{"id":11423,"date":"2022-12-09T23:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/guide-best-cozy-games-on-switch\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:08:03","slug":"guide-best-cozy-games-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/guide-best-cozy-games-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Best Cozy Games On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prepare to have your fuzzies warmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What exactly makes a game <em>cozy<\/em>? Is it the player&#8217;s state of mind while playing? Is it an adherence to specific aesthetics or messages? Is it the inclusion of birds? Well, you might be forgiven for thinking it&#8217;s the last one, because at least ten of the games on this list are about birds specifically, but the idea of a &#8220;cozy&#8221; game is a bit more nebulous than that.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s more of a <em>feeling<\/em>, really: a game that you can relax to, that can be challenging but never punishing, with elements of friendship, community, and kindness. But not always \u2014 some &#8220;cozy&#8221; games (like a certain game about a bad goose) are more about letting the player go a little bit wild, but always in a way that&#8217;s gentler and less severe than chopping people&#8217;s heads off in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dark_souls_remastered\">Dark Souls<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition\">Witcher<\/a> game.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/best-cozy-games-on-switch\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Guide: Best Cozy Games On Switch<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prepare to have your fuzzies warmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What exactly makes a game <em>cozy<\/em>? Is it the player&#8217;s state of mind while playing? Is it an adherence to specific aesthetics or messages? Is it the inclusion of birds? Well, you might be forgiven for thinking it&#8217;s the last one, because at least ten of the games on this list are about birds specifically, but the idea of a &#8220;cozy&#8221; game is a bit more nebulous than that.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s more of a <em>feeling<\/em>, really: a game that you can relax to, that can be challenging but never punishing, with elements of friendship, community, and kindness. But not always \u2014 some &#8220;cozy&#8221; games (like a certain game about a bad goose) are more about letting the player go a little bit wild, but always in a way that&#8217;s gentler and less severe than chopping people&#8217;s heads off in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dark_souls_remastered\">Dark Souls<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition\">Witcher<\/a> game.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/best-cozy-games-on-switch\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}