Atmospheric & Relaxing Games

Atmospheric and relaxing games are a genre subset that focuses on creating immersive environments and experiences that evoke calmness, tranquility, and often a sense of wonder. These games typically prioritize ambiance, aesthetics, and mood over intense action or challenge. hese games demonstrate how the genre can provide diverse and emotionally resonant experiences that appeal to players seeking relaxation, immersion, and aesthetic appreciation in gaming.

Coming 2024

The Garden Path

carrotcake, Mooncat Games

A slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. Whether you’re fishing, growing, trading, or making new vegetable friends, a wonderful and wistful adventure awaits when wandering The Garden Path.

July 30, 2024

Steam

Audience Rating: Pending

Été

Impossible

Été (summer) is a relaxing painting game set in Montréal. Color the city to explore, create artworks on canvas, collect stamps in your album, decorate your studio, fulfill commissions from your neighbors, and unleash your inner artist!

July 23, 2024

Steam

Audience Rating: Pending

Broken Lens

Team RUN, Flying Oak Games

Broken Lens is a cozy game where you will discover the story of a little robot with a sight problem. Explore manifold cute environments at your own pace and investigate to understand what happened to them.Will you be able to uncover all the secrets?

July 21, 2024

Steam

Audience Rating: Everyone (E)

SCHiM

Ewoud van der Werf, Nils Slijkerman, Extra Nice, PLAYISM

SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a relaxing and lively environment. This 3D platformer takes elements of light, shadow & animation and adds them directly to the gameplay, delivering an experience that you will only find in SCHiM.

July 18, 2024

Steam

Audience Rating: Pending

2023 Releases

Titles From 2022 & Earlier

Unpacking

Witch Beam, Humble Games

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

November 2, 2021

Steam, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Audience Rating: Everyone (E)

GRIS

Nomada Studio, Devolver Digital

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

December 13, 2018

Steam, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

Audience Rating: Everyone (E)