The Best Nature Games for Xbox Series X

Update : One Last Breath added at rank #8.
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Cloud Gardens (2020)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas


  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • post-apocalyptic
  • nature
  • puzzle
  • meditative
  • experimental
  • procedural
  • simulation
  • atmospheric
  • building
  • challenge-less
  • goal-free

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LumbearJack (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

Grab your axe and save the environment by chopping and recycling every man-made thing in your path and solving puzzles with your charming animal friends!


  • nature
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • funny
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • physics
  • puzzle
  • sandbox
  • dice
  • colourful
  • destruction
  • 3d
  • casual
  • single-player

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Dordogne (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch Android Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Immerse yourself in the heartfelt narrative of Dordogne. Embark on a vibrant journey as Mimi, reliving precious childhood memories and uncovering family secrets. Explore breathtaking hand-painted watercolor landscapes and awaken your senses to the sights, sounds, and scents of Dordogne. Collect photos, sounds, and scents to create a personalized journal that captures the essence of your adventure. Experience a unique and touching reflection of your own journey.


What we like:
  • Lovely trip into childhood
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Engaging story
  • Plenty of collectibles
  • Smooth gameplay
What could be improved:
  • No clear chapter endings
  • Lack of cultural immersion

  • wholesome
  • nature
  • narrative
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • story
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • visual-novel
  • funny

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Bunhouse (2021)

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Bunhouse focuses on growing plants and managing a greenhouse. Take care of your leafy plant buddies by balancing the amount of water and light they get. Play with friends and upgrade your greenhouse for wholesome, relaxing fun.


  • local
  • nature
  • 4-player
  • agriculture
  • good-spirited
  • simulation
  • cute
  • farming
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • sandbox
  • stylized
  • building
  • co-hop
  • controller-support

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Time on Frog Island (2022)

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Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship!


  • platform
  • trading
  • puzzle
  • cute
  • nature
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • frog
  • cartoony
  • emotional
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • farming

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Imagine Earth (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Imagine Earth is a thrilling real-time planet simulation and strategy game that lets you explore and colonize distant planets. In this game, you play a space colony manager tasked with building profitable colonies while preserving living conditions for your people amidst corporate greed and environmental concerns. Dig for resources, build power plants, farms, and factories while fending off threats like asteroids, wild fires, and hostile colonies. You can trade resources and technologies to enrich your colonies, build towers, and research for advanced technologies. Now, it's time to expand your colony and dominate the universe!


What we like:
  • Well-polished game with unique art design and relaxing gameplay
  • Heavy emphasis on competitiveness with multiple ways to hinder AI competition
  • Great fun in multiplayer games
  • Continual and meaningful updates from the developers
  • Unique approach to a tile-based system
What could be improved:
  • Lack of micromanagement may disappoint city-building enthusiasts
  • Voice acting could be better
  • Limited countermeasures against weather effects
  • Unintuitive resource gathering and pollution mitigation

  • simulation
  • diplomacy
  • colony
  • lore
  • nature
  • city-building
  • grand-strategy
  • science
  • management
  • base-building
  • economy
  • procedural
  • sandbox
  • space
  • resource

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Sumatra: Fate of Yandi (2019)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One

Lost and alone after a terrible landslide, Yandi must find his way home in this old-school point and click adventure set deep in the Sumatran jungle! Will he make it out alive?


  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • thriller
  • nature
  • drama
  • psychological
  • story
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle

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One Last Breath (2024)

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One Last Breath tells a story about despair but also about hope. Gaia has the ability to control the environment. Create paths using trunks, summon vines to hang between gaps, and solve puzzles using your powers to save our planet.


  • 2.5d
  • nature
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • scroller
  • puzzle
  • story
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • action-adventure

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Wind Peaks (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

What Happens in Wind Peaks?Wind Peaks is a searching game, with distinct hand drawn cartoonish visuals, telling the story of a group of scouts that finds a map that guides them to a magical part of the forest.Game TypeHidden Object / PuzzleGame Features• 10 cartoonish hand made levels• Relaxing forest sounds• A relaxing wholesome experience• Fun and peaceful interactions• Cute casual gameplayGuess the storyIn Wind Peaks the story is told through the hidden objects and by the level set pieces. To progress with it, find every object to revel a cutscene.• No death / violence• No hyper-realism / last-gen graphics• No procedural worlds


  • cartoony
  • relaxing
  • hidden-object
  • linear
  • cute
  • nature
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • colourful
  • controller-support
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle-player

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Ankora: Lost Days (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Discover the wild planet Ankora and explore freely around this mysterious world full of promise and danger. Craft different tools, build structures and terraform yourself a new home in this cute-as-heck survival game.


  • agriculture
  • nature
  • survival
  • simulation
  • farming
  • colourful
  • sandbox
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • crafting
  • cute-as-heck
  • anime
  • collectathon
  • life
  • cute

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