Skybound Tycoon

Skybound Tycoon is a cozy management game where you grow a cluster of floating islands into a little airborne civilization. You balance power, population, and trade routes between islands, and the loop is calming rather than stressful.

There's enough depth in the supply chains to keep your brain busy without ever punishing you. The game runs in the background too, so you check in, adjust things, and let it tick along.

It's a comfort game. We kept it on a second phone and poked at it between heavier titles for weeks.

What we liked

• Calming, low-pressure loop
• Satisfying supply chains
• Great as a background game