Wylde Flowers is absolutely amazing. The choices you make in conversation seem to actually matter- as in, what the other characters do and say changes.
Not to spoil something but you do a thing for someone else and when you're getting in trouble for it, I chose the option to say, "I did the thing, and I'm not sorry!" And I got an impassioned speech that explained how it was the right thing to do. And how the others reacted catered to that completely.
It’s good for a few more hours! I’m looking forward to trying Dorfromantik, and I don’t think it’s exactly cozy, but I’ve heard great things about Baba is You.
For me persona 5 and p5 strikers are cozy games because they create such accurate beautiful atmosphere of Japan’s famous locations. And the small cultural aspects too. It is hands down a game atmosphere and vibe and characters that I love above any other game I’ve played.
That said it is stressful with the time management. I don’t know what cozy games are though, but the thing they seem to have in common is repetition and freedom.
I also don't think I can hammer down what cozy games are, I just know I like or am interested in a lot of the games that attract that label. I tend to not find time management stressful at all which is why I personally see Stardew Valley as cozy. Meanwhile, I haven't played anything in the Persona series but the aesthetics I get from the screenshots I have seen make me personally find Persona to not be cozy at all.
There was a thread awhile back attempting to start a discussion about what exactly a cozy game is that you might be interested in!
Thank you! Haha I totally get that, I wonder if the screenshots had any of the sim elements of the game.
It dawned on me though I do know two more games it’s just they are mobile so it doesn’t come to mind so quickly. Sky Children of Light and Good Pizza Great Pizza. I’m just adding this blurb here now for others and myself to reference when it’s more relevant.
Highly highly recommend anyone give them a download and try. Sky is harder to get the hang of and is a social exploration game with decor cosmetics for your shop.
GPGP is a cooking game with cute wholesome characters. Both gameplay and seasonal events aren’t too stressful, they give enough time that you do not have to play almost every day to complete and you can sorta binge them in one sitting near the end, if you wanted.
And thanks I love that you recommended a specific thread to check out, it’s much harder to stumble on things on lemmy. I’ll check it out now :D
I’m still not even sure what a cozy game is supposed to be. Is it a specific genre, or any game that can feel “cozy” to play? (And what does that mean, really?)
For me, cozy is a game that I can shut my brain off to or play while I listen to a book or something. Any kind of time gating automatically disqualifies a game as cozy for me because I hate to be rushed or feel like I’m missing something. I’ll drop a game if I find out that there was some cool thing or story beat arbitrarily hidden or locked because I passed some kind of milestone in a quest.
I think the general accepted idea of cozy is games with little to no pressure or time gating and no combat or options to make combat easy. Farming sims do well in the cozy community because there’s usually no rush and a lot of little low impact things to do to keep you comfortably busy without being overwhelming. Top it all off with a pastel color pallet, and you’ve got a lot of people’s definition of cozy lol
Not entirely sure! It was a point of discussion on this community once. I personally think it’s one of those vague terms where you know it when you see it, and everyone has a vague idea of what you mean, but when you try to hammer down the specifics of what makes a cozy game and what is not a cozy game there’s a lot of disagreement.
I did find an article that tries to define what makes a cozy game cozy and think it makes a lot of good points.
I struggle to see how any game with combat can be cozy either. I prefer cozy games to be ones you can stop at any second (without even pausing) and come back to them later. Unfortunately many games that otherwise count as cozy to me fail the “fell asleep playing” test so I have to accept pausing at least to have enough games to play.
In Stardew Valley and Littlewood at least you have to go looking for combat but there is content unavailable unless you participate.
I will say that for Stardew, I did a “no mines, no combat” run and the only thing needed for the Community Center that I missed out on was quartz. (I got the monster parts for the Adventurer’s Bundle via purchasing them from the Traveling Cart.) Even so, there’s a chance to get that from peoples’ trash cans, the RNG just never worked out for me. There were some items I missed out on but I still managed to get pretty far.
But of course, no pressure. Just posted these if you want to try it. If you’ve decided Stardew is not for you because of combat it’s fine to just not play it, no need to try the mods before your opinion is valid. (Saying this because I want to make sure I don’t come off as pushy or “you have to try it with the no combat mods before it’s valid to avoid the game because of its combat”)
Curious what you think about turn-based RPGs. With those you can walk away without pausing and come back 6 hours later.
I’m fine with combat in cozy games but I feel it would be pretty hard to make a game that focuses on combat that I would consider cozy.
Thank you for the advice! Sadly I’m playing on Switch so probably can’t use the mods - however I appreciate your insights into the value in playing without the mines, that reassures me it’s a valid strategy/play style.
The biggest factor that causes me stress in Stardew is actually the time restrictions - trying to maximise the days for example. This is a me problem obviously but it seems to be somewhat common.
I’m tempted to play again on iOS since I own it there as well and try to be extremely casual and not really care about my progress.
Animal Crossing New Horizons, especially when participating in online play. To me there’s just such a weird competitiveness in creating the best “dollhouse”
I don’t feel like I’m competing but boy do I go hard when someone’s shop has something that I don’t have yet. NO you can’t disconnect the session yet. I’m still buying your pink elephant shovels and every pair of socks in your shop!!!
My island is a mess. I’m a collector not a designer ¯_(ツ)_/¯
No, you play a human in Fae Farm, who gets stranded in fairy land. You can get your character wings and kinda do a gliding jump that looks fairy like, I guess. But that’s it.
The only games I know where you can explicitly play as a fairy are The Sims 3 with Supernatural DLC and “Faery: Legends of Avalon” (not cozy).
Personally, which game gave me the feeling of being a fairy the most is Smalland!
You play as an individual of a tiny folk who calls themselves “Smallfolk”. And humans are called Giants. You can ride lady bugs and insects in general are huge creatures. You build your house out of leafs and stuff. And you can also get wings and glide. https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/ee9f03c6-382f-4cab-bef1-ed6655b6af05.jpeg
It’s a survival builder, though. In Early Access on Steam.
Just as a hint if you happen to be a fairy fan like me, who is desperate at the lack of games which allow you to be a fairy lol
Thank you for the answer! I really appreciate it, especially since the post was 2 weeks ago—was worried people were going to ignore it because of how long ago it was made. It is indeed what I thought was the opportunity to play as a fairy that made me interested in Fae Farm, even though the artstyle isn’t really to my tastes. So thanks for the recommendation!
I tried Palia these last few days and it is great with a really nice wholesome community! Already had some fun cooking and flow tree parties.
At least for now, there is no furniture behind a paywall. You get your own plot and can decorate and furnish it and it looks great. This is rare in free to play games. I hope they keep it that way…
The only stuff behind microtransactions as of today are a handful of costumes. With hefty prices, though. At least for the European market. One costume costs 20 to 35 Euro, if I remember correctly.
There are a lot of players already, the Discord alone had some 70k people yesterday evening. 0o
I personally really enjoyed Subnautica. The serene feeling of diving around while listening to found tapes, doing everything at you own speed, while learning to live in the local ecosystem.
Especially diving into the deep zones really makes me relax. Absolute darkness, only the light from your cockpit and the sounds of the beings which you cannot see. Sometimes the sound of the hull of your sub scraping against the obscure walls of the caverns. Navigating only using the way points that you set after carefully having probed the way using the smaller craft, which could not actually go the full depth.
And then I got the sonar upgrade, which kinda destroyed the vibe, so I disabled it when going deep.
Not joking, although I understand it seems very silly at face value.
Dark Souls 3 PvP specifically SL60+6 at gank town (after pontiff).
It used to be my go-to wind down after a work day.
It made me smile and actually relaxed me enough to go to bed and sleep, especially after a hard day.
Celeste, despite the difficulty, the game’s artstyle and storytelling was so well executed that my motivation to continue and improve crushed any frustration there possible could’ve been, even in the most difficult levels.
Normally I’m normally not that patient with games, so yeah, Celeste cozy af.
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