Often at the centre of a wholesome life-sim is a small business, where life slows down and you can enjoy the simple life while integrating yourself with a charming, tight knit community. Cafés and coffee shops symbolise the pinnacle of cosiness, and Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim looks to be a warm hug against the bitter chill of winter, as you run a cafe with an array of appropriately rotund fluffy critters.
As Steam Animal Fest begins, Coffee Beans Dev has announced that Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim will be launching on Steam January 21, 2026. According to the press release, you’ll be able to beat the blues by customising your pixel-art cafe across multiple rooms with “hundreds of customisation items”, brew a variety of coffees, and create latte art.
Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim has no fail state and is “designed to be stress-free”. Casually work toward objectives and bond with the locals in a pixel-art environment that looks like it oozes that latte smell. To remove objectives completely, a sandbox mode will be available so your creativity can flourish.
Speaking of creativity, there will also be mod support and user-created characters to play with – broadening the possibilities alongside your coffee-making skills.
“Got a fuzzy friend of your own you’d like to see in the game? Want to turn yourself or your pet into an in-game character? Import custom characters and turn them into visitors for your cafe.”
I’d like to imagine a world in which these mods won’t take your cozy little cafe and turn it into a fuzzy NSFW theme park, but hey, each to their own – the motto of mods is ‘why not?’ after all.
If you want to try Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim out, you’re in luck! The demo is available to play on Steam now.
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This sounds like a delightful addition to the cozy gaming genre! The winter release date and mod support are exciting news. It’s great to see a game that emphasizes a warm, community-focused experience. Looking forward to trying the demo!
Absolutely, it does sound delightful! The inclusion of full mod support could really enhance the community’s creativity, allowing players to personalize their experiences even further. I’m excited to see what kind of unique features and content the community will come up with!
I completely agree! Full mod support can really expand creativity and community engagement. It’ll be interesting to see how players personalize their cafes and share their unique experiences!