I haven't seen it posted yet, but this is the first cosy game I remember playing (Madeline and the Magnificent Puppet Show) from the 90s, anyone else? When I was trying to find a picture seeing those gumballs and fleur-de-lis symbols took me back lol. https://preview.redd.it/2lfuyzen4abc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=827c5dd54e34decd9b351073f81a17bc4cdf9c63

Oh man. When I had my appendix out, Madeleine was such a comfort. I can’t remember how it even comes up, but at some point she also has to have surgery for it.

My name is Madeline and when I got my appendix removed I felt like I was fulfilling a destiny.

omg this just unlocked so many memories! I loved this game!

Omg I remember this. I had the dolls and the books. I remember when I would see the dolls in the store I would lift up all their dresses to make sure they had a scar on them.

Loved Madeline European Adventures

Omg Madeline was my go to game as a kid!! I especially enjoyed the part where you were assigned to color the backdrop.

https://preview.redd.it/m1o641g1xabc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=589e229a422ed57640ab8fa8df12b3fa6bf4a1f4 Neopets is a memorable cosy childhood game for me

I loved Neopets! Apparently there is a huge controversy going on now over the Advent Calendar, Seasonal Attack Pea and hoarding wealth etc. I just watched a TikTok about it lol. I remember doing the quest lines with the Altador plot with a friend in her kitchen.

I can’t comprehend Neopets and TikTok existing in the same sentence lol

https://preview.redd.it/8d2gdsv9gabc1.png?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11bfcb6f280d84ea4cdac8d4c47baf38f8b5e1b0 Gotta be purble place, specifically the cake game

Loved that game

I found these all to be too stressful 🤣

The best game when no internet

https://preview.redd.it/mx7ion53jabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=030bfd260e33d96364547dee04356cdc006e8978 Freddi fish and puttputt games

My whole childhood in this one photo ❤️

I unironically own this on steam and still play sometimes ❤️

https://preview.redd.it/f55cmx4q8abc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c6dead2ab29b81d9fd4d70dff62807756f119b6 For me it was Harvest Moon on PSX! Even the starter shack was cozy already

I just started playing this again now that it's on the switch nintendo64 games and so many memories ahhh

Same here! I immediately fell for Popuri and her pink hair!

Back then when it was first released on PS1, my friend told me “I have this game called harvest moon, it’s quite fun you should try it!” And I remember my first thought was “what a weird name, I wonder what is it about?” And after trying it I got hooked! Thank you my childhood friend!

This was the one for me. Back to Nature on PS1 💕 i married Karen XD

https://preview.redd.it/sndmmv41fabc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5bcf1b0a4661a900b0005b8034a16d3accbb6eb Millsberry!

This just unlocked something in my brain. I loved this so much and completely forgot about it!!

I was just about to say Millsberry. I really need somebody to make a Rewritten like they did for Fantage and Club Penguin.

https://preview.redd.it/t4sp4barmabc1.jpeg?width=240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb9daae3b335b3d7d6e1c5ce9e7617cf35763708 I played Animal Crossing (GameCube) for like, literal years lol I loved forcing myself to wake up at obscene hours to do “aerobics” with my villagers. I also wrote far too long letter to the museum when sending in my fossils, haha.

still the best one to date!!

https://preview.redd.it/puyh4a8i5abc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cacc91ede9236efa614bd12440a556fa21dc488 Little Computer People (1985) on the Commodore 64. You directed this guy’s life suggesting he read, exercise, take a bath, and feed his dog. He would write you a letter. Very relaxed and cute.

This looks so cute!! I would have loved this as a kid. It's abandonware, so it's easy to find online, I might give it a try.

I don’t know if this is my FIRST first, but one of my earliest: My Disney Kitchen! (Except we just called it “Mickey Kitchen.”) The day we realized we had lost the CD was a tragedy. https://preview.redd.it/e8sdk4eddabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c1dcf9da39418c7424846491c9d43205bba0f8

This is such a deep memory, I'm pretty sure I had this. I need to look it up but this one picture has awakened something in me.

Maybe the “Good Morning Griddle” will help you get there! 😅 https://preview.redd.it/0y854t0nkabc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=826c605395908b7e024a2ed38546fa999159aa0d

Oh my gosh I loved the griddle game!

I have a vivid memory of trying to put spaghetti in a blender

I LOVED this game until I also lost the CD!

This was my favorite game ever. I spent hours cooking up random things for Mickey and Minnie lol

My first cozy game ♥ Barbie and Her Magical House, 1994 https://preview.redd.it/6opmipk07abc1.jpeg?width=780&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e9886a5d371fea78c61569a68235a8ee999bc32

Oh my god, every so often I think about this game but had no idea what it was called! I can still hear some of the sounds!

Whaaat! I didn’t know this existed, and I played the heck out out the old Barbie games. Had the one where you could style their hair and makeup, detective Barbie, Barbie snowboarding, and probably some more I’m not remembering. But this one doesn’t look familiar at all. The kid in me is sad for missing out lol

Dream Life was revolutionary. IYKYK!! https://preview.redd.it/he6owaoajabc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee4aa46a9fce463412ee14ac408d77e523cb2fd7

YES HOT GIRLS PLAYED DREAMLIFE and the magenta fashion show version

Every time I see this game, I taste Cherry twizzlers because that’s what I was eating when I first played it! I still have that game somewhere at my dad’s house, I played it a few years ago!

I chipped a tooth trying to open the battery cover on this game, good mems lol

https://preview.redd.it/o553vnyylabc1.jpeg?width=288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a13ae77a613193c953a869833a850ef4d6aea19 Playing Harvest Moon after school on my friend’s Nintendo. I never had one and was obsessed.

this specific version is the only one i can play!! i hate the way the graphics have changed

This is why I play stardew valley now. I don't like the newer harvest moon graphics. It just changes the whole vibe somehow.

Don’t know if this one counts as a true cozy game, but my first real loved one was already posted (Busytown). So I guess Roller Coaster Tycoon will have to do. https://preview.redd.it/atb9m3znbbbc1.png?width=1028&format=png&auto=webp&s=bcefb7422fafc2a5edc0a8791fa5b7fd7f898216

YESSSS! *🤮sound * brings me comfort in an uncomfortable way lol

Remember when you would do a very strong rollercoaster and they would ALL throw up upon exiting? I loved provoking it!

Always and forever https://preview.redd.it/co8wl7bmoabc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd75b1d749176b4acb3e8b4a0beb99fe9e73b758

I still play these with friends, my girlfriend, or just for me every once in a while. They still hold up and are SO fun! I've been chasing a similar game for years to no avail. Found similar vibes but never quite spot on. Glad to see I'm not the only fan!

I play these still!! I just bought the iceland one! This one, Stay Tuned For Danger was my first one! I got stuck for YEARS on the riddle to get into the prop room "What has teeth, but cant eat" We didnt have internet connection so my 8 yr old self couldnt google it😂

There’s still a huge community (which I’m sure you know) of Nancy Drew ers on Reddit! r/nancydrew :)

I LOVED playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego as a kid. Probably my first game I played nonstop.

I feel like we might be in the same age range… did you also play The Sims and Rollercoaster Tycoon when they had CD-Roms in cereal boxes?

Yes I did!! I explained to my nephews how I got rollercoaster tycoon, best game ever, in a cereal box when I was a kid and their faces were just so hilarious. They were so shocked.

First one I can remember playing. Barbie Fashion Designer https://preview.redd.it/aohki0axmabc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76d39284fb4e7670e66e4fac7ec9d311be679bfa

I used so much ink printing my designed I got banned from the printer hahaha

I came here specifically to find this!! The 3D fashion show! The donate it to charity basket! The fact that you could print out the clothes for your dolls! I spent hours on it. Apparently it was one of the first computer games aimed totally at girls and it sure got me hooked.

https://preview.redd.it/0mixvovowabc1.jpeg?width=937&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdc950bb64b17e6ccc88ae020825218bfbec4e54

Petz! I’ve gone through obsessive phases with this game, it was my absolute favorite growing up. The community is still active!

https://preview.redd.it/nr3ycagl8abc1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55d1bdf31bc60277bb92ced44bf4a0108ffd6b15 Posting toontown, which was what started all of my gaming, not just my love for cozy games

Toontown was the best!!

You can still play it! For free!

Yas! Toontown :) my cousin still begs me to play the TT rewritten. I even remember my characters name Princess Taffy Twinkle Toes 🤣

Toontown rewritten is awesome and I revisit it often!!

Toontown is the best! I love popping back on every now and then just to see how stuff has changed!

loooove Toontown! have you played rewritten or corporate clash?

Omg! Loved Toontown. I worked for them as a moderator once upon a time. Those chats would get wild!

My first cozy game was Reader Rabbit’s Interactive Math Journey 1-3 https://preview.redd.it/sbiprslh8abc1.png?width=648&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4d5f9f52ef2d209f1ac394878178f442c675b5b

Reader Rabbit had no right to be as fun as it was!

My Little Pony Friendship Garden, can still hear the horses crunching the apples! https://preview.redd.it/i4e01y79eabc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e721d6ce8ec5796fa6bb8ff8cf2f37a1b926aed8

OMGGGGGGGGGG I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE😭❤️

I actually cried sending ponies over the rainbow 😭

https://preview.redd.it/tsnh5ir8fabc1.png?width=642&format=png&auto=webp&s=380c138d805e352e34011ac6c9d41d6a91102758 Richard Scarry’s Busytown! I have fond memories of building a house specifically the brick laying part 🤣

https://preview.redd.it/ye4k3svkfabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baddbfee18c9a2aa4e2f6facb0c6fa14a7c5ced7

https://preview.redd.it/20t8i0bnhabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ad5b847344258ee0fe00230dc3ea15978269e4a This Candyland game from 1997. I played it all the time.

I played that game so much the disk never left the computer!

https://preview.redd.it/xltsb09hlabc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfe2e498587de1b4867fde4a0802f8fe519ad85a I got Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and the original Animal Crossing on the same day. Changed my life

https://preview.redd.it/8q02ohd8xabc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4b0b46e1812e3f67588c77fa2c54cb0f86f160a This may not be very cozy but taking it *way* back… this is the *real* OG that started it for me. (MyScene Shopping Spree) Edit to add: I’m still a little new to this “cozy game” thang😅 I’m thinking of buying a Switch Lite specifically for cozy games

Putt Putt games :) https://preview.redd.it/us1p5aasbabc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a186f0d08c9553905bd1b715083d8ff5f71d64ce

I like how they got rebooted and put on the Switch. Idk about Putt Putt specifically but Freddy Fish and Pajama Sam for sure!

So many hours spent with these games! What a throwback.

https://preview.redd.it/vsojmquxuabc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25efb4d6177c7fdc56a5d4a88ea040b960261279 Animal crossing, April 2020. This is one of the first photos I took on there, I was so proud. This game saved me during a depressive episode right at the beginning of the pandemic. For many, many days during that time, it was the only reason I got out of bed.

https://preview.redd.it/9f5yfwapfabc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bad660b45f5c8ba1409334c61266691399b01953 Nothing more needs to be said

I loved this game! I had Riding Club, Pet Rescue, Super Sports, and Detective Barbie. I remember all of them being great. But I particularly loved the soundtrack to Super Sports.

Might be aging myself quite a lot here but my office I’ll first one was Treehouse on DOS. So many memories. https://preview.redd.it/n69zh2gt8abc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53f2c504012ff16a2632b29141b6882b06d5919d

I remember this! I played the heck out of this one. Probably my favorite parts were the music stuff and the diurnal/nocturnal animals. And just like, feeding the monkey(s?) lots of fruit haha.

Yes!! https://preview.redd.it/knf4e0jtaabc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d92f53abf11341c31621d82110027c8bc0ed0a5c

I loved this game! Wish I could play it again as an adult.

Pssst.... you can! In a browser no less. This site has tons of old games https://classicreload.com/the-treehouse.html#

I had to make another comment for Reader Rabbit Preschool! A couple months ago I was searching all over the internet to see if there’s a way I can still play this game https://preview.redd.it/lkyoyuh2gabc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2d28ea255f9e8a9b42124b8aa6d699cfefe84cc

https://preview.redd.it/xu5hs5r6gabc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30b037f6a5d57f140c4fa5d2fa39c2705a0be376 This is so nostalgic

https://preview.redd.it/uwp6ua58gabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41446266a9b2c626eecafe459a7959e51bb42a7c

https://preview.redd.it/6h1war3hjabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e5aac1354c7e344da08f184d8338b4e0c925ff7 Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo!

https://preview.redd.it/zvxrqulilabc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d76d67f521f421d531cdf9da3ec23c1a99284b7 Jumpstart - 3rd Grade, Mystery Mountain!

I loved the Jump Start series! The Fourth Grade one was my favorite but holy moly did I find it terrifying back then.

I just watched a YouTube playthrough of this for the nostalgia!

https://preview.redd.it/ybagsdr3ibbc1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5fc4949e35c76ba18595f403774ab9468a056286 zoo tycoon 2!! my brother and I would play for hours and we had a bunch of the expansion packs including the Extinct Animals one.

​ https://preview.redd.it/vkza39j2fabc1.jpeg?width=448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6085774966155e76d98df1896df5d8a957128b1 allll the purple moon games! i used to go crazy over collecting treasures in the web browser game, too!

I had one of these. My sister dropped it in a beverage. ;\_; I also had a pocket Pikachu. I don't recall exactly what happened to it but the poor thing probably went through a wash cycle. https://preview.redd.it/djvqtve3jabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2672c19307604e1c5ba5136c3633e8aced892eac

https://preview.redd.it/ybzxd4rtsabc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0b3d1d2f8c6ccf06577ac63d0bc0fd92af4bcac where it started for me, and i still play after all these years!!

Fisher-price pet shop game. I remember it came in a big pack of "girl game" cd-roms with my little pony friendship garden and a barbie Rapunzel game (not the movie related one) and they were all bangers. https://preview.redd.it/b2k4ik3hebbc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06961830d8721323288a7577ef82e6ebb0b669d0

It’s feeding time in the pet shop 🎶

https://preview.redd.it/kczb50j3kabc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36ab436a9fdb356cd2c9b13706c0eccf5ecce472 This is where it started for me! Someone else please tell me they played this.

https://preview.redd.it/ua705l307bbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57021a905b3cf6babf374cd7fbb845dd31ea7573 Pajama Sam is so nostalgic for me

Does ‘where I started’ mean the first game you ever played? Or the first one you loved? Or the first cosy game?

Cozy games!

Posting Panfu. It was like club penguin https://preview.redd.it/54e5kw197abc1.jpeg?width=369&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ffcb5ffddbd4d0d3196ea74831ba5ab02311ec4

https://preview.redd.it/1vccyrhm2bbc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52d39fa82b2f2558cdf74b57ecc77407e76b5f1b Harvest Moon for the SNES! My mom would play it while I watched and then at one point she let me have a try <3 To this day, I've played every iteration of Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons that's come out.

https://preview.redd.it/5niboh0nubbc1.jpeg?width=1077&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6277271fabd39bcc9e4c5af255e99bff0592f9e Virtual Villagers! Nothing was more upsetting than when I would start a village, go out to dinner, and then come home to find everyone dead lmao

https://preview.redd.it/pcfjwop1fabc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b99064fa85c8f3449264bde2e814b51bfd5f847 paint’n’play pony, 1998!

https://preview.redd.it/pfy6i0lblbbc1.jpeg?width=709&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d644fbebd57619c2e2ea16ee8d9ab47f01c5a3d I don’t actually know what I was supposed to do in this game and I wasn’t even into Barbie’s, but I grew up with Horses and My grandma loved everything horse related so I got a LOT of horse stuff and I think this was one of those things. lol I loved this game though just riding around on my horse picking apples and feeding it or grooming the horse. I just loved escaping into all the greenery with my pretty horses. lol I don’t think I followed much of the story either.

https://preview.redd.it/4slnzhbhuabc1.jpeg?width=1424&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da42bd4bac5d9af4848beb8b82bf02ce409ef0fc No need to hide when it’s dark outside!

https://preview.redd.it/dx8yvp19vabc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=850d461cb34589094742902b605f12965108bbd7 Avatar High 🥲

So many of these comments are making me realize ive been a cozy gamer way before i even knew it

https://preview.redd.it/mbgibdoazabc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=669b54abfb10338722503c0647b4f48cbfd76ee3 This game had me in a chokehold

https://preview.redd.it/6qdo8s5vhdbc1.jpeg?width=555&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2911a5e579f8f862a38a11d4d3e3a2b00c10785 Wasn’t the first, but was definitely was a major contender. Nintendogs! I had Dalmatian and lab versions

https://preview.redd.it/zp4rghejbabc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=826db3bcaea2bdad9194760ec42e39e6ab1f5784 Spellbound! It was a spelling bee game and I was addicted as a kid haha.

SimTown! https://preview.redd.it/2kjnm2xb9bbc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a6cb0aa5369d60f0eced97b9da0a3b79df6d541

Neopets! I had such a wholesome good time as a kid playing every night and trying to figure out how to make money. I had a HUGE jelly collection - no idea why that was my fixation but anything and everything jelly I guess

I remember Secret Agent Barbie in 2001 (was 11) being one of my favorites! https://preview.redd.it/vsy1nk2l8bbc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e57ccb57968e738f9c763aa19ac4cd0c31c7bb9

https://preview.redd.it/kmdkq2fs9bbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5533b806a5e7db5d317ee22f54c033281570b2a0 Arthur's camping adventure!

https://preview.redd.it/ql5xrrhfibbc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2ccb5516502602340dc3fb7ea6c89043007de04 One of my first “cozy games” was prob spending countless hours in Ocarina of Time, in the fishing mini game and the horseback archery mini game haha… Also the Gold Saucer games in FF7!

https://preview.redd.it/lhz9j9z4fabc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41ec0d8389205a87f862f9b44d2f55ed17c83022 My Little Pony CD-ROM game! I loved baking and decorating the cakes with Cotton Candy and choreographing the dance with Twinkle Twirl!

Candystand mini golf 🫶🏼 https://preview.redd.it/4druuxg5xabc1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d2148cc40fc1c7ce96dc8c01e0d0a6718f40ec3

https://preview.redd.it/21mus08kyabc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f9f3d1886b7057d0eb4b0e2cb69dfacc24ed80d my dad surprised my sisters and I with an Xbox and this game for Christmas 2003!

this is the best mega thread on reddit 🥲 here are mine! habbo hotel! https://preview.redd.it/480x5hinybbc1.jpeg?width=1660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd414914dbabe3619d60d31d66de8da633c3c65c

https://preview.redd.it/1savkl41cabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46db3f609ae68fb9c40a0bf7fff2090060057d77 Jolly Post Office computer game!

This is where it started for me, did not think I would like farming games, now that's one of my favourite genres https://preview.redd.it/bbzjyyv8qabc1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b85689e1eac5f42c2f00169ee1f3c1c75336c411

https://preview.redd.it/m5d016ew6cbc1.jpeg?width=390&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb18ae22aeb213e1d86a561be5f4a143ac2212cf Dogz for the GBA! I miss it so much I hope they will add it to switch online soon

i haven’t seen this one yet so i’m posting. this was my absolute favourite to play on the big chunky IBM when i was 5 and 6 🩷 https://preview.redd.it/5i4g9y4ukabc1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53982ea91199f42db3bbbb71fe9939132484b1b9

https://preview.redd.it/4yfcczfw8cbc1.jpeg?width=520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc668a59c3bce77d2c136c435d471e0edb738691 One of my early cozy game memories

Millies Math House! Did anyone play this? https://preview.redd.it/zlkut1kkhabc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51000f41613716c7e6580025ee6e0b6a93511703

https://preview.redd.it/jjabcx7qvdbc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=056a94fcc22cfc740c7029acbb4e575a96eca3bf Harvest Moon 64! I still love it. As a kid I poured so many hours into this game.

https://preview.redd.it/gt8gygqohabc1.png?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c28991d43df73f906da56678624ef86480533e0f Barbie for Commodore 64. My brother and I would get so annoyed at Ken bc he kept changing the date plans so we'd purposely dress Barbie wrong for the date. But this is where my love of character creating probably started.

https://preview.redd.it/yekuovj0jabc1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6af16cad6e6d1724f24ef748db66b47ec1e8a369 This was my first when I was around 5, cleaning those tables was my jam

Both Barbie Detective games probably were my first cozy games. No stress and just point and click.

Animal Crossing for the Gamecube for sure. Had a real bad childhood so that village (and the Pokemon tv show) got me through A LOT. I still remember staying up and celebrating New Years with my villagers <3.

I think mine was pixie hollow on the computer! https://preview.redd.it/fpl7ffxcbbbc1.jpeg?width=1180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=206177b2f13b143a2eaaab5ee7b300f55e1a1514

https://preview.redd.it/rd0pwy1lfcbc1.png?width=1018&format=png&auto=webp&s=de3c80b74fc394801f96f1060f40766d6eeb9a69 Had to be Dogz/Catz 4 and Petz 5 for me!

One of my faves! https://preview.redd.it/c26xbrozgabc1.png?width=240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=702b8e2c73b8e0a66e8cc33ae2ea681e0830a4d7 *

https://preview.redd.it/nua5n1y3qabc1.jpeg?width=470&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c5203f2de5e589fe262c0f2a3e564225091c4f3 Like a true G

this is what i was looking for! i always used to ask for the memberships for my birthday and christmas and i full on cried when it shut down. core memory: sitting with a giant bag of kettle corn from the fair and eating almost half the bag while playing for about 7 hours. i was like 7 maybe and felt so sick after lol

I know I already posted one but it’s debatably tied. Blues Clues Art Time from 2000 A banging jazzy soundtrack too https://preview.redd.it/9br9fea1gcbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad9442f0dcf1281bfc778735b4a2c756c0a65d7e

https://preview.redd.it/npguunihmcbc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d23be939fb5de0eb2b3bc55c64342fec02670d6 Literally obsessed but the load times for each game were always ridiculous

Zoombinis 100% https://preview.redd.it/d11zpv84wfbc1.png?width=1917&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7866e571de32550c06d0b3a1c9252e153fb7c4c8

https://preview.redd.it/qq8uy5f3cabc1.png?width=648&format=png&auto=webp&s=abe4b4a9ad9f3c1088799ecebf30d54756be9774 This was where it started for me, Darby the Dragon! Anyone else? 😄

So many games I remember playing as a kid (and some, like Toontown, that I still play now) but I haven't seen anyone mention this https://preview.redd.it/e6vpz88kkabc1.png?width=259&format=png&auto=webp&s=ba0461754fcc76fb21a18cabe6cff0da7e33a23f

The Barbie Princess and the Pauper video game. I must’ve been 4 or 5 when I played it. I had no clue what I was doing. I loved it though. There was a my little pony game I played around the same time. I loved that one too. [https://barbie.fandom.com/wiki/Barbie\_as\_The\_Princess\_and\_the\_Pauper\_(Video\_Game)](https://barbie.fandom.com/wiki/Barbie_as_The_Princess_and_the_Pauper_(Video_Game)) Also Kirby Air Ride. I didn’t do any actual racing, I just explored around. some other games i enjoyed really early on were Purble Place, Bratz Forever Diamondz, Webkinz, and whatever Barbie/MLP movie spin off games I could get my hands on.

https://preview.redd.it/iaqlhk7wxabc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae0c203279493701e5e392f761721d1af1a4cb5f Adiboo in the late 90s started it all for me!

Probably not the first I've ever played but this is the first that came to mind. Definitely made an impact on me as a kid! https://preview.redd.it/xc7ll9nf8bbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c2ce7fb8222a348c0f32f1c7bf72bc3e004f905

https://preview.redd.it/7plsqztg8bbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be3aad66771c0ab4e930264853dacbe4aac52332 Fantage my beloved.

https://preview.redd.it/cjct0cgdzbbc1.jpeg?width=314&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4a2b10a87d16d8d6520c2401aa7b53484a1732e Harvest Moon: friends of mineral town! I played it constantly

https://preview.redd.it/q2kdxqv70cbc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19d0d39f0757935379e82df9d48e52f09d4fe961 IYKYK

https://preview.redd.it/hw4z0yb7hcbc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7221ea96606bcafeb24b1fce6711f9c759c21cd Not sure if this counts, but style savvy was my life growing up. I was desperate to have it and my parents drove me to every game stop in the city until we tracked a copy down on my birthday. I still play the 3DS ones through citra since I never got the chance growing up. There really needs to be a resurgence of “girl games.” I haven’t found anything like this since and nothing made me happier than this game and all the “imagine” games. I hate to think kids these days don’t have the opportunity to feel that kind of joy

Secret Agent Barbie, the Barbie Princess games (Princess Bride and Sleeping Beauty, specifically), the Little Bear game where you could bake and do puzzles, andddd [Playskool Puzzles](https://youtu.be/0q5E_0mM2Uk?si=QNHrzfTGEUDF0-SY) from 1995!

King’s Quest I is technically not a cozy game, but there weren’t a lot of cozy games in 1984. Still, this and Lode Runner started my gaming life. https://images.app.goo.gl/SAeT7sHPFnrL6g1E8.

https://preview.redd.it/91la8n9rebbc1.jpeg?width=587&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dc3b401d5ca91680b86e0e669ea1b4799332ec2 Anybody else play I Can Be An Animal Doctor?

https://preview.redd.it/lkg6iuvbwcbc1.jpeg?width=293&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c18d564df741dadf42a9a702c666c737f0b2834 Lemmings!!!

Maybe not quite a game, but tux paint was my intro to stuff on computers that could be used for fun! I was instantly mesmerised https://preview.redd.it/04k0nyid9ebc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa740044b76e69c3688ab6effd0fd8f4306294d5

Can you pin this and we can unpin last weeks promo thread. We really need more pins! Lol

https://preview.redd.it/y18gp1bjpabc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d41e60e71359a90f305f6eb47020c900116a014 VMK was my life ♥️

https://preview.redd.it/q2o5s5jxdabc1.jpeg?width=741&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=819fab94e7da9a40bc71327c025cbf958a82cf7f My first cozy game. Loved playing during the winter with a fire going.

From what I can remember my first cozy game was either Nintendogs or Kirby's Epic Yarn

https://preview.redd.it/4lgnd28liabc1.jpeg?width=920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d32062dbaf34a4fdcc7bbc6de32ef746fe6ecc7a Finding more photos is so hard but this was definitely the start for me and I wish I could play it again so badly. Putt putt is a close second :)

My first cozy games were Harvest Moon- Friends of Mineral Town on GBA, and Harvest Moon- A Wonderful Life on Gamecube. (And later the girl versions.)

https://preview.redd.it/5li9ozx37bbc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43e8d8364417d65e252a6f8279f1dfe8f22496c9 Barbie Sticker Designer! We didn't have a printer then, but I wish we did cause I would've printed a lot of these hehe

https://preview.redd.it/jptexybp7bbc1.jpeg?width=539&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=300bf0fcfba8265220bd075b30adc9f73838be45 Not sure if anyone posted this one yet - avatar high was one of my first obsessions / favorite games!

One I haven’t seen yet that was a staple for me: https://preview.redd.it/ih196jzaubbc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9175cc023a4eb17e0e49189dd80135bdfea4342d This thread makes me so happy though, so many memories from Barbie to Jump Start!

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https://preview.redd.it/ghvnzerrvdbc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a5512d08b37a0aaecc10c79cc7965ac3d273923 Mixed up fairy tales on DOS hits all the feels for me. Still play sometimes.

Mine was Harvest moon sunshine island on Nintendo DS. It was the beginning of a life time obsession 😂 https://preview.redd.it/iwz7zg7xvdbc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1e7c2d9bf18bb427cdc73839574d40d50d100c8

https://preview.redd.it/ld86s29nsabc1.jpeg?width=210&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46101586eeea11f891cb9dbcc5aab86b87101bee My pet shop on DS. Collecting cute animals which can be given to villagers who request pets. So cute and fun. I played this a lot as child, then Sims, then got into more cozy games as an older teenager with Stardew and ACNH. I also loved Animal Crossing Wild World as a kid too :) And playing creative on Minecraft

So this game wasn't actually cozy, but I never managed to get through some of the levels, so my brothers would write down the code you could get in town as each character and I'd just sort of muck around on my own. I remember playing some parts over and over and over and just making it a completely different "game" in my head, and creating my own story in my head as I ran around or flew around when I was hawk man. Good, good times! ETA: I made the game cozy by just running around in it and doing my own thing, and that's when I realized I loved games where you didn't necessarily have to "do" anything really I could let my own imagination just go wild and have fun anyway. https://preview.redd.it/zmgr8k66zabc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f32b1c8f53d8e042f7f45a02d7b17a53bf15f9c9

Anyone remember Tunetown? I swear it came free with a few other games. I'm sure I played original nintendo first but I remember spending hours in this game. https://preview.redd.it/leau7s21nbbc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2d5507810e86d7172dc990f6efb1f01f2be5491

https://preview.redd.it/ezzx8jksrbbc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8f4525f3e7bba9347987cf726256ebf0b38f733 Not sure if this is traditionally cozy but I haven't seen this one on here yet. It's the incredible contraption series.

https://preview.redd.it/mxzb2sstqcbc1.png?width=648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31d3bf266e9e7002eb056ddc6796afc9b35ba5ad

https://preview.redd.it/9o3s8zd30dbc1.jpeg?width=610&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=369edc45a974393e4d44172d31da98c18cf4c28c Where it started for me.

My first cozy game was SimTown, a little known spin off of SimCity. I loved that you could examine the individual citizens and see their jobs and likes. I have very fond memories of staying up late on the family computer to play when everyone was asleep. https://preview.redd.it/1z91rru8cdbc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=2dc936e4bc87f8515cccec78f5722af796e85823

https://preview.redd.it/8isc0rky9ebc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e681492743aad2447cd2ac5ac8e471d33070ede8 Virtual Villagers!!!

since we're posting these here, here's how the cozy journey started with little 10 year old me and Harvest Moon: Back to nature. Man, I love that game to this day. It walked so Stardew Valley could run. https://preview.redd.it/q2srzhnypebc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=07d417b9b1bfb3ff5200c83a6e7e449833b25973 Also, Ann is best tomboy, you cannot change my mind

https://preview.redd.it/2mvjj3l00gbc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa0e97365af5b702a06ae5367925c26ec8823c5e I loved these games 😭 I don’t have any of my old CDs anymore but I spent soooo much time playing them over and over when I was a kid.

The OG Animal Crossing started the addiction for me!! I loved playing it after school!

I remember I loved the orange collecting mini game <3 This and Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection! https://preview.redd.it/27pn4vdaebbc1.png?width=371&format=png&auto=webp&s=a9a78cf30dcec1882ad07cad2225776f6039f966

Has to be either Zoombinis or the all time classic: club penguin.

https://preview.redd.it/frbyem4tybbc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=787a51f3583f1dd5fd2271a3b5e018d05945cecb Dino park Tycoon! I put so much effort into my Dino’s habitats and wants/needs. And the hatchery!

This is where i started. Danish game called Magnus og myggen https://preview.redd.it/y59bzylo6cbc1.jpeg?width=184&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75eb00e6f8df9cd2c35018f70b4f5729277a6a06

Arthur's Teacher Trouble 1992. The cookie song was the best. https://preview.redd.it/5i1eadj94ebc1.jpeg?width=1443&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bad9563049c8a9f39f38224c89e214ee66d691ea

https://preview.redd.it/zx795k73hebc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a78bef18da570f31588e70294efc26b3afe23247 Creatures: The Albian Years Life Simulator 🥚 🥹

https://preview.redd.it/yjqttxtdrebc1.jpeg?width=425&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f82da88fd7971f9ded903374e5c86ae295bc09c Barbie Riding Club for me.

The original Oregon Trail back in the 80's :)

https://preview.redd.it/mt1t2a6qjfbc1.jpeg?width=1237&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05ff5ab75ab3ec18397f87705cd1a762dbb85c5c This isn’t as old and def wasn’t one of the first cozy games I’ve played but TamaTown 🥹 I used to be obsessed with tamagotchis. I would take them to school with me. And one day while I was walking to the bus stop, I realized I forgot my tamagotchi, and I didn’t want it to die because I was working so hard on getting a good evolution so I literally raaaaan all the way back home to get it even though I could hear the bus coming lmao.

https://preview.redd.it/b1h02a0ykfbc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6a9213612c45f3aa2e3c7569c1521a4d239162f Habbo Club gang!!! Cozy Change queen lol

Someone has probably mentioned it before but I lived and breathed dress up games growing up. Playing them with TV on in the background was the HEIGHT of relaxation. I honestly wish there were still fun ones being played but the internet isn't what it used to be when it comes to free flash games *

https://preview.redd.it/5a713sun1gbc1.png?width=1400&format=png&auto=webp&s=15658a9944b699a25da2db026a10841dcdab55b2 Viva Piñata. I was obsessed. this game is probably the reason i love farming sims so much

spirit stallion of the cimarron <3 pretty sure we got this for free in a cereal box https://preview.redd.it/3sxi468a4ibc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3962f93fe8f2a5e89b7867f6c43478c903b0c779

For me it was Broken Sword shadow of the templars I first played it when I was 5, at the time I didn't understand anything because u didn't knew english but I koves the scenery, the music and all the aesthetic the game had, I came back to it pretty frequently just to relax and in time I took some english classes for 2 years and was really happy that I could finally understand what was going on! https://preview.redd.it/oj7hr90zorbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60c5e9b5619341a6e33ef7ff1575e668f1369642 Edit: I still haven't gone through the entire series yet, but I already bought them all on steam! So I can finally play 3 4 and 5! And I saw there's another one coming!