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[I collect VHS tapes]

Ngl, I think I might be somewhat of a fan of this genre, but it seems like all the games are utter trash, except for Stardew Valley, and your random Harvest Moon title.

Any others worth checking out?

 

[amigastar]

Grim Fandango is a cozy game for me, especially in Year 2.
Also Day of The Tentacle.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Animal Crossing, Rune Factory titles and the "My Time at..." series are great.

 

[Hookshot]

I like Fantasy life, it's basic as fuck but it's fun to level up all the jobs without much challenge exploring the new zones.

 

[Banjo64]

Tbh I liked A Short Hike. Finished it in one sitting. The character design in Stardew is too jarring for me, it’s dreadful. Not been able to get in to it.

 

[Skifi28]

Euro Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim are the coziest games. I'll fight you on this.

 

[Antwix]

Slime Rancher is one of the better cozy games i've played. Sequel is in early access right now.

 

[DeepSpace5D]

I’m playing Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town at the moment and I’m having a good time with it. From what I gather, Story of Seasons is basically just the more recent versions of Harvest Moon, they just changed the name for some reason. It’s pretty basic, but it’s relaxing to me just going about doing the daily chores and keeping up with the farm.

 

[kevboard]

point and click adventures are pretty cozy, and many of them are pretty good

 

[Trilobit]

Stardew Valley isn't cozy, it's an endless fight against a ruthless timer that annihilates every relaxed bone in your body. Animal Crossing before New Horizons is where you can find the really good stuff. Oh, and A Short Hike.

 

[DryvBy]

Depends but if you want a similar game, check out the SNES Harvest Moon which actually has an ending. Granted, I hated that it ended as a kid lol. They fixed it on the PS1 and HM64 (I like these more).

But for farm sims, Stardew is GOAT

 

[LazyParrot]

My cozy games are mostly shooters, immersive sims and real-time strategy games from the late 90s and early 2000s.

As far as games that are actually designed to be cozy go, I enjoyed all of the Professor Layton games, even that utterly ridiculous Ace Attorney crossover.

 

[LectureMaster]

Not necessary a harvest moon type game, but dragon quest builders are super relaxing and charming to play. Wife sunk a good hundred hours in these two games.

 

[Humdinger]

Tbh I liked A Short Hike.

Yes, came to mention that one.

In fact, I liked A Short Hike so much, I thought I might like other so-called 'cozy' games. So I tried several - and I didn't like them. Too much cooking and planting and harvesting and serving and collecting. It just seemed tedious to me.

A Short Hike was great, though. Only takes about 4 hours. Very charming.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Civilization series
Rune Factory series
AoE2

 

[Guilty_AI]

I really like mystia izakaya for my dose of cozyness

 

[ANoa]

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[TintoConCasera]

I like RimWorld, it's like watching an ant farm that's full of psychopaths.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Minecraft?

 

[jason10mm]

Journey was quite chill, and the little emote thing when you see another player was super cool and filled with joy.

 

[GHG]

Coral island and my time at portia are well worth checking out if you like that style of game.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Emily Is Away

 

[Sgt. Pinback]

No, OP.

 

[Mikado]

Today's top seller according to steam...

Edit: I posted this for the memes but it actually looks legit adorable - and Steamdeck verified

 

[intbal]

I'm not really sure what aspects of a game make it "cozy", but Viva Pinata was highly regarded in its day.

 

[Lux77]

Manor Lords, you can chose to play without combat and is really relaxing.

 

[amigastar]

Anno 1800 is a really nice cozy game. Recommended
Also Pioneers of Pagonia looks really interesting, too.

 

[kutthoat5150]

I've been getting into Elite Dangerous after getting it for free on Epic games and can definitely see the relaxing and even therapeutic gameplay loops it has if you're looking to just zone out stress free for a bit. It even runs great on a miniPC hooked up to a G3 77in OLED. Great controller support as well.

 

[Hero_Select]

I've been getting into Elite Dangerous after getting it for free on Epic games and can definitely see the relaxing and even therapeutic gameplay loops it has if you're looking to just zone out stress free for a bit. It even runs great on a miniPC hooked up to a G3 77in OLED. Great controller support as well.

check out: https://www.radiosidewinder.com/ while you're jumping back and forth between stars

 

[Mondai]

Terraria is the best cozy game ever, at least imo.

 

[kutthoat5150]

check out: https://www.radiosidewinder.com/ while you're jumping back and forth between stars

I'll check this out. I really appreciate how you can listen to in-game lore podcast style while just flying around and build your own playlist on the ship HUD. It's one of the most intuitive UIs that really keeps the immersion factor there.

 

[Techno_Inked]

For me the Like a Dragon games with Ichiban are cozy games and don't suck

 

[Hero_Select]

I'll check this out. I really appreciate how you can listen to in-game lore podcast style while just flying around and build your own playlist on the ship HUD. It's one of the most intuitive UIs that really keeps the immersion factor there.

it's a really cozy game to play, I have a VR headset and it's such a cool experience - you really appreciate the scale of things when you see them so upclose in 3D.

I stopped playing around the time the expansion released, it ran extremely poorly and had really barebone features and i keep meaning to jump back in and see how well it plays now

 

[jason10mm]

No, OP.

Doubles as a disco light show AND epilepsy test!

 

[Sgt. Pinback]

Doubles as a disco light show AND epilepsy test!

Once you get geared, you just kick back, glassy eyed and half lidded, watching those numbers go up an up and up...

 

[Crayon]

Puzzling Places is tits.

 

[badblue]

Today's top seller according to steam...

Edit: I posted this for the memes but it actually looks legit adorable - and Steamdeck verified

Wish listed.

 

[Larxia]

Infinity Nikki is the cosiest game I ever played and it's really good.
It's very relaxing while also being a really fun game with a good open world to explore.

 

[Sooner]

Have you played any Atelier games?

 

[AJUMP23]

I thought it was boring.

 

[geary]

Core Keeper

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Grim Fandango is a cozy game for me, especially in Year 2.
Also Day of The Tentacle.

Been meaning to try Grim Fandango. I love Tim Schafer and this might the only big game of his I haven't played.

Love Day of the Tentacle but unfortunately I don't find point and click games very repayable. I've played pretty much all the LucasArts point and click games.

Animal Crossing, Rune Factory titles and the "My Time at..." series are great.

Couldn't get into the first 2 (only tried newest Animal Crossing)

I think the My Time At games are on Gamepass, or at least one of them. Might check it out.

I like Fantasy life, it's basic as fuck but it's fun to level up all the jobs without much challenge exploring the new zones.

never heard of it ill check it out

Tbh I liked A Short Hike. Finished it in one sitting. The character design in Stardew is too jarring for me, it’s dreadful. Not been able to get in to it.

I'll check out a short hike, seems to be popular here

Manor Lords, you can chose to play without combat and is really relaxing.

been eyeing this

ok I got tired of quoting u guys

 

[Lokaum D+]

never played anything that came close to Stardew, the only game that caught my attention was Fields of Mistria, but i didnt played since looks like a Stardew copy for Era users.

 

[lughnasadh123]

"Cozy" is the most obnoxious herpes-adjacent term ever used for a game and I can't wait for the day it fucks off for good.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

"Cozy" is the most obnoxious herpes-adjacent term ever used for a game and I can't wait for the day it fucks off for good.

this post is very not cozy

 

[Edgelord79]

Graveyard Keeper and Travelers Rest are great.

 

[Humdinger]

I'm not really sure what aspects of a game make it "cozy"

The main qualities are that it's relaxing and has easy gameplay. There is usually very little violence, and the characters are cute. That's the gist of it.

 

[LaughingStock]

Cozy games, for me, are games where you can be sheltered from the elements. Like if I have a house and I can do stuff while it's raining outside.
Games like Fallout 4, Subnautica are cozy by this definition.

 

[Danjin44]

If this is not "cozy" I dont know what is...

Spoiler: All it asks is to hunt simple animals....easy!

 

[IAmRei]

Animal crossing Switch and harvest moon ps1 are better than stardew for me.