When you think of cozy games, you usually expect the core loop of farming, fishing, harvesting, rinse and repeat. While there’s nothing wrong with simple games that follow that same copy-and-paste pattern, sometimes you want a little bit more excitement in your gaming life.
That’s where cozy games with RPG elements come in.
These games offer the same soothing, low-stress experiences we all love, but add a bit of spice with quests, endless exploration, and story-driven narratives.
Whether it’s restoring war-torn worlds, customizing your homestead, or shaping your world through meaningful choices, these games prove that cozy and exciting themes don’t have to be at odds.
10Sun Haven
Magical Stardew Valley
If you’ve ever wondered what Stardew Valley would be like if it were a fantasy game, then Sun Haven is your answer. This cozy farming sim blends classic crop-growing and town-building mechanics with full-on RPG elements, like magical combat, skill tree advancement, and high-stakes main questlines.
Whether you want to spend your days fishing by the river, growing enchanted crops, or battling monsters with magical weapons, Sun Haven lets you live the perfect cozy-meets-RPG lifestyle.
Plus, with three different towns to explore,dozens of NPCs to romance, and a farm to customize to your heart’s content, it’s the kind of game that easily eats up hours of your life without you even noticing.
If you love a good farming sim but wish they were just a little more exciting, then Sun Haven is absolutely worth a spot on your cozy RPG list.
9Little-Known Galaxy
Underrated Space RPG
Little-Known Galaxy
Little-Known Galaxy is the perfect game for anyone who’s ever wished they could just quit their jobs and leave it all behind for a quiet, peaceful life among the stars.
The cold and unforgiving void of space may sound scary in theory, but somehow, this game makes it feel every bit as cozy as a classic, farm-sim village.
This game lets you spend your days farming in hydroponic gardens, exploring distant planets, customizing your ship to your liking, and solving interplanetary mysteries. There’s also a full RPG progression system, relationship-building activities with the crew, and plenty of story missions to keep you busy.
It doesn’t get much better thancozy space adventures, and Little-Known Galaxy took that assignment to heart.
With its perfect balance of RPG elements and cozy mechanics, I’m honestly surprised that this game isn’t more popular than it is; no matter what kinds of games you’re usually into, you should definitely still give Little-Known Galaxy a chance!
8Dave the Diver
Cozy Meets Capitalism
Dave the Diver
On paper, Dave the Diver sounds like the ultimate fever dream: by day, you’re deep-sea diving for rare fish, ancient artifacts, and the occasional sea monster; by night, you’re running a high-end sushi restaurant, serving sea serpent and sashimi alike.
It might sound unconventional, but somehow, it’s not only incredibly cozy—it’s downright addictive.
Why so many people are willing to pay top-dollar for midnight mystery sushi is anyone’s guess, but apparently, it’s enough to keep you in business, and that’s all that really matters.
You play as Dave, a man who can apparently freedive hundreds of meters without breaking a sweat, all while lugging back enough seafood to feed an army.
As you upgrade your gear, expand your menu, and reel in bigger (and weirder) fish, you’ll begin to realize you’re pretty much living an insane workaholic’s dream—and making the money to back it, too. Sea-faring capitalism for the win!
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7Fields of Mistria
Fields of Magic
Fields of Mistria
On the surface, Fields of Mistria looks likea textbook example of a cozy farming sim, complete with fishing, farming, livestock rearing, and community building. But once you dig in a little deeper, you’ll find that this game iswaymore exciting than your average, run-of-the-mill farm sim.
For starters, Fields of Mistria is filled to the brim with magic, and you’re able to harness the strange magic of the land to aid you in farming and exploration (not to mention riding mystical creatures).
The origin of the town’s magic is still an unsolved mystery, but sometimes, it’s better not to look a magical gift horse in the mouth.
While farming, fishing, crafting, and making friends are still your day-to-day activities, there’s also a full RPG progression system that lets you grow your skills over time, in addition to a main questline full of secrets ready for you to stumble into.
If you like your life sims served with an extra helping of lore, then Fields of Mistria should be the next title in your game queue.
6My Time at Portia
The Coziest Post-Apocalypse Ever
My Time at Portia
You wouldn’t think that My Time at Portia is a post-apocalyptic survival sim at first glance, but that’s exactly what it is. This game throws you into a world still shaken by an apocalyptic event that wiped out most of human civilization, and it’s up to you to help rebuild for the remaining few.
That being said, this game is nothing like the dreary, gritty survival games that share its apocalyptic premise. Instead, My Time at Portia is one of the coziest life sims out there, playing more like a healing journey than a desperate grab at survival.
Between crafting furniture, building bridges, creating elaborate machines, and occasionally riding adorable llamas into the sunset (yes, really), there’s always something demanding your attention.
Thankfully, the game’s relaxed pace, charming characters, and satisfying crafting system make all the busywork feel strangely therapeutic.
And if you ever feel like you’re getting bored, then all you’ve got to do is dig around for a bit until you uncover a few hidden secrets of the world’s past that were never meant to be uncovered; you know, just rainy day stuff like that.
5Moonlighter
Shop Management Meets Interdimensional Exploration
Moonlighter
If you’ve ever wondered what it’d be like to be a shopkeeper by day and a monster-slaying, vigilante badass by night, then you definitely need to check out Moonlighter.
In Moonlighter, you’re not just some run-of-the-mill shopkeeper; you’re also a wannabe hero who dives headfirst into interdimensional dungeons to gather loot to sell in your shop.
Pulling all-nighters to lug monster guts and alien artifacts back home might not sound like the most glamorous job in the world, but if someone’s got to do it, then it might as well be you.
By night, you’re a monster-dodging badass, but by day, you’re a lowly shopkeeper stuck behind the counter of your late grandfather’s corner store.No one said working retail would be easy, but somehow, I doubt they were referring to haggling with customers over the price of monster innards.
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4Wildermyth
The Coziest 2D RPG Ever
Wildermyth
I couldn’t explain to you why, but Wildermyth feels to me like the lovechild between Paper Mario and The Lord of the Rings. The 2D, cardboard cutout-style characters somehow don’t take anything away from the cozy RPG experience that this fantasy game immerses you in, though you might expect them to at first glance.
Trust me, you’ll be surprised at how quickly this game’s DIY, pop-up D&D campaign aesthetic will grow on you.
In Wildermyth, you start with a group of random, slightly under-qualified villagers who, against all odds (and common sense), rise to become legendary heroes (or, at least, more competent heroes).
Along the way, you’ll watch them grow, fall in love, age, and turn into hairy half-wolf creatures thanks to the meddling of a certain Wolf God. Just normal fantasy RPG stuff like that.
With its paper-cutout style and numerous branching story paths, Wildermyth feels less like a full-on, high-stakes RPG and more like a chill D&D session with friends.
It’s cozy, it’s exciting, and oftentimes laugh-out-loud funny, but no matter how much your story twists and turns, it always feels uniquely yours.
3I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Coming-of-(Alien)Age
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is what happens when you mix a cozy life sim, an RPG, and a multi-branching narrative, and then shoot it all into space with a giant cannon.
In this game, you play a human child born on the Stratospheric, a spaceship carrying an escaped colony of people from Earth. Searching for a new home, your colony (and, by extension, your family) finally arrives on Vertumna, a seemingly uninhabited planet capable of sustaining human life.
Over a period of 10 in-game years, you’ll learn and grow within the colony, focusing on whatever skills and hobbies you think will help you grow into the best version of yourself.
Every choice you make, from what you study in school to the friendships you’ll cultivate, will drastically change the outcome of your life.
Whether you become a diligent farmer, a laid-back artist, or the greatest leader your colony has ever known depends entirely on how you spend your formative years. While going through puberty on an alien planet might sound complicated enough,you won’tbelievethe main storyline that this game thrusts you into.
From reincarnation and ancient prophecies to alien love interests and civil wars, this game keeps you on your toes in ways that you could hardly imagine.
2Stardew Valley
Everyone’s Favorite Farming Sim
Stardew Valley
At this point, anyone familiar with Stardew Valley knows that it isn’t just a cozy game—it’s basicallythecozy game. you may’t talk about cozy gameswithoutmentioning Stardew Valley;I’m pretty sure it’s illegal.
In Stardew Valley, you start as a burnt-out corporate drone who inherits a run-down farm in the middle of nowhere, and instead of stuffing the letter back into your briefcase and forgetting about it, you choose to quit your job and move to the countryside in search of a simpler life.
Between farming, fishing, mining, befriending (and/or aggressively flirting with) the local townsfolk, there’s always something to do in this game, and somehow, hardly any of it feels stressful.
Even when you’re racing the clock to harvest a field’s worth of crops before sundown, there’s an almost magical sense of calm that settles over the whole experience.
Stardew Valley is the ultimate,endlessly replayable RPG experience, complete with branching narratives and alternate storylines galore. It allows you to craft the perfect life you never knew you needed, all without ever having to actually touch a rake.
1Harvestella
Genshin Impact-style Cozy Game
Harvestella
Harvestella is the ultimate cozy game with RPG elements. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s like if Genshin Impact had a baby with Stardew Valley.
Developed by Square Enix, the team behind titles such as Kingdom Hearts and the Final Fantasy series, Harvestella offers players an ultimate RPG and cozy life-sim experience.
In this game, you’re thrust into the life of a recently-awakened hero who must save her village (and, by extension, the world) from the Quietus, a season of death that threatens all life on Earth.
While this might sound daunting anddefinitely not cozy at first, just trust me, it’sfarkinder than its game trailers would have you believe.
Despite the whole “world-ending catastrophe” thing, Harvestella still manages to feel surprisingly relaxing. Along the way to saving the world, you’ll spend your days planting and harvesting crops, raising cuddly animals, building your community, and making dozens of friends among four different settlements.
This game is the perfect balance between classic, world-saving RPG and simple, cozy farming sim. It’s got just enough action to keep you on your toes, with more than enough life-sim mechanics to keep you feeling cozy and comfortable.
No matter what kinds of games you’re usually into, you shouldn’t pass on Harvestella!
