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Jan 2, 2026
The title Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim really tells you all you need to know about this game. You play as Moel, a small mole who has taken over his grandmother’s gemporium business. Spend your days mining for precious gems, refine them so they shine bright, then sell them in your shop. Sounds easy and relaxing, right? It is! Even if you have a million-dollar debt hanging over your head!
Your days are time-limited and are specifically laid out so you can only do certain things at certain times. Despite that, Gemporium really is relaxing. The mornings are for mining and refining. The afternoons are spent selling your sparkly wares. The evenings are for talking to Grandma, who is such a character, and buying upgrades. Easy and structured, but you can turn on Cozy Mode if you don’t want timed days at all!
I enjoyed the repetition of Gemporium. Every day was structured, so I knew what to expect. This made for the perfect game to just turn my brain off and play. The mines are easy to navigate, and mining by hand is a relaxing chore. Upgrades helped make each process far more enjoyable, too, by increasing abilities. Even repaying the debt was hassle-free because there really was no pressure to meet deadlines. If you miss a payment day, interest is added, but earning money is not difficult. Soon enough, you’ll have more than enough.
Gemporium is on Steam now. There’s also a demo you can try out, and the game is Steam Deck verified! I think this game is perfect for gamers who love to lose themselves in the ease of a routine. It’s cute, it’s relaxing, and it’s a great gameplay experience. I give it
Jun 10, 2025
My Cozy Room is a simple room decorating game featuring some fun decor options and lovely music. Get creative in this sandbox game and let your imagination run wild. Choose from several different room sizes and shapes to begin. Then, use over 500 items to create, decorate, and bring to life your vision. Build something that reflects your style, or go for something totally new for you. You’ll be able to create any aesthetic you can imagine here!
In My Cozy Room, Craft the perfect kid’s corner full of toys. Set up the cozy bedroom of your dreams full of comfy pillows, exciting books, and a snuggly bed. Or dive into creating the best kitchen you can with the tastiest of foods. Paint or wallpaper the walls, and install the perfect flooring to match. Choose from beds, ovens, bathroom items, random decorations, clothes, and so much more to create your favorite spaces. Go for a moody maximalist look, a sleek minimalist set up, or anything in between. With so many things to choose from, your imagination is the limit.
You can find My Cozy Room on Nintendo Switch now. It’s also coming to Steam soon. In the meantime, pick up the demo during this month’s Next Fest, which is going on now until the 16th!
Jun 6, 2025
If you loved Rusty’s Retirement, or wanted a similar game without the farming focus, then check out My Little Life! Developed by 9FingerGames, this colorful life sim sits at the bottom of your computer screen. This allows you to go about your daily tasks or get some homework done while your tiny little human goes about their life. Check on them every once in a while to watch them live their cozy little life.
Build your little person’s home from the ground up. Build a simple little place or get extravagant with multiple floors. Order new items for them and watch as they get excited at the deliveries. Choose wallpapers, furniture, and decor to make their home the perfect place to live. There are hundreds of different items for you to unlock and order.
Your character in My Little Life doesn’t just simply hang out at home, though. You can unlock different careers for them to engage in. There are even items you can place in their home to help them increase relevant skills. They can become a farmer, streamer, a hacker, or something totally different. The better they are at their career, the more money they’ll make. The more money they make, the more you can expand and decorate their home. So, make them as successful as possible!
My Little Life is coming to Steam sometime soon. Add it to your Wishlist to be notified of its release.
Feb 8, 2025
Mystopia gives you the chance to relax and create your own worlds and to craft magical potions. This casual sandbox game lets you just unleash your creativity and build using pretty props and blocks. Discover blocks inspired by witchcraft found in different cultures across the world. Use the potions you make to see what fun reactions they have. And just build your dream world!
As you play Mystopia, letters will mysteriously appear. Open them to discover new blocks to place. Each one might be a ground piece, a fun plant, a magic hat, or any number of other possibilities. Use them all to create your ideal environment. There’s no wrong way to build, and certainly no timers or limitations. Your imagination is the only limit!
Mystopia is coming to Steam some time soon. There is currently a demo available for you to try out, too.
Oct 25, 2024
If you’ve never had the pleasure to experience the serenity and relaxation that comes with soaking in a Japanese hot spring, then Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen) is perfect for you.
This game allows you to experience the peace and beauty that comes from slipping into a bath of hot water and just letting it wash away your worries. This game is also perfect for the cozy gamers who love simulation games, because you build your very own piece of heaven here!
Design and decorate your very own onsen scenes. Use different ornaments and decor items to bring your vision to life. Create beautiful fish pond gardens and raise adorable little cats to add warmth and life to your scenes, too.
Use beautiful preset scenes or build your very own from scratch, and set everything to a lovely, relaxing soundtrack. Enjoy minigames has to offer like gardening, cooking, and firefly catching when you need a break from decorating. Or send floating lanterns with messages for other players to see and connect with. You can even join friends at a host’s garden to interact and have fun!
Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen) is now finally on Steam, have fun creating your very own Zen environment!
Aug 28, 2024
Horticular is a relaxing gardening game with a magical twist. Developed by inDirection Games, this beautifully vibrant game begins with you being magically summoned by garden gnomes. They want you to restore a garden that was abandoned by its previous caretaker. So, take on this huge task, but at your own pace, and build a lush garden to be proud of!
You have total creative freedom to turn this garden into whatever you want. Use hundreds of unlockable surface types to create biomes with different terrain. Plant tons of different kinds of flowers and plants. Even place fun decorative items like pillars, planter boxes, and more to create your dream garden. Of course, you want to build the garden in a way that it’ll attract creatures! Each critter has requirements before it will move in, though. So, plan accordingly and soon your garden will overflow with plants and animals!
You also need to maintain the magic of the garden in Horticular. Animals will become unhappy, the garden will decay, and you’ll see corrupted agents sent by your nemesis show up. With the help of the garden gnomes and your abilities, though, you’ll be able to prevent all of that. There are also garden upgrades you can purchase. These upgrades will increase your skills and unlock new items. And while each playthrough will be different, no choice locks you out of upgrades. You’ll be able to unlock everything every time!
You can find Horticular now on Steam!
Like gardening? Try Botany Manor!
Feb 22, 2024
Welcome to Minami Lane! This lovely little life sim by indie developers Doot and Blibloop is a short, but wholesome play. It lets you build your very own street where you can decorate and manage shops. Build cozy homes to attract villagers to your street. Choose from a number of different colors for the roof and walls to create the perfect look. Your villagers need more than just a comfortable place to live, though!
Keep the villagers of Minami Lane happy by meeting several of their needs. Beautify the neighborhood with decorations, shops, and attractions. Parks add a beautiful pop of natural color and provide the perfect spot to relax. Ramen shops serve up delicious steaming bowls of food. Boba shops give villagers tasty treats to boost their mood. There are other shops your villagers may want, too. Plus, each shop has its own inventory and effects on the neighborhood. Play missions for a challenge or sandbox mode to focus on the creative side of building.
Minami Lane releases in just 5 short days on Steam! Grab the demo now to prepare for the release on February 28th.
If you prefer a free-form building game with no objectives, try Tiny Glade!
Dec 20, 2023
We’re another week closer to Christmas and I can’t wait! I love going around the neighborhood looking at people’s decorations. I think that’s part of why ACNH having lights in trees feels so satisfying to me. What else is super exciting about the Christmas season, is the new gaming systems and games you get! And with Steam Decks being fairly popular, what better way to celebrate the approach of the holiday with some gift ideas for that system?
The following list only features games that have been Steam Deck verified, to save the gamer in your life some troubles and heartache!
My Time at Sandrock is the long awaited sequel to My Time at Portia. And just like the prequel, this one takes place in a post-apocalyptic world 330 years after the Day of Calamity destroyed a lot of modern technology. You accept the role as a builder of Sandrock, a desert community. Gather resources to build machines, befriend locals, fight enemies, and lead the town to economic prosperity! Uncover the backstories for over 30 NPCs while you forge friendships with them. Complete side quests, play fun minigames, and even team up with a friend to play the game together!
APICO is a lovely game where you leave your boring city job and return to Port APICO, where you grew up, and return to your beekeeping roots. The APICO islands feature a set of lush, beautiful environments for you to explore. Each biome has its own breed of bees for you to discover. Gather resources to use in your studies or crafting. Make and sell Apicola (honey) and other beekeeping items you will discover. Play fun beekeeping minigames, without the stings! More importantly, breed different cross breeds of bees and discover 30 new species to help repopulate the APICO islands with. Plus, uncover the secrets of the islands while you explore.
I even have a review of APICO here, if you want more information!
Cornucopia offers the same comfortable features players have grown to love from the farming game genre, but in a lovely 2.5D pixel art style. You plant 52 types of fruit trees, 15 types of berry bushes, and grow 52 different crops, including their different artisan varieties. Sell crops or cook them up in one of 200 different recipes! There’s also logging, fishing, mining, and pet breeding to occupy your days. Also enter the pets into competitive races or use them to help you fight monsters. Then, kick back and relax with some crafting and decorating. Unlock furniture and decorations to turn your farm into your favorite getaway. Make friends with Cornucopia’s NPCs, too. Who knows, maybe one of the over 47 NPCs will catch your fancy! Romance them, go on dates, and unlock their romantic cut scenes. Even marry one, start a family, and decorate their room in your house.
Play as a simple journeyman blacksmith in While the Iron’s Hot. You’re looking to become a master blacksmith. This game features an exciting combat-free experience. Journey to the mystical lands of Ellian where you’ll meet a cast of quirky characters. Explore tunnels full of puzzles and resources. Master every step of the blacksmithing process. Smelt ore, turn metal into ingots, and shape them into useful items. Use your skills to repair machinery to open up new areas to explore. Craft equipment that helps you explore new regions. Even work hard to restore the defunct blacksmithing town of Stal. Revitalizing the village just might prove to Eillian’s artisans that you’re worthy of being a master blacksmith!
In Loddlenaut, you play as an interstellar custodian who has been hired by the spacefaring mega corporation GUPPI to clean up their mess. They’ve inundated GUP-14 with pollution, and want you to restore the planet. This is an open-world ocean adventure where you’ll get to explore this beautiful alien planet, along with the corporate ruins of GUPPI. You’ll find remnants of their buildings, ships, and machinery that have all sunken to the bottom of the game’s ocean. Use your bubble gun, clean up the trash, remove oil spills, and uncover clues about the past inhabitants. Unlock better gadgets to help you clean up different types of ocean pollution. Recycle the trash you collect and use it to craft items. Even befriend cute little axolotl-looking creatures called loddles!
Did you get a new Switch instead? Or perhaps you got one for someone and want some games to go with it. Either way, check out my list of 5 Farming Games for Your New Switch!
