50+ Best Cozy Games on Xbox Game Pass (in 2026)

As Kril the hermit crab, you’ll need to wear the trash around you as shells to withstand attacks from enemies many times your size. Embark on an epic treasure hunt to buy back your repossessed shell, and discover the dark secrets behind the polluted ocean.

Become a Junior Ranger in Barbie Horse Trails and help give the already amazing park a fresh new look for everyone to enjoy. Gallop through wildflower fields and other beautiful landscapes. Tackle fun side missions with friends, capture amazing photos, dig up ceramics, and search for the mystery horse. Find chests filled with collectibles and add sparkle to Barbie and Lucky’s looks.

From the cozy cabins to the lively campsite there is plenty to unlock and discover.

Child of Light is an adventure inspired by fairy tales. The story takes us on the coming-of-age journey of Aurora, the daughter of a duke, who is transported to the fantastic world of Lemuria. Identified as a Child of Light and granted the power of flight, Aurora must fight the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night on her quest to save the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Cities: Skylines is an award-winning, best-selling management game, now remastered for Xbox Series X|S with all of its robust city-simulation gameplay and unique charm along for the ride.

This management game puts you in charge of a growing city, from the ground-breaking of its first streets to the ever-changing needs of thousands of citizens. Design, build, and manage the city of your dreams, from public services to civic policies, and challenge yourself to grow from a simple town to a bustling metropolitan hub.

Cooking Simulator is a first-person cooking game where you run your own professional kitchen, preparing everything from simple soups and burgers to complex gourmet dishes. You’ll chop vegetables, season meat, boil pasta, fry fish, bake desserts, and plate meals before sending them out to hungry customers.

There’s something satisfying about slowly preparing ingredients, experimenting with recipes, and watching a dish come together from scratch. The sandbox mode is especially cozy because it removes the pressure of customer orders, allowing you to cook at your own pace.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a hybrid between a life-sim and an adventure game rich with quests, exploration, and engaging activities featuring Disney and Pixar friends, both old and new.

Once an idyllic land, Dreamlight Valley was a place where Disney and Pixar characters lived in harmony—until the Forgetting. Night Thorns grew across the land and severed the wonderful memories tied to this magical place. With nowhere else to go, the hopeless inhabitants of Dreamlight Valley retreated behind locked doors in the Dream Castle.

Experience the magic of Disneyland like never before! Take a journey where stories come to life and dreams come true, right in your living room. Explore the Disneyland park — from Main Street U.S.A. to Critter Country — join Peter Pan to battle Captain Hook, high-five Mickey Mouse or hug Snow White.

Disneyland Adventures allows children, families and Disney fans of all ages to explore the Disneyland park, step into adventures based on attractions, engage in challenging quests and interact with beloved Disney characters remastered in 4K Ultra HD and HDR.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who swallows up his friends and their homes to earn idiotic prizes.

When BK falls into one of his own holes, he’s confronted by his best friend Mira and the residents of Donut County, who are all stuck 999 feet underground… and they demand answers!

In this dark cozy game you are the captain of a fishing trawler who sets off to explore a collection of remote isles, and their surrounding depths, to see what lies below. Sell your catch to the locals and complete quests to learn more about each area’s troubled past.

Outfit your boat with better equipment to trawl deep-sea trenches and navigate to far-off lands but keep an eye on the time. You might not like what finds you in the dark…

Fe is an action-adventure platform game focused on exploration, nature, and wordless storytelling, in a Nordic-inspired forest as a small, fox-like creature.

The gameplay revolves around exploring a non-linear world and using a unique sound-matching mechanic to sing and bond with local plants and wildlife. By learning the songs of different species, you gain companions and unlock new traversal abilities, like gliding and climbing, to solve environmental puzzles.

Without any text or dialogue, the story tasks you with defending this fragile ecosystem from the “Silent Ones”—robotic, monocled invaders capturing the forest creatures—ultimately delivering a striking visual and musical experience centered on the interconnectedness of nature.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness.

The year is 1989. You are a man named Henry who has retreated from your messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge.

Herdling is an atmospheric, minimalist puzzle-adventure game.

The story follows Via, who awakens in a decaying, abandoned city and sets out on a grand alpine expedition to lead a group of giant, lovable, furry beasts called Calicorns to safety at a mountain summit.

You’ll need to shepherd these creatures and use your staff to guide them, clear thorns, navigate fragile ice, or trigger energetic stampedes to break through environmental obstacles. Relying entirely on visual storytelling with no text or dialogue

Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Experience Hogwarts in the 1800s.

Go on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover magical beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents and become the wizard you want to be.

House Flipper is the key to your first home. If you’re an elder millennial like me who’s yet to put a toe, never mind a whole foot on the home ownership ladder, then this renovation sandbox is perfect for you.

A first-person sim where you’re tasked with the job of cleaning, painting, tidying and decorating the homes of local residents. Install new showers, air-con, the works! All so you can one day afford your own home.

House Flipper is a cozy gamer’s dream. You can take your time to obsess over the aesthetics. It’s like The Sims without the potty training. Just you, a hammer, and your imagination.

inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy, narrative-driven slice-of-life game with light simulation elements, centered on human connection and everyday moments.

Play as Makoto Hayakawa, a college student spending her summer behind the counter of a small-town convenience store, in a colorful world inspired by early 1990s Japan.

Your days are shaped by simple, tactile actions. You stock shelves, tidy displays, and prepare the store for customers, not to optimize numbers, but to settle into a comforting rhythm. Between tasks, you explore the store and its surroundings, notice tiny details, and connect with regulars whose lives gently intertwine with yours.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass* and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges.

Play as the clashing couple Cody and May, two humans turned into dolls by a magic spell. Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship.

Enjoy summer in Kabuto Park! Catch the cutest bugs, train them and win the Summer Beetle Battles Championship in this tiny bug collection game! Upgrade your equipment to find rarer, stronger and shinier little friends.

Kabuto Park is a cute and short bug collection game. Spend a month as Hana, a little girl on summer vacation. Catch the best bugs and level them up, choose your team carefully and fight other kids to become the Summer Beetle Battles champion.

Expect 2 to 4 hours of serene bug catching, exciting little battles and summer vibes.

On an island in a long-lost sea, a forgotten lighthouse stands dormant in the shadow of a distant mountain peak. As withering tendrils spread and coalesce, it awakens. Taken with a mysterious sense of purpose and joined by a spirited seabird, it embarks upon a heartening tale of unlikely companionship.

Will you make your way home or will you explore what the big city has to offer first? I mean, getting home is obviously your main priority. Obviously. Well, it’s one of your priorities. Maybe more of a guideline… It’s definitely on your To-Do list somewhere! But first? Exploration!

Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and expand your lands through conquest.

Inspired by the art and architecture of late 14th century Franconia, Manor Lords prioritizes historical accuracy wherever possible, using it to inform gameplay mechanics and visuals alike. Common medieval tropes are avoided in favor of historical accuracy in order to make the world feel more authentic, colorful, and believable.

Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim. Minami Lane is a small, wholesome management game set on a Japanese-inspired street. Create and manage your own street, make sure everyone is happy, and watch the villagers live their lives! Enjoy 2 to 4 hours of playtime, cute tanukis and lots of cats!

Minecraft is a sandbox video game where you explore, build, craft, and survive in a blocky, open-ended world that you shape however you like. You can gather resources, build anything from tiny cottages to huge castles, fight monsters, farm, go mining, and play alone or with friends. There’s no single “right” way to play, which is why people use it for creativity, adventure, learning, and even relaxing.

On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation.

En route to their final party together, a perfectly curated playlist draws three friends into dreamlike reenactments of their formative memories. Experience a variety of narrative vignettes exploring the pivotal moments that shaped them. It’s the greatest hits of the teenage experience, from the first kiss to the last dance.

During an archaeological excavation – a set of Gates were discovered. People quickly realized that these ancient passages lead to different realms and dimensions. Rynoka, a small commercial village, was found near the excavation site – providing brave and reckless adventurers with treasures beyond measure.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Moving Out 2 is the wacky sequel to the world-famous physics-based moving simulator. Working as a solo F.A.R.T, or with up to three friends, slip into your Smooth Moves uniform and help the residents of Packmore, and beyond, to pack up and ship out!

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch is a PG-friendly RPG that will look familiar to fans of Studio Ghibli movies. You play as Oliver, a young boy pure of heart. After a devastating event early on in the game Oliver sets out to mend hearts and save his mum.  

This wonderful story comes to life through animated storyboards and creation by the renowned Studio Ghibli, accompanied by the music of the celebrated Joe Hisaishi.

Join the young king Evan as he sets out on an epic quest to found a new kingdom, unite his world and save its people from a terrible evil.

Embark on this unforgettable adventure which blurs the line between animated feature film and video game. Ni no Kuni II features enchanting character design from the legendary artist Yoshiyuki Momose and a stirring soundtrack composed by the world-famous Joe Hisaishi.

You’re the first pioneer to hit the surface of a barren, alien world – a desolate expanse as far as the eye can see. Your job is simple: Take your Space-RV, power up your multipurpose tech gauntlet, and use whatever seeds found in the cargo to start a new life on this world. Over time, you’ll make the planet life-sustaining for yourself and dozens of future colonists. But until then, it’s going to be one lonely outpost…

Ori and the Blind Forest is a must-play, award winning franchise that tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Featuring hand-painted artwork, meticulously animated character performance, a fully orchestrated score and dozens of new features in the Definitive Edition, Ori and the Blind Forest explores a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

The little spirit Ori is no stranger to peril, but when a fateful flight puts the owlet Ku in harm’s way, it will take more than bravery to bring a family back together, heal a broken land, and discover Ori’s true destiny.

From the creators of the acclaimed action-platformer Ori and the Blind Forest comes an adventure through a beautiful world filled with friends and foes that come to life in stunning, hand-painted artwork. Set to a fully orchestrated original score, Ori and the Will of the Wisps continues the Moon Studios tradition of tightly crafted platforming action and deeply emotional storytelling.

Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.

Outbound is a cozy 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. Collect 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.

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons … it’s time to save the world (again!)

Out of the frying pan, into the fire…

You’ve saved the world from the Ever Peckish. Now a new threat has arisen and it’s time to get back in the kitchen to stave off the hunger of The Unbread!

You play as a Monarch in possession of an ancient soul-stealing crown with magical abilities. With its power, establish a kingdom in a perilous wilderness and defend it from mutants and bandits roaming the land.

Build, gather resources, farm the land and more to turn your fledgling realm into a commanding, self-sustaining kingdom. As your fame grows, more will flock to your banner – but so will those who have come to overthrow you, including your friends in up to six-player co-op.

Reach new heights of creativity, management, and sharing as you construct the theme parks of your dreams combining epic water rides and coasters to delight and thrill your park guests.

Create the ultimate theme park with nine distinct themes, from returning classics like Pirate and Western, to exciting new additions in Viking and Mythology. With thousands of themed customizable pieces at your fingertips, every creation will be truly unique.

Planet of Lana 2 is a cinematic puzzle-adventure built around companionship and trust. Guide an older, more agile Lana and her loyal companion Mui as their bond becomes the key to moving forward in a world where beauty and danger live side by side.

Puzzles are woven naturally into the world, rewarding awareness, timing, and cooperation instead of complex logic. Turn Lana’s expanded agility, from wall jumps to smooth movement and momentum, into your path through danger.

Dust off your power washer and relax into pure feel-good fun. Blast away every last speck, smear and splatter of filth to restore Muckingham to gleaming glory. Craving more to Clean? The jobs and water keep flowing in PowerWash Simulator 2.

Play through a fresh new campaign, uncovering more of Muckingham’s mysteries. Plus, venture even further out to brand-new grime-coated locations like Sponge Valley, Power Falls and Lubri City.

RV There Yet? is a highly chaotic, physics-based cooperative driving and survival adventure game. Embracing a humorous, “dad-core” aesthetic, the game tasks a group of up to four players with piloting a messy, rear-wheel-drive recreational vehicle home through the dangerous backcountry of Mabutts Valley after an alternate route cuts off their vacation path.

Sledding Game is a multiplayer snowsports hangout game with proximity chat. Go sledding, relax and see what else there is to do. There’s also ragdoll physics. Compete to see who can reach the bottom first or get the most points through gnarly tricks, building your own ramps and launching off them. Or you can just sled around and explore, up to you.

Solarpunk is a relaxed survival craft sandbox game, handcrafted by just two devs.
Alone or together with your friends, you can construct creative buildings, decorate your home with a huge selection of furniture and objects, grow and cook food, craft gadgets, and explore distant islands in your own airship.

Use sunlight and wind to create an energy system and automate your processes, like gathering resources and watering your plants.

Spiritfarer is a cozy management game about dying. You play Stella, ferrymaster to the deceased, a Spiritfarer.

Build a boat to explore the world, then befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife. Farm, mine, fish, harvest, cook, and craft your way across mystical seas. Join the adventure as Daffodil the cat, in two-player cooperative play.

Spend relaxing quality time with your spirit passengers, create lasting memories, and, ultimately, learn how to say goodbye to your cherished friends.

Stardew Valley is more than your average farming sim. With endless content and rich character development, Stardew is the coziest of games.

You’ve inherited a neglected farm plot from your Grandfather. Can you bring it back to life and make it your own little piece of sanctuary? Raise animals, grow crops, start an orchard, craft useful machines, and level up in 5 different areas: farming, mining, combat, fishing, and foraging.

Escape the Urban Grind to Starsand Island – Your Island Paradise Awaits!

Here, relax in a serene pastoral lifestyle: slow-paced days spent bonding with adorable capybaras, cats, and dogs, savoring the thrill of bountiful fishing, exploring the mystical Moonlit Forest, or simply soaking in the island’s untouched beauty.

Superliminal is a first-person puzzle game inspired by perspective and optical illusions. Players tackle impossible puzzles by thinking outside the box and learning to expect the unexpected.

This game features a wonderfully subdued world, an intriguingly voiced narrative, and things that are really weird.

Supermarket Simulator is a chill first-person simulation where every detail of running a supermarket comes alive. Design your store, optimizing for efficiency and aesthetics. Determine where products are displayed, manage your aisles, and ensure a smooth shopping experience for your customers.

Order stock using an in-game computer. Unpack goods, organize them in your storage room and place them on shelves, fridges, and freezers. As you accumulate profits, consider reinvesting. Expand your store’s physical space, upgrade interiors, and continually adapt to the evolving demands of the retail world.

When Hana’s garden of musical flowers are scattered across a sky full of beautiful islands, she must turn to the magical Tempopo for help returning them. Chaotic and uncoordinated by nature, the Tempopo rely on Hana’s conducting skills to keep on the right track, and solve each island’s puzzle.

The Sims™ Legacy Collection is a definitive, 25th-anniversary re-release bundle of the iconic life simulation game. The gameplay provides complete, open-ended control over the daily lives of virtual human characters (“Sims”), giving you the power to construct their homes, steer their career choices, foster romantic relationships, or orchestrate chaotic disasters.

Tiny Bookshop is a cozy narrative management game. Stock your shop on wheels with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.

Decorate your Tiny Bookshop with the items you collect. Are you into absolutely plastering it with plants? Maybe a spooky candle-lit atmosphere is more your style? Every item also has an effect on your customers and can introduce new mechanics.

to a T is a narrative adventure game that portrays the extraordinary life of a 13-year-old teenager, whose body happens to be in the shape of the letter “T.” They live in a modest seaside town that they explore by foot, train, or even their favorite unicycle, and interact with a the charming cast of characters who live there.

From teenager’s loyal fluffy canine companion and their caring mother, to a gang of despicable bullies and a giraffe that makes the most scrumptious sandwiches. After a chance encounter, the teenager discovers a newfound ability, and a story begins to unravel around a mysterious object enveloped in light that falls from the sky.

Tunic is an epic adventure about a tiny fox. If you’re looking for a Legend of Zelda-esque game with battles and deep legends Tunic will surprise you. 

Not a slow game by any means and probably not cozy to most people, but if you want more of a challenge I highly recommend this stand-out game release from 2022.

Unravel introduces Yarny — a new, lovable, and endearing character made from a single thread of yarn that slowly unravels as you move. Inspired by the unique and breath-taking environments of Northern Scandinavia, Unravel is a visually stunning, physics-based puzzle platformer.

Using yarn to swing from tree branch to tree branch or hitch a ride on a flying kite, no feat is too big. Yarny is brought to life as the representation of the ties that bind loved-ones together. Embark with Yarny on a seemingly larger-than-life adventure to reconnect the long-lost memories of a family. Told completely without words, experience an exciting and heartfelt story about love, hope, and the journey of life.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. In Unravel Two, create a Yarny of your very own. Then build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game. Explore, gather resources, craft tools, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals!

In Winter Burrow, you play a mouse who returns from the big city to find their childhood home in ruins. To make matters worse, your Aunt (who was supposed to be looking after it) has gone missing. Restore your broken-down childhood burrow to its former glory so you can relax in front of the fireplace.

Easy to start and easy to play, Zoo Tycoon gets you up close and interacting with the animals and zoo, offering intuitive controls and fun tutorials that allow players of all ages to have fun. Play smart as animals and guests will react to your creative choices and ultimately decide your chances to become a zoo tycoon.