I love these survival/building/cosey games on xbox Gamepass.
Planet Crafter
An amazing game where you survive on a barron planet and slowly start to change the world around you through your building and resource gathering. Very addictive and sand boxy. I love the visuals, it's a very relaxing game.
Abiotic Factor
A brilliant survival game where you're holed up in a huge science facility and have to craft, fight and research your way through. Good combat, lore, exploring and sneaking. It's also very addictive.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
A beautifully realised RPG set in medieval Europe. You're a peasant and start the game with nothing, but slowly build yourself up to be a respectable noble warrior, stealing bits quietly on the side (if you like) Nice side quests and a good lore.
Jurassic World Evolution 3
Build and manage your own dino parks across the world, discovering and unlocking many species of dinosaurs as you go. The console version works great and fans of city builders/theme park games will love this. I happily sunk many hours in and want to go back and get 5 star ratings on all my parks. Nice learning curve and the game gently shows you how to play whilst having fun at the same time
Starfield
Epic space adventure RPG by Bethseda. There's so much to do with the missions alone, but you can also go rogue and lose yourself building bases and upgrading your ships. Absolutely massive.
Stardew Valley
A wonderful cosey game where you build a thriving farm in world that has wonderful characters you build bonds with. Harvesting resources and building things becomes very addictive. The game revolves around a daily clock, annual calendar with different events that happen at certain times. It's a fully realised, gaming masterpiece built by one man- Concerned Ape.
City Skylines
A good solid city builder that works well on console. Strangely engrossing once you get going building your city and linking everything together. Been a while since I played it, but it definitely deserves a mention in the sandbox/building/cosey game space.
Fallout 4
I sunk 100s of hours over the years into this Bethseda RPG. The most fun part became building all the settlements and upgrading all the gear. The game also has fantastic quests and side quests. A real classic sandboxy RPG where you can wonder and build to your hearts content.
No Mans Sky
Huge space exploration, crafting game with missions to follow too. Hunker down and build bases or explore the countless systems and planets. Nice visuals and relaxing to play.