🌧️The Best Games for a Rainy Sunday
Rain does half the work for a certain kind of game. Anything slow, atmospheric or quietly melancholy plays better with weather against the window.
These are the games we reach for on a grey afternoon, sorted from cozy to properly atmospheric.
Cozy games for grey weather
Stardew Valley (2016)
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- Switch
- Mobile
Rainy days in the game are the best days — no watering needed, good fishing. The overlap is almost too neat.
Spiritfarer (2020)
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox
- Switch
A management game about ferrying spirits to the afterlife, warm and quietly devastating. Perfect for a slow afternoon.
Cozy Grove (2021)
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox
- Switch
- Mobile
A daily-limited island of ghost bears with hand-drawn art. Deliberately unhurried.
Unpacking (2021)
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- Switch
Put objects in a house and learn a life story from them. Three hours, no fail state, extremely calming.
Dorfromantik (2022)
- PC
- Switch
A tile-laying puzzle about building a peaceful landscape. There is no way to lose badly.
Atmospheric games that suit the weather
Kentucky Route Zero (2020)
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox
- Switch
A magical-realist road trip told in five acts, closer to theatre than to a game. Best played in the dark.
Firewatch (2016)
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox
- Switch
A summer in a Wyoming forest with only a radio for company. Four hours and beautifully paced.
Disco Elysium (2019)
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- Switch
A rain-soaked seaside town and a detective falling apart. There is no better weather match in games.
Death Stranding: Director's Cut (2021)
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
Long, quiet walks across a rainy landscape carrying too much. Divisive, and perfect for exactly this mood.
Journey (2012)
- PC
- PS5
- Mobile
Ninety wordless minutes with an anonymous stranger. The most complete short experience in games.
Slow-burn games to sink into
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
- Switch
- Wii U
Rain in-game is genuinely inconvenient, which somehow makes sheltering under a tree feel right. Wander with no plan.
Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox
- Switch
A deduction puzzle aboard a lost ship, solvable in one long sitting with a notepad. Utterly absorbing.
Outer Wilds (2019)
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- Switch
A 22-minute time loop around a tiny solar system, where knowledge is the only progression. Do not read anything about it first.
Slay the Spire (2019)
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox
- Switch
- Mobile
One more run, all afternoon. Perfect background-podcast play.
Persona 4 Golden (2012)
- PC
- PS5
- Switch
- Xbox
A rural Japanese town where rain literally drives the plot. Slow, warm and very long.
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