A one-page checklist of every cozy game that passes all four checks — no magic, no spirits, no violence, no holiday themes — plus a backlog tracker for the ones you’re working through.
Print it, stick it somewhere, tick things off. It’s free.
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What you’re getting
Page one — the checklist. Forty-one games with tick boxes, grouped by what you actually do in them: tidying, cleaning, building, running a shop, cooking, animals and outdoors, puzzles, and unhurried life sims. Three carry an asterisk because the base game is clean but a specific DLC isn’t — and the note says which one to avoid.
Page two — the backlog tracker. Columns for what you own, what you’ve finished, when you started and what you thought. Print as many copies as you need.
Why this list is different
Every game on it was checked before it went on: the Steam store page and its full tag list, the DLC history, the update log, the wiki, the community forum, the achievement list, and discussion of the ending. Where those disagreed, I emailed the developer.
That’s the part nobody else does, and it’s why several games that appear on every other cozy list aren’t on this one. If you want the reasoning, it’s all on How I Choose Games.
What happens after you sign up
The printable arrives straight away. After that you’ll hear from me when there’s a new content check, when a game gets added to the database, or — importantly — when I have to correct something I got wrong.
Not on a schedule. Not daily. Unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email, and I won’t make you hunt for it. Your address isn’t sold or shared; see the Privacy Policy.
A second freebie: Tonight’s Pick
All 41 fully recommended games from the database, sorted by what you’re actually in the mood for tonight — build something, solve something, tend to something, or just let it grow. No judgment calls, no asterisks.