I think its funny that if youre knee-deep in enthusiast and dev communities, you'll walk away with thoughts like "people are sick of cozy games" or "the word cozy feels annoying or icky or unhelpful."
Yet meanwhile, on the opposite side of the spectrum (a more casual player unconnected to games writing), I got a text from my brother yesterday being like "My wife is wondering if you know any more cool cozy games to play now that she's done with Stardew and Palia."
My guess from what I see around is that the word is still a somewhat useful shorthand (and google search term) for people who like those games but dont read games writing.
Even if the rest of us are probably sick of it by now 😂
