Life has been crazy as I buy a home and prepare to move this month. So here are my somewhat late Steam cozy games releases from September 2025 (last month).
The Last Craftsman — Released 3 Sep, 2025
The Last Craftsman is a cozy Steam farming game and crafting simulator with an inventive twist on traditional life-sim mechanics. As a newly minted member of the Craftsman’s Guild, you’re sent to the quiet mountain town of Gear Springs to restore its machinery, fulfill villager requests, and uncover the mystery behind the previous Craftsman’s disappearance.
Using your versatile Omni-tool, you’ll gather resources, build machines, and experiment with an open-ended crafting system where every item’s properties—like “Wood,” “Fuel,” or “Fluffy”—influence what you can create. Between tending your workshop, fishing, and battling robots in the ruins with punch cards, there’s always something new to discover.
With over 600 collectible items, 25 townsfolk to befriend, and plenty of secrets to unearth, The Last Craftsman blends creativity, community, and light adventure into a charming, mechanical world.
Border Town — Released 11 Sep, 2025
Border Town is an open-world sandbox RPG that blends farming, crafting, and adventure in a world on the brink of ruin. After awakening in a once-prosperous village devastated by an orc invasion, you take on the task of rebuilding it from the ground up.
Explore vast biomes—from jungles to snowfields and deserts—while gathering resources, hunting monsters, and forging bonds with villagers who each bring unique skills to your growing community. With over 600 craftable items, you can cultivate crops, cook meals, construct homes, and forge weapons to face lurking dark forces.
Balancing town management with thrilling exploration, Border Town offers a rich blend of creativity, combat, and discovery in a fantasy world waiting to be restored.
Little Witch in the Woods — Released 14 Sep, 2025
Little Witch in the Woods invites players into the gentle, enchanting world of Ellie, an apprentice witch learning the rhythms of magic and daily life in the forest village of Lucerine Ortu. As Ellie brews potions, tends to villagers’ needs, and explores the surrounding wilderness, every task feels like a small act of care and curiosity.
Between broomstick flights, cozy evenings of fishing, and quiet chats with talking cats, the game unfolds as a meditative slice-of-life adventure. Its detailed pixel art and tender atmosphere capture the wonder of discovery and the comfort of belonging, offering a magical escape that feels both whimsical and deeply human.
Letters to Arralla — Released 15 Sep, 2025
Letters to Arralla delivers a delightfully cheeky and sun-soaked adventure set on a whimsical Australian island. You play as a plump little turnip tasked with delivering—and yes, snooping through—the residents’ letters to uncover their personal dramas, secrets, and strange requests.
Each delivery is a puzzle, requiring you to interpret quirky pictograms to determine where the mail should go. As you wander Arralla’s golden beaches and lush countryside, you’ll meet eccentric fruit-shaped locals, snap photos, and uncover the island’s many hidden stories.
With its relaxed pacing, playful humor, and summery charm, Letters to Arralla is a cozy escape that celebrates curiosity, connection, and a touch of mischief.
Strange Antiquities — Released 17 Sep, 2025
Strange Antiquities is a spooky cozy game that invites players back to the eerie town of Undermere as the new apprentice in a candle-lit shop dealing in occult relics. By day, you’ll examine, catalog, and identify mysterious artifacts while serving townsfolk whose problems teeter between the magical and the macabre.
Every decision—whether to aid or curse—shapes your reputation in a place where everyone remembers. Outside the shop, you’ll follow cryptic maps to explore misty woods, uncover town secrets, and confront the creeping sickness haunting Undermere.
Rich with atmosphere, hand-drawn detail, and feline companionship, Strange Antiquities is a meditative mystery about curiosity, consequence, and the beauty of the unknowable.
Bytebond — Released 18 Sep, 2025
Bytebond is a neon-lit co-op puzzle adventure that sends players deep inside an infected computer to fight off a rogue virus. You and a partner become the “Antivirus Special Forces,” a duo of chubby, charming droids tasked with restoring order to a collapsing digital world.
By managing energy, charging systems, and solving logic-based puzzles, players must coordinate movements and timing to unlock new areas and outwit virus bots. The game’s vibrant biomes (from glowing circuit boards to living data forests) offer fresh mechanical twists and escalating teamwork challenges.
Whether played online, split-screen, or solo, Bytebond delivers a fast-paced, cooperative experience that fuses logic puzzles with playful sci-fi charm.
Goblin Cleanup — Released 18 Sep, 2025
Goblin Cleanup is a chaotic and darkly comedic co-op simulation where players take on the role of goblin cleaners tasked with restoring dungeons for the next wave of adventurers. Up to four players can work together (or not so cooperatively) to clean blood, restore traps, respawn creatures, refill loot, and rearrange dungeon objects.
Each dungeon presents unique hazards, requiring strategy, careful observation, and teamwork to avoid traps and surviving monsters. With cartoonish dismemberment, pools of blood, and an emphasis on cooperative silliness, the game blends humor with challenging management mechanics. Available in Early Access, it continues to evolve based on community feedback.
Slime Rancher 2 — Out of Early Access 23 Sep, 2025
Slime Rancher 2 is the colorful sequel to the popular original, following Beatrix LeBeau as she explores the vibrant Rainbow Island, discovering new slimes and mysterious environments. Players build and upgrade a conservatory, collect resources, and manage their ranch while uncovering the island’s secrets.
The game emphasizes exploration, resource gathering, and creative ranch management, with charming visuals, relaxing audio, and whimsical slime interactions. While praised for its charm and world design, it introduces more grind-heavy mechanics and backtracking compared to the first game, which can slow progression.
It’s a cozy, engaging experience for fans of the series or anyone looking for a bright, lighthearted adventure with a touch of strategy.