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?

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    1 year ago

    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!

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    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)

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    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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    The Sims 4 - mainly the building and decorating part, but making your sim do cozy things makes me relaxed as well.

    Unpacking - this is a pretty short game unfortunately, but great for decompressing. You unpack boxes and put someone’s belongings away in their proper place. You learn a little bit about the person through their belongings too

    Valheim - most of the time, you need to be on your toes and not get killed, but I enjoy the “chores” that come with managing a base: turning over the crops, smelting all the ore, cutting down and replanting the tree farm, sorting out all the loot , and cooking food for the next adventure

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      Ah, yes! I love Sims 4, could get lost in it for days, despite being absolutely dreadful at constructing stuff 😅

      Unpacking sounds fun! I’ll have to check it out. I’ve played a mobile game that’s similar in theory, but it was pretty shit.

      Oh god, Valheim. I love the “chores” aspect, too, but I usually play it with my SO and he’s all about chasing down giants and trolls and getting us killed. Now I’m lowkey terrified to play it alone 😅

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    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

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    Melatonin is a great rhythm game, also Celeste for the first few minutes I enjoy playing until I end up rage quiting for an hour because of how hard it is. Uhhh yeah… melatonin is great!

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    For me that would be Dinkum at the moment!

    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 in my break at work when I am stressed out.

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    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