Hello Kitty Island Adventure and Disney Dreamlight Valley are only two out of hundreds of games currently making waves in the simulation genre. Cozy gaming has long been a profitable video game genre, but official forays by larger IPs into the genre have only cropped up recently. Both Hello Kitty Island Adventure and Disney Dreamlight Valley were released post-pandemic and after the massive success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, when cozy gaming and video games as a whole saw a spike in popularity.