What are the coziest games out there?

[Gandalf]

What are the coziest games out there? Please include screenshots if you want!

 

[Dave the Druid]

Ho boy, do I have the perfect subreddit for you:

 

[Vic]

"I've got to recommend Rapelay to y'all"

RapeLay is a 3D eroge video game made by Illusion, released on April 21, 2006, in Japan. The game centers on a male character who stalks and rapes a mother and her two daughters.

 

[Falksi]

Asking that here is like going to a strip club looking for the best conversation. "Cozy" is for fags.

So I guess Chrono Trigger is the answer.

mediocrepoet Damn game!

 

[Viata]

Harvest Moon, Zoo Tycoon, Roller Coaster Tycoon, openTTD, Zachtronics games, for example.

 

[Zlaja]

Theme Hospital

 

[JarlFrank]

Christine's Thief FMs.

 

[Catacombs]

Ho boy, do I have the perfect subreddit for you:

"Cozy Games" are mostly for introverted women.

 

[NecroLord]

Cozy as in relaxing and helping you to relax?
Age of Empires 2.
Doom 1 and 2 - cathartic release of rage, tell me it isn't simply relaxing slaughtering entire hordes of zombies and demons?

 

[d1r]

Vampires Bloodlines
Icewind Dale 1
Baldur's Gate 2
Persona 5 (Royal)
Elder Scrolls Morrowind
Final Fantasy XII
Dead Island

 

[Chuck Norris]

Nuclear Throne.

 

[AdamReith]

Anything by gust. Those things are the video game equivalent of a hot bath.

 

[Talby]

Realms of Arkania HD

 

[catfood]

Rollercoaster Tycoon. Just boot up the game and let the main menu slides and the main theme play. You don't even need to load a map to get cozy with it.

 

[JarlFrank]

Realms of Arkania HD

Hey ERYFKRAD they're taking your job

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Realms of Arkania HD

Hey ERYFKRAD they're taking your job

It's ok that job don't pay squat.

 

[antimeridian]

Cozy games can be anything. Any good game you spend quality time with / have nostalgia for can feel like a warm blanket. Hell I find Doom cozy at this point.

The term as its thrown around on Reddit and in the mainstream these days tends to refer to feminine / casual garbage like Stardew Valley or w/e though. Sorry OP I have no recs on that front.

 

[Sjukob]

 

[Zlaja]

Icewind Dale 1
Baldur's Gate 2

I do like these games, but the combo of Mage encounters + RTWP don't exactly spell 'cozy' to me.

 

[antimeridian]

Gandalf What are YOUR coziest games??

 

[NecroLord]

Morrowind is another "cozy" game, aided immensely by the beautiful Jeremy Soule soundtrack.

 

[__scribbles__]

Kinda surprised nobody has mentioned The Secret of Monkey Island yet. It's impossible to play those first two without a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your chest.

 

[Sjukob]

 

[Late Bloomer]

There are a lot of cozy games to choose from. My criteria will be, that I played them in 2023, and that the challenge isn't stressful. Otherwise there are too many games to choose from.

Core Keeper

Littlewood

Dorfromantik

Alba : A Wildlife Adventure

Necesse

Sticky Business

Carto

 

[Sjukob]