What's Next for Cozy Games (...Possibly)

[@calicow]

Your video about silly games inspired me to create a cozy game of my own. (It also got me to buy Sticky Business and play it for... a totally reasonable amount of time...) This video has given me another jolt of inspiration and motivation, so thank you!

[@MaybeSalem]

that’s amazing!! i bet it’s gonna be wonderful

[@darthapple87]

I really enjoy watching your videos while I crochet! And I'd love a game where the focus is actually making drinks in a cafe-- not waiting tables or farming like LemonCake or Travellers Rest, but more akin to the cooking minigame in Calico (although maybe not cooking as a shrunk down person running ingredients to a bowl). I'm waiting for Trash Goblin, which I think Viscera Cleanup Detail and Powerwash Simulator kinda paved the way for, although Trash Goblin is more up my alley and has better accessibility for me.

[@LexPlayy]

"Since i enjoy watching paint dry and counting blades of grass" i always love your videos LMAO

[@MalPal575]

A cozy game in a genre ive never seen before is coming out that im super hyped for. Love, Ghostie comes out next month and is a simple game about a ghost matchmaking different animals in the apartment complex. The best thing i can compare it to are old dating flash games, Kitty Powers, and the Fire Emblems that let you matchmake. I played the demo an highly recommended it.

[@grimfaery1248]

great video salem!!! hmm i definitely hope more cozy games with supernatural or dnd elements come out. also games with more exploration! exploring a world is just so neat. also more multiplayer games would be good too i think

[@marinavalli]

I just wanted to say I’ve been binging your videos lately and loving them. You obviously put a lot of work into them and your voice is relaxing to listen to. Plus I love the cheeky sarcasm and dark humor. I found you from The Amanda Files 💗

[@MaybeSalem]

that’s so kind of you, thank you so much :)!!

[@treacherous-doctor]

I would love a shift to some more varied aesthetics, too. I love the cottagecore and witchy games that crop up a lot in this genre, but I think we could also do with some variation in environments, design, and various thematic gameplay elements to really bring some more dynamic ideas to cozy gaming

[@bluehorribledarkness1723]

9:27 well actually I am always down for style analysis especially if it's about cozy games!

[@wulyfs]

Not that this is an unexplored area of life sim, but I always figured we'd have more employment-based sims. There are for sure things like truck driving simulators, power wash simulators, restaurant sims, etc. but less so fully realized life sims revolving around a particular job? Maybe that's too real-life and not a fun concept, but I do like the idea of having and growing my own little business as like an artisan or something.

[@magicalmae_xx]

Your videos awaken something within me like I'm a child being told their favorite story for the hundredth time, just so peaceful, you never miss 🙏

[@katiec.936]

I think new combat styles will be in future cozy games. Maybe some stuff like Ooblets with the cards and Haunted Chocolatier might have some newer combat mechanics that will get cloned.

[@stefaniejohansen193]

I’m so glad you brought up the Petz series! ❤

[@helloofthebeach]

Those fuzzballs were a serious Memory Unlocked moment.

[@KirbyDreamr]

FANTASY LIFE MENTION!!!! It's my favorite game on my 3DS and i almost screamed when i heard it was getting a sequel!

[@kas5564]

Really appreciated exploring these ideas :) Harvest Moon A wonderful Life was one of my first gaming experiences. Haven't tried the remake I've been on another a stardew Valley kick the last few weeks,... it's been a recurring way for me to address my depression. I've got faith in cozy games to help my mental health improve because I've visited them before, and by chance or intent, by the time I'm ready to put a cozy game down....i feel better. I trust these games that the metaphorical "mess of my farm" that is my brain and body, can be tended to, cleared out. That there can be made room for a new growth. Cozy games for me are so pivotal for a sense of change, deeply affecting the area around me- it helps me believe that my life itself can possibly see growth and renewal season to season too. Take care and happy trails

[@fl0w3r3d]

MARK. MY. WORDS: WE NEED MORE *COOKING* GAMES!!!!!! PLEAAAAAAASEEEEE😓😓😓😓 we only get new cooking games mostly on mobile (go check out little corner tea house it's rlly awesome) i would love to see some cooking games, whether they have store management stuff, just in house cozy cooking or whatverr else PLEEEAAAAAASEEEEEEE 🧎🧎🧎 any game developer please hear my cries i will give u the soul of my firstborn for a nice cozy cooking game that can be a bit difficult but is fullfilling at the end and has some sort of story and i can play it until the end of times 😓😓😓😓😓

[@anisa2273]

little tea corner hourse is sooo cute but unfortuantely it got boring for me after a few months... lol

[@K3vinTuCara]

I’m just tired of the farming, like we can just be cooks or whatever else

[@rafaela00002]

This video is very cozy as well

[@Moemoeourandiaries]

I’d love to see a cozy game by square enix set in the ff universe! Maybe you farm and fight the occasion monster for materials, maybe you run a shop for heroes!

[@sporkzzz]

Thank you I was so desperately craving an essay video

[@princesssnowblack]

vr cozy gaming!

[@jessiematrix]

Amazing video as always 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 I am personally advocating for cozy mystery games in the vien of frog detective!!

[@MaybeSalem]

ILY JESSIE

[@Troupples]

I’m getting really sick of all the farming games their getting really repetitive. I currently am very hyped to see Haunted chocolatier

[@theramenspot]

Really cool vid. Very well researched, pretty funny, and very well delivered. Love it. Gonna have to sub

[@middlemuse]

Friends keep trying to get me to play the farming game du jour and I’m just so bored.

[@bethanhenson75]

might I ask, what is the game at 0:40? loved the video! your commentaries are so calming, but you have such a knowledgable view! best wishes

[@MaybeSalem]

I believe that one is littlewood! it's on switch and pc!

[@SagerRager]

Off topic: I named my puppy after you 😊

[@MaybeSalem]

oh my god WHAT OMG

[@SagerRager]

@@MaybeSalem yeah she is the cutest mostly black but a little brown fur terrier pup

[@No0wis]

what's the game t 16:55? the one with the cow? it looks so cute!! also I love the video!

[@MaybeSalem]

that’s cozy caravan! i don’t think it’s out yet but it’s close to release i believe?

[@exoskeln]

hey salem i ❤ u

[@livingroomrat3224]

does anyone know what game the girl on the left with the blonde hair in the thumbnail is from?

[@MaybeSalem]

fields of mistria!!

[@adenisaacs1850]

Would you happen to have the name of the game in the footage at 12:54?

[@MaybeSalem]

that’s cassette beasts! :)

[@adenisaacs1850]

​@@MaybeSalemThanks for that.