There The Light
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization.
79% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Cozy games like IDEA
Still thinking about IDEA and its atmospheric and relaxing tone? These cozy games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
SEASON: A letter to the future
Leave home on a bicycle before a quiet cataclysm ends the current season, and save what you can for the future. You ride through valleys and ruins, photograph and record sounds, talk with the people you meet, and arrange it all in a journal. Slow, tender, and sad in a warm way.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
93% of 1,850 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99Journey
A quiet walk across a wide desert toward a far-off mountain, with ruins to slide past and sand to glide over. You can go alone or fall in with a stranger, chiming instead of talking. Short, gentle and moving, it is a fine reset for cozy fans.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
94% of 35,129 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$14.99Shape of the World
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Surreal
73% of 268 Steam reviews are positive$12.99Hohokum
Take on the role of a curious flying kite-like being and travel to colorful, curious worlds waiting to be discovered.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Surreal
86% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$9.99There The Light
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization. Can you find the light?
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
79% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Paradise Marsh
Stars vanished from the sky and scattered across a perfect endless wetland... Catch bugs and chat with many characters while playfully wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
96% of 425 Steam reviews are positive$14.99LAY
Immerse yourself in this adventure of poetic and contemplative exploration as Elise, a young explorer full of energy. This mysterious world awaits you to overflow with colour and life !
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Surreal
84% of 524 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAreia: Pathway to Dawn
Create your own paths combining the different elements available in this uniquely crafted world. Immerse yourself in a relaxing experience where your actions shape not only your surroundings but also your fate.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
79% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Vignettes
Vignettes is a unique exploration game without text or characters, where objects shapeshift as you spin them around to wander through a kaleidoscope of different moods and settings.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Surreal
96% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Reverie
An ambient, very simple game* with pseudo-puzzle elements, something you can leave open on a second monitor while you work.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Surreal
83% of 66 Steam reviews are positiveFreeNAIAD
Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
95% of 602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99Existensis
Explore the world of Eré for artistic inspiration, so that you may reach the meanings of life and complete your artistic opus! Many branching paths will take you to every corner of the globe as you explore this peaceful and colorful world.
Atmospheric, Relaxing, Emotional
97% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Cheaper than IDEA
Vignettes
Vignettes is a unique exploration game without text or characters, where objects shapeshift as you spin them around to wander through a kaleidoscope…
96% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Monument Valley
Guide the silent princess Ida through impossible towers and optical illusions, turning and sliding monuments until a path appears.
98% of 7,776 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$7.99
The Companion
A cinematic gaming experience. Play as an animal in the spiritual realm. Explore a magical world. Collect Essence and find Artifacts.
70% of 94 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Meadowland
Meadowland is an interactive poem. Explore a world, partake in a story.
65% of 68 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Arcadian Days
An immersive exploration game with light puzzle solving, inspired by Romanian landscapes and culture.
85% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Viaerium
A radiant journey of life to fulfill Your greatest idea.
86% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
A Short Hike
Claire the bird just needs cell reception, so she hikes up Hawk Peak to call her mom.
99% of 19,522 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 56$7.99
Lantern
Be the wind and guide a beautiful lantern that spreads the powerful message of everlasting love, by bringing life and color back to the world around…
67% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
ENDO
ENDO is a whimsical adventure fueled by spontaneous interaction.
100% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Flower
You are the wind, pushing a single petal across green fields.
79% of 4,839 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$6.99
Hidden gems like IDEA
Tall Trails
A chill exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot! You're Alp, a lil' golem on a quest to find his purpose.
99% of 704 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
NAIAD
Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure.
95% of 602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Night Stones
You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night.
92% of 270 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
A Tiny Sticker Tale
A Tiny Sticker Tale is a cozy miniature adventure about changing the world, using the power of stickers!
97% of 478 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Europa
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter’s shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers.
86% of 794 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Dordogne
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost…
92% of 922 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Paradise Marsh
Stars vanished from the sky and scattered across a perfect endless wetland...
96% of 425 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
SEASON: A letter to the future
Leave home on a bicycle before a quiet cataclysm ends the current season, and save what you can for the future.
93% of 1,850 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
Outbound
Outbound is a cozy open-world road trip in an electric camper van you turn into a small home on wheels.
73% of 1,890 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 93$24.99
Cloud Gardens
Cloud Gardens is a chill gardening puzzler about covering ruined concrete dioramas in green.
95% of 2,104 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$17.99
Monument Valley
Guide the silent princess Ida through impossible towers and optical illusions, turning and sliding monuments until a path appears.
98% of 7,776 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$7.99
LAY
Immerse yourself in this adventure of poetic and contemplative exploration as Elise, a young explorer full of energy.
84% of 524 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest cozy games like IDEA
Outbound
Outbound is a cozy open-world road trip in an electric camper van you turn into a small home on wheels.
73% of 1,890 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 93$24.99
Origament: A Paper Adventure
✉️ Become a living letter and find your way to the one who still waits for you!
90% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Arcadian Days
An immersive exploration game with light puzzle solving, inspired by Romanian landscapes and culture.
85% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
ILA: A Frosty Glide
A cozy 3D exploration platformer. Glide a magical skatebroom around a snowy small open world as ILA, a young witch-in-training searching for her…
95% of 82 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Tall Trails
A chill exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot! You're Alp, a lil' golem on a quest to find his purpose.
99% of 704 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
NAIAD
Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure.
95% of 602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Night Stones
You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night.
92% of 270 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Europa
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter’s shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers.
86% of 794 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Sky: Children of the Light
You glide, solve small puzzles, free spirits, and dress up your Sky Kid, with strangers turning into friends along the way.
86% of 25,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,123Free
Recolit
Your spaceship crashes, and you find yourself in a dark town that looks just like any other, but that has something different about it.
87% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
A Tiny Sticker Tale
A Tiny Sticker Tale is a cozy miniature adventure about changing the world, using the power of stickers!
97% of 478 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Dordogne
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost…
92% of 922 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99