Are we in the cozy gaming gold rush era? 'Cozy' has grown over 250% on Steam and 200% in my inbox since 2024

Three years ago I said the cozy game trend hadn't even peaked yet . It probably still hasn't. I also predicted that the grassroots social media term was about to get picked up by marketing and publishing teams something fierce, and I'm coming back to tell you that boy howdy did they pick it up. We've entered cozy gaming's gold rush era. Don't call me a prophet, but... "As we well know, marketing chases demand, which means that "cozy" games haven't actually peaked yet.