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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The Plan A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 14 Feb 2014
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition Released in 2014, experience one of the first 3D adaptations of the renowned puzzle-adventure game Myst! Each discovery you make, every puzzle you solve, will bring you closer to reversing a wrong that has gone unchecked for ages.

Price -85% 2.64€
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Feb 2014
KAMI KAMI is deceptively simple: fold out coloured paper to fill the screen in as few moves as possible. Relaxing and easy to pick up, you'll soon find yourself deep in contemplation to perfect each puzzle. Created by State of Play, famous for their handcrafted aesthetic, KAMI has been created with real paper in an elegant Japanese theme.

Price -93% 0.31€
Rating 9.0
Release 23 Jan 2014
OMSI 2: Steam Edition Off to the next round! Experience a new omnibus simulator with OMSI 2 and start discovering Spandau while driving the omnibus. OMSI 2 is the successor of the well-known and awarded omnibus simulator "OMSI - The Bus Simulator".

Price -74% 7.80€
Rating 8.3
Release 11 Dec 2013
Race The Sun You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!

Price -95% 0.53€
Rating 9.1
Release 09 Dec 2013
Knytt Underground The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Price -93% 0.43€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Oct 2013
Sparkle 2 Evo Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Can you grow the biggest Sparkle in the world?

Price -90% 0.52€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Oct 2013
Pool Nation Play POOL NATION and become mesmerised by our balls, entranced by our decals & unashamedly attached to our cues, so join us please, & just have fun playing pool!! WARNING: contains addictive content!! Pool Nation, with WORKSHOP integration AVAILABLE NOW in our Crazy Mode the Box Of Tricks (Out Now)!

Price -91% 0.56€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Oct 2013
Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition Animal husbandry, crops, sales… It's up to you to manage and grow your own farm in a huge, totally new world!

Price -23% 9.65€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Oct 2013
Toki Tori 2+ Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.

Price -97% 0.56€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jul 2013
Reus In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.

Price -78% 2.27€
Rating 7.6
Release 16 May 2013
FEZ Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Price -58% 4.29€
Rating 9.0
Release 01 May 2013
Euro Truck Simulator The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!

Price -80% 1.04€
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Mar 2013
Proteus Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Price -75% 2.53€
Rating 7.3
Release 30 Jan 2013
Euro Truck Simulator 2 Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

Price -45% 11.06€
Rating 9.7
Release 12 Oct 2012
Splice Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Jun 2012
Botanicula Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Price -86% 2.15€
Rating 9.2
Release 07 May 2012
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.

Price -86% 0.84€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Apr 2012
PixelJunk™ Eden Swing, climb, and jump your way through massive “gardens” of vibrant other-worldly plant-life in this truly organic platformer.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 02 Feb 2012
Solar 2 Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Price -95% 0.45€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jun 2011
The Tiny Bang Story Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Apr 2011
NightSky Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

Price -98% 0.23€
Rating 8.4
Release 01 Mar 2011
Bejeweled® 3 The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 07 Dec 2010
Poker Night at the Inventory Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!

Price 372.51€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Nov 2010