20 Best Low-Energy Games to Help You Rest Easy (Nintendo Switch Edition)

The Two Point series of games (Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus) are my go-to management games to feel in control when my life is anything but. As the museum curator, you design your very own museums to create the ultimate guest experience. Coordinate Experts on expeditions where you’ll discover new Exhibits to keep your museum fresh and entice droves of knowledge-hungry guests. This is all while you keep your Exhibits safe, rooms clean, staff happy… and children off the dinosaur bones.

Two Point Museum is available on Nintendo Switch 2

It doesn’t matter how many times I play this zen game, Unpacking is a big comfort for me when I’m not feeling well. Unpacking is a sweet story of love and discovering who you really are. There’s no hand-holding here. You need to discover the story for yourself by pulling items out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, Unpacking is a satisfying game that will live on in your heart long after you stop playing.

Unpacking is available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, Xbox & PlayStation

I grew up on these games so when the remastered version came out to switch I was ecstatic! Now I get to take a trip down memory lane as I enjoy designing and building roller coasters and rides, landscaping parks and managing the staff and finances to keep my guests happy and the money flowing in. Undoubtedly, playing this on PC is the best way to enjoy it but I mostly play handheld these days so I’ll take it where I can.

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, iOS & Android

I can’t stop recommending this cozy game to everyone I meet! You play as Tara, who moved in with her grandma to help manage her farm. Relax as you tend crops, care for animals, fish, craft, and more throughout the day. But as night falls, meet with the coven, learn to fly your broomstick, brew potions, control the seasons and even transform into a cat! The day can run pretty fast though so I prefer to switch it to cozy mode in the settings for a more relaxed pace.

Wylde Flowers is available on Nintendo Switch, Steam & iOS

Before I had my own garden this cozy game became my sanctuary from city life. Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game where you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden. You’re not restricted by grids so you can place plants wherever you like and each one grows in its own unique way. There’s nothing more relaxing to me than a bit of gardening.

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, PlayStation & Xbox

If you’d rather play a puzzle game than dive into a management sim, I really recommend Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. It’s one of those games that looks sweet and simple at first glance, and honestly, it stays that way for the most part. Each level is a tiny diorama you can spin around and peek into, almost like a little toy set. You’re just guiding Toad around, pulling levers, spotting hidden paths, and scooping up treasure. Very chill. Very cute. What I love most is how quick the levels are. You can finish one in a few minutes.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is available on Nintendo Switch

You probably wouldn’t think this about me, but I’m a bit of an achievement hunter sometimes. I get my kicks from checking off every last hidden item. And that’s one big reason Super Mario Galaxy (and its sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2) remain on my top list of comfort games.

If I’m being honest, on a day when I’m wiped out, this kind of game feels like the hug I need. It’s colourful, dreamy, and just playful enough to feel like I’m doing something, without needing energy I don’t have.

Super Mario Galaxy is available on Nintendo Switch

Nothing says easy gaming than running a quaint secondhand bookshop by the sea. Leave your stress behind in this gentle narrative game while you stock shelves with different books, enjoy scenic locations, and get to know the locals. You can even read the books!

Tiny Bookshop is available on Nintendo Switch & Steam

A Little to the Left is one of those cozy puzzle games that will make you scratch your head but laugh at the same time. I pick this up when I want to tune out the outside world. You need to sort, stack, and organize household items by arranging them to complete the puzzles, all while keeping an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

A Little to the Left is available on Nintendo Switch & Steam

In Undusted: Letters from the Past released recently and it’s such a hidden gem that I don’t hear enough people talking about. You are tasked with cleaning long-neglected dirty objects. As you clean each belonging, you will learn the backstories behind the various objects placed in each chapter.

Adora returns home after her mother’s passing. She starts to clean long ignored items within the house. As each object is restored to its pristine condition, the items start whispering memories of the past to her. As she cleans more items, she discovers forgotten and even hidden stories. If you’re a fan of collecting old, antique items I think you’ll love this.

Undusted: Letters from the Past is available on Nintendo Switch & Steam

Settle down in your family’s abandoned homestead and make it your own. Build your farm with magic crops and livestock, customize your cottage with gothic style, and make friends with other creatures of the night.

Embrace immortality and unlock ancient abilities, all in the name of a more bountiful harvest. Unravel the mysteries of the seven families that inhabit Moonlight Peaks and bring a bit of light back to this spooky settlement. Just remember to be back in your coffin before the sun comes up!

Moonlight Peaks is available on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 & Steam

Pokémon Pokopia is a life simulation, sandbox adventure game where you build a cozy little world alongside Pokémon. You play as a Ditto disguised as a human, gathering materials, crafting buildings, growing crops, and decorating your surroundings with help from Pokémon using their unique moves. Instead of focusing on battles, the game is all about building up your little corner of the world, meeting Pokémon.

Only available on Switch 2

Available on Nintendo Switch & Steam

Hokko Life is a cozy, creativity filled community sim game. Step off the train into the town of Hokko and get settled into your new home!

This quiet village needs your help to turn it into the charming rural town everyone loves. With hammer and paints in hand it’s up to you to design, build and decorate homes for all of your new friends!

Join young Alba as she visits her grandparents on a Mediterranean island. She is ready for a peaceful summer of wildlife exploration with her friend Ines, but when she sees an animal in danger, she realises she needs to do something about it.

Alba is described as a Chillectathon – collect all the things and enjoy a peaceful stroll around an idyllic island. Honestly, it’s a feel-good game about running around and doing good deeds. Clean up the island and save it from being turned into a holiday resort.

Available on Nintendo Switch and Steam

Amber Isle is a shop management/social sim set in a quaint, friendly world of prehistoric animal islanders called Paleofolk!

Very Animal Crossing-inspired on the surface: anthropomorphic villagers, shopkeeping, decorating, and island restoration. But it leans more into shop management and crafting loops than pure life sim freedom.

Available on Nintendo Switch and Steam

Cozy Caravan is an adventure, management game with adorable characters. It blends simple daily tasks, character interactions, and progression with a more structured, journey-based format where you move through different areas instead of staying in one town.

Cozy Caravan is more about travelling and completing activities on the move, with a lighter, more level-based feel. It leans less into long-term town building or deep customisation, and more into short, self-contained experiences as you progress through its world.

Available on Nintendo Switch

Little Cozy Home lets you decorate seven rooms of your own cozy house, including a living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, office, hallway, and veranda. Customise each space with different wall colours, wallpapers, flooring, rugs, and furniture to create a home that matches your style.

You can save your favourite designs and revisit them whenever you like, as well as take screenshots of your creations without any menus or interface elements getting in the way. Outside the window, the scenery changes through all four seasons, from bright spring days and colourful autumn leaves to snowy winter landscapes. The simple controls and relaxed gameplay make it an easy and enjoyable to play.

Available on Nintendo Switch

Home Rescue: Clean and Restore is a relaxing hidden object game where you play as Jane, the owner of a growing cleaning business. Explore beautifully designed homes, search for misplaced items, clear away clutter, and restore each property to its former glory. Along the way, you’ll complete hidden object scenes and tackle a variety of light mini-games and puzzles.

The Collector’s Edition includes 18 bonus locations to clean and explore, along with 3 extra mini-games and 18 additional puzzles. With its focus on organisation, cleaning, and simple seek-and-find gameplay, it’s a satisfying choice for players who enjoy calm and casual hidden object adventures.

Available on Nintendo Switch

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a puzzle-platform adventure where Yoshi dives into the pages of a talking encyclopaedia called Mr. E and explores bright storybook worlds filled with quirky creatures. As you hop through each chapter, you’ll use Yoshi’s familiar moves like egg throwing and flutter jumps to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and learn how each creature behaves. Rather than being a tricky platformer, it leans into discovery and experimentation

Available on Nintendo Switch

Build your own home on wheels and live sustainably off-grid. Craft workstations and power supplies, source energy from the sun, wind, or water, upgrade and customise your vehicle, grow crops, and explore a colourful world with up to 4 players.

Outbound is an open-world exploration game set in a utopian near future. Start with an empty camper van and turn it into the home of your dreams – alone or together with your friends. Build and explore at your own pace. Scavenge materials, craft, and build in and on top of your vehicle with modular parts. Advance in technology and efficiently use energy to power your home. Adjust your playstyle to adapt to new landscapes and changing environmental conditions.