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Virtual Cottage cover art

Virtual Cottage

DU&I · 2020-10-07

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Oct 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

Virtual Cottage is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 11089 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

113
playing now
98%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

113 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Virtual Cottage trailer thumbnail

Virtual Cottage Trailer (2020)

≈434,430 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 113 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 461 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,753 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
84884820202026Week of 2020-10-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

145702026-09-16 05:00 — 83 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 120 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 94 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 78 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 144 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 135 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 91 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 85 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 107 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 101 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 98 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 137 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 96 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 102 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 145 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 100 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 95 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 131 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 77 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 74 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 134 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 118 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 97 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 113 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
64885Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 181 · peak 403Dec 2020 — avg 153 · peak 282Feb 2021 — avg 149 · peak 208Apr 2021 — avg 648 · peak 1,766Jun 2021 — avg 337 · peak 659Aug 2021 — avg 259 · peak 402Oct 2021 — avg 316 · peak 451Dec 2021 — avg 322 · peak 530Feb 2022 — avg 504 · peak 718Apr 2022 — avg 445 · peak 797Jun 2022 — avg 339 · peak 607Aug 2022 — avg 275 · peak 418Oct 2022 — avg 382 · peak 572Dec 2022 — avg 328 · peak 602Feb 2023 — avg 332 · peak 508Apr 2023 — avg 286 · peak 436Jun 2023 — avg 249 · peak 413Aug 2023 — avg 223 · peak 325Oct 2023 — avg 281 · peak 435Dec 2023 — avg 359 · peak 686Feb 2024 — avg 323 · peak 455Apr 2024 — avg 360 · peak 513Jun 2024 — avg 366 · peak 575Aug 2024 — avg 260 · peak 365Oct 2024 — avg 377 · peak 557Dec 2024 — avg 309 · peak 513Feb 2025 — avg 320 · peak 449Apr 2025 — avg 286 · peak 418Jun 2025 — avg 241 · peak 412Aug 2025 — avg 194 · peak 292Oct 2025 — avg 226 · peak 346Dec 2025 — avg 187 · peak 308Feb 2026 — avg 160 · peak 274Apr 2026 — avg 140 · peak 215Jun 2026 — avg 110 · peak 193Aug 2026 — avg 93 · peak 155
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

8
achievements tracked
54.5%
earned "Take a look around"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputTouch Only OptionFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-10-07, latest 2023-10-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,84529%8

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CozyCuteAnimeMusicCasualLife SimRelaxingImmersiveUtilitiesWholesome

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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