Games Like Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen)

Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen)

This is a simple idle game with productivity tools, relaxing minigames, and decor options, all centered around the serene theme of an onsen (Japanese hot spring).

★ PROFESSOR SIMULATOR: DESKTOP LAB ★ PAT THE CAT ★ BAO BAO'S™ COZY LAUNDROMAT ★ MINI PAINTER ★ ROPUKA'S IDLE ISLAND ★ THE GREENENING ★ PLANT THERAPY ★ NOT MONDAY CAFE ★ FISCHER'S FISHING JOURNEY ★ MINI COZY ROOM: LO-FI ★ BIT BUDDY ★ CHILL PULSE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab

89% 👍 OF 166
About This Game

Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a semi-idle desktop simulation game about academic life. Keep a tiny lab in the corner of your screen while you work, study, or relax. Recruit graduate students, apply for research projects, publish papers, purchase equipment, and build your own research team.

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Pat the Cat

99% 👍 OF 218
About This Game

Your very own kitty — right on your desktop! A cozy idle game where you pet, feed, and play with a fluffy friend to earn purr points. Spend them on hats, toys, and cozy spots to sit. With hundreds of customization items, you can create a kitty that's truly yours — always by your side.

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Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat

84% 👍 OF 441
About This Game

Relax in Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, an idle game where you join Bao Bao, a charming panda, in creating the coziest laundromat. Purchase colorful washing machines, add delightful decorations, and hire panda helpers. Watch your cozy laundromat bustle with life, even when you’re not around!

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Ropuka's Idle Island

95% 👍 OF 4.3K
About This Game

A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …run a little frog's floating island as it mows grass for hours while you're away, then come back to millions of grass trimmings.
  • …resize the game into a moveable desktop sticker, set it transparent, and pin it above other windows on any monitor.
  • …pull random stickers and furniture, with a system that avoids duplicates until you complete the collection.
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The Greenening

96% 👍 OF 498
About This Game

A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Clean Ash-Covered Levels
  • …Reveal Hidden Finds
  • …Spend Limited Water
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Plant Therapy

98% 👍 OF 639
About This Game

Get cozy in this plant collecting and decorating game! Build a beautiful indoor garden from the ground up in your New York City apartment.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Grow 60+ Plants
  • …Decorate NYC Apartments
  • …Collect Nighttime Rewards
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Not Monday Cafe

95% 👍 OF 614
About This Game

Cozy idle cafe management that keeps you company while you work. Grow fresh ingredients, cook, and serve delicious food to adorable animal customers. Build your dream cafe that sits at the bottom of your screen.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Grow Café Ingredients
  • …Cook 300+ Recipes
  • …Customize Three Areas
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Fischer's Fishing Journey

91% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

Put Fischer on your desktop as your ultimate study and work buddy. He'll fish quietly in the corner, taking care of it all—you just drop in occasionally to collect your rewards, unlock new fish, upgrade your rod, while enjoying that calming, healing atmosphere.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Fish From Your Desktop
  • …Catch Weather-Timed Fish
  • …Earn From Fish Tanks
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Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi

97% 👍 OF 3.8K
About This Game

Create Your Own Cozy Workspace! Mini Cozy Room : Lo-Fi is a productivity game blending relaxing Lo-Fi music with room decoration. Cute avatars, pets, desktop memos, to-do lists, and a Pomodoro timer help boost your focus. Feeling lonely? Work together with friends in multiplayer mode.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …import your own music, build playlists from local files, or paste YouTube links and play them inside the game.
  • …shrink the room into a tiny always-on-top window that sits in a corner while you work.
  • …open multiple to-do lists and memos at once, then rename, resize, duplicate, and group them into custom list sets.
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Bit Buddy

99% 👍 OF 540
About This Game

Bit Buddy reacts to your keyboard, mouse, and even your voice in real time. Collect decorations as you use your computer, customize your workspace, explore over 3,000 community-made buddies and decorations through Steam Workshop, or create and share your own.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Follow Mouse Movements
  • …Unlock Decor Through Use
  • …Create Workshop Characters
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Chill Pulse

95% 👍 OF 4.8K
About This Game

Chill Pulse combines productivity tools with serene environments. Use a Pomodoro timer and to-do lists to boost focus, while ambient sounds in settings from cyberpunk cities to ancient landscapes enhance relaxation.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Alternate Focus and Breaks
  • …Unlock Pixel Study Rooms
  • …Send Anonymous Letters