--- title: "Games like Cat Mail Co.: cozy picks (2026) | A Short Sail" description: "Games like Cat Mail Co., for its sorting, its little shop, its night secrets or its cats: Unpacking, Librarian, Strange Horticulture, KeyWe and more." url: https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/ published: 2026-10-13 updated: 2026-10-31 author: "Yos Riady" image: https://ashortsail.com/og/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co.jpg --- # Games like Cat Mail Co.: cozy picks (2026) Games like Cat Mail Co., for its sorting, its little shop, its night secrets or its cats: Unpacking, Librarian, Strange Horticulture, KeyWe and more. By [Yos Riady](https://ashortsail.com/authors/yos-riady/) · Published 13 October 2026 · **Updated October 2026** The best games like Cat Mail Co. are **Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!**, **Unpacking** and **KeyWe**: two calm tidy-up games and a post office for two. For a little shop with a secret, try **Strange Horticulture**. For more cats, play **Cat Cafe Manager**. Below are 9 games, grouped by what you loved most. We checked every game on October 31, 2026. ![The cat sails the little boat at dawn, past tall sea stacks and a rock arch under a pink sky.](https://ashortsail.com/_astro/34-sail-dawn.DB6H-LL0_1T71bk.jpg) Featured · our own game ## Our pick: A Short Sail (we made it) We make this one. It is in the list below too, marked as ours, so you can weigh it next to the others. It is a cozy sailing game: you are a little tabby cat with a sailboat, delivering mail, fishing and making friends, alone or online with friends. There are no timers, and the only battles are gentle ones at sea. Coming in Q1 2027. Free demo in your browser at play.ashortsail.com. Windows, Mac, Web and Steam Deck. [See the game](https://ashortsail.com/) [Play the free demo](https://play.ashortsail.com/) ## At a glance | Game | Best for | Length | Platforms | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Unpacking](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#unpacking) | Players who love putting things in their place | About 3.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android | | [Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#librarian-tidy-up-the-arcane-library) | Players who loved clearing Cat Mail Co.'s backlog | About 5 to 6 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC | | [Lost and Found Co.](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#lost-and-found-co) | Players who like finding the right thing for the right person | About 6 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac | | [Strange Horticulture](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#strange-horticulture) | Players who loved the moonlit mystery of the parcels | About 5.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, Switch (also on other consoles) | | [Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#potion-craft-alchemist-simulator) | Players who liked running a shop and serving each customer | About 18 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox | | [Cat Cafe Manager](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#cat-cafe-manager) | Players who want cats and a small business of their own | About 10 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch | | [Little Kitty, Big City](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#little-kitty-big-city) | Players who want to be the cat, not run a shop for one | About 2.5 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox | | [KeyWe](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#keywe) | Two friends who want to run a post office together | About 6 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox | | [Mail Time](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#mail-time) | Players who want to deliver the mail, not sort it | About 2 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, PS5 | | [A Short Sail](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#a-short-sail) | Players who want a cat, the sea and a lot of mail | Not shared yet | PC (Windows), Mac, Web, Steam Deck | Lengths are main-story times from HowLongToBeat or player estimates, checked 31 October 2026. ## What makes Cat Mail Co. special In **Cat Mail Co.**, you arrive on a quiet island and find a forgotten post office. The old postman is gone, and the parcels are piled to the ceiling. Each day a boat brings new mail. You weigh parcels, put on labels, mark them fragile or heavy, decorate them with stamps and load them for the trip out. You store everything your own way. At night, the moon shows hidden things about some parcels, and the backlog slowly tells the story of the place. *Developer: Maracas Studio | Year: 2026 | Platforms: PC | Length: about 10 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4380490/) Cat Mail Co. has an 89.5% rating on [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/4380490/), from about 8,000 Steam reviews (October 31, 2026). Players love it for a few clear things: the calm, tidy work of sorting, running a small place of your own, the cats, the light mystery after dark, and co-op for up to four. No one game has all of that. So we grouped this list by the part you loved most: **sorting and tidying**, **a little shop with a secret**, **the cats**, or **mail with friends**. ## The best games like Cat Mail Co. - **Best for the sorting feeling:** Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! - **Best short tidy-up story:** Unpacking - **Best shop with a mystery:** Strange Horticulture - **Best for cat lovers:** Cat Cafe Manager - **Best post office for two:** KeyWe - **Our own game:** [A Short Sail](https://ashortsail.com/) (a cat who carries the mail by boat; not ranked) ## If you loved the sorting and tidying ### Unpacking **Who it is for:** players who love putting things in their place. Unpacking is a calm puzzle game about moving house. You open boxes in a new home and find a place for every object: plates in the cupboard, books on the shelf, a diary in a drawer. Over the years, the homes change, and you learn the life story of the person who owns them without a single word of dialogue. It is calm and very satisfying. The downside: it is short, and some items only fit in one spot, which can feel fussy. *Developer: Witch Beam | Year: 2021 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android | Length: about 3.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/) ### Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! **Who it is for:** players who loved clearing Cat Mail Co.’s backlog. Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! is a book-sorting game. A mischievous fairy has thrown a magic library into chaos, and you may not leave until all 3,072 books are back on the right shelves. You read titles and covers for clues, carry stacks across the rooms and fill shelf after shelf. As you finish rows, you unlock spells that help, such as one that shows every book of a series. It is one of the best-rated games of 2026 on Steam. The downside: it is the same task from start to end, and a strict principal grades how neatly you shelve. *Developer: ArtRising | Year: 2026 | Platforms: PC | Length: about 5 to 6 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4197610/) ### Lost and Found Co. **Who it is for:** players who like finding the right thing for the right person. Lost and Found Co. is a hidden object game. You play Ducky, a duck turned human, who starts as an intern at a magical lost and found company. Each level is a busy, hand-drawn scene full of things to click. You hunt for lost items and give them back to the townsfolk who lost them. Between levels, you decorate Ducky’s room. It came out in 2026 and players rate it very highly. The downside: it is a hidden object game, so there is no sorting system to plan, and some players find the story chatty. *Developer: Bit Egg Inc. | Year: 2026 | Platforms: PC, Mac | Length: about 6 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101390/) ## If you loved the little shop and its secret ### Strange Horticulture **Who it is for:** players who loved the moonlit mystery of the parcels. Strange Horticulture is a plant shop mystery game. You run a small shop in a misty town. Customers ask for plants by their effects, and you name each plant from clues in your books. A cat sleeps on your counter. Letters and odd requests pull you into a dark local mystery, and your choices change how it ends. For more like this, see our [cozy mystery games on PC](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-mystery-games-pc/). The downside: the story turns darker than Cat Mail Co., and you sit at one counter the whole game. *Developer: Bad Viking | Year: 2022 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch (also on other consoles) | Length: about 5.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574580/) ### Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator **Who it is for:** players who liked running a shop and serving each customer. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is a potion shop game. You are an alchemist with a shop in a medieval town. You grind herbs with a mortar and pestle, steer your brew across a map of effects, and sell the potions to customers who come to your door. You can haggle, design your own labels and bottles, and grow your shop over time. It looks like an old book come to life. The downside: it is long, and the brewing map takes a while to learn. *Developer: niceplay games | Year: 2022 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox | Length: about 18 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1210320/) ## If you loved the cats ### Cat Cafe Manager **Who it is for:** players who want cats and a small business of their own. Cat Cafe Manager is a cozy cafe management game. You move to a sleepy village and rebuild your grandmother’s cat cafe. Stray cats wander in, and you look after them, learn their quirks and find them homes. You cook, decorate, hire staff and make friends in the village, and a gentle mystery runs in the background. More cat games are in our [cozy cat games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-cat-games/) list. The downside: the loop repeats, and some players get bored after the first several hours. *Developer: Roost Games | Year: 2022 | Platforms: PC, Switch | Length: about 10 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1354830/) ### Little Kitty, Big City **Who it is for:** players who want to be the cat, not run a shop for one. Little Kitty, Big City is a short open-world cat game. You are a small black cat who falls from a window into a big city. You explore the streets, nap in the sun, steal snacks, help the animals you meet, and try to find your way home. It is light and funny, and it is fine to just knock things over. See more in [games like Little Kitty, Big City](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-little-kitty-big-city/). The downside: it is short, and there is no sorting or routine to settle into. *Developer: Double Dagger Studio | Year: 2024 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox | Length: about 2.5 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177980/) ## If you loved the mail and the co-op ### KeyWe **Who it is for:** two friends who want to run a post office together. KeyWe is a co-op puzzle game set in a post office. You are Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds who work in a post office. With no hands, they jump, flap and peck at levers, buttons and keys to type telegrams, pack parcels and get the mail out. You can play alone, or with a friend online or on one screen. The downside: levels have timers, so it is busy and much less calm than Cat Mail Co. *Developer: Stonewheat & Sons | Year: 2021 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox | Length: about 6 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Playable* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1242980/) ### Mail Time **Who it is for:** players who want to deliver the mail, not sort it. Mail Time is a short, cozy platformer about delivering mail. You are a new Mail Scout with a mushroom hat. You carry letters through a forest full of friendly bugs and animals, glide between places and help with small tasks on the way. It is cute, short and gentle. We wrote more in [games like Mail Time](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-mail-time/), and there are more postal games in [cozy mail delivery games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-mail-delivery-games/). The downside: it is very short, and there is no sorting or shop to run. *Developer: Kela van der Deijl | Year: 2023 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, PS5 | Length: about 2 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Playable* | [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1607240/) ### A Short Sail **Who it is for:** players who want a cat, the sea and a lot of mail. A Short Sail is a cozy sailing game where you are a little tabby cat with a sailboat. Like Cat Mail Co., it has a cat, the sea and a lot of mail. But most of the game happens out at sea, not behind a counter. You pick up letters and parcels, pack them into your hold, and sail them out to the little islands yourself. You also fish by day and by night, make friends across the islands, build your home island, and lend a hand at the bakery, the post office, and the ferry for coins. There are no timers, no fighting on foot, and only gentle sea battles against storms and living waves. You can play alone, or sail online with friends, though the sea battles are single-player only. It comes out in Q1 2027 on PC, Mac, Steam Deck and in the web browser, and you can [play the free demo at play.ashortsail.com](https://play.ashortsail.com/). *Developer: Yos Riady | Platforms: PC (Windows), Mac, Web, Steam Deck | Length: not shared yet | Free demo at play.ashortsail.com* | [Play the demo](https://play.ashortsail.com/) ## Related guides - [Cozy mail delivery games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-mail-delivery-games/) - [Cozy cat games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-cat-games/) - [Games like Mail Time](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-mail-time/) - [Cozy job games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-job-games/) - [Cozy multiplayer games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-multiplayer-games/) - [Cozy mystery games on PC](https://ashortsail.com/blog/cozy-mystery-games-pc/) ## Questions ### What is the closest game to Cat Mail Co.? KeyWe is the closest game to Cat Mail Co. in theme: you run a post office and pack and send the mail, alone or with a friend. But it has timers and gets busy. For the calm sorting feeling, Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! is closer. ### Is there a game like Cat Mail Co. with no timers? Yes: Unpacking, Strange Horticulture and Potion Craft all let you work at your own pace, like Cat Mail Co. KeyWe is the one post office pick here with timers. ### Is there another cozy post office game with co-op? Yes: KeyWe is a post office game for two, with online and split-screen co-op. It is more hectic than Cat Mail Co., because its levels have timers. ### Does Cat Mail Co. have co-op? Yes, Cat Mail Co. has online co-op for up to four players. You can also run the post office alone, and either way there are no timers. ### How long is Cat Mail Co.? Cat Mail Co. takes about 10 hours for the main story, according to HowLongToBeat. Most picks here are shorter, such as Unpacking at about 3.5 hours. ### Is Cat Mail Co. on Steam Deck or Mac? Cat Mail Co. is Steam Deck Verified, so you can play it on a handheld. It is not on Mac: on Steam it runs on Windows only. On a Mac, try Mail Time or Tiny Bookshop, which both have a native Mac version. ### Is there a cat mail game where you deliver by boat? Yes: A Short Sail, our own game, is a cozy sailing game where you are a tabby cat who packs letters and parcels into your hold and sails them out to little islands. You can play alone or online with friends. It comes out in Q1 2027, with a free demo now. - [cozy games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/cozy-games/) - [relaxing games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/relaxing-games/) - [indie games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/indie-games/) - [cat games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/cat-games/) - [delivery games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/delivery-games/) - [game lists](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/game-lists/) **Written by [Yos Riady](https://ashortsail.com/authors/yos-riady/)** Yos Riady is the solo developer making A Short Sail, a cozy sailing game. ## Related guides - 30 Oct 2026 · Updated 31 Oct 2026 ### [Games like Easy Delivery Co.: cozy picks (2026)](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-easy-delivery-co/) Games like Easy Delivery Co., for its little truck, retro look and eerie snowy nights: Lake, Kentucky Route Zero, Arctic Eggs, Dredge and more. - [cozy games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/cozy-games/) - [relaxing games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/relaxing-games/) - [indie games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/indie-games/) - [delivery games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/delivery-games/) - [short games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/short-games/) - [game lists](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/game-lists/) - 25 Oct 2026 · Updated 31 Oct 2026 ### [Games like Lake: cozy picks (2026)](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-lake/) Games like Lake, for its mail rounds, its small town and its quiet life choices: Easy Delivery Co., Tiny Bookshop, Night in the Woods, Firewatch and more. - [cozy games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/cozy-games/) - [relaxing games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/relaxing-games/) - [indie games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/indie-games/) - [delivery games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/delivery-games/) - [game lists](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/game-lists/) - 12 Oct 2026 · Updated 31 Oct 2026 ### [Games like Mail Time: cozy picks (2026)](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-mail-time/) Games like Mail Time, for its tiny mail scout, its gliding and its friendly critters: Mail Mole, A Short Hike, Smushi Come Home, TOEM and more. - [cozy games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/cozy-games/) - [relaxing games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/relaxing-games/) - [indie games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/indie-games/) - [delivery games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/delivery-games/) - [short games](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/short-games/) - [game lists](https://ashortsail.com/blog/tags/game-lists/) ## A Short Sail The cozy sailing game with a cat. Coming soon to Steam and [itch.io](https://yosriady.itch.io/a-short-sail) [Play the free demo](https://play.ashortsail.com/) [Get updates](https://ashortsail.com/blog/games-like-cat-mail-co/#newsletter)