April is here, and with it comes the annual ritual of pretending we’re not still getting surprise frosts while we queue up games about gentle restoration, hidden objects, and the therapeutic act of arranging virtual furniture. This month brings a stacked lineup: we’ve got camper-van life sims, idle fishing games, a surprising number of hidden-object games, and my particular favourite, one about running a small-town convenience store in 1990s Japan.
Here are all the cozy games coming this April.
Clean Up Earth
by Magic Pockets
Clean Up Earth is a co-op restoration game where you vacuum waste, rebuild ecosystems, and watch nature return in real time. You and up to 24 other players (or just yourself, if you’re not feeling social) will use your modular Terra Cleaners to suck up trash, recycle materials, and watch nature bounce back in real time.
The satisfying loop here is immediate: you clean a patch, plants grow back, wildlife returns, and suddenly you’ve accidentally restored an ecosystem. There’s also a community initiative baked in where gameplay supports real environmental work, no microtransactions required.
Release Date: 1 April 2026
Platforms: PC
Fishbowl
by imissmyfriends.studio
Alo is a young 21-year-old girlie, newly alone in a city, and grieving her grandmother while trying to remember how being an adult is supposed to work. Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope that is captured with surprising tenderness. The choices she makes over the course of a month will lead to a unique journey of self-discovery.
Check out our full write-up on the game below.
Release Date: 2 April 2026
Platforms: PC
Hidden Around The World
by Ogre Pixel
From the team behind Hidden in My Paradise comes a globetrotting hidden-object adventure that transforms each city like a lovingly illustrated postcard. Tokyo’s neon-drenched alleyways, Parisian rooftops, Rio’s beaches, Venetian canals—they’re all here, hand-drawn and packed with the kind of small animations that make you linger. Each location is lovingly crafted with charming details, delightful animations, and hundreds of hidden objects waiting to be found.
Release Date: 5 April 2026
Platforms: PC
Hearth Bound
by Lowkey Gamedev
Hearth Bound is a multiplayer co-op home builder where you and your friend can build a cosy fantasy home together. You and your friends start with a humble hearth and slowly expand it into a proper fantasy home, unlocking furniture and decor through play rather than grinding. lace furniture, discover new decor, and expand your shared hearth as you design rooms side-by-side with friends in a relaxing co-op building experience
Release Date: 6 April 2026
Platforms: PC
KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
by Gambir Studio
KuloNiku: Bowl Up! is a cooking game with a competitive streak. You’ll prep meals for a cast of quirky locals—the kind of orders that make you wonder if anyone in this town has ever tasted a vegetable—while upgrading and customising your shop to match your own chaotic energy.
You’ve inherited your grandmother’s meatball restaurant in the sleepy town of KuloNiku. And the only thing standing between you and restoring the family legacy is a flashy rival operation called Souper Starz, run by a rockstar chef named Stella who has definitely never made a meatball in her life.
Release Date: 7 April 2026
Platforms: PC
Nippets
by Blink Industries
Nippets is a hand-drawn hidden object game that frames itself around the quiet joy of people-watching. You’re not just finding items—you’re shaking trees, peeking through windows, nudging curious objects to see what rattles loose. Each discovery tells a small story about the inhabitants, and the cumulative effect is something like reading a neighbourhood’s collective diary.
The art style has that slightly messy, lived-in warmth that suggests the artist actually draws on paper sometimes. It’s less about efficiency and more about the pleasure of noticing.
Release Date: 7 April 2026
Platforms: PC
Restore Your Island
by Paiband Game Studio
You arrive on an island that’s seen better days—trash littering the shoreline, ecosystems struggling, the general sense that someone left the lights on and never came back. Your job, such as it is, is to fix that. One clean sweep at a time.
This is a slow-burn restoration sim in the truest sense: you’ll clear debris, rebuild habitats, and watch as you turn this place into a wildlife sanctuary. There’s no timer, no pressure—just you, your loyal dog, and the quiet satisfaction of turning something broken into something thriving. When the day’s work is done, you can sit by the fire and let the sound design do its thing.
Release Date: 8 April 2026
Platforms: PC
A Thousand Bees
by Make it a Triple
Follow a perfect summer day from dawn to dusk, spending it beekeeping, reading, or time at the pond. Search richly illustrated scenes for bees — hidden in carvings, patterns, jewellery, and buzzing all over. If it looks like a bee and buzzes like a bee – it’s a bee! There are a literal thousand bees spread out over a dozen beautiful levels. Keep an eye out for some secret levels too!
Release Date: 8 April 2026
Platforms: PC
High Above
by DVision Games
High Above is a cozy rooftop-building game about finding peace in the skies. You start with an empty roof and turn it into whatever elevated retreat you need: Mediterranean courtyard with climbing vines, minimalist Japanese garden with a single perfectly placed stone, sci-fi hacker den with questionable structural integrity. Design and grow your perfect rooftop retreat, and watch the world come to life around you, at your own pace, in your own little oasis.
Release Date: 8 April 2026
Platforms: PC
A Planet Full of Cats
by Devcats
A Planet Full of Cats is a “metroidvania hidden object-esque game but make it felines.” Intrigued? Of course you are. Judy, a space bounty hunter, answers a mysterious signal from the Federated Feline System and discovers a planet that is, as promised, full of cats. Explore diverse biomes, unlock new powers and uncover ancient secrets and of course, more hidden cats.
Release Date: 9 April 2026
Platforms: PC
Town of Zoz
by Studio Pixanoh
Ito didn’t plan on coming home, but a letter from his parents changes that—the family farm and restaurant need help, and suddenly he’s back in a village that feels less peaceful than he remembers. Something ancient is lurking beneath the surface, and the town has secrets it’s not ready to share.
As a young shaman chef adventurer, Ito hunts critters, gathers ingredients, and cooks his way into people’s hearts. Serve a townsfolk their favourite meal, and your bond deepens, unlocking their stories and the town’s buried history. Eat that same dish yourself, and you’ll gain stat boosts for your next hunt. It’s part creature-hunting, part relationship-building, held together by the simple logic that the way to anyone’s secrets is through their stomach.
Release Date: 9 April 2026
Platforms: PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC
Puzzling Places
by Realities.io Inc
A 3D jigsaw puzzle game that turns famous locations into miniature dioramas you assemble piece by piece. Would you like to attend a medieval wedding in the Spanish royal palace? Explore Mont-Saint-Michel, a French abbey perched on a small tidal island in Normandy? Or wander a cozy Alsace street corner with flowers and playful cats?
The game features 18 unique locations from around the world, each rich in detail, accompanied by its own soundscape and small animated moments. There’s no timer, no pressure—just the satisfaction of watching a place come together in your hands.
Release Date: 9 April 2026
Platforms: PlayStation, PlayStation VR, PC
Gardener Simulator
by SuperuserGames
Garden Simulator is PowerWash Simulator‘s cousin who owns a leaf blower and isn’t afraid to use it. You’re starting a gardening business from the ground up: mow lawns, trim hedges, blow leaves, and occasionally wonder how sand ended up somewhere it definitely shouldn’t be.
Build your profile, take contracts, complete jobs, and earn reviews. Better reviews unlock more challenging work—and more interesting locations. You’ll mow everything from cozy neighborhood yards to literal castles and valleys, each space asking for a slightly different approach. Upgrade your tools, build your reputation, and discover that sometimes the most satisfying games are the ones about making other things look better.
Release Date: 9 April 2026
Platforms: PC
