Over the years, as the gaming space has continued to grow and bring in new players, the landscape of what’s available to play has continued to evolve. While the market formerly tended to be dominated by a few core genres, you can now pretty well find experiences to suit any taste. On the more mild end of the spectrum you now have a pretty extensive variety of titles available that are designed for more low-key play, looking to help you relax rather than be challenged, and that’s where a title like Catto’s Post Office comes in.

In it, you’ll be playing the part of Catto, a well-meaning young feline who is feeling a little neglected on his birthday, as nobody in town seems to have remembered it. Deciding to do his best to soldier on, he still shows up to work at the post office, helping to distribute a variety of packages around town. Since it’s a pretty small place, this doesn’t typically take very long at all, but there are some distractions you’ll run into along the way. These include talking up some locals, helping them out with their odd errands or problems, perhaps playing with a soccer ball, kicking cans into trash cans, and more. There’s no doubt that all of these very chill and simple activities help to give the game its very cozy feel.

That said, there’s also no denying that it all feels very slight and, when combined with a very short overall runtime of maybe an hour, that keeps the overall experience from being more satisfying. While I can appreciate the different activities you can take in around town, I do also wish they were both better implemented and more commonly made into their own tasks with worthwhile rewards. Cleaning up, in particular, feels like a missed opportunity to have been more meaningful, but the controls for trying to kick the cans around are simply too clunky, and the only satisfaction you’ll get from getting them in the trash is your own. Given that there are plenty of other cozy options out there in the eShop, and many with higher ambitions and more content to enjoy, this feels like a relatively thin offering, no matter how cute and charming it may be.