"Welcome! May your day be filled with good food... and a nap."

Cozy Caravan is adorable, wholesome, and feels like sipping marshmallow hot cocoa next to a campfire with your BFF. As a variety gamer who usually prefers complex systems and crunchy management (bonus points if I can make spreadsheets to min/max production/stats), I picked this up solely to reference it in other reviews... and was surprised by how much I enjoy it. While I don't play often, this is my go-to game when I'm sick enough to call off work.

As Guild Rookies, you and your frog bestie set out on the open road to (a) help adorable critters with everything from harvesting crops to herding giant bees to serving drinks, and (b) sell crafted goods at weekend markets. Every action big and small helps you earn Guild Tokens, which you can exchange for crafting upgrades, new clothes, or limited caravan customization.

Both the controls and gameplay mechanics are easy to learn and lightweight, and play smoothly whether you're using a controller (recommended) or keyboard/mouse. Basically everything you do is a minigame, but the different games are mostly simple enough for children to figure out and varied enough that you don't feel like you're doing the same task again and again. Cooking is particularly fun, and strikes a nice balance between simulated actions like stirring and (slow) quick-time events.

Cozy Caravan stands out from similar titles because it is not a farming game; while you can forage and harvest crops, you don't have your own garden. Decorating and caravan customization are also extremely limited, and not a particular focus of the game.

I adore the art in this game; everything from the 3D character designs to the sets feels cute, thematic, and like it all belongs in the same game. The map is still very incomplete at time of writing but the world feels inhabited, and driving your rickety caravan down dirt roads is an absolute treat. While the NPCs are a little too friendly for my taste and have similar personalities, they're still fun to interact with.

I recommend this if you enjoy Animal Crossing: New Horizons or similar games more for the sense of community and living in a world than for decorating or crafting. This is perfect for cozy gamers who want to play at a slow pace without thinking too hard.

This is not for you if you're looking for a farming sim, romance or relationship building, or any kind of complexity or depth.

ended up refunding. I hope once it is out of EA it will be very improved. There isn't much gameplay going for it and it takes a solid minute for the button press to finish so you can do the next button command.

Its super cute and has a wide variety of things to do. There are currently a few bugs here and there as it is early access, but I still feel as if I have gotten my money's worth from this game so far and I fully intend to play more. The music is relaxing, the art direction is approachable and adorable with vibrant colors and simple forms; its more or less the definition of a "cozy game".