Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit

Some games want you to survive the wilderness. Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit just wants to make sure you’ve eaten, talked to your ghost bear friends, and maybe decorated your tent with a floral toilet. Kindness isn’t just a theme here, it’s the entire ecosystem.

After a very polite bus crash strands your Spirit Scout on a watercolor-painted haunted island, you’re left with a broken ride, a warm fire named Flamey, and a whole forest of melancholy ghost bears who really need your help remembering who they are. Think Animal Crossing with more feelings, more mysteries, and spectral woodland therapy.

This sequel to the cult-favorite Cozy Grove doesn’t reinvent the campfire, but it does add some delightful kindling. There’s a fresh cast of spirits to befriend, pets to pamper (yes, you can pet the dog), and a brand-new asynchronous multiplayer system that lets you leave gifts for other scouts like a spiritual pen pal. It’s connection without the obligation, the introvert’s dream.

Each day brings gentle rituals: forage, craft, fish, cook, and slowly rebuild your little ghost town into the snug supernatural retreat of your dreams. It’s spooky, sure, but more in the “pumpkin spice ghost” way than full-on hauntings.

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is what happens when a game gives you space to breathe, reasons to smile, and lets you wear a frog hat while hugging a bear who’s crying about his lost pottery collection. And honestly? That’s the kind of haunting I can get behind.