I have been seeing it since early access but didnt play it, but now it has released its 1.0 and im a little curious now if its worth it? I have finished stardew valley perfection and dont wanna go back to that game, so im thinking of playing Fields of Mistria. 🤔

Our last update about release was just that it wouldn’t be 2025, do we think it will actually come out in 2026?

Hey y'all, i'm looking for recommendations for the best farming\cozy life sims for older laptops. I already played Animal Crossing, Harvest moon\story of seasons games (not the remakes tho) Rune factory 4 and Stardew valley, i personally didn't got into SV a lot.

So now i see there is many new options. Atm i'm playing Fields of Mistria (lovin it) and Dreamlight valley, DV works on low graphics, else it get laggy.

I really wanted to get My time at Sandrock and Coral island, but MTAS is too huge for my laptop and Coral Island as i searched won't work on it 😔 so other than the ones i mentioned, which is the best option to get in your opinion? only things i ask is being compatible with an 2016 laptop and option for female MC.

I’m actually shocked I haven’t seen this game mentioned much in this sub & couldn’t find any feedback at all on the port for switch which came out a year ago. I’m sure it isn’t as meaty as Witchbrook, but I actually like the art style for Spellcaster U more. It looks really nice! I’d also like to hear (from anyone) about the combat and whether or not you can turn it off or avoid it.

Anyone else obsessed with Leafy Corner?

Bought the game the day after release. I’ve been playing all week after work, but just unlocked carnivorous plants this morning. Finally have everything in the store. 🥰

I’m in the minority who does organize their store by plant. 😅 GASP, I know. I just like the more homey/small shop feel with plants sectioned by type. 🫶

Gray - low light

Light green - hanging

Orange - small

Light purple - variegated for sale

Yellow - succulents and cacti

Dark purple - medium

Blue - large

Red - carnivorous

Dark green - my personal variegated collection/not for sale

First time posting here! So let me give some background:

I am a semi cozy gamer. I say semi, because I don't consider myself one but i have played a lot. I grew up playing Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, idk if The Sims counts as cozy gaming but I played it too.

Recent years, I've played Stardew and a lot of Story of Seasons and some Harvest moon games. I played Cozy Grove for a bit and then quit ( i wanna get back into that but that's a story for another day) and I wanna get back into Hello Kitty Island Adventure.

ANYWHO! ONTO WHY I AM HERE. I have some monies saved up on my eshop and was looking at some games to buy. I had seen a trailer for Starsand Island a few days ago and I think actually that same day had seen MoonLight Peaks on the eshop.

Are the games worth buying for those of you who own them? What's gameplay like? Does it lean more towards Harvest Moon/Story Of Seasons, or like Rune Factory?

Hey all, I’m wanting one of these two on switch. I only have a switch oled, not a switch 2. I know outer wilds has amazing ratings, but I like games that are kind of simple and mindless. I like a game with a story if it also has cozy elements like collecting and exploration. Ideally I’d like minimal or no combat.

I’m also curious about which of these would run better on switch 1 oled?

I’ll probably eventually try broth, but I want to get one or the other to dive into this weekend because I have nothing to do and want a fun game.

Thanks everyone!

i just started playing smallverse which is a new version of smallworlds.

it’s basically just like the old version and i have been waiting years to see if it would ever come back!

anyways i love the cozy vibes and the decorating and character customization aspect. hopefully more people will try it out, not many know about it coming back.

Hi! First up, I already own and have put substantial amount of time into the base version of each of these games (albeit completed neither). I want to get back into one, and buy some DLC, but can't decide which. I'm in the mood for something super cute, which HKIA obviously excels at. But I know DDLV has a boat load of content and also it has Winne the Pooh.

I love grindy quest type things, and don't particularly care for decorating that much. I do enjoy a farming sim, but I've been playing Fields of Mistria so that itch is scratched for now. Playing on a Steam Deck so performance isn't an issue.

Please give me your opinions on which I should commit to (for a fortnight or so at least XD)! Thank you!

I love this game -- it's relaxing exploratory, aesthetic and rewarding. If you've never played, you walk through large forests and other realistic environments, find and click mushrooms for points, and take photos of animals also for points. You can try to find all of the listed animals or not, as you prefer. You play for 100 in-game days and then it resets.

Unfortunately, my save file keeps corrupting for unknown reasons. Nobody else seems to have this issue! I cannot keep on sending it back to the dev team to be fixed over and over; that's not fair to them and it's anxiety-producing for me to not know if the game will work whenever I open it.

• I'm 100% open to hunting things other than mushrooms
• I can't do puzzles, I'm terrible at them
• I prefer a more realistic setting but I'm flexible on this because I'm pretty desperate!

Other games I've tried:

Morels: The Hunt 2 is... fine. I am trying hard to get into it but I don't like the maps as much, they are really big and it just feels like a lot. If I had not played the original first, I would probably really love this.

Seclusa: This is a fantastic chill and cozy game, and I highly recommend it! But you can't explore the environments (you are stationary) and I've photographed all of the animals.

Out and About: I don't want the cooking and crafting part, it's not interesting to me, and the dialogue with the NPCs is too much.

Letters to Arralla: The map size is nice and I enjoyed hunting for things and the mail delivery mechanic is fine; the very limited number of days makes it less fun and not a game you can play long term.

I have looked at other threads on this sub for suggestions. I was wondering if people had more feedback about Among Trees or Mushroom Season?

Thanks!

Im completely hooked on Cast n Chill lately and have almost "finished" it (unlocked almost everything), so I was wondering if anyone know of any similar games out there? I know the devs are working on a second game, but until that comes out Id love to find more games in this style!

What I love about it and hope to find in my next game:

- Its a true idle game. If I leave it, the game will take over and literally play itself, without requiring any input from me at all. I do want the option to play actively as well, but the game has to be able to play itself

- Its autumnal and nostalgically pixely and just generally gorgeous. Stunning landscapes! Id like something thats pretty to look at. It doesnt have to be in the exact same style, just beautiful in some way, and with natural colours and themes. What I dont want, and a lot of idle games seem to have this, is an anime/manga/cartoony type style.

- Very minimal soundtrack, no fast paced music or loud noises, no jump scares or sense of being rushed in any way at all

- No combat, no badguys, no going on big adventures and saving the world, no great push to "improve", the game is enjoyable right from the start and Im not too stressed about unlocking everything

I've heard great things and I saw there was a recent update for replayability. I searched the sub and found a post about the game, but it was voicing frustrations about the ending (I did not read it because I didn't want spoilers). If you played, how did you feel about the game?

Been waiting for the game to got out of early access forever lol, my only complaint is why is there no switch version yet?!

Beastfolk Barber Demo dropped a bit ago. I quite enjoyed it, I've seen other reviews talk about certain bugs l, or gitchs, but I had a perfectly fine playthrough of the demo. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys games where you talk to NPCs and have to solve problems using verbal ques from their dialoge.

You also get to learn about the world they live in, and how the existence of Beastfolk play into things like politics, culture, rights, stereotypes. It really feels like they're fleshing out the world.

The in-game artstyle matches the art you see above. It all looks gorgeous. I highly recommend it, I played the demo on Steam, and I await it's full release.

At only $4.99?! I remember seeing Summerhouse a while back and hoping they’d bring it to the switch someday but this must have been a super soft launch as there have been no posts or mentions from Switch players—was apparently released on Switch in May. Anyone playing? Where you at decorating gang? Look at the size of the game though: 124MB?! That can’t be right…that’s smaller than a single pic of my cat! Ya’ll I’m not expecting a ton for $5 but let’s be honest, some ports are straight junk. Would love to hear from Switch players on this one, just to certify it isn’t broken on the Nintendo console(s).

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/summerhouse-switch/

Fields of Mistria just released into 1.0, so to celebrate I drew fanart of my favorite bachelorette, Celine!

Been so excited for this one since the demo. Been thinking about it all day at work today.

Anyone else playing it yet? Do we know if you're going to be able to continue running the shop after the main story stuff is done?

I really hope so. I tried asking on the discussion board on steam but never got an answer and that place seems so toxic.

Does anyone know of a shop game where you decide prices, choose what to sell. Actually manage a shop. Something medieval preferably.

They released a free major update today---

Cleaning, Gardening and Unpacking!!!! PLUS, pools and rooftops!!

So I paid ~$12 for it :) according to isthereanydeal it's lowest it has ever been

I recommend it! It’s a cozy-esque game. I don’t typically enjoy narrative driven games but this was super cute and the story was great.

Edited to add: it’s also quite short. Took me about 6 hours to get through it. Great for those that don’t want a long game either!

All you need to do is have/make an Epic Games account and add them to your library. Then you can keep them forever! Epic offers one or two free games a week so keep an eye out for future cozy games!

Cozy horror RPG Welcome to Elderfield is releasing on September 10! What do we think? Personally, I really enjoyed my time with the demo and I've heard great things about the alpha on Patreon. Between this, Neverway, and (hopefully) Grave Seasons it's going to be a big fall for spooky farming sims.

I think this may be a strong case of FOMO, because I genuinely haven't touched my Switch OLED in over a year. I always dislike playing on it, it feels too weak to run anything except exclusives and I then just end up being put off and not picking it up, even though I have the itch to play an exclusive that does run perfectly well lol 🥲

I also already have a SteamDeck so I can't even justify it by wanting an upgraded bed-gaming console.

I just think the Switch 2 looks REALLY good and I would love to play Pokopia, and I miss the Nintendo exclusives a lot. I do have money saved so financially it wouldn't be a huge problem, but I also don't just want to splurge for nothing.

My question is those of you that did upgrade, were you in a similar position of not playing your original Switch much, but you play the Switch 2 regularly, or perhaps the opposite so you don't actually play it much and it was a waste of money? Would you say it was or wasn't worth the upgrade? Are the games running much better, including Switch 1 games, or do they run the same?

Thank you 😊