Cozy Grove
Worth it · Short indie · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99.
- Length
- 73.2h
- Value
- $0.20/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.49, set in February 2024. It has been discounted 24 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 12 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, A Tower Full of Cats ($4.19, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats LEGO® Builder's Journey ($19.99, scores 44).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 13 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 71 percent of the 716 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
92% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
68 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 23:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
its like a semi-gothic watercolor Animal Crossing collectathon-hiddenobject-questfetch. the game limits you to about 30-40 min of gameplay as far as what you can achieve each day. in some ways this keeps you hooked because it generally takes about a week of gameplay in between new character unlocks. i recommend it. cons - music is terrible, i play my own music as background. the mechanic to wait 5 min between...
Perfect for chill vibes, especially on cool or rainy days! While I was unsure about the game at first, mainly due to the real time aspect, I've grown to love it over the last few weeks, and it has become a part of my daily routine. I can go into the game knowing that my play time is limited and finish each session feeling satisfied, versus wanting to spend hours upon hours grinding and progressing. This type of...
This is the most depressing game ever created. For gamers especially. The real-time lock and tiny backpack with for no reason tiny stacks of the same item - depressed me even deeper. I googled the way to increase the backpack slots... and it depressed me even depperer. I suppose the game could be fun mobile game for toilet gaming but in all otehr words I just can't.. I paid 19 hours of my time, that's enough...
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Cite this score
Cozy Grove scores 79/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1458100/cozy-groveReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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