With Remy out sick, it’s up to M and Karen to fill in! This episode, we discuss what a cozy game is and make some recommendations. Feel free to recommend your own!
For the resource page on this one, I’m really just going to give you this one article where some game developers try to pin down what exactly a cozy game is, and then I’m going to give you M and Karen’s top cozy game suggestions.
According to the developers in this article, a cozy game generally has “cute characters, often anthropomorphic animals or child-like humans, who engage in player activities such as farming, gathering, growing and nurturing, with a vague goal of creative personalization and in-game socialization.” And that more than farming and things like that, “The essential nature of cozy gaming is that of helping other people through non-violent means, often by nurture and generosity. Self-expression is core to the games’ progression goals, which tend to be open-ended.” Read more here:
Now for M and Karen’s top ten. Here’s Karen’s:
- The Sims 4
- Palia
- Wildermyth
- Witchy Life Story
- Planet Zoo
- Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns
- Cinderella Phenomenon
- Growing Up
- Dream Daddy
- Karen’s Personal Go-to: Baldur’s Gate 3 (don’t @ me, she says)
Here’s M’s top ten:
- Stardew Valley
- Dave the Diver
- Graveyard Keeper
- Sticky Business
- Chillquarium
- Palia
- Slime Rancher
- Minecraft
- Starbound
- Animal Crossing
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