10 Games For Animal Crossing Fans Coming To Nintendo Switch In 2025 (2025)

2024 was an excellent year for cozy game players, with hit games like Bandle Tale, Fields of Mistria, Infinity Nikki, and more making a big impact on the gaming scene. However, 2025 is set to deliver a string of some very exciting cozy game releases. With games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons still one of the leading cozy games on the Nintendo Switch, many game developers have drawn inspiration from the game for their own farming sim and life sim mechanics. Because Animal Crossing: New Horizons is such a successful game, it can be a tough one to beat given its timeless quality and endless gameplay opportunities.

However, in 2025, there are many cozy games to be released that Animal Crossing players in general may very well gravitate towards. While every game features something unique that makes them stand out from each other, there are some features that make them comparable to Animal Crossing. These include the ability to create and customize one's own character, and build and decorate their own home. Many of them involve building and restoring a village, town, or island, and the majority of them feature charming social interactions with NPCs in the game. With all of this in mind, here is a list of all the games that are set to come out on Nintendo Switch in 2025 that might appeal to fans of Animal Crossing.

10 Everbloom

If someone is looking for a game that looks and feels like a warm hug, Everbloom is the game to explore. With its release date for the Nintendo Switch yet to be announced, Everbloom is a beautiful farming sim featuring all animal characters. The game's cozy aesthetic is complemented by unusual and unique farming sim opportunities. For example, in Everbloom it is possible to grow buckets of popcorn. The game also states that by feeding cows in the game candy bars, players will be able to obtain chocolate milk. This unique take on a farming sim with a cozy vibe makes Everbloom a game that fans of Animal Crossing may enjoy picking up.

9 Cattle Country

Cattle Country is a 2D pixel art sim that is all about farming. Taking a more agricultural direction compared to other sims, in Cattle Country players will have the opportunity to build and customize their own farm and town while managing their livestock and resources. They will experience the joy and obstacles that running a farm can present, while also engaging in all the usual farming sim gameplay activities like fishing, farming, and mining. Social aspects are also a feature in Cattle Country and present romance options for players to explore as well as interactions with bandits.

8 Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Set to release on the Nintendo Switch in April 2025, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a unique life sim game. In the game, players will be able to create their own unique character and select from a variety of different jobs to explore. Jobs in the game include roles like a cook, carpenter, tailor, artist, blacksmith, and alchemist, so there is a nice range of different gameplay avenues for players to embark upon. Not only does Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time look similar enough to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but players will also be able to similarly customize their home, town, and restore the island.

7 Pixelshire

With a release date yet to be confirmed, Pixelshire is an adorable pixel RPG that is set to release on the Nintendo Switch. With an art style similar to the likes of Stardew Valley or Sunhaven, Pixelshire boasts an adorable aesthetic which is sure to appeal to cozy gaming fans and Animal Crossing players. In Pixelshire, players will be able to explore the game's resource-laden world of Arcadia, engaging in activities like town-building and even some combat. The game boasts a highly customizable world where players will be able to build and decorate the land to their liking.

6 Sugardew Island

Sugardew Island is a brand-new cozy game that will be released in March 2025. The adorable, colorful game revolves around players looking after a variety of cute animals while running their very own farm shop. Players will be able to harvest and collect a variety of goods to sell in their shop to the people of the island while being able to engage in different social interactions with both its people and its animals. The beautiful art style screams cozy, and isn't too far away from the art style of Animal Crossing. The goal of the game is to continuously upgrade one's farm in order to revive life on the island.

5 Discounty

Although this game is not exactly a farming sim like Animal Crossing, Discounty offers a bunch of cozy gameplay features, where players get to manage their very own, customizable supermarket. The adorable 2D animation style is not a million miles away from the art style for Stardew Valley, while the game features lots of opportunities to organize stock, build relationships with the various characters available, and develop a sense of community through the growth and success of the store. The game's multitude of features makes it look like it will never be boring for a moment, and its adorable and cozy overall style is to die for.

4 Loftia

Loftia is a game that has been in development for a while now, and it has already nicely built up a community of potential players who are ready to give the cozy MMO a try. Set for release on Nintendo Switch this year, Loftia is a solarpunk game revolving around the purpose of building a sustainable world. The game has drawn inspiration from games like Animal Crossing and, given the visuals that have been delivered of the game's characters and graphics so far, it's safe to say that fans of Animal Crossing will probably appreciate the art style of the game. Loftia features all sorts of community-building features, allowing players to even adopt an adorable pet companion, too.

3 Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Game

A game that has been making a lot of noise over the last while in the cozy gaming scene is Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game, which will be released on March 25, 2025, on the Nintendo Switch. Not only will fans of The Lord of the Rings gravitate towards this cozy take on hobbit life in The Shire in the fantasy world of Middle-earth, but Animal Crossing players may very well enjoy the game's relaxing farming and life sim gameplay features. Players will be able to create their own hobbit character to play as, exploring the cozy fantasy land, socializing with other hobbits, tending to their garden, and crafting items.

Tales of the Shire is one of the more unique farming sim games to be released in recent times, and the game's emphasis on The Lord of the Rings' legacy is sure to appeal to many with a soft spot for J.R.R. Tolkien's lore. The animation style is very warm-toned and rustic, and it seems like cooking and food may be a prominent feature in the game. Tales of the Shire seems to be designed for players to be able to completely unwind and visit a relaxing world with cozy vibes, which any fan of Animal Crossing will likely take an interest in.

2 Ritual Of Raven

Coming from the developers of the hit 2024 cozy game, Sticky Business, Spellgarden Games is set to release an enchanting farming sim game in 2025: Ritual of Raven. This unique, story-based farming sim will please fans of witchy cozy games, while it is sure to appeal to fans of Animal Crossing given its emphasis on farming and growing one's own magical garden. The adorable 2D art style is very colorful and pleasant to look at, while the quests that are teased to crop up throughout the game seem cozy and welcoming. The game is set to release at some stage in 2025.

1 Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Ultimately the most similar game to Animal Crossing within this list, Hello Kitty Island Adventure will finally be coming to Nintendo Switch on January 30, 2025. Taking its name from the famous joke in South Park referring to what was once a hypothetical video game, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is exactly how it sounds: an adventure on an island. The colorful and cheerful cozy game is full of all the classic farming sim gameplay mechanics as well as a huge open-world that players can explore while discovering and befriending beloved characters from the Sanrio world.

Just like in Animal Crossing, in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, players can customize their character and decorate their home, while collecting items for crafting and cooking on a beautiful island. The game's co-op multiplayer feature, similar to Animal Crossing, allows players to be able to visit their friends in the game. The addition of every character being an animal, including the character a player creates to play as, is sure to evoke a sense of nostalgia for players who have thoroughly enjoyed playing Animal Crossing over the years.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Simulation

Franchise

Animal Crossing

Platform(s)

Switch

Released

March 20, 2020

Developer(s)

Nintendo EPD

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer

ESRB

E for Everyone: Comic Mischief

Expansions

Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Happy Home Paradise