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Relaxing Games to Play With Your Partner

Calm, low-stress games to play with your partner after a long day. No timers and no shouting.

By Cozy Couple Games Editorial Team · Updated

Some evenings you want an adventure. Others you want to sit close and do something calm. This list is for those.

None of these games have timers that stress you out or bosses that need serious skill.

  1. Two Sky players in blue and green capes sharing a glowing umbrella in the rain, looking toward a rainbow in a misty forest.

    1 For quiet wonder

    Sky: Children of the Light

    iPhone · Android · Switch · PlayStation · PC · Free

    Wordless and calm. Best with headphones.

    • Free
    • Mobile
    • Long Distance
    Read our Sky: Children of the Light review
  2. Our Flower Garden on iPhone: two players stand outside a small cottage above rows of red, white, purple and yellow flowers, under the caption “Grow a cozy garden together”.A greenhouse planted with rows of sunflowers, with both players’ avatars below and the caption “Plant, water, and harvest side by side”.

    2 For tiny rituals

    Our Flower Garden

    iPhone · Android · Free

    Water, harvest, finish an order. Five minutes.

    • Cozy
    • Mobile
    • Long Distance
    Read our Our Flower Garden review
  3. 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.

    3 For slow evenings

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    Switch · Paid

    Catch fish, decorate, and talk about nothing much.

    • Cozy
    • Building
    • Relaxing
    Read our Animal Crossing: New Horizons review
  4. Two Yarnys tied together by one thread: a red Yarny holds on to a mossy fallen tree while a blue Yarny dangles below it above a forest stream.

    4 For a soft adventure

    Unravel Two

    PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Switch · Paid

    Easy puzzles and great scenery.

    • Co-op
    • Puzzle
    • Relaxing
    Read our Unravel Two review
  5. Stella and her cat Daffodil in a small canoe with Gwen, a deer spirit, on still red water beneath pale pink trees.

    5 For deep conversations

    Spiritfarer

    PC · Mac · Switch · PlayStation · Xbox · Paid

    Relaxing to play, emotional to experience.

    • Cozy
    • Story
    • Relaxing
    Read our Spiritfarer review

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