Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is a cozy life sim game that came out on Steam on July 15th, 2026, developed and published by Spry Fox. And if the name sounds familiar, you’re probably thinking of its predecessor, Cozy Grove, which is not an entirely different game.
The core loop remains the same, but Camp Spirit builds on it, adds more characters, a slightly different setting and more stories. I remember playing Camp Spirit on my phone years ago, but I didn’t enjoy it all that much. While the art itself was pretty, the gameplay was kind of rushing you all around this island, and the controls were not that user-friendly.
That said, Camp Spirit is a new game, and I came to it with a fresh mind and only vague recollection of how everything worked. This time I played on PC as well, which is an entirely different experience, in my opinion.
So, is Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit worth playing?
The Quick Verdict: Yes, Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is worth playing. The art style is beautiful, the gameplay soft and cozy, with charming, funny characters and quips from the interface. That said, if you think this is a game you can just binge until you’re done, you’d be wrong. The system won’t let you overdo it, so you can only play for an hour or so a day before you run out of things to do. Sure, you can still roam around the island and craft, but that gets boring quickly. But overall, Cozy Grove gives you a nice, slow paced experience you won’t soon forget.
- Genre: cozy life sim, exploration, light hidden objects element
- Where can you play Cozy Grove? You can play this game on PC, Mobile (via Netflix), and on Switch.
- Price: Around $20 on PC, free on mobile with a Netflix subscription
- Play This If: you like games that slowly drip content to you, you need a cozy daily log in game, or you just want something soft and cozy to play to relax. It’s also a great autumn game due to its graphics and ghosty atmosphere.
What’s Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit About?
You start Cozy Grove by setting out on a journey with your Scout group. You get on the bus (after you create your character) and you’re meant to go to Camp Spirit together. Unfortunately, the bus crashes, leaving you stranded alone with it.
The place you’re in is a mysterious island. At first it’s colorless and dreary, but the more you explore and the more characters you help, the more colorful and open it gets. Your job is to help spirit bears who lost their memories and forgot their purpose, as they slowly learn about themselves, recall their loved ones and help you get back to your friends sooner.
Gameplay
To get the stories from spirit bears and progress your own journey further, you’ll have to do a few things. Don’t worry, none of them are hard and the game is really good about feeding you information and helping you out without it feeling like it’s holding your hand.
For one, and the most important part of the game, is that you have to feed spirit logs to your campfire Flamey. Flamey is there to keep the lights on and keep the bad spirits at bay, while keeping you safe.
To get spirit logs, you have to unlock and help spirit bears. They start out as blue ghost thingies but after you place mementos from their life in correct places, they become normal — sort of — bears who tell you their life stories, give you tasks and ask you to find things for them in exchange for rewards (usually spirit logs plus something extra).
None of the tasks are hard. Sometimes it’s about finding hidden objects across the island, sometimes to collect things, sometimes to cook up some food — everything is very doable.
Other than that, you can unlock crafting and make decorations, lamps (which you’ll want), etc. and you can also catch various critters roaming around the island. Then there’s your camp/tent which you can decorate by getting gifts or crafting them. You can dig things up or rummage through leaf piles to get them.
And of course, there’s the collecting aspect, which I found fun and a good reason to run around looking for things.
The most difficult part of this whole thing for me was figuring out how the power washer worked. It took me so long, my kids (the ever-faithful audience) laughed at me, I struggled so much! I was almost afraid to try the net for catching critters, but that was much easier. Eventually I did figure it out, but I still splash around senselessly for a moment or two before that.
Overall, I found the whole process soothing and cozy without being boring and dull. Yes, it’s quite easy, but then there’s a lot to do. For a simple, daily login game, it’s enjoyable. A nice way to spend an hour or two!
Graphics & Sound
I adore how this game looks. Everything is done in this lovely watercolor style, and while the island starts out bleak, it ends up getting prettier and prettier the more you work at it (which also gives you motivation to do it more).
Also, I weirdly liked the fact that you can walk through objects easily and I didn’t have to navigate around them because it saved me so much time. I know not everyone likes this, but I did, so points for that.
And of course, I didn’t notice any issues or bugs while I was playing. Everything ran smoothly even though my current PC is a potato, barely better than a work laptop.
You can see the system requirements here:
The sounds are incredibly satisfying and improve the experience a lot as well. It made me want to play with my headphones on, which is a rare thing for me since I usually like playing while listening to regular music. The characters are not fully voiced, but that doesn’t really matter.
Final Thoughts
In the end, I enjoyed Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit so much more than I thought I would. I feel like this is a big improvement on Cozy Grove and that it’s far more interesting. This is an excellent daily cozy game to play whenever you need an hour off from the real world. It has a nice sense of humor and easy sort of gameplay that soothes rather than excites.
If you enjoyed games like Animal Crossing or SpiritTea before, this will work for you. Also, if you liked the first one, this will feel like a DLC for you. For me, it felt like an entirely new experience and I liked it quite a bit.
