Critter Cove on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?

Critter Cove is a relaxing, cozy and singleplayer game developed and published by Gentleman Rat Studios.
Released on September 10th 2024 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,421 reviews of which 1,350 were positive and 71 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.29€ on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Critter Cove into these genres:

Relaxing Cozy Singleplayer Base-Building Management Fishing Sailing Adventure Nature RPG Early Access Simulation Life Sim Farming Sim Open World Agriculture Exploration Cute Character Customization Cooking

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Windows

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX760+ or AMD Radeon 7950+ equivalent with a minimum 4GB of VRAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space

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Dec. 2025

Great game but still needs a lot of fine-tuning throughout EA. Crafting is similar to "My time" series with commissions & in-depth workbenches - This is done really well. Social aspect plays more like AC - though it's already deeper, the devs should do more here. World looks amazing and it plays pretty well -it could do with some further optimizing however, as my CPU & GPU were hardly working and still only getting under 90fps. Hate the fishing in all honesty, it's far too easy & there is no minigame - for a game revolved around water, this should be a much bigger deal to the devs as it currently is. Will pick up again in the future, at 1.0 release.

Aug. 2025

Mellow, slice-of-life in tropical island settings. Crafting not arduous. Farming can be frustrating with some things that are not "perennials" (i.e., require planting new seeds after each harvest). Most frustrating farming thing is that, after harvesting a non-perennial, it too easily lets you accidentally replant a random seed you happen to be carrying (not the one you intended). And, if that seed *is* a perennial then you can never remove it from that planter. Be careful what seeds you are carrying. (E.g., seeds you might have just harvested as a side effect from a prior planter.) Second most frustrating farming thing is that once a perennial is growing in a planter you can never remove it, which means you can never move or destroy the planter! Be careful where you place planters!!!

June 2025

I adore cozy games, but I'm extremely picky when it comes to finding new ones to get hooked on. There are a lot of popular ones that don't do it for me, but this game is a gem. And so polished, it's hard to believe it's in early access. My game time doesn't reflect the 7 hours I played the demo before getting the full version. I love the colorful islands and the game loop is really satisfying. It's easy to sink hours into this game without even realizing it. Critter Cove is my new obsession. Can't wait to see what's added in future updates.

May 2025

Absolutely obsessed with this game. My irl problems suddenly dont exist anymore. Im literally just a kitty on a boat dont talk to me.

April 2025

I tried the demo version of Criiter Cove and I liked it so well that I bought the full early access version. You can give the game a nice test drive with the demo but some of the features and map locations are locked. I found the game to be pretty relaxing which makes it a great game to counteract a stressful day. The game play is intuitive so no big learning curve issues, you should be able to just jump right in and play. The goal is to rebuild the town of Critter Cove and get more critters to move in and repopulate the town. The goals and tasks are generally oriented to be for the betterment of the community rather than personal glory or enrichment of the player only. You build houses and shops, explore islands and underwater ruins in a warm, sunny, tropical setting. The art work is polished and done in a fun, colorful cartoon style. The character creator is cool with the variety and style of people and critters you can make. Make sure to try the randomize character at fist so you can see all the different toons you can choose from. You can change up your toon's appearance later on in game very easily as well. The crafting mechanism doesn't have a couple of the more obnoxious things that crafting in other games can have so it makes it less of a chore. There's a lot of boat travel and underwater exploring that can be a little troublesome if you are prone to motion sickness, the dev's are working on that to help make it better. Good news though, when in the boat you can zoom out far enough to mostly eliminate the seasick feeling. Critter Cove is really well done and it is only in its Early Access phase. The game is unique and a fresh take on a sim/builder. I highly recommend the game for a little light-hearted, non-stressful gaming. Give the demo a shot. Definitely worth buying the full version.

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Critter Cove is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

Critter Cove is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.

Critter Cove received 1,350 positive votes out of a total of 1,421 achieving a rating of 8.99.

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Critter Cove was developed and published by Gentleman Rat Studios.

Critter Cove is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Critter Cove is not playable on MacOS.

Critter Cove is not playable on Linux.

Critter Cove is a single-player game.

Critter Cove does not currently offer any DLC.

Critter Cove does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Critter Cove supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Critter Cove is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Critter Cove.

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