Best Relaxing 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 relaxing games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Relaxing games on Steam.

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Engare Engare is a game about motion and geometry. Part puzzle game, part drawing tool, Engare is all about your geometric imagination. It’s a meditation on the dynamics of simple machines and the beauty buried deep within repeating motion.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 23 Oct 2017
A Mortician's Tale A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

Price -95% 0.44€
Rating 6.9
Release 18 Oct 2017
Gold Mining Simulator Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.

Price -77% 4.67€
Rating 7.1
Release 13 Oct 2017
SiNKR SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 Oct 2017
Pinball FX3 Pinball FX3 is the biggest, most community focused pinball game ever created. Multiplayer matchups, user generated tournaments and league play create endless opportunity for pinball competition.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Sep 2017
Niche - a genetics survival game Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

Price -90% 1.81€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Sep 2017
XING: The Land Beyond You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.

Price -69% 6.18€
Rating 8.3
Release 21 Sep 2017
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
Zup! 6 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Sep 2017
Will Glow the Wisp Navigate through psychadelic mazes to chill electornic beats. Imagine a mix between Super Meat Boy and Geometry Wars.

Price -80% 0.41€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Sep 2017
Fugl Soar with the wind as a shape-shifting bird. Explore worlds teeming with life. Discover and morph into hundreds of animal species. Relax and enjoy the freedom of Fugl.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 14 Sep 2017
The First Tree A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.

Price -75% 2.44€
Rating 7.4
Release 14 Sep 2017
Tiny Echo Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.

Price -85% 2.33€
Rating 8.2
Release 31 Aug 2017
Last Day of June A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Price -97% 0.76€
Rating 8.4
Release 31 Aug 2017
Fishing Planet Fishing Planet® is a free-to-play and highly realistic first-person online multiplayer fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Aug 2017
Kingdoms and Castles Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Jul 2017
Endless ATC Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control!

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Jul 2017
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.

Price -90% 2.36€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Jul 2017
Flow:The Sliding Enjoy the rhythmic music and beat the SCORE!!!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 16 Jul 2017
Loading Screen Simulator A game about never-ending problem of loading screens. We've all experienced it while playing games, while downloading something, while installing an operating system ect. And now you can experience it once again in Loading Screen Simulator: Steam edition

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Jul 2017
qop qop is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Jul 2017
LineWay Can you draw a line?

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Jun 2017
Zup! 5 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 13 Jun 2017
Passpartout: The Starving Artist Even you can become a great artist! Wrestle subjectivity as you attempt to sell your art to rude customers in order to progress in this confusing art scene. The only thing threatening you is your expensive wine and baguette addiction! Will your art end up in the Louvre or on your parents' fridge?

Price -45% 5.59€
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Jun 2017