This year I made cozy games my entire personality. It wasn't hard. Partly that's because I was already a lover of farm sims and puzzle games, but also because the popularity of "cozy" gaming grew exponentially in 2023. Every week there was a new cute or chill game about gardening or decorating or moving to a pastoral village in the hills. Despite drowning in cozy games (and picking my four favorite cozy games of 2023) I don't think this trend has even peaked. I'm confident that 2024 is going to be the year of cozy conversion.
Unlike so many other game subgenres, "cozy" defies definition a bit because it really isn't about the style of gameplay so much as an overall vibe. Here are just a few things that might make a game one you'd see on a cozy games list:
