I’m new to the cozy gaming world, but it was love at first sight. Stardew was my first truly Cozy Game, but I recently started Cozy Grove (loving it!) and am about to try Sun Haven. I tried one called The Archipelago a couple months ago, but it got a bit repetitive and boring after a while. Breadsticks was cute, but I’m terrible at platformers.
So, I was wondering, what are some of your favorites?
currently i’m playing story of seasons for slow pace, final fantasy 16 for faster pace, and coop games to chill with friends. Also car mechanic simulator
It is basically Animal Crossing, or so I have been told. I always wanted to play Animal Crossing but with already not enough time to play all my PC games it didn’t make sense to buy a console just for one game. Now I can play something similar on PC. ( ´ ▽ ` )
The other one is House Flipper. I like that I can just play for a few minutes on my break at work when I am stressed out.
Unless you hate the art style, the Atelier Games (especially the newer ones, like the "Ryza"-Trilogy or "Sophie 2" that got rid of the time limit) are definitely worth a look!
And if you enjoyed Stardew Valley, then Rune Factory might also be worth a look: the newest entry (5) is the first mainline 3d-title, which was a divise change (especially due to not amazing performance on the Switch), though I enjoyed it; but the "Special"-version of part 4 is also worth a look (if you can stomach the 3DS-style visuals)
Stardew is top tier cozy. Would also put animal crossing new horizons on that list.
Spiritfarer is another commonly recommended one. More of a linear story though.
Moonlighter is an older game I liked. Has some combat like the mines in stardew, but also you run a little store selling your treasures during the day 💎
Untitled Goose Game is a short cozy game.
Thanks for making this post! it came across my feed and helped me find this community :)
Edit: I’ll also mention Don’t Starve & Oxygen Not Included here . I find the base building aspect cozy
My favorite cozy games are A Hat in Time and Dying Light. Maybe odd choices, but these are games I can kind of turn my brain off and just relax. Whether it’s platforming around poppy worlds, or jump kicking zombies off roofs into spike traps, they relax me!
I don’t know if it’s necessarily the sort of thing most people here would count, but I thoroughly enjoyed Cats In Time. It’s just a simple, casual, extremely cute, hidden object cat game with very little thought required. I found it adorable and extremely relaxing.
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