My 5 favorite cozy games in Steam's House and Home sale

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I'm basically a videogame realtor, and all about anything that lets me build, organize, or clean some semblance of a house.

I've scrubbed the dirt off of countless rooftops and walls in PowerWash Simulator, and who knows how many permutations I've created of my idealized working space in My Dream Setup.

God forbid I apply that energy to cleaning my own house.

This one is a recent favorite, but I was smitten with the cute critters of Creature Kitchen when I wrote about the demo a month ago.

I've completed the full game since, and even went back for some achievement clean-up since I couldn't get enough of the creepy-cozy cooking sim.

It's a short game—it took me about six hours to finish everything, achievements included—but perfectly paced with just-difficult-enough puzzles and tons of weird little guys to befriend.

I loved looking for clues to make snacks for the mice in my walls or the weird apparition in the pantry.

They're pickier eaters than I would have expected, but once you figure it out, Creature Kitchen is a satisfying little puzzler.

💲 Price: $7.99 /$6.39 | £6.69 /£5.35 ✅ Has a demo
PowerWash Simulator 2 ( Steam )
Look, I recently tried to replay the original PowerWash Simulator since I didn't finish all of its DLC, and I just can't go back to it after playing the sequel.

Months later, I still stand by everything I outlined in my PowerWash Simulator 2 review , and feel the upgrades made in its sequel are just too good to handwave and go back to ol' faithful.

New attachments like the Swirlforce Ace, a heavy-duty circular cleaner, and upgrades to the soap system are gamechangers.

Couple that with improved co-op, and it's way more fun for everyone involved.

The Adventure Time DLC is on its way soon, so it's the perfect time to scoop up the sequel if you haven't already.

💲 Price: $24.99 /$21.24 | £19.99 /£16.99 ✅ Has a demo
I just started playing Hozy, but I've loved my time with the fixer-upper sim so far.

While there's no shortage of things to do, I love that it doesn't let me overwhelm myself by trying to tackle a million little projects at once.

Instead, Hozy breaks down remodeling an entire neighborhood into several smaller cleanup jobs where you restore old buildings one room at a time.

You'll do everything, too.

Pick up the trash, scrub the floors, squeegee the windows, paint the walls—Hozy gets pretty granular with the work that goes into making buildings as good as new.

But the best part comes at the end, when the game dumps boxes full of furniture and clutter into your lap and lets you go wild.

💲 Price: $14.99 /$13.49 | £12.49 /£11.24
💲 Price: $19.99 /$7.99 | £15.49 /£6.19
My Little Life is another one I started recently, but so far I'm having a good time tending to the tiny, needy people making demands at the bottom of my screen.

Considering it's an idler, they're pretty patient little dudes, but they rely on you for more than just cute decor and shelter.

While those things are important, the tiny humans also rely on their desktop gods for food, comfort, and even new career paths.

It's kind of like playing a mini version of The Sims, but I can't drown the annoying ones in the pool.

Or maybe I can, and I just haven't discovered how.

At least not yet.

💲 Price: $5.99 /$4.19 | £4.99 /£3.49
And here's everything in my Steam cart
Two are idle games, which isn't very surprising when you see how many I go through while sitting at my desk.

I've already run the gamut of things to do in Ropuka's Idle Island (which I also recommend, but it's bundled with another cute idler, Mini Cozy Room ( Steam ), and I'm itching to try it for the multiplayer mode.

Andrea has been covering games for nearly a decade, picking up bylines at IGN, USA Today, Fanbyte, and Destructoid before joining the PC Gamer team in 2025.

She's got a soft spot for older RPGs and is willing to try just about anything with a lovey-dovey "I can fix them" romance element.

Her weekly to-do always includes a bit of MMO time, endlessly achievement hunting and raiding in Final Fantasy 14.

Outside of those staples, she's often got a few survival-crafting games on rotation and loves a good scare in co-op horror games.

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