☕ 12/2025: Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration Newsletter

Topics: Roundup 2025, Most Hyped Cozy Games 2026, Upcoming Games in January, Wholesome Snack, Wylde Society - First Look!

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rokaplay
December 19, 2025

Welcome to issue 12/2025 of our cozy games newsletter! The end of the year is getting closer… So let's take a look back at 2025 and see what 2026 has in store for us as cozy gamers! Snuggle up in a cozy blanket, grab a hot drink (for me, it's apple cinnamon tea 🍵✨), and let's take a look at the latest cozy news in 2025. 🎄

🗞️ Cozy Game News Roundup

  • 🧑‍🌾 Wholesome Snack: New Cozy Games announced during this Showcase!

  • 🪄 Wylde Society: We got a FIRST LOOK TRAILER for the game Wylde Society! ✨

  • 🐟 Viral Fish Drawing Game: In Drawquarium, you can bring your fish to life!

  • 🎮 Cozy Games Bundle: Get the Wholsome Snack Showcase Bundle with lots of great cozy games and support charity!

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

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COZY UPCOMINGS PICKS

📅 Best Cozy Games in January 2026

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

⭐= Highlight, 💎= Hidden Gem

💎 Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café

Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café is a cozy and relaxing decoration and rhythm game where you manage a café and befriend cute animals.

12 Jan | Shop Keeper, Casual, Simulation

Craftlings

Inspired by legendary classics from the ’90s, Craftlings will take you on a journey full of strategic decisions.

15 Jan | Management, Relaxing, Strategy

Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim

Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. 

21 Jan | Simulation, Casual, Cooking

✨ Roundup 2025 - The Best Games of the Year

STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar 🌽

Searching for a peaceful farm life, a fresh mountain breeze, and your own market stall? Look no further than the friendly community of Zephyr Town!

Farming, Life Sim, Romance

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time ⏰

Step into this Slow-Life RPG where you can freely switch between 14 unique jobs, so called “Lives” and enjoy a carefree life in a fantasy world.

RPG, Exploration, Action

Tiny Bookshop 📖

Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game.

Management, Casual, Relaxing

Winter Burrow ❄️

Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow.

Exploration, Survival, Crafting

COZY GAMES COMING IN 2026 🎮✨

🆕 What We Look Forward To!

Animula Nook

Ever wondered what it’s like to call a desk your home? Shrink into a cozy miniature world to explore and live among giant everyday objects.

Moonlight Peaks

Experience life as a vampire in Moonlight Peaks! Master the art of potion-making and spell-casting. Eternity awaits!

Paralives

Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?

Witchbrook

Discover magic and mystery in Witchbrook, a spellbinding witch life-sim for up to 4-players! Make friends, find love, and discover a world filled with wonder and charm.

Happy Holidays & a happy New Year! ❄️

Thank you to all our readers who have accompanied us in 2025. 💖
We hope to have you by our side in 2026 as well, and that we will discover wonderful cozy games together! 🥰

See you in 2026 — cheers! 🥂✨

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