There are 8 new cozy games out on Steam today and it’s a pretty well-rounded group of games. Whether you’re looking to return to a tried and true cozy world, want to settle into a rebellious visual novel, or build up colonies across several planets, you’ll find it here!
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Cozy games released on January 20th, 2026
Emberlands: Desktop Village
Emberlands: Desktop Village is an idle village builder set in the world of Into the Emberlands. Send your little knack out to hunt resources and build up a small town with what they’ve collected. By strategically building your town, you’ll passively collect ember that can be used to upgrade your knack or open more tiles. If you want even more options, you can spin the lottery wheel for a chance at exclusive tiles!
VIOLENT RUSH
VIOLENT RUSH is a cyberpunk visual novel set in a dystopian future. With corporations reigning supreme, you’ll rebel in a colorful way by joining a street art movement. Protest and shake up society with the spray of a can. Join HE11AHOUND, a crew of graffiti artists with a message for the town of New Astra.
Auto Snakes in Outer Space
Auto Snakes in Outer Space is an incremental idler where you have control of a group of colorful snakes. They’ll collect food and you’ll use that on upgrades and abilities to improve their capabilities. Play as actively or as passively as you like and choose from 150 skins to create the colony that best fits your aesthetic.
More cozy games!
- Terminal Colony Deep Core – Idler, Automation, Resource Management
- Strange And Mysterious Domain – Strategy RPG, CoC TTRPG Rules, Lovecraftian, Adventure
- Shovelware – Action, Arcade, Puzzle, Mining
- Cosmo Blue – A Space Odor Mystery – Point and Click, Retro, Adventure
- Solargene – Colony Sim, Base Building, 4X
Which of these games are getting added to your libraries? I’m pretty sold on Auto Snakes in Outer Space. I love a good incremental game and it looks fairly meditative. I’m also looking at Cosmo Blue – A Space Odor Mystery. I’m a sucker for older-style point-and-click games.
If none of these cozy games put the dust in your bunnies, you can check out our Cozy Games Today tag for more recently released games.
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