Latest articles by Lauren Morton
10 years later, I still can't believe Eric Barone thought Harvest Moon fans would hate Stardew Valley
Udder Shock "I still didn't think it was going to be super popular," Barone said of the days leading up to Stardew Valley's launch in 2016.
My new indie darling is this crafting game stuffed with hand-sculpted creatures made by a husband and wife dev team
Crafty Critters OddFauna's handmade critters are absolute catnip for my crafting game brain.
Divinity: everything we know about Larian's 'most ambitious RPG yet'
Return to Rivellon Larian is returning to its own original fantasy setting with a dark, horrifying new RPG and everything it learned from Baldur's Gate 3.
Nothing beats putting all my little stuff on my many little shelves in a super cozy shop sim like Thrifty Business
News I love to organize my hoard of junk.
How often do we see game sequels totally shift genres?
Change-up The upcoming Control: Resonant moves from shooter to melee action. You sure don't see that very often.
Is the new farm sim Starsand Island worth playing in early access?
Travel Agent Here's what it's like playing Starsand Island in early access and all the major farm sim features you need to know about.
Starsand Island is the first can't-miss cozy game of 2026 and it's already taken over 20 hours from me
Star-eyed I think I'm vacationing on Starsand until spring.
Weird roguelike tactical cats game Mewgenics release date and launch time
Unpawsed Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel's cat combat game launches on Tuesday, February 10.
Of course there's a tiny Bridgerton reference in The Sims Royalty & Legacy expansion because it's basically a Lady Whistledown simulation
Scandal Sim Make friends with the nobility and then collect their secrets like scandalous trading cards.
As a Sims 4 Build Mode freak, today's free update is way more important than the new expansion
News The pre-expansion patch added some new family tree details but all I care about is stairs.
Fallout season 2's finale is premiering tonight, 6 hours earlier than we'd originally expected
Bullet Time Time to find out if anyone can beat The House.
February is surprisingly light on cozy game launches but we're looking forward to these chill picks you shouldn't miss
Cozy calendar A quiet month for cozy games means we get to dig deeper into the wonderfully small and weird games coming this month.
A Pokémon-like gacha game should be such an obvious win that I'm shocked I can't find much to like about Aniimo
Gacha-mon After several hours in the closed beta for Aniimo, I can't find much about it that other creature collecting and gacha games aren't doing better.
The Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day
News One of The Sims 4's biggest mods is putting up numbers a triple-A game would be jealous of.
My 5 favorite 'cozy' games that don't actually look like cozy games
Secretly Cozy Give your eyes a little break from aesthetically-mandated adorableness while still having chilled out experiences.
The Sims 4 Royalty and Legacy: all the confirmed features in the next expansion
Dynasty Drama Everything we know so far about how the dynasty system works.
Cozy Caravan is a feast of little cooking minigames and collectathon fetch quests
Culinary tour This super cute life sim is all about touring the countryside to collect and cook up homemade goodies for the market.
The best Stardew Valley mods
Updated! All the best Stardew Valley mods, from flowery retextures to easier fishing.
The best games like The Sims for building beautiful characters, homes, and a life full of drama
Live Mas Here's how to get your life sim fix outside the Sims series walls.
Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and 'the next evolution' so I guess it's time to start speculating again
News Here we are again trying to divine the future of The Sims from an announcement about the future of The Sims.
It's not the news we wanted but it's what we expected: EA has finally admitted Project Rene is a 'mobile-first' game
News After over a year of leaks, getting some answers about the future of the series is better than more silence.
The best games on Steam
Best to Get Got a fresh Steam account? Here are the best Steam games to get free or buy first.
9 big things Steam needs to improve in 2026
Steam Wishlist Hey Steam, we know you don't have much competition, but there's still a lot you should do.
