What Is Cozy Feral-Core?
Welcome to cozy-feralcore — a gaming style that lives somewhere between a cottagecore nap and a boss battle meltdown.
It’s the true art of:
- Naming every animal in the game (and giving them backstories)
- Spiraling into cozy games with chaotic goals (yes, I will find every way to off my character)
- Playing to relax… but ending up emotionally invested in a side quest NPC who sells soup
- Switching between 6 games depending on mood, vibes, or brain cell availability
- Building elaborate houses for pixel pets while my irl laundry cries in the corner (sorry mom)
Cozy Feral-Core means:
- You are gentle, but not passive.
- You play with heart, chaos, and sometimes snacks in your lap.
- You treat your villagers like real neighbors and your dog like royalty. in minecraft.
- Your inventory is full of flowers, fish, food, rocks, and emotional baggage.
- You never have a plan, but it turns out okay. so, who needs plans?
- You have about 16 different save files on every game you’ve ever played, ever.
In this playstyle, I don’t always follow the main quest — but I will spend 4 hours decorating a virtual chicken coop, and I will ugly cry if the emotional support frog dies.
Traits of a Cozy-Feralcore Gamer
If you relate to more than 2, welcome home.
Loyalty to fictional animals > loyalty to the main quest
Will fight god to protect a pixel dog
Collects cute items “just in case” and never uses them
Drinks tea IRL while committing virtual crimes (gently)
Dresses characters like pastel warriors or sad wizards
60% of game time spent farming or decorating
Pauses games to Google lore, create spreadsheets, or cry
Can’t sleep until every in-game animal is fed and named
Alternates between full chaos, death, and “must perfect my farm layout”
Gets emotionally destroyed by optional cutscenes
Builds cozy spaces with apocalyptic energy
Mods everything. And then forgets what they modded. and mod updates.
Games I Play in Full Cozy-Feralcore Mode
They weren’t supposed to make me feel things. And yet…
- Fields of Mistria – 100% emotionally invested in villager lore
- The Stanley Parable – The man deserves a hug
- Whack Your Boss – One of my personal favs
- Cult of the Lamb – Unholy frog cult, but in a cottagecore way
- Wizard101 – Side quested into emotional damage and a full backpack
- Animal Shelter Simulator – At least all the animals are taken care of
- The Sims 4 – Chaos simulator where my pets live longer than I do
- Planet Zoo – Each animal has a tragic backstory. Yes, even the lizards.
- Minecraft – Peaceful building. Absolutely cursed deaths.
Behind the Screens: My Chaos Process
Step 1: Just Hit Record and Hope
I record in a vibe-based environment (my cave. aka my room). There may be:
- One working brain cell
- A cat meowing in the background
- 30 minutes of me messing with every setting, still recording
I play how I play. If a pet shows up on camera? That’s bonus content.
Step 2: Nightmares in Premiere Pro
Editing is part storycraft, part internal screaming. I learned by trial and error, which is NOT what you want to do. But:
- I color code my timeline. if i remember.
- There are snacks, many tabs open, and usually one rogue cat scratching my chair
- Jump cuts and the occasional “chaos text overlay”
Also, I’ll spend 2 hours editing a joke no one notices, but I know. And that’s what matters.
Step 3: Mild Panic
Uploading is both terrifying and exciting. It includes:
- A thumbnail I can’t change because I have too many accounts linked to my phone number
- A title that’s either weirdly poetic or completely unhinged
- A tiny moment of fear, followed by snacks and a nap
Bonus: I may or may not update my YouTube description with inside jokes
