Games

I played one a few months back that might fit the bill. 'Garden Life: a Cozy Simulator' It's a game where you grow/decorate a garden of flowers and sell/give them to people. Very pleasant.

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Very fun and puzzly and you get to play as Zelda this time.

My daughter has been playing Disneyland Adventures. She loves it.

Metal Gear Solid

Don’t know if this fits the bill for you or not but my partner occasionally falls into the clutches of the Sims on their laptop. They’ve customized their installation with lots of outfit + hairstyle mods and expansions, so you kinda get to make it your own

I'll add Spiritfarer. It's not "pink" per se, but it's a much more "happy feelings" game. It's about taking lost sould and ferrying them on your ship, talking to them about their lives and feelings, and you can give them hugs of course.

Already mentioned.

• Slime Rancher
• Fields of Mistria
• A Short Hike

Not yet mentioned (at least that I saw)

• Potionomics

• • A game where you play Silvia, a potion crafter who has taken over her uncle's shop on an island full of adventurers. You get to meet many kinds of people, both adventurers and not, and have a chance at romancing pretty much all of them (at once, if you select the polyamory mode). The art style is adorable (please physically release the cards, devs) and the voice acting is so well done.

• Monster Prom

• • Strictly a slice of life / dating sim about trying to get a date for prom. The cast of characters are very cute, as is the art style. It's also multiplayer if you're into that.

• Emily is Away

• • I believe this one is free. It's a nostalgia blast for those of us who grew up with instant messaging like MSN or AIM. It's been a while since I played, but I remember it being cute and very interesting.

Throwing in a recommendation for Tiny Glade. Not so much a game as a sandbox where you make small cottages, towns, or castles. Lots of options in photo mode for showing off your creations.

A nice Slice of Life gane I recently enjoyed is Midnight Ramen.

Another I found excellent that might touch closer to Stardew is Potion Permit

Another that can be emotional is Spiritfarer

A recent one is Wanderstop, loved the vibes on that one. If you want to read more I wrote up some demo impressions here: https://lemmy.world/post/26452334

Hello Kitty Adventure Island is the game my friends and I use when we want something that isn't a shooter

Highly recommend Haven. Has some combat but it's very minimal and it's mostly slice of life focused on the romance of a pair of runaways.

Not really "pink", and lacks romance, but very pleasant: Dave the Diver. Cozy-ish game with nifty characters. Only thing would be I don't know if you meant "no/minimal combat" because you don't want the mechanics or the vibes. Dave has not particularly challenging combat mechanics, and paw patrol levels of violence levels (although you are catching and eating fish).

If you like park builders, Zoo Tycoon is cozy as hell. Beware the DLC trap though. You can get the base game with a lot of meat pretty cheap, but the DLCs are like $10+ each and not really a good value IMO. But the game has a great vibe with some really neat mechanics that try and imitate real conservation efforts.

What would check the boxes through a "Hot Topic" lens is Promise Mascot Agency. Surprisingly wholesome, completely off the wall, combat is all card/deck builder based... I... it's a hard one to describe.

Doughnut county checks all the boxes but is rather short. Katamari if you haven't done it.

I hear good things about, but have not played: Naiad, Tempopo.

Lovers in a dangerous spacetime? It's pink I guess.

• Fields of Mistria
• Roots of Pacha

Easy recommends if you liked Stardew Valley.

Weird recommends would be My time at Portia/Sandrock. They absolutely have combat, but have romance systems and a cuter aesthetic. Even the enemies are derpy/cute.

You could try Animal Well. Dark yet pastel-oriented colorschemes. Minimal "combat" but more of a puzzle and exploration style of gameplay. More mysterious than scary. Mild peril. Not romantic in the slightest, but very original.

I feel like Lost Records: Bloom & Rage that came out recently might be a candidate? I haven't played it myself because I don't think I'm the target audience but it seems like sort of what you're looking for?

Doki Doki Literature Club

Flock is an underplayed cozy game with no combat. You are a bird and you find other birds, sometimes not birds, to join your flock and fly around. It's completely chill and enjoys a really soft color palette (pink for sure but also purples, pale orange skies, blues, etc.)

Uhhh can give a game with no combat, but it doesn't have the rest. Well, female player character helps too, right? Heaven's Vault is a game about Aliyah and her traveling the rivers of the universe and finding artifacts or writing written in ancient and translating it. I like it, some prime find parts very janky. Can't die, I've tried in the few areas she can take damage.

I would suggest searching Steam for games.

I don’t be leave this is a pension but rather a bot collecting date.

For on the Girly Games that are Pink

And on the Mind Craft and Animalsers Cross.

No combat necessary.

Florence - it's short and sweet.

Gourdlets.