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Best for slow evenings

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Life on an island you build up from nothing. It works best as a shared space you each look after at your own pace.

  • Switch

Reviewed by Cozy Couple Games Editorial Team · Updated

Three Animal Crossing players at night: two sit on a park bench eating cotton candy while a third walks up stone steps toward them, with fireworks in the sky.
Official image via Nintendo eShop · © Nintendo

Why couples might love it

Animal Crossing isn’t really about playing at the same time. It’s about what you leave for each other: a flower bed outside your partner’s house, a letter in the mailbox, a chair you found on the beach.

If you live apart, visiting each other’s islands over Nintendo Switch Online makes a good date. Bring a gift, take photos on the beach, fish for a while, go home.

What you actually do together

  • Decorate your houses and judge each other’s rooms
  • Plan the island together: paths, gardens, a café corner
  • Visit each other’s islands to trade fruit and furniture
  • Fill the museum with fossils, fish and bugs

Best for

  • Couples who like decorating
  • Low-stakes evenings
  • Sharing one Switch and taking turns

Good when you’re in the mood to build something together, relax together or couch co-op.

Things to know before playing

  • Only one island per Switch. Everyone on that console shares it.
  • The first player becomes Resident Representative and makes the big island decisions.
  • Local co-op has one leader and followers, so taking turns usually works better.

Our verdict

Better as a shared hobby than a co-op game. If you like making a place feel like home, you’ll both get hooked.

Couple compatibility
Overall 4.5/5

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