Wholesome Snack 2025 premiered earlier today in conjunction with The Game Awards, presenting the coziest games you can look forward to this holiday season and beyond. The 30-minute showcase featured over 20 games, including world premieres, new trailers, and more surprises for viewers.
In conjunction with the showcase, Wholesome Games has also released a Humble Bundle with nine wholesome titles including Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, Botany Manor, and SUMMERHOUSE. All proceeds for the bundle go towards supporting the good work of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Here’s a rundown of all the games announced during the showcase, and you can check out more wholesome titles in the Wholesome Snack Steam event.
1. Bits & Bops (Tempo Lab Games)
Bits & Bops is a collection of original rhythm mini-games! Filled with catchy music, snappy gameplay and gorgeous, hand-drawn animation, Bits & Bops is sure to brighten your day.
2. CatchMaker (Grand Duck Games)
CatchMaker is a cozy, 3D bug-catching and matching adventure. Befriend a quirky batch of islanders and uncover your family’s past to embrace your destiny. Explore a world abuzz with adorable little critters, guide the bugs through playful minigames and whimsical hand-drawn dates to learn their unique preferences and match them up with their perfect other half.
3. Find Your Words (Capybara Games)
Find Your Words is a short, cozy adventure game about the joy of forging new connections. Find your community at summer camp, one friendship at a time. Take a beat, enjoy a breath of fresh air – all while playing at the beach, strolling in the woods, and dancing with friends. Find Your Words was created by two Capy dads, celebrating their kids’ journeys to find their voices.
4. ReStory (Mandragora)
ReStory is a chill, story-driven shop management simulator from the creators of I Am Future, set in mid-2000s Tokyo. Run your own shop, restore nostalgic Y2K-era devices inspired by iconic game consoles (including officially licensed Atari systems), phones, cameras, and music players. Interact with customers and experience a branching storyline that depends on your choices. Releasing in 2026.
5. Thrifty Business (Spellgarden Games)
Developed by the team behind Sticky Business and Ritual of Raven, Thrifty Business lets you set up and manage your very own 90’s-inspired vintage thrift shop. Sort through boxes to find hidden treasures and arrange nostalgic displays. Customize furniture, wallpaper and more to make your store as welcoming and cozy as possible and transform it into a hub for the local community as you befriend the regulars and help with their requests!
6. Travel Pack! (Blackstaff Games)
Travel Pack blends together storytelling and board game inspired gameplay. It comes from the idea that we like to add our own variations to the games we play together. Travel Pack is about meeting new people and finding out more about them based on the way they choose to play. You’ll be on your first adventure through this miniature world of tiles and figurines, with light puzzles to overcome and characterful stories to enjoy.
7. Verdant (Tiny Roar)
Verdant is a coming of age story set in a lush, post-apocalyptic 1980s Germany. As a young adventurer surviving in a new world, players will embark on a bittersweet journey of discovery, exploring a vibrant landscape full of mystery and piecing together the story of how the world changed and the role you will play in its future.
8. Cozy Caravan (5 Lives Studios)
Cozy Caravan is a single-player game where exploration, crafting and community come together in a wholesome, cozy world. From the comfort of your trusty hand-me-down caravan, you’ll cook hearty meals, bake delicious desserts, and even sew stylish outfits. Travel from town to town sharing your goodies at weekend markets, all while helping the local townsfolk prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair. Releasing January 8, 2026.
9. Fishbowl (imissmyfriends.studio)
Made by a two-person team from India, published by Wholesome Games Presents and supported by PlayStation’s India Hero Project. Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal. Releasing April 2026.
10. Lost and Found Co. (Bit Egg Inc.)
Lost and Found Co. is an award-winning hidden object adventure, which follows the story of Ducky, an intern at a magical startup that helps people find their lost things. Releasing February 11, 2026.
11. b-e-e-t-l-e: be right back! (Paul and Viv)
b-e-e-t-l-e: be right back! is a “keyboardventure” game, where inventive typing mechanics and playful surprises bring the world to life. Players set out on a journey to find their beloved pet beetle, traversing through strange new lands and meeting friends far and wide.
12. Coffee Talk Tokyo (Chorus Worldwide Games, Toge Productions)
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest installment of the beloved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator. It brings the warmth, heart, and delicious drinks from the previous games to an all-new café in Tokyo where humans and yokai alike share their stories.
13. D-topia (Marumittu Games)
Step into the world of D-topia in this gentle-paced puzzle adventure. In D-topia, life is curated by artificial intelligence to maximize happiness. As the newest Facilitator, it’s up to you to solve puzzles to keep the D-topia residents happy and the facility running.
14. Mandrake (Failbetter Games)
Mandrake is a rural life sim with a complex, playfully responsive narrative and painterly art style. The Mandrake setting is inspired by British history and folklore. It’s a world of old, wild powers, of uncanny spirits; of deep histories, and deeper mysteries. (Though in a first for the studio, it doesn’t contain cannibalism.)
15. Wylde Society (Studio Drydock)
An upcoming period drama sim game: Wylde Society! Take your first look inside Vivian’s boarding house and put the finishing touches on the decor, admire an elegant ball, a tense afternoon tea and finish your evening off with a little witchcraft.
16. Spirit Crossing (Spry Fox)
Spirit Crossing is a cooperative life-sim all about making life-long friendships in a kind and whimsical community. The world is full of spirits, ancient ruins and storms, but by helping one another we can build ourselves a safe and welcoming home. Players will grow their village, explore a dynamic wilderness, go fishing, dance and play music. Releasing on Steam in 2026.
17. Wylde Flowers (Studio Drydock)
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC.
18. Arcane Eats (Wonderbelly Games)
Arcane Eats is a roguelike deckbuilder about cooking food & delighting customers. Think like a master chef as you play tasty card combos and cook up enchanted meals to feed the hungry hordes. Each turn is a strategic puzzle to balance energy and ingredient cook times, while keeping cool in the face of your customers. A public demo is available now on Steam.
19. Mirage: Miracle Quest (Toe Bean Club)
Time has finally come to unleash your inner magical girl and embark on a unique RPG adventure set in a splendid hand-painted world, inspired by the vibrant cultures of Madagascar, France and Japan. A public demo is now available on Steam.
20. PANdemonium: Merge! (mybadstudio)
Cozy up by the campfire and merge ingredients in a… frying pan? A silly, easy-to-learn merge game with chaotic pan flipping physics, cute forest friends, and more. Whether you want to relax or turn up the heat for a challenge – merge your way to the ultimate campfire feast! A public demo is now available on Steam.
21. Zitifono (Loekni)
Zitifono is an adventure game, go boating on the ocean, swim in peaceful coves, find treasures in secret caves and talk with the funny inhabitants of the archipelago to solve the mystery of these colorful islands! A public demo is now available on Steam.
22. Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth (Hyper Games)
The follow-up to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley set in Tove Jansson’s acclaimed Moomin universe, Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth welcomes everyone into its cozy home, promoting messages of tolerance and unity, all too important in today’s day and age. As Moomintroll discovers a frost-covered Moominvalley, he must work together with his neighbors to banish the Lady of the Cold’s grip across the land.
