Collector’s Cove is the coziest of cozy games. It’s an adventure title developed and published by VoodooDuck. If you enjoy a good collect-a-thon type of game and seek chill vibes, then you may want to put this game on your radar.

I’ve always been the type of gamer who tries to collect everything possible. If there are many different types of one item, I want all the variations. Are there many things to craft? You bet I’ll craft them all. Collector’s Cove is the ultimate collection game, even though it’s not super expansive.

The game begins with character customization, which is decent. There aren’t a whole lot of options, but it’s cute enough. You can also customize your animal companion’s colors and patterns, and give it a name. It’s a Loch-Ness-type sea creature, and I named mine Littlefoot.

Anyway, the player character begins a quest with Littlefoot to sail the seas as a Collector, following in their parents’ footsteps. What do you collect? Fish, farming, and crafting items. Littlefoot pulls the boat to bring you to various islands where you can collect resources, find treasure, and fish some more. And that’s all there is to it.

One thing I love about Collector’s Cove is that there’s no hustle. Your character doesn’t have stamina and doesn’t even need to go to sleep at night. If you want the morning to come sooner, then you can certainly go to sleep and pass the time. However, in-game time moves so quickly that you’ll blink and it’ll be the next in-game day. The day and night cycle is important because certain fish will only come out during the day or night. Otherwise, I guess it’s mostly atmospheric.

The map consists of a bunch of squares, each being a different island to discover. You can choose one for Littlefoot to bring you to. Now, despite your character being able to pull all-nighters, Littlefoot does have stamina. You can easily feed it fish or crops to replenish its energy. If not, Littlefoot will take a nap before waking up and pressing on.

During this travel time, there are still plenty of things to do on the boat. The boat is where your garden is, so you can tend to your crops, you can fish off the side of the ship, and debris will also float by. You can grab crates from the water that’ll give you resources such as stones and wood, and even seeds for planting.

In the middle of the water, when not traveling, you can call on your uncle’s boat. He’ll appear as a merchant where you can buy more seeds from him, among other materials. You can also sell things to him to make a little extra cash just to buy more from him.

The islands aren’t exactly large. They won’t take long to explore, but you’ll want to look over every nook and cranny to make sure you don’t miss a chest somewhere. In some cases, the island will request that you solve a light puzzle before being able to open the chest. Otherwise, the islands allow you to dig up soil, chop trees for wood, take a pickaxe to rocks and get stone, and fish in the small ponds or on the shore.

Collector’s Cove is an extremely laid-back game. While it’s great to discover and collect various crops and fish, it can get monotonous after a little while. You explore a small island, get back on the boat, and head to a different island, where it’s rinse and repeat. There are multiple maps to unlock, but sometimes the game felt a little too slow-paced.

This is the type of game you’ll want to pick up and play when you have a short amount of time to play something. When starting the game, I played for a couple of hours, but then I noticed every time I booted it up, I only played for about thirty minutes here and there. There isn’t much to do, but it is a delightful time. And yes, you can pet Littlefoot.