Nothing's better for relaxing after an adrenaline-inducing game of League of Legends or Rocket League, then curling up with a good wholesome, cozy game, or something that makes you laugh. As the years continue to pass, we see new takes on one of the most loved Genre's and it's always a pleasure to see how each Game Developer puts their own unique spin on it. With hundreds of games coming out, here are a few of the best and brightest in the bunch from Steam Next Fest, 2023 in terms of all things Cozy, Comedic & Wholesome.
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These games are not ranked in any specific order. They're only numbered to stay organized.
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1. Little Kitty, Big City
🏷️ Genre: Cats, Wholesome, Exploration, Cute, Funny
📅 Release Date: 2024
🗒️ Description: You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
📝 Reviewing?: Yes
2. Station to Station
🏷️ Genre: Simulation, Relaxing, Puzzle, Cozy, Nature
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: ‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
3. World's Worst Handyman
🏷️ Genre: Stealth, Comedy, Funny, Puzzle, Physics
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Embark on a hilarious, heartwarming, and chaotic adventure as the World's Worst Handyman! Tackle tasks, dodge foes like haunted scarecrows and dinosaurs, and save an animal shelter from bankruptcy in this comedy-stealth journey.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
4. Loddlenaut
🏷️ Genre: Underwater, Relaxing, Open World, Adventure, Cozy
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Pick up trash, explore the vibrant waters, and take care of axolotl-like alien creatures!
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
5. Cuisineer
🏷️ Genre: Action Roguelike, Cooking, Casual, Wholesome
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!
🎮 Website
📝 Reviewing?: Yes
6. Ducky's Delivery Service
🏷️ Genre: Action, Arcade, Cute, Physics, Difficult, 2D
📅 Release Date: July 20th, 2023
🗒️ Description: Propeller-powered duck delivery action! In Ducky's Delivery Service, you are a duck who uses a propeller backpack to fly around and deliver mail. Master the flight physics, grow your delivery business, fulfill special delivery requests from other ducks, and earn time attack ranks and high scores.
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
7. Flutter Away
🏷️ Genre: Exploration, Hidden Object, Creature Collector, Cozy
📅 Release Date: August 3rd
🗒️ Description: Enjoy the serenity of the Amazon rainforest in this cozy short nature exploration game. As a butterfly researcher on a five-day camping trip, explore nearby tracks, take photos, meet animal friends, and journal the discoveries found along the way!
🎮 Website
📝 Reviewing?: Yes
8. Cozy Cabin: Coffee Boutique
🏷️ Genre: Cute, Life Sim, Cooking, Exploration, Tutorial
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Cozy Cabin is a first-person coffee making game set in a scenic mountain hideaway. Players run a coffee shop and play mini-games to progress an endearing narrative. Physics-based coffee making, unique characters, lively music, and an enchanting atmosphere make Cozy Cabin the game for you!
🎮 Unable to Locate
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
9. The Master's Pupil
🏷️ Genre: Puzzle, Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Adventure, Cozy
📅 Release Date: July 28th, 2023
🗒️ Description: The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball
🎮 Website
📝 Reviewing?: Unlikely
10. Tinting Time
🏷️ Genre: Crafting, JRPG, Simulation, Female Protagonist, Cozy
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Tinting Time is a Japanese-style crafting game. Play as a creator who can create all kinds of solutions, and spend some leisure time in the city of Folest. The game's creation system that combines crafting and complex resource management gameplay is eye-catching.
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🎮 Unable to Locate
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
11. Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows
🏷️ Genre: Comedy, Villain Protagonist, Action-Adventure, 3D
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!
🎮 Unable to Locate
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
That's all folks!
That's it for the best Cozy, Comedic & Wholesome games of the Steam Next Fest 2023 event. Click HERE to be taken back to the Master List article... but before you go, make sure to drop a like below if you're a big fan of the genre, and leave a comment telling us what games you're looking forward to most!
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