The best games like Mail Time are Mail Mole, A Short Hike and Smushi Come Home: a mole who delivers the mail, and two short, calm games about gliding through a small world. For flying deliveries, try Mika and The Witch's Mountain. Below are 10 games, grouped by what you loved most. We checked every game on October 31, 2026.
At a glance
| Game | Best for | Length | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mail Mole | Players who want another platformer that is all about the post | About 4 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Linux, Switch, PS4, Xbox One |
| Mika and The Witch's Mountain | Players who loved the feeling of air under their feet | About 4 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox |
| Cat Mail Co. | Players who want the post office side of the job | About 10 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC |
| A Short Sail | Players who loved delivering the mail and want to do it by boat | Not shared yet | PC (Windows), Mac, Web, Steam Deck |
| A Short Hike | Players who want the best small exploring game there is | About 1.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, Linux |
| Smushi Come Home | Players who loved Mail Time's mushroom hat and its tiny scale | About 3 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, Switch |
| Lil Gator Game | Players who want a playful island full of friends | About 3 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox |
| Webbed | Players who want a tiny hero with a big heart | About 4 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One |
| TOEM | Players who loved meeting a strange new character around every corner | About 3.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PS5, Xbox |
| Pine Hearts | Players who want a gentle, one-sitting adventure | About 3 hours (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Switch |
| Paperbark | Players who want a storybook to play in one sitting | About 40 minutes (HowLongToBeat) | PC, Mac, iOS |
What makes Mail Time special
In Mail Time, it is your first day as a Mail Scout. You wear a mushroom hat, carry a pack full of letters, and deliver them across Grumblewood Grove. You run, jump and glide on your letters through a storybook forest, and you climb tall trees with bouncy mushrooms. The forest is full of odd little critters, from poetic frogs to a punk-rock woodpecker and grumpy squirrels, and each one needs a bit of your help. Mail Time has an 81.4% rating on SteamDB, from about 1,100 Steam reviews (October 31, 2026).
Developer: Kela van der Deijl | Year: 2023 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, PS5 | Length: about 2 hours for the main story (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Playable | Steam page
The magic is in how small it is. There are no time limits, no fall damage and nothing that can hurt you. You can see the whole game in one evening. So we grouped this list by the part you loved most: delivering the mail, gliding and hopping, a tiny hero among friendly critters, or a very short, calm game. Most picks are short, and none of them is long or stressful. If you mostly want post office games, see our full list of cozy mail delivery games.
The best games like Mail Time
- Closest to Mail Time: Mail Mole
- Best for flying deliveries: Mika and The Witch’s Mountain
- Best for gliding: A Short Hike
- Best tiny hero: Smushi Come Home
- Best for friendly critters: Webbed
- Shortest and calmest: Paperbark
- Our own game: A Short Sail (a cozy mail game by boat, not a platformer; not ranked)
If you loved delivering the mail
Mail Mole
Who it is for: players who want another platformer that is all about the post.
Mail Mole is a bright 3D platformer about delivering the mail. You are Molty, the fastest delivery mole in Carrotland. You dig through the ground, jump between platforms and reach far-off mailboxes, from sunny beaches to snowy peaks. Along the way you meet villagers, find collectibles and race against Mecha-Moles. Like Mail Time, it is bright, cute and built around a small hero with a bag of mail.
The downside: it is a more classic platformer, with pits, spikes and races, so it asks for more skill and is less relaxing than Mail Time.
Developer: Talpa Games, Undercoders | Year: 2021 | Platforms: PC, Linux, Switch, PS4, Xbox One | Length: about 4 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
Mika and The Witch’s Mountain
Who it is for: players who loved the feeling of air under their feet.
Mika and The Witch’s Mountain is a cozy flying game about delivering packages. Mika is a young witch who must work as a delivery girl on a small island. You fly a broom from house to house and drop off packages for the townsfolk. As you earn upgrades, you can fly higher up the mountain. It feels a lot like Kiki’s Delivery Service, and there is no combat.
The downside: the broom takes time to master, and parcels can break if you crash.
Developer: Chibig, Nukefist | Year: 2025 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox | Length: about 4 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
Cat Mail Co.
Who it is for: players who want the post office side of the job.
Cat Mail Co. is a cozy post office game. You restore a post office on a cat island. You weigh, stamp and sort parcels, load the daily boat and help the locals. At night, moonlight shows hidden things about some parcels. There are no timers, and up to four friends can join you. More like it in games like Cat Mail Co..
The downside: it is a first-person sorting game, with no jumping or gliding, and the routine can feel repetitive as the parcels pile up.
Developer: Maracas Studio | Year: 2026 | Platforms: PC | Length: about 10 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
A Short Sail
Who it is for: players who loved delivering the mail and want to do it by boat.
A Short Sail is a cozy sailing game where you are a little tabby cat with a sailboat. Like Mail Time, you deliver mail: you pick up letters and parcels, pack them into your hold and deliver them to folks. You also fish by day and by night, help the islanders and give them rides, so you make friends across the islands, and you build your home island.
But it is not a platformer. You sail between islands instead of jumping and gliding through a forest, and the world is a sea, not a single wood. There are no timers, no fighting on foot, and only gentle sea battles against storms and living waves. It comes out in Q1 2027 on PC, Mac, Steam Deck and in a web browser, and you can play the free demo at 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
If you loved gliding and hopping
A Short Hike
Who it is for: players who want the best small exploring game there is.
A Short Hike is a small exploring game. Claire is a young bird on holiday in an island park, and she needs to reach the top of the mountain. You hike, climb and glide, and golden feathers let you climb and glide further. You meet friendly park visitors, fish, dig and help people with small tasks. It feels very close to Mail Time’s forest: small, kind and full of secrets. More like it in games like A Short Hike.
The downside: it is short, and the pixel look is not for everyone.
Developer: adamgryu | Year: 2019 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux | Length: about 1.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
Smushi Come Home
Who it is for: players who loved Mail Time’s mushroom hat and its tiny scale.
Smushi Come Home is a short, calm 3D exploring game. Smushi is a tiny mushroom, lost in the middle of a forest. To get home, you climb, swim and glide on a leaf, and you get help from the forest creatures you meet. The world feels huge because you are so small. It is calm, pretty and easy.
The downside: it is short, and some climbing can feel fiddly.
Developer: SomeHumbleOnion | Year: 2023 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch | Length: about 3 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
Lil Gator Game
Who it is for: players who want a playful island full of friends.
Lil Gator Game is a short, funny open-world game. A little gator wants their big sister to play like they used to. So you make up a big pretend adventure on an island. You climb, glide and swim, and you recruit other kids to join your game by helping with their silly requests. It is funny and sweet, with a kind heart under the jokes. More like it in games like Lil Gator Game.
The downside: the “combat” is play-fighting with cardboard, which some players find dull, and it is short.
Developer: MegaWobble | Year: 2022 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox | Length: about 3 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
If you loved the tiny hero and the friendly critters
Webbed
Who it is for: players who want a tiny hero with a big heart.
Webbed is a 2D swinging game about a tiny spider. You are a happy little peacock spider, and a bowerbird has taken your boyfriend. To save him, you swing through the bush on your webs, build bridges and move things around. You make friends with lots of bugs, and you can dance with them. It is not 3D, but it has the same joy of moving as Mail Time.
The downside: swinging on webs takes practice, and a few parts with bigger creatures are tense.
Developer: Sbug Games | Year: 2021 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One | Length: about 4 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
TOEM
Who it is for: players who loved meeting a strange new character around every corner.
TOEM is a hand-drawn photo adventure. A kid sets off with a camera to see a magical sight called TOEM. On the way, you take photos to help the people and creatures you meet, and you fill a book with stamps. Each town has its own odd folk and small jobs, a lot like Mail Time’s errands. The black and white art is charming.
The downside: there is no jumping or gliding, and it is short. A sequel, TOEM 2, came out in 2026.
Developer: Something We Made | Year: 2021 | Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PS5, Xbox | Length: about 3.5 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
If you want another short, calm game
Pine Hearts
Who it is for: players who want a gentle, one-sitting adventure.
Pine Hearts is a gentle top-down adventure. Tyke goes on a hike in a nature reserve he visited as a child, and he wants to climb the mountain his father never reached. You explore paths and rivers, find tools that open new areas and help the people you meet. It is warm and calm.
The downside: it is about remembering a lost parent, so a few moments are sad.
Developer: Hyper Luminal Games | Year: 2024 | Platforms: PC, Switch | Length: about 3 hours (HowLongToBeat) | Steam Deck: Verified | Steam page
Paperbark
Who it is for: players who want a storybook to play in one sitting.
Paperbark is a very short storybook game. A sleepy wombat looks for a new home in the Australian bush. As you wander, the watercolor world paints itself in around you, and a narrator reads the story. You can find hidden insects and fill a sticker book. It feels like a picture book for children.
The downside: it is very short, and it touches on a bushfire, so it is sadder than Mail Time.
Developer: Paper House | Year: 2018 | Platforms: PC, Mac, iOS | Length: about 40 minutes (HowLongToBeat) | Steam page
Our own game
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Questions
What is the closest game to Mail Time?
Mail Mole is the closest game to Mail Time. You are a little mole who delivers the mail across bright worlds, with jumps, collectibles and friendly villagers. It is a harder, more classic platformer than Mail Time.
Is there a game like Mail Time with gliding?
Yes: in A Short Hike you glide with golden feathers, and in Smushi Come Home a tiny mushroom glides on a leaf. Both are short and calm, like Mail Time.
Is there another cozy game where you deliver packages?
Mika and The Witch's Mountain is another cozy delivery game. You fly a broom around an island and drop off packages for the townsfolk, a little like Kiki's Delivery Service.
How long is Mail Time?
Mail Time takes about 2 hours for the main story, according to HowLongToBeat. Finding every trinket and badge adds only about an hour, so it fits in one evening.
Is Mail Time on Steam Deck or Mac?
Yes, Mail Time is rated Playable on Steam Deck by Valve, and it runs on Windows and Mac. It is also on Switch, PS4 and PS5.
Is Mail Time multiplayer?
No, Mail Time is single-player. For mail with friends, Cat Mail Co. lets up to four players run a post office together online, with no timers.
Is there a mail delivery game set at sea?
Yes: A Short Sail, our own game, is a cozy sailing game where you are a tabby cat who carries letters and parcels between little islands by boat. It is not a platformer. It comes out in Q1 2027, and the free demo plays in your browser.
