#10
Cozy Grove has a real-time gate on it: the game limits how much you can do each day, and when you hit the wall, that is it until tomorrow. It is the same structure Animal Crossing uses, and it works for the same reason. You show up, do your daily tasks for the friendly ghost characters, collect a few things, add some colour to the island, and then you put the controller down. The campfire aesthetic and the soft watercolour style give it an atmosphere most daily-routine games do not have. Mild enough for a short evening window, warm enough to leave you feeling like you did something nice with your time. It rounds out the list by covering a lane that none of the games above it quite occupy: gentle daily ritual without a farm in sight.