Agent Karyo to GamesEnglish • 8 days agoCozy Games May Help Improve Players' Mental Health, Researchers Saywww.gamespot.comexternal-linkmessage-square36arrow-up1248arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]cozygames
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days agoCan someone explain what is a “cozy” game?
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCAlinkEnglish5•7 days agothink animal crossing, harvest moon, stardew valley, those games.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days agoI’ve not played harvest moon, but I found stardew valley and animal crossing a bit tedious… I guess people mean games that have a lot of small low stress tasks that don’t require much risk taking?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 days agoLoosely: Games that make you feel cozy. Does not necessarily challenge the player, might not even set goals. Has a certain aesthetic that is not drab or dreary. Stardew Valley is considered to be a cozy game, as an example.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days ago Loosely: Games that make you feel cozy. I’ve never noticed a game having that effect personally 😅 I always thought of the word cozy as describing your physical comfort level as opposed to mental 🤔
Can someone explain what is a “cozy” game?
think animal crossing, harvest moon, stardew valley, those games.
I’ve not played harvest moon, but I found stardew valley and animal crossing a bit tedious… I guess people mean games that have a lot of small low stress tasks that don’t require much risk taking?
Loosely: Games that make you feel cozy.
Does not necessarily challenge the player, might not even set goals. Has a certain aesthetic that is not drab or dreary.
Stardew Valley is considered to be a cozy game, as an example.
I’ve never noticed a game having that effect personally 😅
I always thought of the word cozy as describing your physical comfort level as opposed to mental 🤔