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Cottagecore is an online term celebrating an idealised rural life. Although games are usually considered to be hard, harsh and technological, many of them play to this aesthetic that is sentimental about traditional skills and crafts such as foraging, baking, and pottery.

Games sometimes use these rural pursuits as play mechanics, like Stardew Valley, Potion Craft, Terraria and Fantasy Life. Others use Cottagecore as a guide to how they look and feel, like Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, The Stillness of the Wind and Mutazione.

However it plays out in the game, Cottagecore aims to satisfy a desire for aspirational nostalgia and an escape from stress or trauma. The New York Times described it as a reaction to hustle culture and the advent of personal branding. The Guardian called it a "visual and lifestyle movement designed to fetishize the wholesome purity of the outdoors."

These games emphasize simplicity and the slow pace of pastoral life as an escape from the modern world in favour of the bucolic. Unsurprisingly this has become more popular on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. In some ways the resurgence of retro games could be seen in a similar light, although here the sentimental nostalgia is for virtual entertainment rather than rural lifestyle.

This list includes 15 games from the last 18 years, with 429 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to escape into cottagecore .

DetailsPlatform Details

PEGI Ratings: PEGI 3 to PEGI 16
ESRB Ratings: ESRB EVERYONE to ESRB MATURE 17+
Australian Ratings: G to R 18+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Creative, Fighting, Narrative, Open World, Platform, Point-and-Click, Puzzle, Race, Role-Play, Shooting, Simulation, Sports and Strategy
Era: 2004 - 2022
Total Games: 15
Total Likes: 429

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PEGI 16 Video Game Age Rating for Fable in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 16

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

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Platforms: Mac, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Adventure, Open World and Role-Play

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Players: This is a single-player game

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PEGI 12 Video Game Age Rating for Terraria in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 8-14 year-olds

Release Date: 25/11/2013, updated in 2019

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platform, Shooting, Simulation and Strategy

Accessibility: 23 features

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Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 8-player online game

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PEGI 12 Video Game Age Rating for Stardew Valley in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Release Date: 26/02/2016, updated in 2018

Platforms: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative, Open World, Simulation and Strategy

Accessibility: 24 features

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Players: You can play this by yourself or as a 4-player online game

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Expected Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 30/07/2020

Platforms: Mac and PC

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative, Open World, Role-Play and Simulation

Accessibility: 36 features

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Players: This is a single-player game

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PEGI 3 Video Game Age Rating for Haven Park in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Release Date: 05/08/2021

Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch

Genres: Creative, Narrative, Open World, Platform and Puzzle

Developer: Fabien Weibel (@FabienWeibel)

Players: This is a single-player game

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PEGI 16 Video Game Age Rating for Everybodys Gone to the Rapture in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 16

Release Date: 12/08/2015, updated in 2016

Platforms: Mac, PC and PS4

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Open World

Accessibility: 16 features

Developer: Chinese Room (@ChineseRoom)

Players: This is a single-player game

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Potion Craft

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Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Release Date: 21/09/2021

Platforms: Mac and PC

Genres: Adventure, Creative, Point-and-Click, Puzzle and Strategy

Developer: Tiny Build (@TinyBuild)

Players: This is a single-player game

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PEGI 7 Video Game Age Rating for One Hour One Life in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 27/02/2018

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Creative, Fighting, Open World, Simulation and Strategy

Developer: Jason Rohrer (@JasonRohrer)

Players: You can play this by yourself or as a 100-player online game

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Mutazione
PEGI 7 Video Game Age Rating for Mutazione in UK and Europe

Mutazione

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 23/09/2019

Platforms: Mac, PS4 and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Creative and Narrative

Developer: Gute Fabrik (@GuteFabrik)

Players: This is a single-player game

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The Garden Path

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Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch

Genres: Narrative, Open World and Simulation

Accessibility: 26 features

Developer: From Carrot Cake (@FromCarrotCake)

Players: This is a single-player game

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Star Stable

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Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Release Date: 01/01/2011, updated in 2022

Platforms: Mac, PC and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Creative, Open World, Race, Role-Play and Sports

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Players: This is a single-player game

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PEGI 3 Video Game Age Rating for Leaving Lyndow in UK and Europe

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Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Release Date: 08/02/2017

Platforms: Mac, PC and PS4

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Open World

Accessibility: 20 features

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Players: This is a single-player game

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Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Release Date: 01/08/2018

Platforms: Mac and PC

Genres: Open World, Point-and-Click and Simulation

Accessibility: 18 features

Developer: Sok Pop Co (@SokPopCo)

Players: This is a single-player game

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Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Release Date: 10/10/2018

Platforms: Mac and PC

Genres: Adventure, Open World, Puzzle and Simulation

Accessibility: 20 features

Developer: Sok Pop Co (@SokPopCo)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

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