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  "site": "CozyWiki",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "note": "Structured facts about cozy games. Every value is cited on the article page (see url).",
  "count": 24,
  "games": [
    {
      "slug": "a-little-to-the-left",
      "title": "A Little to the Left",
      "summary": "Max Inferno's tidying puzzle game about sorting, stacking and straightening — despite the cat. Over a million copies sold.",
      "developer": [
        "Max Inferno"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Secret Mode"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2022-11-08",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S",
        "iOS",
        "Android"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "Puzzle"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://maxinferno.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/A_Little_to_the_Left/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/a-little-to-the-left",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/a-little-to-the-left.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "a-short-hike",
      "title": "A Short Hike",
      "summary": "Adam Robinson-Yu's gentle exploration adventure about hiking to a mountaintop; winner of the 2020 IGF Grand Prize.",
      "developer": [
        "Adam Robinson-Yu (adamgryu)"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "adamgryu (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": "Unity",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2019-04-05",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Linux",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "Xbox One"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Indie"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://ashorthike.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/a-short-hike",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/a-short-hike.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "animal-crossing-new-horizons",
      "title": "Animal Crossing: New Horizons",
      "summary": "Nintendo's 2020 island life sim for Switch — 49.91 million copies sold, the fastest Switch launch ever recorded at the time.",
      "developer": [
        "Nintendo"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Nintendo"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2020-03-20",
      "platforms": [
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Local multiplayer (1–4 on one system)",
        "Local wireless (up to 8)",
        "Online (up to 8)"
      ],
      "website": "https://animalcrossing.nintendo.com/new-horizons/",
      "steamUrl": null,
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/animal-crossing-new-horizons",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/animal-crossing-new-horizons.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "chicory-a-colorful-tale",
      "title": "Chicory: A Colorful Tale",
      "summary": "A top-down adventure in a coloring-book world where you paint on everything — BAFTA Family award winner, music by Lena Raine.",
      "developer": [
        "Team led by Greg Lobanov (Wishes Ultd.)"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Finji"
      ],
      "engine": "GameMaker",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-06-10",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Indie",
        "RPG"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Local co-op (2 players)"
      ],
      "website": "http://chicorygame.com",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123450/Chicory_A_Colorful_Tale/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/chicory-a-colorful-tale",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/chicory-a-colorful-tale.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "coffee-talk",
      "title": "Coffee Talk",
      "summary": "Toge Productions' late-night barista game: listen to fantasy folk's troubles and answer with a warm drink.",
      "developer": [
        "Toge Productions"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Toge Productions (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2020-01-29",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "Xbox One",
        "iOS",
        "Android"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "Indie"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://coffeetalk.info/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/coffee-talk",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/coffee-talk.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cozy-grove",
      "title": "Cozy Grove",
      "summary": "Spry Fox's life sim about camping on a haunted island and soothing its ghosts, one real-time day at a time.",
      "developer": [
        "Spry Fox"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Spry Fox (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-03-19",
      "platforms": [
        "Apple Arcade",
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "Xbox One"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Indie"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://cozygrovegame.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/cozy-grove",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/cozy-grove.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "dinkum",
      "title": "Dinkum",
      "summary": "Solo-developed Australian-outback life sim by James Bendon; 1.0 in 2025 after selling over a million copies in early access.",
      "developer": [
        "James Bendon (solo developer)"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "KRAFTON, Inc."
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2022-07-14",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "RPG",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Online co-op"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.playdinkum.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/dinkum",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/dinkum.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "disney-dreamlight-valley",
      "title": "Disney Dreamlight Valley",
      "summary": "Gameloft's life-sim adventure set among Disney and Pixar characters; left early access in December 2023 as a paid game.",
      "developer": [
        "Gameloft"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Gameloft"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2022-09-06",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S",
        "Apple Arcade"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "RPG",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Multiplayer"
      ],
      "website": "https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401590/Disney_Dreamlight_Valley/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/disney-dreamlight-valley",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/disney-dreamlight-valley.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "dorfromantik",
      "title": "Dorfromantik",
      "summary": "Toukana Interactive's meditative hex-tile village builder — a student debut that won Germany's top game awards.",
      "developer": [
        "Toukana Interactive"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Toukana Interactive (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": "Unity",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-03-25",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Strategy",
        "Simulation",
        "Indie"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.toukana.com/dorfromantik",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/dorfromantik",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/dorfromantik.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fields-of-mistria",
      "title": "Fields of Mistria",
      "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.",
      "developer": [
        "NPC Studio"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "NPC Studio (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2024-08-05",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Indie",
        "RPG",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://fieldsofmistria.com",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/fields-of-mistria",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/fields-of-mistria.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "garden-story",
      "title": "Garden Story",
      "summary": "A solo-developed action-RPG about a grape named Concord rebuilding an island community, published by Rose City Games.",
      "developer": [
        "Picogram (solo developer)"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Rose City Games",
        "Kowloon Nights"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-08-11",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "Xbox One"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Indie",
        "RPG"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.rosecitygames.com/garden-story",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062140/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/garden-story",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/garden-story.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "lil-gator-game",
      "title": "Lil Gator Game",
      "summary": "MegaWobble's joyful movement adventure about a small alligator making friends — now with a game-sized expansion, In the Dark.",
      "developer": [
        "MegaWobble"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Playtonic Friends"
      ],
      "engine": "Unity",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2022-12-14",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Action",
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "Indie"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.playtonicgames.com/game/lil-gator-game/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586800/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/lil-gator-game",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/lil-gator-game.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ooblets",
      "title": "Ooblets",
      "summary": "Glumberland's farming and creature-collection game where battles are dance-offs; early access 2020, 1.0 in 2022.",
      "developer": [
        "Glumberland"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Glumberland (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": "Unity",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2020-07-15",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "RPG",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://ooblets.com",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/ooblets",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/ooblets.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "palia",
      "title": "Palia",
      "summary": "Free-to-play “community sim” MMO of farming, fishing and home-building; over 4 million players by mid-2024.",
      "developer": [
        "Singularity 6"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Singularity 6 (a Daybreak company since 2024)"
      ],
      "engine": "Unreal Engine",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2023-08-10",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Xbox Series X|S"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "RPG",
        "Simulation",
        "Free to Play"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Online multiplayer",
        "Single-player",
        "Cross-platform play"
      ],
      "website": "https://palia.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2707930/Palia/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/palia",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/palia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "powerwash-simulator",
      "title": "PowerWash Simulator",
      "summary": "FuturLab's soothing cleaning sim — blast the grime, watch the sparkle, optionally with friends. 3 million players by late 2022.",
      "developer": [
        "FuturLab"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Square Enix Collective (launch)",
        "FuturLab (current Steam listing)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-05-19",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Online co-op",
        "Cross-platform multiplayer"
      ],
      "website": "https://powerwashsimulator.com",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/powerwash-simulator",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/powerwash-simulator.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "slime-rancher",
      "title": "Slime Rancher",
      "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.",
      "developer": [
        "Monomi Park"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Monomi Park (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2016-01-14",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Linux",
        "Xbox One",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Action",
        "Adventure",
        "Indie",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "http://slimerancher.com",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/slime-rancher",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/slime-rancher.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "spiritfarer",
      "title": "Spiritfarer",
      "summary": "Thunder Lotus's “cozy management game about dying” — ferry spirits, care for them, and let them go. Over a million copies sold.",
      "developer": [
        "Thunder Lotus Games"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Thunder Lotus Games (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": "Unity",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2020-08-18",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Linux",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "Xbox One"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Indie",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Local co-op (split screen)"
      ],
      "website": "https://thunderlotusgames.com/spiritfarer",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/spiritfarer",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/spiritfarer.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "stardew-valley",
      "title": "Stardew Valley",
      "summary": "Open-ended country-life RPG made single-handedly by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone; released in 2016, 50 million copies sold by 2026.",
      "developer": [
        "ConcernedApe (Eric Barone)"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "ConcernedApe (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": "Custom C#/XNA, migrated to MonoGame (2021)",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2016-02-26",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Linux",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "Xbox One",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "iOS",
        "Android"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Simulation",
        "RPG",
        "Indie"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Online co-op",
        "LAN co-op",
        "Split-screen co-op"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.stardewvalley.net/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/stardew-valley",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/stardew-valley.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sun-haven",
      "title": "Sun Haven",
      "summary": "Pixel Sprout's fantasy farming sim with dragons, skill trees and 8-player co-op; Kickstarted in 2020, 1.0 in 2023.",
      "developer": [
        "Pixel Sprout Studios"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Pixel Sprout Studios (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-06",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "RPG",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player",
        "Online co-op (up to 8 players)"
      ],
      "website": "https://playsunhaven.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/sun-haven",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/sun-haven.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "terra-nil",
      "title": "Terra Nil",
      "summary": "Free Lives' “reverse city builder”: restore a wasteland to a thriving ecosystem, then pack up and leave no trace.",
      "developer": [
        "Free Lives",
        "Clockwork Acorn (co-credited on Steam)"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Devolver Digital"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2023-03-28",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Linux",
        "iOS (Netflix)",
        "Android (Netflix)",
        "Nintendo Switch"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "Strategy"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.terranil.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/terra-nil",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/terra-nil.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tiny-glade",
      "title": "Tiny Glade",
      "summary": "Pounce Light's gridless castle-doodling toy: no goals, no management — 616,000 copies in its first month.",
      "developer": [
        "Pounce Light"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Pounce Light (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": "Custom (Rust; modified Bevy, Vulkan renderer)",
      "initialReleaseDate": "2024-09-23",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "Linux",
        "macOS (Apple silicon)"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://pouncelight.games/tiny-glade/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/tiny-glade",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/tiny-glade.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "unpacking",
      "title": "Unpacking",
      "summary": "Witch Beam's zen puzzle game that tells a life story through eight house moves; double BAFTA winner in 2022.",
      "developer": [
        "Witch Beam"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Humble Games (at launch)",
        "Balor Games (current Steam listing)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2021-11-02",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Linux",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "Xbox One",
        "PlayStation 4",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "iOS",
        "Android"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Casual",
        "Indie",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.unpackinggame.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/unpacking",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/unpacking.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "venba",
      "title": "Venba",
      "summary": "Visai Games' narrative cooking game about an Indian mother in 1980s Canada — IGF Grand Prize and BAFTA Debut Game winner.",
      "developer": [
        "Visai Games"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Visai Games (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2023-07-31",
      "platforms": [
        "Windows",
        "macOS",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "PlayStation 5",
        "Xbox One",
        "Xbox Series X|S"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Narrative",
        "Cooking",
        "Casual",
        "Puzzle"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "http://venbagame.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/venba",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/venba.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "wylde-flowers",
      "title": "Wylde Flowers",
      "summary": "Studio Drydock's fully voiced farming-and-witchcraft life sim: tend the farm by day, cast spells by night.",
      "developer": [
        "Studio Drydock"
      ],
      "publisher": [
        "Studio Drydock (self-published)"
      ],
      "engine": null,
      "initialReleaseDate": "2022-02-18",
      "platforms": [
        "Apple Arcade",
        "Windows",
        "Nintendo Switch",
        "Xbox Series X|S",
        "PlayStation 5"
      ],
      "genres": [
        "Adventure",
        "Simulation"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "Single-player"
      ],
      "website": "https://wyldeflowersgame.com/",
      "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896700/",
      "url": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/wylde-flowers",
      "jsonUrl": "https://cozywiki.com/wiki/wylde-flowers.json"
    }
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}