If I think of cosy games, I instantly think of Animal Crossing. Starting on the N64 as Dōbutsu no Mori back in 2001, it's gone on to be one of the most played life-sim games of all time. It helped us all through the COVID lockdowns, and I've put more hours into these games than I dare to count. Now, fans of the series can play the original GameCube adventure on PC and Steam Deck thanks to a native PC port.
The game is fully playable on PC, with players being able to use controllers and their keyboard to appease Tom Nook's insatiable desire for building and bells. As you might expect after seeing some of the quality of life improvements that have come with the other PC ports we've covered of N64 games, Animal Crossing has some neat features where you can change the display mode and adjust render resolution. You can switch through texture modes too and adjust frame rates, and now that the game is finally on PC, it's only a matter of time before someone mods it and adds The Wolf of Wall Street into Tom Nook's place.
The port is available to download from GitHub. You'll need a legally acquired GameCube ROM so that you can get everything up and running, and then you can build to your heart's content on your Steam Deck in 4K just as the Animal Crossing gods always intended.
