☕ 06/2025: Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration Newsletter

Topics: Sims 4 & Coral Island update, Wholesome Direct, many freshly announced cozy games.

Welcome to issue 06/2025 of our cozy games newsletter! I hope you're sitting on the couch right now, Switch 2 aside, and before you start reading this newsletter, make yourself a matcha 🍵 :).

Tales of Shire will be released on July 29 for all platforms

🗞️ Cozy Game News Roundup

  • The Sims 4: EA announced a new “Nature Expansion Pack” for The Sims 4, available July 10. You can watch the Gameplay Trailer an Youtube.com.

  • 🐚 Coral Update: Coral Island just announced a Multiplayer & Romance Update, arriving this summer! Curious what’s coming? Watch the full update trailer on YouTube.com

  •  Xbox Handheld: ROG and Microsoft have teamed up to create the ROG Xbox Ally X. This new handheld console enables you to play Xbox games on the go and at home. Watch the announcement Trailer on Youtube.

  • 📅 Release Date: The highly anticipated Paralives will be released on Steam in Early Access on December 8, 2025 for $39.99 and confirms that all DLC/updates will be free (Steam News).

  • 😯 Trailer of the month: Grave Seasons is a narrative farming sim with a terrifying twist, someone in the town is a supernatural serial killer. The devs have unveiled their first major trailer (Youtube)

  • 🖼️ Crazy Fan-Art: Someone build a picture of Eric Baron (ConcernApe), in Stardew Valley (Reddit.com)

  • 🎉 Wholesome Direct: The Wholesome Direct (main showcase for Cozy Games) featured over 60 games. You can watch the whole show on Youtube.com. We have listed the best games that were revealed in the “Freshly Announced” section.

FRESH RELEASED COZY GAMES

📰 Best Cozy Games released in June

Follow the button to see our highlight games released in the last month.

COZY UPCOMINGS PICKS

📅 Best Cozy Games in July 2025

Every month we try to pick out the best highlights of the month for you!

⭐= Highlight, 💎= Hidden Gem

NEW COZY GAMES

🆕 Freshly announced

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