1. It Takes Two
PC · PS · Xbox · SwitchThe modern co-op adventure benchmark. Hela shares the "mechanics serve the bond" design DNA but welcomes up to 4 players and keeps the tone gentle.
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While you waitWaiting for Hela's December 1 release? Six games that scratch the same itch, tiny heroes, warm worlds, playing together.
2. Unravel / Unravel Two
PC · PS · Xbox · SwitchMade by the studio Windup Games' founders came from, the same Scandinavian warmth and tactile, material-driven worldbuilding, now in an open world.
3. Ghost of a Tale
PC · PS · Xbox · SwitchThe other great "play as a small mouse in a big world" game, stealthier and moodier where Hela is cozy and sunny.
4. Moss
PS VR / PC VRA beloved mouse hero story with a fairy-tale atmosphere. VR-only, so a different couch setup, but the emotional register is close.
5. Spiritfarer
PC · PS · Xbox · SwitchCozy co-op with real emotional weight, hand-crafted art and "caring as a gameplay loop", the closest thematic cousin to brewing remedies for others.
6. Palia
PC · SwitchA free cozy multiplayer world about helping a village. Less adventure-platforming, more life-sim, good if the village kindness hook is what drew you in.
What makes Hela its own thing
Few games combine all three of Hela's pillars: a mouse-scale open world, a four-player co-op campaign, and a solo-complete puzzle system (Shades). Cozy games are usually single-player; co-op games are usually combat-first, Hela sits in a genuinely uncrowded corner.