Best Ambient Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated ambient games.

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Ithya: Magic Studies Ithya: Magic Study is a cozy background app combined with productivity tools. Customize your room and relax with lofi or fantasy playlists in beautiful, hand-drawn environments. Perfect for a focused or creative session in a magical world.

Price 10.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 07 May 2025
Lushfoil Photography Sim A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.

Price -53% 6.64€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Apr 2025
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.

Price -53% 5.62€
Rating 9.5
Release 08 Apr 2024
Sleeping With Sakuya Izayoi In this small visual novel, lay down and relax with Sakuya Izayoi. Talk to her, kiss her or just simply enjoy each other's presence! Chose between 3 different locations featuring stunning artwork in this Touhou Project Fangame.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 12 Jan 2024
Rock Simulator 2 Unwind together in a peaceful idle adventure. Become a rock in a serene world, relax with friends in co-op, and watch nature unfold around you. Discover secrets and shape your environment at a soothing, idle pace.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Nov 2023
Somerville In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 14 Nov 2022
Train Life: A Railway Simulator For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.

Price -92% 1.76€
Rating 6.3
Release 25 Aug 2022
Terroir Terroir is a 3D tile-based tycoon game where you manage your very own vineyard. In Terroir, you grow a variety of different grape varietals, craft your wine, and expand and manage your Chateau, all the while dealing with the weather and events that can either make or break your business.

Price -15% 5.66€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Sep 2017
INSIDE Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Price -38% 14.37€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Jul 2016
Mountain Existential Nature Simulation

Price -74% 0.26€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Aug 2014
Sparkle 2 Evo Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Can you grow the biggest Sparkle in the world?

Price -90% 0.51€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Oct 2013
Incredipede Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.

Price -17% 8.11€
Rating 6.9
Release 18 Mar 2013
Osmos Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.

Price -72% 2.33€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Aug 2009

Most played ambient games


1,742 players

11,792
291
Rating 9.5

361 players

685
18
Rating 9.1

129 players

65,954
2,092
Rating 9.5

40 players

14,320
1,923
Rating 8.6

36 players

415
31
Rating 8.6

13 players

687
68
Rating 8.5

9 players

399
15
Rating 8.9

5 players

976
549
Rating 6.3

3 players

1,183
193
Rating 8.2

2 players

285
107
Rating 6.9