12+ Cozy Games You Can Finish in Under 4 Hours - Short, Relaxing Picks for Busy Players
Only have a few hours to unwind and want something cozy to play? Whether you're in need of a relaxing game for a quiet evening or just don’t have time for a long commitment, this list has you covered. These cozy games can all be completed in 4 hours or less — perfect for a weekend chill session or midweek break. From meditative plant puzzlers to charmingly chaotic geese, each one delivers warmth, whimsy, and good vibes in a short but satisfying package.
A Short Hike
Developer Image: adamgryu
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €6.59 or Included on Xbox Gamepass
Complete story in: 1 1/2 hours
Completionists: 4 hours
Choose your own path and hike at your own pace in the peaceful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you climb to the summit in this exploration adventure game with cute hikers to help and items to collect.
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GRIS
Developer Image: Nomada Studios
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €14.79 or Included on Xbox Gamepass
Complete story in: 3 1/2 hours
Completionists: 6 1/2 hours
Play as a young girl lost in her own world coming to terms with a painful experience in this atmospheric platform adventure game. Complete puzzles and optional skill based challenges to unfold Gris’s story.
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Botany Manor
Developer Image: Whitehorn Games
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox
Cost: €22.49 or Included in Xbox Gamepass
Complete story in: 3 1/2 hours
Completionists: 4 hours
It’s 1890, and you are Arabella Greene, a retired botanist that has just inherited a Somerset Manor in the English Countryside. Your publisher has accepted your book proposal and you are now tasked to complete your herbarium, a collection of studies and research about Forgotten Flora in this exploration puzzle game.
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Dordogne
Developer Image: UN JE NE SAIS QUOI, UMANIMATION
Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch, Playstation, Xbox, Xbox Gamepass
Amazon* Physical Copies: Nintendo Switch, PS5
Cost: €14.99
Complete story in: 3 hours
Completionists: 6 hours
This emotional, watercolour-painted adventure is about capturing childhood memories through letters, journaling, and photography. You’ll explore the French countryside and piece together heartfelt stories through snapshots. Beautiful, nostalgic, and full of soul.
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TOEM
Developer Image: Something We Made
Available on: Steam, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Cost: €19.99
Complete story in: 3 1/2 hours
Completionists: 6 hours
Journey around various Scandinavian towns and complete tasks by taking photos in TOEM, a cute photography adventure game. With a striking black and white cartoon design, quirky characters to meet and fun tasks to complete, TOEM is a relaxing and engaging game with plenty to see and collect and cute animals to photograph for your album.
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Down in Bermuda
Developer Image: Yak & Co
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox
Cost: €16.79
Complete story in: 2 1/2 hours
Completionists: 3 1/2 hours
Play as a stranded aviator on the Island of Bermuda in this adventure puzzle game. Crack codes, collect magic orbs and overcome creatures of the deep as you journey to escape six islands and find a way home.
Donut County
Developer Image: Ben Esposito
Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €11.99
Complete story in: 2 hours
Completionists: 2 1/2 hours
A story base physics puzzle game where you play an ever growing hole in the ground, remote controlled by a raccoon who wants to collect the trash around the town, but in doing swallows up the residents and their homes into a deep hole. Find a way to catapult them out of the hole and back to the surface.
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Untitled Goose Game
Developer Image: House House
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €18.99
Complete story in: 3 hours
Completionists: 6 hours
Play as a mischievous goose let loose on an village. Complete tasks to steal picnic baskets, setting up pranks and making a nuisance honking around town in this hilarious stealth sandbox game. Now available in 2 players, double the geese chaos!
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Developer Image: ustwogames
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox
Cost: €16.99
Complete story in: 2 1/2 hours
Completionists: 4 hours
Play as Alba, a young girl visiting her Grandparents for the summer on a picturesque Mediterranean island in this casual adventure and photography game with an environmental message. Complete your wildlife guide taking photos of the local animals, rescue animals in danger and restore the Island’s Nature Reserve.
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Unpacking
Developer Image: Witch Beam
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox
Cost: €19.99 or included in Xbox Gamepass
Complete story in: 3 1/2 hours
Completionists: 4 1/2 hours
Unpacking is a unique zen puzzle game that transforms the tedious task of unpacking boxes and moving home into a soothing, meditative journey. Unpack, organise and arrange belongings into various homes over a period of 20 years as you learn more about the owner’s story through light puzzle-solving and subtle storytelling.
Related: Looking for a new puzzle game challenge?
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Big Kitty, Little City
Developer Image: Double Dagger Studio
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox
Cost: €24.99 or Included in Xbox Gamepass
Complete story in: 2 hours
Completionists: 6 hours
In this chaotic and adorable exploration and adventure game, play as a little kitty trying to find it’s way back home. It’s an open world playground for this mischevious cat with trellises to climb, slippers to steal and jars of jam to knock over. Make friends, complete quests or cause a ruckus in cute collectable hats in your adventure to find a way home.
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Minami Lane
Developer Image: Doot, Blibloop
Available on: Steam
Cost: €4.99
Complete story in: 2 1/2 hours
Completionists: 4 hours
A shop management game where you build your own Japanese inspired street of shops and attractions from boba shops to Kareoke bars. Manage customer’s feedback to unlock upgrades, new shops and attract cats!
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Venba
Developer Image: Visai Games
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation
Cost: €14.99 or included on Xbox Gamepass
Complete story in: 1 1/2 hours
Completionists: 2 hours
Play as an Indian mother who emigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s in this narrative cooking game. Cook dishes, restore lost recipes and explore South Indian cuisine in a story of love, loss and family.
