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Virtual Cottage

DU&I · 2020-10-07

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

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.

85
playing now
98%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 85 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 3% of 9,562 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

135592026-08-07 00:00 — 77 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 89 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 82 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 64 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 94 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 101 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 95 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 68 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 95 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 98 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 78 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 103 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 86 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 83 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 79 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 106 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 64 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 89 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 135 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 85 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 125 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 97 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 115 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 88 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

Player tags

CozyCuteAnimeMusicCasualLife SimRelaxingImmersiveUtilitiesWholesome

Census log

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

Recent updates

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