Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove!
As a Spirit Scout, you explore a haunted, ever-changing island, completing quests for the ghostly bear residents to gradually restore color and life to the land. The game encourages you to play in short, daily sessions of around 30-60 minutes.
Each in-game day, the bear spirits present you with new quests to complete. These may task you with finding hidden objects, chasing down mischievous imps, delivering resources, or taking photographs. Finishing these quests progresses the bears' personal stories and unlocks new areas and activities across the island.
Between quests, you can freely roam the island, collecting an array of resources - flowers, fruits, shells, and more - which you can then use for crafting and decorating. Exploration also reveals new hidden areas and secrets, as the landscape and color shift in response to your progress.
A significant gameplay element involves crafting furniture, decorations, and cooking recipes using the collected resources. You can use these items to personalize and enhance your campsite, as well as provide gifts and supplies to the bear spirits. The crafting and decorating systems offer extensive creativity and customization.
Various collection-based activities, such as completing a museum-like collection of found items, unlocking new recipes, and obtaining achievements, provide long-term progression goals for you to work towards over time.