Games

Might be cozy because of the nostalgia more than anything else, but I’ve been cruising through the Turok remasters

I'm now imagining something like a gardening game where you shoot seeds/water/fertilizer into the dirt or something... or an Animal Crossing game where you fire furniture out of a gun for the animals to collect...

Doom 2 was already covered so I'll go with Roboquest, indie arena roguelike shooter with randomized weapons and perks but static arenas/mobs/bosses. Once you get a handle on the movement it's one of the comfiest shooters I've played in years.

I've been enjoying the flow state I get into while playing Space Marine II. It is a mix of melee and shooting, but the melee aspect is very simple - no memorizing combos and the timing of parries is fairly forgiving. It's all very satisfying once you get the feel for it. Cinematics are skippable, you can change the difficulty level to your liking, and you can set your lobbies to private if you don't wanna play with others

Gunfire Reborn does that for me, even though I have to play with a controller. Roboquest looks like it's kind-of between Gunfire Reborn and Borderlands, but I haven't tried it yet.

Ravenfield with some mods on Workshop maybe? Or Operation Harshdoorstop with some Workshop.

I do have a recommendation for a cozy FPS: The Signal from Tolva.

Basically you're a robot in an old robot battlefield planet and you've got to shoot other robots, sometimes team up with other robots and go around getting upgrades.

The coziness comes from the environment, which has some strong outworldliness vibe and it feels slightly lonely but in a "journey" way. Plus the guns feel good and it's probably really cheap right now.

The cons is that the game doesn't feel finished, after a while it gets repetitive and then it just ends.

If I had to describe it, I would say it's an FPS+walking simulator.

"Generation Zero" would be my second recommendation, which is a mixture of Red Dawn, Swedish 80s and big robots.

Note: I haven't played them except for the 2nd entry, but the Far Cry series feels like it is a mixture between FPS and holiday island.

Give GUN JAM a try. It's a rhythm shooting game, the stakes are as high or as low as you want them. There's only a minimal story and you just focus on the music, aiming and staying on the beat. Can be a lot of flow state fun.

What about Extraneum? It's cute as a button and very chill with plenty of things to shoot. It feels a bit like a modern wolfenstein since there aren't any stairs. Gunplay feels nice and the secrets are rewarding. Plus between levels there are funny data discs to read.

This might be a weird answer but I find Battlefield 1 very cozy.

Smash Out has that aesthetic, although it can get infuriating. I also second the recommendation of Ravenfield.

I felt the first Mass Effect was cozier than the sequels, though I never finished the sequels.

INCISION and ULTRAKILL

Nothing more cozzy than shoot your friend in the head

Hedon would be an option. It has actually calm moments, is cut scene free and gives you time to explore, whil still having cool combat moments.

It although has a pretty good difficulty mode.

payday 2 was kind of a cosy game where me and my friend would do heists whilst making tea and fetching snacks.

shadow raid? More like food raid 😊

Left4Dead 2

Great flow game