tomb Raider Special Pack'\"](https://www.gematsu.com/2023/01/powerwash-simulator-for-ps5-ps4-and-switch-launches-january-31-alongside-free-dlc-tomb-raider-special-pack) — Gematsu, January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: FuturLab. [\"PowerWash Simulator — official game page\"](https://www.futurlab.co.uk/games/powerwash-simulator) — futurlab.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Pixelkin. [\"PowerWash Simulator 2 release date revealed\"](https://pixelkin.org/2025/10/07/powerwash-simulator-2-release-date-revealed/) — Pixelkin, 7 October 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Xbox Wire. \"Clean Croft Manor: PowerWash Simulator Gets Free Tomb Raider DLC\" — Microsoft, 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/31/clean-croft-manor-powerwash-simulator-gets-free-tomb-raider-dlc/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Gematsu. \"PowerWash Simulator for PS5, PS4, and Switch launches January 31 alongside free DLC 'Tomb Raider Special Pack'\" — Gematsu, January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gematsu.com/2023/01/powerwash-simulator-for-ps5-ps4-and-switch-launches-january-31-alongside-free-dlc-tomb-raider-special-pack", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "FuturLab. \"PowerWash Simulator — official game page\" — futurlab.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.futurlab.co.uk/games/powerwash-simulator", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Pixelkin. \"PowerWash Simulator 2 release date revealed\" — Pixelkin, 7 October 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://pixelkin.org/2025/10/07/powerwash-simulator-2-release-date-revealed/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:48.847Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:48.847Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/powerwash-simulator/wiki/special-pack-dlc" }, { "slug": "awards-and-recognition", "wiki": "unpacking", "title": "Awards and recognition", "kind": "page", "summary": "Two BAFTAs, twenty award wins in year one, and a million copies — Unpacking's trophy shelf.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "For a quiet game about boxes, [[Unpacking]] collected a remarkable amount of hardware.\n\n## BAFTA Games Awards 2022\n\nAt the ceremony on 7 April 2022, Unpacking won **EE Game of the Year** — the only award voted for by the British public — and the BAFTA for **Narrative**.[^1][^2]\n\n## The first-year tally\n\nOn the game's first anniversary (2 November 2022), Humble Games and Witch Beam announced it had won **20 awards** and earned **50 nominations** in its first year, alongside passing one million copies sold worldwide.[^3]\n\n## Early momentum\n\nThe game sold over 100,000 copies in its first ten days — the start of the word-of-mouth run that carried it to awards season.[^4]\n\n[^1]: EE. [\"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\"](https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/) — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: NME. [\"Returnal and Unpacking win big at BAFTA Games Awards 2022\"](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/returnal-and-unpacking-win-big-at-bafta-games-awards-2022-3201065) — NME, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: GoNintendo. [\"Humble Games and Witch Beam's Unpacking Celebrates 1 Year and over 1 Million Units\"](https://gonintendo.com/contents/11711-humble-games-and-witch-beam-s-unpacking-celebrates-1-year-and-over-1-million-units) — GoNintendo, November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Witch Beam. [\"Unpacking — Press Kit\"](https://www.unpackinggame.com/presskit/) — unpackinggame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "EE. \"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\" — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "NME. \"Returnal and Unpacking win big at BAFTA Games Awards 2022\" — NME, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/returnal-and-unpacking-win-big-at-bafta-games-awards-2022-3201065", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "GoNintendo. \"Humble Games and Witch Beam's Unpacking Celebrates 1 Year and over 1 Million Units\" — GoNintendo, November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gonintendo.com/contents/11711-humble-games-and-witch-beam-s-unpacking-celebrates-1-year-and-over-1-million-units", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Witch Beam. \"Unpacking — Press Kit\" — unpackinggame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.unpackinggame.com/presskit/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:49.709Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:49.709Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/unpacking/wiki/awards-and-recognition" }, { "slug": "series-releases", "wiki": "coffee-talk", "title": "Series releases", "kind": "page", "summary": "Every entry in the Coffee Talk series so far, from the 2020 original to Coffee Talk Tokyo.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "The [[Coffee Talk]] series has grown steadily since the original late-night café opened in 2020.\n\n## Releases\n\n| Game | First release | Developer / Publisher |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Coffee Talk | 29 January 2020 (Switch, PC); 30 January 2020 (PS4, Xbox One)[^1] | Toge Productions[^2] |\n| Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly | 20 April 2023[^3] | Toge Productions[^3] |\n| Coffee Talk (mobile) | 20 March 2026 (iOS, Android)[^4] | Toge Productions with Chorus Worldwide[^4] |\n| Coffee Talk Tokyo | 21 May 2026[^5] | Chorus Worldwide Games & Toge Productions; published by Chorus Worldwide Games[^5] |\n\n## Notes\n\nSeries creator and writer Mohammad Fahmi died in March 2022; the series has continued with Toge Productions and, for Tokyo, co-developer Chorus Worldwide Games.[^6]\n\n[^1]: VGChartz. [\"Coffee Talk Release Date Announced\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/441233/coffee-talk-release-date-announced/) — VGChartz, 6 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Valve. [\"Coffee Talk\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Valve. [\"Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663220/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Noisy Pixel. [\"Coffee Talk Launching On Mobile Devices March 20, 2026\"](https://noisypixel.net/coffee-talk-mobile-release-march-2026/) — Noisy Pixel, 15 January 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Valve. [\"Coffee Talk Tokyo\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Chris Kerr. [\"Obituary: Coffee Talk creator and writer Mohammad Fahmi\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/obituary-coffee-talk-creator-and-writer-mohammad-fahmi) — Game Developer, 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "VGChartz. \"Coffee Talk Release Date Announced\" — VGChartz, 6 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/441233/coffee-talk-release-date-announced/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Valve. \"Coffee Talk\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Valve. \"Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663220/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Noisy Pixel. \"Coffee Talk Launching On Mobile Devices March 20, 2026\" — Noisy Pixel, 15 January 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://noisypixel.net/coffee-talk-mobile-release-march-2026/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Valve. \"Coffee Talk Tokyo\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Chris Kerr. \"Obituary: Coffee Talk creator and writer Mohammad Fahmi\" — Game Developer, 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/obituary-coffee-talk-creator-and-writer-mohammad-fahmi", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:50.717Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:50.717Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/coffee-talk/wiki/series-releases" }, { "slug": "expansions-and-updates", "wiki": "a-little-to-the-left", "title": "Expansions and updates", "kind": "page", "summary": "Cupboards & Drawers, Seeing Stars, seasonal events and the mobile edition — how the tidying kept growing.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[A Little to the Left]] kept adding drawers to organize well after launch.\n\n## Premium expansions\n\n- **Cupboards & Drawers** (June 2023) — the game's first premium DLC, delivering over 25 extra levels.[^1]\n- **Seeing Stars** — a second expansion, listed by the publisher alongside Cupboards & Drawers.[^1]\n\n## Free content\n\nAlongside the paid DLC, the game received 18 free seasonal event levels through its first year.[^1]\n\n## Mobile edition\n\nThe iOS release (9 October 2024) uses a try-before-you-buy model: the first nine puzzles are a free trial, with the full game unlocked by a one-time $9.99/£9.99 purchase; Android followed on 28 November 2024.[^2][^3]\n\n[^1]: Secret Mode. [\"A Little to the Left cleans up with 999,999 sales\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-cleans-up-with-999-999-sales) — wearesecretmode.com, November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Secret Mode. [\"Tidy on the go with A Little to the Left on mobile\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-ios-out-now) — wearesecretmode.com, 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Secret Mode. [\"A Little to the Left sweeps onto Android today\"](https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-sweeps-onto-android-today) — wearesecretmode.com, 28 November 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Secret Mode. \"A Little to the Left cleans up with 999,999 sales\" — wearesecretmode.com, November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-cleans-up-with-999-999-sales", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Secret Mode. \"Tidy on the go with A Little to the Left on mobile\" — wearesecretmode.com, 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-ios-out-now", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Secret Mode. \"A Little to the Left sweeps onto Android today\" — wearesecretmode.com, 28 November 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://wearesecretmode.com/news/a-little-to-the-left-sweeps-onto-android-today", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:51.586Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:51.586Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/a-little-to-the-left/wiki/expansions-and-updates" }, { "slug": "release-history", "wiki": "ooblets", "title": "Release history", "kind": "page", "summary": "From Patreon GIFs to Epic exclusivity to 1.0 — the long, public road Ooblets took to release.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "Few cozy games released as publicly as [[Ooblets]] — its whole path is documented in Glumberland's own blog posts.\n\n## Timeline\n\n| Date | Milestone |\n| --- | --- |\n| early 2017 | Development shared publicly via GIFs and Patreon (nearly 200 supporters)[^1] |\n| July 2019 | PC launch-exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store announced[^2] |\n| 15 July 2020 | Paid early access on Epic Games Store and Xbox One Game Preview, $24.99[^3] |\n| 1 September 2022 | 1.0 release; Nintendo Switch launch the same day[^4] |\n| 5 October 2023 | Steam release — first PC availability outside Epic[^5] |\n\n## The Epic deal\n\nGlumberland's announcement was unusually frank about the economics: Epic's upfront minimum guarantee matched what the studio expected the game to earn in sales, removing the risk of the game failing commercially.[^2]\n\n[^1]: Game Developer. [\"Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/building-audience-early-with-visuals-first-development-in-i-ooblets-i-) — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Glumberland. [\"We did the thing\"](https://ooblets.com/2019/07/we-did-the-thing/) — ooblets.com, July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Siliconera. [\"Ooblets Early Access Begins on July 15, 2020\"](https://www.siliconera.com/ooblets-early-access-xbox-one-pc-begins-on-july-15-2020/) — Siliconera, 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Glumberland. [\"Ooblets 1.0 releasing on September 1st!\"](https://ooblets.com/2022/08/ooblets-10-releasing-on-september-1st/) — ooblets.com, August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Glumberland. [\"Ooblets is coming to Steam on Oct 5th!\"](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593150/view/3750991874102864759) — Steam News, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Game Developer. \"Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets\" — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/building-audience-early-with-visuals-first-development-in-i-ooblets-i-", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Glumberland. \"We did the thing\" — ooblets.com, July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://ooblets.com/2019/07/we-did-the-thing/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Siliconera. \"Ooblets Early Access Begins on July 15, 2020\" — Siliconera, 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.siliconera.com/ooblets-early-access-xbox-one-pc-begins-on-july-15-2020/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Glumberland. \"Ooblets 1.0 releasing on September 1st!\" — ooblets.com, August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://ooblets.com/2022/08/ooblets-10-releasing-on-september-1st/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Glumberland. \"Ooblets is coming to Steam on Oct 5th!\" — Steam News, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593150/view/3750991874102864759", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:52.537Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:52.537Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/ooblets/wiki/release-history" }, { "slug": "sales-milestones", "wiki": "slime-rancher", "title": "Sales milestones", "kind": "page", "summary": "One million in weeks, five million by 2022 — Slime Rancher's documented sales history.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[Slime Rancher]]'s sales run is one of indie gaming's quiet success stories. Only dated, developer-confirmed milestones are listed here.\n\n## Milestones\n\n| Date | Milestone |\n| --- | --- |\n| 17 August 2017 | 1 million copies sold, weeks after the 1.0 launch — excluding ~3.5 million free copies from Xbox Games With Gold[^1] |\n| February 2019 | 2 million copies[^2] |\n| September 2020 | 3 million copies, with over 800,000 average monthly users[^2] |\n| 13 January 2022 | Over 5 million copies, celebrated with a 70% Steam discount[^3] |\n\n## A note on bigger numbers\n\nMonomi Park's current press page cites much larger undated figures (over 17.5 million copies across platforms). Because those figures mix copies and players and carry no dates, this wiki reports only the dated milestones above — see [[Verifiability]].\n\n[^1]: Game Developer. [\"Slime Rancher passes 1 million sold\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-passes-1-million-sold) — Game Developer, August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Game Developer. [\"Slime Rancher tops 3 million sales in just over three years\"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-tops-3-million-sales-in-just-over-three-years) — Game Developer, September 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: VGChartz. [\"Slime Rancher Sales Top 5 Million Units\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/452258/slime-rancher-sales-top-5-million-units/) — VGChartz, 13 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Game Developer. \"Slime Rancher passes 1 million sold\" — Game Developer, August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-passes-1-million-sold", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Game Developer. \"Slime Rancher tops 3 million sales in just over three years\" — Game Developer, September 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-slime-rancher-i-tops-3-million-sales-in-just-over-three-years", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "VGChartz. \"Slime Rancher Sales Top 5 Million Units\" — VGChartz, 13 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/452258/slime-rancher-sales-top-5-million-units/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:53.395Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:53.395Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/slime-rancher/wiki/sales-milestones" }, { "slug": "slime-rancher-2", "wiki": "slime-rancher", "title": "Slime Rancher 2", "kind": "page", "summary": "The sequel on Rainbow Island: early access in 2022, full 1.0 release in September 2025.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "**Slime Rancher 2** is Monomi Park's sequel to [[Slime Rancher]], following Beatrix LeBeau to Rainbow Island.\n\n## Release path\n\nThe sequel launched in early access on 22 September 2022 — on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Xbox Series X|S Game Preview, with day-one availability on Xbox Game Pass.[^1] Monomi Park credited the original's early-access feedback loop as the reason for repeating the model: \"Slime Rancher would not be the success it was without developing it in Early Access and receiving your feedback.\"[^1]\n\nAfter about three years in early access, Slime Rancher 2 reached its full 1.0 release on 23 September 2025.[^2]\n\n## See also\n\n- [[Sales milestones]] — how the original sold\n\n[^1]: NME. [\"'Slime Rancher 2' launches into early access on September 22\"](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/slime-rancher-2-launches-into-early-access-on-september-22-3294097) — NME, 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Valve. [\"Slime Rancher 2\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "NME. \"'Slime Rancher 2' launches into early access on September 22\" — NME, 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/slime-rancher-2-launches-into-early-access-on-september-22-3294097", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Valve. \"Slime Rancher 2\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:54.398Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:54.398Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/slime-rancher/wiki/slime-rancher-2" }, { "slug": "release-history", "wiki": "garden-story", "title": "Release history", "kind": "page", "summary": "Showcases, the 2021 Switch/PC launch, and the 2022 Game Pass arrival of Garden Story.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[Garden Story]]'s road to release ran through the indie showcase circuit.\n\n## Timeline\n\n| Date | Milestone |\n| --- | --- |\n| pre-launch | Showcased at PAX East, The Escapist E3 Indie Showcase, Wholesome Games Direct, and Nintendo's Indie World (August 2021)[^1] |\n| 11 August 2021 | Release on Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam), $19.99[^1] |\n| 12 July 2022 | Xbox release, day one on Xbox Game Pass (console and PC)[^2][^3] |\n\n## Accessibility note\n\nThe game ships with a \"perish prevention\" option that lets players progress the story without combat stresses — an early example of the comfort-options pattern now common in [[cozy-game|cozy games]].[^4]\n\n[^1]: Rose City Games. [\"Garden Story — Press Kit\"](https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story-press) — rosecitygames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Gayming Magazine. [\"Garden Story is coming to Game Pass\"](https://gaymingmag.com/2022/07/garden-story-is-coming-to-game-pass/) — Gayming Magazine, July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Microsoft. [\"Buy Garden Story — Xbox\"](https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/garden-story/9pp09mjrh2xd) — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Valve. [\"Garden Story\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/) — Steam store page. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Rose City Games. \"Garden Story — Press Kit\" — rosecitygames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story-press", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Gayming Magazine. \"Garden Story is coming to Game Pass\" — Gayming Magazine, July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gaymingmag.com/2022/07/garden-story-is-coming-to-game-pass/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Microsoft. \"Buy Garden Story — Xbox\" — Xbox Store. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/garden-story/9pp09mjrh2xd", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Valve. \"Garden Story\" — Steam store page. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:55.246Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:55.246Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/garden-story/wiki/release-history" }, { "slug": "in-the-dark", "wiki": "lil-gator-game", "title": "In the Dark", "kind": "page", "summary": "The game-sized 2026 expansion that takes Lil Gator underground — plus the Gator of the Year Edition.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "**Lil Gator Game: In the Dark** is the \"game sized\" expansion to [[Lil Gator Game]], set in a massive underground world beneath the island.\n\n## Announcement and release\n\nThe expansion was announced via Xbox Wire on 20 January 2025.[^1] It released on 12 February 2026 for Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch — alongside a digital **Gator of the Year Edition** bundling the base game with the DLC. A physical edition followed on 27 February 2026.[^2]\n\n## Earlier updates\n\nBefore In the Dark, the game's October 2023 console launch added New Game+ and a \"baby mode\" that lets players replay the entire game as a younger Lil Gator,[^3] and the game joined Xbox Game Pass on 4 April 2024.[^4]\n\n[^1]: Xbox Wire. [\"All New Lil Gator Game DLC — The World Just Got Bigger for This Lil Gator\"](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/01/20/all-new-lil-gator-game-dlc-the-world-just-got-bigger-for-this-lil-gator/) — Microsoft, 20 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Playtonic Games. [\"Lil Gator Game: In The Dark — Coming February 12th, 2026!\"](https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-in-the-dark-coming-february-12th-2026/) — playtonicgames.com, 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Playtonic Games. [\"Lil Gator Game is bounding onto PlayStation & Xbox\"](https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-bounding-onto-playstation-xbox/) — playtonicgames.com, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Playtonic Games. [\"Lil Gator Game is coming to Game Pass!\"](https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-coming-to-game-pass/) — playtonicgames.com, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Xbox Wire. \"All New Lil Gator Game DLC — The World Just Got Bigger for This Lil Gator\" — Microsoft, 20 January 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/01/20/all-new-lil-gator-game-dlc-the-world-just-got-bigger-for-this-lil-gator/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Playtonic Games. \"Lil Gator Game: In The Dark — Coming February 12th, 2026!\" — playtonicgames.com, 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-in-the-dark-coming-february-12th-2026/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Playtonic Games. \"Lil Gator Game is bounding onto PlayStation & Xbox\" — playtonicgames.com, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-bounding-onto-playstation-xbox/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "Playtonic Games. \"Lil Gator Game is coming to Game Pass!\" — playtonicgames.com, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/news/lil-gator-game-is-coming-to-game-pass/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:56.318Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:56.318Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/lil-gator-game/wiki/in-the-dark" }, { "slug": "awards-and-recognition", "wiki": "venba", "title": "Awards and recognition", "kind": "page", "summary": "IGF Grand Prize, GDC double, BAFTA Debut Game — Venba's extraordinary awards season.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "For a one-to-two-hour debut, [[Venba]] assembled one of the most decorated award runs in recent indie history.\n\n## Wins\n\n| Award | Category | Date |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Independent Games Festival Awards (26th) | **Seumas McNally Grand Prize** | March 2024[^1] |\n| Game Developers Choice Awards 2024 | **Best Debut** | March 2024[^2] |\n| Game Developers Choice Awards 2024 | **Social Impact Award** | March 2024[^2] |\n| BAFTA Games Awards (20th) | **Debut Game** | 11 April 2024[^3] |\n\nAt the IGF, Venba was additionally a finalist for Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Visual Art.[^1]\n\n## Nominations\n\nAt The Game Awards 2023, Venba was nominated for **Best Debut Indie Game** (won by Cocoon) and **Games for Impact**.[^4] At BAFTA it was also nominated in **Game Beyond Entertainment**.[^3]\n\n[^1]: GDC. [\"'Venba' Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards\"](https://gdconf.com/news/venba-wins-grand-prize-2024-independent-games-festival-awards) — gdconf.com, March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Worthplaying. [\"2024 Game Developers Choice/Independent Games Festival Awards Winners Announced\"](https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/3/20/news/141279-2024-game-developers-choiceindependent-games-festival-awards-winners-announced/) — Worthplaying, 20 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Forbes. [\"2024 BAFTA Games Awards Winners: 'Baldur's Gate 3' Takes Best Game\"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2024/04/11/2024-bafta-games-awards-winners-baldurs-gate-3-takes-best-game/) — Forbes, 11 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: VGChartz. [\"The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Revealed\"](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459017/the-game-awards-2023-nominees-revealed/) — VGChartz, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "GDC. \"'Venba' Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards\" — gdconf.com, March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://gdconf.com/news/venba-wins-grand-prize-2024-independent-games-festival-awards", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Worthplaying. \"2024 Game Developers Choice/Independent Games Festival Awards Winners Announced\" — Worthplaying, 20 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/3/20/news/141279-2024-game-developers-choiceindependent-games-festival-awards-winners-announced/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Forbes. \"2024 BAFTA Games Awards Winners: 'Baldur's Gate 3' Takes Best Game\" — Forbes, 11 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2024/04/11/2024-bafta-games-awards-winners-baldurs-gate-3-takes-best-game/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "VGChartz. \"The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Revealed\" — VGChartz, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459017/the-game-awards-2023-nominees-revealed/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:57.288Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:57.288Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/venba/wiki/awards-and-recognition" }, { "slug": "updates-and-releases", "wiki": "terra-nil", "title": "Updates and releases", "kind": "page", "summary": "From Ludum Dare prototype to the Vita Nova update — how Terra Nil grew across platforms.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[Terra Nil]] grew from a game jam into a multi-platform restoration project.\n\n## Timeline\n\n| Date | Milestone |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2019 | Original prototype built for Ludum Dare 45; still playable free on itch.io[^1] |\n| 28 March 2023 | Launch on PC and, via Netflix Games, iOS and Android[^2][^3] |\n| October 2023 | Performance update adds native macOS and Linux builds[^4] |\n| 18 December 2023 | Nintendo Switch release[^5] |\n| June 2024 | Free **Vita Nova** update: five new levels, nine new buildings, updated world map, overhauled wildlife system[^6] |\n\n## Conservation tie-in\n\nFree Lives donates 8% of the game's Steam-sales profits to the Endangered Wildlife Trust, a South African conservation organisation.[^7]\n\n[^1]: vfqd, TheJunt, elyaradine. [\"Terra Nil Prototype\"](https://vfqd.itch.io/terra-nil) — itch.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Worthplaying. [\"'Terra Nil' Gets PC And Mobile Release Date\"](https://www.worthplaying.com/article/2023/2/20/news/135897-terra-nil-gets-pc-and-mobile-release-date-screens-trailer/) — Worthplaying, 20 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: TouchArcade. [\"Reverse City Builder 'Terra Nil' Is Now Available on iOS and Android Through Netflix Games\"](https://toucharcade.com/2023/03/28/terra-nil-download-city-builder-netflix-games-iphone-android-ios-steam-devolver/) — TouchArcade, 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GamingOnLinux. [\"Terra Nil gets better performance and Linux support\"](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/terra-nil-gets-better-performance-and-linux-support/) — GamingOnLinux, October 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Nintendo. [\"Terra Nil for Nintendo Switch\"](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/terra-nil-switch/) — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^6]: Bleeding Cool. [\"Terra Nil Launches The Free Vita Nova Update Today\"](https://bleedingcool.com/games/terra-nil-launches-the-free-vita-nova-update-today/) — Bleeding Cool, June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^7]: Free Lives / Devolver Digital. [\"Terra Nil — official site\"](https://www.terranil.com/) — terranil.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "vfqd, TheJunt, elyaradine. \"Terra Nil Prototype\" — itch.io. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://vfqd.itch.io/terra-nil", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Worthplaying. \"'Terra Nil' Gets PC And Mobile Release Date\" — Worthplaying, 20 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.worthplaying.com/article/2023/2/20/news/135897-terra-nil-gets-pc-and-mobile-release-date-screens-trailer/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "TouchArcade. \"Reverse City Builder 'Terra Nil' Is Now Available on iOS and Android Through Netflix Games\" — TouchArcade, 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://toucharcade.com/2023/03/28/terra-nil-download-city-builder-netflix-games-iphone-android-ios-steam-devolver/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GamingOnLinux. \"Terra Nil gets better performance and Linux support\" — GamingOnLinux, October 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/terra-nil-gets-better-performance-and-linux-support/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Nintendo. \"Terra Nil for Nintendo Switch\" — Nintendo.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/terra-nil-switch/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "6", "text": "Bleeding Cool. \"Terra Nil Launches The Free Vita Nova Update Today\" — Bleeding Cool, June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://bleedingcool.com/games/terra-nil-launches-the-free-vita-nova-update-today/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "7", "text": "Free Lives / Devolver Digital. \"Terra Nil — official site\" — terranil.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.terranil.com/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:58.157Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:58.157Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/terra-nil/wiki/updates-and-releases" }, { "slug": "awards-and-recognition", "wiki": "chicory-a-colorful-tale", "title": "Awards and recognition", "kind": "page", "summary": "BAFTA Family winner, IGF Grand Prize finalist — Chicory's awards record, precisely stated.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[Chicory: A Colorful Tale]] is sometimes loosely called an \"IGF winner\" — the precise record is worth stating carefully.\n\n## Wins\n\nAt the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards (ceremony 7 April 2022), Chicory won the **Family** category.[^1]\n\n## Finalist placements and nominations\n\n- **Independent Games Festival Awards 2021**: finalist for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize (won that year by Umurangi Generation), with Honorable Mentions in Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Design, and Excellence in Visual Art.[^2]\n- **The Game Awards 2021**: nominated for Games for Impact (won by Life is Strange: True Colors).[^3]\n\n## Why the precision matters\n\nSources conflate finalist placements with wins surprisingly often. Per this wiki's [[Verifiability]] policy, award claims cite the awarding body or contemporaneous ceremony coverage — the IGF's own archive is the source for the 2021 record.[^2]\n\n[^1]: Shacknews. [\"BAFTA Games Awards 2022 winners\"](https://www.shacknews.com/article/129728/bafta-games-awards-2022-winners) — Shacknews, April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Independent Games Festival. [\"2021 Finalists & Winners\"](https://igf.com/archive-2021/) — igf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: The Hollywood Reporter. [\"The Game Awards: 2021 Nominations\"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/the-game-awards-2021-nominations-1235047268/) — The Hollywood Reporter, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "Shacknews. \"BAFTA Games Awards 2022 winners\" — Shacknews, April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.shacknews.com/article/129728/bafta-games-awards-2022-winners", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Independent Games Festival. \"2021 Finalists & Winners\" — igf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://igf.com/archive-2021/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "The Hollywood Reporter. \"The Game Awards: 2021 Nominations\" — The Hollywood Reporter, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/the-game-awards-2021-nominations-1235047268/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:59.094Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:59.094Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/chicory-a-colorful-tale/wiki/awards-and-recognition" }, { "slug": "version-history", "wiki": "sun-haven", "title": "Version history", "kind": "page", "summary": "Kickstarter to 1.0 to Switch — Sun Haven's release milestones and its 43-item DLC catalog.", "categories": [], "infobox": null, "contentMarkdown": "[[Sun Haven]] took the long early-access road from crowdfunding to consoles.\n\n## Timeline\n\n| Date | Milestone |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2020 | Successful Kickstarter campaign[^1] |\n| June 2021 | Steam early access launch[^1] |\n| 10 March 2023 | Full 1.0 release[^2] |\n| 29 November 2024 | Nintendo Switch launch in Americas eShops (other regions to follow), matching PC patch 1.7.1 — without multiplayer or cross-save at launch[^3][^4] |\n\n## DLC catalog\n\nSun Haven is supported by an unusually large cosmetic DLC catalog on Steam — 43 items as of July 2026, including the *Dreamy Pet Pack* and *Spooky Pet Pack* (29 April 2023) and the *Starlight Pack* (12 June 2024).[^5]\n\n[^1]: PCGamesN. [\"Sun Haven on Steam (early access launch coverage)\"](https://www.pcgamesn.com/sun-haven/steam) — PCGamesN, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: Valve. [\"Sun Haven\"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: Siliconera. [\"Move Into the Sun Haven Switch Version in November\"](https://www.siliconera.com/move-into-the-sun-haven-switch-version-in-november/) — Siliconera, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: GoNintendo. [\"Sun Haven releases for Switch Nov. 29th, 2024\"](https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/42850-sun-haven-releases-for-switch-nov-29th-2024) — GoNintendo, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^5]: Valve. [\"Sun Haven — Steam DLC page\"](https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1432860/Sun_Haven/) — Steam. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "citations": [ { "refKey": "1", "text": "PCGamesN. \"Sun Haven on Steam (early access launch coverage)\" — PCGamesN, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.pcgamesn.com/sun-haven/steam", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "2", "text": "Valve. \"Sun Haven\" — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "3", "text": "Siliconera. \"Move Into the Sun Haven Switch Version in November\" — Siliconera, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.siliconera.com/move-into-the-sun-haven-switch-version-in-november/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "4", "text": "GoNintendo. \"Sun Haven releases for Switch Nov. 29th, 2024\" — GoNintendo, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/42850-sun-haven-releases-for-switch-nov-29th-2024", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" }, { "refKey": "5", "text": "Valve. \"Sun Haven — Steam DLC page\" — Steam. Retrieved 9 July 2026.", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1432860/Sun_Haven/", "accessedAt": "9 July 2026" } ], "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:54:00.136Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:54:00.136Z", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:05.015Z", "url": "https://cozywiki.com/sun-haven/wiki/version-history" } ] }